The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-27
GORMAN IS A GOOD MAN.
As THE CHICAGO NOMINEE HE'D
HOLD THE PARTY TOGETHER.

such Is the Opinion Of Ex-senator
Butler OF south CaroIina-s0und
Money Fight Toe Late-CooDer Of
Florida Thinks the President
Made a Mistake in Not Permitting
the COininR of the seienforage IN
the Treasury.
Washington, June 25.-Ex-senator But
Ter. who says he Is out OF politics for al
time to come, was discussing tho appeal
OF the sound money democrats OF the east
/ TO their southern brethren as recently out
lined in these dispatches. Il am afraid"
said Gen. Butler. that the attempts Of
the President and ex-secretary whitney.
to stem the free silver tide in The south
comes 100 late TO be effective. While I am
a friend Of silver. and always voted to
advance its interests while I was IN the
Senate. never was an extremist on the
subject. I cannot see what our people
have to gain by sacrificing the democratic
organization and its principles for a mere
declaration IN behalf Of silver. Without
the cooperation OF congress and the
| President no practical result can be OBJ
tained, and even II the country should de-
clare for the free coinage Of silver, pre-
| MAAA AAhN many NA OUN DtuRtG Will DG us
appointed when they come to look for the
benefits they now expect 10 derive from
the opening ofsthe government mints to
silver"
Gen. Butler says he was invited a few
! days ago, by a well-known sound money
| democratic senator, to 80 to Chicago and
| plead with the South Carolina delegates
| against committing the party to the Tree
| silver policy Gen. Butler told his friend
| very frankly that he would have no in
fuence with the Tillman delegates, who
| are pledged to free silver at the ratio Of
| Is 10 1, or bust" and therefore his pres
| ence at Chicago would do the cause Of
| honest money no good.
| Gen. Butler went on TO say that MOTH
| ing can be gained by thrashing over the
| old straw, as to the causes which led up
| TO the present condition OF ahaira, and
the mistakes of the present administration
/ In dealing with the financial question, but
/ he insists that the southern people would
| have avoided the free silver flood had
they been relieved from the ten per cent.
| tax on state banks. Under the existing cir
| cumstances, he contends that there Is
| but Atue hope OF electing a conservative
and kaenly balanced democrat to the presl-
dency next November, and therefore 1t
| would be wise for the southern democrats
to look the field over and try and select
man who Will be able TO keep the demo-
cratic organization intact, and not permit
the great party machinery TO drift into the
hands of tho political agltators and popu-
lists, VINO are stealing into the democratic
AoAHthblA ulAtk Nut E1NtI OF IL Tree SILVER
cloak. He fears that the extremists will
strive to take control OF the Chicago con-
vention and so disgust many OF the best
men In the party, as to practically disOr-
ganize and disrupt the party for all time
to come. THE smart thing for our people
to do" said Gen. Butler, would be to
nominate man ike Senator German. OF
| Maryland who would at least preserve
tho party organization and give US some
hope for success In the future. He can be
relied upon to stand by the party IA any
/ ar M do FNaf hal he
veto free silver bill II a majority in the
measure"
Representative Cooper OF Florida, who
is one OF the few consistent friends OF
sound money in the House of Represents
| tives from the south, says he does not
| look with much hope for the election OF
| democratic house In the next congress. So
| far as Florida Is concerned, he says the
| sound money men, or the advocates Of the
| present gold standard. held their own in
| the recent contest for delegates to the
| Chicago convention. Mr.. Cooper says he
| thinks the south might have been saved
from the free silver deluge had President
| cleveland permitted the bill providing for
| the coinage Of the seignorage In the treas
ury to become a law. AS a friend of the
administration and an earnest believer in
| the gold standard, Mr.. Cooper urged
| President Cleveland not to veto that Bill.
| lie says II would have satisfied many OF
the free silver men Of the south and west,
| and dsarmed some of the strongest advo-
| Gates the white metal has. AS a matter
| of political expediency, Mr.. Cooper says
| the leaders Of the party who go to Chi
| cago, should endeavor to come to some
| agreement that will preserve the party or
| ganization in the east and the west He
| does not look for any break In the demo-
cratic column in the south unless It be in
! Louisiana. In the latter state there Is
| fear that the republicans aided by those
| who have been disappointed Ia connection
with the sugar bounty and other local
controversies.
As to the organization Of the House Of
| Representatives in the Fifty-nfth con-
| gress, Mrs Cooper says It IL impossible to
| anticipate what the outcome Of the next
| congressional election may be. When the
| tidal wave of politics sweeps over the
| country political prophets are of no avail
and their figures do not 20 for much In
the present instance there is danger that
a free silver tidal wave may come, and
| with It may come change in the pollt-
| ical complexion OF the House. on the
| other hand, the practical people, who do
not make much noise at the local prima-
| ries, may, when they are brought face
to face with the question Of a sound cur
| rency as against a 50-cent dollar, silently
| walk up to the polls and vote down the
| free silver agitators, who are now claim
| Ing everything in sight.
! Mr.. Cooper expects to leave here in
few days for HIS home 20 continue his
| fight for the senatorship. He fully appre-
ciates the work he has before him, and he
does not under estimate the strength OF
| any OF his competitors. He will make
clean, straightforward contest and ac-
| cept the verdict Of the people of the state
| without a murmur
-Four congressional campaign commit
| tees have their headquarters In this CITY
| and they are all working full time in the
distribution Of the usual amount and
character of material supposed to infu-
| ence the voters In the various congress
| sional districts. The republicans have es-
| tablished their headquarters in the Hotel
! Normandie at the corner OF Fifteenth
| and ] streets, with Representative Bah
| cock OF Wisconsin as chairman, and Rep
! resentative Mercer of Nebraska as Sec
| retary. Representative Babcock flushed
| with the success Of his efforts in the lagt
i congressional fight. proposes to try his
/ luck again IS chairman Of the COMMITTEES
! The democrats have comfortable quarters
/ in the annex to Pages hotel, but one
block away from the Normande Senator
| Faulkner of West Virginia. Is chairman
| and Lawrence Gardner OF this city is sec
| retary. The populists and the A p Al
| also have headquarters here. and they
| re carving on q rnvsfarinl1s car,.aea. -.