The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-22
SOUND MONEY MEN ORGANIZE.
DELEGATES ELECTED TO THE
STATE CONVENTION.

an Executive Committee of Six
teen 70 Serve Two Years-Bryan
| Repudiated I'm Strong Speeches by
| lifelong DemOcrats--The PrIncd-
pal Speeches Made by Col LawtOn,
Col. Garrard and Col GOrdOn-Capt.
| Hammond Not Present.
The national democratic party, and
otherwise the gold standard democrats,
was formally organized in Chatham coun-
| ty last night at Masonic hall. While the
attendance was not large a good deal of
enthusiasm was manifested. The most
striking feature of the meeting was the
prominence of the gentlemen who tooR
/ part in the organization, men who have
been leaders in the party councils hereto
fore leading in the protest against the ac-
ton Of the regular organization.
There were 1875 persons present in the
hall when the meeting was called to or
der by Mr.. ]. R. Anderson. This num-
Der was afterwards increased to 160. Mr..
Anderson stated that the meeting was
called for the purpose of hearing the re-
port Of the delegates sent to Indianapolis,
| and to endorse the work of the convention,
TO organize the party in the county, and
| in Atlanta tomorrow.
Mr.. Anderson spoke in approval % the
work Of the Indianapolis convention, and
predicted that the principles for which 1t
declared Will finally be triumphant. He
| read the declaration of principles of the
convention. The declarations of the plat
form were frequently Endorsed by the au-
dience. There was loud applause at the
mention of Mr.. Clevelands name
| Mr.. Anderson predicted that in the state
election the sound money democrats will
| give TO the people of Georgia one of the
| greatest surprises they have ever had.
| He compared the two platforms and con-
! trasted them. He gave figures to show
the increase of the circulation of cur
| rency instead of decrease, as asserted by
| the supporters of the Chicago platform,
| and that there had been continual and
remarkable increase. The claims for free
silver we're based on a false assumption,
| he said He quoted Mr.. Bryan to show
| that even he did not positively assert that
free coinage would raise the. price of
| silver bullion to the coinage. value.
Mr.. Anderson said that 1t is true that
! there is trouble in the country, and has
| been for the last four or FIVE years The
| fundamental root of the evil, he declared
to be that the treasury Is dependent upon
| the banks. This dependency, he said, must
| be severed. One objection was that the
| currency is based upon bonds, and the
| premium upon the bonds is so high as to
make them almost prohibitive to the
| banks. State banks, he declared, are the
| remedy. The Indianapolis platform de-
| mands such reforms in the currency, he
said. No other country would stand for
1 eiv anti g n1ah n n Q
now prevails in this country, he declared.
Mr.. John r. Young proposed, for pur-
poses Of organization that Mr.. Anderson
| be elected chairman of the national dem
ocratic party of Chatham county for the
| ensuing two years. and until his successor
be elected. Mr.. Young put the motion,
| and 1t was unanimously carried.
Mr.. Anderson accepted the election and
pledged himself to devote his efforts to
advancing the interests of the party.
Col. A. r. Lawton, In offering a resolu-
ton, said that there was not a man
present who was actuated by a spirit of
| personal gain. On the contrary, he said.
If any one should become a candidate for
any office in the near future it would he
thrown up to him that he was a 'bolter."
I'VE are boilers" he said, but not from
the principles of true democracy. We are
boilers from rot, riot, revolution and re-
pudiation."
|
one word in the Chicago platform which
was democratic doctrine. The platform
read by Mr.. Anderson, he said, was true
| democratic doctrine, as true now as 1t
was when their fathers were born.
II venture to assert that we are the
only true democrats in Chatham cosnty
| to-day" he said. There are others who
call themselves democrats, but they are
led off by enthusiasm for populism and
| communism"
Col. Lawton's encomium upon Mr.. Cleve
land and his course aroused lively enthu
siasm. He proposed the following resolu
lions, which were adopted:
BE It resolved by the national democrats
| of Chatham county, in mass meeting as
| sembled, that we do most unreserVedll
| accept, ratify and indorse the actor
taken and platform adopted by tn
recent national convention at indianapolis
| and we pledge to the party and Its nomi
nees our earnest and hearty support n
the confident belief that the principles ad
J vocated by the party are based on ever
lasting truth. and must ultimately prevail
and that on the success of those princi
! plies will depend the honor and welfare o
our country, and the preservation of tru'
, democratic faith on the lines laid down b!
jefferson, and illustrated by a long lin
of distinguished successors from Madison
to Cleveland.
Col William Garrard also proposed
some resolutions which he prefaced will
a few remarks. He said that the ma
tional democrats represented the only par
ty In the country to-day which has in
E dorsed the administration of Grover Cleve
I land. They are the only democratic party
he declared.
I'VE stand by the colors of democracy,
E he said, land we have the only colors
3 Mr. Bryan, he said. Is the greatest popu
list in the country. Col Garrard tool
up Mr.. Bryan's speech at Manchester
Va, In which he asserted that the boltinl
9 democrats should be branded and not al
lowed TO return to the party, and raspe
E the democratic newspapers which former
: ly advocated sound money. but now spok
] of those who stlll adhered to that polio,
as "prodigal sons" He declared that n
dared to be a democrat on this platform
but that he would not have voted for tn
g other to save Bryan's life. This state
!, ment produced uproarous applause. n
had heard enough about boilers, he said
e All that they can do now is to band them
d selves around this platform and to cas-
e their ballots for their candidates In Nc
II vember.
h He proposed the following resolutions: