The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-03
THE ONE CONVENTION SCHEME.
A Farmer Drops on to the Purposes
of the SiIverites.


Miner, Ca, Feb. 1.-Editor Morning
News: We see there is a great deal being
said on the subject of having only one
convention. The GAINESVILLE Gazette
says the manner and source OF the de-
mand for this change, holding one. in
stead of two conventions. are certainly
very suspicious. We do not think the exc
cutive committee of the state has a right
to make this change at this time"
1t seems there are some very noted and
influential papers, as well as many individ-
uals in times of political excitement, as
sumo positions, that they, or any reason
able person, under calm or unprejudiced
circumstances or conditions, would spurn
as not only erroneous but ridiculous. For
instance have we not recently seen in a
big daily paper the position taken that
silver and cotton as to value rose and fell
together, that when one went up in price
both went up. if one went down, both
went down.
Well the price of cotton rose when it
was ascertained that the crop would be
small.
Then did not the same paper say that
the price of cotton rose because the
Spectators had the cotton in their own
hands. Then when cotton rose a good
deal higher-after the farmers had COM
menced selling some of the new crop-did
not the same paper say that the farm
with low prices was as good as a small
crop and higher prices, leaving the sill
Yer question right where it began with it.
Now if the position that was taken at
the start was fully believed to be true,
why not confess to the mistake instead
of covering each error with a new error
to hide ii. Does any considerate man
believe anything of the two rising and
falling together.
Has not the price of cotton risen and
fallen again many dozens of times, often.
twice as high at one time as it was at
some other times, while silver was not
changing at all in price at the same time?
And when silver did change, was il not
very slight until for the last several years,
when it has deprecated throughout the
civilized world to nearly half its former
value? Did not some leading man, or
men, start the idea that the over produc-
ton of cotton was not the cause of low
prices for cotton, and caused that posi-
ton to be assumed all over this section
of country by many persons, who seemed
to fully believe it, and thought that plant
ing less cotton would not bring about any
better prices?
Another great humbug was advocated
here in Georgia until it was thought to
have q large portion of Georgias citizens
with it. That was the idea that the gem
eral government should build warehouses
all over the country for the farmers to
put their produce in and draw money from
the government. Would not such a thing
have literally ruined the whole country?
The government at that time, it was
thought, had considerable money in the
treasury and was paying off some bonds
before que.
Some might have thought the govern.
ment ought to support the peopleSa des-
perate start in wrong direction-but
suppose the object of the leaders was to
get into office, let the cost be what it
might?
Now, is not the one convention more or
less in line with all these strange freaks
mentioned, and to some extent to be used
in the same way-if not altogether. by the
same parties? Is not the object to tie I'm
a majority of the Georgia democracy on
the side of free silver before the presi-
Dental nomination occurs?
May we not look for more blank asser-
lions. such as silver and cotton rising
and falling together That over produce
ton of cotton does not lessen the priceP
That the government should build ware
houses all over the land for the farmers
to put produce in and to draw money from
the government. That there should be
but one conVention-that Georgia may be