The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-28
REPUBLICANS IN A BIG ROW.
SENATOR CARTER's SPEECH ADDS
FURY TO THE FLAMES.

Many Republican COngressmeu
Think lie should he Called Upon
to Retire From the Chairmanship
of the NntiOTalI COmmfttee-some
Talk of Barring the -Four RepubIi-
can Silverite Senators Out of Fu-
ture Republican Caucuses.
Washington, Feb Ex-senator Carter's
speech, and the effect it may have upon
the political situation. from a republican
standpoint. was freely discussed by mem-
bers of the Senate and House to-day.
Representative O'Den OF New York ex-
pressed the sentiments Of many republi-
cans in congress when he stated that Sem
ator Carter ought to be called upon to
retire from the Craftsmanship Of the ma
tional committee.
Senator Lodge said that the action OF
Senator Carter could not help the friends
Of free silver at either the republican
or the democratic convention. In his opin-
ion the free silver men will not be able
to name either the ticket or the plat
form at st. Louis or Chicago, and If they
were disposed to bolt the ticket, they
might do so to their hearts content.
| In the meantime Senator Carter was re-
/ joicing in the reception Of numerous tel
/ egrams from his free silver admirers in
various parts of the country He opened
them, and after ascertaining their con-
tents. he passed them over to Senator Tel
Ter and other free silverites, who smiled
approvingly.
Senator Carter says he has no intention
| OF retiring from the head OF the national
| committee, and he does not see how he
! can be deposed unless he resigns.
There was some talk OF barring Sem
ators Carter. Teller Dubois, and Mantel
| out OF future republican cauCuses, but the
| rumOr could not be traced TO any reliable
| source 1t will be remembered that Sem
| ators Mantel and Carter stated when they
attended their first senatorial eau
Gus that they would he Obliged
ofber place silver ahead cad, Of AL az
the requirements of their party platform
| at home. No objection was made to them
then, and II is not probable that their re-
| publican associates viii he induced to go
| TO such an extreme now.
Some of the conservative republicans as
/ sert that time Will heal the wounds inflict-
ed In the Senate during the past week,
| and By the time the St. Louis convention
is held a better feeling will prevail in thS
| republican household.
AS was said by an astute democratlc
senator to-day, The republicans have a
way Of coming together after a family
quarrel an example which the democracy
might follow with good effect"
Democrats generally are disposed to
take fresh courage from the situation as
now presented in the republican ranks.
Many of the democratic leaders claim that
the wider the "splft' In the republican
line, the closer the democrats viii come
Ex-speaker Crisp said that It might
be wise move for the democratic leaders,
representing every faction within the par
| ", 70 hold conference and endeavor to
outline a policy that would cement all
the contending factions and place the
party in a position to take prompt ad-
| vantage gigrnTH ipu In
the enemy 3 camp. Just how such a con-
ference may be brought about, Mr.. Crisp
ever that the time is ripe for the demo-
cratic party to bury its fractional difficul-
ties and meet with the determination to
bow to the will OF the majority
| Representative Turner Of Georgia. who
was interviewed on the same topic, says
the troubles In the republican household
should be an incentive to the democracy
TO put forth its best endeavors to recon-
clle its internal differences. He says ha
does not know how to accomplish such
result other than to go to the national
convention and accept the decree OF q.
majority Of the delegates as to what
shall be the party policy. He admits
that men have right to differ, and they,
10 diifer honestly on great economic
questions, but now is the time for men,
VINO would see the democratic party re-
cover its prestige in the estimation OF the
people, to sink their personal desires in
the interest Of united party.
| Representative Livingston does not be-
lleVe any material benefit would be de-
rived by conference of the democratfc
leaders at this time. Such a move NIGH {
have the effect of healing the split that
is now 50 pronounced in the republican
, party. The knowledge that the democrats
were preparing to bury their past differ-
ences might react and defeat the very OBJ
1ect aimed at by the democrats. 1t would
IN Mr.. Livingstons estimation, be wiser
to permit the idea to prevail that the
democracy Is hopelessly divided until Just
before the assembling of the national con-
vention and then present a harmonious
front to the widely scattered enemy.