The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-07
THE LEADERS AT CHICAGO.
STORIES AND SKETCHES OF THE
CONVENTION PEOPLE.

All the Type and Hang All the
Newspaper Men because They
Keep the People Informed-IIOVV
blackburn CnmpaIEns-Whisk
DO Not Make the Man.
Senator Isham G. Harris. the demo-
cratic sage OF Tennessee, is, to news
paper men. the toughest nut in all this
ggregation OF politicians and statesmen,
says the Chicago Times Herald. Senator
Harris had a few minutes of leisure yes
terday afternoon, and took occasion to
explain his attitude toward newspapers
and the utter uselessness of asking for
information.
Three or four years ago." he said.
Just a day or two before the final ad-
journment OF congress, / was in the office
of the Secretary OF the Treasury and
there met several newspaper reporters.
They asked me If there was any lkeli-
hood that congress would pass any gem
eral law during the remainder Of the ses-
sion l told them it was unlikely. as any
measure would need the unanimous con-
sent Of both houses to be passed in such
a short time. But 1 have a BILL
said. which I think would pass both
houses by unanimous consent II it were
ready to be introduced. l have written
| the first section but the second section
bothers me-
what is you bin?' they asked.
"'Wer, said I, the first section pro-
vides that all the type in the United
| States shall be collected and melted down
/ into pig metal and the metal shall be pun
| to any harmless use that can be found
/ for IT, or sunk in the sea. But the second
sectiOnl
&" The constitution Of the United States
! contains provision against the passage
i OF all post facto laws. Until 1 can find
/ a way to get around over or under that
! constitutional provision, l fear my BIZ;
must remain off the statute books. The
/ second section would make II the law
TO hang every man-every single indi-
| vidual-connected In any manner what
/ ever with a newspaper -
| Then the senator took a chew Of to-
I bacoo and looked well satisfied.
He looked miserable as he staggered
up to the counter of the Palmer house
| and wiped the sweat from his brow, says
the Philadelphia Records special from
! Chicago WHO are you, and what Is the
matter?" asked a sympathetic man.
/ Me, nothing" said the man. I'm only
! Murdock-James Murdoch banker of La
| fayette. / came here and 1 forgot to take
! these off before ] came" He pointed 10
| his whiskers. The result is that they
| all take me for one Of them and I've Just
been pestered TO death. They have made
me the confdante of all their troubles,
and I'm nearly dead. And I'm a gold
man, too. Where's the barber shop?"
| 1t was pointed out to him, and the last
seen Of him he was heading for It,
Col. william Green sterrett, the oldest
newspaper man on earth, has arrived, and
the convention might as well get down TO
business at once, says the Chicago Times
Herald. There are a few people who do
not know that he comes from Texas as
Freyf any ut hnr MIA 10
down into Kentucky to see how Senator
Blackburn was driving his free silver cam,
palgn. and this is how he tells about it.
with certain words of his vocabulary omit
ted for prudential reasons:
blackburn brought the discussion Of
the financial matter directly to Biblical
grounds. Kentucky, which is the most
religious state in the union comedies
with Blackburn in this line of argume Mt
He begins all his speeches in the same
way: Mr.. Chairman and fellow country
men your liberties are in danger
"Kentuekians get excited at this kind of
talk for they are an ardent people and
a hint that a horse or a distillery or
their liberties are jeopardized appeals to
them He would continue that the EEL
low countrymen were being ground be-
meath the heels of a despot and led in
chains to the throne of the gold tyrant
This always caused a howl, and up in the
mountains they invariably began to reach
for their guns. They all up there are
sorry they did not meet Caligula or Nero
because they were just the manner Of
men they would have delighted to have
shot He knows this, and he always used
it. and in the rest OF Kentucky he was
strong on the Bible.
Isn't the money of the Bible good
enough for you?" heagould shout. Are
we to depart from the plain precepts of
Christianity at the behest of the tyrants
of Wall street2 That old father in Israel
bought land in Palestine and paid for il
in silver 1900 years ago. A money which
would buy real estate in the holy land
ought to be good enough to pay your in
terest to the money leeches of the bourse -
'sThis sort of talk made all the free silver
men howl with glee He had the bold bug
orators on the run. They couldn't stand
the pace. When he pulled the Bible on
them he had them out on the end of the
limb and was getting them whipped until
some of the opposing takers took the
same plan and began to quote the pas
sages which tell that the streets of the
New Jerusalem are paved in gold This
was the sort of argument they were us
| ing when ! left, and this is how the Bi-
BILE has become the political textbook in
Kentucky
Senator Daniel and a few others were
riding up in the sherman elevator to-
day, says the New York Times CORES
pondence 1t stopped at the second floor.
and Senator Tllman stepped in. Imme-
diately the elevator stopped, and the
rough senator from South Carolina was
kept busy for the next few moments an
swering the wittcisms leveled at him.
Il had heard that you would stop a
clock, but 1 didn't think you would stop
an elevator" said one man.
Senator. I am afraid you have stopped
the upward progress of the silver move
ment" said Senator Daniel
4 guess that's So" replied Tillman.
'but didn't know before that 1 was such
| a heavy-w ei ght
The South Carolina senator soon grew
impatient. This waiting is tiresome," he
said.
THAT shouldn't affect YOU" said Sena-