The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-04
THREE ITEMS FROM GEGEGIA.


We have recently stumbled upon three
very interesting silver items from Inc
state of Georgia The first Is an eH-
tract from an editorial in the Hon. Tom
Watson's paper, which is as follows:
Compare the sales Of Bryan's book
now with those of Coins Financial
School in 1885, and you get fair idea
Of the decline Of public interest in the
single issue Of silver coinage. BarVey'5
book outsold Bryan's at the japanese
ratio OF about % 12 TO !. The single
issue OF silver coinage has seen us poSt
dav."
Mr.. Watson has been one OF the most
ardent OF the frce-sllvor advocates put
he Is a very sensible fellow. he knows
failure when he sees II. and he has the
courage 20 tell the truth about it. we
mentioned the other day that the
manager OF his campaign had come 10
the same conclusion. and had gone into
the sold-mining business in Mexico.
The second item Of interest is like unto
the first. A telegram from Atlanta,
printed in one Of the Northern papers
yesterday, informs us that Former Vice
President Stevenson and a party OF
friends have gone into the gold-minng
business in Northern Georgia, and that
their visit TO that section has had
wonderfully inspiritng effect upon the
gold properties. Since they came here
the correspondent says, lat least han
million dollars has been invested in va
rious schemes to work the mines, ana
there is little doubt that gold boom
will be on within the next few weeks.
lust how heavy Mr.. Stevenson IS inter-
ested, personally. IS not known" ADDS
the correspondent. but he expressed on
his departure a very lively satisfac-
ton with the condition Of affairs"
Our only comment on this is that Alr.
Stevenson is a member Of the committee
which has recently been appointed by
the President to promote international
blmetallism. 1t IS possible That Mr.. Ste
venson would not be engaging in the
cold-mining business II he had any very
strong hopes Of succeeding IN his mis-
sion abroad
The third item OF interest is an extract
from an editorial in the Daily Tribune
a free-silver newspaper published in the
city of Augusta. It is in reply TO an
editorial in the Augusta Telegraph, which
mged that II we owe anything TO the
"Eurcpean shylock," we should pay him
dcliar for dollar. and that we should
render unto Caesar the things that be-
lcrg 10 him. The Tribunes reply is. in
part as follows:
"The things which are Caesars should
be rendered unto him, and shylock
bond should lie redeemed. The Telegraph
Itself docs not claim that a proposluoh
70 rorud.ate this debt has ever been
made But let us pay it In honest
mono. Il SAYS. worth full one hundred
ceats in the dollar
THAT means in gold money in scarce
and dear money. which IT viii take dou-
| bic of the peoples products TO get. Mhy
| should we do this? Honor does not re-
! oi,ire IT. The articles Of the bond DO
| not STIMULATE IT, Prudence, self-i1ierest'
our duty to ourselves and our children
| forbid Il. we are q nation OF fools. or
| idiots unfit for self-government to do
II. II we as nation choose TO coin
gold and silver in proportion, ana al lhe
| ratio that was in vogue when The ouih
| Of these obligations was assumed, ana
such coinage OF gold and silver VIII
make IL twice as easy for MS to meet
them. why should II rot be done.
If this editorial is not penned IN a
spirit Of Reputation. If what the IT'D
unc advocates is not reputation, pure
and simple. we do not know the mean
Ing of that term.
And yet. in view Of all those inter
esting items from Georgia we are lo'u
| bv those who presume TO speak ior inc
Democratic party Of Virginia that no
| man. whatever his honest CONVICTIONS az
to free silver, shall be permitted 10 al
Gliate with the party in this state I'M
loss he swallow the Chicago platform