The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-10
SILvERITES STILL STRONG.
SENTIMENT STANDS BY 16 TO L IN
THE OLD STRONGHOLDS.

meeting - oregon, nebraska, COlO-
RADIO and Arkansas StiIl Solid for
the White Metal-The Situation In
Missouri Not EncOura ging - No
Gains For Silver Reported In the
sound Money States.
New York, Nov. 9.-The semi-annual
meeting of the executive committee of the
national sound money league was begun
here to-day There were present President
George E. leighton of st. Louis, General
Secretary E. V. Smiley, Henry Willard,
Gustav H. Schwab, ]. Kennedy Tod, II.
P. Robinson, Edwin Burrit Smith, ]. K.
Cowen, M. e. ingalls,, ]. w. Norwood, w.
c. Cornwen and Treasurer A. B. Hep
burn.
General Secretary Smiley read a COM
munication from NJ. c. George, vice pres
ident for oregon, who wrote that he was
with the league in all the great questions
relating to the currency, and realizes the
necessity for aggressive work. AS to the
state, in many places the league would
find 1t honeycombed with financial ignor-
ance and error. The light, he said, should
be made to shine in all the dark places.
On motion of Mr.. ingalls, of Cincinnati,
it was voted to appropriate $1,000 to aid
Mr.. George in spreading the light in Ore
gon.
]. K. Cowen of Baltimore reported that
things were satisfactory in his territory,
and added that Maryland did not need any
financial aid from the national league.
]. Sterling Morton, vice president of the
league for Nebraska, wrote: "Mr. Bryan
and his disciples are actively engaged in
the propagation of money fallacies. They
have united in one conglomerate all the
fanatics, bigots and idiots in this state for
the purpose of upholding the free coinage
of silver at ratio of 16 to l. 1t is very
painful to observe that this aggregation
may quite possibly make a majority of
10000 at the coming election for candidates,
who represent all that is inimical and dis
astrous to agriculture, and in fact to
sound government everywhere"
Judge w. M Rese, vice president of the
league for Arkansas. wrote: There is no
change in this state. There is an over
whelmlng majority for free silver and Bry-
-anism in every congressional district"
Charles f. Libbey, president of the league
for Maine, wrote in part; so far as
Maine is concerned, 1 do not think that
the silver question will be an issue In the
congressional campaign next year.
James L. Blair of st. Louis wrote: "On
the whole, l cannot say that I feel en-
couraged over the situation in Missouri"
William C. Cornwell of Buffalo report
ed that, as far as he could ascertain, both
in the eastern and western parts of the
state, the free silver sentiment was actu-
ally dying out
Louis r. Enrich of Colorado Springs re-
ported that nothing but better times can
bring about a change in the free silver
sentiment in Colorado
1.-The only thing to affect the west" he
said, lis better times and / would now
suggest that the league come out boldly
and ask the President of the United States
to proclaim the gold standard as the
money basis of the country"
President Leighton thought 1t highly in
eXpedient for the league to commit itself
on this point at the present time.
NJ. e. ingalls, of Cincinnati said: '"The
result of the recent campaign shows con-
clusively that the south will again drift
back to the democracy and free silver"
Continuing he said that 'the great dam
ger now is in the tendency to drift into
new banking house law, which to the
country will be fraught with danger"
On motion of H. P. Robinson of Chicago,
1t was resolved that a committee be ap-
pointed to receive and consider the report
of the monetary commission when 1t is
made, and to call meeting of the execu-
tive committee if it is considered necessary
that action be taken thereon.
A committee, comprising Louis r. En-
rich. Mr.. Leighton, Secretary Smiley, Gus
tav H. Schwab and William c. Cornwell
was appointed to prepare a declaration
, for International bimetallism to the effect
hot afa11 f-rf1 sc 49, 4
should be the standard of the country. A
recess was then taken.
Before re-assembling, the members OF the
committee said that President Mckinley
had stated his intention of recommending
in his next message to Congress the ad-
visibility of separating the issue depart
ment of the treasury from the regular
government expense accounts. In other
words it will be proposed to hold the gold
reserve as a redemption fund for green
backs, and to make the gold and green
backs interchangeable. 1t was said that
President Mckinley had spoken freely an
Monday with a prominent official of the
National Sound Money League on this
question
When the committee resumed its session,
Louis r. Enrich of Colorado Springs, as
chairman of one of the subcommittee,
read the following address. 'The execu-
tive committee of the National Sound
Money League, in behalf of its members
throughout the United States, issues the
following address: international bimetal-
lism as a world possibility is dead. Let us
recognize this. The international bimetal-
lie commission, appointed under the st.
Louis pledge of the republican party, have
made strenuous efforts on behalf of this
policy. These efforts have proved futile.
The commercial necessities of the world
have demonstrated that a dual standard Is
commercially unacceptable and in the
present stage of civilization, impossible.
THE hour has come, 1t seems to us,
when a national recognition of this fact
is necessary The situation demands a
definite, clear, unequivocal declaration
that international bimetalllsm is a dream
of the past The United States must pro-
claim their acceptance of the world fact
and plant themselves finally on the single
gold standard.
The proclamation of this monetary po-
sition will quicken cur commerce, increase
foreign investment and make permanent
the prosperous conditions which have be-
gun to manifest themselves in our coun-
try.
Z" We invite the friends of sound money,
and all who would contribute 90 the we'll
being and safety Of our commercial life,