The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-27
SAVANNAH, GA, THURSDAY, JANUARY q, 1895

parties had done a great deal of coquet-
tins as to the question of silver and gold
He expressed the belief that many South
ern states had voted for free silver from
fear of a negro domination rather than
from an honest belief in the principles
of free coinage at a ratio of 10 to J.
Concluding, Mr.. Bullitt said: Il should
be very glad If the honorable chairman OF
this meeting, or some other gentleman
who stands high in the Republican coun-
ellis, could give a proper warning, which
would be heard and needed too, that IL
the Republican party proposed TO perpet-
uate themselves IN power in the United
States they must-with sincerity of pur-
pose and earnestneSs of conviction and
promptness and dispatch-show to the peo-
pie of this country that they are what
they profess to be: in favor of the gold
standard and of proper currency reform"
EXGov. Rufus Bullock of Atlanta said:
in those states in the South where there
is any danger of the numerical strength
of the negroes we are adopting a franchise
based upon property and intelligence.
When that danger has disappeared it will
find our people as patriotic. as honest, as
ready to sustain every good issue as any
people on Gods green earth"
Gen. Simon Buckner of Kentucky, who
was a candidate for Vice President on the
ticket with Gen. Palmer of Illinois, ex-
pressed himself as pleased with the com
missions plan. He said the report pro-
posed to carry out an axiom. ut was
demonstrated to Charles of France, said
he chat there could be but one coin circu-
lating side by side with another. and that
the inferior, and when that was afterward
ably demonstrated by Locke and as MIR.
Carlisle in our present day has demons
strated il. il has become an axiom. We
propose to carry out that axiom in finance.
Allusion had been made to a proposition
now pending before one of the bodies of
Congress, which proposes a double repu-
diatiOn of the debts of this country and a
double dishonor upon this nation. l al
lude to a resolution recently introduced
by senator proposing TO pay the debts
of this country in a currency which will
become valueless."
Other prominent speakers were John II.
Rhodes Of New York, William e. Dodge
of New York, eX-Gov. O. " Coffin of Con-
necticut, and John Crawford of Texas.
A resolution was also adopted requesting
that copies of the conventions proceed
ings be furnished to the members of Con-
gress.
A long resolution prepared and submit
ted by the executive committee, and which
was enthusiastically adopted by the
convention, expressed hearty ap-
probation of the monetary commissions
report and of the relations it embodied.
The resolution recites the fact that the
to thir work without any compensation
or reward except the consciousness of
duty well and faithfully done, many
months of aduous work, at great sacrifice
to each of them, in absence from home and
in valuable time needed for their own
serious and important duties" and de-
clares it to be the earnest conviction of
the convention that there has never been
| in the history of our country a body of
! men more truly representative of all that
| is best in American life, manhood, patri-
otism and intelligence, nor one that un-
dertook and fulhlled a great task for the
| general welfare in a spirit of more un-
selfish devotion to our country.
DR. Samuel A. Robinson representing
| the New York Board Of Trade and Trans
portation and the Staten Island Chamber
! Of Commerce, had prepared an address,
which was not delivered. but copies of
which were distributed TO all the dele
gates.
The resolution and the report of the
committee were unanimously adopted by
| the convention.
At o'clock. after two hours of fav-
orable debate, the resolutions were unan-
imously adopted
The convention adjourned subject to the
call of the executive committee.
The monetary executive committee was
in session most Of the afternoon drawing
piats of the educational feature of the
work. 1t was decided to continue the
Washington and Indianapolis bureaus in
definitely and TO attempt by the dissemi-
nation of literature to work up popular
sentiment for the commissions plan rather
than attempt to convert individual con-
| gressmen. Chairman Hanna was given
! carte blanche to conduct a campaign along
this line.
The speeches of the convention will be
distributed in pamphlet form and a vast
Il.
uted.
Sufficient money to conduct the cam
paign has been pledged.