The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-21
r WAS A SILVER MEETING.
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{ and silver combined available for
,.raea in 1896 was only about $4,000 600;
tJa fhe worlds sold for coinage alone
NJ; year will he S275 900 0O0-only about $685.
s..s short of the total gold and silver
.iabe for coinage in 1896; and, if the in
-..-.. continues at the same rate, we will
~ IN 1900 gold alone for coinage pur-
--.- amounting to $355O00, 000-greater by
ssl.n010 than the combined gold and sill
-sr AVAILABLE for miutase in 1896. Added
m this, over 5000 100000 of gold
t,s been put within reach of minis, while
,5r Government is coming 100000 silver
..-Iqrs each month, and preparing new
r.rt- 10 coin 100000 in gold eacn
.7-his increase of gold and silver, and
r-, President McKiniey's administration,
IL The prime cause of present conditions,
a,5 would not be surprised if the increase
i, 7oid continuing, the money powers Of
t5a world before long, should be demand
III the characterization of gold as an un-
s..rd currency, and a menace to the poor
mans prosperity!
Revolt in Ohio.
orr Ohio there is Republican revolt
AGAINST what is known as Hanna methods
ami Hanna bosssm in politics; and mas
,,uo7 as Senator Hanna appears to WELD
a roienf influence at the White House and
onsn.v asserts or claims to assert his in
frranca over the President of the United
States il may be pertinent at this time to
rs,ai. Bit of political history that has in
manner been forgotten, and which has
hem recalled to my mind by a published
--te-,ieW' Of Hon. Charles Foster, late Sec
r-.4ry of the Treasury.
..u Will be remembered that In 1898
while Mr.. Mckinley was Governor of
Oaio il went the rounds OF the press that
Mr.. Mckinley had been ruined by be
coming surety for a friend, and, as was in
tineted by Senator Foraker in a recent
interview, the hat was passed around
amongst the good Republicans and ad-
MIXERS of Mr.. Mckinley the amount rails
cd and the debt paid off
IN a recent reported interview of Gov.
Foster he Is made to say that Mr.. Nc
Kiuley Is the most unreliable man he ever
knew or words to that effect; and speak
ing of the circumstances Of passing around
the hat Mr.. Foster. in an interview, on
the 10Th of June last is reported to have
used the following language:
" At the time Mr. Mckinley was in
trouble, Kohlsaat took an active part in
relieving him against the protests of the
politicians of Illinois, he had his brother
appointed judge, and no one can doubt
tnat the appointment was the result of the
pressure of Kohlsaat on the President.
He has insisted On other ravors from the
President on the same ground, and I am
sure that he has gained all and more than
was due him on account of the matter
of which l have spoken
About the time l read Mr.. Fosters in
teryiew. ! saw it broadly stated in an
editorial Of the Verdict, published in New
York of which Mr.. o. H. p. Belmont is
president and Alfred Henry Lewis is
editor that the obligations of Mr. McKin-
lev amounting to $4,000 were not simply
endorsements for a friend, but consisted
mainly of partnership debts; contracted by
one Walker of the firm of Walker & Nc
Kiuey, in promissOry notes negotiated by
Walker, some of which were endorsed by
Mr.. Mckinley and some signed by Walker
alone, and held by some twenty small
banks in half a dozen counties in North
ern Ohio; that a sheriff levied on one of
Walkers concerns which forced that card
board Spectator into a corner and he
failed and made an assignment, which
brought matters to a crisis, and with 1t
a clamor on the part of the banks for
their money; that thereupon Mark Hanna,
Day, Kohlsaat, and Myron r. Herrlck set
about to help Mr.. Mckinley out of the
hole by passing around the hat raising
money. I quote the following from that
editorial:
Hard on the President.
Herrick, Hanna, Day and Kohsaat took
hold of the affairs. They raked, scraped,
coaXed. begged, squeezed and held up be-
fore contributors a future full of promis-
ed offices. One Rathbone once of the
postofice, and later prominent in Han
ma last election to the Senate, himself
stated in CampbelFs house in Hamilton
it was in April, 1896-that he was asked
for $500 and then $780, and as he still
declined, for $1,000. The syndicate's in
sIstence was so warm and urgent, Rath-
ga In IO ,aIlT
rick was receiving contributions in Ohio,
honlsaat in Chicago. Thus was the
money Sl1SO00, gotten together. OF the
N-1eO worth of original paper Walker
signed as maker, and Mckinley, as in
dorser, 100000 On $4,000 Mckinley was
maker with Walker on the back. The
syndicate tried to force Walker to take
care Of the SOB, 900 on which his name
appeared as maker. NO" said Walker,
1 owe half and Mckinley half. We were
partners; the notes were partnership
transactions; as between ourselves, we
We're to share equally the profits and the
losses,' As Walker couldn't pay dollar
al the time, and as McKinley's skirts
must have prompt clearance from this
bankrupt mud or all White House chance
10 1896 will be destroyed, the Hanna syn
uIcate took all the paper. Where are the
notes to-day? In the safe of the Savings
sank in Cleveland. They live, a constant
lAIeat against Mckinley in the Hanna
handS. Your President is as much in
mock as any watch in any pawnshop.
hanna and those contributing can clap
suIl upon him to-day, tomorrow, when
,ley VIII All of which, you may say.
should make popular the Hanna name at
ule White House. Doubtless it does But
N"dt should be your thought of self-re-
specl OF one whose debts, by his consent,
are met by other men; and who is shame
,ssy willing to live out the balance of
!'9 Gays in the lap of syndicate and be
,.S practical captive to the end Possibly
you might like to know the Verdict's au-
,.ltly Tor this recital of Mckinley and
I'ta "dnkruptcy. II was so told by Myron
al'lIIck in the Southern Hotel while the
os".tnton ragged in 80; and Merriam now
~ me census, heard him tell it, And
i'eliiek ought to know
story I'm Main Correct.
since reading Mr.. Fosters interview and
'-e EDITORIAL of the Verdict, l have made
'.Ne Investigation respecting this mat
w. ana While l am not prepared at this
, rl-'' TO say and do not say that the state