The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
WILL BE TIE LEADING ISSUE.
voxrv CUSTOM IN FOREFRONT
SAYS SENATOR JONES.

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Thare Ever Were-The War IN
creased Business.
vsshieton, Feb. Ex-senator James K
7.oes Hartman of the Democratic ma
81 fommittee, is not in accord with
otoker of New York and Mr.. Wall
- Wisconsin regarding the paramount is
a the next presidential campaign. He
san to-day;
70 say that the next Democratic ma
final convention will reaffirm the position
tken by the convention in 1896 is
,, assert what every candid man, even
ii,s.lv familiar with existing facts,
.rovys to be true. It is as certain as any
tbtne human can be that the question
Of bimetaIlism will be the leading issue
in the campaign next year. And It IS
re,sonab2A 70 expect that the majority of
the oeon,e will next time declare for the
marry which means what it says and will
redeem its pledges, and that they viii not
again be tricked into casting their votes
IN favor of the enemies of the principles
in which they believe
ION what grounds do you base your
homes for success next year," he was
asked.
He Gives His Reasons.
some of the reasons why am strongly
boneful of the future of our cause are as
follows: In the campaign OF 1895 both par
lies declared for bmetallism; the Demo-
rats for tndependent action by the United
states. the Republicans for an internal
tional agreement, which they pledged
themselves TO promote True, this decla-
ration on the part of the Republicans was
onlv made to catch votes and because the
partv leaders did not dare to go TO the
polls without it. I think now no one any
longer doubts that the fixed purpose OF
those who controlled these leaders was TO
maintain the gold standard, and to pre-
vent not promote, an interna tional agree
neut The declara ton, however, served
its purpose and vast numbers of sincere
brnetallists were persuaded TO vote the
Renu.~Tcen ticket in the belief that they
were voting for an honest effort to secure
international bimetallism. The leaders,
who were responsible for this trick, have
already committed their party 10 the sin
gle cold standard, so far as they can, and
II they dare speak out honestly in their
next national platform it will declare for
the single gold standard"
BimetaIIism Improving.
do YOU believe that the cause OF bi-
meidilism is improving?"
"There are as many believers in BIZ
metanism to-day in the United States as
there ever We're and all these are doubt
less now convinced that the only way to
accomplish bimetallism Is through the ae
ton of the Democratic party. The great
effort to stop the fail of prices-the shrink
ing of values-and to relieve the distress
of business resulting from these great
evils without doing injustice or injury to
any class of business, is being more and
more understood, and commands the re-
spect of honest aud fair men always when
understood and another campaign of ridi-
cule and abuse such as that of 1856
whether dictated by ignorance or venal-
ity-cannot succeed against temperate ar
guments and appeals for simple justice,
when The people have time to fairly weigh
the arguments and form a deliberate judg-
ment
"There was great unrest and dissatisfac-
ton in 1896 throughout the country, re-
sulting from falling prices and shrinking
values. The Republican party promised thai
If they were entrusted with power all this
would be changed, and that prosperity
should succeed existing conditions. Mr.
Mckinley and the gold press now assures
the country that We have prosperity There
is quite a boom in stock speculation IN
" ali otlCCts but w an street is not the
country, as We believe. A great famine
and short crop of wheat all over the
world except in The United States natur-
ally raised the price of wheat while these
conditions lasted, and the benefcient eff
fects of this temporary advance in the
price of a single article, which was so
marked IN the short period it continued
IS likely to stimulate desire for a return
to that condition permanently and an ex-
tension of it to all other products. This
IS our purpose, and was our purpose in
1850 When the Republican party denounc-
eo any ettort to increase prices as a crime
War Has Helped Business.
How do you account for the activity in
business?" -
There has been necessarily an increas-
ed demand for labor within the hast few
lhs' as the result of the withdrawal
OF large numbers of American citizens
from the ordinary walks of life to be en-
ployed in the army, whose places had IN
be filled There has also been an ;ncraasS
eo activity in and a demand Tor ali nro-
uuctS which were necessary To the main
",idIice ana support of a large army But
an tlese conditions are in the very nature
VI thllss temporary, and all of us know
to' 'iiey must pass away with the end of
az ooluilohs which brought them into
q,,o,,a -oHilis que allowance for the in
'iS9G 1ufest causes. on the DreS-
S condition of the country. there is to-
uay as much dissatisfaction and as much
aIse Ior II as there was in 1896. No relief
mas OF is to be expected under Republican
tn1 aseineht except such as comes bv fam
r lte abroad and war at home. A condition
o. constantly falling general prices is
diet..E "lefe recognized as a condition of
e,sIress and hard times, and SPECULATION
49, Ii'e men IN Wall street does not change
1--we ms, we believe that small volume Of
n Ioiley FORCES prices down. hence we have
of $50 me coinage of our silver as wen as
w., our goid-not only to check This grind
ad5.a Ian IN prices, but TO promote steadily
advancing prices"
oiu Platform Gaining Ground.
gairin en you think the Chicago platform is
lest most certainly do In the elections of
W. sr year the principles of that platform
in , ,, not the leading and exclusive issues
n.r,t.E sections of the country. These were
tr rilt.a"y obscured in many states and dis.
Ran9L,, me question of bimetalIism the
and 10 effort to retire the ereenbacke
abs1fo oohIer upon the national hanlFs tbo