The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

~ - plty, he said TO political
friend to sacrifice that fine fellow Bryan
TINS YEAR when there seems 10 be so lit
tie chance for a bimetallic victory. All
TINS new gold from the Rand and the
hlondlke has SO swelled the yo.ume Of
money that the difficulties that imp. essed
the people in 1896 are not apparent now.
W ny wouldn't il be a good idea for the
Democrats to take up Dewey this year.
ana four years from now, when in all
probability the conditions of 1896 viii re-
appear, put Bryan in triumDantly?"
Mr.. FreWen was hardly able to gauge the
sentiment of the Democratic part then,
nor does itiappear that he understands the
depth of American feeling about the war
in the Transvaal. The American press is
almost a unit in condemning British ag-
gressions. and the repoicings here over a
Boor victory are almost universal 1t
may be doubted whether the Mckinley
administration could have done a m re
unpopular thing than to put the govern
ment of the country in a position of eX
IRENE friendliness to England and the is
sue of the British alliance may he expect
ed to fill no inconsiderable place in the
next campaign
The distress OF the famous firm of Har-
per & Bros, which hos necessitated a re-
ownership. has had one curious result thar
could hardly have been foreseen. The
firm publishes Henry D. Lloyd's book,
Wealth Against Commonwealth" which
is beyond question the most vigorous con-
vincing and accurate Indictment of a trust
and the whole trust system that has ever
been written. 1t is, as doubtless many
readers know searching study of the
history of the Standard Oil Company, that
prodigious and criminal corporation the
insidiOus association of which with the
United States government has lately as
tonished ana alarmed the nation. 1t was
suggested the other day that as the next
presidential campaign is to be fought very
largely on the issue of trusts, it might be
well for the Democratic National Commit
lee to secure a cheap edition of this book
to put into the hands of speakers and
writer's, and accordingly a request was
made of the publishers for price on
certain number of copies prepared In
cheap form. The response was simple
refusal TO make any rates whatsoever
while the receivership continued.
Now this may have been a necessary
act for the receiver, but certain things
suggest that under existing conditions the
firm of Harpers viii not manifest any
extreme desire to- push the sale of
book which attacks trusts and the stand
ard Oil above all others. The receiver is
Mr.. G. 3. NJ Harvey, present owner OF
the North American Review and once
managing editor of the New World. That.
post Mr.. Harvey resigned to become pr-
vate secretary to Mr.. William c. Whitney
and in that distinguished employment mas
thrived exceedingly. Moreover he was
put in as RECEIVER of the great publishing
house at the Instance Of J. Pierpont Nor
gan, one ofsthe principal creditors. Neither
Mr.. Morgan nor Mr. Whitney is so who'll
ly disassociated with trusts as to look
with friendly eyes on a book which has
eXerted so much influence against them an
this one of Henry D. Lloyd's and it will
be interesting to see what effect this new
control of the avenues of publication may
have upon the circulation of book which
under normal conditions, should be widely
read in this era of antitrust sentiment.
At the Jacksonan Club banquet IN
Omaha a few weeks ago l met an enthu-
siastic individual who thought the saliva
ton of the Democratic party could be
assured if the word were quietly passed
along the line that all Democrats with
draw their deposits from the banks in
which they might have them, change the
money into gold and lock up the gold.
He thought that a systematic effort of
this sort would result in a gold famine
and a demonstration of the truth OF the
Democratic position that gold alone was
not adequate for the monetary necessities
of the country. Curiously enough a de-
vice Of this sort was employed in Eng
land nearly seventy years ago, and re-
suited in driving the Duke of Wellington,
who had Just been made premier out of
office, 1t was in 1872, and among the rad
ical element in England there was appre-
hension that the Duke was likely to drag
Great Britain into a f0reisn war. A tailor
named Francis Place, one night went to
the shop Of a sympathetic printer anu
had a quantity of huge placards printed
hearing these lines only. Stop the Duke;
90 for gold" The next morning the pla-
cards were all over London. No one knew
with whom they had originated, but the
british mind which we are inclined to
repard as sluggish seemed to be quick to
catch the situation, for there resulted an
Immediate run on the Bank Of England,
and in three days not less than H,s0lo~
in gold were drawn out Of that lnstltu-
ton. The Duke resigned WITHIN re"
davs. his term of office having been lin
itad to nine days only. Allison, in his
history of England, refers to this device
as that of "the Internal Dlacards."
The growing probability that the ques-
tim Of imuerialism will be one OF the
chief issues in the campaign OF 1870 re-
calls TO me a conversation l had with Mr.
Tsr,-an about il in October of 1898, while
he was sun IN the d my 49,
Now York to Savannah to see him ana
found him confined to his bed ana just
recovering from a very serious attack OF
tvnhoid fever We talked about pubic
matters and he informed me then that
if was his purpose as soon as the treaty
Of peace was signed in Paris to resign
from the army and to take up the nsht
against the annexation Of the philippines
and the growing tendency toward imper-
iaIisn. I said to him. Mr. Bryan, thlhk
that your views are absolutely right, out
I am afraid they will prove exceedingly
unpopular. I am inclined to believe that
The country will favor annexation ana
wider participation by the United states
in international affairs" He drew nm
self up on his pillow, sat up straight Tor
the FIRST time in the course OF our long
conversation and ! well remember that
his ewes blazed and his face grew haru
and determined as he said:
"If | believed that this was TO De tle
end of NV political career; If l knew mat
II meant defeat for all ambitions ana as
nirations may hold l nevertheless WouIu
Five myself up to this fight for believe
that Inc annexation Of these distant amen
Islands. the effort to incorporate thesg
.t.aft,. forafgn peOples with our own dHH