The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
AND NOW BLACKBURN
,osT ENTHUSIASM FOR FREE
h'9 COINAGE of SILVER.
MILO SHOWED HIM A LIGHT.
ps CONFERENCE AT CAPITAL
WITH GORMAN.

,.rressive and Up-tO-Dnte
r,otform-Dead Issues Must Be
,.,,.,,noted-DavidB Bennett Hill as
p.o-fdentiaI Possibility-Sentl-
seems to Be Crystalising in
Mis- DirecGOn.
,,.spineton, July Ex-senator Joe
,,..i,,prn Of Kentucky and former
80. German of Maryland were in
,t,v to-day, and their meeting af-
<4sd an opportunity for heart-to-
,.a.rt talk on the political situation.
senator Blackburn is back in the
eorsta again after a forced vacation
,,ooause the Republicans slipped into
-ou,ar for a brief period in the Blue
r~ass State. Mr.. German was depriv-
~ If his seat in the Senate which he
bsld for eighteen years, because the
panpblicans got in their deadly work
g., his state and inflicted upon the Sen
a+s Two Republicans, the notorius We'll
lineton and the foxy McComas.
Ar the last election, the Democrats
in MARYLAND got together again and
elected a Democratic governor and also
Democratic Legislature. If the
Democrats remain in control of the
oTerrapin State" Mr.. German hopes
and expects to be returned to the Sem
ale as the successor of Senator We'll
lington who just now seems to be a
nolitical outcast so far as the two great
national parties are concerned.
While I am not at liberty to quote
the actual conversation between Mr..
German and Senator Blackburn, vio-
late no confidence in asserting that
both of these gentlemen agree that the
future prospects of the Democratic
party are exceptionally bright, provid-
ing the party leaders discard old and
heretofore unsuccessful issues, and
make the next presidential contest
upon an up-to-date and an aggressive
platform. There is but little encour-
agement from a political standpoint,
to be derived from a general attack
upon the administration Philippine
policy. This government has gone so
impossible to suggest a practical rem
edy by which the American forces can
be withdrawn from those islands.
There are other questions nearer home
and of greater interest to the American
people which might be pushed to the
front and made party issues by the
Democrats
An Inviting Field.
The tariff question offers an inviting
field of operation for the Democracy.
The Republicans are wide open on this
subject and it is believed that a Wig
orous attack on the present law would
appeal with especial force to a large
majority of the American people at this
time. There are many daring in
stances during the present administra-
uon to show that the Republicans,
having become intoxicated by party
success, have gone far beyond the
bounds of wisdom and discretion in the
expenditure of the public revenues.
Junketlng parties in every direction,
both foreign and domestic, have been
made and are being made at the pub
Tic expense, persons are carried on the
government pay rolls who do not per-
form one honest days labor in a month,
political criminals are permitted TO
eVade prosecution, and all efforts to
apprehend or bring to trial, the Of
lenders are laughed to scorn by the Of
hcial authorities.
MI German, whose name has fire.
quently been mentioned in connection
with the Democratic presidential pos
slpllties, evidently has a deeper inter-
esl IN state than in national politics.
lie good-naturedly brushed aside the
PRESIDENTIAL topic by saying: at is a
rug way on before the Democrats will
W called upon to select a presidential
'dHulddte. At the present time | am
ensdsed IN looking after the interests
VI me democratic party at home. over
III Maryland we are endeavoring to get
our party lines formed so that Mary
idha may resume her former position
III the Democratic column, where she
naturally belongs. We have some hard
woIK ahead of us, but we are getting
IuI FORCES into good shape and we
.ope 10 retain the Legislature and at
.'e I'd me time be in a position to give
NE electoral vote of the state to the
democratic candidate for President,
o "logs eI ne is AS to the question of
odHaldates, Mr. German was not dis
posed to commit himself. From the
WHor OF his remarks, it was apparent
eIdt ne is in favor of the selection of
new man with new issues for the
campaign of 1904.
blackburn Not Enthusiastic.
senator Blackburn is not so enthus-
ta w over Mr.. Bryan as he was prior
tt acton of the Ohio Convention.
49, weeks ago, the Kentucky SEN
Mr. vas dS under the impression that
fa hr9an would be the dominating
tS.loi m the next Democratic National
Invention. His views in that direc-
sas nave undergone a change recently.
fro now agrees that Organism and
mss 'lVer are no longer winning is
tain. senator Blackburn still main
Pr hlgh personal regard for Mr..
ssna.', put being a practical common
cbas man, he realizes that there is no
u Tor the Democratic party to win
c,,,. 10 +ohal contest on issues which a
vbtls mas twice repudiated and
Hos Democrats of almost every sec
inc sa1Inlt are no longer worth fight
rro ng senator will probably take a
fde M position on the Democratic
a st,it.,, ne Senate, for the party needs
bo6, ana aggressive leader in that
Hons, nus long experience in the
HIS ~Hu the Senate, together with
s sal MS PERSONAL popularity. should en-
pied w.. 10 regain the position he occu-
publican. was uiSpiaced by Re-
~, MI ms IA Possibility.
Froyy.. Us In Democratic circles
hfros, sentiment in the direction of
prsg5. nator David Bennett Hill as a
b. and 'al possibility. Wherever you