The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-27
p0ilTlCAL DEBATE.
Hon. George W. Jones and Hon. oiiii
WellbOrn Lock Horns on the
Political Issues OF
the Day.
hposiiions Of Grecnback and Demo-
cratic Doctrines.
The Court House Crowded for Four
Hours.

Hon George W, jones' BreenDack canul
date for governor, and Hon. Olin Well
born, in debate on the political issues Of
the day. The respective speeches arc sub
stantially given below, and occupied just
four hours for their delivery:
Mr. VIM Harris was called 10 the chair
and stated the terms of the discussion
Colonel Jones to lead or in speech OF one
and half hours aud Wellborn TO follow in
speech Of similar length and replication Of
thirty minutes by each OF them. Colonel
Jones commenced by saying he couldn't
hope to discuss all questions involved
Found himself confronted by national poll
ties IL seems now TO be contendcd that
the people cannot elect officials without the
fundamentally OF nominating conventions
Not even town constable could be elected
without convention. In olden limos this
was not So and people did their thinking
and voting for themselves. II another
thinks for man he is the slave of the
thinker. Colonel jones said il was neccs-
sary at the outset TO understand terms and
names. In all honest debates each party
stated his own position,
,llndcpendence he defined as the theory
of the man who thought aud acted without
the intervention of caucus or nominating
conventions. Forty years ago our people
did not know such agencies. IL was
only after Van Buren's election that this
machinery was put In operation, and then
il went down TO congressional and lcglss-
tive candidacy and even down to town CON
stable. Even after Texas was admitted it
was not until 1857 that IL was adopted. Ono
would think that these officers, thus elect
d would be at daggcrs draw III congress
but not so. Democrats and republicans
united, and, for example, on the tariff
question: you could not tell (which from
which. -
When the Revolutionary war was ended,
THE PARTIES OF WING AND TORY
died out so on through republican and
iedcraists, down to twenty-0dd years ago,
when democracy and republication locked
horns These two parties, were antagonist
ically arrayed ON tho slavery question. Yet
This issue has passed awry and the exist
ence Of these parties now is only due TO the
bad feelings cngenderod by the contest and
the perpetuation of the same. But there Is
really no issue between them, and il takes
issues to make parties. This opinion of his
was expressed as long ago as his contest
with Seth Shepherd In that race he tool,
this ground, and he read complimentary
notices of his speeches from the Gal.
weston News. In that notice ho
was compared TO Washington, and
read from that paper showing the
similarity rs eyinCed by the farewell nd
dress OF the great patriot in his allusion
10 the danger OF the country from domino
lion OF party spirit and contest for office.
Westinghouse allegation that one great
change also arose from the fact that IL
would necessarily result that parties in one
section would be apt 10 miSrcpresCnt the
aims and views of IaH., in other districts.
lie next proceeded to define the term
money He said there were two theo.
rles about money. one was the fiat and
the other the metallic. The first holds that
anything, whether gold silver or paper, is
money that has its authority from govern.
mental endorsement, The other that il
was the intrinsic value of the metal or ma.
terlal that gave its current and absolute
value. All the fiat money advocates con.
tended Tor was that money should be por-
table, divlShlo and indestruCtihlc. For
morly grcenback legal tenders were ahso-
lule except for CUSTOMS etc, but now il is
good Tor customs, lie took the position
That the law makes the money which IL the
modum oieXchange rs which tits valuable.
lie held that IL did not mNk people rich,
but that government money should bo held
Tor the protection Of the people ut large
against the rich and powerful, who would
otherwise aggrandiac all to themselves,
In 1876 three senators and three repre-
sentatiycs stated the two theories, and his
speech showed up for itself lie don't
want Hammond or any other mans ideas
quoted on him--this was lodging the cues
tion. lie again quoted from the Galveston
News, which alleged that all the difference
between fiat aud metallic money was ms IA
the regulation of the quantity issued, and
that NIL necessary was to show the people il
was good for the payment of debts,
Ho said that Wellborn had voted for the
Weaver and Rice bills, but accounted for Il
on the ground that parties were ADVANCING,
He then read from
THE DEMOCRATIC III ATroRM or ~.
prUnouncing Il n Townsend sarsapariin mix
turc, and referred TO the demand for IN,
repeal of the rcsumption act; hui ALLEGED
that in the 18TH congress, although both
branches were democratic, IL was passed lax
the house, came back from tho senate and
was laid on thp sncnlcr's inhle WHARF 4
died.
Demand was also made for the liberation
of the money in the treasury, hut NOT In
the Cincinnati platform. Now the ptnpl,
have to keep It there. The dem1crai,
platform. the speaker said, Cultd tul
"homc rule, tariff reform, honest money.
o,c. Honest money, In their estimation
meant hard -moncy that y, tho numb,r a.
grains in the coin mnst il, worth ,h,
amount indicated therein. in Inn world
on that prlpciplo LEGAL tender wnuid IA,
dishonest In tho world nnI IN, rlntf ~,
section meant Tint mon,v INNS, ho e'o,,t
that much IN weight. Tho sam. ,,l,,c ,rn
can only mean TINT Tho IN 90 nc, In ,h,
treasury must he retired.