The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-06-29
GENERAL WEAVER IN TEXAS.

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GENERAL WEAVER IN TEXAS
General Weaver made series OF
speeches i'll Texas in 1880, when he WIS
the greenblok candidate for President
He is making another series OF speeches
now, when his avowed mission is to dis
lnteRrate what he Ills the "bourbon
democracy" in this state, by II combina.
ton OF greenbackers republicans and
disgruutled democrats. He preached
identically the same doctrine in 1890
that he breaches now. In 1880 the
democracy received him as an open
enemy, and held him at arms length
and the democratic masses were warned
to avoid Weaver and his doctrines as
something utterly pernicious. Demo
cratic speakers on the stump said the
finnncialtquestion was settled; that we
had the best currency system the world
ever saw-the national banking system.
The masses accepted this reasoning; the
democracy virtually spat upon Weaver
and he went away without creating II
ripple on the surface. Now what a
change Weaver comes to Texas and
repeats, as far as national issues are
| concerned, the same theories he
urged two years agO-oppositiuu
TO mOnopolios, the repeal OF the ma
tional banking system and fiat green
back currency, issued by the govern.
ment. He IL no longer repealed and
hooted at His prog ess Is kind Of
triumphal tour; it If with difficulty dem
ocratic orators can be induced to meet
him; democrats are his audiences and
| everywhere, AS III Waco last week. wo
| hear the expression from thoso demo
Gratis "Wcnver's doctrines suit us. We
are with Inn heart and soul. He teaches
as good democratic doctrine AZ W. want
to hear" etc. Democrats applaud. con
graduate and make much OF HIM. II, y
shall this wonderful change be accom-
ted for We have copies OF WeHvers
| speeches made in Texas two yonrH ago,
and with the slightest revision they
could not be told from his speeches Of
this year, He has not changed Has the
| democracy revised it's ideas within two
yeRrs And il Weaver il right row
were the democrats right then There
Texas democracy agr,es with Weaver
now, how shnll it harmOnize with ma
tional democracy Of to-dny National
democracy Of to-day il represented
by the democrats IN congross.
Mr.. Weaver aud the grcenbnck CON
gressmen are opposed to the extension ui
the national banking system. II iB but
briof whi = since cungreas pn sud uu
that question. How did the democratic
mombGrs handle itf Ont OF l3 demo
crata in the house ~ voted against the
extension. ~ voted for it, and a lodged
the issue and would not vote at all. And
III the senate how was it? The bill wns
passed by "a yeas to Is nays, Where
were the 81 democratic senatOrH2 Some
OF them voted with the republicans, but
most OF them did not vote at ALL Texas
democrats should reflect whe her they
are consistent and wise in accepting
Woaver'R doctrine as the acme Of poll i.
cal perfection He comos here preach
ing theories that the democrats in con.
gross refuse to sanction and endorse
with their votes. The Texas delegation,
we grant, are with Mr., Weaver, but the
! 1.ln IN, l,. "a A.
their own party at Washington. II 1--WE
are to have the Weaver idea as the pre-
dominant feature of democracy, well
and good. But ill that case consistency
would seem to demand IA cutting loose
from the national democ.
racy. which does not accept the Weaver
idea. IL the democracy il going pell
nell aftOr what Weaver breaches now, it
must admit that it IL on the baok track
| II Weaver IL right now he was right in
| 1870. And il he was right then demo
Gratis were all wrong. 1t il ventable
| dish of crow for anybody who can stOm-
ach crow,And underneath all the glamour
| Of Viewers theOrics-Hud he ia u shrewd
ahlG mhn-thero remains the significant
fact which an old German wanted to ro-'
mind Weaver OF last Saturday. but luckcd
fair opportunity. He said "IIow is it
Gen. Weaver, thHt when in congress
there is an issue between the democrats
"and republicans where republican
lob is on hand, your crowd always votes
"against the democrat 2" The question
was timely and appropriate. Aud yet
Weaver with his TRADES against capital,
his subtle invocation OF the fell spirit OF
agrarianism, comes here to d srupt Texas
d mocracy, and democrats are found to
aver that democracy and gre nbackism
are "twin sisters" 1t is time for reilec-
tion and consistency.
The house of representatives has
huhlly passed the bill which rotires the