Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-09
MARION MARTIN.
His Letter Accepting the Non Parti.
san and UnioL Labor Eomina-
ton for Governor.
a Review CT ths Reasons waich Caused d
the Above Nam@d Pertt-a to spring
Iots Existence

Jas. NJ. Smith, Esq. GhAirmau, and Others Of
the Committee:
0ENTLEMEE-YGur eff ;ial ccmmurics-
ton, notifying ne tina: Il have bsen Sc
lecteG by the Independent and patriotic
people of TeIss, scsiug with the Noo-
Partisan snd the Uoio1 Labor pzriy,
through .1ai: chosen representatives, SIS
tneir c52ice md candidate for Governor
OF the State OF Texas al the ensuing cleo
tiop," hes beea receiVaH, sud would have
beer answered Immediately had T. not
fcu d me confined 20 nv bsd By s-vere
sickness, from which / have not yet So III =
cient!g recovered ~ give you: c2mmuni-
csrion SOe. Consideration and *
pressi3 e that It's importance oems1ds,
bu', 81 longer slarcs might be mis-
construed, / t2ge adysntSgs o. tEe irs:
momea. CT SUN ;ient restoration Of
strength so snswzT 20us communication,
and - eesuge va thst I fully appreciate
the honor conferred sui zoe responsible
ties Imposed. IL accepting the position
of sts7t1r3- OF neg psT:y, ur
known in political history, SID ilst er-
tering the crest pcii5 csl Dsltie h3id 20
soateud against the NEST poN3riu! sud
bsss ORGANISED ps?llea kuoWn in the lis
tory Of the word, 1t will be necessary to
give some OF tie :c&useS inst forced this
new Ds-tV into existence NJ true triGnd
of eur c0u TRY, care not vast maT have
been ais past party ffitl6i0n, bu: knows
that the curse OF uriast class legislation
oyorsh2doHs cur people like h!deous
nightmare.
Il would be impossible In this com nu
uicasicn to Teler 10 tn3 many acts OF class
legisistion sta hsv3 csusel 20 muca dla-
satisfaction aud discomfort amoog lhe Is
borlag and producing class. O1e of the
greatest eau zee OF. com plant Is the efJFs
made 20 per oe'uate the national dep:
in the In crest OF national banks.
when our treasury Is oVsInowiag with
hundreds CT millions CT dollsrs, hosTtei
thereio or LOANED 20 nssionst banks with
ouE interest, SID thss al this immense
wealth does not ccn(ri' ute one dollar &c
the support CT the government. ,
Colonel III ll., "a = sp 3ech delivered In
ire House Of z 'presepta:ives on the s h
day OF May, 1879, sad:
"Ous oojsct sG)a!d De 10 e1tinguish al
cur Gaots, nstioaal, state, iocal and pti
vate. To eff oct that thare is another
measure va NUT adopt We should rs
tire me circalSE N OF the nsttonal bsnEs
and supply IL with icsa! tender treasury
notes. Should We - tGst, the $3.50, 00C, 600
Of bonds they hold you'd have to oe sold
to the government lor the legal tender
notes required 10 redeem theic circuls-
tioG. By thsG ms:ns We should pay
$3.50 600 ooG 2l0r- e BOMBS il addition to
those psid ry $3.50 coo 600 ofsilver. The
debt would tnep be reduced to
eleven huadr & millions and twenty
millions Of taxss saved annually The
20 10
system Of nstIol4l sp0iission or rWsa.S
millions evsSy year. They hold $3.50, 0o0,.
eco OF government boads, upon which
there is sn suausl interest aceruing CT
twenty millions; they deposit these bonds
10 the treasury snd the government makes
paper dollar opal ID gold, and pays
them 80 per cent. Of the bonds and still
DAYS Interest on tie whole. When
80 per ceLt CT a tebt is
paid 80 por cent. Of the interest ought to
be ex iaguishet, and that is the law In all
prIvage ifansScuons; but 1t Is not 30 with
the national balbers. a generous gov
eminent taxes its poor laboriUg people
to obtsin money 10 5essoW upon is favor
iies.u
TIE suspension OF the coinage OF silver
ry our government has been smother
Cause OF complsia. by the people, ana
upon this question O; free coinage Of sill
yer C5loual Mills on tue SD dEY Of Fab
rusgy, 1855, ssid:
"3irs, 10: man who lives by the SWEET
OF mis- brow, and his representatives here
be n0s deceived By the easme and falae
prstepses that are thrown around this
measure, thst is filed 30 the btim win
the direct consequences TO millions Of
people. Lst the i6b0rsr remember snd
write 1t on his Trisllets and wear 1t as an
amulet over his heart, tlst scarce money
is HE sleeplses sud u1lorgiVing Zoe, foe
whose bosom ReVer sTslls with sigh OF
sorrow, whose sy9 never Doistens with
tear Of pity. No one cEn deny that 1t in
cresees she burden Of debt which labor
must pSy No ore can dany that 1t makes
the lite struggle darker AID harder"
MIR. Cu!bsrsop, upon the same qEes-
tiop, ssys:
"And SO il appears, Mr.. Speaker that
undsr existing law the use Of silver dol
lars In the payment of interest upon the
public debt amounting now alrnslly to
over So, 600 600 Per aonun and the psy-
usDt or purchas: IF bonds for tbs sink
ing fund, requiring over $4,000. coo per
annum, dep ends solely on tae politics OF
the head of the Treasury Department. II
III bIOuAh Wy SAabSS-hhd s-Scs aRkS1A
reno .e-bs q silver Democrat, silvsr
would be use1; II gold Democrat or
Rapub Jean, gold only will be used. The
win OF the people seams powarless to en-
force respsc: for the money CT the peo-
ple."
Again he says: "Tae Democratic party
is in favor of paying of the public debs
In order TO relieve the people of the
enormous burden OF interest, and de-
stro3 forever the basis Tor inst eystem OF
banking wacl uSurps the powers OF
government over tbs currency Yet from
March 4. 1885. 10 March 4, 1885, only
Slo,OOo,0oo were paid on the public debt
Since tner, however, additiopal calls
amounting in the aggregate to twenty
millions Of bonds havs been made Such
are the facts, Notwithstanding the exist
encs of nearly Two hundrsd millions OF
matured bonds" ..
In corclrsion be SAYS: "Ths PROPOSE
ton now made to abandon the fruits OF
those magnificent trlunphs Of Democ-
rscY over the combined powers OF mcu-
op1lies and to repe,t toe folly Of the
Republican party by destroying cur
growing voIums OF money, either OF the
suspension O. she coiaigs OF silver or the
redemption ald cancellation OF green
bscka, falls on tae ears Of the people like
.no eound If f-a halls ri night Are there