The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-10-06
way again to strike Cleveland, for he

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"The people have seen Democratic
president loan $60,000,000 to eastern
banks without interest, and then con
graduate the country that its finan
cial distress was relieved, when not 6
dollar of it ever got to the country"
| Discussing the commission question
his opposition to those who advocated
railway regulation by that method
became general and intense. A few
extracts from his public utterancei
will suffice to show the poison that il
in him on that subject:
SIT (the commission amendment) is
undemocratic. A commission ought
not to be countenanced by Democrat
unless he believes his government tt
be failure in which event he ceases
to be a democrat. News, July ID
1880.
Again he says:
1.-THE purpose to establish a railway
commisA'. this state is violative Of
the ~ ciples of true Democ.
racy Aug. 5, 1889.
Again II says:
"It belongs to family with whom
| never expect to be on friendly terms
The complexion (of the commission,
is that of q bastard mongrel, the de.
PRAYED progeny of political cohabi.
tation against the laws of Justice
truth and civilization" News, March
81, 1890.
In discussing my position on the
subject when first entered the CAM
paign he said:
~ part company with him (Hogg)
on the railroad amendment, with sin
cere regrets. My curiosity has been
excited as to how Democrat can adj
vocate it on party grounds. News,
April %, 1890.
And winding up on that subject at
Denton, Dec. 10, 1891, in his speech
heretofore quoted, he said:
~ could not have voted for it ii my
life depended on it,"
These all may seem to be extrava-
CANT utterances and extreme intoler-
ance, but they are only in accord with
other sentiments which L will proceed
to quote from that gentleman.
In his opening speech at Weather
ford, he speaks of the Democratic
party as follows:
'Some of the most advanced steps
towards centralism in our government
have been precipitated upon the
country through Democratic instru-
mentality. News, Feb. 81.
On the financial q,,estion, while at
tempting to draw the Third party
people to his support in the campaign,
he gave expression to a few of his
principles that must have been aston
ishing even to the ancient greenback-
er and the modern sub-treasuryite.
At Greenville, March "a, 1892, as re-
ported by The News, he said:
1--WE need all the good money that
we can get, no matter where it comes
from. And let me to say to my sub
treasury friends who are clamoring
for $50 per capita, will go them $500
better"
To leave no mistake of his intention
as to the "good money" he wants, he
goes over the same ground in his
speech at Waxahachie, April IA, 1872.
rs reported by The News:
"I remember we'll when our South
ern women used to take their money
to market in their baskets and bring
back their vegetables in their pocket
books. And when my subtreasury
friends talk to me about $50 per capita
I 90 them q hundred dollars better,
and say give us $3.50 per CAPITA"
In this connection it is we'll to read
his views on the financial questions
expressed in his open letter to Kos.
Barry, May %, 1891, wherein he said:
"The seven hundred million dollars
in this country ought to support
paper circulation of three billion dol
lars, and this would furnish all the
medium needed at pres
ent."
Entertaining such opinions of Mr..
Cleveland, the great leader OF our
party, and on all Democratic measures
and principles, is it any wonder that,
under the sting of disappointment and
Of q conscious loss of his former
prestige as the warwick" he should
bolt and try to destroy the party
itself? He seemed first to be candi-
date for the nomination of governor.
AS the last hope he sought, through
all the
POWERFUL INSTRUMENTALITIE
at his command, to secure one-third of
the delegates so as to lock the con-
vention. Failing in this, he sum-
moned his friends by the train load TO
Houston, and there openly declared
war upon the organized Democracy,
bolted and now attempts to lead his
former supporters into a conspiracy
to overthrow the party of their
fathers. He even takes issue, not
only with the Democratic organiza-
ton, but with his misguided commit
tee, who sets forth, in a touching ad-
dress to the people of Texas the al
legged causes of the bolt. That COM
mittee in the most solemn way bases
that unjustifiable, unheard of action
upon the ruling of the chairman OF
the State Democratic Executive COM
mittee, wherein he held that when
there were two candidates tor tempo
rary chairman, the vote should be by
a call of the counties and not
viva voce, refusing to enter
tain an appeal from his ruling to
the assembled crowd OF delegates,
spectators and sight seers in and
around the convention hall. On this,
the very first ruling of the chairman,
the bolt was precipitated and per-
fected, and the justification therefor
based by the committee. up to that
time the convention had not organized,
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