Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-01

sion is golden aud adverse speech becomes
muilnous and revolutionary. This question
81 ireo and unlimited coinage OF silver at
! ihg ratio heretofore provided hy law was
1 iauy submitted 70 Tie reiaG seatA tivcs Of
| Democracy In national convention assem-
| bled AZ Chicago, aud the decision was I'M
| nlstakably against the principle. United
| states senators may chase rainbows Ia a
Naln attempt 70 reconcile tho ninth plank OF
the Hugg platform az Houston with the
SILVER declaration the Chicago platform, pHt
sNch attempts are idle aud fruitlcss aud
oaiy serve - bring their authors into ridi-
cue and contempt Tho declaration OF tho
hogg platform no Houston unmisAkably
means That its makers and supporters are
IN favor OF the
FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE
OF the. present silver dollar, whose actual
value Is only IS cents The declaration Of
the Chicago platform upuu that sub Get Is
an equally uumistakablu declaration that
the Democrats Of the United states, IN ma
tlonui convention assembled, including the
Democrats Of Texas, are opposed 10 the
nee and unlimited coinage OF the present
silver dollar az It's present ratio. How can
TIE two declarations be rocoucicit Was 10
m the mlnd OF tue trainers OF the Chicago
platform that the versatility OF Texas
genius would Insist thar tho legislation
contemplated by plank In the national
platform, whiok should equalse the ratio
between the gold dollar and tho silver dol,
lar and make them equivalent, was that
legislation which had already hoen at
tempted aud which was % coin a 90 cent
dollar and declare arbitrarily rhat IL should
b. 100 cent-doEar. Such reasoning merely
runs around ia q circle and ends whore it
begins The intention OF Democracy at
Chicago was TO put It's reprOhation upon the
present Hat silver dollar, and was so under
stood by every Democrat ia the unitcd
States
Hence, whom iunta OF Democrats in
Texas attempt 10 usurp The functions Of tho
national Democracy and TO declare that
Notwithstanding this decision OF the great
national tribunal upon federal .question
recently PROMULGATED 10 the most authorl.
tatiye aud solemn manner, they In their
wisdom saw fit TO decline TO approve Of
such declaration and send forth what is
equivalent 70 an instruction 70 their repre-
seniatlyes In congress TO disregard the Will
Of the national Democracy as thus CX-
pressed, aud 10 again lie open question all
ready decided BY "a tribunal IN an authorita.
tive manner, how shall we stigmutizo their
action except as mutinous' II this is not
revolutionary by what name should ID be
desivnatelf II this Is not open rebellion w.
the party to Its constituted authority what
shall we call itl The question Is not one
OF right or wrong as 10 the free and unllm-
tied coinage Of silver. II is not % question
whether national authority decided 1t right
or decided it wrong The only question is
"nIp THEr DECIDE T"
Which must, Of COURSE receive aud AMIR
native answer. and when decided IL Is tho
duty Of every Democrat, whcthor no lives IN
Texas or in Maine orCalifurniA, 10 bow 10 It's
decision. II individual Democrats, or CO.
torio Of Individual Democrats, arc priyi-
legged 10 qualify the national declaration or
! % assert their Individual views upon any
question coming within It's Jurisdiction
which they have decided there rs an end OF
party discipline there is an end 10 party
organization, the'o is total destruction 10
] part unity, aud We become, inHtuad Of au
| organized party, bowling mob Of indivi-
! dual Democrats, each refusing to bow TO
| the will of those placed In authority over
us,
| by this act the convention held IA the ear
| stables ut Houston, placed itself outside
| the pHlc OF Democracy and absolyes every
/ Democrat, so far as It's authority is con
/ It's principles nr 70 It's caudid1tcs, and nus
| take its place iu political history along
| with other revolutionary aud mutlnou'
| bodies, whose characterization has placed
| them outside the pale Of tho party, That tins
/ step was taken udvisedly cannot be subject
| for question. Tried and true Democrat
remained to the last with these people
! struggling against such radical departure
| from Democratic principle and Democratic
| practice, but their Efforts were In vain
! Tho fiat had gone forth that Texas mus
retel against lawful natltn'i authority
| ard the power OF the 0ilee'houlng Oh
! CAREY was sulhcienl 10 force IRON tae 70
| putcd representatives OF the so-,allhu re
| mOcracy 10 Texas IA ORDER 10 pAhdet 70 III,
! vanity Of veteran TAX caters nad ancient
| public funcuonailes, declaration OF wa
/ against tho national DemOe a'y IN oruel
| that their journey 10 the camps OF hatism
/ might be made more agreeable.
GRADUATED iScoME TAX.
/ III, .i.ys,,tb declaration of the street en-,
~ H. i,', n, IInnsto, ig as folioyyg
| ,.[Vo favor, a Graduated income lax for Foi
III ,','', T1,,1p, tghcnrp gop,es this
20, ~ 80. "a ,,r,iin,, 5ogI,,.,tlnng n (.
M To,s In tbn vocabilary Of Dem
o.,,..,, "a hoe other bepr' invrnted for
~ ~ o,,, 80 n, distracted from somo for
W., st,,,,,, Of rnjitirol si,pnly EHidonti,
V'su 49,, er,,,n ,Ge pcorIe's MARTY Mini,
80 10 'a S',,I at 6tpabn and ieetns 10 be-
~ ~ IN ~ ro,vn NM whale From
i,,S,ca,inns already npparopt the whale aid
NOT notice the tub, but is sporting and play
/ ing on the high sea Of Us own otlglnalllyi
/ squeezing the water out OF us luhgs ahu
/ spouting II many nlras hlgh IN seaulluE ue'
| risi0n OF the attempt 10 ca'eh u WIN hu'l
/ worthless bait An income lAA, WINE ~
| ways receiving the contemplation OF 'elh
ocratic authority, bacaine laullllAr 10 uul
| people ns hcpuOllcan war meas
! ure, from 1868 10 ABOUT iotA On
I 1875, when II was repeated bN
the congress OF the Jnltea states. lu
features were odlnus 20 every lltlnocrhl
and Samuel j, lidcu, the last OF the grea
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