The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-18

existed at that time ana W Pio .:
remedy. The tariff at that tlme
caused the trouble. That ls, tnat
was the theory advocated by the
Democrats. They then devised
tariff which was worse than the old
tariff.
The present policy of the country
was really a confscation OF the
people's homes. Ceveland's mes
sage was the most inconsistent thing
tha. ever appeared in any land.
Money is domestic, not International.
Congress should coin money and
regulate its value. Cleveland had
asked congress to violate the con-
stitution of the country.
The speaker closed by saying that
he hoped there would be no compro.
mise, but that the fight would be to
a finish.
The Hill county delegates were
invited to 90 on the platform and
have talk with Mr.. Vincent, of
Indiana, which they did.
Judge Nugent's appearance on the
platform about this time was
greeted with long. continued cheer.
ing.
The chairman stated that Jim
Davis would speak in the afternoon
on Cleveland's message, which he
would examine from legal stand.
point. He also announced that Mr..
Vincent would speak tonight.
Mr.. Nugent was then brought
forward BY Chairman Ashby, who
said that he was glad to be able to
add to the love feast the bishop
himself. The sally was greeted
with laughter and cheers
The Judge said that Mr.. Ashby
had given him name to which he
was not entitled and which he could
not bear.
Tney were assembled today, he
said, to confer about the best plan
to secure measures of reform.
"Why SHOULD we talk, why
should we make speeches." said he
elf you don't know the cause of
the present condition after you read
Cleveland's message then you are
the biggest SCI of fools l ever saw.
"The farmers have not dollar
and the banks would let the crops
rot in the field before they would
advance dollar to move the crop.
"We will do what the Republi.
can and Democratic parties have
not done. We used silver for years
and it was always good. Any mer-
chant would take it, and nobody
would refuse it. They refused to
turn loose the greenbacks and sill.
yer.
Congress may turn loose little
money, but the reaction would
come"
Continuing, the Judge said that to
say that We could get along with
one metallic currency without the
other was absurd.
"They take your money and rob
you and lock it up in the banks"
he said, "and they say restoration
of one value of the metallic cur.
rency is enough to do the business
of the world on"
DR.. Cranfill, of Coryell county,
being called on, SAID that the times
were such that it would almost
cause dead man to speak.
1t is case to all thinking minds
that we, as a people, are in the mid
die of a bad fix. The Peoples party
had diagnosed the bad case and he
believed that they would apply a
remedy The time had really come
for the Democratic party to die.
lhere was too much intelli.
gencs in the rank and file to follow
such wicked leaders any longer.
Thirty thousand people owned
more wealth in this country than all
the ether go, 1000, 600 of people. The
tariff had been made the issue to
sldetrack the people since his early
ooyhood, aud SO they were now
trying to sidetrack the Third party.
Democratic leaders were going to
Try TO turn a little money loose to
paclfy the people. The PEOPLES
party, as rule, were men of com.