Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-24
HON. NJ, NJ. CRANE
INSTRUMENTATION or THE
STATE OF TEXAS
Talks on the Silver Question and
shows What True Democratic Doc
trine is ON the Subject.

CLEBURNE, Tex. Aug. 23.-tSpecial.)
"A Gaza;te reporter called on Lieuten-
anr-GoyeInor Crane and Intercepted
him on the subject of the presidents
message and its probable results upon
the Democratic party.
"What are the sentiments of major
ity of the Democrats Of Texas on the
financial question:" asked the reporter.
IL am unable to say that know the
sentiments Of the majority of the Texas
Democracy on the financial question. 1
think there can be or at least, should
be, but Ettle difference between the Dem
ocrats on that subject since the nation
al convention formulated its platform.
1t spoke n language incapable Of mis-
conception in favor of bimetallic stand
ard, iu favor Of coinage of both gold
and silver without charge and without
discriminating as to either. The further
declaration was made that the ratio
should be such as TO maintain the parity
between the gold and silver dollars. of
course that takes. or should take, out
NJ the way every question except the
one Of ratio About that Democrats will
differ. Many believe that the ratio Of IL
TO will make a silver dollar equal to
gold If all legislative restrictions as 10
the coinage Of silver be removed. Moth
ing short of an actual experiment will
demonstrate the correctness or incorrect
ness Of thar proposition
DO you think they approve the prcsi-
dents messageE
Il do not. The presidents message In
effect states thar the Sherman law Is
the source Of all our financial woes. Few
Democrats with whom / have couycrSed
l mHaN -. l.
gurded as presumptuOus to differ with
president. But Texas Democrats recog-
nize no titled nobility, and they accept
| the conclusions of no man on any ques-
| ton without Investigation. Indied | iird
but few thoughtful people who do not
believe that the present condition IS
| caused by q want of confidence in each
other, but rot in the government. The
| government has the 1nbounded confidence
| Of the masses Ii seems To have the I'M
| bounded confidence of financiers also.
| judge thar from the price at which gov
eminent bonds are quoted, notwithstand-
| Ing the "hard times" Bearing little more
than nominal interest they coinmand a
| large premium In addition to that the
Democracy have noted that paper cur
| rency-the prOmissory notes OF the gov
ernment-briHg greater premium on Wall
street than the gold Oh which they are
| based. That does not look like the gov
|
receiver. nor does it look like any one
| supposed Uncle Sam was in the least
embarrassed. The difficulty is somewhere
else Therefore / do not think the pc
mocracy of this state agrees with ME
Cleveland when he states that the Sher-
man law is the cause of the trouble.
They think want Of confidence In eacl
other Is the proximate cause. They
think also a combination of clrcum'
stances produced the mutual distrust, 50
widely prevailing; that the Sherman law
had little or nothing to do win 1t Is
~ do not believe that the Texas Democ
racy indorsed she message oHNhe pfesl
dent in that he Is Silent as TO any pro
posed substitute for the sherman lay
,rhey believe that silver Is a part Of iht
money metal of the world and should
bend any danger from silver colnage
They think the gold supply Is inadequl y
Tor all the business of the civilized Worln
therefore they view with alarm any
effort to put our country-a nation o.
lcbtors-on the same financial basis witt
Enrlnnd-a creditor nation. That th'
trend of Mr. Clcvennd's followers IS Y
a gold basis is apparent from thel
. speeches Texas Democracy know ina
I our national platform demands the ire
, coinage of silver. While concedlng ma
the Sherman law should he repealed thel
cannot understand why the other portion
Of the platform on the silver question
should at the same time be ignored and N
party declarations thus practically null
: fed. For q man TO say that he is 70
! free coinage an at the same time resis
| every effort to secure II; TO say thnt n
: is FOR a bimetallic standard and at III
: same time argue for single gold stand
ard, is something new for Texas Demo
Gratis We may get used TO 1t after
!, while but we do not appreciate 1t now
/, 1t cannot be that this apparently para
y doNical position of some Of our friend
/ is born of the idea that We have too mud
/, money. That argument "a refuted b.
I the facts. The clearance houses are IN
dertaking TO supplement our deheienc
4 In that respect on the one hand. and III
i national banks are asking on the othe
of their circulation. The plain Demo
r. Gratis who believe that the platforl
pledges should be redeemed cannot al
y preciate the omission in the message abov
n noted and its consequent tendency
n monOmetallism.
i, at is proper to say in this connectio
that while L have heard numerous e1
a nressons of disapproval of the pres
"A dents message they have all-Or nearl
: No reasonable objection could be mad'
NJ They have been respectful to him an
r ascriheA TO him no evil purpose. 1t
n needless to say they are no ''eihgy burner
ii but they are Democrats who have bee
n lighting In tho trenches" all the day
q of their manhood and few IL any {
I them over scratched Democratic tickets.
Il What Is likely TO be the result upo
IS the Democratic party OF the Shcrma
I. act being repealed without subshtut
3 legislauOnI'
" 81 am no prophet. cannot tell 'vha