The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-18
To the Recent Resolutions
Of the
FORT WORTH CHAMBER OFCOMNERtE
Ht Rtittratts the IDa1'Btrable ltttrantts
Of His September Speech.
UNITED STATES senate
NA-HISGToS, y. c..

October Il, 1898.
Chsa.be Of COD n.src., Fors "orsn. re,a.
DEAR >1g-l have received yoIr
letter Of October 9Th, enclosing re
solutions Of the Fort Worth Cnam
Der OF Commerce Of inst da,e, IL
which, among other things, 1t -as
reso.ve0: "Tfa. Sea Cr Coke II
respectfully r, ,er,ed to lay aside
his expressed personal preferences
whether dictated b. friendship
policy or interes', and by promptly
voting for the repeal Of the purct az
ing clause Of the ga called Sherman
silver Law, thereby put himself in
accord with a very large mai )rlty
Of his follow cit zsns, " aud | have
to say IN reply to the letter and the
res luton that gu the IA of Sep
temOer las, made in ne Uauei
States ae. as a speech setting forth
fully my views upon the supj -ct
referred to in the above qu ted
clause Of the re- oluuon. + viess
then ex oppressed, are the vie "s no y
entertain aud propose to adhere to,
and by all proper and constitutional
means to eDdeavor TO have
provlds d for and enforced in the
legislation # congress-. The p ain
ness of speech il these resolutions,
Of when do not complain, IL such
az dem ,nds entire ca dor from my
self in re.ponse, and | beg to assure
you, aud, through you, the + RI
Worm Chamber OF Commerce, tia,
| shall oppose the unconditional
repeal Cf the Sherman silver law IN
every legitimate and proper M de.
Sucn repeal, if enacted, urques-
tionably will finish up and estab-
llsh the d monetization of silver,
a measure which nave always op.
posed a. one fraught with more
injury to the people of this country
than any other that has been agItat-
ed IA the last haf century.
am wiling to vote for the re-
pea If the pufol asing clause of the
SherElan la- only upon one condl
ton, hat It j, placed with such
provle.1u az .ill insure the exIs-
tenee of Oh. silver currency, and
its expansion with the growth of
population and business of this
county. Without such substi
tute, de Ill 1t the highest and most
pauiotlc duty that | owe to the two
aud half millions of people IL
Texas, who have commissioned me
as one of their representatives. IL
tie senate, to oppose the repeal Of
the Sherman bill with all the energy
and intelligence l can command
The people of this country are not
yet ready to be delivered over tt
the tender mercies of British an
Wall street baLkers and syndicate'
and their agents; and as Ions
as occnpy the position
| nov hold, If done at all, it viii
have to be done over every etfor
that can make in opposition.
No man has higher regard and re
spect for the gentlemen who com
poe the cham bers Of commerce il
the cities Of Texas than | have; bu
if every one OF them had joiutd tn
Fort Worth ctamb Der of commeIc
in the resolutions, copy of whlcl
was sent M, m response wonl'
have been that which | now max
through you to the Fort Wort
chamber Of commerce.
La order that the Fort Wort
chamber of commerce may know
exactly what | mean, | send, Wit
my compliments, copy of m
speech on the 4th of September
which ak be dellverad to them
Very respectfully yours,