San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-03-17
REPLY TO Bro. ALEXANDER

NIdlH, diu sorry, but II Il ~
bator can not scorch his opponen
d little, he is not likely to get NJ
the interest he otherwise would
Maybe l was wrong in press
ing you to the wall on the "bur-
lesque question" What 1 said al
! first was meant more in jesting
way, but you were too positive in
your denial-the truth being equal
ly as positive against you that
there was something you did not
| dare to publish before the cleo
ton. As you have acknowledged
} that it was a ''burlesque on can6
dates, & etc, ana their consult
uents" we viii let the matter drop
and say nothing more about it
You ask if oppressive laws have
been passed, I say yes. Then you
ask if it was not the 20 instead of
the l who passed these laws; 1
say yes again, for it is my opinion
that the has never done anything
unless it be to abuse those who
were doing the best they could.
The 20 have passed all the laws,
the one has done nothing and not
likely to do anything. But let us
look into the 20 and see who they
are. You saw fit to place the Pop
ulist party as an army on one side
arrayed against them Democrats,
Republicans and all thoss who OPP
posed the Populist on the other,
which makes the relative strength
of the two armies about 20 to L
Now the 20 is about equally divid-
ed between the Democrats and Re-
publicans. The Republicans have
had control of the government
for the last thirty years and have
passed bad laws, which have been
bitterly fought by the Democrats.
In showing up 20 to 1 against you,
1 am not taking up for the Repub-
licans. When you claim there
are but two parties, labor and cap
ital," that the Democrats and Re-
publicans belong to ore, and that
they are Influenced exclusively by
the money power, 1 have the right
to show the absurdity of such a
thing. Bad laws have been pass
ed-but passed by the Republicans
included in the 20. The Demo-
Gratis have stood firm in the halls
of Congress as the friends of the
people, few may have made mis-
takes, as the mistake you made, as
the mistakes [ make, as the mis-
takes every one makes, but the
great majority have voted right on
every question pertaining to our
interest Notwithstanding the re-
port of the Ticker to the contrary.
You ask "was the denomination
I
of silver unjust or just?" 1t was
unjust, but was it not done by a
Republican Congress? "Was the
high protective tariff just or un-
Just? Credit Strengthening act,
national banking system &C., just
or uniust?" Now every one knows
that a reduction of the tariff is the
leading issue with the Democrats
and that they are pledged to this
above all other questions-as it is
the most vital of all others.
The Credit Strengthening act
was passed by the Republicans
and why abuse Democrats for it?
When this matter was before Con-
gress, in the House, there was only
l Democrat voted for it and the
rest voted against it. In the SEN
ate every Democrat voted against
it. The Republicans carried this
measure-which should be called
San act to swindle the people,
yet you make it appear that the
Democrats are to blame for it.
The vote on the National Bank
ing system shows that democracy
has been opposed to it from its in
cipiency.
When the matter was before
Congress in 1862, in the House on
ly 3 Democrats voted for it, the
rest against it. In the Senate only
| 2 Democrats voted for it, the re-
naming against it. The Republi-
cans then are responsible for ii.
In 1864 a bill to continue the nat
ional banks was voted against SOL
idly by the Democrats, both in the
House and in the Senate Re-
publicans carried the measure.
In 1870 when the greenback bonds
were changed into coin bonds-a
thing which robbed the people of
S5O0,000,000, the Democrats of the
House voted solidly "no" and 139
Republicans voted aye" In the
Senate the Democrats voted solid
ly "no" and the Republicans car
ried the bill. So we could go on
naming measure after measure in