The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-04-19

States In stocks and bonds amounts
to somewhere between $4,000, 900, 900
SIS 900, 000,C00 To buy them with
government notes would render the
money worthless. And Populists
will no doubt agree with ali Others
that the government should not
issue oonds to pay for them. And
these properties cannot be bought
eXcept upon terms acceptable to the
owners of them They should be
regulated and controlled by law, but
not owned by the government. And
there is not the most remote possioil-
" that any congress will ever be in
duced to consider the proposition for
the government to purchase them.
This part of the policy ofthe Populists
may therefore be dismissed as utterly
mpracticable.
The policy by VIII Oh IL is proposed
for the government to take care of the
people by supplying them with mon.
ey, would tend to create race of un.
manly dependents, while our theory
of government is that the people
should support the government
which protects them, and should cup
port themselves by the ordinary in
0ustries, and thus make race OF
sturdy independent tretmen.
IT the Pop lists are in earnest in
their desire to promote the welfare OF
the country aud the prosperity of the
people they can do mu3h to that end
by abandoning what is wrong and
impracsicable in their platform and
by uniting with the Democrats on the
policies on which they agree, and in
that way pushing forward to success
great measures which are practicable,
( They might we'll do this as there are
many times as many Democrats with
whom they agree on these practicable
questions as there are Populists.
One of the things which has hep
the Republicans in power so long,
while they were inflicting injury on
the country 10y their policies, has
been that whenever public opinion
has revolted al their abuse of power,
instead Of those who condemn such
action uniting with the Democracy to
secure their overthrow, they have
sought to accomplish that by the
formation of new political parties.
Many such parties have been formed
in the last % years, each in its turn
to make large professions and then to
pass into oblivion.
The real Democracy has outlived
defeat and disaster, because its prin-
ciples conform to the constitution, and
rest upon the will and look to the
protection of the rights Of the people.
A nd it will outlive the resenttreach-
cry and betrayal by those who have
been trusted.
Those in this state who are seeking
to lull the people to sense of false
security on the questions of coinage
and currency are telling them that
they should confine their considera.-'
ton to questions OF state policy,
and leave to congress the
settlement of all national questions.
If our interests as people we're not to
be affected by action on these qued
tions, such advice might be acceptes-
But no questions affect more vitality
all the interests of our people than
these. Next November we are to
elect II members of congress who are
to represent us on these questions.
At the same time we are to elect
members of the legislature who are to
elect United States senator to repre-
sent us on these questions. If we
should accept the advice to ignore
these questions, this would simply be
q surrender of our people to the money
class, which is now doing 80 much to
sacrifice the interests of the people.
We owe it to ourselves to make this
issue in all our primaries and conven.
tons, 80 trat no one shall miaunder.
stand our demands, or hereafter mis-.
represent our interests.
II we would be faithful to cur coun-
try we can not afford to deceive our
selves or to be deceived on these ques-
tions. JOHN H. REAGAN.