Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-20

put OF tnOst VINO responded
the members Of the regular
committee stated that there was no
committal OF the party to platform
and the membera OF the Clark commit
tee with but one exception asserted
that the agreement stipulated for an
Endorsement Of the financial policy of
the national administration. and that
u failure TO do 80 by the state Demo-
cratic convention would be a breach
OF the compact
The Post, whose editor was menu
bor OF the conference committee as
ono Ct tho representatives. OF the regu-
lar organization, here confirms the lat
ter view. and declares that Judge
Reagan Is I'm open rebellion ngainst
the Dallas agreement" because he
contends That no executive committee
has right to mike n platform In
advance OF an expression by the peo-
pie ana that the people In tlisir pri-
maries are sovereign as TO such II sub
ject.
We thank the Post for Its candor.
From day TO day the Gazette has
warned the Democracy OF Texas OF
the existence Of design which por-
tends much Of evil to It's interests
which proposes in the coming state
convention to meet at Dallas TO re-
pudlate the platform adopted two
years ago at Houston and 70 promul-
gate a platform made up of generals
Ties and platltudes. which can be used
TO quiet the bimetallists IN Texas and
which mny be herllded abroad MS a
triumph for Cleveland monometallism.
What It's apostles In Texes have failed
to accomplish by direct appeal to the
people they hope to win by shrewd
manipulation In conventions. shouting
"harmony" all the while.
Tho people ought to know what is
ahead OF them. They remained away
from the Lampasas convention and
platform was adopted. the financial
plank OF which was written by gem
tloman. now a federal appolntec, who
said In the committee room that he
wanted to see nfty thousand Democrats
20 over to the Popullsts.
The Post is aiding TO clarity the sit
uatlon. II fought the Car Shed" plat
form, although II supported the ticket,
and II Is giving able assistance
to the present effort to nulllfy that
Platform. what the Post means when
It says that Judge Reagan Is IN open
rebellion against the Dallas agreement"
Is more fully explained In the follow
ing editorials, which appear In success
sion In late ISSUE OF that paper:
Texas Is not much OF q silver pro-
Queer. but we make lots Of cotton. II
then We are to demand anything uf
the kind, let it be the free ana unlimited
stamping by the government OF every
bale OF cotton at 2 TO I, Let each bale
OF cotton worth, say SiO be stamped
good FOR $50. Why not fiat cotton as
Wei as fat Hllver2
Texas has no demaRoRuc at all
comparable TO Judge Reagan. His po-
liticul plans are always pitched upon
the lowest plane He advocated green
backlam 60 keep grecnbnckera In the
Democratic party and now he advo-
Gates free and unlimited coinage OF
silver 0t lG to 10 keep Democrats
from going to the Popullsts. Hls idea
Of good politics II 10 pnnder TO every
heresy and Ism and be In position
10 say to them why leave the DENT
ucratic party In Texas when our plat
form ON the subject Is just the same
as yoursY'
Ignorance or Demagogy, which,
In spite VI the fact that We have fus-
tered and encouraged the interests OF
silver producers 10 Immensely during
the past twenty years, the champions
OF that interest complain OF bad treat
ment
"W-h,u we hnve bought and cninpd
their product In that twenty years to the
extent of more than sixty times over
what We had done ia all the eighty
years previous, they object because we
stop buying ana coinlng until some
way can be found to go ON with Il
again IN safety.
I'm the same way. the protected
manufacturers Of the country complain
whom We etop TO reduce the protec-
ton. Notwithstanding we kept ON
buying silver down and down 1t kept
going Ia value, and tho plain truth
", that the lower 4 goes the more
anxious are the free ana unlimited
oolnnge-at iG to i--advocates to have
their way, IL they can Induce the
government 20 coin free 20 cents worth
Of silver into q dollar for them, they
thereby yet 80 cents ON every dollar as
free Gift, and OF course as the value
OF the silver declines the more they
VIII get us free gift In every dollar
coined for them
III cannot be that Judge Reagan.
Chiffon and others who have had on
portunity to understand this plain
question, really believe In what they
are advocating. II IL not credltable 10
them To have fastened upon them the
character OF reckless demagogucs. but
u - about IA discrcdltahle 10 them
70 believe that they are so ignorant"