The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-06-20
PROVO CITY. JUNE 20. 1895
TEXAS AND SILVER.

A corporal's guard only of the demo-
crecy of Texas is opposed to free coin
age. The strong men, the old heroes
of the days when the democracy of that
great state threw amajority for the
regular nominee of oyer one hundred
ane fifty thousand, are in the battle
for free silver, and they will win it
in something like the same fashion of
those old days. GOV. Culberson is a
candidate for reorganization. He is
sound on silver. John Il. Regan, the
erstwhile confederate post master
general and the architect Of the Inter
state Commerce bill, devoted friend
of silver, is also seeking the nomina-
tion. Ex-Speaker Tom Smith and Con
gressman Lanham are equally devoted
friends of silver and both equally deter
mined to catch the nomination for the
coveted place of governor of the greatest
state in the American Union. George
Clark, a sore-headed democrat who has
made some political mistakes in his
life, has gathered about him small
following OF "sound money" democrats,
but the following is very small when
compared to the mighty hosts led by
Culberson and Regan. The only fault
the democracy Of the nation has eyer
found with Texas in political sense
is, it has always been too intensely
democratic. The party is now some
what divided, but the wear and tear
old servttors of democracy are true
blue, and utterly refuse to part with
even one tenet of the faith, especially
when that tenet is one of the bed rock
principles of the party, even at the be-
hest OF so great man as Judge Clark,
or even Mr., Cleveland himself.
In view of the fact that the next
election may 60 into the house, the
vote of Texas with its fourteen repre-
sentatiYes, will prove to be of vast i'm
portance. 1t will doubtless in that
event prove the salvation of sill
yer. There are many, even demo.
Gratis, in this section of the country
who express fears for the result in
Texas. We can say truly to these that
there is no danger of Texas. Her vote
can be written down now wen as in
November. She will vote democratic.
From long and intimate acquaintance
with her potent men in politics, we
can say the free silver wing of the
partyt will win an overwhelming VIC
tory. The largest, richest and most
prosperous state in the union is both
western and southern and will vote
with her allies in the silver states be-
yond the faintest shadow of a doubt,
With all of her stubborness on the
question of democratic solidity, Texas
has always kept bright eye out fo1
the main chance. Instances are rare
where she has eyer voted either against
democracy or the main chance. She
lH lar too much devoted to her business
interests to ever vote against silver.
All of her productions, save alone
cotton, seek a western market. Her
cattle, horses, wool and early fruits
find market in the states which
produce silver. Naturally she will lend
a hand to the work which is to redeem
her market and oblige her best Gus
toners here in the mountains. The
people of Texas haYe spent their sum |
mers In the Rockies and the people of
the Rockies have spent their winters
at her sunny winter resorts near the
f1ue gulf for SO long that there has
grown up between them and us feel.
lngs Of strong friendship which will |
urge them to fling one stone at our en-
emies ere the great question is def
initely settled, al least in way to
reduce US TO poverty, destroy her best
market and upset a social intercourse
which we know she values as much as
we do. No, no, we may count conf
IDENTIFY on dear, magnificent and mag
unanimous old Texas.