Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-06
THE EVENING SESSION.


HttAlnK JuUKN ln0lnuN - NukthA
needed the historic voice OF Congress-
man Bill Allen of Ohio. who. II was re-
lated, could drown the strident tones
Of n locomotive, for there were various
sounds to contend with at the opening
of his speech. II was known that Judge
Nugeht would speak, aud his audience
was anNiously awaiting him when the
electric lights. which seemed for awhile
to BE- thoroughly ohstrcperous, We're
finally gotten Into order ard the speak
er WINS introduced. or course the In
PRODUCTION was n mere Formally, for
what popuilst in Texas docs not know
the pleasant face, the searching voice
and the forceful earnestness OF the
leader cf a forl0rn hope In two hard
fought political eampaiFnsl
In his opening remarks the speaker
said that he was always glad TO ad.
dress an audience OF Texans, He did
not care whether they We're Rcpubll-
cans. Democrats or Populists. SO they
were TeNnns He admitted later, how
even, tfat he preferred ~ know that
there was n sprinkllnG Of Populists as
that insured AN audience of independent
thinkers. He glorled Ia the fact that
the Popullsts OF Texas had taught the
people OF the state to think for them
selves, Fifteen years aso, said he. the
whole people were. wearing the collar
Of Democracy and Were borne down
by lot OF Democratic traditions. Now
men who have become Independent
enough to vote the Popullst ticket,
Tho Judge then alluded 10 the meeting
OF the free silver Democrats now being
held In this city and I'm few words
poured hot ridicuie on their vain ut
tempts TO accomplish something for sill
yer In the ranks OF Democracy, Free
silver, said he. VIII never be secured
through the influence OF that party.
The honest free silver Democrats must
come to the Popullsts, for only through
the pupuliat party can be secured the
refOrmatiuns absolutely necessary 70
the safety Of this countryside re-
formation OF the land laws, the trans
portatlon laws and the monetary laws
! These reforms are demanded by the
| populists In their Omaha platform, aud
! they only VIII continue the demands
| TIN the reforms are had, Besides. Il is
| Is impossible to get man as long as
| he continues to be n Democrat to real
| izc that the free coinage of silver at a
! ratio OF iG to 1 Is only n small ana al
! most insignificant part OF the monetary
| problem that confrontR this country,
/ The Popullsts believe In the free colin
| age of silver. bu. they see that they
must have other things of more i'm
/ portance.
Then tho speaker took up the history
of monetary legislation. beginning with
the declaration OF the bill OF rights
that the old Spanish mlled dollar
should he the unit OF value, and giving
! tile leading facts as he deems them
down to the present time, aud going to
show that silver has been coined as a
money till the passage Of the sherman
law In 1873. Prior to 1879, SAID he no
statesman ever thought Of demanding
that gold should be the standard Of
value.
Declaring his own position on the
money question Judge Nugent said; In
! Z a "A "a
SO far as local or domestic circulation
IL concerned ! am a Hat money man.
The bill OF rights and the constitution
confers on the congress the power To
make money, but 1t aid not confer the
| power to say that gold or silver or pm
per should not be the monev.'
Giving his attention to President
Cleveland for n few moments, ne de-
clnrcd that the present executive " The
most dangerous to the liberties OF th'
people that the country has ever Ind
he being thoroughly, consistently ant
hnnestly devoted to that system 81
monetary legislation that Will mos
quickly and most surely put the peopll
In the power OF the bankers and mo
nopollsts OF Wall street. In view Of THU
fact the question Of most Importance
| and one that arises with most persist
ence ut this time Is
"Shull we turn over to bankers IN
work OF making and Issuing the none,
of the country or shall goVernmen
Itself do Il? George CLARK in a recen
speech showed that this country unde
n gold standard had pruspered as N
other country had ever prospered
This is Il fact. counting merely IN
matter of accommodating wealth, Blu
George Clark failed to call attention L
the fact that this wealth IL all bein
accumulated by a few individuals AN
that soon, at the present rate, tn
nf ia pnDnlp VIII lie 1
absolute poverty. A new monetar
system Is necessary to the distribution
OF this wealth as 1t Is produced"
Returning again to the question q
Issuing money the speaker declare
that the Popuists do not want simpl
the free coinage OF silver at 10 TO
but that they want more money-reo
money-and that gold and silver AZ
/ merely commodities. The Populist
want real. scientific paper monel
Money continued he. Is mere rune
( ton, or duty impressed upon substanc
, by government This country woul
he better on n we had n purely scier
/, tlic FIAT money for domestic olrculatloi
! and government can make money OF
OF any substance. II George Clark
monetary plan In adopted the gold ,
} the country Will 30 at once 10 II
l vaults of the bankers and remain o,
= Of circulation. 80 that In any case "
must depend on some medium of circl
latlon other than gold. Then, sal
: he. returning to his text let us hay
r sure enough nat paper money"
Reverting to the impossibility OF 3
, curing free coinage OF silver throug
l the Democratic party the speaker r.
4 peated his statement that Cleveland
! The most honest and consistent encn
I OF silver and at the same time he
= the most popular OF men among Dem
2 Gratis The Democrats, he said, are
: the habit OF making gold standal
= platform and putting free silver ma
. on II. thus setting forth the beauti
OF bl-metalism. As an instance of tn
o see the last Texas Democratic plaifor
. and then take look at Culberso
: Reagan would not run on that go
platform. He was too honest a FRI
silver man. But he was not too hone
: 10 vote for IT, cxcusinR himself by sa
!, ing that "anything Is better than pop
ism" I have no confidence In any
. them. They are simply politician
/. aud cannot get above that Reagan
: an honest man enough personally, b
= IN state matters he cannot be truste
: Just look at his sitting at the hei
: OF his little railroad commission IN
: is costing the state so much mon
: and which actually has raised railroi
i rates Instead OF lowering them. He
{ right now up In town working with q
n free silver Democrats 10 prepare
6 scheme by which they VIII try TO ~
7 you by the noses TO vote for him I
y governor.