Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-14

ing communications TO their followers. |
calling upon them to rally and use ev-
cry possible means to select az dele
gates friends OF the yellow metal. That !
these combinations were very effect
i've, no one can deny. They won for
these loyalists OF the single gold Idea
victory and the silver people returned
to their homes only TO realize that they
were dearly in the majority In the State
but In the minority In the convention
Ia most humiliating realization.
But the friends of silver will not he
caught mapping again. They have
taken In the situation and all that re-
mains to be done is the time for the
primaries and precinct conventions TO
roll around. Then It will all be over
for they will be on hand and guard
against any but Americans being put
ON watch. There ia no doubt but that
there Is strong sentiment In Texas
among leading Democrats on both
sides OF the late unpleasant state
campaign" against any division In the
state organization. They recognize
that the paramount issue IN Texas Is
Democratic supremacy.
If the state convention to nominate
state officers convencs and says any
thing In the platform ON the silver
question (Which should not TO my mind
be done) the silver question l say no
matter what the platform declares let
Democrats fail In line, support the
state and congressional tickets and
give Texas electoral vote for the
Democratic nominees for President
and vicc-prosldent Tho advice OF tho
! old war governor of Tennessee" should
be adhered to and not that OF Hon.
| William j, Bryan. who, though he 10
! recognized as convincing speaker and
! a leader. Is to my mind wrong when
he announces ant II Is silver or no
| Democratic party with him.
/ Tho pMRgtlpn nj fpaa uilNap "A q
| ed to the gold standard idea Involves
| no fundamental principle OF Democratic
| faith and In the opinion of many cons
| servatlvc Democrats ] have talked
with. man may be loyal Democrat
and believe In either free coinage Mt 10
TO l or the opposite thereof-for the
| simple reason that neither Is n matter
| of financial principle but purely OF
| financial policy, The Democrats OF
| Texas who believe In the coinage at iG
TO have the right to meet these Dem
/ ocrats there and confer with the idea OF
having their Views cnErafted In the
next national platform, but If they go
| down In defeat at the state convention
| 10 be held for this purpose are they to
| say that the Democratic party no long
| er cllngs to Democratic ideas and other
parties be looked to for rcform2 The
Idea on lts face Is n fallacy, and
| the quicker Il Is condemned the better
| II will be for the Democratic party OF
| Texas and the friends OF silver. In
| my opinion Judge Clark and Colonel
| Crawford's outbursts do not voice the
| sentiment of the wing the gentlemen
have been acting as leaders
| to. have talked with those
who were at the head OF
| the battle with them Judgc Norman
| Klttrell Of Houston and Jonathan Lane
| of LAGRANGE. for lnstance) and they do
not endorse the latest utteranceB OF
| these lenders. Cone Johnson Of Smith
\ county, Thad Holt and John McComb
| of Houston, Perry Lewis and Buck
| Searcy OF BcXnr, BIN henderson OF
| Smlt, jim Jones OF Henderson, Frlench
| Simpson of Lavaoon, Ham Ward OF
| Travis Carter. Peter Smith and Pow
| ell OF Tarrnnt, Wooten OF Dallas, Sher-
| rlll Of Hunt, Antony OF Milan, Tyler
| OF Bell. Clay Potter OF Cooke Ike Stan
| differ Of GrnysOn, Chenoweth of Fam
min. DeArmond OF Collin, Perkins OF
| Hunt, Mcdonald and Nat Jackson of
Lamar. Dlbrell OF Gaudelupo. Perry
| McComb OF MONTGOMERY Greer Of JEFF
| ferson and numbers of others who
| have fought with Judge Clark are too
conservative and have the interest OF
the party, the principles which they
| battlcd for for years, too much at
heart TO let this silver question drive
them from their party.
| on the other hand there arc con-
seryative free silver democrats who, 1
believe will not go as far as Mr.. Bry-
| an, viz: to fight outside party lines
They are men who have participated
In State conventions and contested for
| Its principles for years back. Such
| men as Charley Stewart OF Houston,
| Chiffon. Armistead OF Marion county,
Miner OF Henderson. Stafford Of Wood.
I Koarby of Van Zandt, Colqultt OF
Kaufman, Rogers of Anderson. Plner.
| Owsley and Blount of Denton, Steele
| OF Freestone, Mckinney OF Milan, Jim
Mcdonald of Galveston, Paulus of La
vacca. Bryan Callaghan and Franklin
OF Bexar, Boren OF Pamela, General
Handy. Governor Hogg, Colonel Fos-
ter. Colonel Faulk and Governor Lub-
book OF Travis, Goss OF Baylor. Law
hon OF Wilson, Stedman, Ball, Swayne,
Bailey, Mclean, Hunter and Furmnn
OF Tarrant. Presler OF Comanche, Me-
Kinney OF Walker, Gibbs. Klmbrough,
Nash and Shaw of Dallas, John Bailey
Of Dewitt, Field Of Robertson. Blake
OF Limestone, Lillard Of FreeHtone,
simpklns and Clarity OF Navarro,
Mills. Thomas, Bennett, Harrison and
Baker OF McLennan, Tom Smith OF
Hin, Ramsey Of Johnson, Jack Beall
and Middleton Of Ellis, Hart OF lei
Paso, carswell OF Wise, Crawford OF
Hopkins, Shepard of Cass, Jim Clark
of Red River. Jake Hodges, Denton
and Henderson OF Lamar, Greer and
Cough OF Collin. Woods OF Grayson.
NuAffi VI NOHhNs aknfM VI =
Dashlell OF Leon. Atlee OF Webb and
numberless others.
There are not n few democrats in
Texas who although opposed to free
and unlimited coinage at the ratio OF
10 10 / are willing to continue the
fight along reasonable lines by the re-
habilitation of silver. These demo-
Gratis think II would be sheer folly for
the democracy to name a presidential
candidate who could be fairly charged
with susceptibility TO Wall street In
fluencea. They are conservative. They
don't care TO accept the theories of
the coupon clippers or the Views OF
notisis. This element OF the democrat
ic party In Texas does not number
few only. but a great many. and they
are not inclined to cast their votes
with other parties II the democratic or
ganIzation settles this question In the
party and abides by tho result. They
believe the true fundamental prlncl-
pies OF democracy will last as long
az free government continues. ! be-
ileye party organization viii be n seri-
Gus question In Texas the coming year.
II the party can't unity and make
bold fight the popullsts' chances to
administer the affairs OF the State for
two years could not be better. The
leading democrats / have talked with
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