The Louisiana populist., 1895-11-01
HOW WILL 1T END?
"SOUND MONEY" ENGLISH
DEMOCRAT TALKS.
There's Trouble Ahead for the State De-
mocrscy, and Lots OF It"-"wnI Quiet
~ Support a Republican CsndIdate''
Under Certain Circums tances.

W Ine Express correspondent.
What is it2 | will tell you, pro.
vided you won't publish my name.
You see, | am chairman of the sound
currency committee in my senatorial
district, and it might cause a racke,
II were to come out just now and
publish my views over my name.
''All my life have voted the Dem
ocratic ticket and have stood by the
nominees. even to voting for Miles
Crowley. I'm getting mighty tired OF
this kind of thing and from now on
I'm going to be mugwump. | am
going to the next state convention
and declare myself, and if they want
to put me out they can do so. la the
first place. | do not propose to vote
for Charley Culberson under any con-
sideration, and should the convention
nominate any other silver man he can
60 to the devil, as far as | am con-
concerned. / don't intend to have
free silver crammed down my throat,
and l know thousands, hundreds, any
way. of good Democrats who feel Just
as do about it.
The party lash has lost its terrors
for me, aud hereafter | am going to
support any man / want to, regard
less OF his politics. Some people think
the movement that was started in
Houston in 1892 against demagogism
is dead. but they are mistaken. 1t
has really just started good, and the
reason we let it slumber last year was
that we might be in better shape to
apply the knife next year."
''Theu you intend that it shall be
war to the knife next year against
the silver men?''
That's what mean, and it shall
be the knife to the hilt and a sur
vival of the fittest,' as our blood
thirsty attorney general would say
'You expect then to form a new
party year,"
''Call it what you please, but /
think our side will be the party OF
sound Democracy and that the other
wing will be the new party"
"Do you anticipate split next
yeare"
81 certainly do. and look for at
least four candidates in the fields
Democratic. a Republican. q Populist
and q free silver candidate.
Then you don't class the silver
men as Democrats?"
''By no means. Our side will COM
pose the rank and file of the Democ-
racy and we don't propose to let the
Tree silverites dictate to us in the con-
You expect, then, to bolt. provid-
ID the free silverites are In the as
,endcy?"
mo; but we will quietly draw off,
hold q straight-out Democratic con-
'ention. nominate straight ticket
Ind adopt platform a decent Demo
rat can stand on.''
''Do you speak for all the sound
currency people,"
'I only speak for myself, but |
hink l voice the sentiment of at least
lineteen-twentieths OF the sound cur
ency people. have talked with a
'reat many of them the past two
months, and SO far all OF them have
themselves as feeling lust
IS do. We don't propose to take
my free silver in ours. and II we fail
o hold convention and nominate a
icket that suits, then we will quietly
upport the Republican candidat for
GOVERNOR, provided he is a decent
man,"
"How about the other cand i'd ates? P"
1--WE will pick out the best men
nd they, too. may be Republicans"
"How about the congressional bus
ness In your district?"
That's another question. / don't
now who the nominee will be, but
o no know that it won't be Miles
'rowley."
"You seem to have it in Mr.. Crow
sy?"
mo. so much for Crowley as for
he men that nominated him. Calves
On was responsible for his nomina-
on, nd,that's why don't propose to
Galveston man next year.
1e have plenty Of good material In I
he district outside of Galveston and
e intend to keep knives up our I
eeves for that city until the Hsllets-
lille convention is forgotten. After
II. though, / don't know but
nat Crowley's nomination was a
God thing, for it made lots of re-
'lve never again to wear the party
ollar and to hereafter vote for the [
est man. The collar has caused
lany good Democrat to vote against
is honest convictions, and 1t is
'rgely responsible to-day for the cor
apt condition OF affairs in nearly 9
very large city in the state"
''Do you mean to say that you think
10 municipal affairs OF all the big
ties Of Texas are corrupt"
THAT is exactly what mean, and Z
lis corruption was brought about by
10 party collar---thst is the local i,
srty collar, whatever the localities