Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-23
DENIAL
Made by Chairman Blake
Of MeXia.
DID NOT SAY HE WOULD MAKE III
NOT FOR GoLpnucs.
HE WAS MISQUOTED.
MS COMMITTEE ANXIOUS TO HAVE
sruE PARTY DECLARE FOR
MS COMMITTEE ANXIOUS TO HAVE
THE PARTY DECLARE FOR
FREE SILVER.
rs Aim 1. 10 work In Harmon!
Win the Party ana itS
True Principles.

Mexla. Tex, August 22.-(speoial)-
j. w Blake. chairman OF the A'"''
Democratic bimetallio executive com
nlttee, today issues an open letter 10
the Dallas News The text OF the let
ter Is as follows; 40.
In your editorial Of August 49, uhueI
the headline chairman Blake on tht
Blake arid Dudley COmmittee YOU
seem to be troubled and anxious as 10
the attitude which the committee OF
which / am chairman VIII occupy "
wards the dudley committee an ttg
coming campaign, and to ielleNe yvut
anxiety please permit me 10 say 'hu'
our committee expects to work IN en-
tire accord with the state committee
in preset wing harmony In the party
in defending the old established Greco
and principles Of Democracy; ana III
protecting the party against the opan-
Comment of that fundamental principle
OF Democracy, bmetallism, as adHoeat-
ed by jefferson and Jackson.
You say, Mr. Blake announced at
Fort Worth that he proposed to make
Il warm for all who stood upon the
platform that was made by the con-
vention which organized the Dudley
committee" said nothing of the
kind or susceptible Of such a constitute
ton except by those who are disposed
to mlsrepresent and anxious 10 have
u rupture In the party, l did say:
"rhe Democratic and Republican
| parties have always represented oppos-
| ing policies and ideas ON the money
! question The free and unlimited com
| age OF silver Is one OF the questions
about which these parties differed
! Since 1873 the Republican party has
| opposed the free coinage Of silver; the
| Democratic party has favored 1t, But
| II Mr.. Cleveland and Carlisle are to
have their way then we shall have the
| anomaly OF the two great opposing
parties entirely agreed upon the lead
ing issue of the age. This can only
be done by complete reversal OF the
| policy of the Democratic party, to
which change am positively and un-
altcrably opposed and / protest
against any man or set Of men leading
the Democratic party into the Rcpuh-
llcan camp, and | propose to make 1t
! warm for those who are attempting
to commit the party to an indorse-
mont OF John Sherman's financial
theory"
The committee whom have the
honor to represent stands upon the
national Democratic platform and |
was the one who made the motion to
make the adoption of the majority re-
port on platform unanimous at the last
state convention. The financial plank
in the national platform (Which the
! state PLATFORM SIMPLY lEhIlimHl * al
mitted by all to be susceptible of differ
ent constructions, and the minority re-
port simply proposed to give a definite
and explicit expression OF the mean
ing of the party by this declaration
But Il small majority Of the delegates
decided best 10 leave undisturbed the
national financial plank SO that all
shades OF opinion upon the silver ques-
ton might ride on II In peace and har-
mony each claiming II as an express
sion OF his peculiar ideas. / believe
then and believe now with the News
and Mr.. Lanham) that the party should
make "A clear, unCquivoCal and positive
declaration Of it's position ON silver,
and ! tried to have this done In the
minority report. No man knowing the
facts can or will honestly contend that
the action OF said convention was a
declaration against the free and unllm-
tied coinage Of silver at l6 to l.
Every member Of the convention and
every member OF the committee who
supported the minority report believes
In the language Of said national plat
form in the use OF both gold and
silver as the standard money OF the
country and the coinage OF both gold
and SILVER without discrimination
against either metal" ana they believe
in the maintenance OF the parity of
the two metals. and the equal power of
every dollar in the payment OF debts
and In It's purchasing power; but we
believe that the restoration of silver
to the position II occupied prior To
1873, in the re-enactment OF the law
OF 1881 viii fully accomplish the con-
! ditions or this plank and give us n
safe and sound and honest money.
No man Will claim that both gold ana
silver are now coined without discrim.
mating against either metal as de.
manded by this plank. because gold ID
given the right OF free and unlimited
coinage at the minis, while silver h
denied this right, or even the right OF
any Kind OF coinage at the mints.
WIN the so-called sound money!
committees unite with US In an eff6rt
10 comply with the demand of tblt
plank by giving silver equal privilege
ana power with gold at our ntlnra AM
: under our laws, and put a stop 20 III
existing discrimination In favor OF aoE
against silverP The element 1 rrpr,,
sent desire nothing but an honest al.
lar ard a sound money" ana l "a
Iel, as unwarranted, the CHARGE n,
some that the free silver Demncrai /,
Nre IN favor Of dishonest dollar I,
liquidation, We want dollar evJr
! more honest than the gold dollar. TX,
. sc-cailed sound money" or g Id msn
seem TO take II for granted TINT *.
, COLA standard and gold dollar IL n,
only honest and stable money but
charge that the gold dollar. iinder a,
listing laws and conditions il nat I,
honest dollar. but an unjust ana go,
. uAllN dishonest dollar, Is a dplh,
honest only when II ls lncrens Inc Y,
purchasing power7 when 1t Ia enie Il.
ing It's grasp over the products az "a
hor7 Is 1t an honest dollar wh-7 4. I,
r eNacting more from the debtor IL !
: he contracted to pay. and giving mbr,
> TO the creditor Than he agreed "a ~
: oelye2 II so, then the present sait
/ dollar IN an honest dollar NJ, ri
Q ten. The News had better hcr.n,,
anxious and troubled about the M
n tude OF the Hardy eomnlttes ~,
they should inquire what some M n,
mean. In circular letter issueI Il,
e this 'sound-mOney" committee lhte''
d August sth, please note this lanrt's re
l. This Is the beginning Of tha h.eh
J. which will terminate in Noyenhcr
l. Then in chairman's Hardy's mos