The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-07-25


ready to rally to the support of silva,
He Then reviewed what he had done in.
nus political career of the past 60 wears
wneh proved very interesting history
TO the audience present. He argued THAI
inns IL to silver fight must be conduct-
Ell under the Democratic flag and no Other?
ana that whatever was done must be done.
as democrats would do it,
lie said that in the last year or so The,
gold syndicate men had become so bold
uiiat they were actually bossing the Unit
ed states government, and he warned his.
hearers mot to let the gold bug syndicates,
seI thelr clutches on this government.
lie concluded his speech by reading
the following resolution, which he sub
mNted to the convention for considera-
tlon; but owing to the fact that the com
mttee ON resolutions were already at
work, no action was taken ON this reso-
luton. 1t read as follows:
Resolved, That the government of the
United States, though young, is well
grown vigorous, intellectual and gigantic
an her proportions. That her people are
full of energy, pluck and inventive genius.
That she should no longer be held in the
leading string of other nations or people,
but should herself become leader de
gan, and establish policies suited to her
conditions for the benefit Of her vast and
increasing citizenship and that we be-
lieve that the time has arrived and is
now propitious for her to declare and
maintain, as our fathers did, for the free
and unlimited coinage of gold and silver
at 16 to l regardless of the action of
other nations.
The committee on resolutions came In
here and made their report as follows:
Austin, Tex, July 20, 1S05-
To Hon. Jno. p. White, Chairman:
We, your committee, beg leave to re-
port as follows, and recommend that the
delegates selected by this convention to
Forth Worth be instructed to conform in
all their actions to the spirit of the reso-
buttons herewith submitted.
We recommend the following del
egates to the Fort Worth eonyen,ti9n;
Il. X. Lubbock, DIR. l.. b. Hill, II. H..
Laurence, j. s. Hogg, r. B. Cochran,
DIR. Il. NJ. Swearingen, L. L. Foster, ..
Il. T. Keltner, DIR. J. e. Hill, W NJ.
Brown, jefferson Johnson, W. j. Swain,
Jno. p. White, Il. w. Haller, j. j. Faux,
Albert s. Burleson, w. Il. WorthamS
DIR. Jno. G. Fields, Gen. W. X. Ham6y,
j. X. Holland. s. *. Morley, w. b.
Walker, Jno. Laurence, Bell Moore, Lee
Costley, f. &. Swensoln, DR.. Deen, DIR.
Frank Rainey, DR.. j. A. Davis.
most Important now being considered by +
the people of these United States, we be-.
lieve that all political parties, from pri- -
mary organizations to the highest Wa
tiomal conventions, should meet the issue
fairly and squarey.
Platforms should be always written in
language so Gear and explicit that no two
can be drawn from it, and
no deception practiced by it.
We believe that when the National
Democratic convention i'm 1892 declared
that "We hold to the use of both gold
and silver as the standard money of the
country, and to the coinage of gold and
silver without discrimination against
either metal or charge for mintage," that
the platform committed the party and its
chosen leaders to at least a fair and i'm
PARTIAL treatment of the two metals.
That these two money metals have not
been fairly and impartially treated by the
president and BY Secretary Carlisle CAM
not H. controverted
We believe the hopes of an internG-
tional agreement to regulate our monetary
system are illusory and the plea is
cowardy subterfuge. disgraceful to amy
party and unworthy a great nation.
We believe that the 70,000,000 OF peo-
Die who constitute this, the wealthieSt Ma
lion of the earth, can sustain her credit
in peace, her prestige in war, and her hon
Jr everywhere without the aid of for
eign intervention and in defiance of Brit
sh syndicates.
We declare in favor of the free and I'M
limited coinage of both silver and gold at
he ratio of 16 to /, independent of internal
tional agreements, and upon this issue we
will form our battle lines.
We believe the highest duties of true
Democrats is to always yield to the will
Of the majority, and no matter what the
result of this campaign we will be loyal
10 the Democracy of Texas.
To summarize: /:
Resolved, First-The issue, stripped of
III subterfuge, before the people now is,
shall the UNITED States adopt the single
rod standard or shall we have both gold
md silver as the standard money of the
country.
Secmd-We denounce as one OF the
most stupendous crimes Of the age the
PRACTICAL demonstration of silver money
" the act of 1873.
"A. s. BURLESONr
Chairman
LAURENCE, Sec'y.
These resolutions were adopted unani-
nnuslv ON motion of MIR RurleSOn and