The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-05


concsliarory n its tone than certain others.
al,hough tiore was little of defiance N
any OF the utterances. for tho whole tenor
Of the meeting was an appeal to the silver
mon to turn back from uhe'c contemplat ID
commiital of TN. party Il, free cona ge AMI
to refrain from disruptng the demociat!o
organization. as the speakers predicted the
silver campaign wouid ~.
Only once Old the silver sympaih1cts in
tho audienoe manifest their fee4nss WIN
amy Nencmcrce. Inc Single outhi ak &C.
cuired when Mr.. Ma Ncasn alta XII The
adm nistrat.-n Of Governor Al seld, an
attack which nspiroi an ovprN Ginning
The eaj.N,ies, met by counter cheers from
the iiooi, the dVmonstraNcn seeming to
indicate that the governor has many
friends among the men VINO nned tbs up
per tiers. Altogether the aunienc seemed
10 be comp seu Of a major ~ "a admins
irar.on democrats for every ailusion 10
President Cleveland and every tiinute 10
ms administration was chfcfesi with en-
tnusiasrn
Ex-Goveinor Flower of New York called
the meeting TO c>ier and said I'VE are
mci to nr5test against the ridiculous ial-
lacy that is invading our party"
lie tried TO cemoasirate that the bankers
and merchants hln felt ,lln panic few
years ago. hut the farmers wcre only feel
ing it now and grasped this falacy IN the
hope of obtaining a ral-"t that could not
possibly come by tho abortion ot "A silver
STANDARD
Mr. Flowsr presented Mr. Frannl.n Mac
N.agh. Of Chicago * chairman.
Mr.. MacNeagh SAID in part:
Gentlemen THIS nee ing has been call-d
and Iris preit assenhiape has gathered
because the Nation and the dtmpc,dtic
iarty are both face 10 face with an I'M
Is now iniriy-sN years bee the nenur-
able o. UOcra-ic convent on met "a lN'0.
Then also. hoih the Nation ana the demo
cratic parry stood face 10 iace VIII, ~
rnnrrding crl5s Then thore MAS u, stake
the unity ~ the Nation. Sow Il, u tie
Natior's honor That ncnor must be pre-
81 rvrl. The agonies and waste lf wa.
Nom, and South. would iuln TO wD,ton-
ness in the pages Of cur history II COR
happily united country should have bcen
r"cs rN.d only to hec ON" n dcfanlt"i and
g pay its dehls Al q cents on tie ioiar
We appeal to the comne convention
agaii 81 silver monome all SIN.
We are not oil gold monometall SITS
Many OF us ar earnest bimculhsis eager
to see silver ard gold made equal in the
coinage Of our country. Thai which foi
.hi7 crisis unites bi netallisis and gold
n' h1me Ests is thc awful specter ~ sill
Ner mOuouleiall SIN.
W. can moi hope to appeal with such 10
ali silver state, Tna grel' body. Of them
Wild character of the movement is shown
IN its fury and anger. Rut therr must
Np many silver delegates VINO find them
lrssnoss and VINO can SIN b. made to soc
who're this pnssicn and oY'ttrment Is CIR
ry ig thew ara thor rnrty aud posatly
ihclr rities To their spher senses this
nlaeiing e an appeal They may s'ili lison
to the solemn warnings OF dtsnass!ouatc
uol, dispnssonate demoerd'f, n.spas. on
ave Amer caus. We ar here without pnss
\ On, without excitement without fury.
hui with perf at vision 81 the cris s. thai
IS bong forced upon the party ard the
Nation, This ques ionahe majority n the
convention. If not arrested by couseiNa-
tive silver men. VIII defeat the democratic
party
mtan? Who can faiI TO know maj II Ne
pnuy shall borrow this pOpullstic ISSUE
IRON the popuists and he defeated II Will
not regain the respect and confidence of
,hn people for years aud years 20 come
Nor after all those years un,l II has been
horn again. The silver movement VIII
pass as the ercenbacii movement mas
n.-s5 I'd and as have passed oil that series
Of h stor.c attempts 60 make money our
Of nothing. Int It WI letve the demo-
cratic party hopelcssly dscred.ied for
years 10 come.
Aud what. then, is 20 become Of al
those great Interests ard policies and nohle
impulses and aims Of democracy when
,hs damocrat!c party alone can champion
Th meeting Is an appeal for Tho Ma
ton and for TN, people. II e an appeal
form wien NE all know that only par,
OF the army can stand on n? Why use
an unexpected majority 10 force a policy
new to democratic platforms when every
inevitably disrupt the parry? II the con-
voniion declares for free silver coinag. ~
Is 10 ! by this Nation alone, that action
n noi he d"mocraec action. II wil be
popuslic. aud inanT democrats NAV turn
Iorulis,s. but 4 million democrats viii re
main democrats.
When MIR. NiecVosEh had finished there
were crAes of "lill" Russell" Whit
rey," and a joker IN the gallery yelled
'Altgcld" When qn'a was restored Mr.
Mac Veaeh Introduced Ex-Governor Rus
sen of Massachusetts lie was received |
wit h great applause.
Governor Russ II SAID N part
We meet with No personal ambition 10 |
serve w!,h no threat upon our los and |
win no purpose TO question The sincerity |
and honesty of any democrat. however |
raclca The differences within otc ranks, |
hui We arc painfully conscious of the PAL |
nall. fact that for ihe Iirsf time within |
a generation and for the seccfd time only |
in its 100 years OF nonorab.e Efe, the
great Na1cnai democratic Party Is on the
Tath az sectional and geogranhieal division
with its untold misery and sast.r The |
dor II open for division defeat, dis
honor; wc SEQ new faces and new prin-
n,ples urging us on bu, We have not yet
crossed its threshold.
MAY God save us from the fatal step. In
q srJ.rit of unhinchsng loyalty We ask the
racrszrnf atiyeg of our party IN pause and