The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-12

the entire organization Will reject the suE.
thought that the reported notifications
| had been made. but We do mot give our
| National body any authority. All de-
mands have TO be considered by the peo-
| pie"
AT q caucus of sound money democrats
1t was TIE consensus OF opinion that their
State ticket should be made mp of men
who will pay due regard TO the business
interests of the State and that experienced
| ignored.
Speaking OF tho silver mon. Hon. John
". Springer. one OF the leading lights
| ~. conversation with me this afternoon:
| The advocates of fiatism Will be aalnlhi-
lated next November and the money issue
| VIII then DO permanently settled. For
| Their 'irst fight the fiat,sts aelectcd greer-
backs. the cheapest money They nomi-
mated for the presidency General Weaver.
| IMAM whom there vas no III )rc interesting
| talker in thc United States, The country
Was oanyAssed North. South, Eas, and
lag emphas's i.lat .he chrap money won.d
moar 70 him u cent corn. Il cont cotton.
8 Ger, hogs Before the fertile iinGsina--
'ions - those farmers visions OF untod
prophesleJ the sioric- q inc c5lni,g rso-
pia. However. as no chain 10 stronger
than its weakest link just so no aystom
of finance not based upon ultimate re-
demption can meet the cxigcneics OF the
election was held the farmer had asked
himself tho question, Suppose money be-
comes rs plehiitnl as leaves on the tree
then called to mind the fact that during
the war crecnhacks with the entire gov
crnment behind them were worth hut 10
cents. lie remembered too that In tho
South of similar paper dollars issued by
the Confederacv 1t took $3.50 10 buy II
breakfast. Having dwelt on hose facts
be, WALKED M to the polls and voted.
When the ballots were counted IN $50 u
vas found that Of a,20S.ssl votes cast.
General Weaver, I've advocate of this
ignis fncluns. cheap money, had only
received 3073B votes. Thus passed into
innocuous deseutuie this hetcregeneons
lusion. this delnslon. rises again. clothen
IN raiments OF silver. The people who
tbs supposed goddess of prosperity.
They are PAVING their devoirs at the sill
Yer altar they are Justify calling TO the
socialists. Henry GoorSites. woman suf
frarists. labor unons and even the pro-
hibitionists. 10 say nothing of the auarch-
ists or this whirlirS dervishes in the pcc
mer alliances bind their hucklers on the
armor of silver knigA,s and march on to
rressmpn bland. ex-Congrcssman irysn,
Ex-Governor Tilmau aud eN-GcVcrndr
logg. am reminded of the campaign
of 1850 hv the demand now made for the
free aud unlimited coinage of silver al
the ratio of ii to without international
aergemedt,, ,his m2ney 70 BE- run legal
Is the platform of the populstS and
nm sorry to say. OF many democrats linked
with populists, hut afraid TO openly re
nounce their allegiance 10 the democratic
party bcca'lse they fear the total destruc- |
ton of the popuiist party In 1875 and they
do not want to place themselves beyond
the reach of the official pie counter). but
this demand. viii be met ~ the honest |
yeomany Of the country next Novcm-
Der. as was Greoublck naism IN iSSo II
will he absolutely repudlate. IT'S entire |
organization routed and its lenders left
stranded alone with tho other political
wrrcliagc, which history records as living |
along the pathway that our government |
has travelled"
-:
From free silver men nothing can be |
learned except tho conviction that Dudley |
will net and can not accodc to the de-
minds of the honest money democrats |
In North TEXAS the democratic party Is |
the embodiment OF warning antngonlsm
Would It not be fortunate if rs far as |
the STATE is concerned, TIE ftcilons should |
abandon their hostile oncampmcnts and |
corsigninr the money question to con |
gress. pun together for the honor aud |
service " Texas? This, however. is not |
20 be looked for WM.O'L.