Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-16

convention Ae MOuiu po", put no "''',.s
1t unuerstuod tnat ho wanteu hi
other PARTICIPANTS lRewise piedsed. ne
beAeyeu ms was tine oniy way TO pre-
serve tho unily OF the party. IL tne pieuBo
IL taking Dy both SIDES the party VIII
stand together; II not, spit is as m
evisable as the sun snail rise tomorrow.
lie believed II the SOUND money men wlil
stand for 1t the silver democrats can be
mace 10 take the pledge.
the chairman suBge rested that commit
tee be appoInled to draft resolutions and
nave them In readiness for the meeting
tomorrow.
II was suggested by Kincnld OF Calves
ton, Jonathan Lane and Colonel MeDon-
aid that this course would be improper,
as the meeting tonight was entirely In
formal. and as full representation was
not IN attendance. The idea was there
fore dropped for the time.
Judge ID. A. Mum Of Crockett next
spoke. He said the executive committee
headed by Mir. Dudley had exceeded all
authority, even had the entire committee
acquiesced, instead of the vote standing
" 10 10, II was therefore necessary for
the democracy OF Texas TO devise means
to protect IL from what he termed Il con
spiracy against the party. An attempt
mad been made to formulate and thrust
upon tho party proposition recognized
as fraud. II undertakes to state an
issue and states II falsely. True BIZ
metalllsm Is represented by the gold
standard and the use OF silver money as
FAR as possible The sound money men
could not vote for blmctnllsm as they
understood 1t under the rules laid down
bv the committee. They had to take
,nid Sot,,a''a ha'N"r ilionionlethiilsm ht,u
nil sunb \ ouea,io uei anI aus risn' 10 SUD
g eo re " IN r toa9, re was not Willing to
fra,,Iuio,ti,, a., "a ~ - nO'e ,r IipVH susi,
annii,nc,t y, a'd d,' ISSUE, nat WIS tlle
an,,ti,i,,,' ~, ueihouIhl WIG never Nott'
~ ''',t ti ous 1eihoctuuc ticket anu
,hat ~ a,, 81 ntu. nv, oile. ne CHurgsu
,na,i, Wy aV,,on OF Tue eoinmlitse was the
1917 VI a Volihplrhcy enteteu INTO AZ me
- t'a'"1 -, SoI,nol.loII anu ieIulehteu uurlng
~ ~ r s cunNuHs When the sounl
,hot,,.S p, ,l,l was kSkea from beneath
u'tlr leet before " dfled. lie usreed That
~ Was no, usst 10 40 whnt me committee
1csircu tntm 70 40 nut sound money
ueinoGtats could not accept What the
Uniilnllttec attempts 10 Force down them.
Iney want 10 gag us hhnd and foot.
halu ne ana 70 deny US me privilege Of
supporting me national platform. They
want 10 rcpudlate the National democ-
Ihcy and carry US boldly Into the National
Blmetallic learue.
lie called attention TO the fact that the
PopuHst National convention and the
meeting OF the Binetallic league would he
hell IN -. Louis at the same time and he
believed y was the Intention to dcsert the
utnocTat.c party ana form q combination
OF the whole In the Bimenllic league, lie
RAID he would be sorry to see the demo-
cratic party dlsr'ipied, FOR th"re would
then be no party for him 10 belong TO- hut
he thought too many concessions had al
ready been nude 10 an element In the
DhfAy 10 keep " rom going oni to popu-
ism ana he believed In raising the Nag Of
true democracy, we cnn anord 10 con-
tend for IT said no. whether the major
ity of the democrats OF Texas are with MS
or not
MIR. Hardy then introduced Mr.. h, l..
Dunlap OF Victoria county, whom he said
was Que OF the Immortal fifteen.
MIR. Dunlap told of the fight which the
fifteen sound money democrats had made
IN the committee meeting, lie SAID they
had worked unaided, but had they been
rad
men 10 whom he WAS speaking the result
would have been different. lie understood
the feeling of honor and dellcaCy which
prompted these gentlemen to remain away
from Austin during that meeting. AIR.
Dunlap said the acton Of the committee
was nothing new II was brewing when
they met la Dallas last May. lie had writ
ten evidence mat the plot was on then.
Colonel II. d; Mcdonald Of Paris spoke
neNl. hhylhH thnt most OF Tue SPEAKERS
problem In rs endrety, but he did not feel
lhat ne could vote In me primaries as
called by the Dudley COMMITTEES. he could
not woe sp.h the I0rii' preseriloeu' ana ne
took II mat II would be entirely useless
tVr any uclnogrn' 70 attompt 70 formulate
ms own nbliot hnh hhEe u counted lie
thousht we COMMITTEES lad tnaae up Their
,ti9u 70 hdNe thiuss Ihelf own WY, NJ
nhu uteh W. tlls colspllioy LOT
long iiuhe ltna No eohsluertl2i, whatsoever
| Moulu sWcrNe mem rom tneir PURPOSE 10
uelNer NC 1tl shtes 70 me IhleaBo con-
ventlon on the fee silver side.
III WINK 70 ~ 70 tllS cNtchl, salu
no. -thht ms ihyouhf eau democratic
oonNennohs or primaries old-tashlohed
| rinllrlg - tnrroVghout me Sta,e, TO ssnd
uoiesa,eS 70 i''J,r sounsS Sonnentiohs' tne
lAtter 10 selu uSlek t'es 70 lhe sure con-
NclNleh 70 u'i,lIlhtt ilrlu'IuHl 'sccloIs
ut'u 70 9e',H u "a Ne, 20 ~ vvti-
n Sm'ion; uv,uSs Nv 'lS 'b Co"HHntlo i
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cprS si t,,, eut " y tutHsi out 70 ne
| Ior iiee sllN'r " Suulu NY ett " u az
~ Lst ,is eonti''e ouI nv ,,. Within ths
denloeraue pat.y anu ~" iha' mere Us
r righi az the nenortuoiiv 10 vate mn t ,ns
rlEht o. tne opportunity =" 'o'e wat we
u'u aSni ~ ~ ~ ,, a., Ill.,, l.. A.. 49,.
| Nnptanl rlOSSn halu ne ilStu III INC hiliit
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| w. eoillhl,tv, ne V'tlhe mere 70 eoInsr
WIN W ueIhocta'5 20 NV u.nl crNEy IRON
primaries PVT 70 REQUIRE the silver mel
70 pledge tnemssiNeN TO hD &c ny Inc re-
| sun; ~ they feIusei, SOUND money mer
| eoulu Sheu ~ on, hhu car cJhNshtioh
raise the stnnuhtd OF dcnieer-cy aud "''tt
VIZ ire siNu,ltes Jake 70 lhe,r heels
cenyention OF our own II they kick out
OF me uacesf lie ulu not Wish 10 be
called boiler Hc wanted the other fel
lows 70 90 me oqlting, we should fight
me-, me enemy on tneir own gronnd ana whir
, NM ny ,neir own game Inc allyer'ie'
| NO.H w utn uatIy lne primaries. The
uenon OF tno punNy majority was g con
spli'sy 70 tutn tile elegtolsi vote or IeNa:
oh I 70 ~ ~, lmnSpsuiusn' prey,denu tictel
d SuuEo o""lse S Mn OF waco atld ths
m WI, ont the free silverites, lie has
not come mere 70 make speech, but &c
e,,,s, IA upI'o'ulnS thn pIlnEipies OF Neii