The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-09
REPLIES TO MR.. HARDY.
Chairman Dudley Denies That He
Was Bolter.
lie SUPPORTED H0GG FOR GOVERNOR.
Accuses Hardy OF Shifting From tho
Single Standard to Bimetaliisn.
Concern for tho Poor People.
Dallas News.

Paris, Texas, March Tin an interview
with the News man this afternoon Chair
man Dudley had the following to say
anent the address of Hon. Rufus Hardy,
chairman OF the sound money advocates.
which appeared in the News of Sunday
last:
There is not one idea or thought in the
whole effusion of about 5000 words. but he
is like the rubber man. and when wound
up all hades can not stop him until he
runs down. His defense of himself for
trying to crawl on the Corsicana 16 to
opposition to the issuance of bonds plat
form for 3SSS ballots, and that. too, In fact
just after the Dallas convention, is abso-
lutely pitiable. This patriot Spelled with
big P), who belongs to a gang who do
not want otnce, but who have sworn ven
seance against Governor Culberson on
account of his Goliad speech. was willing
for the sake of getting a nibble at the
pie counter TO accept the nomination upon
any kind of platform (as they now term
10, and hAc wolf In Sleeps clothing
attempt to represent his people.
But tho thinncst excuse OF all is that
he was going to Try and get the platform
changed. his mighty Goiiah, who con-
tcmptuously sneers at the opinions and
loeas of all others VINO do not agree with
| MIA, dlGd l,lO AIS own accord HUmtna.es
/ aud proclaims the candidate for governor
OF this great state, expected 10 reverse
the VIII of the people OF his district and
! change tho platform made by their rep
resentatives.
This mighty Judge of Gath has lately
| become Il bimetallist, and now talks loud
/ and long OF the blessings of bmctallism.
| But a few months ago he was shouting
/ himself hoarse for the single standard OF
/ gold and declaring that none other could
| exist. Who ever heard Of single standard
bimetallism? You might as well talk of
| Il slng!e-barrel double-barrel gun, or a
/ weekly. bi-weckly paper 1t Is an absolute
contradiction OF terms. but Hardy and his
little gang do not know 1t, or If they do
/ they have not the political manhood to
( como out anu advocate openly that which
/ they believe. BIZ means two. Thus you
speak of bipeds 1.-TWO legs), bimetal two
/ metalsi, etc. Bimetallism is a two-metal
monetary standard. 1t contemplatcs that
1 uLc HintS shah BE open 10 the free coinage
/ Of both gold and silver which may be
| brought TO the mints into standard money
| upon terms OF perfect equality at an es-
! tabllShed ratio, and that the debtor shall
| nave the right to discharge his debt in
/ either gold or silver. That is bimetallism
Does the Judge of oyster roast fame be-
liove in III II so, what ratio does he
favor2 1 wonder if he now wants to
| change the ratior
This same Identical Judge Hardy in his
| letter to the Dallas News OF October 4 last
| (which was wrlttel for my beuefiU, speak
| ing of free coinage Of silver at n readjust.
ed ratio. says; And to adopt free coinage
at this readjusted ratio has 50 many uitfi-
culties that few contend for it, though
great many sound money men think it
feasible II would involve the calling in of
all outstanding silver about $500 100 O0D
ana the loss of one-half that amount to
the government. 1t would give us so large
a coin that only half dollars could be used,
and since no one either on YOUR side OF
mlne, OF the question proposes it except
MIR. Harvey, who says readjust the ratio
| by reducing the gold in gold dollar This
plan, II we want to repudiate debts ana
lions.
Men like Mr.. Hardy, who have fixed in
comes and draw their official salaries with
accustomed regularity are very uneasy
about the free coinage of silver, lest 1t
should affect the PURCHASING power OF their
salaries: Cotton may go TO 1 cents under
the whitening blight of gold monometal-
!ism, corn TO 10 cents, wheat to 50 cents,
| the value of all property decrease by one
hhlt men tramp the country oNOr seeking
employment, and women and children be
lh absolute want yet nothing must b. done
toward alleviatiug their suferings. because
iorsoolh 1t might affect the purchasing
power OF the princely salaries of these
officers. The salary of a district judge,
winch is $1,000, has q purchasing power OF
S9OOO under the single gold tandard, for
the reason That gold has appreciated in
" value; money became dearer and all farm
products and all other property and labor
has become cheaner. Is this right?
: Bnt these good men feel deep concern
Tor the lahoring man. They talk to him
about an honest dollar. Why do they not
yen him that il takes twice as much OF his
.apof now to pay off his debt az IL did
when the debt was contracted and that
the salary Of one of these salaried officers
ldisirlct judge for example, will buy twice
Us iiluch now OF everything, labor included,
4 as A. II would when the salary was fixed by
tne cohsl 'tuton OF ING. Where Is the nom
esty IN the single standard which tends to
nnild W. moneyed aristocracy at the Elk
! pense of the tolins people?
l notice Mr.. Hardy has the following
| 70 say OF me: And now as to boiling
Ny M Quincy can not say, enough about
pol'lng l have understood that Mr.. bud.
iey was man who was denominated a
oolter IN the liogs-Clark campaign. | un-
utrstand that that IS not his only achieve
nleht IA tbat line. As shrewd trick of
. | rlsnleous Indignation on the part of Mr.
Dudley, sticking now for only primary
sIecilohs .end denouncing old-fashioned
, t,ellocIalc conyentions, read this from a
IoWusman of Mr.. Dudley: In 1891 Mills
Hulhersou and Chiffon were candidates f1r
/ United states senator. Hon William
Hodges, Lamar county's representative in
the legislature, asked for an expression OF
the people as TO their choice ard the
chairman of the democratic executive
= @S9mmIlttee called fol, primaries to get It,
county and the number OF votes cast for
each candidate was sent in Mills re-
i; eelved n considerable majority over Cul-
. son carried a majority of The voting pre-
I cmctS. Fifteen members of the county
executive conmtttoe met to declare tho
result. Dudley went before tho comn1it-
tee and argued that a primary AID not
represent the win Of the democracy and
argued that the result could only be OBJ
: tanned by precincts. BY vote Of to 7
r the committee declared in favor of Cul-
Z perscn. Hodges denounced such an in
strnction as fraud and although a pro-
/ no4nced anti-Mllls man Went to Austin
y aud voted for him"
. Tho substance Of the above nppenred In
the Paris News of the 26th and 18th OF
February last, to which l replied in the
Farls Daily Advocate of February 81 as
follows, and the same is my reply TO MI
hardy, The Paris News has not been
7 To the Advocate: noticed on the
, nrst page OF the Paris News of Yesterday
morning and IN the editorial column Of
the same paper this morning. some state
? ments in reference to mvseif which are
! not only misleading but are absolutely UNI
| true. The statement referred to in yester-
day paper is as follows. When the split
same 9 Houston ana Hogg bottled the Ma
uphai democratic platform and fell in line
/ luily surveying the field, Joined the revolt
y nSanst democratic principles and has been
= of bplllHnrpngy ava ..fp