The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

| the country. ana liable il they coma no
| ap9pted 10 unduly augment the power
| anu patronage of the Federal government
| 10 dwarf the rights of the states ana ~,
| reVoiutlonize the character Of the Federal
| government. y"
These two classes of policies will be
| separately considered. This PARTY is in
| favor OF the free and unlimited coinnre
| OF saver at the ratio of Is to / of COD
as opposed to the single gold STANDARD
| ,la,,,or o.tNS mas peen advocated by the
IoVratlc party for twenty years, and
Ious before the popuiist party had an
eAistvhce, ana mas been a1opted bN to
nopu.sts. but most OF the leaders of thai
| Parry prefer an irredeelnahle rnpor c,,,.'
| rency, 10 be issued by the Federal ,,ovor,,
| lhehi, based on the wealth and crcdit
! vi an inc people. And many of them adj
s SoUaie me making Of such paper the
stdnuard of values, and the making nf
SOU ana SILVER commodities, not n stand
| aru OF values. This party agrees with the
n n,nn. party, in opposing the retire
nf nv, anu ,cahceilat'on of the &lS 10000
| "a outstanding legal tender notes, and in
| ueihahalng that they remain a part Of
w ieSdl tender money of the country Ia
alu us Industries, stimulate enterprise
aiIu promote the general welfare 1t an
! pGVs, as the democratic party has done
az inc tlme, the increase Of the National
uept by the issue Of interest bearing gov
I crnment bonds in times Of reace II "a rors
| 49, we uvmocrats do, a tax upon incomes
| winch would compel the wealth OF the
| country to bear its proper proportion Of
we, we support OF the government which pro
| tects that wealth. 1t favors as the dem
| ocrats do, economy In the public ex-
benditures II favors, as the democrats
90 the election of senators of the United
SAC, ai,,, by the direct vote Of the people
IhhS TAR there is substantially no dis
agreement between the democratic aud
hopullst parties, and no good reason why
'h.y might not act together
hut in the Omaha platform of the ronu-
list party IT demands: "A lust. cquitable
| and efficient means of distribution Of
money direct 10 the people at a tax On
tereso not exceeding per cent per annum
! 10 be provided as set forth In the snh-
| treasury plan of the Farmers nl!iauce or
a better system; ala, by payments IN dis
charsc of its obligations for public i'm
PROV ements." In that platform # also de-
carcs: "That TRANSPORTATION beinr ,
means Of exchange and a public necessity
the government should own and operate
pie" And that; "The telegraph and teie-
phone, like postoffieo svstom being
n necessity for the transmission Of ueyvs
should be owned and operated 10y tho
government In the interest Of The people"
It's demand for the distribution of money
TO the people "as sat forth I'm the suli-
treasury plan" would involve the building
by the government Of warehouses through
ont the country. in which TO deuosit farm
products. on which the government should
loan money. This would rcCuiro n large
outlay Of money ana would require tho
appointment Of great many persons by
tho government 10 superntenl the cree
tion OF buildings. ard the measuring
weighing. housing and sale OF such pro
ducts, the keeping VI accounts md re-
cclvine and paying out Of the money.
It seems to have no opinions on tho
great question nc to whether we shall
| have n tariff for revenue only. In the
interest Of the people or high protec-
tive tariff for the benefit Of the few Mt
she expense of the many. It's declara
tions invoke the paternal care and over
sight Of the Federal government for the
| private interests Of the citizens by pro-
/ posing that Il should build the houses
in which 10 store farm products and
officer and manage them, and become "a
| broker in farm products. and Il money
lender in plain and palpablo Violation
OF the constitution of the United States
! And In disregard of the genius and
/ spirit OF our government. which coniem-
/ plates that tho people shall contribute
| by paying taxes for the support OF the
government. which is charged With the
| duty Of giving protection To the people
| in their persons. their lives and their
| property by equal and just laws. But 1t
| was never contemplated that the Ev-
ernmcnt should become "A money lender,
| or n produce broker or that n should
! take paternal charge # the private IN
| tcrcsts of the people. Our system OF gov
! crnmcnt contemplatcs the aXlsteuc. Of
! an Independent, self-reliant race Of free
mon. 1t was never couicnpl tied that
/ the American people were to become a
! Feeble, helpless race of mendicants d.
| pendent on the government for the care
| of their individual interests, and for
! pecuuiary benefits and supp IT. No more
| Unconstitutional. dangerous and un-
| American doctrine WAS ever pat forward
| IN this country.
The populst party also declares, in it's
| omaha platform. in favor Of the GOV
.., 4..t,t cal uf 81
menD owning and operating the rat
/ roads telegraph and telephones. Let us
SEQ what this means.
As shown by tie Railway Age there
! was in the United States ON the SlSl day
! Of December 1875. $1,000 mites nf rail
road IN the United states. IS
shown by the report Of the int'r,
| state commerce commission, on the
I statistics ot railways u the United
/ States. for the year 1S9i the stock. bonds
! and either indebtedness of tho railroads.
| Of tho United states amounted on me
! Goth of June. 1891. to Si29jl per mile. THIS
! shows that the Indebtedness Of the rail-
| reads was sll sol 1871 ON rhe number OF
officers and emnl yees of We rniir2ldS e., Is
| about S25 coo. Their gross earnings tor
| the year 1881 was $l07S.3GL731 Ana their
| ops rating expenses FOR the same Ne'V
| was 1871, lli,322 The Western Union Tnle-
| prnuh company has 1874 miles Of line
| and probably 5N.o1o employees Its gross
/ earnings wore s%4-2lS 0i9lN aud its eN-
penses si6076,22s97 And thore ere so'ae
| other telegraph lines. In 1893 its sMnks
| and bonds amounted to Sllnoi7,o56 the
| American Bell Telephone COMPANY mas
| 100 67l miles az wire and llNi employes.
Its capital stock is $o.gp.p's 90 a ,6a M, Jus
| From this II appears thlt these proper
| ties are CAPITALIZED as follows; "a, ,o- ooo
The railroads at ......''-''''S4l a,- az
! The telegraph at ..,...........' IiN'"t,'5,
Tho telephones at .,.,.,....''. N'pV'F''
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