The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
TUESDAY HAPPENINGS.

~ Too IN
i-"iiu =, 49, r.uo,,ino
morning gave 10 tine press the WING
with reference to the Dallas sound none!
meeting.
.c,,,' A., ..o.,,,,.,,,., ooIIoJ an mo last
men the repor''i' '"'"' % ~ a.,
week Tor an interview on 'he ac,'o" VI Wv
sound money Democrats at Dallas on the
o1st instant I nromiscd them to prepare
49,, g.. Cha oo,clu.ons
Ill inii NY r'"Ho'' i'i
had reached. AT that time louih NY
self in such an unfortunate attitude that
:. aoo,,,I q, ma that I could not do Justice
~ e.,,,,;,,, 40 ,onotb tbe
TO mysel1 WITHOUT re'ie"ins NJ ''"7 ".
situation. In pursuance of that promise
yovo tbo subject some considerable atten-
=. ,. e.., ,,,oro JoI;berota Thought.
, ,ioi'' Wv, Ii,,Iad tn ,1ondon that line for
nav i .o ,i'', tt'at sn r,ncb has already been
Wy r .it - ', add W. II might do more harm
saiu 'iiaa " AL IIonoa II is that I shall sim
, unan st so' NV own nosition.
p'3sJ have been n Democrat under any and
al o;,crmstoncos of political condition,
and hova ALIGNED myself with my party,
anth ",ato and notionol ot all times.
ho,a v"toJ for mon and measures when
7 n% , no nnt altooetbor satisfied with either,
i,o"ansn tho conditions of the south were
81 such a nature and IFS necessities so
o,,oot tbot I vos constrained TO believe
thot no relief could be obtained for our
nnonIe NOR could local self government
ho secured throuph any other channel
thon tbnt of absolute and exclusive united
arrort an tho mart of MI patriotic people OF
INV section and state. Therefore it was
that I subordinntcd my individual Objec-
t;nns IA tho will Of the minority of our
,,nrty const;tuenfs This I understand is
,.Vban Tho state oyecutiye committee
mat barn in Austin II occurred TO me that
~ ali times In tbe history of the party this
vos an ncco sion above nny which the par
tv bad ever before encountered. when the
fairness and conservatism on the part of
thn Committee should bc exercised to the
highest degree During the sitting of
The committee I was not present because
NV official duties demanded my presence
nt my official desk. But after office
hours I eynrted myself. AS much as was
nbln to hiring about the kind of conserva-
tivo oction Indicated bcinp. however, re-
worded with n result, which, to my mind,
,v"s tba most radical and unprecedented,
and which foreboded n rupture and disin-
tegrotinn from the marty of large mum,
hora Of our host Democrats. even to the
avtort Of Tho defeot of the party i'm the
November election. Seeing this cOndi-
lion and In ADVANCE of the sound money
anncornrca az Galveston / made an earn
act offort with some of NV free silver
fr;onds IN hiring ont public expression
from certnin influential gentlemen among
thot clnss of Democrats. which from
thair c"mmonding nositions in the party
,rnnid serve ~ n guarantee to the sound
r,onnv democrats ot Galveston. that not
m,ithst,nding the unfair form of the bal
Lot nrnscriLpd Inv the STATE committee, the
hn,ipts ~ tbo snund nancy electors would
H." nnnntod in tbn state convention. In
nv ynnI In this direction. through uninten-
SH,n ~ ;rnrndonce on nv mart. | incurred
%n Jisnlro surc and broke M the personal
snn6Joncn hntwpcn some free silver
Friends which has been most painful to
ma narsonnlly.
.Itoi linc in nv efforts i'm that dircc-
Zion I wrote , letter to n leading gentle
nan M the Galveston conference in which
i" m"oI the foilowinr language: Il regret
That nuhlic business prevents me from be-
Inc, with van confidently expect that
th S wisdom wu If vour conference will evolve
GOV ,,Ia Inv which tho marty of Jefferson
Mnmraa Jockson Cleveland. and the con-
stitntion Of our fathers. in which alone
saif .ov.rnment cnn ever he secured to
.bn nnon,e may he preseryed.' The re-
nit of that conference is known to all
man am candid puOuph TO saw that |
then falt under the conditions existing at
thot limo thnt il would have been good
nnIit;cs for tbe sound money Democrats.
Who believed that the issue presented by
tba oyecutivo committee was of sufficient
;n,nortonrn Ia contend for. TO at once enter
tha ALI Win full ticket and fight for the
smnra,macv nf thnir views of the question
of nnt;nnaI finance within the party ranks
and IN hn concluded nj the state conven-
tion / holieycd that while the sound
meme, ticket would he defeated. in all
nrohnhil;tv that nevertheless they might
lac,rn the nlntform. which. under the
,,so,,o. and customs of the marty, giving
w. tho ,,nyornnr 81 second term. would be
Sor moro valuable to the pcOplc and par
-" ~ thnn III" election of their ticket. hut
,iot En-, running of n ticket would give
.,,a, fnr thnir sidn If the question at
;.,'," rrh;s course would have been
,,,nfnotl,. la~;timoto and in line with the
b;,,orr and nrncticcs of the marty i'm all
H. -, taS since tho marty was first or
',nni.,nI and could nossibly meet with
=" mnrtv nhioction, This course. how
nv r' ryts nnt Thought wise. or profitable
and had sunnosei il was abandoned I'M
III th. colI far the meeting of the sound
money Democrats at Dallas on the 2lst
instant
.R"in, ,nprehensiyc that the inconsid-
or,to and radical action of some of the
iacoi cnnntv committees. in which the
S",,nl NANCY Democrats were re-
fuSnd the right TO vote the ticket
so fr,nnd ns tn EXPRESS the true