The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-09
DALLAS DEMOCRATS EXPRESS
THEMSELVES ON ACTION OF
DUDLEY COMMITTEE.
THEY FAVOR A GENERAL CONFERENCE
port the National Ticket-Meeting of
Dell County Sound Moncyitcs
Take Similar Action.


Il rousing meeting tonight. The meet
ing was called for the purpose OF eX'
pressing an opinion on the action of the
Dudley committee at Austin. The
meeting was success, great enthusl-
assn being shown, and after several red
hot speeches the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
I'VE, sound money Democrats of Dial
las county, are opposed to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver ut the ratio
of Is to / and to all other forms of fiat
money and believe that uniform and
certain standard Of value is necessary
for the agricultural, commercial and in
dustrial development and prosperity Of
our country, and we favor the mainte-
nance of all our money, gold, silver ana
paper, on Il parity. Whatever may be
It's composition, one dollar should have
equal purchasing and debt paying power
with every other dollar. Therefore be
IL
Resolved, BY the sound money Dem
.ocrats of Dallas county, in mass meet
ing assembled, in Dallas, Tex, on this,
the second day of April, 1896, as fol-
lows
because it gives MS all the gold ana sill
yer that will circulate at parity; it
gives us gold or its equivalent; it gives
us true bimetallism. Because there is
not progressive or enlightened country
in the world which has not selected such
Il standard. Because all sound money
countries retain as much silver AS it is
possible in their circulation on n parity
with gold, whereas there is no country
th.s tad of
silver which does or can maintain or
utilize gold as money at all Because
there is not II silver country on the globe
where the wages of labor are sufficient
to sustain the working classes respecta-
bly,. and wherever there is the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, as in Mex
leo and China. the laborers are poems.
Because under the free and unlimited
coinage of silver ut the ratio of 1G to |,
the government could not, as it now
does, maintain the value of silver coin
at a parity with gold. The 5O-cent dol
lar and the 100-cent dollar would not
circulate side by side; the cheaper would
drive the other out of circulation and
our circulating medium would be CON
tracted one-half and we would be cursed
with silver monometallism. Because
the establishment of the free and UNI
limited coinage of silver at the ratio of
IO L
vate confidence; would enable the dis
honest to rcpudiate their just obligations;
would involve the country in such panic.
confusion and distress financially that
the products of agriculture and the wages
of labor would be unrenumcrative and
our people engaged therein would be
thrown out of employment.
''Second-We condemn the action of
the Democratic State executive commit
tee, whereby they, in violation of all
Democratic usage and against every
principle of fair dealing, have under
taken to arbitrarily force upon the Dem
,ocratic voters of Texas an issue which
has no issue in fact, hut desi"nedly so
framed as to prevent the sound money
Democrats from voting in the primaries
upon the issue of sound money and
against the hercsy of free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of ~ to
l., which instead of being bimetallism,
is silver recommendation. We call at.
tcntion to the fact that while heretofore
silver Democrats have advocated the free
and unlimited coinage of silver ut the
ratio of 16 to |. they have lately de-
serted their faith and now advocate 'bl- |
metallsm(O.' While, in fact, what they |
advocate will result in silver monomet-
Dlism.
''Third-Wc are, as before stated, in
favor of bimctallism, and believe that
the only way to cffectualy secure it is by |
maintaining the existing standard as the
stable and Notwithstanding feature of
value and the coinage and use of silver |
as current money to the greatest posi- |
bile extent consistent with preserving the |
parity.
"Fourth--That ON account of the action |
of the forced silver ma jority of the Demo-
cratic State executive committee in recon-
mending the manner and form for the
submission of the financial issue in the
primaries called for the 9TH day of June
1896 and the action of the committee
of this and many other counties in the
State in adopting and carrying into eXecu-
ton such recommendations, large num-
her of sound money Democrats have
thereby been effectualy disfranchised
and can not and will not participate in
said primaries, rs said issue is now sub
mitted. We declare, however, if said
committee will promptly take such off
cial action as will be an cffcctual pledge
that ballots of sound money Democrats
substantially, against the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver Ms standard
money ut the ratio of IL TO L. will he re-
Ccived and counted and make such pro-
visions rs will give the sound money
Democrats fair representation upon the
election and counting boards holding said
lIlndTlcS, lHtH W. VIII I'uIlltllUl' III
said primaries.
"kifth-We favor Il general conference
at an early date of all Democrats in Texas
who will abide by the action of the ap-
preaching National Democratic conven
ton, 10 consider and take such action
as the emergency demands. and to that
end we respectfully suggest that the Hon.
Rufus Hardy, chairman of the sound
money Democracy, call such general con-
ference ut such time and place as may
he designated by him. And also earn
gstly request the sound money Demo-
a.rats of each and every county in the
State To cooperate with MS in securing
Snch general conference.
-'SiXth-We endorse the National Dem
ocratic platform of 1892 and the business
like administration of Grover Cleveland
and the Texas Democratic State plat
form of 1894.
'Seventh-We recommend that public
meetings should NJ once he held and an
organization should be perfected of sound
money Democrats in every precinct in
Dallas county and we recommend that
such meetings should he held through
out this congressional district
"Eighth-Wc earnestly invite the CO.
operation of all loyal Democrats in Texas,
who will agree with us To abide by the
action of the National Democratic CON
vcntion mt Chicago and support its nomi- |