The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-19
ROW IN THE FAMILY.
ono Gold Hug Reads the Riot Act 10 Two
Others


headline. "Damphool Cumraigu I.ltera-
,if~.' let's much daylight through the
idoisc performances OF the various re-
publican gold bug campaign committees
II is not necessary to state that tho Sun
Is now viciousy gold bug sheet. II says.
Ii Is already beginning TO appear. and
stern duty requires us TO keep our eyes
open for II. and to t,ll the truth about II
without fear or favor, nom wnotcvcr
Quatter the pcrnicious stun cmanates.
The Gauss Of honest money Is too precious
TO be endangered by the EFFORTS oi any
number OF industrious nincompoops.
We observe, IN the ntst place, chat The
rcpubhcan congressional campaign COM
mlttec, With Its headquarters at WASH
i4Rtoh. Is putting tortn u staten, M de-
slsiEVd 10 show tho s.ganuc woMth aud
greco OF iurthvr Wcasiu thAt are pchinl
tiiNan III tins cuinpaign. The document
circulated by tine republican committee
presents u hst OF twenty-five individuals.
estates ana corporations engaged IN si-
Ns mining. IN" list of The silver plu-
to,Acy IN headed 10y the Hearst estate
credited with St@o.vpJ and IL runs down
To such modest bNcses us Teller II Colo
rndo and Ice Mantle of Montana, with "A
couple of millions apiece. Tho schc hue
OF me vast fortunes attributed 70 thesc
through the election of i$ryan foots no 10
S'Iwn0N., aud tho document prepared
ny Aiit iNHNhnNNn tbnlhNlEn NNnilttittfN
takes that aggregate az the text for the
iNn arks euhloined.
TO fhe silver mime owners the election
OF Bryan and of q, free silver democrats
house means millions. Placing the product
OF their nlincs Ut 5i.oC0NN ounces year,
though II would soon hc i0oVo,oM ounces,
aud the government paying them NJ the
rate of Sl.ga per ounce. and granting, for
the sake of argument. that Il cost them
Is cSn,s an ounce to mine it. the people
ot me umi'na siat"s would gny .n.s n ,mr
Annum. aud make gigantic monopolies OF
tho very mon who arc crying out against
inonorolles in their platform TINS IN an
undtlN conservative estimate of the prof
It's of the silver laroua the actual figures
would more likely be Sbrn,0W per an
mum. II w.ll thus bn sAcen at IA g.aAcc
what IL involved in the election " M
HrNAn, mot counting the cNila that would
flow from the retirement of upward OF
:GN Cncn Of gold npon, which tho credit OF
Tt'sp comments are at the very best
uniniclirent, and they arc NkolN 20 do
harm to the cause OF homes, money. What
does the rcpubt can congressional cam
paiEu committee mean when II tells the
| voters mat the soNInmont Wouiu roy
ounce for tho silver mined 10y them aud
scut to the mint to be coined a, III TO /
Is amy such prppoStt,ou before me cohh-
| try The statements and implied arGu-
mcnts OF the committce's circular would
| bc all right enough If II were proposed 10y
any body that the government shuud huN
! at the iitfC of Ni.4N AN ounce All Tue NiNNl
m'ued bv these twcnty-two piutocrais, and
\ pay for the saiuo In gold or snmeihtng ~
| good AK gold Then the government would
/ In drufh utkc from 81 ,No.Wn TO S1b,Wn,WW
/ uritcd Statca and ''rny Il INTO tho pockets
| ut the t4lN"r miners lfut urd"r 'f~'
Sa5 e. e. oa GS"inss ~ sSo tss "S
| not to buy single ounce OF SILVER NJ
| 81 ~ an ounce or at any other price. ih'
miners merely take IS cents worth OF ~.
1 ,sa. Ita uiAI nuI tho cover ufns nj
stamps IT rs d",a.
! DO rni the zcaloUs utcrntcurs ~ the
republican ccngres sionni comphtioc pc :
cel,c mt IA Disseminating we idcn that
Iiic silver mine owners viii prof a cents
on every 70 cents worth Uf silver whic q
g. turned in to be coined, they are OF
only disseminating Il false idea bu, arc
I Hlso . hitting the Utmost that the free
Vengeance What applies Ia thr dollar
o. ,"e ivcr l4utooratS Applies TO the dp,'
lar. but " Is good Cor only IS cents foi
any purpose except 10 pay drhts con-
tractcd under the gold standard
! ,New York, Reform club 1t Is sgncd by
Hon. Charles $ Fnirchid as rhai5m g.
Calvin Tompkius. The itciorm club com
| mite - engaged al " lHidaule attempt
| 70 SafeT ard the .curio,cv Of ,ho ,'n,ted
States by promoting no election 81 =
congress- in which tho friends OF hohost
molry shall have majority Tho cltcu
lar appeals for contribut oms to aid IN
that excellent terpr SO. 40 far. 50 good
but the opening paragraph Of the hppoh
u rerN fpittsnt~ IN fiH M crptlnn.
THE democratic nominee for the prcsi
should { reach lin Tho rcuubl'cnn can
uidrlr for d." r. hd'ucy IL npt - com
mltod; bun neither by his own nor party
'srt Of Ei'Var log ala Ion. Tho tmnts -