The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-24

Judge Hardy until sunday, refusing TO
| divide time Having received n notice
that Joint dchnte had been arranged he
came on over. While lic had long sought
this result. ~ would rot have lntrudcd on
Judge iinr.y's time had Il hccn possible -
explain The mati'r to tho people In snt-
tlnctpfy manu"r, hut, as Ju w" Hardy
fricn6s had arr tnFed tho matter, he din't
think that Hardy had KICK Nh. slaSo
rvYiowed the political record Of ToXaa
sincc the holt of the clark mon at iidus-
tom ana coming mp to later da'es, shaved
10y letters nrd Interviews that pudley WAS
not the cau3" of tho bolt, that liaray and
iss crowd rad miranRod matters 10 thar in
case things ~ moi 20 10 suit them they
Son Of Judge liurdy MI BLAKE also CON
ilndietrd Ia no nncminiu manner, tho
published statement of John Linn regard
INK the Sihl"y Instruction arl iniinat 90
that some OF NJ" parties who were using
this wero ujterine something ihat had no
truth whateycr f"r lts foundation He had
forced Mr.. Hardy to au = lupNlrdHmcn,
Of n letter TINT he uiarly) md Wilton
mud Hardy SAID he would stand hy II. This
letter referred 20 the contemplated bolt IN
the democratic convention. It was cen
coed by all fair-nindrl porsoua TINT
Blake lad the has, Of III" argument,
when Mr.. Hardy made his closing
81 eech he ala not stick to 'h". Issue. but
ma attempted To ring in as comparison
the y"ars directly afirr tho clrsc II tie
war. H. also nuomptei 20 cpmpar' Mon
askc,i HIM II that wes y falr COMPARISON.
to place Mexico. n semi civilized patton.
with entirely diforent climate, rcsplrc'
and advantages. with England. one OF the
most civilized ara powerful nations OF ia"
~crli. He asked TINT Mr.. Hardy COM
rarc Mexico with Blnzil "a this was II
more equal oomphrlHoh. aa reRaris sur
roundiugs and cnnnie-
AS question after question waa hrei ~
Mr. Harry, he hirayod from The ioXi Of hlH
argument. and finally took hls seat rms
closed the nryt ana dauhilD2s the last,
joint debate between Hardy md Blake.
Several very interesting TINS wor" en-
rhgei IN during the debate ON" OF me
mnin incidents Was mat MI. BAKE proved
by gentlemen who were I'm the audience.
familiar with the case OF MT Garrett oi
BRENNAN, ana over whom Mr.. Hardy Was
cold his residence and removed TO san An
tonic ana that h" was given banquet
before he left. Mr. Heber stone having
nude ono Of ne spee,,hss Of f T., X "a
home, ana wishing for him prosperity IN
his nav homo. Thus did ne explode me
hoItors' assertion of n great crime com
He alsr, nskcd Mr. HARDY II II was not a
fac, that his great IDOL. Grover CLEVELAND
had not appointed to Office only such men
70 take the appointment of fourih-ciass
rosimas,ers out of the hands 81 Hon. J; |
w. Bailey, aud that every man hppo'ntei
was In accord with the views OF the pres
lie asked Mr.. Hardy II he would not DO |
me same. Mr.. Blake also showed maj |
Dudley only cnrr.d out the INSTRUCTIONS
~ the last democratic state convention ~ |
submitting thc financial issue 70 n vote of
the people. lie showed by the Harry res |
olufion. drafted nj Waco about year afo, |
'hnt The boilers were not In accord with |
tie National platform as they only DE- |
obred for the use Of gold, wiillr the Ma. |
tionnl platform declared for the use OF |
both metals AZ tho mnts without d'scrim' |
ination against either. The platform or
resolutions Of tho free silver democrats al
Fort Worth were In fun accord with the |
platform Of the National democracy. lie
Demonstrated one thing most clearly. ana
that is that Hardy and bis followers arc
hoiters purely and simply AND are In no
way entitled To tho title Of democrats.
Mr.. Blake by actual time Only SPOKE one
hour and forty minutes. while Mr.. HARDY
occupied every minute II two hours. But
so badly did Mr. Blake rousi Mr. Hardy
In thiy debat., that II viii be some time
before the gold stsndardites VIII again
divide time.
The debate was very splrited one IRON
beginning 10 eEd Ore thing particularly
should he borne In mind and that II by ac-
acknowledgement and dodning Mr.. Hardy
proved 10 the audience that The action Of
Clarh and jarcG and their followers was
a bolt from the regular organlzntton. not
becauee Of disqualification with or Unfair
ness ON the part OF Mr.. Dudley or his
committee. but through pure cussedness