The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-05-07

| in effect say by their votes that all o.
| the Democrats in Texas are in favor OF
| it, which would be false, and therefore
misrepresentation. Such advantage
will be thus taken upon the doctrine D.
| the fright of might" unworthy of thi'
age and utterly destructive of republi
| can principles.
Second-There il another premeditatet
purpose contngently to be accomplished
which is 10 have these delegates anC
presidential electors prepared so as t
| fit in as component parts of a new indie
pendent silver party, if the national Dem
ocratic convention shall fail to put il
its platform a definite plank for free sill
yer at the ratio of IL to /. For in thai
event the twenty-siX Texas silver dele
gates will not be bound to stay in the
convention at Chicago, nor will the voters
at the primaries be bound to abide by
the action of that convention at Chicago
That possible contingency was anticipa
ted and amply provided for by the state
executive committee at Austin, as it is
exhibited in their published proceedings
1t was provided that the qualified voters
at each voting place should be entitled to
vote at the primaries who will abide
by the result and support the nominees. y
Mr.. Young offered substitute that
there shall be printed on each ticket the
pledge II hereby agree to abide the
action of the Democratic state conven-
ton and the Democratic national con
vention-the one on the state issues and
the latter on national issues" Hills
motion to table the substitute was adopt-
ed by vote of 16 to 10" This was
shown to be the sense of the majority of
the committee by the arguments pro
and con as reported, showing that they
would not agree to abide by the action
of the national convention. The meet
ing of the different national conventions
will be as follows: Republican at St.
Louis. June 1G; Democratic at Chicago,
July Z; Populist at st. Louis, July %;
silver national at st. Louis, July %.
1t is to be observed that the Populist
and silver national conventions will meet
at the same place and on the same day,
but at reasonable length of time after
the Republican and Democratic conven-
tons shall have acted in forming their
platforms on the silver question, which
will certainly be brought before them
and be acted on in some way. If one
or both of them should fail to put in a
plank for free silver at the ratio of 16
to /, then all eyes will be directed to
St. Louis on the 22nd of July to see what
takes place there by the two conventions
that meet there on that day.
We may be informed of the occult
political strategy, concocted in Washing
ton City in January last, which may be
developed at ST. Louis on the 22nd of
July, 1896, if the national Democratic
platform fails to declare for silver at 1G
to l, by some quotations from The Texas
a newspaper published at
MeXia, Tex, relating to that subject.
In reference to this new silver national
party it is said:
Headquarters have been opened by
the provisional national committee select
ed at the silver conference at Washing
ton, ID. c., January 22nd and 23rd. All
relative to the work of
organization preparatory for the national
TO be held Mt st. Louis, July
%, 1896, should be addressed to J. J.
Mott, chairman, Room SO, Corcoran
building, Washington, d. c."
The same paper in quoting from said
Chairman j. J. Mott, states as follows.
I'VE are getting along swimmingly and
are very much encouraged. We have
regular chairmen in thirty states, and will
have the other states organized in a short
time. We have been careful in picking
our men. We wanted men who could be
trusted, and we refused to take any until
we got what we wanted. 1t is no small
matter to organize new party, and put
t in fighting trim. You
see our boys are waiting until the big ma
tional conventions meet, and then they
will know what they will be called upon
10 do" 1t would be strange indeed, if
Mr.. Mott, and his coadjutors in this
scheme long before the conference i'll
January last had not known that the
great silver state of Texas had in it some
If the most distinguished and best known
silver advocates in the United States, and
hat they could easily be found and COM
nunicated with at Austin, and indeed at
Paris and other places in the state. 1t
would certainly have been great over
sight and neglect of duty to have gone
I'll the way around this big state in the
uniting for silver men, who could be
rusted. However that may have been,
he Dudley state executive committee, II
he contingency occurs, have made pro-
'ision for the silver delegates from Texas
o cooperate with similar delegates from
ome of the other thirty states, i'll being
n attendance at st. Louis on the 22nd
# July next, to combine, if practicable,
With silver Republicans and Populists in
,erfecting the formation of Il coalition
,arty to be STYLED THE National Silver
,arty;' which when formed, will nomi-
late silver candidate for president of
he United States, and then the presiden-
ia electors in Texas will, perhaps for the
Irst time. find out for whom it was de-
igned by that Dudley committee they
hould vote for to be president, if the
lationa Democratic convention at Chi
ago should fail to declare for silver at
he rate of 16 to l.
Now. let me ask the fair minded So
allied silver men land surely there must
e many of them) and the so-c2:!ed gold
men in Texas many of whom, | see by
he papers, are thinking of going into
he primaries to vote how would you feel
you should awake some morning shortly
fter the 22nd of July next, and find that
.ou as Democrats had been nolens volens
" this occult political strategy, transfer
ed us chattels into this new national sill
er party. and be expected to vote for its
ominee for president of that party, IN
ccordance with your pledges expressly
+ implicitly taken, when you voted at
he primaries!
| know not what you may do, but as
or me, though l profess to be as strong
man for silver as any of you, when |
5 well known. | will not take any part
n getting an unjust advantage upon the