The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-22
HE WRITES A LETTER OF AC-
CEPTANCE OF THE CONGRESS
SIGNAL NOMINATION.
WILL Make A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN
He Thinks He Can Win Out in the
Fight-The Financial Question and
the Question of Public Revenues
Are Considered.

the brush congressional plenary commit
tee the following letter was sent to Judge
Makemson notifying him of his nomina-
ton:
Austin, Texas, October IA, 1896.
Hon. w. X. Makemson, Georgetown,
Texas:
Dear Sir-As chairman of the republi-
can executive committee of the Ninth
congressional district of Texas, appointed
by the Hon. e. H. r. Green, state chair
man, vice Hiram McGar, removed for
cause, and which committee unanimously
recognizes my authority, today have
caused the said committee to meet in this
city, and the following action was taken
by the members present or represented by
proxy, comprising two-thirds of the full
membership of said committee.
The district congressional plenary power
committee, appointed under the resou-
ton of the late congressional convention
which met in this city to nominate dis
trict candidate for congress, was dis
charged from any further consideration
of the said matter and power to act in the
premises, and was finally discharged, and,
acting in the emergency of the short time
before the election, the executive COM
mittee, acting in vacation for the party,
with the party's full powers, took the
nomination of a candidate into it's own
hands in lieu of calling a convention, and
you have been nominated unanimously by
the committee as our candidate.
Trusting that you may find it agreeable
int stp
nomination, acting for the committee,
which has directed me to notify you of
its action, which hereby do. have the
honor to be, very respectfully yours,
w. B. BRUSH,
Chairman Republican Executive Commit
tee, Ninth Congressional District of
Texas.
Judge Makemson has forwarded the
following reply through Chairman Brush
to the committee, and the same has been
received:
Georgetown, Texas October 10, 1896.
Hon. w. B. Brush, Charman and the
Members of the Republican Executive
Committee of the Ninth Congressional
District:
Gentlemen-ln reply to your letter ten
dering me the nomination for congress in
the Ninth congressional district, beg to
submit this formal acceptance of the hon
or conferred upon me, and l thank you
and the republicans you represent for the
confidence manifested; for in accepting
this honor at your hands l believe that
you have voiced the sentiments and obey
ed the instructions of large majority of
the republicans of this district.
The time is short, but it is my purpose
to make vigorous campaign, and, to
the full extent of my ability, enter my
earnest protest against a debased curren-
cy and national reputation. Sound mon
ey is as essential to our commercial in
dustrial and business affairs as pure
blood is to the physical body. Any policy
which will depreciate or debase our cir
culating medium is dishonest in its con-
ceptiOn, vicious in its tendency, and will
bring ruin and disaster to all enterprises.
Under our present monetary system our
currency is as sound as the government
itself, and every dollar, whether gold, sill
yer or paper, is equal in debt-paying and
purchasing power to the best dollar of the
civilized world. Instead of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver for the bull
lionaire, the business affairs of this coun-
try demand the immediate free and I'M
limited coinage of confidence at such
rates as will restore prosperity.
While the money question is the over
shadowing and dominant issue now be-
fore the people, there is another question
which demands careful and serious at
tention.
Our public revenues are insufficient to
meet the expenses of the government;
our whole business and industrial sys-
tenn is paralyZed; production, in many of
its important branches, has almost ceas-
ed; labor is idle and capital unemploy-
ed. These conditions are the nat
ural outcome of mistaken economic
Co. dad tI..
results of labor, and any policy which
cheapens the compensation of the work
ing classes is degrading in tendency and
detrimental to the prosperity of the coun-
try. 1t is the policy of the republican
party to foster conditions which will
tend to cheaper the necessaries of life to
the people, and, at the same time, do no
injury to our home industries.
The republican party declares that by
a wise adjustment of the tariff, levied
in moderation, sufficient revenue may be
and that such legislation should discrim-
mate in favor of American products and
American labor. 1t has been demonstra-
ted that free raw material benefits the
manufacturer and the foreign producer,
to the detriment of the American pro-
Queer. !
The south furnishes more raw material
than any other section Oh the Chiteu
States. The people of Texas are largely
interested in wool, hides, sheep. cattle,
horses, lumber and sugar. While the
government was administered under re-
publican policies, all these and other in
dustries were protected and they pros
pered and increased. Recent democrat
ic legislation has brought ruin and dis
aster to them all. These industries
should be protected by such reasonable
tariff as will compensate for the differ
ence between the cost of production. IN
foreign countries and the cost of produc-
ton here.
l am in full accord with the principles
and policies as outlined by the national
republican platform adopted at st. Louis
and shall give my unqualified support to
Mckinley and Hobart
Believing that our state government is
not being administered in the interest
of the people and that the welfare and
prosperity of Texas demand that the
present incumbents shall be displaced, I
shall support and favor the election OF
Hon. Jerome Kearby and his colleagues
for the governorship and other state
offices. ,..,
Again thanking you for the honor con
ferred upon me and appealing for sup
port to every voter who desires to see
nroSno,;+,, roStornd TO our country. L am, |