The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-16
NOTES on THE CAMPAIGN.


said a few days ago:
you will find It so In early every In.
stance You will fnd that the free silver
heresy IL built upon delusion and fallacy.
There Is no force in the principle OF itee
silver. because II Is a dishonest pr1ncirie
to begin with. There 3 no CONNECTION IN
tho Arguments used for free silver. be
cause there can be NO strength In the de.
Tense Of dishonesty. Rad the speech %
that are being made by Bryan ana hls
laxative associates; They arc Nat, MIN
stand analysis. They certainly cannot MD
many. votes. The Intelligence Of the
American people forbid It,"
Tho Washington Post. a gold standard
paper. commenting en- tho above. says
that instead of being easily refuted. the
arguments OF tho silver men are 70 wen
constructed that hard. heavy and con
tinuous gathering Is required to upset
them. Instead Of being ill-informed the
silver advocates are. as a rule, thorough.
ly well posted as the result OF study. Even
tho farmers and wage earners. men unac
customed TO the public advocacy and de-.
fense OF political theories. have bsan
studying this question for years. II IS
true that most OF their study has been or
ono side of the Issue. but they have read
tho speeches and pamphlets OF strong
men rrd are fortified against light at
tacks. II IS worse than useless It Is in.
| furious, rather than helpful. to the cause
OF sound money TO declare that free sil.
yer" Is a dishonest principle" The mca
who arc advocating free coinage are nc
more dishor>st than their opponents. This
| 10 their country as much as It Is th.lr
opponents country. They have the SANE
stake In the future as the men on the
other side, Thoy are contending for what
they believe TO be right
Governor Oates friends claim that he
| has already, with the exception OF thre.
or four votes. a majority Of the members
Of the newly elected Legislature. and that
he VIII be elected senator on the first bal
lot IN caucus The legislature is larr,iy
free silver. but this VIII not deter them
from centerlng on oates az 3le proper
nan for the United states senate.
Cold never remains cqrrent IN silver
Tho fact that IT is tho single standard
OF value. IN relation TO which the value
OF everything Is fixed. combined with the
Lmi'ed supply OF II. has made gold tho
mos, valuable object OF all others ami
therefore the spcr al object Of avaricc ana
greed. The money power always seeks
TO control Tho circulation to It's own al
/
1t easy for TIM, power to grasp and con
troll the actual gold, and, Ike Il hugo
ldevil-nsh It has g1rhered +, all 10 itself
and has It's deadly graNple upon every
other interest in the country. II gold Is
current at all today. that current is I'M
der absolute manipulation and ls turne1
on and of as desired. to grind the people
Mr.. Bryan wishes to convey 10 the pub
| lie that his speeches ara eHtemporaneous.
and that even on so imporin ANT Al. orra-
sion as the acceptance Of the PRESIDENT f.!
| nomination, when every word must ho
carefully va ehed aud every Thought mos
| carefully considered. he would have -pE ID
| eHtcmporc II he had not bean afraid The
| reporters woud misquotc MIN tioW iua s.
/ persons of even ordinary .ut' gene" whl
| What sort OF opinion must Mr.. Bryan
haN" Of the Am"r can people wh.n hv
at'Hmp's 70 Impose ipon them such arrhut
or has rod tho Chicago convention
speech VIII IA secured presidential uomi-
nation for MIR. Bryan believes thaf A. Was
mot carefully and stuliouslY prepared ana
many times rchearSed I'm private before
hcinE del vcrri In public Not cnlT the
words tony me gestures. arti fudc* ard iu-
nrrtious ~ vo're werc conued ana re-
heurHcf H~ thr actor studies ana r0nears"e
his role i1 the play and the .hus'9 -
orators What a lot OF chunus they seem
90 ihink other people are -4ialvcs.on Trl-
hune.
Possibly tho Tribune IA right; but az Mr
Byan'e speech on tho occasion referred TO
w.as direct answer. oven rs to details. to
senator HWs effort immola tey rreccd-
ing, tho Trihune's Information would
probably Ne more satisfying were
In accom- -uicd by foot note OK
planning That the Nonraskan mad
been cour'cously FURNISHED with al
80.