The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-10

Of any question OF mere ava!labiLty. we
ask you TO nominate the candidate of our
;nclcc upon Tar broader grounds, upon tho
bnoad Sround TINT Horace iso.es In en-
rhaucaiy II broad man. Those OF us who
know him best, do not hesitate, either
sole or elsewhere, to atciare with all the
condolences that Il lhceough knowlcSige OF
the lruih can inspire that he is a man OF
siaurchcst character possessing a power
iui personality ana euuippcu with com.
biiM.on OF mcspa, quai.tl,s that will make
nm. II el,Nued. an Ideal eNcctrsve. Know
Ing as we'll all dc that the political sit:
uaton OF the country is grave aud
,mlnous ono, this convention must not
ignore nor evade. the responsibility this
sttuainn crcates. which liz TO give to the
American rc0pln a candidate, IA mtnt,on
OF whsse na'ne. whercv,C known, viii
carry with II an overwhelming strength
and stand In case Of election and all un-
que ,itd guarantees for the entire safety
III the management OF ull pub.c AFFAIRS,
the JUS, settlement Of pressing questions
ana the speedy TRANSFORMATION of a rein Of
policy me- the eNccutbn OF the same. nor
Vet In presenting nm argument upon the
mtriss on drmerits Of any public question.
las Gcverns Roles ever strlven IN the
least degree 10 create sensation. to his
everlasting honts. IL must he sa.d IN tsotns
of these things he has msyer failed 10
hy which the capacity OF public man
should *. Judged tins is tho highest
standard by which q sMtcsman's reHa.
iility and usefulness should be asccr,a.ncd
ard determined u yon select Governor
Bo.es as your candiua,c anb the peop,c
ratify your decision In November. we
can promise ycu IA pyrotcchnical display
som the White House during his admin
istraticu; There will he no rockets sent up.
he explosion OF which VIII brighten the
humorous or furnish a auhicct for foolish
talk OF the supernciai. There will be no
So sational Performances urun tie IS
ltticoi trapeae ai the executive mansion
while Horace Boirs Il Its occupant; he
WIN write you no stnrt'hig messages upon
'Acitahlo topics; We promise You none OF
these performances -.hut | VIII tell YOU
what We can ana do promise you, aud that
IS the inauguraicn aud faithful execution
of policy that Will commend itself 10
every philes uihic nlind aud he upplauaed
lie characterized throughout by the inv.g-
Grating course of hatNl common sense and
ne all aglow with the everlasting sunshine
o o, nSh e, 1 ,Ss rssS; Ike The primary
oi opportunities for the unnatural m
crease of Inc ALREADY excessive fortunes
of nm avaiaolous class, hut the strict
maintenance IF the natWa, ana conssIitn-
ticrnl right 81 every citizen, carefully m
cludlng that great body of our population
Il ne laborins cltsssH. ~. people whn
tire OF their devotion 10 the constitution,
who never desert Their couniry'H cause at
any stage of any pctl. who are always
true and steadiast, even ia the very midst
of an overwhelming crisis. VINO flemish
the volunteer scl,iirrs and sail re- In the
time. aud earn the whcrcwi,h to pay the
are tine very malns'ay OF truv govern
meni. to SECURE these n lWrcr share OF
he irun ri th.' labor; to secure 70 them
impartial justice viii lr enc of the ear
d.nal principles fully devalrpe(' in The pol
icy of Governor Roles administration
To secure him who earns u dollar. the
dollar he oaFns IL a task that viii I've VIZ
nrously cxactch OF tho statesmnnshir Of
tho future. That type of statesmnnship
which so pciss!stcntly and successfully
| plotted to pilfer from the Industries that
death blow next November. II YOU man
here are wise in Your counsels aud pro
vile the opportunity to the people TO
| strike the blow.
Horace Bo'cs WAS born In New York
State aud came TO Iowa in his early mai,-
hooi. Nc came not rs an adventure.
| but with Tie fixed purpose of building up
| "A permanent home. which he did at the
town OF Waterloo. while he was thus
voluntarily and resontrly inrnrring all
the inconvenicnces of IL frontier life, tho
| result ,s that in his mature years the
peonls Of his State have loaded HIM down
with the richest honors and reward IN
! their power to hestow. and he Ia today an
! In the phenomenal history OF the Stn'o
| l"i me beg OF this convention tho privilege
| of one glimpse of Iowa history. A. TO til,
| question of Iowa hcing great state
concerning tho capacity Of her SOL 10 pro
ducc uniformly abundant crors ! will 90
1 deal IL Is enough to say that the diplo
mas awarded to Iowa by the manngem nj
of Tho Columbian Exposition ~ tn" Of
| fetal declaration which secure to lis what
hal before been considered by ALL VIZ
| tho GROWING glory OF standing Al the
| head of long column of agricultural
! staics Of this Nation. Ncithrr. drouth uo'
! flood have ever been powerful enough In
| Iowa 10 constitute what in other localities
was II National calamity. j have raised
| fifty bushels of solid corn per mere. upon
which not one drop OF rain fell from the
| grown. There IL perhaps not another spot
| in this wide world where such Il THING
| was possible
But While we are oasily supreme IL,
| the cornned. our democrats have hard
row to hoe In politics. The torments In
tiicicd by the seven plaques Of Europ"
| fort compared to the treatment accorded
Iowa democrats by thu sixty. seventy and
eighty Thousand uninterrupted republican
! ma jority. which, for more thnn genera
! tiop delighted in making an annual picnic
ont of election day. and Just for m" FUN
| OF the thing 'iampeied ihr Iowa dcmoc-
| rncy into the very earth The huge army
| OF republican voters was dominated bv III"
| spirit of inexplicable fannticism and the
more we combattcd this spirit, the iiercer
| Il grew. Naturally the democrats became
dishcarlened and scarce. Whom this re-
publican recklessnrss was nearing the cnl-
| minn'ins point and through eumptuory
endangered. when acts which throughout
| the civilized world were regarded ns nat
| ural and treated as lawful Were In Iowa
| defined as crimes and compared 10 capital
offences When the constf,lt ,onal protcc-
tion Of trial by Jury, which for centuries
| has been esteemed the very climax OF all
the glory OF Anglo-Saxon civilization.
| when this was about to he elm mated
| from onr judicial syston, and the cold.
barbarous system Of Russia was TO be
I subtltutcd. tn fact the whole machinery
| of oyr local government, the greatest OF
| democratic principles. the principle Of
| home rule. was about TO be swept out ~
existence; when every lover of freedom
was on tine point Of dcspalring, when thcrc
| was no democratic leader anywhere In
| sight. wise and bold enough TO face the
| crisis There was heard tho voice of one
| shouting in the w!ldernons; II was pc
| magic voice OF Horace 3oies sumnonins
| dlshcartcned men to heroic action. He II
| was who leapc,l boldly TO The very front
and alone dcfled the seemingly Irresistible
| column of an exuliant foe, a Zoe that had
never hcei- ehastcned hv defeat. He nc
| co,npsshed what all the men united In de-
olaring to he impossible for the two
cnr'csts which followed. which In many
respeuts have no parallel In the history Of
| American politics. Horace I3oies came off
| v'ctor--atd thus did he forever avert the
| danger of having a veritablc despoi Ism
rlaniad upon the fruitful soil OF IA free
| state.
a soldier can show his courage only
| -, l,.t,t.. .iinr hie fan flpSqpaPS only