The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-10

touched the hgE water mark OF our Me-
uonal prosperity, we We're under the same
was then the sole standard. ami silver
and paper were freely used rs The common
| currency. We had tariu framed by re-
publican hands under the direction of the
srtat statesman who now logically leads
| thr contest for d restoration OF the roltey
whose reversal brought paralysis 10 80
many Of our Industries and distress iipou
| 80 large a body Of Ola people. We weyc UNI
ger the policy or reciprocity, formulated
10y another illusir:ous statesman CT the
| genuine American type. We may, II we
choose to DO so, seturn to the Prosperous
CONDITIONS winch existed before the pres
Ont administration came into power.
My sincere conviction Is that my coun-
| trymcn viii Prove wise enough 10 under
stand the issues that confront them
aud patriotic enough TO arply safe and
sure remedies for the evils that Cypress
us They win not. am sire. accept
again at their face value. the promises
of party which, under desperate and
| perverted leadership has SO recently dis
honorcd It's solemn pledges. which has
rePudiatcd the principles and policies
| which have given 1t a historic past aud
the success OF which, as now cons ,itul cd
would endanger at home private security
and the public safety. and disastrousl IS
AFFECT abroad both our credit and good
name; And foremost among those who
VIII decline to follow whore the now do
mocracy leads will be thousands Of men
| democrats aforetimc and democrats to-
I day, who count country more than party
and are unwilling oven by indiroction to
contribute TO results so disastrous 10 our
| moSt sacred interests.
| The platform OF the republican Nation-
| al convention states the party position
concerning other questions than those
! herein referred 10. These. while at the
present time OF subordinate importance
should not bc overlooked The republican
party has always been the defender OF
! the rights of American citizenship, az
| against all aggresslons whatever. whether
at hon" or abroad. 1t has, TO the
eXienl of Us power, defended those
with law Regarding the ballot as the
expression and embodiment OF the soyer-
| eighty OF the individual citizen. IT has
so9sht to SAFEGUARD It against assault,
ana to pre- .orNe Us purity aLd integrity,
In our foreign relations 10 has laborel 10
secure TO every man entitled 10 the shel-
| Ter of our nag the fullest exercise of his
rights consistent with international OIL
LEGATION. If 1T should be restored to rul-
err hip IT would infpse needed vigor into
| our relations with powers which have
| manifested contempt aud disregard, not
only of American citizenship but of hui
mauiiy itself
The republican party has always stood
| for the protection Of the American home
| II has aimed to secure 1t IN the enjoyment
! of all the blessings Of rcmunoratcd Indus
try. OF moral culture. and of favorable
| pnEsic,l environnenL 1t was the party
which instituted the policy of free home
steads, and which holds now. Tint this
policy should he rc-estahllshcd. and that
| the public lands yet vacant and subject to
entry I'm any part of our National terri
/ tory, should he preserved against corpor-
| ate aggression ~ homes FOR the people.
| 1t realizes that the safety of the state
| lies in the multiplication OF households
and the Strengthening OF that sentiment
! of which the Virluous homo Is the best
and thu trucst embodiment: and n will aim
10 dignity and enlarge by all proper lcgis-
! laiion this element OF security
! If elected TO tie position for which I
| have been nominated. II viii be my earn