The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-07
Unanimous Endorsement of the Car
From Maine.
he WAS AFFECTED BY THE OVATION.
Lengthy Address on the silver Question.
HIS Ideas of The Great Issue Of
This Campaign.

| in nomination. Wilfrcd q. Chapman .N.
pressed regret that he was not the pres.-
dental candidate of his party. "Eut,"
| he SAID. 1--WE will put aside feelings OF
| disappointment and we are now looking
to the time when Mir. Reed will become
the republican standard bearer, and as
president of the United States he will
stlll more hoiRr his district"
After the noNination MIR. Reed was es-
corted to the kplatform amid cheering.
He seemed til he considerably affected
by the ovationk Mr.. Reed thanked the
convention for ythe unanimous uumina-
tion. saying ina Vim so doing, he had been
relieved of the ~ Of attending rs dis
attention 10 the iektdness of the resi-
Certainly Mr.. RAd said, we in Maine
have got TO make UP our minds Oh the
great issue of this campaign and a great
deal depends upon what we do in Sep
TENDER When We see two men staining
on "A corner aud both men seem to be
somewhat uneasy and unable to fully
comprehend what they are taking about,
you may rest assured that they are talk
ing about the money question. | sudll
not attempt to fully explain the currency
question to YOU, but | shall say some
thing about 1t.
We often hear that silver was demone-
TIED IN lsO3, stcalthly and by tine inhu-
ence of foreign embassies. As matter
Jata Mad tes cni,,mns Of snocoh.s an fa.
silver question and the foreign embassies
had nothing to do with it. No fraud or
Tho only ouest'on is what money avs
TON, /. M hhnst9 you hrar a i.reot deal
about bmetallism. The platform Of the
ia 80, IN ~, nm, ,rv 49, MAJ
,nn Teiia, a'' Iva, hi,otoiiisr ,h9t i'v
are after. WHAT is the object OF himetal-
Ilsih ne onje'l q. II. ~ 10 - TO- t'!e
cu,'liIs ~ S1'"''.'S W 7i ',t,t''e a.
over more sur aVc' q WIZ NVi'' 49,, ~
iust'aI'l OF II lS tnlS !Vi .'a''
iake anyw3ere, Is sunlect 10 an ih' pc.
v ,a lnonaVltts u, u,s ,' d.nu,h
Hes-tne ralniail may III III. I'M uTouin
may lower H. Now, II you want per
tectly stable surface You nave rot to get
II by some appliance outside OF the lake.
suppose You can Join v to anoihcr lake
in different climate whlrh Is d.Herehily
affected. II You join them perfectly to.
Ether then there w'll be me sane ieVn,
onn lake vii he connterbal anced by the
disturbances in the other lake. and the
tendency Will be to have steadior level,
That VII all be perfectly true provided
your wo lakes balance and you get a
more stable current,
Now. there is some reason and sense IN
took gold aud silver at a proper ratio
could preserve a greater level of prices
tirmer and more stable level of. prlc- $
Th!s no one country could do. II one of
the lakes was very violent in It's huctua-
tions. / think the part of common expert
encc would he to leave 1t out; or. If that
jskc was MOI hi,r enough 10 have a proper
enect-in short, under some circum stance.
The two lskeS might be worse than IA sim
gle one may hc. However that Is a
question of legitimate discussion. But in
this ease ii is not proposed to have two
lakes 1t is proposal to say tina, We have
two lakes and SHIFT the enc we have 10
one we have not ,ApplauseO
Lei MS Sc, if the history Of this coun-
try shows us nnvthing upon the subject.
Rcai himetallism-nni that is the kind W.
must have-is a disease, a world disease,
S,t, , - IN nttard 10 il N'hv Ne
ha Ui SO some experience in this country but
mems memories nre short. In 1889 our
10 ,',, Is too,thnr What vas thc ,i,st
| tHi1c ths,. diTq In was 10 ascertain the
,ni,,S ~ ,uo ,rci.ls as ,hov s,o,d
nai"'iN VI ~ ~ ,hn, ,b,,,,-h, thni
| thnv W,arn II tn nor IL to hui i; To- l.
| What vas me rffertp II was :,u over
| ia. i " ~ sVynr yes the urold In .
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