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HARDY ON LANE.
The Sound Money Chairman Explains the
Object II the Dallas Meeting.
Dallas News

! The Sound Money Chairman Explains the
Object IL the Dallas Meeting.
Dallas News.
| Corsioana. Texas. April 1s.--Judge Rufus
| Hardy being asked II he had anything to
say concerning the Interview of Hon
jonathan Lane. appearing Ia yesterdays
News. replied as follows:
! Your Austin correspondent seems to be
II peculiar sound money man judging from
| the uvarable tenor of his recent inter
| views. They all seem designed to throw
cold water on the Dallas sound money
meelins, and If there is II disgruntled
round money man In the State who Cp-
! poses mat meeting he seems TO get 10
| .Austln AMI mi your correspondence / no.
ice mat IN each of these interviews luc
heine! OF 1t Is something IN favor OF Mr
Nnbersou for governor. The last victim
| g the Intervene not unwillingly posi-
bly, seems 70 be MIR. Lane OF Fuyttie
County, VINO mas So far unwillusly bowed
10 the VIII of tho majority at Galveston
mat ne Is now unwilling to let the mt
view. Bat he, like the other victims. winds
up for Charlie culberson for governor
and he declares We must have Culberson
or popnlist. If such is the determine
tion OF Mr. Culbcrson's adherents, / would
as soon have poopulist ms not.
showing the white feather al Galveston,
| VIII not ihresh over old straw. The act
| uai difference between he minority and
We majority nt Galveston was small. anl
| II MI Lane has Oeen by that action, or hy
, ms own action. in any way prevented
| from joining movement TO resist tho
dlsfraR hiSoment of thousands OF his fol
| low democrats II his honor binds him be-
cause his county hal pursued democratic
| methods to refuse 20 assist his fellow
democrats of other counties in resisting
/ oppression. let him listen TO the voice of
honor for one would not urge Mr.. lane
! TO 90 II dishonest thing. IL Mr.. Lanes
| county democratic COMMITTEES has repu-
n,aliird pndi"yism he IS happy If he is
! executive committees have exhibited n
| disposition to oat Icrod lternd suffer
ana If he Is not willing to lend us the
| Light of his countcnnnce at Dallas. let
| tho gentleman stay ut home
The gentleman ought to know and
| understand That what the majority meant
| ~ Galveston and what the Dallas meet =
| ing Is intended for Is to make our fight in
| the state convention for democracy. Thr
| majority at Galveston thought it i'm
| petite to attempt reorganization of tho
/ for the reason that IN many countics ms
| would hc unnecessary /, was then not
known what comntics would pursue tho
| methods of Dudley: VIC hoped hut few.
would. Now We know what counties have
| pursued those methods and what counties.
ikr Mr.. Lanes pursued democratic
methods
"Our purpose is to reorganze inc dem
ocracy In the counties whero # is neccs-
| Haiy ana to hight under the present or
| ganization In those counties where the
| Democrats organi2ntion has been true 10
| It's principles and In the State convention
| the delegates sent lay MS from those, coun
| Ties In which We have rcorganizol tho
democracy will net In concert with tho
delegates s"nt from those counties in
| which reorganization was not called for
| II Mr.. Lane can not understand this. or
! II tho Austin correspondent can not under
| stand this, we are very unfortunate for
we will regret tho absence of Mr Lane
ana very much regret the misanprchnn-
| sion cr tho correspondent
lie me urge again that every man who
! holds tho. cause of sound money and sound
| democracy dear. attend tho Dallas meet
| Ing. chickering's and little dmorcnccs In
our ranks are not trcnchory to our CAUSE.
| We want representation from every coun
| w We want united action. Tho evidences
arc that the free sivorites are united.
| that with them II IL rule or ruin. and I
am satisfied they have an unaltera bic de-
term'nntion from the action OF the ~o,
orndo convention md from tho DECLARE .
| tons Of Messrs. Tllman. Bailey bland.
| REAGAN, etc. and from hundred sources
| IL they have not sworn they have deter
mined 10 capture the Democratic organi-
! cation or tn destroy It our meeting Mt
! Dallas Is not simply Of little Importance.
and It's results may affect not only state
affairs, but also National"