The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10

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ciple has ever been. and ever will be. its
cardinal and leading tenet. pnramount TO
| all others, binding in conscience and
guiding the action of every democrat.
IF we do not look into the evidence to
show the Michigan frauds and other de-
vous acts and practices designed to pack
| the convention. the Chicnro nIotform has
the stamp of our party and claims its al
legiance. But it is mere similarium, II
form without the substance OF democracy
ana no democrat Is bound by IT, nor is il
entitled to his fealty. The declarations
OF that platform are open, pnlpable and
iagrant departures from all that de-
mocracy has stood for. They assail the
money standard of the country and de-
c.nte lor rhe lnllnteu anu uepreclateu
'"i,"'i ~, VI llec s,NSr ~ tne Iatio vi w
TO =. =. lhey assam the right ana power
VI .ne eAcculNe 10 enforce the Jaw anu
| ~ iio''ca pl1pe''E unuer iHe vou,Iol anu
~ NY ,uNtouG vi we leuerdl courts III
H; NY siarc IN the mon, they ATTACK the
Ivy ot co-oIulilite pruiicil Oh the
s s;'.e lheE declare that lhe rune
oiUn W ISSUING pnpcI money IL 10 DC eA-
;tsnlr. H. Aeat'' ~, -! ,nc suNclh.ielt
tn ,,t NY eSsaid .ne riEilt ol me tllizeh
80 vun,luct i1r p'Glil1llt III any leslt,iale
.;olilio,si's 'n'! ueclarc '.lat me uohgu,
, ,nonS VI .ne soN gov lor Whlcn gol1
M"s letei'Iu any ior witch .hS Ia'iohul
doaI,r Is p,ehseu 10 rep"S III likei they
I Th eui, ue pau III nepreclaied CON-
aro o 'oSo, nit ore hiueanotinuE, NY
t;,,, a. "SS"i''. up4i ,le CONSTITUTION, We
nnrtv and thp d;etir; III We ut.lioern. J
ptotcs, ",' ,Iu hl SuisneI P"tr'ot anu
omIv ,,;"ta,.;os nG " h WI, h eI !. ~ ..c
Six vears so'''' II ""' ''"'e'e' III 'n'r''
ar,
r,;i in Is =. ' h dsllnaei OF piatterms 1t
oi,,Io ,'c a,u nsnilst some OF ,he prih
t,p,oa VI ,.'c ueiioIln u purity. 1T
t",oo,' i' vi u,e unliaioWeu union pc
Az" ue, ~ popul,sln u'iu aiinaitEnS'
- Mn 1''a. ,''t oJ,iplures may DC iuilllleu,
81, W., NC = .iusluau anu ""nuerer OH
Wv ."'e VI 'nc ''r'"'
we hold that no argument is needed
10 snow the revolutionary ana +lnarchlstic
n ,'a' 49, t " snc upt.riae UNI .he laWs
nrn mo, w ,,;ah !; III sta.G 10 Pro'ees
fInai' WI" 80 :" Wy Jaiinuiet I'm v,
Stata ,o;,, 20 VI ~, LIZ. we olil. ''i
nunht 80 LIE ", sn"i Nv euIie t court
tionni honor should hn s,o;no Ma" ~, Nv Nv ~"
,;om"i FIN, saI, W 'th,'eu VI .ne M
of private contract ought to be limited,
or that the function of issuing paper mon
ey ought to be exclusively exercised by
the federal government We hold that
the theory of free coinage of silver with
gold at the ratio of 16 to | admits of
argument, but we hold that the weight of
authority, the strength of reasoning and
the facts of history all point to its fallacy
and the ruinOus consequences of its adop-
ton. We hold that it will rob the poor
man of his wages and the rich man of
his wealth, the widow of her savings. the
child of its patrimony, the soldier of his
pension, the farmer Of his products, the
laborer OF his wages, ana the inventor
OF the reward of his genius We hold
that it will demoralize and seriously af-
rect the immense trade Of the nation and
bring the country to dscredtable, de-
moralized and dishonest currency; smite
our friends with n palsy and blight.
We hold the national credit will fall fiat
and its obligations will be dishonored
and its unsulled reputation will be stain
ed with fraud and deceit.
''We claim that those nvormepts ana
true, established by historical facts hv
unanswerablc reason. the opinions Of thc
most distinguished politicni economists
and the common sense and comnonn hnn
osty of the largest nortion of omr fo Ham,
citizens ''' '''o"
.Tho o.,,,,,,.., TIT.
we io;h .is anu cupiuliy Oh some oil
o.' Soo, ol', nv, nuNe peen plnyed upon
ning domo"o"ySo rhor @ hl,u cui-
MANY honest intolligont mon who o,;n,,
NTH ali no tho stran ,sc ~ ameii VINO eng
snocious Inf nnsonnd tboorv of h;n ~ t,
ism ot 1G r. r. thoir th 90 u'i ~ a.
nonnced ne folsn and norn;o;oms ~ - ;n,, uu
tntion is cast mon HAL, nhn,oa at r'' po.
onv sIur man thn;. intnI;;oonna '"''e' ioi
..,rhl e.,a, -. .,
, me lree roihage OF silver is ana has
. p.eh siince Mr' olGvelnnd inauguration
ne supreme oyershadowlng issue before
lhc country upon that issue the presl-
uel,l anu majority OF ms partys repre-
sseIlallVes III congress TOOK opposite sides.
III IL concurrence ne mas been powerless to
eliect niihnciai reform ana secure immuni-
| ~ lronf s1Iu raining on tne treasury.
=. since the inception Of the struggle for
Tree silver no compromise mas been posi-
PIE. our brethren know that the battle
was on TO the death. The nominee of
me so-callcd democratic party has on sew
erol occasions proclaimed the irreconcila-
Die nature OF the conflict. 1t is fitting
elimination OF such contest for our
brethren to obtain allies from the popu-
lists at the cost of propagating its nefari-
Gus doctrines IN their platform and at
tempting 10 palm them of as genuine
democracy. 1t was hit that to degrad
ed ana deprecated currency. should be
added an assassnated judiciary and u
| powerless executive.
"Epllow citizons va ara not t,a;to,e g..