The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-19
Wall FROM RUFUS HARDY,
he Roundiy Condemns the Demo.
cratic Platform.
TO THE HONEST MONEY DEMOCRATS
He sings uis Tale Of woe-Anaisus rhss
BiE Crowd Attend tho waoo
Couvcntior.
To the Honest Money Democrats of resss,

To tho Honest Money Democrats OF Texas,
Sorficana. Texas, July 1.-THE Chicago
| convention has done its work. The re-
suit can not have been different from what
any thougMful man expected in the gem
| Graz outline. For more than a month Il
was apparent tfat tbs free silver..es would
| haVo more than majority aud less than
u Two thrds majority. We in Texns know
| 'n"' th's majority would accomplish thelg
purpose. adopt Their platform and BY
some means nominate their sickot. How
WIS waS to be tome. OF course we did not
| know. They themselves did not know.
we ana they only knew It would he done.
In Texas and nuinberless other States ~
uemccfatie presidents had been trampIe,d
upon. IheS would not he allowed TO stand
~ the Why OF nomination. When the
COIN ehtivn met II wlS only " question
whether the silver majority would abolish
the two-thlrds rule nr throw uu, euuuuh
soiu s!s.ndard delegates TO l.avc them
two-thirds oi III. convention. They ehcsS
me lstter course. mud 10 Instance one
state, they elected tho gold standard dele
ea .,,s OF Michisan without shadow Of
JustlhcatVon, except that .hey needed their
places in order TO obtain two-thlrds, enu
Tho end justified the means.
lne convention. assembled Under such
mcthpu~ by party maiiipulators, has dis
ifanchhod every honest money democrat
~ Texas. and practically lid ihe sn,ne In
ill,onis, without speaking % Other Stu,cs;
indifferent to every drmocrA,ic pra,'tics
and principle. suoh n convention has. with
me assistance OF Mr.. ',eller. Eie long
and disrnKn'shed republican. and the nd.
Vice and suggestion of leading popul,sis.
adopted what They have falsely labelled
"a iemocralie platform.
tou- years ago ! Wls q democrat ana
stood upon u democratic PLATFORM two
years aso | was A demo rat and stood
upon me s,a'e drmocrAia platform. am
= aGmoerat still: but ! could MT be- a
ilnuoin adop,ed nj Chicago II heller in
an honest dollar. worth as much as q
e"ln uoiiii. Was democracy four ana two
years "Eo. submission 10 ,ieciir.btlon nur
u ulsh"nest dollar. Il n.ty cont dollar. can
not be democracy now II II WAS democ-
ra'y wv" and four y.s,rs aeo tn demand
mat every dollar of our circulating medi-
UNI should bc kept at par with each other,
u can not he democracy now to demand
,ree coinage at IL 10 |. with the ALSO
lhte knowledge that tho rcsult would be
II silver dollar worth only half as much
az Rold dollar. If an honest dollar
WAS dcmoer,i.c faith under the platforms
as 1t was then dishonest dollar can not
be true democracy now. II the ysht uc
private contract was democratic from
the origin OF the party tn now, certainly
IL declaration that private citizen shall
not contract for any kind Of money ho
may wish. or that u man may not bind
chooses. Is not democratic now, III II was
democratic bclief two and four years ago
that Tie farmer and laboring man We're
til. FIRST ana most defenseiess victims OF
s,n unsafe and unstable currency 1t can
not be democratic now 10 believe In y
basud on silver and unlimited
ii wax IA Democrat two aud four years
ago. when ! Tough, all tho vnsari.., OF
populisn. | could not he a Democrat now
and .ndorac those sam. vagarie..
III Ia that after ~
ot popnlism by the democracy,
"A sc-cnlled democratic convention adopts
Il plnitorn that 9g-lD) OF the popiil,sts in
the United States indcrHc. and nom,nrtes
n man tliat even 80 good IA silver deno-
crat ns Mr.. j. w. BAILEY cnils prIuiicniiy
q populist. As was to he cyp,sci.l, FREQ
10 submit TO the action OF tho
party end vote tilr ticket. even though
L bo populist.
Let no remind my sound money broth
ron that before II becsisnc manifest that
lhc Chicago platform would be for free
liver at Id to l, these came free silveriles
oflIscd To say that they would submit 90
no Chicago platform. mil | doubt not
many of thcm would have openly Joined
he porglisis an ri, Louis had round
money plank been adopted Mt Chicago
And fui tner let me say that Il conven-
ion "a which MIR. rilman sat with tho
vowed intention TO holt II i6 to WAS iipt
ldcptod, and which nominated FOR prcsi-
lont a man who has ov"r and over again
.eciarcd thai ne would not support u
.Ckrt and platform Tint Ma- not Tor ~
u free silver. cnn not In CONSCIENCE bind
my honest money Democrat by its dcclar-
ton.
Put to talk of binding honest money
IN rcvnS to support m" chr
ago tici~t when by the action OF the
,tat- rsocutiVs committee we were allow
d no voice In maiiug the ;ict"t or plat
arm. Is absurd. am proud of the facr
hat jid not enter ar attempt TO enter
he so-called democrntic primaries held
n Texas OH June =, 1856. and that less
nan 10 per cent Of the honest money
cinocrats In Texas did. Gentlemen. y
rent issue confronts You.
Party loyalty does not bind you to vio-
NE your convictions and vote for prin-
iplcs frnuchi with untold evil to your
ountry Loyalty now to mere party name
nd organization would be rank treason
, our common country. We have hope
Il Of nominating a real democratic cans
Idaie for president on "A democratic plat
)rm. Wc inuat keep mp our organizn-
on and push It. and perfect It. We must
. ready 10 join our brethren In the other
'ates In a hnroic fight for the Ireserva-
on of democracy. We must endeavor
have a magnificent State convention ae
faco. and In the ~ before the Noyen-
~ election. we wili'hhow the people that.
stead OF the poor man being about 10
. crucsned upon . cross of gold, he y
cont 10 be betrayed; and for one, MS far
my vote and power may go, the Amerl.
n farmer ana working man email not be
I'D 10 the republican nine owner nnd
e unbushing repud!ator for thirty pieces
"sllyeT." Rufus Hardy.
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