The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-19
THE PLATFORM.
To the Editor of The Post.

| To the Editor OF me POST
1t has been some time since have ask
cd to inf,ict my views upon your readers
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upon inc poii'''a' Sl'u"''on' !" N's ~
sence, have been informed you pubiSheu
some replies TO my former communication;
h,,, so,,o y, yorr iss,,ss did not reach me
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IN my WahHcIluss an" ""''"s '"'7' w.
those containing such replies; so that
rc,er say any of them. II Is for his rcacon
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an" 'o' '''' "'''
cussion OF such ISSUES as 'hey might nave
raised. that ] have not said AMI do rot
! ,o,,, coz. ,r,,binc conccrninp ,hem.
Inns letter IS suggested by pe'uSa' VI
| the reports of some recent political ad-
| dresses and some written communications
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to eject the election oil rep"o'i''h ""-
ministraiion with its train of protected
olnss,s. Capitalization, encourlS21cut Of
combines and trusts, contraction vi per-
| soual liberty. interference with the rights
| of the States to govern themselves, force
bills and other evils which are admitted,
as well as some Others claimed by the
| democratic party 10 he evils. when Claims
are contested by these speakers and writ
ers. all because they must advocate hon
est money"
Some ot these utterances rcm,n1 Us fo,ci-
| hlv of children who alone at hight II bed.
conjure up in their minds some horrid
bugaboo. immense black, with horns,
| hoofs and forlied tail breathing fire tom
/ its nostris, and flashing lightning frcm
| its ewes and when they have completed
| the appar!tion, draw over their heads the
| bed clothes in alright at their own c.ea-
| lion.
| The democratic platform declares against
| the "arhitrary Interference" of the Fed
oral rovernment with the internal affairs
oe the States. Undoubtedly this 5 dcmo-
crutic doctrine. sound and puro. The prin-
| cjnlo of the right of the States to govern
| themselves is a fundamental one Of the
democratic party. This can not be denied
| 10 one attempts it, Yet this expression is
! condemned as uudemocratic. "because it
was intended as Il rebukc to MIR. Clovo-
| land for his patriotic performance Of his
dutv in the Chicago riot" Was IL? Was
| Mir. Clcveland's act in that case "arbi-
trary interference? If NOT, if a rcbuko at
| ali il was certainly a very mild one by
| IN, ef,inlover who mad engaged Mr. Glove
| lands services four years before and who
| certainly mad the right to approve or con
| dc,,,n his stewardship in the strongest
''' p,t vos IL ~ condemnation ar re-
| t,ti',' of Mr. cleveland at nll' Did Is iaye
~ ttnj of ,ocnrnnre In Mir Clevci,udq
So,,, nf ,bc delegates who adopted ii saw
| A ala tot and they did not so intend when
| they voted for H. But the "pugaboo Will
nn, dawn, The chlld's mind mas created it
and the childs head is beneath the bed
| i,tho. and il cYn not be convinced lis
Nl"tnyo ~ ,r,s.,f ,vi,hout mr. IL not
,rt MEN,, nor be- to deyour il.
'rbis Construction. or cr,l ION. in its
,...., I'n nitiabio enough, but Of all
! W., o,te,n,.ts1 ARGUMENTS used by The enc
Mics of "frcc coinage of gold and silver at
IN, rrsso,t ratio of 10 to D." that claim
tnc I.s,'.i .a,;,s or Tho on, -, lin
lux y,V IN n' o,cc, an Attack npnl III. corrts
~ nv, corr,rv and upop the judiciary. for
g,,,ni,,',ss ,.rc,roves The diiArtit..n INN
s, ~, ,b,,,hherv " The platforra pledges