The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-14
FREE COINAGE or SILVER.


A faction Of the democratic party have
been for u few ycare prcfcss'ng that this
party WAS committed 10 the FREQ and un-
limited coinage of sllv0r. TO put the
question In a dffercn, form, their con-
tentlon has been Mat ,ho dc.nocntc
rrrty waa In favor OF restoring silver to
its monetary place n the Nation "a II WINS
ur'o, Ia iS7s. the dato of rs demoueli.a~
ton 'rhdy have declared to YOU that this
luiiy, II m power. wound coin SLY ~ 'frr
and without hmiinilon ~ tho ratio nf =, Y
tesu OF silver to ono of gold. and win the
recurrence OF each popular election, Nhpn
CHARGED with the nnn-fulhi'mtnt of this
promise they have sought 20 escape re-
spol fih.htv of 'ie,f fh.lura ny ncousnr u
republican senate Ol rrpubli, 81 prts!+
dent " Inn W. have told "a" euplu thAi
u.lthar tho democratic nor republican
party would eyer rainonetar slNrt they
have rrproach.d ua with our Ignorance,
our poverty, and denounced us ny cranks.
They iinvc begged the people to give th'm
n domocrdt e president senate ana mousse,
aud then assured the masses that all
monetary relief would he enhctcl INTO
lhN. Wien we hnvo told ire people lhni
40 such Promise was IN any Nniiontl
platform and that Texas dtmoriaiH wrr"
lnHiuc'ir they htyr denounced Ia thuu-
der iouss THO crime OF ls'a and abuscd M
as nAtelE Mhon W. have called tho at
'eution az the ucuuic ia the action OF the
NnWolll democratic cons On, on "a voting
down n platform rcfolutlon DECLARING IN
favor Of silver coinage at ~ to !, ihcy
have charged ,hit we wcrc cncmle9
working to bronx ~ tho Solid south anI
chained The privilege Of placing lnrr own
continuation upon thrir platform aud
pipdgiug The peopn thai silver would be-
iraiorod. When We called tile Ailfniiop
OF I'll. pnople ia Nj Clevellnd's writing
and spotchea declaring his hostility 20
> lVcr rs money of rracmpiion they
hato replied that MI ctovrind, II elect
ed wouid do the VIII ~ the Ihrty and the
t.ttsaI far ffsa II h,ali
the attention Of tho people to Ia" demo
cratic state convention Of lDi NJ whlrh
platform by minority declaring for
FREQ silver at 10 to was voted down hnl
u platform favorlnP gold an standard
money aud that tbs platform WAS uinui-
iuously 1Ndnrsnd hy all the delegatns, The
reply was "iiHrigony, Harmony liar
mony Look OF our candidates; ast
them their yiewa. yoa rnnfiiug on "A gold
niardnrd platform but preaching silver
aud fiat money to the people. such po-
ilicni hypocrisy aud hcrcsy would have
been r.hulsed with dlsgraccful defeat
eycrywhere except IN Texas inc Nqier
wns held IN line by hrst getting him into
comfy primaries aud convention, ana
then IIHcing around hlT neck. his man
hood and his honor coiInr. thereby co-
of'1ng Mss tndgmout auh p"rV"rtlhE ms
conscience into the support OF party, Sil-
vcr was dcmone,i2cd IN ls73, aud as far nH
the record disrlosos nu voie was cast
against thia act Of congress- no democrat
rn lsrd his voire IN Texas or elsewhere I'M
~ the grrenhnrK fariy begun To educate
tho people upon the effect of this lcglsia-
ton In 1871 srocuback clubs were orgnn-
tied al over ToAasi rrphi cans ana demo-
Gratis were roundly abused FOR the de
striIriion Of silver money. DhiH pnrty
grew ana is strength became menace
10 the democratic party; ~" tax caters,
alarmed and n 1875 the democracy Of
Texas III convention adopted plntform
that put to shame every Rfornhicber IN
the State: they out lirrod ri Derpd, they
literally stole every financial plank N The
platform Of that party, and many pntfl-
otic grsenbncksrs trusted and coniideh IN
their political honesty. NIIa, ItciS;tn.
Coke ana other losscr lights appealed TO
the Texas rrornhackers 70 como back 10
The democratic party. ihat they would re,
deem every plcdg. made for Rii'o and
Nation Mun/ good mcn went back; they
have waited and trusted from then TO
now Every promise has long since been
protested. every pledge dShon Or "a This
silver issue has been before many CONVEX
iionn, State and National and Just M
often repuda,cd. u has been before many
democratic conercsses and Just as often
murdered by democratic votes. J want
TO Gull your attention 10 tho history OF
congressional leTisintlon upon the silver
question. II there DO q doubtng demo.
cratic Thomas nero ] ask him 20 listen. !
invite him to speak out The Forty-nlnth
congress- with "A democratic majority Of
forty-two, on Apri y 1886. killed bill Tor
tho free coinage OF silver ut tho RATIO oil
IL to !.
The Fifty-sccond congress. having a
democratic majority Of Its. killed n free
coinage bin AT the ratio of 10 10 1 on the
2i,h day OF March. 1872. The same con-
srese. on July IS OF the same year. with
its 1is majority, Overwhelmingly defeated
free coinage BIZ Al the ratio OF 10 10
after II hal passed republican senate.
And u was very well understood that Il
republican president would have approved
such bili The excuse given for ihis
ireachcry was that In 1892 president WAS
10 lee elected and the credit of approving
"a free silver hill at The ratio OF 10 10
must be deil'od Mr.. Harrison that his de-
fea, might be comprised In the coming
campaign, thus sa 'ii'icing principle for
party expediency.
On August 23 1893. the FNfty,third con-
matority Of 50 over republicans and popd-
lists combined. defeated . free SILVER