The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-29

Atlanta constitution.
We print IN another column an article
from the Now York sun. the most rabid Of
the gold organs. which Id pertinent to Il
statement made by the Constitution the
other day In regard to the 'l-told-y you sos
OF some OF the gold democrats, Since the
election these new followers OF Major Nc
Kinloy, having hcon led into that camp by
the sbruwd Tactics ot Major llama, have
lost no opportunity to ray to the democrats
"You see what you got by not following cur
tain to follow declaration In favor OF free
coinage"
| With this declaration Ia mind. the aIti-
Gle from The sun may be read with profit.
Since the gold democrats. so called. have
challenged attention as prophets, let us
/ SEQ what their prophecies amount to. They
said, when mo Chicago convention met.
/ that success lay ia pomiiye declaration
/ la favor of Sound money and an inlurse-
mont OF CioyciaudH administration, THAT
was the position tncy assumed.
NOW. HA lAu old lady uhii, the proof OF
the pudding Us in chewing the bng, let IA
follow briefly tho catcor OF the gold demo
Gratis. 81 called, II, indeed, euCb an In
purtant teriu rs career can be applied Il
the double burrolod fl12le known as the
Palmer BuCkncr drcoy duck party. The
gold democrats took their own advice
They made IA straight declaration Tor the
gold standard. which the republicans re-
fused TO do, aud heartily Endorsed CloVc-
Innd's administration What WAS the re-
sult2 what sort OF showing did they
maker
Why. they failcI to carry single election
precinct IA the ,ihScl states OF America,
The voters fled from their party as though
IL embodied a nosious Injection Even TIE
gold democrats deserted their party. III
stead of voting for The gold standard th"y
voted for international bimeialisin, and.
instead Of voting for platform that In
dorsed Cleveland. they voted for the plat
form that denounced CleyelandlHm la round
terms.
py observing results In the case OF the
Palmer Bncknor affair, We may fairy judge
az TO tho plight the democratic party would
now be In II 1t had declared ior The goiu
standard and ClcvclandlHm- we doun'
whether the marty would have carried ten
counties In the United States II would
have been annihllatcd. There would not
have been enough Of II lslt to hold con-
,ention In any State heretofore demo
cratic
The Now York sun puts It very mildly
indeed. when II expresses doubt whether
democrat nominated on Mr. Cleveland
platform. and ndprslug his administration
could have carried half the States OF re-
cciycd half the popular vote recorded -
favor of Mr, bryan"
We say the Sun puts it mildly The
truth ia our contemporary puts II qucerly
for il has the actual result before INC
official figures from every state ~cop'
Texas. Palmer and Buckner were nowi
mated on Mr. Clevclnnd's platform aud IN
dorspd his administration, Did they carr,
half M many States Us Mr.. Bryan or re-
r.iye half the popular vote recorded IN ms
faVor2 Did they carry one state? DIG
they carry a county? We're they victorious
al any election precinct Ia the unlteo
States?
II may be insisted that there were pc
culiar conditions that prevented some o.
tho supporters Of Cleyolaudism from SUP
parting the Cleveland ticket and platform
TO make this good IT viii have to be az
,nitted that there ls a total lack OF poiitleo
prinnlpla among a majority OF those wh'
indnrse Mr. Clcvolan1s administration, to
those who voted for Mr.. Mckinley not oni>
voted agninst no gold standard pure an'
rimplc tas Goneraiissimo Hanna admitA
hut indorscd q severe attack On Cleveland
administration.
We think the Sun viii find when II si'ti
The matter. down that the support received
by Palmer and BUckncr represents th'
votes the democratic party would nave woi
II n had adopted Clcvoland's platform an'
indorsed his administration. Ihe coid 'aVu
arc there TO speak for themselves