The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-13
NOTES ON THE CAMPAIGN.

| being a Quotation from the New Yorl
/ Tribune. has been pretty extensively cir.
cniatei 10 Texas. Colonel Evans is vice
preSdcoi Of the Wells-fargo Express
company, end employees of that company
are disposed to resent what they coustrue
10 De political coercion of themselves.
From number OF letters received, Tho
/ Post gives the following as a pretty fair
sample;
! Please note tho enclosed. | am agent
Z tvr ihc Houston and Texas Central rail-
/ way. also Wells-Fargo Express. Lac clip
3 PING WAS sent nae by \. Chr.ttcsOa of your
/ elS, VINO is suucrini eGicu, of the " rlls-
4 f"iE" hNptcss- take Il that this was
/ f. a. AS a gvntie reminder 70 vote for Nc
: FNitN. atm OF tbs opinion thai the
same was sent by ham TO all agents ON MS
wv on. You can make such use of II
a. You So proper, hut suppress my name
nAefstssfil rue. mat | am ,n accord with
the chicago platform and the nonaIations
made at that conv eiit.on.
Some time ago Secretary Carlisle wrote
a lester TO a gentleman In Texas which
tc'i"r Was given very general circulation
throughout the State. explaining that In
MS famous speech Of 1875 lac ala not favor
'he free coinage of silver but was IN
ifct combating some other pfopo.il on.
ic"pIe VINO read the speech in question,
ana the explanatory letter subsequently.
can OF course form their own conclusions
as to how far and to what extent thy
rNP'uh@l-on explained. but below H.
letter written Ia 1850 which seems
warranted to stand tkc test of post NOR
tchn scrutiny. Mr., Carlisle hdd lust taken
MS seat as a senator from Kentucky, hav-
"'S 'ueH elected to that place TO iii
'''"iicy made Nv the death OF Hon. j. g.
hcVh' Mr.. Smith was u member of the
"Ns'ldture that had elected him. and
Vo'ed for him. Some of Mr.. Smiths con-
siiiuenis were displcised at some action
OF Senator Carlisle's during the financial
legislation. the outcome OF WHOA was the
SheHman law OF 1880 In order TO So,
THIS matter right. Mr.. Smith wrote 70
Mr. Carlisle and the letter following IS
his eAiot reply:
Washington. II. e.. June Is, iSg0-IIen.
". NJ. smith. Mnyiield. Ky. bear Sir: |
) our favor OF The lSth JIsst received Every !
u'in"'iai IN me senate voted ngd ust the /
s. tiN'r MI ~ II was finally amended and /
Ieporled ny uhr conference colnnittve. be- !
cause We believed ii was worse than the |
eN.sting law.
VI The Farmers Alliance of Grave,
county hclieN' mat this republican meas !
ure. which substantially Stops the coin
age OF the SILVER dollar AFTER one year
- better than the democratic law of ls1S.
npi,,t,n In, i,,, '.'1',icn 4" t"rlr
w heh the original house hin was under
1b NNI'Ni, ~ - , i'" ,, W. ~
FOR TiIr t,pi,s ,Sn irN, ~ -, f VIZ
I'Di\ At;t oi, -, r.. IT, ~ ~
ana me amendment wds adopted The
tmo.-im.qri. and theu a conference rom9
mute" was appointed. which struck ont
Kin "'''at' cH''re'y' ana TINS Is tho
all three OF the bills. N.t.v ,ruIv ''''''
John q. Carlisle
II to be IN favor Of free coinage of silver
md vote for Irvnn makca =, man r
~, .h, - -, =. ,,.
'''"' "'N9t ''"M' "hat was Joha u. carlisle
II ISW!
Senator Thurston is one of the leading
pell binders of the gold standard cam
'nlgn. lie Is guw on the stump under
Erection OF the republican campaign COM
nltLcc. but he Will be kept busy ANSWER
,.,coh n,.Iy ,hra. ,.ar" "'',," ''u
1sn, Al, ,,h,r.,o,, ~,
;.or,., ,.,,n,,,,, ,.,t,a,. 90 .1'o go -"''
,,,ts, sot,. we
N ,n,,. ,,,,.,, o,,,o. ,,..,.,..,,.
hts country ought not to eliminate silver
rom use as a coin metal. Any legislation
I, mar direction VIII he looked upon by
' ,n "',,,,,",, n'o",r as III IN. interest OF
~ ,'pi''N pp"rt '"l lnH rNprc7S purpose
+, ~, ',S' e' I'' * en' puINhda .iS poW,r 81
vrythi" ",'t rr roSrr,1'nv ohH Sens priIG or
' N,'"x prpuuH''u Nv human ION. u IS
, ~ WmNh snu"in not ne oNrrlooN'I ,
A 'oS''' q, mn .he nr,rH OF american
II. 'mp "t'u ol Nmrrlcan wheat
Ihv Western farmers whom Scnutor
'hur.ton WIN address win NAT ,,r,,., 49,,
II. price of silver and hint ., r.n.',, ha,.o