The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-13
ARTHUR Sl.NALL.

| Acceptance Of the Nomination by tn,
Man From Maine.
| MIR. Scwall said: Mr.. Chairman: For III
courteous terms of your message and thu
kind personal expressions, .1nnk you
| Having been present al that great con
ventoA, ! oun more truly esteem III,
honor its action has conferred II was
the greatest and most earnest convention
IN history and was closer and more r.
touch with ,he people. Delegates wer,
there to voice the sentiments of their con
stitneuts ana the people of the pnrty con
trollol ard conducted the convention
The democracy Of the country renllzt
that all great principles Of our party are
as potent and essential to the well being
Of our country today as they have al
ways been and as they ever WI be, but
the overshadowing issue before the coun-
try now made dominant by the d distressed
condition prevailing throughout the land
* the demand for reform IN our mono
tary system and our party, aud we believe
a great ma iority of the American people
are convinced that the leg Station of rs
demonetizng silver, was "A wrong inflicted
upon our country which should and must
be righted.
We believe the single gold standard has
narrowed the base 4 our monetary struc-
ture. that II Is unstable aud unsafe and s
dwarfed in lis development and rs D1wrr
Nation that commercial and tnGustri Al
paralysis has followed We believe we
need and must have a broad AMI cSpand-
ing foundation OF both gold and silver IN
stable. capable of meeting tho demands
OF a growing country and induslr olI.s,
energetic and entcrprising people sSs-
ten that Will not 10 weakened and panic
stricken by every foreign draf, upon US
a system that will m1iuta n parity Of
lust values Of the Nations money. and
protect us from the frequent fluciVatiol
Of today, so disastrous to every business
and industry OF the kind. We demand FREE
coinage Of silver the opsplnE OF our
mnts 10 both m ,ney metals without dis
elimination, the return 10 money of our
IA hers The money OF the constitution
uold and silver We believe this ia tho
remedy and the only remedy for the owl
from which Ne are suffer ng' me evil tha'
is now so fast devastating and lmpovcrish-
ing our land and people. hringlng poverty
10 our homes and bankruptcy to our bus
ness which Z allowed 70 continue viii
erow mill our very Institutions are
threatened.
tho whole primary money function In
gold apprcciating It's value and pnrcha>-
ing power. Restore the money function a
silver and silver VIII apprecl9re and iis
purchasing power increased. Ta,c from
.oid If. monop-ly, its value " II be 70
Guced and In due course OF time the parity
Of the two metals will again obtain under
40 ,uraI cause. We then shall have
broad and unlimited foundation for
monetary system commensurate with our
needs and future DEVELOPMENT.
not the unsafe basis Of TO-DAY reduced by
half by the removal OF iyvr aAI contln-
uaily undermr - ny Foreigners carry mr.
from us our gold
ms approval and its pledge orr nrpo-
,cpts admit the wisdom of the pr!ncln'c
FOR which we contend. but ask rs 10 await
and cJ-opoTatFl of the ma
Ions our people viii moi aa'i, They
will not ask perm sslon ol anE , ns ron , On