The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-25

offered. Said he had heard his name
| uttered in connection with distinguished
| Democrats and abiding to Reagan as
his great leader would lay at his feet
| the most cherished ambition of his
heart. (Applause) Bailey always, he
| said, stands ready to follow where Rea-
gan leads. Then he said there was an
| attempt to put me against another DIS
| tinguished Democrat. There is room
enOught in the Democratic party for me
and Jim Hogg (applause), but there is
not power enough in the enemies of
Democracy to divide us. (Applause)
Bailey detied tEf marplots to break the
harmony of the reunited Democracy for
it is reunited. Abiding to sound money
people, he said they have come back and
pledged themselves to Loyalty abide the
action OF your convention except the few
assembled here in this city today and
for them | have no words of bitterness.
Ihey are holding session today. Let
them go IN peace, provided they 90 for
Sood ana never come back again Tap
plause). we can support the intiiction
OF loss OF their presence and say to them,
go, ye know not what We do. AN
plause.) only desire to say that ninety
days ago the most sanguine Democrat
in America did not venture to hope for
Democratic success. Never has the face.
of political affairs in any country
changed SO rapidly. Now today the
least sanguine Democrat does not doubt
our certain success. The Republican
party has challenged the Democratic mar.
". TO contest to preserve Republican
principles and institutions. There never
mas Deen and L hope never will be in this
country time when the money power
was so fearless as it is now. When an
pealed to by the silver Republicans Of
the west and warned and foreworned
that they would lose the fifty or sixty cleo.
toral votes of states in the west the
money power said let them go. we will
furnish money enough to buy illinois and
INDIANA. Never before did political
party openaly boastat their money power'
IL tneE attempt this and buy the vote
we WIN double the population of Illinois
ahu lRulaha Ill the penitentiaries. (Ap-
II me money power possesses the
capacity to purchase the states of this
Union in order to peIpetuate its Infamous
nliahcial system. then it possesses the
power to rule for any purpose in its sweet
t Min' lAPplanse) Mr.. Bailey was sure
the people of this country would accent
the challenge of the Republicans. There
was never time since the war when the
certainty of defeating the Republican
party was so well assured. Since recon
s.ructloh tlnes the people never had as
great a stake to fight for. Then Mr.,
Balley perforated on shield locked with
shield helmets glittering in the sun. Dem
ocrats Keeping step and at the end Repub-
means and assistant Republicans some
tlmes calling themselves Democrats fly
ing or fleeing from the wrath TO come
our gold standard friends, he said. seeing
that free silver will CONTROL should bow
to the will of the party, and claimed that
not one out of the forty-five states of the
Union could be carried by the Democracy
on Il gold platform. The party decision.
is foregone conclusion and Democrats
should forget their prejudices, but not
principles, and from this time on support
the Democratic platform and ticket.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Bailey's re.
marks, the following committees were
announced: