The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-03
AT BEAUMONT.
Political Sentiment in the Lumber Me-
tropolis of Texas.

Political Sentiment in the Lumber Me-
tropolis of Texas.
Beaumont. Texas, August So.-Like every
other city In Texas, this place is thorough
ly In earnest in its consideration of the
political situation. Everybody talks poll
tics, and 1t Is in no vein of idle disputa-
ton. Men are more willing than ever
before to listen and when they have lis
tened they weigh IN the balances OF rea-
son and Intelligence what they have heard
1t does not require ?. long time for them
TO determine whether or not arguments
are worthy of their attention.
The one question is that of the financial
Issue. Nothing else Is talked. During the
entire day spent here not word of criti-
cism of the men at the head of the two
ances We're discussed. but not the men,
They dre accepted as honorable and up
ritnt representatives. of the principles
of their parties, and as a result the CAM
paign is one of dignity and Intelligence.
beaumont has been quite IA center Of
power and influence among the advocates
of the single gold standard. Party ties
have rested very lightly on the voters of
this section of the STATE, and l naturally
supposed than here the boilers from the
regular democracy would find much COM
fort and encouragememt. But Vt is not
so. strange as 1t seems, the regular demo-
crazy Is stronger here than 1T has been for
years.
The vigor of democratic sentiment here
Is not due, however, to "a love of party
50 much to an intense belief in the
necessity OF relieving the commercial and
industrial distress of the country. Right
here in Beaumont, where money is always
plentiful If there is money to lac had, there
IS Il growing distress. The depressed
prices are hearing hard upon the manu-
featuring concerns Profits are wiped out
and surplus capital Is disappearing in the
vortex of business conducted at a heavy
loss. one gentleman told me that he had
! 1t from one of the mana gers of manu-
featuring concern here which owns pine
lands 80 the value of four times the
amount OF the capital stock. that the COM
nany had lost 500" since the LIST of last
January.
"How did they do it," 7 asked.
simply ,mough.1 was the reply, THE
Der and shingles below the cost of pro-
ductiou The cost Of labor required In
getting out the logs and working them
up, and the cost of transportation to mar
ket equals the markc; value OF the pro-
duct. and the interest on the money en-
ployed ana other Incidental expenses are
a dead loss; They can not keep up that
when they must shut down and turn a
large number Of people on the commun-
ny TO- seek for employment"
speaking with one of the most enter
prisinE and public. spirited men of this
progressive city. he said
When lryln was nominated was dis
appointed. The platform was not Mt all
TO my liking. Since the question came
before the public have always heen par
,iai to the gold standard. But, since the
nt tasp ~, r'1hrGn Hie nave aiken more
by the ilcwspaners o'lJ rti..rs and
am Tree 10 confess that / have chang ed
that am aitncait,a,' 90 noI say
4 viii give the relief needed, bur | do say
/ 'hht 4 change can b" no worse for the
/ i,vf 49,, I'll %.ol,' nnuitlotls' hhi II
! an and Sewall. and only wish I lived in
- At" where that vote Is needed"
/ T.yasa" '"''H II WIN pe heeued In
NO. indeod," was III. ,.uch,rc ro,,,,
THE democratic vote in Toxas v,,i XII
! iinr r,rnn,rfi',,s' 3, ''''' r'''''H VI 10 olu-
| Are there many co,d ad,.oo,, os baroo"
Yes: uuite a nG,1 ,nant, ''''7 ie''
"Ar. fbav r,nro ~, 49,. 49,, -,
| Clark, JordI, f,c,io,, ~ . ,W"9 'tdh WIG q
/ In otbcr n,,ig ~ ~ w" lars ago
| the marty on arro,,. ~ ,hi. o,,sy,j iii
| ly 70 exceed that of four vctrs at,oar '''
no donht tb1 ',N tbs as sreaL MIX have
! in this county Who voted {or c,.rtt M Sn
..!.iu1H,U1' Lot htNth ana Sewall mis- year.
! Not one 81 tbe,' "ne'Soi
heard. Thev bavn ,-1oI ~ "a "a, AZ nave
the Clark-Tiar,iy movement vas 'ns,i,a ,-'ai
/ bv an npoiite cor no n va m ~ d =
| and earnpef Loi,o, r. usS aie sincere
! free coinage and tbov hoIio,,o '.tats
only way 10 src,r. ,yhot thcv ' u,a,, ~ -
every man uho e. i,'''. WI "t'u ~
! ,hcm ""' l. III sympathy with
How is tho non,lfs, ,o,o ,,o,,,,. ,.,, ~,
Not only tl,at IN, ~, ,or nrHmn ana SewaIl-
! ly vote for CnibsrsorP I,, :" ~ ni9st-
their conddcncn ',hr M. H.. h'lroy has IT,,
they are talim.r ny ,ns o'SI-piay; ann
may expect % scn Y J l,rt,c amusen; you
for n worry 1pe w, -, county this year IMAM
I could moi ind ,h,, ,,,,,, - ,.,.
done among Tho so,d s,,r ,.,ar1 was pe'ng
course. some nf 10, Eo'u t se3innard people. or
| sod moi onl,. III ur Wnaltn''r man express
and voting Tor nitbor Wn1;,., OF working
Standard Democrat bnt fSat ,h OF goa
the sam. Same ''diilonce with their employees in
nuencc' is 10 he nv@,.,nd TX iaI 'hat IN
but as they have ee n@t I'M hey 1h nor sy
indian, '' i POINT rs me manufacturers Of
is nothing fo h. e 1'tn me no, ana as there
N Texas nj Ink I'M, iin,noa ny sue9 practices
| the "intiuonco'' vii on, =, np' nhelE that