San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-20

little brief authority as a newly,
hedged politician, to becloud your
judgment and jeopardize your
business interests?"
Who is more rabid in the advo-
cacy of free silver than Culber-
son; as to the substitution of
Kearby for CulbersOn the people
of Texas would simply be taking
a genuine article for a bogus one.
Kearby and his party are as pa
triotic as Culberson, and their
success would not hurt the credit
of the state half as much as the
Hogg and Culberson administra,
ton have by driving capital out
of the state. But the open letter
goes on:
$50 far as the question of the
free coinage of silver by this
country is concerned, that will be
settled on the 3rd of November by
the votes of the Nation at large.
Your party processes conf
dence in having it settled to its
liking. Do you share that conf
dence?
But it is of Texas we are speak
ing.
"Think a moment. With Texas
turned over to Populism do you
think Texas credit would be
strong in moneyed centers? Do
you not know that it would De
impaired? Would you risk your
railway interests in the hands of
a revolutionary Populist railway
commission, composed of and
dominated by reckless and ambi-
tious Populist politicians? Do
you imagine that Populist control
of Texas would result in conserv-
ative legislation? Or of economi-
cal and unprejudiced manage
ment of the states affairs? How
much money and development
and prosperity do you imagine
POpulist success would bring to
Texas"
Here is an admission that Nc
Kinley is sure of election, but the
Post would save the state from
the Populists by securing the
election of the POpocrats and ap-
peals to Chairman Green's peck
ct book.
But the letter goes on, like one
of Bryan's speeches, only that
Brother Green gets lots of good
advice to shun the Pops and stick
to genuine Republican principles:
Here is food for thought for
you, Mr.. Green. AS a business
man you are playing with fire; as
a politician you are bringing
yourself into disrepute by the
company you are keeping, and as
a Republican you are sacrificing
party principle in your efforts to
build up Populist success in
Texas.
you are young, and you are
young in Texas. Your character
as a commercial pillar in the
state and your standing and pres
tige in railway and business cir
cles are yet to be made, compare
lively speaking. Your political
and social positions are likewise
involved in your conduct in this
campaign. You have intelligence
wealth, splendid opportunities.
You can become a power in Tex
as, but in only one way-by ally
ing yourself and your interests
with the business, the intelligence
and best interests of the ruling
classes of Texas, the people who
took hold of the state after recon
struction days and have given it
twenty years of prosperous adj
ministratiOn, free from scandal,
just, economical and impartial to
every class, or race-administra,
tons under which in the past
twenty years population, taxable
values, business establishments,
railways, schools, courts of jus,
tice and general prosperity have
each and all grown more than
100 per cent. .
"On the other hand, you can sink
to the level of a common bucks
STEERING politician, respected by
none, Stunned by the majorit,
and despised by all, if you see fiji
to throw yourself and your inter
/ aStS in tho ccaIa ano incl nnn.no,