The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-08-27

nomination to this high office. and in
again accepting the trust cOnhded to my
care, | can but reaiiirm my former prom
Use and pledge. if elected, to have no high
er ambition than to perform my duty
well, and to desire no higher reward than
to merit my partys approval.
We are entering one of the most in
teresting and important political cam
paigns which an hundred years of free
government has witnessed. Vital and
distinct forces are contending for mas
terry. On the one side we largely see az
| raigned aggrandized wealth. corporate
| interests and the money power, the
classes which are benefited by the
scarcity of money and receive an I'M
earned increment as the result of an APP
| preciating currency. On the other we
| see aligned representatives of all Occupa-
| tons and professions along with the pro-
ducers Of the country. those who dig out
of the earth raw food and raiment, and
those who by the sweat of their brow
| transmute the raw material into the
| finished product and clOthe and feed the
world, the great masses of the people who
plead for stable currency in order that
! the price of their products and their labor
may not continue to diminish before their
eyes.
| In such n contest as this it is hut in
| harmony with former presidents to find
| the democratic party, one of whose lead
| ing tcnets is the greatest good to the
greatest number, advocating the cause of
| the masses, those who have always. in II
great measure, constituted the backbone,
stability and reliance of every govern
ment.
The democratic party is essentially the
party of the people. Born when the
rights of the people took constitutional
| form. it can only be destroyed when the
| inhf Of
The Chicago platform has returned to
us the ark of the covenant of our faith.
as enunciated by Jefferson and upheld
and defended by Jackson. Let us firmly
take our stand around it and pressing for
ward with an ardor peculiar to those
| who fight for a righteous cause declare
in no uncertain sound the independence
of the people.
Notwithstanding the national platform
is eminently satisfactory to the great ma
jority of the party we are confronted
with a minority iii our ranks whose con-
| victiOns, quite as honest as our own, do
not allow them to endorse the platform
as whole but we believe them to be
good democrats, who recognizing that
one of the essential principles of their
party is that the will of the majority must
prevail, will subordinate their own opin-
ion and acquiese in that of two-thirds
of their fellows. When the issue is pre-
scented, as it is, between the single gold
standard. an enormously high protective
tariff and the insidous and dangerous
system of bounties on the one hand, and
the equal mintage of both gold and sill
YER, a tariff for revenue only and the
suspension of the bounty system on the
other, | feel sure our associates will see
their duty clear and will not now aid in
building mp and imposing upon the peo-
pie that which they have so long fought
to destroy. We should have an abiding
faith in the Justice of the great body of
the people. Their actions are prompted
by sincere motives for good. but should
their actions prove the contrary of their
expectations they who perpetrated would
be the first to undo.
But whatever our differences may be
as to matters of national import it is n
| happy thought that we may all Join to-
gether and fight the common enemy on
local and state issues, which after all are
nearer to the hearts Of the people.
Let a spirit of brotherhood and charity
pcrmeate the hearts and minds of the ma
jOrity so that the minority may feel that
| though nationally we may differ. vet in
| state affairs they are in their fathers
house.
1t would be the height of folly and
nothing less than suicidal for national
issue to disrupt the party which has prac-
| tically been in control of the state since
its entry into the Union, and which has
builded her into the imperial proportions
which she now so proudly occupies.
Local home government is the corner
| stone of democracy.
| Here we may all find common ground
| Let us unite and present an undivided
front. battling for an economical admin
istration of affairs ad for the develop
ment of the diversified resources of our
great commonwealth.
1t is related that during the late civil
war just after the battle of Chancellors-
vile the Confederate and Union armies
were encamped on each side of the Rap
pahannock. AT evening when the days
drill and labor had been finished the
soldiers were listening to the music of the
bands as the notes came in inspiring
tones. A Union band began Hail
Columbia and il echoed and re-echoed
throughout the length and breadth of the
valley. In answer from across the river
| came Dixie" which enthused the boys
of the ''lost cause to cheers. Once more
| from those who wore the blue came "'Thc
| Star Spangled Banner" and the Bon
ME Blue Flag was waited across the
stream as an answer from their oppon-
ents. But down the valley a soldier boy
with thoughts of the loved ones far away
! ~
band across the water echoed the strain
and soon both armies took up with band
and voice this tcndcrest of all songs
which made the valley and mountains
ring with harmonious music" and so in
| this campaign let home government be
| the inspiration for our uniting and lead
us to triumphant and glorious victories.
CRANE RENOMINATED.
| NJ. NJ. Crane was then renominated
| for attorney general by acclamation with
out opposition and with only one speech
FOR LAND COMMISSIONER.
Nominations for land commissioner be-
ing next in order, MI. Finley of Grayson
| county mounted the stand to nominate
ii. G.. HOlcombe. but the crowd yelled
for Baker and hooted so that for five
minutes he could do nothing. He stuck
to his post, however, and the band played
after awhile to drown the din He
started again and the crowd began yell
ing at once. He stood on the stand and
would not leave and would not name the
man. Finally he gave way to Governor
CulbersOn, who made a brief speech of
thanks. lie took occasion to touch on
the prize fight question and all incidents
surrounding it and said that while his
character had been DETAINED and his pri
vate life maligned for his actions in this
matter he had no apology to offer to any