Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-01
TICKET
Will Not Be Put in the
Field
-
ny THE SOUND MONEY WING or
THE DALLAS COUNTY
DEMOCRACY.
SAYS Mr.. HAWKINS.
WOULD MAKE the Fronr WITHIN
PARTY LINES.
Anxious for colo pe,eRas,on TO
Go to chicaro--commi,te ON
PLANS TO Meet
SAYS Mr.. HAWKINS.
wouLp MAKE THE Frcmr WITHIN
PARTY LINES.

The committee Of ~ appointed last
week to adopt plan OF action for the
mass meeting OF the advocates of u
geld standard. 90 he held at the city
Hall tomorrow night. will meet In
Jargo watts office tonight, to COM
plete the work began at . similar meet
ing Monday night
Speaking OF the action TO be taken
by the mass meeting 10 be held. Mr.,
w. r.. Hawkins, n Rtnunch supporter
OF tho gold standard theory. gave his
opinion as followa'
1.-THE report whi1h has gone abroad
as to our putting a full ticket OF county
officers. ieg.riatnrs and congressman
In the field on gold platform Is err
roncons. There are already some ~
announced candidates out for county
offices. nearly all OF whom, although
they are rctieent on the subject, arc
NJ heart advocates Of free coinage, and
II would be folly for u.s. as Democrats,
and we are the only true Democrats.
for anght our dissenting brethren may
say 10 the contrary, to draw tho line
on candidates the performance OF
whose official duties cannot be IN the
least affected by or IN the remotest
manner affect the financial question,
upor which we have seen ~ 20 take IL
sue with our white-metal loving fell
low Democrats AZ TO n candidate for
Congress- l think It extremely doubts
full that we win name one. but II we
do he will he regularly entered IN the
primary. We mean to make our fight
strictly within party lines and are adj
verse to taking my action THAT might
let down q gap in the Democratic fence
and let In the Popullsts or Rcpubli-
cans, 10 this end think Il more than
likely that we Will coniine our efforts
mainly 10 the election OF sound money
delegates to the state convention. who
viii 30 instructed 10 do all In their
power TO send delegation TO Chicago
10 cnst Texas vote for a sound. money
Platform. and their promise to the pen-
nlc Of the Empra State TINT the Pros
idcntial choice OF the national convene
ton viii he supported Ut MI hazards.
be he gold-bug or free silverlte We
also expect to make an effort to arouse
the administration Democrats OF the
entire state AZ TO the importance Of Inn
mediate action In this natter and to
this end we have invited Hon VIM.
PolndcNter OF johnson county. Senator
Jack Bean OF Ellis and Judge Hardy
or navarro to be with up tomorrow
night aud give US their views and
firmly behave that the two gentlemen
first named Will be In sympathy with
our plan Of action. ana as for Judge
Hardy, everyone knows that II was
his advocacy Of the procedure that
caused him TO take isHue with George
Clark
There Is another .hing which I
think we sound monty advocates
hhould do IN regard TO the vote In the
coming primary on the financial qucs-
ton. The honorable state executive
committee saw NJ TO instruct that the
vote in the primaries on this question
should read FOR or against bimotal-
ism" Now. we advocates OF n sound
currency. contend that the adoption
OF the gold dollar as standard or
value. and the consequent equalization
OF gole and silver IN the true blmet-
nilisrn.' Then, how IN the namc OF
reason cnn we nast our votcs against
llmetailism? think II win be ad yis-
able, and believe that the county meet
irg win sc order, that We have Tickets
Printed and placed at the various vet.
Ing boxes rendins: For or against tho
free and uclimited coinage Of silver
AT the ratio OF ID Ia L.
DO think there " any likelihood
cf the soand-mouoy men refraIn'ng
from attending tho primaries? No, In
decd. Such a cnursn would only be TO
realize the objects 20 the executive
committee, and turn the whole ma
cllinery OF the party over to Dudley
md his clans, beyond q hope o. re-
compton. / have not ms yet been IN
formed Of the action takcn by the
committee Monday night. hut AM salts
fieid that they will recommend fubstnn-
tally na ] have stated"