The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-30
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
|. IL. SIayden Opens His Cam
palgn for Congress-
[oNc PLEA IN SILvER'S CAUSE
at. showing where the Farmer
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i.r At Mission Garden tonight in
h,s campaign for congress in
,ss Twelfth district;
a. friends, Neighbors and Fellow Cit
~ am not vain enough TO believe
tnnw more about the great public
i,a NV which are dividing the Amer
SaV .nnL today than do those of you
IA given Them consideration, nor
s ao sanetiine az to hope that | can adj
y. Arguments which Will oveitu n
80 arrived at by stl dy and deliL-
..lsn Pu, this does not prove that am
~ or that YOU are right.
n.s s as | am candidate fee an
so,,snt public office In which the set
~, Al rhese Questions will be consid-
Y 4 seems III that | should clearly
y. nv nositycn upon them. and sua-
!. n With such reasons as l can offer.
w lines are being recast. New olign-
~ On public questions Is the order of
INV Men reluctantly separate them
,ss from old party assoc9a lions, even
Won Their honest convictions lead them
..isht into the camp of the enemy. But
~ there is serious disagreement upon
Elemental principles, II is the duty of
itIzen and II is best for the country
. sverv man follow his honest convic-
~ and associate himself with the men
4 link as he docs. Go TO the party
IN advocates the greatest number of
- Ina. YOU hold. Try to get your
rnrity views adopted. but If you fail
m 10 the will of the majority, and h!de
m lime BY campaign of education
Il NAV be able to show an overwhelm-
majority that you are right and that
NJ are wrong.
1Sy very many reasons | have always
I'm INV support to the policies of the
,mssrailc party. Ry birth. instinct and
[snlng am democrat. In my youth,
n, reading the lives OF the heroic men
NJ out OF a few widely separated and
tsrssy populated colonies created ma
la the potentia.aties Of whose greatness
I. most far-see.ng of them did not grasp,
n admiration, my sympathies and my
X. went out 10 Thomas jefferson. the
hampton OF the people.
4 'sssrson's theory OF government his
S.-rest advocacy Of genuine democracy
q not meet with the approval OF the arts
byats Of his day. They scorned him as
I mls,hkvous demngogue, and even de-
krnoi him as an anarchist. But he was
r., the less the idol Of the people. and
I this day remains tho foremost exponent
4 their right 10 seli-Covcrnment. indie
knient Of any other nation ca power or
/ When Hamilton contendei for n constI-
,ona monarchy jefferson blocked the
by When John Adams doubted the oX-
(vlncy Of Republic, Jefferson never
fifsrei. His faith in the people knew no
brableness nor shadow OF turning. Al
!. the establishment of the government,
b,i when the country began to divide
tslf into political parties, as Is the ma
Ire and ciistoil of the Saxon races, and
zen one of these parties began the
(s1,enton, which continues to this day.
(r srong central government, Jefferson
|ltsred the lists in behalf of the people.
I'D fought every encroachment upon the
Fsn,s Of the States and the Individual
i,h all the power of his great intellect
Himself In referring to the contest and
u settlement of the issues by the cleo
|n Of 1901, saws It was ms much n revoiu-
|cn a. that of l176, though the one was
effected by the sword, and the other
lr the peaceful Instrument of reform, the
lltsge Of the ne)ple."
He had opposed The charter Of the United
sztes bank. lie comprehendei the dan
N from such an institution. having spe-
"a rights and privileges. lie wanted no
.srnership between the government of
se people and a money making concern.
le sorcsGw tha' II would enter into poll
In as Il do. He knew that money would
!; used to debauch tho representatives
MI against the bank which finally re-
tlwd i's death blow ~ the hands of an
'htr great democrat. Andrew Jackson.
by the student of political history the
Nsstry NJ the republican party Is easily
m.1, II 's from the loIns of the party
,sicl IN the revolutionary period doubted
,; ability Of the people to govern them
slyes which later hell thnt the govern
yea, could not stand without the aid Of Il
~ bank, and which undertook to hatch
lFsson az Hartfoc'l In 1912, because bust
rs was heing disturbed by the prospect
'aVar with Great Britain.
Denied the alteration OF royalty, their po-
uca heirs, the republican party OF to-
~ gives all It's Affections TO trusts and
'"ieaes The line of demarcatlon be
'een the party of the classes and the
"V Of Ire masses Is clearly traced from
!, pssihning OF our government to this
, ~ me present campaign the hosts of
slisr, ICY fally TO the support of the
\, os Soung Isochinvar who has come
"a n ~ the West, while the directors of
\ sskpnsriul STANDARD on syndicate, TIE
N I'M ~ m the Nations credit who
4 mn 'tivM'vN Of United States bonds at
!, /, Wv w. Jay and sell them a, ia the next,
|. geli monopolists of Chicago VINO ar
H. TX Inc price Of every heef raised
,S.' eralries Of Texas, in fact all uhe
mas W MANN q are holding up the
W., Of Ma1nr Mckinley.
n Iv are Mck.n.cy's associateso VIVA
n M, nas auN,sers II he should be elect
cps - ""o"h py the company ne
az hba,wpont Morgan and his partners
io,.s s,n'e peen Inspired by the purest pa
mi When they privately took up a
az In 'uV az loi, but they did not give
,f1o nau!uuc emotion aud love of the
Mons idr as to overlook the ten
Ion IL prohl inclden, to the trans
F4 II mas ufnfuNre
i.nh ~ 4" Per cent for handling bonds
as ,TttiN turned over in Il few days
irie, steep, even for a New York
Ar3 anu phi .lauthropist.
Z n, e ~, ho' all Of us know that but for
e san,i,,. nl.1n OF the press, which voiced
hr traSo w. Oh an indignant public, an
uallv ent'r the same conditions and
= through? '0'' ""'e "e'" u"
T. HaS are inc people who are acting as
. ,bn M nnanCe COMMITTEE. These
nlev's ' n VINO are contributing to Nc
reror,sii' uingn fund, which Mr. Hanna
lpenievs go nave said Wal reach the
lars. On, Snin or twenty millions Of
% axnt,,' OF inc go people, AMI others
a afte, 70 secure special privileges,
'kar Ire plan Of the nious Wana-
e." ~ i"'ia elphia, the "fat is hcing
; = Ind, sns Democrats are too lean 10 Yield
n az o,,nll1er Mr. Waramaker's evs-
I haysS I,n ~ c2okcY. their campaign
which 10 DE run w.th-ut the lubricant
Is "''" uae republicans rely for sue
F-t tbs,r ohY appeal 10 the people to
.hfry sr 'i'nts, to resent the irsul. Of
p I'M ~ ASK them hy their votes to
ipler me ,ne government back into the
% Ii brHTgei ways Of the fathers and
os NJ ~ .el"s Of Mammon we can only
he TIM r'es II an outraged peopie.
Il p,onIs are ainsularly out Of Joint.
, this' "g p, them There Is some raa- n
to-ia bIyH,i .l agitation only lives and