The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23


/ these conspirators IN no uncertain tcne
| on the 5ih OF june next, At this George
clark oyster roast the llttle gang were
/ entertained by Judge Aldredg5. who re-
/ hcersed a part Of his Speech delivered be-
/ fore the Bankers association at Atlanta,
/ Ia which he rdiculcd binctallisin to the
I delight Of the little gang. lt is refreshing
| 10 know that they have one man anaong
I them who is not 80 stupid as TO adyorate
a single gold standard and at the same
/ timc claim TO be himctallst
The Chicago Tlmes-ilerald described
how the judge nj. Atlanta aroused the
| Northern and Eastern bankers by his In
! imiiablc power Of ridiculc. 1t reminded
me OF the boys and the frogs ii was fan
FOR the bankers, but he'll on the people.
Then Judge Hardy, as the News states.
/ after eating some thirteen hundred oysters
| and, RECALLED with an imitation gold med
/ al, proceeded to deuounce the coinage OF
1 silver. and say Il they would give him
money and a hundred speakers he would
carry Texas for gold. aud thereupon the
gang clipped IN from so TO NU0 each of
/ National bank money to influence demo
cratic votes ia Texas.
! am not acquainted with Judge HARDY,
/ but am told that he is the Same LuuSy
/ Hardy who tried for OVER month anu
Tor over hrcc thousand bhllots 10 mount
The platform adopted by the conGression1 "
I l. 1891. adjourned TO Dallas August -
1875. and then adiourncd to Hillsboro Nv
gust q 1891, This, as You remcmper WINS
after the Dallas convention. The iinai-
clal planlts IN said platform are as iol-
/ lows
J -. we do not approve the veto by Priest
! dent Cleveland uf tne scignioraSe piiL
and we indorse the action of our repir,
sontauves aud senators in congress ON
/ that measure. , ar
! bonds Time Oi ifti'f
/ and we favor The lep OF both gold anu
silver nj the ratio of l6 To ! a. hetetQutu
established by law as the stinIafu mon
| Of tho country, And We declare II 10 uN
the duty of The democratic party 70 IN
aueluntc and carry out some hheh "
system by which both metals nn'N no
coined and circulated ON u purity OF NaluV
| without treating either metal az 4 com
modify and without dis2riminau,lS
against either by special legislation OF
( executive ruling
And there was one William Poindcxtor,
late of the Clark Galveston oyster roaA'
who stood some several thousand ballots
before he could he kort on thisrinti p, y,
1t would 80 nv that these ihthlul ipi
| lowers OF George clark. late 81 thc Cal
weston oyster roast. Wcro lh-totcrs tiun
for cougross only. Notwithstanding thcy
say nnw that both tlo Dallas anu ChicaE
conventions expressly declared against
the hcrcsy. mud they ar" going to RNN
out Of the democratic party II 1t don I
approve OF the bond igsuoS and sciEtloraEc
veto ana everything else done by the
illns,rious Grover and also declare
against the coinage Of silver. And they
say their gang rs lot of patriots who
do not want office. Johnny did not want
Mo you remember, because there was
mo- pic for Johnny.
So far ms ! am concerned as chairman
OF the democratic executive committee ui
TcNas. I viii inform this little gang NOW
thut they can't buldoac me, ani tol
sure THAT the democracy II Texas VIA
not be- huldoZpd by them. ! am by tnrm
liie the prtnchfr N's mt the huriai service
when ne was Informed that meseagc
had just been received from the gput
World aud from tho doceastd that the
deceased was highly displnased at tnc
action Of the preacher and what he WINS
saying. The preacher rgi'icd that he Had
met with the remarkable spcctaclc OF DO
spectacle was iupliraipd at the recent
oyster roast ut Galveston. by which I
was saurcd by lot of old pontieai
For The ronont Of those who claim tney
can not vote IN the primary because oi
tie way the ticket is worried. ! cali ct
N Noumn J. American Revision AMI Ad-
dltinu 20 the Ninth Edition Of tho lln-
cvclopcdia Rritannica. 'o-wit "Eimctat-
lism term used to denote a cnubto
monetary standard Of value ms Nxcd 10y
legislative cnSctmr 1T: specifically s. is
thHt syetcm Of coinage which rccopnizos
either gold or silver coin as legal tender 20
my amount rs circulating medium anu
at nXoA relative value. II iuciudoa Two
essential features ~ an open mint roauv
to coin any quantity of either uoid or
! silver which may hc brought to n. ma
t9 tho rieht on the rart OF tho drbt ~.
/ To- discharge his liabilities nj his opiion
IN either Of the two metals Mt the osinn-
llshc legal ratio
This is exactly what We said SHOULD he
on tho ticket for bimetarism Hon John
sherman (%ith whom our gold friends
are now runnng) I'm = letter 10 W X.
Gr1sherk Of Cincinnati, Ohio. of date
July 10, 1875 thus dcfrcs both standards,
'Durin% the monetary conference in PARIS
when silver in our country was excluded
from circulation by being undervamod /
was struggling in favor of tho single
standard Of gold. - Al that tiinc the
wisoSt OF MS did not anticipate the sudden
IAN OF silver or the rise Of gold that mas
occurred. TINS uncertainty Of the rela,
ton between the two metals IS one or
tho chief arguments in favor of n mono
metallic system. but other arguments
showing the dangerous effect upon INDUS
try hy dropping one OF the precious
metals from the standard Of value OUT
wcighs IN my minG MI the theoretical
objections to the bimctG,lic aystcfn."
In n correspondence between Mr. Hamii.
tom and ar Jefferson upon tho framina OF
| unr nist coinage law, both agreed upon
the TWO or bimctallc standnrdg. On the
'th NJ May laMi our friends. the gold stand
ara people. .fsned ar address, h1nn Waco
Whcre an iofing from democracy seems
! 20 orieiuate), signed hy Rufus Hardy "
i. lnahes. V. W. Hale. A. l.. Mailork
Section 3 reads MS follows: 1--WE hold
thai there an mover cyl8t with any people
for any trnuite time two dinorcrt stnnd-
ards Of rouey value. and tho history Of
/ this country since l7l2 uhundantly con-
/ nlms THIS assertion. We Ftild with An
| drew Jackson ANA with our prescn, doin1-
cratic administration foi gold as Inc Unit
! mtrfiifr q value ana as the best ana nI1sj
I stable measure yet discovered by human
/ an tcts. Ana wc demand Of our iaWmnfsrs
/ that this country shan take $50 backward
! step urnn this question. but. to the con-
/ trary. ihnG thr sold stand lrd Of value
! shall be M llntaincd involute." c'c.
! Ia the resolutions adopted at Mcmphin
! whgn John ., Carlisle Of bond fame spol;e.
/ rs I'm s crgrt said. 10 bankers nothing
hut h1uFs," aud Judge Hardy received
| ais commission 70 go out ard preach single
! gold stanalrt,sri. ,he following language
/ IS used A. this time thcre Il no country
| in the world whi 'h maintains The bins al
| ,iu ainudnrh. and neither Is there any cGun
| try whore thr free coinage Of SILVER oh
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