The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-23

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Va ne- hers by captain rerg Ky,c 81
Hos Together trty wandered around
Ike ios, spir!is among The hunarc1s of
delegates gathered sore Tor ~ hl- dem
ofratie convention. Brfiher Hard iookei
mighty leIiesom-, ard no smith of eiad-
ssse sipplei over his freshly sfaven lace
Captain Kyle faced tha muse holdly. how
over, aud II he folt lsst he ~ NOT SHOW
r.. Finally th. a'mosnhara grs,y 10 (rlt.id
"nf ti-. iciel's began TO gather IN such
cNaUAtt's about tho r0rsicana stt,csrnan
mat Alherf Eurleson took pity on hiri
ana rounded mp a crowd ana sntfod,.e,d n
20 'ne Judge, with The r-uark that ne
am wnni 10 Eeo such g c.stugu's ne
gust hen ~ ii corlges'iys- oh.il wh.io
within inc gates Of the Capital CRY lie
wanted him 10 understand ih+i the peo-oie
at Austin w"r" I nospir7hfa people. ana
mat nobody could rreazs u death while
four chairs, 10 hsid his convention IN. ard
Ir msei n rustic MIN up TWO moro chass
juose Hardy smiled family nj TIN. and
h'r lips twitched. but ne continued n
look ~eary and tired
Tonight George CLARK ,Ss~Asth my. I'm
| HclHey and pr Lott came n - reinforce
| lIariN. and tOgeff--r W. h etEni Aueuuites
| they held mornfui caueus in The prls-
| KIN hotel parlor. No attemp, was mad,
| TO outline any plan Of action. inter
| change of Views t,,ing alt,ui nll tnat was
| mdulEed In. the sentiment bong that
| strong delegation ~ ''piotcs'"rs" should
| he sent TO Chicago and an ,Aecto|sl ticket
| Put ont. Just about what the protest
ers' are expected 10 b. uniess " he to
| WAT for some ono to bolt the National
.onyen,lfm ana take them In. "'as NOT
Judge clark dla some talking. and
seemed to nave little doubt hut that IN"
vont'on. in which event. n no lvis1n
| arose, n gold electoral ticket would to his
| nfuon prove awkward with ~ gold can-
TO cay that he wonld not vote for i r,iver
| nan under any circumstances. The quts-
| independent state ticket hut The prapor-
| deran1e Of sentiment was against II rs
there wre doubts whether such y MISTER
would he Within the pr,rlncc Of toner
| rows corve nNion.
| Tho caucus was a nninfuiy small affair
| hut the llDriyitrs nrn expecting that
enough relnforcemonts VIII show M to-
morrow 10 enah!e 'hem to make SNOW
ing As u mntier Of fact though " Looks
very much as " the Hardy movement is
headed s'raigh' for the republican party.
TIRE PLATFORM.
The platform which has been agreed OH
for submission to the State democratic
convention tomorrow declares agnins.
trusts aud monopolies ana for "A tar.n Tor
revenue only: recommends economy in
governmental affairs. condemns cAirayA-
giant appropriai lions and asks that con-
Istituitopal amendment providing Tor an
ircomc tax TO he submitted io the people
opp0fra bond Issues In times OF peace
makes an unepnivucsi demand for the
frec and unlimited coinage OF silver and
lHoii; ronirmns The practice ~ refusing
70 pay coin notes IN silver III. same as
ISolh. OPPOSES National banks of !ssue nd
the retirement OF legal tender notes. IN
flats thnt the pension roll shall he a roll
log Ionor and thm, III. peope'a money
lhhail not he taken for tho benent OF Tho
wealthy Veterans and persons who NJ r
I"ftnru M service during the war, recon-
mends the adoption of tho unit rule and
mat the delnsnios u the National con-
vcnlnn v" instructed To vote only tor
rnnlidai.s for president and vice pr.si-
dent who are ia harmony with Tho silver
pank contained N this platform.
FREE SILVER CAUCUS.
The free silver democrats held n large
caucus at the court house tonight. Chnlr.
man blsko Of tho bimoiallc League ca,lcl
the caucus TO order and stated that as
object was TO consider the foilowino
| questions.
J. To determine az to the temporary
| CHAIRMAN ~ the convention
10 Determine as 10 the number ri
dfnegatss az large that should be fen;
to she Nsfiontl convention
.. TO detormtne Gs 10 DISTRICT deiegates-