The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-18
THE TRUTH ABOUT CHICAGO.

The o-gsNS WHO'S" eNtTAN a--alit N4Nei't'a7
lion >. the Chicago tscket and rsatfc<m
AAs shocked the connunfy's sense OF
fairness ard dscency seem 10 have torsot-
ten that the sie.,sor l. nearly -FOUR months
on a campaign Q. that length can NOT
be carried through by shrek. especially
q false one When the voters hear mat
si,es.. hls;or1c rnriy. which has ruled
the country for sixty out % the lV years
o. oW existence under the National con-
s.ltution. and which al the last election
po.lei nearly half million more "ofes
,haa IS neares; competitor. has suddenly
be- ne a collection OF anarchists. cut
threats and lunatics. they viii feel de-
sire 10 ses the evidence on which these
rcnstrous charges rest When they ma
tina, the Platform adopted 10y ;he conNsn-
zion was no, ,ncend larry but. with the ~
'otpi!on o. the .HAacial plank. was iHod-
sia.e we'll considered and cautiously 30
srcssive, and that the elements supposed
10 reT.esen; revolutionary IDEAS were
.rlplsss and In disrepuis, they will take
t,hs rawlings Of our .cacticnary contempt
TAKES .or ~ha. they aye worth
The sun talks OF the hli@ous Chir4-o
iv!atiorrn;" G; the "rsyoililoaists and re-
padiator." of iae convention: o. the con-
trol Of the democracy by the socialist o'
C fr-nunis;." aai 0: "popul.si-aaarchlst
candidates. nominated on popuis tan
arcn!st platform" The Herald, villa L
dezrth Of original IDEAS quotes from the
sun and adds. Ne TOO. The other MEM
2 leEs OF the ant!Bryan combination follow
the same policy. ACCORDING to the varying
degrees Of their command Of language.
A., OF ,hss.- journals know that theN
ep!the,s are destitute o: any relation with
concrete facts. Their own dispatches
prove that the convention had no SYM
, pa;hy with anarchicsl revolutionary or
sectional IDEAS. II there was a reyoiu-
zionist at Chicago it was Tilitnan This
i Is what the sun said on Saturday about
/. his reception or Thursday:
When che first tanot was being taken
IN the convention. and t;overncr h.Vaas OF
South Carpiiila announced that the Slut.
convention uf MS STATE had instructed the
d..esaiion 10 vote a. "a unit tor lil!ii-.tn,
;here we1s storm OF misses. This thing
| asi 81 Tor Two or three minutes.
Pitchfork's dal-ga ton voted Tor him only
on the rrst ballot ON the succeeding bal
! lots fltchfork himself announced the vote.
and every time he stood on his feet ne va
Kissed.
/, has been the boas, Of the leaders of
the new .dea ths. ii was th-ir purpose
10 DO something astounding IN this con
'ent.on but not even thelr most ardent
: admirers believed that the fret man they
vouid put on the pia form Y, defead th.ir
revolutionary cor'suct would he Pitch
fork Itimtn. from South clroina. VT
relic, vtuperat.vo, abusive almost to tho
sent.nces aroused the convention u a
\ rtch OF .ndlgnat IN that ended in an al
I mos. universal storm Of h.ssing and de-
: inlnds for his retirement.
hilnan we,gt further than MS sponsors
= Intended. He drew the Old sectional I'm.
= II the contest 'ha. IS to come. lie talked
n ma a. sF.r lkran IA I'M.
:. rebellion When hs rot through wal
50 pa,pahle from the deep and suilon ST.
s i A re'sg ,n N me i ~ .v ,na, n. NJ
:, VITO heard his words. and hai outraged
n the l'ber'y OF spccch accorded MIN under
!, ihe rules Of this convention. tina, Sena ~
- Jones If Arkansas. the leader Of the ma
forty. felt that II his duty 10 REM
diate what the South Carolif.ian had s.ii
Was thA- a convention of anarchist
IL and traitors? The Sun had much more al
tho same time to the same effect. Thu
y Heial described the Same incident in tn.
, same way. On Sunday rs dispatches saic
u OF Bryan;
!, II must he said OF this young man o
=, 81 that he is hearing ms hcnors with he
~ coming dig lty and without losing All
q among MS friends. in a wrl sx,ed alpaei
n coat all day long. receiving congratua
IN ,nuch Of q the a5vce ard snhs,itutsd Fl,
y. own v-aws. ore Of these Is that the gpi.
\, .tst,f hss -, aufficie,t "a ,,,oi, AZ II
: saw the air and send Tilman off TO con,
vs. ~, . e.. -,
e. The ire" silver plank in the platform
49, 49, may nave been mistake but In View q
~ the fact that each house of congress Ia
-on.s ,aa,v ,.,.od for FRO. .il,..r h,, ia,,
- ,.,t ..,i -, . ~
:. Y4,h McI,snlnv ana ,.r,s,e yo,,,r -, ~
n. sam. sid. q, is rather late In .he aav ,
:, SAY that such a mistake is a signal q
#, lrevrlut,on. In no other respect can III
90 platform be subjected to definite crit
M, c'sT. There is Wild, .nart!culatc yall
n abuse. but nothing that gives any INFO
40 nation Of specific faults. 1t can hardl
on be considered IA crime to suggest that
,re decision OF the supreme court. Obtained b
IN the chahse oil heart OF single )us'ic'
hy hy which tho imam nous decisions of II