The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-16
WITHIN PARTY LINES
Sosnd Money Democrats Will Mage
Bitter Contest,
THE DUDLEY MAJORITY CONDEMNED.
Accused Of Having usurped All Party
Prerogatiyes,
THE DUDLEY MAJORITY CONDEMNED.
A CAMPAIGN or EDUCATION,
Thu Majority Report Adopted BY Chair
man Hardy Speakers 10 Cauvsss the
State Before the Primaries

IalYetLpu. 01Es. LhIs .N4AAEh-
~ at 10 O'Clock this morning the sound
money democrats gathered In Harmony
hall to the number OF 100 or more and IL
was only few minutes past the appointed
hour OF meeting when Captain Joe Owens
raped for order. and Mr.. II. W. Rhodes
opened the proceedings by presenting
Mayor a. w. Fly. who ne said would well
come the assembly TO the city. Mayor
Fly had como to this city twenty years
ago from mississippi State which
seemed to breed brains as naturally as
water flows 10 the sea. He told how
Mayor Fly during the strike of 1894 had
suppressed IT Ia Galveston and at once
ieaped to National prominence for the
prompt restoration OF law and order
lie is a sound money man" said Mr..
Rhodes (applause). and he wants to hear
more OF 1t Jingle in the land
Mayor Fly said; TO the Honest Demo
Gratis OF Texas: Galveston. always sound
In commerce finance and in the interests
OF her country Is glad to welcome the rep
resentatiyes OF the democratic party.
Galveston believes the sound money
democrats of Texas have the nrmncss
and conservatism to meet the issues
squarely and TO down the anarchlstic ten-
denotes OF the time, Free silver a. is
plause).
he rendered generous welcome TO .he
delegates. assuring them that they could
not only have the keys TO the city but
the locks, Jetties, wharves, deep water
on the bar and anything they wanted
from any other bar Appiause(.
Captain Nicholas Weekes. chairman OF
the district souni money executive com
mittee, introduced Judge Rufus hardy
and In doing so said TINT sound money is
nothing but sound sense. He believed the
majority of people advocating free silver
are doing It honestly. As a banker, free
silver would not hurt him; the brunt
enact free silver law would instead of
giving us more money, give Us less. He
snid he did not propose to 20 out OF the
democratic party, but he hoped the con-
yenton today would protest against tho
rules laid down by the State convention.
which would stultify every honest demo
crat: He hoped resulnr conventions
Chairman Hardy responded. saying;
Sound Money Democrats. Chairman ~
the Galveston Committee and MIR Mavor.
Allow me to thank you for the hospitality
which has been extended TO uR and To say
that we shall not forget the hospitality
rendered 10 US through you and your gem
erous people Of Galveston, Galveston
has shown in this that she has not only
the oldest city IN Texas, hui the most
generous city IN Texas. I believe when
the hospitality Of Galveston and cherish
is MS n green spot in our memories
through all our utS".
''Fenow-citlzcns, pause NJ tho outset
Of what ! wish 20 say, hesitatlug whether
to say fellow democrats because W. are
now at the threshold Of the question;
Shall we remain and hight our battles IN
the democratic party, or shall We retire
from IT, For oue--and { had intended %
say nothing II II had not been tor our
talk, ana there was great deal Of lt
heard last nlCnt-tpr one, / propose tuHt
whether it be fdir or whether IL be dArs
propose to hght uudcr the old demo-
cratic nag, aud II the bark upon winch 4
ride goes down, thc Nag Of democracy
will he at the mast. and though } WuF
be upon my back my eyes viii be upon
that flag when ! sink forever. We cone
here a. democrats under the c1ll Oi tpe
chairman Of the sound money democratic
committee Of Texas wnich / issued 10
d@mocra -. We may say We VIII organ
ize something independent OF democracy
and cal II democracy. The popullsi have
organised something and fer many years
have called Il democracy. When we fret
organized AZ Waco We declared our pur-
pose 10 hght for sound money within tbe
democrats party and SAID those pru-
cipies were democrats Suteeqle ut.y
when our committee met a. C0reicara ",
estlQ &c prop1s'd TO fight flr lemou "a fit
principles within the .ieu 4rratG lasts.
ard We SUI believed tney wsre leno .atlc
y Do not want 10 discuss the issues
rave. through letter. aud correspondence
ann EEoNeE tAr rtsp4lNonS. read last
night. slated ny views
Two months ago We knew not whcr
we would meet FOR active WORK A.
chairman 81 the sound money comm.tt.s
J was called upon 30 name some day
upon which the sound money cerrocra u
81 Texas would ge, together ana con-
colt upon what would be Tor the best "a
tereast Of the Found money democrats of
Texas 1t waz suggested that this plac,
or mat place h- selected box our com.
uIittee agreed that this was tne ntars
and this about the time. My tioa wa.
that we should meet after the demo. rn o..
executive committee u Texas had mot
ia order that We might know what y.
\ bsd 10 meet. II seemed 20 ne that on
February Z, when ! read OF the a,.tior
the executive committee had taken. II
\ seemed that WAS the FIRST blow deItyert.-
by the enemy 70 seemed thaf Dudley an.
Y his sixteen committeeman had ceasea ,,
be democrats ard rad gone with BisE,
and his committee. J., Esemed 10 me tae'
= delivered the best bow they could ror
q beginning. u seemed 20 me- thai the'
4 made the most complete gssHs OF them