The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-21
ARE FALSE CLAIMS.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

| NOW that the gold standard ueinuSi e's va
whom Grover Cleveland is the deity ana
John G. Carlisle the prophet. lind them
selves deprived OF every argument Tor
| their existence. they are resoring TO stud
ted Misrepresentation of the democracy
The latest outburst OF this position was
during the late Kentucky convention wheh
MIR. John G. Carlisle OF New York said:
lin the senate the free silver party had
tho absolute control Of the situation, and
the conceded power, with the aid OF the
sound money and reform democrats 70
pass through the body any tsriit bill IL
| desired to pass. or to defeat any iariH Dill
II desired TO defeat and, consequently IL
can not escape responsibility TO the people
for the unjust and oppressive measure
which is now about TO become law While
some OF the members. who have not ytt
abandoned all of their democratic convic-
lions, consistently opposed tbs epoAetlou
Of the people, a Sufficient number OF tntt'
political associates either gave II tneir
votes or purposely withheld Their votes
In order that 1t might receive majority
and thus. by their act, II VIII soon Ire
placed upon the statute books TO harness
our industries, Cypress our citizens anu
olStruct our trade for many years 10 come.
The purpose OF deliberate betrayal oil
the cause of tariff reform at chicago D!
tne lnttIuatlphai Oinlssiuh OF iea' eN'HS
cratic declaration on the subject from the
platform is now fully disclosed 1t was
the price demanded by republican and pop
ulist protectionists for their support oil
the ticket, and the very men whose sup
port was thus secured are directly roSpoh-
slbie for the inlqultous bili now ABOUT 70
become a law"
The charge that deal existed between
| Tho dn,nocra,ic senators and Tho renublicaus
|
| Solhes quite haVuraHy from ono WIZ y"
planned his own last silver vote as being
but the price OF a trade. judging other
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pe EXCUSED lot 'he coheluhlou 10 WHICH he
| has arrived, were II not that the truth OF
history requires that tho truth be told.
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every democrat IN the senate, save one
Was east against the passage OF the
| pingley bill, II will be seen how desperate
| is the game 10 which the cx-secroiary is
reduced The haggllug over a word In the
platform, the presence of which would not
change the meaning OF the sentence one
way or the other is but another effort Mt
driyeling and an attempt 10 deceive the
people
| In this connection an incident of the re-
cent tariff debate TO which we have already
alluded is well worth reproduction. Mr.
"A
valorem was On the prohibitory line. was
being pushed as TO certain vote, OF his OWL,
upon the naseaee of me Wilson thrift hlll
the average ad valoreln of which was 40
yer cent.
Being pushed to tho wall to explain why
| IL was that he now wanted loss then 20 per
cent when he insisted upon 80 when he had
| the mower to make IL 90 Senator YES, said .
MIR. President. enter my protest
against the act OF 1891 being considered as
a precedent for the Democratic PARTY. or
that those Of us who voted for N entcrtai,
Ing the opinions that | do should be held
responsible for the duties In thai oct
have stated repeatedly that that hin was
PASSED. so far as NV vote was concerned.
rn,ler nolitic,l I,ro.s hc,,,a ~ r,i
dent of tho United States tho head n,
NV partv and tho secretary Of thn rraas
ury said II was absolutely necessary IN
pass a tariff bill. and we had to mako cnn
cessions, even against our Judgment In re-
gard to the duties that were imposed
Here we have the fact brought out tboi
when Mr.. Carlisle had IL I'm His po,yer tc
defeat II particular tariff hin hn MIA NOT ic
So but. on the contrary ae denlarcS hv Mr.
Vest. he "coorced'' democrats TO vote for a
scale so probihi,orv thot thev ,n,,st nov,
called democratic ndninistr,fion II Ill Ne.
comes man who, rs, secretary OF the treas.
niy' was iaise TO every principle OF tarii
,.ho,.' =" n.t.h at'c ee'i,oFs
are recorded against the passape Of RI,
DinEley bill
~" Supp} ing what Mr. carlisle left nu
mo-, iIn,,. ~ ', ,'t -; ~, ~ W. '''UI
sage of the pinglev IT,; unon inc .,siI,,r.
ties by which 1t means democrats popu
lists and republicans who favor free silver
vas 'bo dc,, ." ats'1 sne .n"rsa mar