The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-19
4 NOTABLE CONVERSION.

Tug NoIu,,r'h view u reuermi 'aH $1,000 -
View Of iinance Indeed. Il Il more re-
pugnnnt. for II has long been plundcring
c e,,n ~ bnrnav 90 fn, Nae bcen merely a
threat. Again the protective policy is
xn1 , py derun, ,es esq., 70 oa s hiIc ne
coinage heresy II believed by most OF
tnnsf Wno anvoea,e ~ ,, 70 % t,g,,' ~ ,hs
News is ii h sure that the masses of
southcrn people VINO are 80 n ~, ..,,1de sI
by ilshonest motives. They do not want
to repudiate; ana tnry saw tnr h.ige e,,
Il They relieve tbat there shonid be more
norey because there " no little money
~ ~ e,,re sn ina vew when the bank hold
iDes IN many Of the Southern states arc
INTERCHANGEABLE AN, TX Il Nraivcston News.
Tho post can not reslst the temptation
IN nub,iclv congratulate the News that cir
cunsta,co. of enfficlent weight TO ,nflu.
cnec its position are gradually exacting
sr,,,, I'm, ponar n recognition ~ aome de-
,,,ao AZ bo,o.,v :, tho southerp neooIc
A death bca grenentanc, ia mt always re-
oarded ma Tho most satisfactory. but oven
that exbibition NJ n eontrite heart and
hrplffn a Wtn4SS
hardened sinner do without tho semblance
OF grace.
Dut IN think ~ Tho Galveston News OF
1896 exclaiming In the summer OF 1897
that Tho "coinaro bcresv ia believed by
most ~ those who edyoeote II TO he hon
Southern peoolo who ara so anxious TO
omen the mints to silyer. are not guided
hv dlsbonrst motivosn and that they do
not wnnt /, renudlalelr
Contrant these conclIiatorv advanoes nv
the News nj this time with that flaming
pieturo roprodueed by that naper from
Leslie'a Weekly last yenr. in which the
FREQ silyer democracy was represented aa
Anarchv VIM ,ts ,,.d torcb IN bord Nm.
ing. burning and aestroyjng as IL went
the very embodiment of revolution. dis
honesty and repudiation!
Contrast this present bid for popular fla
vor In this section with the News' de.
nunciatlon of the free silver forces OF
Texas and the South, In the campaign of
last year as a herd Of orepndintors'' led
by gang OF "busted real estate specu-
lators and bankrupts"--as a party OF dis
honest denagogues and reyolutlonlsts. in
league with anarchy and satanl
Call 10 mind asnin the ringing abuse M
the state democracy and the characterlga-
ton Of the state administration as a cor
rupt gang OF rinpsters; and then relpem.
Der the inslnuatlon that The democratic
press, which was defending the people OF
Texas against these foul calumnics. was
inspired by business conslderations,''
There wac no term too harsh. no charge
too false. no abuse too yirulont and no In
einuattun too contemplate for the Cialyes-
ton News to use In 1896 In gpeaklne If ,he
free silver democracy OF Texos apa tho
South.
And now II swallows tia own words and
credits the free silver democrats win,
honety Of purnose and declares lint !, ao.s
not believe they desire 10 renuaiata,
In 1896 Il supported Mckinley q, ,ho
ground That the free sllyor ,horesy" wa,
more a.,roro,s na, h,,,, ,.,s,
iss' II eats It's own words and admits that
the Northern view OF Federal taxation
10 more repugnant morally than the South
ern View OF finance"
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40 .,,.,.,,. ,,,,.,,,
o''''"'se' mas
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