The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
LEADING EDITORIALS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

York gold standard papers they receive
silver dollars or silver certificates at par.
and II he pays them in gold they make no
deduction. How Is this? Why do they take
silver dollars II they are worth only "a
cents, as we are daily told 10 the case7 The
reason Ii that they know the difference
between legal tender dollar and the ma
teriai Of which It Is made. They want the
dollars to use as money and not to be
melted uL and sold "a bullion to silver
smiths for the manufacture OF spoons or
other silverware They know that II they
melt their silver dollars they will only
get IS cents an ounce for them today. while
in the form Of dollars they are worth 129
cents an ounce. Not goldbug OF them
|statements.
And yet we are told that because the
government will only coin its own silver
while 1t will coin cverybody's gold. the
legal tender silver dollar which passes
freely for a hundred cents and is paid out
by all the banks in the form OF silver GER
tiicates, Is worth only 43 cents. Those who
so tell us despise the main body Of the
people. and believe thom to be fools. They
ind great many fools who believe them:
fools who handle silver certificates every
day and receive them from the sound
money" banks. and who md them always
at par with gold coin. II Is none the less
dishonest to lie, even to fools for the pur-
pose OF holding their votes for the proven
ton OF the restoration Of free coinage Of
silver. and for the abolition Of the silver
dollars now In existence.
From the Birmingham Age Herald.
PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL effort
Will be made to give the public schools Of
Atlanta a more practical direction and the
experiment will be watched with interest.
After being In operation for thirty years
the schools Of that city have turned out
thousands OF pupils who ara now grown
| men and women. many Of whom have
reached middle age.
| Those who have studied these prodncts
Of tho publbo school system say that their
literary education untitled them for busi-
ness life and caused the great majority
| to try the professions or aiuniessly drift
along diseontented with their )ot In life 1t
Is plain that there Is not room enough in
the professions for everybody business
and Industrial pursuits demand an army
| OF workers every year, and they should
be equipped for their occupations.
| An education which makes yovngster
a self supporting citizen is worth thou
| sdHu tlHeS more luan an euuciLlDn EniCn
makes him a literary dude. incapable OF
| taking care OF himself The schools very
largely shape the lives OF their pupils. and
| II Is important that their training should
take more practical turn. Tie change
NAV be made without lowering tho liter
ary standard OF tho schools, The main
| thing ~ to make Greek and Latin less es-
sential to the hosts OF young people who
do not intend to 80 to college after leaving
| school.
| Teachers should and out II possible the
occupations about which their pupils are
best fitted for or intend to follow, and
| they should DO educated with q view to
making them more successful in their fu-
ture fields OF labor. Our public schools
will be very successful institutions II they
turn out cglons OF incawbles who oil want
| TO be lawyers. doctors. preachers aud writ
era. Somebody must do the rough work
OF the world and carry on its busineys
A practical system OF education recognizes
this fact and provides the required train
Ing. Atlanta's example might be followed.
From the Louisville Dispatch.
DUCKNER ON SILVER--General Simon
Bolivar Buckner has a silver record Ike
the others. and he has never given to the
public any reason for his change O. front.
He was nominated for governor and placed
on a platform. which was indo-sel by
Henry Watterson In speech before the
convention. General pucaner opened his
campaign June IS. 1887 and his speech
was published in the Louisville Times
Speaking OF the republican party, he said
The republican party advocates a con.
struction OF the powers OF the general gov
eminent Numerically opposite to thai
maintained by the democratic party
Viewed In the light OF its legislation. Il
acts as II power were inherent IN the gov.
ernmcnt itself and that the States unt
the people are but the creatures OF govern
mcnt. IL does not hesitate TO bes.ow tn,
public domain upon corporations ard t,
lend them the credit OF tho government; Il
vote subsidies TO individual enterprises
and TO tax one class OF citizens TO enricl
a more favoaied class, ut v.olassd lis dut.
to tho people by abrogating the ccnt~ac
OF .he hondholders TO receive their ray il
the currency OF the country, and gave tfen
gold instead; and 1t then demoneti1ed sill
yer In order TO make gold more valuable
and further enrich tho capitalist at tn
expense OF the poople.) 1t restricts q
stretches out tho powers Of government t
suit Its party ends. and when the consti
tuition has not proved sufficiently elasti
to suit the purposes OF the party, X hl
disrcgarded II SO entirely that II was tn
I boast OF late prominent leader OF tn
I | party that their action was not limited b
the power that had been granted. but tina
they were legislating entirely outside tn
: constitution--in other words. iha; tSc leg
islatlye body could do what !. pleased, TN
the only right OF tho people was that Q
, abiect submission to the VIII OF their ow
agents"
3 General Buckner then said 1t was wron
to pay the bondholders In gold. II 40 tcl
: the truth then. why 10 It not the trut
: nov? II General Buckner told the trut
whom no said they "demonetired silver /
: order TO make gold more valuable. an
4 further enrich the capitalist at the e,Iens
= OF tho people," why is II not the t-ut
nowf General Buckner told the trut
a then, Why should tho people Of Ksntuck
Z not hold him TO II now .'hs truth doe
i not change. II IL the same yesterday. 10
4 dav and forever. Buekner has ceaagsd. "
! now denies that silver was demonctize
4 In order that gold might be Nude NOR
y valuable. He denies that capitalists wer
4 enriched by deinonetizing silver at the cS
i pense of the people, He now ,oa.ends tina
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