The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-20
AN ADDRESS BY PETER
He Says the Recent Gold Discoveries
May Convert Silver Republicans.
FUSION PopullsTs WERE IGNORED.
state Ticket Nominated i'm Iowa.-Ad-
dress by Temporary Chairman
Riclcr-Platform Adopted.

TOT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. N. biosus
For lieutenant governcr--D. l.. Perkins.
For supreme judge--J. A. Lonsburg.
For superintendent OF instruction--Wil-
liam Blaine.
For railroad commissiorsr--L. II. Grit
fifth.
Des Moines, Iowa. August ie.--The mid
die OF the read populists held State con-
vention here today, which was largely at
tended. about fifty counties being repre-
sented. a. w. C. Weeks Of Madison
county presided. A. L. Kicker Of Johnson
county who was made temporary chair
man, spoke as follows:
1.-THE present condition OF society. where
few ta'se all that the many produce, ~
the direct outgrowth OF the competitive
system. II is useless TO apply palliative
TO this condition. Heroic treatment Is de-
manded. Nothing short of the absolute
destruction OF the competitive system as
applied to those things which are In thcin-
selves essentially public utilities CT public
necessities will relievs society from the
head under which II Is at present strug-
Cling. The competitive system is doomed.
| II Is at variance With the laws OF God, the
tenets OF Christianity and that very nd
erty which we hold sacred above all things
else. and no reform party. | care not by
whom championed, or how aggressive may
| be its campaigns, can over succeed IN
| holding tho SURFACES Of the people Unless
| 1t recognizes this fact.
"Tho convention held In this city May
| 81, called by the chairman of the people $
party State central committee. deliberate
| " and seemingly willingly abandoned the
| principles OF the omaha platform, gave
| up the name OF the party, adopted the name
| Of democrat and by this act became abb
| sorbed into the democratic party u Is
| useless therefore. to expect continuation
| OF the battle from this organization. they
| have withdrawn from the ranks OF those
| who are fighting on the side OF the com
monwealth. and placed themselves In the
| ranks of those who, while protesting TO bI
| reformerS, make no promise of any cnangt
IN the present destructive system OF COS
| operative capital and competitive Industry
From the May convention there Went
forth a baud OF forty seven men whose
perception was clear enough to penetrate
the haze with which this modern democ'
racy has cloudcd the reform movement
Those men saw that the much vauntot
Chicago platform. In not one line or sen
tence makes an open and direct attack upon
our present economic system. These mel
recognized the insllequacy OF the free com
age of silver, alone and nnaided. as
weapon 10 strike II death blow ut pluioc
racy. Well knowing that this fusion woul'
| end as hayo nh others tfor particulars o
| which see history OF gre2ubick party an'
| the election of Grover Cietelanll they de
cidcd TO profit by experience and at one
begin reorganization OF the party
| have seen enough to convince me, nptwlth
standing the efforts OF Bryan ami man.
other men broader than their party, thu
| within three years we shall witness
united democracy. The gold sta1dar'
democrats arc wiser and abler politician
than their silver brethren, and the actio
of their newspapers and the attitude OF IN
democracy In Maryland AMI other state
has convinced me OF the futllity Of expect
ing even modlcum 81 relief from Ii
| democratic party.
I'VE united with the democracy in 1879
because OF the nomination OF Bryan, VIII
lacked only the name TO mako him poi
ulist and the democracy had taken ste
in advance. Bryan is not now the demo
cratic party as he was practically In 1886. -
"a partisan press tells us that prosptrit
is returning. TO not he deceived. SO Ion
as capital hns Il in it's power. by combine
ton, to levy flxed charges upon Industry
prosperity TO the great industrial classt
can never be more than ciimera, wi
| O. the wisp, a phantom of the imagina
tioi, for when the absorbing power of cal
ital is constantly increasing, no tenporai
, | revival In business can change the certal
> | and fixed result. 1t Is the capitalstse syt
tenn which must 20. and 30 relieve Tn
I condition and to change this SYSTEM. u
| Chicago democratic platform offers not or
thing. It's one cure-ail is the free coinat
| Of silver. The free coinage Of silver wi
increase the volume of money and rais
prices, but Will destroy no trusts, no mos
g opolies will in nowise deprive corporation
OF their enormous absorbing powers
fact could they but realize IT, Il wou
| 81 oil ,sas til Aotf ~
the power OF no railroad king, nor will
d in any degree lessen the burdenso:no u
which our railroad management has place
. on commerce. Free silver Will not depri'
g q single land baron OF his stolen public d
= main. No party cnn ever succeed upon Il
single silver issue, for its inadequacy
o relieve society Of its stricken condition
apparent. Deeper and more farrreachiI
c must be the reform. the banner Of Will
: ! viii gather to II tho countless numbers
the oppressed. Never again shall we co
;. sent to compromise with plutocracy, a.
!. from the dark night of the present ~
TEN OF consuming greed, OF aggregat
y wealth and OF cruel injustice. we will IA
:, | to the dawn OF brighter day, when I
!" commonwealth OF tho people win prevail
Is Tho feature OF the afternoon was 4
address by ex-senator PETER 81 ksDss
lie said in part.
Is '1f recent discoveries OF fresh gold min
tnDNlN pluNt W NC IN NaiuhVi' ~ litDt
y appearances indicate, the silver questi'
mey soon be wholly eliminated from I
publican discussions. except, perhaps, as
s. those persons whose individual interes
l. are at stake silver republicans wa
!. more metallic money. and they won
u probably be satisfied with gold II there "
ne enough OF IL. The coinaga Of silver .
i IN income tax are the only matters att
which the democratic and poDuliSt part
~ are even approximately in accord As
r al matters which populists regard as ~
at damental ara as 81 surpasslny importaf
a. we are not only not IN accord. but
80 positively opposed to each other"
OF The following State ticket was placed
We the field: Governor, Charles A. Lloyd
A. Muscatine county; lieutenant governor,
!, u. Perkins Of Lycf.s supreme Judge J..
a. Lopgburg of Wapello; superintendent
s. Instruction william Blaine Of Mark
" railroad commissioner, j. ii. Griffith
!. Ice.
d. A protest, slgned by j. Bolnagee. cis
man rt the populiEts who have cenlbil