The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28
,,orIrLlsr REASON.

,,,itcal entang'e'''e ra,v
p n.,sn should assail SO severely ',,
canpa ',s,s he is pleased to term dc
popu, son he alone, by the weight oil
: ...,,es and the prestige OF III" can
hhuen.' Governor. remained silent
.,o,,t the disintesratins inl,uvn'os
enOa s.vs known were continuously at
V, M, for his silence, or more truth
ii. acQuiesccnce, there wouia nave
n'' ,aoacy in "the false and deiama-
~ ~. a. fusion between the popuiists
.,hllcans' he so deeply deplores ana
.s made the excuse for cruel
s = dcsertion on election day.
~ Unfortunate and Inaccurate is ne
cha, This is only history repeat
ne in the statement that i'll 1872
',.rr forces had the battle won put
eio'h h,fore the battle of the ballots
lsns Tod their party on the preteXt
cese'' necessary TO vote for Governor
~ defeat Judge Clark.
70 ssr,ously entertained the iiea OF
Vuren.'s election in ~, AS a
,ss populists never poiled vote
md their strength was UNKNOWN
al this is unfortunate as an an
= the situation, the following is
,.,on In which Major Kearhy's
ssl destroy the force Of his 'irtuous
yrls of fusion. 1T was" he de-
stnown OF all men that a com5ina..
III the opposition to the ring could
in driving it from rower.' Mark
.rrssson- combination of all the
,or" WHY refer to this fact II me
wv ~ the mind was not that it should
that this combination SHOULD be
minated Herein lies the secret OF
hole matter. The bowling, dissem,
traffckng campaign just closed
.sacts the inncrmOst desires OF our
growing out of a consideration
aboye proposition. To fool the re
ans into believing that they would
! nonulists' vote for Mckinley elect
"A vel keep the populists from he
: sny such rot, was the herculean
assumed BIZ populst leaders. That
M are not smarter or clearer oil DIS
M, than many republicans, ought not
Nss them to such severe abuse, or
Major Kearby in saying that the
iuEon was not believed by them,
i, used to justify their treaion' 1t
IS we'll to be plain and get at the
II the matter, An open aVowli along
line BY popuist leaders would be
more than anything else fer the
atlon Of confidence In the integrity
marty. aud orince it's determination
kintain its principles
say that populis;s who voted the DEM
4 ticket used their fusion cry as
h to Justify their treason. is not true.
4 to protect their principles. and not
kpholy massacre Of them, as charged
hut the shadow Of reason.
forty or fifty thousand popuiigts who
for Mckinley and Hobart, calls for
Ensure 1t seems, though this was
bn indeed but the writer AYERS it was
with no treacherous motive. Their
bns were innamed to the extent that
pes sank out of sight, They were
ictims OF that kind of leadership that
bed the State In the interest of Nc
n and revenge. The very influa ice
csrried this body into the camp of
hemy Of everything populsts held sa-
drove from them /1dy equally as
who, fearing finally for the safety
State for silver, turned to the demo-
party TO make sure Mir Bryen
ret the electoral vote--a thing they
mover have done. nor would occa-
have ever demanded II. but for The
lrd-of policy of uniting all the
ition against the ring, and attempting
leach political economy suitable TO
blnnteers' The truth of the matter is.
populists as body would have lal-
10 the standard Of Bryan ana Watson
put the least sign of dD-ur'iuu adj
ist leaders led in the rallyiug Oy.
when every ATTEMPT Ia this direction
Drowned down. and democratic troach-
|eld up fer revenge, as " the great is
As not paramount to any overt act
hch the STATE administration 'rus
Ple then dssenslon and dislutezrdtion
,. aud the end was near; it only need
e ridicuing of the silver clestion by
list leaders to make II complete. The
and srecious plea that there was
ng In the free coinage Of lvor but
lumhcr of new dollars added to the
ation, was made Inv mon WIN know
the fundamental principle underlying
question, and upon which the status
the silver now in circulation would
Msea INTO real money, no longer sub
70 NE destroying effects Of this ",s-
hed policy of maintenance with
' appreciated gold standard, Major
y himself, 1t seems. was not above