The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-15

.nem, their doors. Long before the prom.
iscd streams OF free silver reached him.
we farmer would be wiped out--the mer-
chant would be wiped out--leaving only tha
advcnturer. with nithIng 10 lose, to tell
the tale. Even no would In most cases end
where he began, with nothing. or with
worse than pothlng--like those who. tiuf-
ing the war. found themselves loaded down
WIN that money of which 1t was com
monty said that the more you had of II
me worse Off you We're. In short, The rem,
guy proposed by these visionary financictn
anu optimistic philosophers--these chasera
OF political and other rainbows-is of
piece with the prescription OF the quack
uootor, good TO cure In thirty days" ana
consequently valueless 10 the natiert
doomed TO death except he yet relief n
twenty. ~
Let us give thanks to God that we are
not Nation OF bnnkrupts! Neither ara
we generation OF swinSlers. In Kentucky
at ieast-and just now we are most con.
ecrheu ABOUT kentucky--we claim to be Z
race OF brave, upright and solvent men.
| VINO mean to pay our honest debts. dollnr
| lof dollar and VIII do so II permitted bS
| those rampant leaders who have stolen tina
house- poat OF democracy for their hare-
Drained excursions, and who lured by Siren
voices and needless Of the volcano frown.
| lhg above Them, are sailing In fancied ~.
cutity over the treacherous waters OF veo-
VIVIAN seas. From the beginning they were
doomed 10 shlpwreck. They are venting
| III all the essential elements of success in +
ne on land or sea. Even In their own trada
oil professional politics. they are rank fail
ures, Where they are sincere they are
deluded. Where they are loyal they ara
mistaken. Where they are dsinterested---
u the word has any place In their vocab-
u'ary~they equally lack dscernment and
oompoSure, lntolerant and short -sightctR-s
overi'owing with excitement and misln-<
iorination--too often they are merely vain.
selfish and yengoful, Men OF this stamn
never win In the long run, and never de-
serve 10 Win. They would not know what
TO do with substantial victory even ~
II were possible for them TO achieve one.
Across the brow OF each of them is writ
ten the motto. rule or ruth" and lust
beneath Il the curse Of Reuben, Unstable
as water thou shalt not excel" Knowing
'hein Tor what they are. no prudent man
would commit any private affair of plth
and moment into the custody OF such at
tornoys. though II is not easy to conceive
how they could separately, or as body
handle the least OF private affairs more
disastrously than they have handled tho
affairs OF the democratic party. For to
change the figure somewhat, to fetch II
home and adapt II to our native parts Of
speech, they have played n very loose and
very losing game; they have run 4 very
devious and very desperate race: they
have LETT out OF their betting hooks n dark
horse and an evrond,,,, iar, -. 80
oun ,bnt ,.ag ,a,.,, 49,, ~, w.
the post; dark horse they have not even
mentioned far less considered, in their cal
culatons. but which they will have to
reckon with; and this dark horse is the
heart, the brain. The conscience. tho moral
""'"'' w VIZ i'oop'e Oh hrh'ucNy'
TRUE DEMOCRACY
For one I am willing In trust my fats
for good ~ N, 10 49,. - - -,
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'''""th an uHic-with ihat heart. that
brain that conscience that moral nature
am not conscious Of having commi,tsd
,n,, ,, , Il.
Wv INV "'''a' ~ W. crime 70 love
hehtncky ana TO place her fame and honor
above every other consideration I do not
think that I have rcrne,ra,cd INV M, -,
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ns, w. ", uNe't" a'.S W"'"' Mpiun huouAa
,"sn nv wa, ,uss OF the confidence ana
49, NV ie,loM "ohoc'a,s Oh henturky
49,, "e," sooo enough 10 mahiies.
~, NV, aih ready 10 go 10 iay "
wv. wv "hht.Ner o' service nave done
az, an '"oiI at'nt' Whatever OF success or iaii-
VIE = NAV nave achieved ID their cause.
10 'ahc my uischafSe from their hands and
" ''pa,t III pencc' foiticai anhinilatioh
naa nv 'eilprs ,or iie. vi poilticai amDi-
.un = nave hau none Whicn mas not en-
'la'.u the H,ory OF my country ana the
,'np''.es anu ploSpoii'E OF my country
~, w, h'ie ~ 'Nuh,uchy, una eVerywnere
W.. ousnout me nnioh' ana wheh 10 70
Nv '"'e "hu ou'lNioh Mhlch may ne III
I'LL .U,l io' nv. ep", MOI IN Iclt Iuito des
,.ut ,t lne'e nwai, me Green neias ana
p, y, ltht efes anu loVins hearts, ana DOCKS
Du'"iu uoeo",pany tne man VINO mas uona
w. ,' t, 49, % NV , ,hs tNcn "',n .ne 'Ins