The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-12

The victory Of the gold standard In 1896
has shown itself to have been indecisive
not only In form, but also In the number
OF votes 1t received. N0c till the last mo-
ment, indeed, did the republican leaders
consent, In 1895, to admit the mention Of
gold into the party platform. and they
explicitly avowed their Willingness 10 ac-
cept silver as monetary standard Jointly
with gold, provided the other commercial
nations OF the world would do the same.
Fortunately the democrats came OUT
squarely for silver, without the aid or con-
sent OF any nation, and thus forced the
voters to choose between the immediate
addition Of silver and O future adoption
OF It under hypothetical conditions
by what strenuous efforts the imne-
diate free coinage OF silver at the ratio OF
Is to / was detected in 1896, will be re-
membered by all, and the close vote Of
100000 against It to 6,5oO,0Oo for it is a
matter OF record That the silverites were
fully justified by the result in continu-
ing their fight, Tuesdays elections also
prove. New York City has, by all enor-
nous majority, declared itself at least
Indifferent in the controversy, whereas
year ago 1t voted by almost lis large
majority against silver New York State
has though less declslvely. also exhibited
change in its temper Ohio, which "a
year ago went overwhelmingly against the
silver candidate, is this year In doubt,
and may possibly send silver senator to
Washington on aext March. Kentucky has
decialcn Tor the silver cause, uf;er ie-
pudiatlng 1t in 1886. AM what was The
leading aGi silver newspaper in the State.
the Louisville Courier Jou nal, ras teen
compelled, by the loss VI readers, &c ADAM
don its hostility to silver.
Nebraska, Bryan's State. inain's;ns the
position it took IN his behalf last year,
and SO do all the Western ..ies which
then gave him majorities. In fact, Il e ag-
gregate popular vote cast on Tuesday is
nearly as large TOR silver us that. n the
same territory was against 1t In 1855. Mr..
Bryan exults and p-.dlc.s success for sill
yer In 1900 How many votes were CARED
for the republican candidate in 1896 by
The express promise of the party to main
tain the gold standard only until an inter- |
national bimetallic agreement could be OBJ
tanned. and by the obligation 1t appar-
emily assumed to accept silver as soon as
the effort to reach such an agreement def |
nitely failed it Is impossible to say, but |
their number must have been considerable, |
now that the event In view has happened |
and Europe, under the lead of Great |
Britain. has refused to make the agree
nent to the promotion of which the st. |
Louis convention pledged itself. the re-
publlcans must come out unequivocally |
either for silver or for gold, and IT, as is
most probable, they come out for gold, the |
question whether the majority of the vot-
RS will sustain them In doing so, is one
which will be answered if not by the
elections of 1898, then by those of 1900.
After discussing the prospects of eur
'ency reform" and changes affecting the
evenue of the country, at the next SEES
nj ha al
Underlying these financial problems is
hat OF quieting the everlasting discomfort
# mankind with its lot and it's ineradcal
propensity to throw the blame of the
OF which 1t complains upon de-
ects in the existing social order. The
peeches made to the thousands who gath
red week ago to do honor to the mem
ry OF Henry George had this one burden.
was the wrongfulness of the present
Unequal allotment of the good things of
his world and the need of correcting 1t
y legislation. Henry George was charac-
erized as hero. u patriot and a mar
VI because he had earnestly and eloquent
y advocated the confscation of land val
es and thelr appropriation to the use of
he people. The speakers were encouraged
OF only by the loudly expressed applause
the crowd they addressed. but by the
resence OF eminent clergymen, lawyers
hu poHticlans, showing That the senti- |
tents they uttered were not those of the
COR and ignorant only, but Of intelligent
nd well educated AS yet these senti- /
tents have inspired nothing more agrees
i've than laws aimed against trusts. com.
nations and other machinery supposed
, be contrived for the robbery of tire
cor. but how far they will carry those
ho entertain them in their war against
ne possessors of wealth, is a problem !.
hich some future will solve"