The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03

e~&4-n.Nty N ftlts E.tll4 aud 401n&co cDs--
\ Hr Fczrsr rcrsess that IA 1879 an III.
frents heated ~ Hon Jonathan Lane. VIA
= rcw ore Of ste most sathusissric sue.
PcrteTz cf Major SIyers sof governor n.oI;
81 the democratic stats .conveztfcz rqff h
tae farrcHs tar shei a, Hosz On tas1eg
~ rsncilhon upcu tire platform decIa-stt7n
icf FIRE silver. which Mr. lsase and Ia
associates ecnte1ded was uniferros f8sfcT ana
Foruiistis VI. Foster fosrefs th4t -fser
that boit had occurred and tEe fFss rsiysr
gNestion ais -fhen prcyse1ei into ths sfafe
sarrgsltSn Is BE dfsiiluE Issue. 1Ir. Craze
Efe Fa4 n7s 4 candidate. AMI VINO protest
e1 aga.n.t his termination, vas drafted ID
BY TIE Stafwart Aerl0rrass who ufsfe uo
tkaF convention Tor tks ss,oai5 bias 6nstbs
state ssckes h~adsa hg Governor HogS TAts
Wis IN august. 1867 NJ Fcater now asks
\ me people cs TEXTS to 4scsp. Ills assertion
L rF91 Eha rscrFi zhcws Eha Crane Vc.E4
against IRE silver III tts state senate 10
lss- ~ the face 81 TIE sdSt tf1t shorty
efter 'ne adjournment ~ the legislature,
MI NFaas was over his protest., plaseI o5
5he ticket wEth Govsrncs Hogs b make 1
hshS for free siIFer.
Cess Dir Foster oeIisge that the 1s0T q
rt Texas Will hsffeyr his Ess-tioaF Etseg
( aHrbcS.y tFi5sTe that he tsIfsses ifs
Mr. gosser targets thar the free s5Iser
issue rss gqHare1y peecezseH In the dsfs18-
Y
| between what WIS called tbs fua3orr.y rfss-
form. setserstihE tEc shameful saraatla
i which dkscge1tseyl Tho defrce-ztfe NatlSiyag
| conveEtiez 0f 1850 aud the minority ptst-
I form. whtch ccasstazd a Str1iEhs tree silver
/ ptank Mr. trans WAS candidate kgtcre-
/ shst ennvca'i9e scr tfc scnituasioa Tor Gt-
( tdfGCT general and 1T * wgu : NJtsI sn9t
( ihe zs@4 men were thege IS delegates sr
large Members The fight b.,pcau tie tro
\ platforms aroused n1uch feeling bar al Tie
peril Of bringing defeat urcn their ear
S asfsfe ine Johnson county delegation rois.i
IS unit tor .he free silver piIffpFrn.
and y "a Is Wei known b. them that MF.
action.
VIZ Foster soaz Dos forge, 1885. lilo IS
GENEROUS enough 70 remember that s4r.
Craze ,cck a leading part ia Eha Ernt %
gave the ccunty cnc straightsorl-a ri t;str-
| eetltlc National platform. something St had
lot seen slaes Grover Cleveland ear1,. il,
Ire surface q affairs Nor 10 ire s.eef.Ie
81 Texas forget 1865. Taey remember v,,ii
'uat u was generally predicted avs .hs
press aat believed hy the people thu; the
fs EESrrastc National convention Of fseS
r0aid oe controlled by Mr. Cleveland agn
tnat Ne or somebody named hy him v.cS.d
ne uor5inated for president Not few 80.
tatted solver men In Texas took ID ihe|
NoSas- Eatle others vera busy proel4fstE1c
tfstr willingness to hastily climb M Oh j
scld standard platform and declaring sfat
EHeF w0usd feel entirely cornsrTtatsf. there
NJ Foster. where vas Mr sa-srs in
You and l. and every man Who vas IN
any degsss familiar with tbs silver nsht.
know thst there were many Southern rcp-
resensasives in congress who we're nnriin-
ally for silver TO hold their places thsre,
and who voted perfuncto5iiy for 1t xaen
tii'5 and resolutions were presented touch
IRE on The aubIse5, but who were d. Iea-s
opposed to It. or who regarded the :ssue as
et small Importance. YoI kno< tia, ,i,ess
indifferent supporters were the worst eme-
mics IN fact that silver had 20 aght, and
ycu know that in every instance th,.v g.ers
TIE chosen friends Of Grover C.evcifa2. atsa
ycu know Why that was so You LaoE
NAT ! personally made the SIGHT lacn ths
'siiver politician ot this strSaa v.dea Il |
vas unpopular IN Texas 10 do it. stalking
every interest that | had en- the .eHisst |
tnat and the paper / then edited lrerg
cenounced all over Texos for this ,-1t~se
and that later events have vindica.ad tie
tcziiion then took under storm Of spars |
dissent
You know, that Mr.. sayers never voted
fer fTse coinage bill that had he .il.l.es, |
was cast. 80 '''s
Yes know that there was a silver 0zh.
IN 1872 that meant something fight that |
was 20 determine whether TIE danceEs.s
tsrty Should stand for monomcialiisyn or
.. i1etsii m fnaI was the most critical
ihfty ssAce jackson routed Nicholas Basal
ana rs bank Of She United States. Ttgn
vas tn time FOR man 10 shoz- htz
cei0Fs IHe man wEo did ne, dglt gor
-iseT ~ ls't7-S. gho did uos fgat TO max,
q si!ysr Flziform and 20 name silver
aha'eete 10 si7nd On It. asvs- was SIN
aeFe tF1ead OF silver. The m1n who God |
to ihc woods before tn Sat.onul r7n-rn-
i,,cn r'fi. and ,ook no further lntcrey, in
'he Proceedings thsa 10 announces ~, he
W. "a Chamber IN the hs1i wagon "a mas
TER Esich road e Travelled. Win Nc. no
rslId yin any profound iHiarrst no7s when
III u, 'Niss ancut votes To- silver thai ware
hiRs when hey fian'; county for gavtsirg
"hire was Nr, ;eyers wher Tho Feh,
Nas in rrCRress for tse rontrpi az IN
9 cTstia National convention, Yeu nv,
,os1 "hSre no was after ;h1t aeat pss or.
were was ~ beforSf He supported ia
liatIolM ana 'hh ticket the only thing ,hs-
~ Nas hea,d % say in the heart OF he
'oh'ti.t q Tar az ms Investigation g, tha
[eecrd shows. was thar he would nr.ieh
my Platform that Nigh, he adopted.
would be uisnifes,ly nntsir to take
he testimony upon this sabjse, Of any one
Aho Is nov opposed to the nomination Of
Mr. Savers for governor. Hls own tsstl.
r'ny aaa the testimony Of his friends
'Flends then aad now su he!enuy explains.
think the unwillingncss OF the great mass
u silver democrats 10 take Mr, siyers as Z
heir standard bearer IN the approaching
and the hearty supgor, that he
5 receiving from the clement that seeks I
o reconstruct the democratic platforms,
9th State and National.
lac first organization q silver men IN
Texas looking 10 the campaign OF lsa5
sas made during the Twenty fourth leg
alasnre. Il few OF It's members Issued a
all for . bimetailie State convention. which
aet At Fort Worth IN August. 1886
lumber cf the staiwart friends Of silver
mo were not dlsasayed bv Inc predictions
hat Cleveland would be IN he saddle in
be succeeding National convention were