The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-27
THE REGULATION OF THE RAILROADS,
Constant Surveillance of Their At
fairs Necessity.
THE STATES ANTITRUST LAW.
The statute IN Entirely Sufficient
aud should lie Rigi'IIy Enforced
by the Governor.

Promising tho lahorer increased wages,
they have reduced them.
| Thcir promise that the prices OF agricul-
ltural products would be Increased has been
fulfilled by reduction to prices lower
than ever before known. The only eXeep-
ton has been caused by famines In other
lands.
They have violated every promise they
| have made, and failed to redeem every
pledge they have given.
as a further evidence OF their legrada-
tion as party. II republican testimony
| is 10 be believed, they have recently Iur-
| chased scat in the United jtaas senate
Tor the chairman OF their National organ
| izailou
Thus the republican party stands b-snre
| the American people completely unmastcd.
| lis hypocrisy is exposed at cvo"y roint.
| Convicted of double-dealing on the Anan-
| cai question, OF dobauchlng the uallot box
| by bribery aud coercion, Of succeeding y
false aud fraudulent promises, it stands
| forth today confeaacdly unfit to discharge
| the great trust that has been committed
to ito hands. 1t is the enemy that We are
called upon to fight.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
| Upon the side of the massos of ,he Amer
| lean people stands the democratic party,
and it will this year. and Two years hence.
| move for u new trial and ask for u re-
vereal OF the judgment secured by tho
means heretofore indicated ana that the
administration oil public ailairs be wrcsted
| from renublicanism and restored 10 de-
| moCruCy.
| How oan the democratic party be hest
! prepared 20 enter this great struggle? Cur
| tainly not by concealing The polccs Which
| IT. proposes To ipangurata AMI Enetltc In
| the event Of it's return 10 power. On The
| contrary, 1t should explicitly state It's r5a'
| ton ON every public question which vitality
Affects tho interests OF tho American rec
| pie, If ! were permitted to write the lI,ts
| form in 1900 and the conditions wefn the
| same MS they now are, Solld rclncdGlo
| the one made by The domoertw al Chicago
| in 1885. might add somethiaS TO il, hut
/ would subtiaot nothing from It. That
| PLATFORM together with the gallant leail5r
| that WAS plnced on il na n candidate for
| president revived the droppng epirits n
| our people and furnished them with 10.
newod evidence that the party OF Jefferson
| and Jackson still survived. Those v Lo
| had 80 long misrspreNonted the daNurratiu
| party were overwhelmed with raige aud
| confusion, aud those who had been 50 long
| misronTesented were inspired with renewed
courage, in that they Regarded the plat.
| form aa u second declaration OF American
| independence. IL was clear and explicit
| statement that the government saould not
| DO operated In the interest Of Eastern
| money lenders, OF syndicates. or trusts
but Ia the interest of the masses of the
.',nu. van psupie; ~, M p''n,,pivS Shpela pc
! tinted statea 10 poyern herseif ana die.
tate her avn financial nolicv shouid bn
everywhere boldly declared, Gold apd sl-
Yer, the money OF the constitution, should
BIO coined upon equal terms and at the eN-
listing ratio
can not. in the brief lime viii II 7 ran
d,volo ia tbis s,ihiect hore repnat Tho tao
sons for this course. II must snfnre tor
mo TO state some prineiples mon wh;rh
all political economists agree they cm-
phasi3o tho necessity far Inc co,,rsa bpro
indicated:
Tho nrloe ot commodities MI th,n,s
else being enual win fan In oronortlon as
the primary money of the country ia a.
minished
.. Tho prices of commodities viii he In.
crcased. all things else bcing ouunl. IN
proportion as the volume of Tho urinary
money OF the country Ia Increased
a. A series Of falling prices is ALWAYS
followed hy a series of panics
II has been many times demonstrated
that With the operation of the
sINcrn corn srANnAnn
,,o. ~ ,
wv 'u'fN' % '"" so'u nlnes' atter
dedvc,lns that consumed by the arts. Is
moi sufficient To inerease the volume ~
prinnrv ~ onoy .s ra,la,,, =. a., h,aI.,,
"t''' ''' ~" p"s'"'Np
Hht poP"auoh are increased II must,
therefore. follow, as night follows day,
that during every year that MA onerate
upon single gold standard The yol,,,,,n ~
primary money must grow relatively l,sl
AS the primary money proxs reis,,vsI.
less tho prices OF commodities must In he
same proportion, continually full. In other
words. as the money becomes relatively
Ne same ppoUss aerer and products IN