The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-04
WARNING IS SOUNDED.
onai Committeeman Dudley to
the Texas Democrats.
TER ENEMIES or DEMOCRACY
Not All Enrolled Openly in the
Ranks OF the Republican
Party.

he Democracy OF Texas,
IRIS, Texas, March 1.-The campaign
b96 had hardly closed. the smoke OF bat
cleared away and the results known
the campaign OF 1900 began. This
baign began not only in the ranks o
democratic party and the friends o
causc of humanity, but at the sans
and with equal yigor 1t was com
bed by all the enemies of democrac,
Ithe opposition to the cause of the peo'
M The interest and the earnestness o
Sapposing factions in the great political
which viii be fought 10 a finish upoI
anne lines pitched bv the platform Of
xviii not abate, but viii increase day
ay until the result shall be made
n 10 both victor and vanquished al
November election in 1900. The ene-
az democracy do not consist alone OF
trubiican party, but there are others
equally with the republicans, opposed
aYs sui opposing the Chicago plat
and desire TO place this government
tlrmly upon a gold basis, in order u
Zip in this Republic moneyed pluto
1t IS apparent that there Is nov
10 land plan on the part oil the latter
TO get control of the party machinery
wrtte the platform of the democratic
in 1900, reversing the Chicago piat-
and reieguting William j. Bryan to
baekground, OF else raise an issue and
10 divide the party on the question or
coinage of silver at the ratio oil 10 TO
Possibly they will agree to free COIN
blank, if the ratio is left to congress
title, but they will try to divide the
on the ratio, thereby weakening it's
9Th and inshring the success of the
blican party This movement is led
Lr. Whitney and others who have never
in sympathy with the Chicago plat
Sn Horace Boies of Iowa. who was a
ccratic candidate for nomination for the
idency at the last National democratic
ention at Chicago, in letter TO. the
Leader, few months ago, de-
IA that the Chicago platform had had
aay In court before the tribunal OF last
vt
Ia in a letter TO me of date October %,
Elm speaking of what was contained in
ffletter to the Des Moines Leader Oh
2Ehicago platform, he said; TT was my
4ose, however, and one that / desire To
6hasize here, to assert the unqualified
u of every democrat in the United
fes to question the propriety of further
Rrence TO that instrument in all It's
Is, and to use whatever influence he
sesses to secure such modification OF
Esame in the future as he conscientious
believes ought to be made.
Enow and always have been opposed to
declaration in the demo-
Tic platform for free coinage at the fixed
5 of 16 to L.
Arthur McEuen's letter, which was
hished in the New York Journal some
ks ago, the following appeared: "Bi-
nllism by all means; 1t is the money
the constitution and therefore demo-
IS. But why l6 to l or death? What
Tee of Heaven has given that ratio .
cedness beyond all other possible RAJ
|? There are hundreds of thousands OF
d bimetallists. as Mr. Bryan himself.
object to JIG to 4, they believe in hon.
money. but they believe that
question Of ratio is a detail that may
be left to congress to debate aud to
8 What reason is there
ense: what reason in sane politics, WHY
BRYAN should stand on 16 to j., and,
aking as the head of the democratic
ty, say: He that is not for me is against
Mr.. BRYAN may. IL he choose,
X like an oyster to the rock of t6 to 1.
the stream of new democracy will
be stationary for his sake, nor for any
MS"
on. Henry Watterson, who fell from his
y eminence to become the apostle of
fner and Buckner and goldbueism, in an
,rview published in The Houston Post
ew weeks ago declared that the free
I'D never win and that the next Ma
sal democratic convention would be rent
.wain on this Issue.
letter writieti by Walter Weilman
published in tho Chicago Times Herald
February Z. under the heal Of "Split on
yer Conflict over Ratio" appears the
owing: at is obvious that another great
: within the democratic party Is now
1itable. The bone of contention is to
whether the ratio If 16 to ] be adhered
in the declaration of the democratic
h. or whether it shall be abandoned.
ing tho platform simply free coinage OF
er without mentioning the ratio
low appears that the movement is even
re formidable and far-rearhing than 1t
med at first. and that ere long the
cccrscy viii hna itself in the throes OF
most violent effort to got away from
'anism ana BRYAN himself and return
| currency policy on which IL Is believed
democrats can Standardization OF Sill
as money metal irrespective of the
.. Before the question is fought
TO finish, In all probability. the DEM
attic party will be torn nv the most Bit
discussions. Already the old 16 to |
WI arr sounding the alarm they see in
now movement nothing but treachery
the sacred cause. sac nothing but
Ice OF the money power 10 play into
hands of Wall STREET. The supporters
.hc now device for eliminating Bryan
JIG 10 believe tiiny can command The
port Of all the New England aud Mid
States. Of Ohio, West Virginia, Ken
ky. Indiana, Michigan. Illinois. Wiscop-
Iowa and Minnesota In the National
iocratlc convention. and gain the sup
OF louisiana and Georgia and perhaps
'r Southern States. and that If they can
'rol two-thirds Of all The delegates in
convention. they can get m're than a
'ority End thus be in a rosition 10 die
terms. Long before the bat
- 1900 comes IN the Democratic patty
be in the throes OF bitter family
rel. which will doubtless give the gold
ldard republican party an easy victory.
mstier what the result OF the State and
g-essioui elections this year"
rom the foregoing extracts 1t Is per-
ly evident that a conspiracy has been
ned. which rot only threatens the Chi 4
0 plfteorm. but likewise threatens the
,t'srd hnarer OF democracy. william i
an, and that the gold standard friends
still playing into the bands OF the re-