The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-28
CAMPAIGN REFLECTIONS.


Tho cash balance In the Nntioaal treasury
"a e. bE that interes, on government bonds
Is being paid before IL Is due. and the gold
reserve fund Is about fiYe times what 1t Was
iG'luE the period of unuey sSringeucy and
business depression ~ g few years aEc. Also
th Ter capita OK circulation Is greater than
ever before Uncle sam hasn't sly got
money To burn but be Is pretty well fixed
san Antonio Express
on yes: but what ahou, the people who ara
be'rE taxed to pile up this Idle money In the
trcbsury--Vho wiIl BE- fur,hsr taxed TO pay
tho iatereA; on al entirely unnece$ssry boni
issue c, s3o1 oo9. 40? Future reports viii
show that the money Of tie COUNTRY IS still
raridly accommodating IN tho treasury. TO the
delrfmeat Of tts business tteres's o, the
couury. and the official admission - mad
that 4, is due 20 receipts OF the var Ioan.
The injurious effect Of ibis removal OF the
circulating medium OF The country from cir
ogiatian Is further conceded by the treasury
officials by an order for anticipating ihe o.
tober interest payment on the National
bopds- This sctuai cash in the treasury con
sists Of Cold s265 .3T7 is3: silver 1913 10 S24:
psVer. Sc, 1s4 M5 bonds. National bank de-
pcs;cEles. etc. is1.2s2.2oi: aggregate. 81
1855. Against this aggregate. thers are
/ outstanding demand liabilities amounting 10
1854. which leaves ret cash balance
10 tra treasury % sze4 Isl aA The demand
liabilities consist for the most part Of tie
20 errmeni's paper money. OF which the
god and SILVER certificates and the treasury
noiss amount TO SIS. eles57. In other words.
tho government nov has In the treasury
enough money to redeem every dollsr ~ lts
outS,sLdios paper currency, 10 pay every sol
lar 81 existing demand obligations, and S2sS
0sI over. Tho money from the bond sales
has not Ali been received, bat n It had been
the government woald still have In the
treasury nearly Hoeeao0o in excess ot the
ooud sale receipts, IN addition TO enough to
pay everything Il owes that is due and 10
redeem all rs psper money
Where is the man Who said ia lSss thar Il
Ackinlcy was elected president coit1u would
sell Tor 10 cents a pound Alto News.
Oh. dont ho,her him. Don't hit man
VIXEN he's down.
The lioas,oa Post can, see or hear. or
realize, but one issue before the people lis
"a fEe wness Of vision sweeps over very cnB-
trRcted part Of the political horizon. six.
teen TO one Is written over everything Il
beholds. There is method in all this.
| TITS Post, IN Its inneTinost consciousness 10
| II has such q faculty knows tha, the propa-
! sanan II rs leading Is numbug as tinaH-
| cial proposition. and. so far as its being an
1 acted into law, il Is 81 much mGonshine,
! The rost is bound TO know these thtucs ard
| there ~ but one explanation az It's persis-
! tsucy IN such course. Crockett Courier
The Courier belongs to that element in
pe,ilos which have all along claimed that
none save themselves are honest aud siurerc
| and tha, all Of the Wisdom OF She age Is
ecatered under their hats 1t would be time
ustlcssy consumed. and waste Of words
10 arsue with gentlemen OF that order, They
are TOO iniolsraut to even recognize that auy
IaGn OF newspaper can disagree with them
ase al the same time be honest
h the campaign OF iSs6 the democratic
party on silver platform nominated q SQUAD
I money democrat. who Abandoned his pru.
ffssions to accept the nomination, In is9S.
tbs democratic party o. silver platform
ntnliuaod an advocate al the free and
| Unlimited AT the ratio " i6 TO who suhse-
quently abandoned his professions 10 order
| 81 possible 10 secure his eleNtton. .- Hawiey' 5
speech at Anglston.
Mr.. Hawisy has beep ptlding EsmseIi on
his fairness and courtesy, and yet here he
HcsItpresents his honorable opponent Ia the
most reckless manner IN his speech a. Aa-
Gletcn. Mr.. Robson said. as reported in the
AHgleton Times:
| Flt fully Endorsed the Chicago platform.
Was delegate TO the Natiouai convention.
aud voted Tor II, and neyeT regretted It. and
stands on Il today Just the Same as ih i-H
u now, always was, and expects to continue
to he. a firm believer tn hiu1stalistD il "a g
hes, for the country. The question was one
| o, public policy, and the people should look
TO that Of some other country, Blmelallism
", uld restore TO the worlds commerce one,
half % the money Of the world.
In this connection It is proper TO state that
The Augleion Times Is supporter OF Mr..
hewley, and is fighting MIR Robson.