The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-23
A CLEAR-CUT ISSUE.

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A CLioAR-CUT ISSUE.
| Tho Chicago Times Herald. referring TO cf-
| forts OF optimistic souls. woiild-bc promoters
OF peace and harmony. milk-and- water BIZ
\ metallic kind Of democrats, says men OF such
| divergent views as are held In the democratic
| party on the currency question can never
| get together" OF course Where 10 the com
| mon ground they can stand upon IL ever
| there was occasion for two special emergency
| parties In the United States, aligned on UNI
compromising differences Of ideas and prin-
| cipleH. now Is the time. Senator Bowser aud
! his fluffy yarn on toggy harmony TO the .c0n-
| trary notwithstanding: and all legitimate ar
| gumcnt aud all logic Of facts and all common
sense call for division of the people OF tho
United States into two parties, ono part stand
ing for the gold standard and the other
on either side BIO kept irreproachnbIc, clean
MS virtue and honest as truth, II Ii IN 10 be
diluted with milk-and-water efforts at abso-
lnfoly impossible harmony 7-Galveston News,
Our Galveston contemporary is ut last
recognizing that disguiscs are no longer
possible, that the irrepressiblc conflict is
on and that the Issue is a cle0r-cut one
between gold on the one hand and bimetal-
lism or the double standard on the other
side. II but lily conceals its contempt for
the ''would-be promoters OF harmony" and
wants the lines drawn closely for gold
against silver.
As for the News, 1t does not hesitate to
take Its stand for straight single gold
standard diluted" with no milk and
water" qualifications
II boldly unfurls the yellow banner. let
1t cover what pillage and disaster and suf-
forIng and depression 1t may.
II stands with the moneyed East against
the South and West and 1t is even willing
to abandon It's Wanted national dem
soul once more with the republicans to
accomplish the destruction OF silver. Here
Is what 1t said in yesterdays Issue:
National democrats are confronted with the
choice of one OF two alternatives, either to
unite rs far as possible with all other udro-
Gates OF the gold standard, TO whatever party
belonging. and form an unbrokcn line OF
bnttc from now on. or to maintain intact IA
separate party under the continued name OF
poses at the polls under either choice tho
principles underlying the National democracy
II honestly ndhered to might mem thu same
so FAR AZ results are concerned But voters
OF this faith could not be honestly consistent
II they nominated and supported their own
candidates for tho sake OF mere party lines
Wbuiu W u ulNlhlDn OF the Sol. nd money
strength at the Imminent peril of disastrous
ucieat OF the sound money cause. In face OF
thc proposed nmalgainntion of silver forces of
Whatever party such u division would be an
obvious ana probably Indispensable help to
the silver men. In TACT, Il would almost Ger
inihly be fatal to tho cause in which tho Ma.
tionai democracy In response TO singulary
impctuous exiRenoy have enlisted.
The ''singularly impetuons exigency"
which led the News into the Mckinley
ranks In 1896, 1t will be seen, stil EXISTS
In Its view and It concludes that to do
otherwise than amagamate again with the
republican gold standard forces would be
suicidal policy on the part OF the National
democrats, II wants no more subterfuges.
no more talk of bmetalllsm, but a straight
issue Joined between gold and silver. and
II Is ready to abandon any professions OF
democracy, National or otherwise In their
nature, which II may have entertained for
various motives heretofore In order to get
into a gold camp, The News is even dis,
posed to Indulge IN little boastful proph-
ecy In the premises II remarks.
With the problem thus brought TO decision
our currency system can be established pcr.
manently and beyond doubt. uncertainty or
pcradvrnture In accord with the victorious
contention and such condition In not To
be attained under any other circumstances
IL renals 10 be said that the cause of sound
money mas no reason whntever To fear a
clear-cut contest over n clcnr -cut issue he
tween tho masses of the United States
There Ia always an advantage In ight.
Ing an open enemy and the democracy will
be glad 20 sec the News so boldly ALI gnlng
itself thus early with the now und sguised
straight gold men In nncompromising hos
tility towards the silver advocates
Wc are to understand now, of course.
that its assaults against tmiff moustrosities
ana Mckinley policies, asaRults INDUCED
since the ith OF March last aud that gave
some hope Of change of heart. are to be
regarded as the unfortunate groupings of a
blind man before the light was admitted.
Then, Y had not dawnod upon II. possibly. |
mat II would again have to become a link
In the tail OF the republican kite or take
the hitter with the sweet II now is COM
PEELED to stulIiiy itself once more by join-
Ing tho Mckinley column without reserya- |
ton.
But Tho Post congratulates Il on its |
bold stand and It's recogpitirn Of the fact |
that gold or silver ia the supreme Issue |
Of the hour; that the time has arrived for
The friends Of each metal to close ranks
and fight II out to the bitter end The Post
has for some time heon urging this view
81 the situation.
And II Is particularly clever In tho News
70 notify tho democrats Of Texas that II
uas come out OF ambush and dropped all
60 old-time DISCUSSES and Is hcnceforth
heir open as well as relentless foc-dgaw- /
ny all its inspiration from the policies that
'Manate from the Eastern gold cliuuc.
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sWEAT-sH0Ps COMING WEST.
We have the statement OF the Cleveland