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

tie gold standard idea--men who haze
given more time 10 the effort OF acquiring
7 gold than TO the study OF the cdfrency
\ question. II Is a fact worthy Of not,
that the study OF the question OF finafi- e
4 currency, etc, has received more mature
attention from those who have their money
TO get than those VINO alreaGy have IL; Just
/ as the farmer who rents lands and ha'
| his crop to make by careful and Intelligent
cultivation, over the farmer who farms by
collecting bis rents and does MS NO K In
| the shace OF the trees. My observation III
! the last campaign was that when YOU got
a gold standard man mad enough and c1D-
fused enough TO 20 to studying the quts-
tlon In a very short time he became con-
WINGED OF his error and came over to the
side Of the Lord and the people.
For the prayerfnl consideration of my
god bug democratic friends, | submit the
following test for them to apply to them
selves before going to the VI i1aries, to-
wit. Am | democrat? Do b9.ieve IA
party organization? n l 90 10 the prlma-
rles and participate, will keep the faith
and abi6e the decision of the MAJOR Is 2
VIII ] cheerfully support the party nomi-
nees and party platform, whether tney
tudt me individually or not?" II you eau
answer these questions affirmatively you
are true democrat and will support the
ticket whether allowed to participate in
the primaries or not. Democrats are n
swayed from their duty and principles on
account OF the simple and insignificant
questions Of primary tests am oppos d
TO primaries as a party policy, but as It
has been adopted by the party, | submit
ana shall work cheerfully 10 the harness.
We can not agree on all these little mat
ters, but patriotic democrats vii adhere to
he time honored principles d vote the
ticket straight.
! no;e THAT the greatest complaints at thu
test come from the outside and not { ON
democrats. Some claim and try TO prove
tfat the test was gotten up in the interest
Of General Crane; that It was fixed TO.
bis special benefit This is ridiculous. I
dont believe such an idea ever entered
me MUD of single member Of the com
initteo' Tho fact is General Crane nacds
no such bolsterlng,
rms years campaign may he designated
as the preliminary to the second cat Ma
,onal hattle which is to determine whether
ne people shall again assume control OF
ms government or whether il Is TO b,
lehYered over bug and baggage to the
non yea comb nati3' s ho now ,oairol alI
lirect H. Democrats can no; an ri 10
axe any chances in this campaign Tho
rled and thoroughly tested must be plaerd
n guard, men IN fun accord with TIE
platform on which tho last battle was
.'f"'' tHtlf VIII DC no material change. |
The ISSUE is now we'll defined so that no |
me need make any mistake. The demo- |
ratio PARTY stands and viii stand for |
'lmeia'lisin The reinstatement Of silver !
o rs proper plane without waiting for the
street and London money kings. who
io!d our bonds, 10 consent or co-operate
WITH us. Honest money is what demo- |
aey stands for this year. Money equally
cod for the lahorcr, the pensionsr aud the [
,lhker; mccey with which TO pay /
ne National and all Other debts |
ecoralng TO contract and according tn law
ioney that viii satisfy every creditor whn |
M be satisfied with right AMI Justice all
round the board
iha democratic party. which represents
~ people in this fight, must exercise great
IRE IN selecting the REPRESENTATIVES, boib
me National and State legislatures. Sc
et no man whose record is not clear and
nose integrity is not bsyopd reproarh. The
'rtY has bscn betrayed too often already
I'd me only way to prevent betrayal in fu-
IRE Is N making tho proper selection Of
le standard1kFarer With this course our
recess Is certain All National reforms
iat have amounted to ANYTHING have coma
ircush democratic administrations. and
e people can lSoli TO no other source for
litf from present evils
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