The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-27
OPENING SPEECH OF THE CAMPAIGN.

Federal government must keep supply oil
gold on hand for that purpose. The past
/. has demonstrated how difficult this task III
particularly where those In control of The
| government encourage as they have In thu
past, the presentation OF money for re-
| demption. If II was necessary for the gov
ernn,ent to redeem its treasury notes "
| gold, and our opponents say II was In or
| der TO prevent depreciation, surely II mus
be necessary for the National banks 10 re.
doom their notes In gold or they viii Ike
wire depreciatc. III the government under
takes to redeem these National bank notes
In gold 1t Will be a greater burden than II
was 10 redeem the treasury notes In gold
But II the National banks are compelled
to redeem their own paper In gold, they
viii find themselves iess able to perform
the task than The government. The result
will be the currency must depreclate.
Surely, DEMOCRATS can never favor any
kind OF currency that IL not convertible
into coin. II Will be impossible for the
National banks to convert their papor INTO
gold.
But some OF our frleolt who have insist
ed on eo-callcd Sound money" and who
have objected TO the silver dollar. which
Ia worth 100 cents In every civilized conn
try on the globe, seem anxious to try this
experiment OF National bank currency
based on sold and In such volume rs to
rouaer II absolutely certain that neither
tho banke nor the government will be able
10 redeem 1t on presentation.
That course will certainly produce n de-
nreciatod currency. Surely Its advocates
are not IN earnest when they try to make
US believe they ARE in favor of sound
money They will have to take one or the
other horn of the dilemma that Is to say,
they must assert IT was unnecessary FOR
the Federal government to redeem the
- Ia II.
them at parity. or else that It win be
necessary for the National banks to re-
deem their notes In gold, II they say 1t
was unnecessary for the Federal govern
ment TO redeem their not In gold. thea
the necessity for q gold standard is de-
stroyed. II they Say 1t was necessary TO
redeem the National bank notes In gold
they must admit they advocate an mDrs-
sihility, because the National banks can not
procure enough gold for that purpose ana
their notes must, therefore. deprcclate
npprehond thoy will not jnsiet that a little
bank with capital OF $50, 900 will be better
able To maintain its notes without paying
gold than the Federal government would
with all Its limitloss resources,
There iS but one kind OF sound money
democrat" and he is the democrat who
believes in gold and silver us the primary
money of the country and paper money
issued by the government redesmlbie in
colb, not in gold only. but In gold or sill
YER at the option OF the government.
FEDERAL TAXATION.
The question of Federal taxation should
not be eliminated from the party platform
The doctrine of tariff for revenue only"
should be maintained. lii addition to ihis,
economy in the administration OF the Fed
eral government should be most earnestly
inst int, ,ff,
could be made to fully appreciate the
criminal extravaganza Of The Federal gov
ernment 1t is not believed they would iol-
crate 1t for single year. ii the tax vas
direct. Instead OF indirect no free people
would submit TO the burdens which con
gress has 60 constantly imposed upOn vs..
The sense of irresponsibility which seems
to attach To that body in The matter OF
the distribution of the public money Is
hard to understand 1t makes no differ
e9ce whether the Mckinley bin, the Wilson
bill, or the Dingley bill, is the law OF
the land, the same ever recurring doficien-
cies confront us with each succeeding year.
why? IL Is because OF the sham A:al and
criminal extravaganza with wldch the
public mouey Is wasted. II Is singular
that in all these vast expenditures OF pub
lie money the records Of the Federal con-
gresS do not show the same character of
opposition that can be seen in
the rGcprds of the legislatures Of the vAri-
Gus States. am pleased TO lnow that this
spirit Of imperial and royalis.ic eXl.aga-
ganee has never influenced the democratic
of Texas While the Fed
cral government has been shamelessly eX-
travagant. Texas has been comparatively !
economical Mny the spirit that ruled
congress in making these vast appropda-
tIons never find Its way into State poll
tics. If the people will rise in their might
they can compel the Federal government
to be operated with the same economy
that characterizes the administration OF Tho |
State government To this point their Mt
tention should be most earnestly directed !
The remedy 10 In their own hands. They |
should see that IL is administered,
GOVERNMENT by INJUNCTION
Another question of growing Importance |
which Is announced In the Chicago plat
form Is the declaration that government |
by injunction should be prohibited. The |
effort 10 govern by injunction is an inven-
uon largely OF the present age The extent /
10 which it has been carried renders II pos
sible for arbitrary judges to revoluuonize
our form Of government ana practically |
destroy our bill of rights. No lawyer would !
seek TO &ony TO court the right to issue |
wits OF Injunction ana to punish for con-
tempt In proper cases But no lawyer can |
justify the abuse of this power which has |
recently grown 10 be n common practice, |
In the East Some of the Fed !
eral judges in that section have restrained |
entire communities from assembling to- |
eother for a lawful purpose, or fiom walk
ing upon the highways, and from doing
many other innocent acts. Federal mar
shas, with their ignorant deputies. have |
been empowered TO shoot men down flr |
iong acts thut were not injurious 10 the
community. nor TO themselves. All this |
WAS done under the specous guise Of y o. |
resa issued by a court, AS at present in
Ierprated, the power TO issue writs OF in-
junction is made TO practically deny 10 the I
,ltisena the right OF trial by jury aud put
upon him the burden OF proving his in
nooenco. This should not be tolerated long
sr, Limitations should be placed upon It's
exercise. The right Of trial by jury In all
'ases OF constructive contempt that is. IN
asses where the acts OF contempt are not I
committed In the presence OF the court
should be secured. 4 witt originally de-
l,ened 10 protect the weak against the
ltrong, and restrain the vicious and the
iangefous, should not be used as an engine