The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-17

| the common fate of other people who have
| preceded us,
What is the remedy @l,4 ~
There must be a marked departure from
| cid methods.
We must organize for the great strig.
gle, We must have correct princlpes. One OF
| them should be this. The true purpose OF
i government is TO encourage the develop-
ment of the human race--physically, men
tally and morally. Another this: Man
serves himself best by promoting the couu.
mon god And another this. Cruelty be.
gets cruelty and Kindness begets kindns IS.
We must mean what we say and our crcet
must be 10 emancipate mankind. To abuse
| those WHO oppose us is not right-we sesk
| to save them along with ourselves. Tney
are not To be tlomed for their OPP Unions
| they are the product OF their euvir0nmnnLs
| II you had been raised as they have been
among the same surroundings, you would
| probably, be as they are. To abuse the
I, rich Will make no headway--direct your an
nivsis TO the conditions that make one
inan enormously rich while making q
| thousand poor. Those who abuse the rich
| as a rule. would act as the rich act were
the situation reversed. A political cam
| paign may be won by abusing our opronents
but Ii lowers the character OF those wac
| use 1t and prepares them for abusing each
| oiher on the tirst provocation. We should
| place all public questions on high plane
with the emancipation of mankind as the
ultimate object to be gained. Ahtse hegete
abuse and sets men to cutting each others
thoats-it is the DEVILS work We can dis
cuss public guess lions and point out the
fatal results thslt must follow certain laws
without being abusive and without array
ing class against class. II should be i'm,
derstood that ode who Is abusive has a
weak cause. When abuse is no longer ussd
men Will learn TO be self reliant sd de-
pend upon sound reasoning for the con-
illusions they reach.
Let us point to the fact that people as
rude. DO not understand the effect OF law.
on civilization. and get them to study those
laws.
We are fortunate In having with us in
this great movement one OF the two great
rolBtcal organizations. We have in most
OF the States, supporting our Efforts, n
third political organizatica of great influ-
ence. We also have, probably, 100000
people who have heretofore affiliated with
what is known as the republican party. we
begin this crusade with a mighty hest,
Numbering, approximately one-half the
voters in the UNITED States and 100000
or more women and children, who uader-
stand intell.gently that their happiness de-
ponds upon the success of our cause.
BY authority of the democratic National
committee, its chairman has appointed
committee on WAYS and means II Is con-
posed Of Senator James X. Jones, chairman
of the democratic National committee;
Senator William V. Allen OF Nebraska Sem
ator Henry M. Teller of Colorado, ex-Gov
ernor William J. Stone of Missouri and ex
Governor John p. Altgeld of Illinois.
This committee of five has placed me in
charge OF Its work and our offices are
az 1914 Unity Building in Chicago.
We realize that we must be practical and
that to do this we must thoroughly organ
ize and educate the people. That our cause
must be presented forcefully and clearly to
every man and woman in the Unite
Sta,es; that we must have captains in every
community, aiad this whole. compact and
mighty organization working in bust.
nesslike way to the one and sole purpose OF
in'eligently establishing wise humane
ana permanent civilization.
The first ching to do is no raise the nee
essary money for carrying ont our plans.
For this purpose we have prepared sub
scription pledge which reals as follows:
PAY NO MONEY TO SOLICI-