The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-17
ISSUES N rnn STATE CAMPAIGN.

Tho waro Times Herald quotes ns below
from the corscana Chronicle and says It is
the reasoning OF those plotting ag1inst tile
Chicago platform;
,.The Chronicle doesn't carc snap
whrthcra candidate for governor or any other
State office " n silver bug or gold hug. Az
we want to know Is: 'Is he competent u he
honeatg we want none hut gnod men on
guard In Texas and are willing 10 htlp all we
Gun In putting them there. regardless Of their
particular We've on National finances, with
which they can moi possibly hayc anything to
do We dent want 10 know any Of these
candifInteB' views on the money question, aud
as that is not an issue In state campaign
We zee no earthly use In agitaiing IL. II the
democracy Of Texas or any other state Is to
bo united Bgainat a common enemy again the
NIL yer problem must he severely Let alone
Tho Chronicle would have Texans Va state
offices who nre FIRST aud last fot Texas lcav-
ing the min'E and their establishment In
every corner Of the country 10 those who can
hclp them. II anybody can. II IL going to he
hard to make Texas voters believe that there
matters OF more concern tn Texas than
stirring I'm the people on silver to tho OK
clnsion Of their home interests, Galveston
News.
The Post took occasion recently to point
out the Importance md bearing Of Ma
tional politics In our gubernatorial race.
There is today one issue in the United
States overwhelming all others, and that
issue is the question OF bimctallsm or
single gold standard. All other matters
sink Into secondary Importance by the side
of this money issue That once settled 1t
will be comparatively easy to determine
other questions for the good Of the people.
Int tat
the regulation OF trusts VIII all be attend
ed to In good time by the democratic party.
But now tho paramount. all absorbing, vi
tai question before the American people IS
the restoration OF silver to its rightful
place as a money of the country.
Arraycd against the free coinage OF sill
yer is an aggressive foe 1t is leaving no
stone unturncd 10 attract the attention OF
the masses from the financial question.
The movement, started in New York, IS to
be carried into every primary of the coun-
try. In order, by diyertng popular attcn-
ton to other matters, to secure delegations
and nominees who are ready to be led away
from the great struggle against gold mono
rnetalIiSm.
lnsidiously the opponents OF free silver
mony" for liberal tests" In the prna-
rics. declarations that the money question
has no place in State politics and dozen
other clever devices for throwing the great
silver forces of their guard are being re-
sorted 10 by these shrewd managers of the
gold party
Let the free silver democracy once 80 to
sleep and tho battle may be lost!
but how keep awake? How shall this
deep laid scheme of It's foes BIZ thwarted.
and treacheroua or, lukewarm sentlnes he
excluded from the watch towers and the
party councils? Simply by Keeping the
most vital issue always before the people.
gates to county or State convention
that will be charged with the nomination
of a legislative candidate, or congress
man, or n State officer. the financial
question is properly an issue because the
organization and platforms of &he State
and National democracy are involved. 1t
is auetion Of party discipline and har-
mony between State and National plat
forms, II Is a means of discorfiting de-
mocracy's schemlng enemies,
There viii be no political quiet nor in
dustrlal and commercial prosperity In this
Nation until silver Is restored to It's rights
and rs equality with gold. The money Is
sue dwarfs every other issue, aud the sem
ator from Texas may become a deciding
force in the senate OF the United States for
or against free silver. That senator may
be appointed by the governor chosen this
fall
Tho silver question "a state issue be
cause II Is the bottom rock now ON which
democracy is making It's fight Tor the ron
troll of the Nation. and no branch of the
democracy In State or county must DO suf-
lered to become disorgsniScd
Let us not be deceived; let us not listen
to tho sehcmer who would lull us into in
difference In order TO betray us.
The ono grand question In America To-
day Is the free coinage of silver at the IA
ito Of l6 to l. and our defense of that
proposition must be built from the ground
up. from the district primaryYto the Ma
tlonal convention, in every step that In
wolves the composition, organization and
discipline of tho democratic party In the
various states--for tho National party is
hut the aggregation OF the State democ-
racies.
"C0-OPERAIIvE LABOR.
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