The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-14
AN ADDRESS BY Mr.. HENRY
May Not BE Able to Make a Canvass
Of seventh District,
NATION ON The VERGE Of WAR
And IIc Must rcrforcc Remain at
Position ON National lssaes.
TO the Democracy Of the seventh Congress
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d NdSnllKtOu. MdIGn w. ~ IL NOW hpbAt-
ent that the campaign in Texas will open
earlier than ever before in the history of
] the State. Some OF the county executive
committees have ordered primaries. which
viii soon Occur. and thus precipitated an
early canvass. ! always bow 10 the organ
/ lied action of the democratic party. and
am. Therefore, reauy for The canvass.
1t may oe tnat1 can not reacn home III
time 10 see ms irienus III person, or TO
tlau the tinted states Is nov On the vcrss
Ion w;ir Win Spain op@n hosuiI.tss wisn
/ t..al country aio apt 10 preah CIT NJ ANY
! riiio. i. IS exifscteu ness, " ali tnoss stN.
nih a plopei STUDY TO .ns question, that a
4 1.aiir. witn Span is imn.tn nj, anu ans
| noui. is likeiy To prina on sie sause.s.
lIi suNn Il time. anu unuei sucn VitSurd-
4 stdnCss, 1t Wouiu liut4 ps becoming in iyp-
| ieseLtative OF the peope To come nome 10
! ,fnSsss Tor le- eicStUst 10 coagfess HIS
| ii. lies would Nail MIN risewheic, ait,i prop
cay so. Insretore, ASK the democrats Oh
| the seventh district TO cunstder these mat
I tbs and ACT according 10 tneir best JUG
| ment.
/; some months ago | announced that
| would be a caudidate Tor denomination for
| congress at the hands of tine democracy,
recuru In congress. NO uemocraeie ,on-
gresham In Texas, except myself, who IS
running Tor a second term, mas opposition,
But IL happens that while am here at
tending the sessions OF congress, tncro are
| those in certain quarters OF the Seventh
| district opposing my indoist ment
/ When you eIecteu mo 10 congress | made
certain pledges:
| L. pledged myself that would oppose
protective tariffs in all sorts OF forms and
declared myself in iaNor OF tarin fof rev
| enue only. In accordance with this pledge
! voted against the Dingley bill auu con-
tributed my energies and aid TO those OF
the other democrats in trying TO defeat
1 that odious measure. WAS bitterly OPP
posed to its passage and am bitterly OPP
| posed to II now. and ! still adhere to the
i time honored principle of n tariff for rev
enuc only.
=. promised the people TO oppose trusts.
conspiracies against trade and monopolies,
and whenever these questions have come
before congress have bitterly fought them
and voted against them, have introduced
bills in the house against them, which
would become laws II We had a democratic
congress-
3. still contend that the wealth of the
country should bear It's Just proportion OF
| taxes, and that an income tax should be
provided for by congress. And the constr
tuition of the United States should be so
anlSndcu as TO insure the iesaiitS VI suNh
q law, IL necessary We should constantly
advocate this method OF taxation.
4. ] now contend that the secretary OF
the treasury should exercise his legal right
to redeem all coin bonds in gold o. silver,
ms may be more convenient ana am opposed
TO the issuance of bonds, in time of peace
or war for the maintenance OF the gold
reserve or for any other purpose.
5. When President Mckinley sent q mes
sage to the extraordinary session OF. con
gress asking for monetary commission,
voted against that measure. j did NOT
and do not believe such commissions were
necessary or proper, because they are mere
Isubterfuges in order to perpetuate the gold
standard upon the people
g. The money question is the paramount
and burning issue of the hour, IT should
not be suppressed or relegated for any
other question i again come before tue
Ipsople and boldly and warmly announce
the democratic platform adopted at chi
1 cago in 1896 as my creed and faith. In my
opinion 1t is the best platform adopted by
our party in all OF Its history. II had
the writing OF II for 1900 would NOT
change line or word, but would rewri,e
the Identical language l would place upon
the platform as our nominee for the pres
idepcy William J. Bryan, the greatest adj
vocate OF the rights OF the common people
since the beginning OF our history. In my
Judgment. we should keep up desperate
nght in favor of bimetallisIn. and should
press the enemies Of that cause every
hour. day month and year until We tri-
umph The gold standard advocate may
erpue and the republican may declaim the
beauties OF protective tariff, but the
toiling masses and producers OF this conn-
try Will never know genuine ana perma-
napt prosperity until the United States re-
turns TO the free. unlimited, independent
coinage of both gold and silver at the pres.
emf legal ratio OF 16 to !, MS standard
money.
This question has come before congress
once while I have been member ana
voted in favor Of free coinage, On the
libth OF January made speech IN con
1 eress against an Infamous measure pro-
nosed nv Secretary Gage, which bill was
designed TO fix the gold standard eternaiiy
unon this country. also spoke ~ inc
house OF representatives In favor OF me
Teller resolution And on February 10.
zoos made speech In the house OF
representatives In favor OF voluntary
hankrupt measure and against the gold
standard. and again reiterated my posi-
ticn In favor OF bimetallism.
Before reached nv majority was max
,nr free silver speeches and have never
aavcre6 one io,a since that time In 1891
when the conflict In favor OF free SILVER
was desperate In Texas, and some OF me
gentlemen who are talking against ms
now we're sulking IN their tents. fook
| The stump IN favor OF silver ana was ons
, of its most cordial and loyal advocates az
the Forth Worth convention OF that wear
/ have never suppressed nv views upon
this question. but have always stated from
the stump. IN pfivatr and everywhere fha'
was Tor bimetailism. fnJ In 1895, wheI
some OF INV Interviewing critics NC
seriously threatening to- abandon the MAJ
held aloft by Bryan and turning their backs
WON Democracy ia Ina, great hour ! stood
erect before my countrymen and boldly pro-
cJ,,med NV views and fDught for the plat
form and the candidate IN nearly one nun
drsd ,hblic speeches.
uoweyer II now seems that there are
,hos. In the Seventh congressional disfr,c
wfo denounced the silver cause as 2 mon
, rental who wished 10 he permitted =
select the democratic nominee IN thni uis
!. he ipdcrsed apneal 70 the trus demo
! crats N mark these gentlemen well, -ol
7 m 1895 when was canysssing in the -