The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-15

didates OF their opponent. l am sure that h,
were choosing my opponent would se-
iect the weakest man 1 could md among
tho enemy. y n. =
You say that Mr. Sayers is free silver
man: that he supported the HopS and
Cuiberson policies; that he is committed to
the execution OF the commission law, etc
That, In short, he is up-to-date, In every
respect, as proper person 10 suit the
democrats as their chief executive. The
real thing the people want to snow is
how much of free silver man, commits
sion man, ETC., he is. II Is an casy matter
LOT one TO be for free silver an | the COM
mission In Texas now. But .here was a
time when 1t was not SO easy. when In
TACT, TO be for either tried toe metal OF
which democrat was made.
When the great contest was on as 10
whether we should have ccmarss'ca NJ,
Savers was member OF congress. a rep
resentative of the people. But he did not
dare to lift his voice in behalf OF the peo-
pie in that fight.
On the 25th day OF August, sas, Mi.
Savers delivered short speech In con-
gress opposing the unconditional repsa; of
the purchasing clause OF the Sherman .aw
and declaring for free silver at &c TO i.
AS all the democrats from TEXTS exrnpt
two voted the same way judyo tina, IN =
was not hard thing for Mr.. Sayers to do.
But there, as every observing man knows.
the real fight for silver Just began. Cleve-
land had Just begun to organize 10 con-
| troll the National convention for the gold
standard. But 1t was then end there Mr..
Sayerb laid down Ibis band and quit THE
game. Though The conflict became tho
\ hottest ever known Mr. Savers was safe
| he had fled the field. No matter which way
| the platform should 70 whether for gold
or free silver Mr.. Saycrs was preserving
| himself to accept the nomination upon the
| platform. So quiet and conservative dur
ing all the fight was he that Washington.
one of the old standby counties of his
district. tried to smoke him out" and
| when Its convention instructed for him for
denomination 1t tied a string TO its in
struction by lacking ON the following pro-
| yiso:
Provided no declares unequivocally
for the free aud unlimited coinage OF
| silver at ''the ratio of l6 to l without
international agreement"
| Had Bryan. Reagan, Hogg, Crane. Gull
berson, Wynne, Bailey and other real
| friends of silver laid down their hands"
when Mr.. Sayers did our National plat
| form would have undoubtedly declared for
the gold standard.
| You know that Mr.. Sayers never pub
licly at any time prior to his announce
ment for governor declared himself in
| favor of what are known as the Hogs
| policies" You know that during the cam
paign of Hogg and Clark the closest
friends and most trusted lieutenants OF
Mr.. Sayers were boltocrats. You krow
! that the Clark men claimed him. You
know that after Cleveland's election he
| ignored the appeal of the State democratic
| executive committee and recommended for
the latest offices in his district come OF
1 the most violent and offensive boltocrats.
| This last sin you seek to cover with the
! gray jacket of the old Confederate soldier
But, ah! that won't do. The old Confederate
| soldier never approved of disloyalty and
never justified rewards for disloya. acts
| When Longstrcet. Mosby and Malone
turned their backs upon the democratic
| party, no Confederate soldier would have
offered or approved of an offer to have one
of these men appointed TO an office by q
| democratic administration. Mr. Sayers
may have had old soldier friends whom
upon personal grounds he would have
| liked to appoint TO office: but IL those
men had fought the democratic party aud
the issues and the men for whom the DEM
ocrats OF Texas had declared they de-
served nothing atS The hands of the party
If MIR. Sayers appointed such men to Of
flee he placed premium on disloyalty
he placed individual. friendships above his
party's rights.
! Yes my dear sir, there are real live is
sues between some OF the candidates fol
governor. There is conservatism on one
hand, and what is known as 'Hoggsm" on
the other. For the past six or eight years
| the democrats OF Texas have been on their
metal They have had to fight for every
thing they have gotten. Their blood Is stiil
hot and they want a governor who is MOI
only for the commission. but who VIII
fight for it; who is not only for free SILVER
but who will see to it that none OF INC
vantage ground won for it by their .ifht-
ing in the past is surrendered, and who Is
n fighting general who can and wlll lead
them in the next great fight 10 conquer
| other posts held by the enemy. Respect
| fully Mopta j. Moore.