The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-06
CRANE At PILOT POINT.
Denton Conuty Farmers Turned Ont
to Hear Him.
ANTAGONIST BY THE GOLD ELEMENT
He Declares tn ne Due 10 Ills Wen
known views on The Mon-
ctary Issue.

Pilot Point, Texas. March 5.--Attorney
General Crane spoke here this afternoon
| 10 4 large audience, The square was
| jammed with wagons of farmers who cilno
TO hear him. On State aud National Issues
he followed the lines OF his opening speech
at Temple. Emphasizing the declaration
that the skirmish lines for the great fight
! OF 1900 are being thrown IN the present
campaign he quoted the letter OF Clevo-
land TO the Palmer Blckner organization
| of Pennsylvania printed In today's Post.
He reviewed tho history OF the silver
movement in Texas and his own conncc-
| tion with it, tracing the antagonism that
is now shown 10 his candidacy by the gold
element to the remark In his speech at the
| Fort Worth bimetallic convention IN 1855,
that 1t was war TO the khte, and knto
TO the hli." This he said he meant then.
aud still declares il To be the life and
death struggle between TWO vitality diner4
ent systems of finance.
The people should, he said, elect menu
bers OF the legislature who would
strengthen the hands OF the railroad COM
mission and give them ample power to pre-
vent and punish rebates ana discrimina-
tons of all kinds by railroads.
Tho text book law should, he said. be
enlarged to include books in high schools
one OF his opponents, Colonel Wynno.
charged that he WAS a ring candidate
while the manager for Mr. Sayers had de-
oiared that he WIS not; that Sayers was as
much an administration candidate as he
himself. Before answering the charge he
wanted his opponents TO agree among
themselves upon the Issue. He said that
Colonel Wynne WIGS astopped from COM
nl..f 90 Ia
Reagan withdrew AT Dallas in 1894 he sup
ported an attorney general for governor
against private citizen. Why. he asked.
should the attorney general he placed on
the same basis as "a peuitenuary convict
with reference TO the subernatorial office
He did not think SGyers should he pre-
scribed because he Is congressman, Jester
because he is lleNenant governor or
Wynne because he does not hold office.
He called attention TO the unfairness of
the Dallas and Galveston News In their
news and editorial columns in dealing with
his candidacy and showed how they fought
him throughout his service as attorney
general.
On the subject OF the test he said that
democratic nominations should be made
by democrats and the sentiment brought
prolonged applause. He said that the
Cleveland managers, assisted by Croiter
were planning to capture the party. and
that Texas democrats should be on their
guard. If the gold bugs are defeated
those who went 10 the popnlists because
of their disgust VITA Cleveland VIII come
back. He wantel the democrats OF Texas
10 understand the significance of the
declaration by his opponents that il was
his interest that only those, who didn't
vote against the dcmocraticl ticket last
year should be admitted 10 the primaries.
Mr.. Cranes speech WAS warmly received
Accompanied by party of prominent cin-
zens of Denton county he went from Pilot
Point to Aubrey. where he Is speaking TO-
night.