The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-29

honored him with its confidence and the
highest office within the gift of the Ameri-
| can people, became as plain as the MONDAY
sun! He thus deceived the party and more
especially those sections, the South and
West that had given him most all the
electoral votes he received Mr.. Cleveland
acted in the interest of the Eastern money
| holders, the bondholders, the syndicates,
the combines and he gigantic trusts! VIII
any true democrat deny it? Then 1t was
that his star as democrat and as pa
triOt began to wane until today II is almost
invisible to the democracy of the South and
West.
From that hour until the meeting OF the
Chicago convention. in July, 1896, there
was the most holly contested campaign
ever known in the history of presidential
years The question was not of tariff so
much as that of the currency. From lake
TO gulf, from shore TO shore, this over
shadowing question was discussed from d
thousand platforms and standpoints. Al
one time, prior to the convention, 1t was
thought the Chicago convention would
write the financial plank in the interest
Of Wall street and the classes. Goldbug
papers and goldbug speakers, so confident
Of success, would ask the question, If the
National convention should adopt single
gold standard plank, will you give II your
support - AT this time, they tthe goidbugs)
though, that such men as Cleveland. car
Isle and Hill and Patterson and Bynum
would dominate the convention and write
"A goldbug PLATFORM! But when the SOW
ereigns met "in open conclavc' at Chicago,
the goldbug contingent was found IN the
vocatiye and the free silver democrats took
the convention by storm and wrote imam
cai plank as well as other vital planks,
about whose meaning there can he no
III A.,rf .,rS ntit mr.
West! II is such a plank and platform
as Jefferson would doubtless have written
and jackson sustainedl The plank de-
mands the restoration of silver to where
/, Was from ire to 1873 II is demo-
cratic plank. The Chicago platform lodges
no issue. The wayfaring man, though
fool, may not err In it's interpretation.
THE Chicago platform still embodies he
sentiments of the great mass OF the people
OF this country, There Is no reason for n
popular change OF mind on any of the is
sues clearly defined in the Chicago plat
form Wv, j Bryan, December H. 1925,
Doubtless this true. With an unbiased
heart we believe H. We believe II Is
equally true that Mr.. Bryan Is, today, re-
earded as the great leader of the mass OF
the people OF this country" We believe
there is as. little reason FOR popular
change OF mind on any of'the Issues rieariy
defined In the Chicago platform as there
is Tor change OF leadership over six
millions, Ave hundred thousand freomen
Endorsed the Chicago platform In 1895. ard
cast their ballots for the illustrious leader
Of the democratic party. Since thai time
there is no evidence that any material por-
ton Of this vast army OF American free
men have changed their minds On the
other hand there are unnistakabie indi-
cations that many who were deceived and
misied in 1896 are now falling into The
democratic ranks. 1t Is doubtless true that
there are those. who have returned for per-
sonal or selfish ends. not having, been gen.
timely converted tosthe doctrines as taught
in tho Chicago platform. but while this Is
true. we believe that many have been
suundly and honestly converted to the doc
trpes OF tho democratic party.
hui there Are political quicksands ahead,
These qulcksonds that must be studiously
avoided. n we would succeed, do not lie so
much in tho ranks Of the republican as IN
our own party, II is easier 10 night an
open than concealed foe. We know that
the republicans are IN favor OF the single
gold standard Their actions IN congress
4 tes days age threw off the mask Some
OF the former leaders ana lights Of our