The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-21
'CROKER'S CLOvEN HOOP
Shown ii an Interview Defending INC tas''
em Money Sharks.
NE SAYS SILVER is kLocAL ISSUE ONLY
Ana &t,crer II was The W"rN'"'s-
man VINO Locked " AZ wy
to create pnnicEy ccn"''o"''

New York. January 2c.--Richaru 0rohei'
in an interview tonight, said; Inv. me ~ =
question is dead issue in's w"'
proven conclusivcly by the eSpressio"i
of the will OF the people in 1875 wnen
nav e,ccted Mr.. Mckinley president OF
tho United States.
"Now the democrats of the West anu
other sections Of the country are .is'Ae
to fuist this dead issue upon the deIiio.
cratic party and to make the OLD deau
,,rv Of .1s to 4 the democratic slogan In
1900
"Why should we carry dead Weisn'
IN that campaign? The times OF iou'
years ago are past. Today the times are
different and the issues are not the SANE.
Speaking for this section OF the coun-
try, say that II the 16 to question 10
again brought before the people tnere
Will be felt again throughout the Nation
the same distrust that prevailed In 1925.
During the fall Of that year, While tne
campaign was In progress, every man
with dollar OF surplus, whether ne was
millionaire or q workingman, hoardcu
his savings; In fact, locked them up SO
securely that there was actually no money
in circulation. AS q natural consequence
the times then became we'll nigh desper-
ate. Look back at the winter of lSab
and see what the mere rumor of silver
coinage at the ratio OF Is to did to this
country.
..yon could not get money in the
bnnls, yon could not raise money
ON any Kind Of security and the re-
suit Svns the very hardcst kind Of
hard times.
From tho South and West there always
comes the hue and cry against New York
because It Is the money center of the
United States But whenever there is any
great public Improvement to be made In
any section OF the country the first Look
for help is toward abused New York. They
rush TO our great city to raise the money.
They come here for the means to build
their railroads, to construct their water
works. to erect the plants for gas SER
vice and bond their cities for any kind
OF Improvement. Then. no matter how
much benefit is derived from this sec
ton of the country, there is always the
same howl against the great city because
without which public improvements would
be an impossibility.
"lf this silver question comes
Rgain before the people and is mad,
factor In the National plntfOrni
the mOncyed men of the East viii
look for Investment outside of thif
country and the banks In other
states of the Union VIII he unable
TO borrow money In the East. III.
result will be. that tire poor will BIZ
the greatest sufferers.
THE present winter of 1889 has been
free from the scenes of starvation and SUI
fering that We're so painfully characteristic
OF the time when the financial strength OF
the country WAS threatened. Everybody
seems to be making living and to be con-
tented. The reason for this is easily
found: Tho men with money have loos-
ened their purse strings and money Is be-
Ing plentifully spent for public improve
ments. Labor is not idle and money is In
circulation because there is a feeling oil
financial security. The free silver issue is
merely a local issue. In the sections where
free silver will benefit the residents it Is
but natural for them to declare for 16 to
However in my opinion the money uues-
ton should be settled by congress.
"But here in New York we must see ia
1t that the position of our party on the
money question must meet the require
ment not OF any one section. but of every
section of the United States. When in
convention assembled. the majority of the
delegates demand certain standard of q
certain reform New York will. as IL ever
has. fall faithfully in line without a mo-
ment of opposition or murmur or protest.
But the democratic platform OF 1900 has
not yet been written"