The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15
A BOLD ROBBERY.
How the United state. Congress H~Id
Tn the peopir,

up to few years since. committed many
bold robberies. which gave rise TO criti-
clsm aud anxiety TO holders OF large sums
OF money by express and through the
mails. The robberies OF these men were
eclipsed few days since In daylight 10
the presence OF several hundred people,
many OF them claiming TO be honest, and
enough OF them present. had they seen
nt to do so, could have prevented the
boldest robbery ever recorded In this coun-
try. I refer TO the robbery committed in
the city Of Washington last week under the
namc Of the currency bill. 1t took 100
men Is rob all the people,
Note the contrast between these high
waymen. The Dalton gang used from
| Ave to nine men They robbed, as a rule.
banks and express companies. those who
as a rule, after being robbed, still had q
considerable left Sometimes when rob-
bling train they would return money to
| the poor Especially was this true when
old, or poor people would make known
| their condition The fact is, the Younger
brothers conclusvely proved on more than
ono occasion that they we're much better
than this gang OF 1870. for this robbery in
Washington reaches all classes the
widows orphans the decrepd and old,
and poor people. from Dan to Beersheba
| The Daltons returned money TO the poor;
the Washington city gang return % the
| Observation-Disclosures and money lenders, who
are blessed with plenty, The Dalton gang
boldly rob a bank, knowing that they
may be killed in doing SO: they also knew
| IL they escaped that large reward would
1 ta Afga n1 nv Ha A.
rested. convicted and sentenced to hard
/ labor In the pententlary and the finger OF
scorn pointed at them and their families
| forever. These Washington city robbers
are afraid of being killed. They dislike
| hard labor and the object to being called
robbers so they adopt different method
! called by financers illegal enactment"
which answers the same purpose. This
is the class of men who claimed in 1896
that they we're the inspired apostles who
were going TO preserve the honor and in
tegrity of this government | think the
bold robberies of Jesse James and his as
socates. or the sneaking back-alley rob-
berries In cities are more honorable Than
the robbery OF last week under the gulse
OF legal enactment.
Who is responsible for this act? Is II
the men who enacted the single gold stand
ard, who in 1896 claimed that they were
the only honest men In the country?
Certainly not, for evidently there would
have been no use for another enactment
II the statute already provided for these
things. We know that last week congress
passed n bill authorizing reserve fund
to redeem silver with gold, and making
National bonds payable in gold Were
these people who claimed 10 possess all
the honor and intelligence, mistaken as
to such laws, or did they wilful.y mis-
represent? How many Will come out and
confess? That Is certainly a fair test OF
their honesty. Don't all speak at once.
They are not going to confess; they arc
a tribe who claims that the end iustlhes
The means. The end has been attained,
or nearly so, and they are happy. They
said they wished to stop the endless chain.
What Ito, They added one more link
10 tho chain by redeeming silver with
gold. | feel sure they intend 10 stop the
endless chain. Tho bill provides that
silver. Sherman notes aud legal tender
notes shalt he redeemed in gold, and not
he paid out except for gold That sounds
much better than to say they will retire
this silver and paper money and issue
bonds instead Another scabby trick Of
tho honor and integrity tribe or was Il
tho men who they called anarchists re-
pudiators etc.
Wa were told by them that VIC wanted
TO pay our debts in 50-cent dollars. They
said we did not want to pay aocordlne
To contract. Everyone knows that 0s az
! IN he liberal and say % per cent OF bank
: presidents and their cashiers voted for oI
! advocated the single gold standard Call
cd by them for the purpose Of deception
sound money Since that time about
/, hfty ~ these unusually honest men havs
been indicted FOR robbery, Showing be
yond doubt that there Ia no greater pei
cert of honest men among them han In
: any other class.
: TO carry tho election In 1895, politicians
= and private citizens advocating sound
money told the people that this govern
ment owed debt of over sSOo. GOO. 600
/, payable In gold; told them that law on
!, the statute required one hundred million
y In gold to be held as q redemption FUND
told them that our silver dollars were
redeemable in gold which they said was
the only reason why they were worth
, 100 cents, When these people stood on
the streets, or before an audience, OF
through tho newspapers did they tell the
. truth
1t win not be long until we are told
! that the situation could be relieved by
putting this silver and paper into circu.
? lation, but no body wants Il, or will have
, IL. then IL will be in order for the same
, set TO rob the people again by issuing
bonds, equal to the amount OF this money
! held In the treasury Buy gold with the
bonds, and destroy the paper held In the
, treasury. and sell the silver for its bull
+. lion value or Use 1t for small denomina.
a tonsi All TO preserve the honor and
: integrity OF the nation, Ii Is enough ID
/, break mans rest TO hear them expatiatt
Z on the honor and integrity OF that tribe
: Legal enactment sounds better | can't
: blame them, for when a man takes thai
v which is not his own, whether he an
I. propriRtes IL to his own use or gives a