The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 39, October 13, 1894 Page: 5
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THE TEXAS MINER.
there was no bottom to prices. All this we have seen—are now
seeing. In the city of New York alone, the savings of the wage
earners in the savings banks has been drawn down $34,000,000
in one year, instead of an increase of $16,000,000 as in some
years from 1888 to 1893. Now, there must be some great rea-
sons for the change from prosperity to adversity in so short a
period. Now, what is it? Ask your own self, and think it over,
don't allow any one to think for you, but read and ponder. We
ascribe it to the fact that we are departing from a policy of pro-
tection of American labor, and to the fact that we have demone-
tized silver. . We cannot at this time go into all the arguments
that we can bring to substantiate our belief, but the steady reader
of our columns can see our reasons. We do not claim that we
know it all, and that others are wholly wrong, but we do claim
that we try to study both conditions and theories and treat them
fairly and honestly, and when we have made up our mind will
try to convince others that we are right. We hope our readers
will lav political prejudices aside, read and inwardly digest the
arguments on both sides, and if you do, ten chances to one, you
will accept our views, and that we are now living under an ad-
ministration of wild, untried •'theories1' that have brought the
whole country toward bankruptcy, and that we had by far better
return to conditions existing prior to 1892.
OUR NATIONAL EMBLEM.
T
*HE TEXAS MINER lifts its voice for a more general use
of our National Emblem, the • Stars and Stripes." In these
days of hurry and business, patriotism is still a good thing and
nothing is more calculated to inspire it and keep it in an ever
present and living force with us than a frequent view of our flag.
We are a great Nation, and one of our purest joys should be to
glory in or greatness. Every Nation has its emblem. The peo-
ple of all Nations march to war and pursue their civic callings
under flags which embody and typify the National idea. Those
symbols of National life warm the blood, arouse the enthusiasm
and call forth men's best and highest efforts in patriotic service.
But the flag of no Nation can so thrill and inspire, as the Stars
and Stripes. The most blessed thing, the most cherished prize
of all is liberty. This Nation was "conceived in liberty and dedi-
cated to the proposition that all men are created equal." The
Stars and Stripes represent this National idea. Wherever our
Mag is unfurled to the breeze it means liberty and equality to
every man, woman and child who gazes upon its folds. It was
the inspiration of our forefathers in the battles of the Revolution,
when they were fighting for a Nation to dedicate to a free and
equal people. It was the inspiration cf our soldiers in the greater
civil war, when we were engaged in "testing whether that Nation
so dedicated can long endure." Our flag typifies liberty, and
therefore thrills the heart of every lover of freedom, no matter
from what shore he hails. If he understands and appreciates
the spirit of our institutions, the blood will course faster and the
pulse beat higher when he views the Stars and Stripes. It is the
emblem which typifies a principle to which he can af once declare
eternal allegiance and undying devotion. Therein lies the strength
of our Republic. A common cause, a common inspiration blend
all worthy elements, whether native or foreign born, into a com-
mon patriotic citizenship.
to break into the solid Democratic delegation from Texas. If
they are successful the good it will accomplish can hardly be esti-
mated. It will be notice to the world that the day of brutal
Democratic majorities in Texas has past. It will cause investors
to look to Texas and invest their money h^re. It will be an in-
vitation to manv thrifty families of the North and East to come
and settle here. It will be a grateful sign of the growth of the
National idea among us. Their success may be of still greater
importance in a National way. Two Republican members from
Texas in the next house may turn the scale in favor of American
industries and American interests. If the next House is Demo-
cratic it will be accepted as an invitation to continue the work of
breaking down the tariff and American industries. A Republi-
can House, while it cannot restore full prosperity without the
assistance of a Republican President and Senate, can at least
stand between a suffering people and further uncertainty and
tariff" tinkering. Let Texas assist in augmenting the ranks of
those who will stand in the next Congress as defenders of Ameri-
can interests and prosperity.
GO IT!
CLEVELAND Democrats and Free-silver Democrats both
are getting their backs up. Cleveland men say that they
made a goldbug platform and every one that accepted a nomina-
tion on it must live up to it. But the candidates see "the hand-
writing on the wall" that if they stick to the platform they're gone
up in a balloon and are trying to '-hedge." Well, gentlemen,
you know that "if the blind lead the blind they both fall in the
ditch," and George Clark pulled the wool (of interest) ov^r
Roger Q. Mills, and he, through his agents, tried to pull the
wool over all of Texas, but there ain't wool enough (if it is cheap)
to "o round.
MR. WILSON BANQUETED IN LONDON.
CONGRESSMAN W. L. WILSON, the framer of the Dem-
ocratic tariff" measure as introduced in the last House, has
recently been banqueted by the Chamber of Commerce of Lon-
don. How much better it would have been could he have been,
as McKinley was, the arthur of a measure which would have
permitted Americans to banquet him amid home surroundings,
where the whir and hum of busy <vheels and the joy and cheer
of busy workmen could make music for the feast.
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN FROM TEXAS.
Roger Q. Mills, once strongly in favor of the free coinage of
silver, has deserted the interests of his constituents to benefit
that of the creditor classes at the solicitation or dictation of Gro-
ver Cleveland.
Japan is making it "hot" for China. It looks as if they are
going io make a dash for Pekin, much the same way as the Ger-
mans made for Paris, and we hope with equal success. That old
dynasty needs stirring up.
AS THE present campaign in the Congressional districts pro-
gresses it is gratifying to note the increasing chances of
success for the Republican nominees in the Tenth and Twelfth
districts in Texas. Hon. A. J. Rosenthal in the Tenth and Hon.
George H. Noonan in the Twelfth are waging an active, vigorous
and willing fight for election, and backed by the best and most
conservative men in their districts they have an excellent chance
Geronimo and his band of murdering Apaches came into
Fort Worth last week, by a special train, from Alabama en route
to Fort Sill. Every mother's son of them should have been
hanged years ago, and would have been had it not been for the
sickly sentimentality of Eastern people of the "Lo, the poor
Indian," kind.
Nugent is after the Democratic platform in good shape. He
discussed the ninth and tenth planks of the Dallas platform and
ridiculed the' Democratic speakers for their division on the silver
question, saying they were engaged in political juggling simply to
get votes, Culberson taking one position on this subject and
George Clark and Mills just the opposite.
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McAdams, Walter B. The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 39, October 13, 1894, newspaper, October 13, 1894; Thurber, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth200486/m1/5/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.