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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 7. 189ft
MR. BRYAN IN INDIANA
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M'KINLEY'S VISITORS.
THE TRIP TO INDIANAPOLIS.
Speeelie* Made lo Crowd* at Various
Point*—Reception at ludluu-
a poll a Warm.
Louisville, Kv., Oct. 6—Mr. Bryan arrived
Jn Louisville this morning shortly after 7
o'clock on a special train from Nashville.
No stops were made in the train's run anil
the candidate managed to secure a good
night's rest. He breakfasted at the Louis-
ville hotel and was met by Governor Mat-
thews and the Indiana reception commit-
tee.
Jeffersonville, Ind., was the first speech
appointment. The committee of Indiana
statesmen, including Governor Matthews,
escorted the candidate. Ou the platform in
Jeffersonville were sixteen little girls
dressed in white and one clothed in yellow.
Mr. Bryan spoke as follows:
1 am informed that your city was named
lor Thomas Jefferson. 1 am at ways glad lo
go in any community where they have a
general Interest in t lie name of Jefferson,
because we are in this campaign attempt-
ing to revive the principles ot Jefferson and
apply them to solution ot the questions of
to-day. We claim our title to the name
democratic not only by the fact that a
large majority of the democratic party has
indorsed the principles which we advocate,
but for the additional reason that tnose
principles are in harmony with the teach-
ing ot the lather of the democratic party;
and another reason why we feel that we
are lineal descendants of his in a political
way is that the names which they apply to
ns are very similai\to the names applied to
Jefferson and his followers. They called
Jetierson an anarchist, a demagogue and
a disturber, of the peace and a maniafr.
They call us anarciiists, socialists and
lunatics. You see the word lunatic is very
fcfmllar to the word maniac. If there is any
difference 1 suppose it would be that a
maniac was a mtle more violent than a
Junatfe. ^Laughter.) They called the sup-
porters oi Jelierson mobs and the follow-
ers of Hamilton denied that the followers
of Jefferson were capable of self-govern-
ment. The people wno were opposed to
Jefferson doubted honestly, I have no
doubt, whether the people at large would
ever be capable of exercising thu right of
(self-government. Jefferson had confidence
in the people and they had confidence in
liim. (Applause.)
Wlifei Jefferson opposed Ihe banks of is-
sue, when he complained against putting
the issuance of a volume of paper money in
the hands of political individuals, who
could then expand it or contract it at twill,
lie incurred tlie opposition of the banking
element of his day, just as we have in-
curred the opposition of the banking ele-
ment of our day when we oppose ihe issue
of paper money by national banks. The
national banks want to retire the green-
backs and treasury notes, which now cost
the people nothing, and substitute in the
place of those notes bonds, upon which the
people will pay interest, and the bankers
Will draw the interest, i am not surprised
that they opposed Jefferson, because those
enjoying such privileges always oppose the
people who attempt to lake those special
privileges away from them. (Applause.)
Mr. Bryan spoke from a platform near
the center of tne city in Albany and great
crowds gathered on every side. There was
a, good sized crowd to greet him and his
speech was punctuated with applause and
cheering. %
For the size of the crowd there has been
none more enthusiastic than that which
greeted him at Sellersburg. When he asked
the people how many believed in the gold
standard comparatively few \tield up their
hands. J
Scottsburg was the next step, and here
a platform had hey*? erected. Ther was a
very enthusiastic crowd. Mr. Bryan, after
a short address, asked if there was any
special question which they wished him to
discuss, and he was asked to explain the
60-cent dollar. He said he was glad that
they had asked him to do so. and gave an
explanation, holding that by restoring sil-
ver to money privileges a demand would
be created sufficient to make the silver
dollar of equal value with the gold dollar.
A stop of only a minute was made at
Crothersvilie, but the candidate had to
♦show himself.
Seymour was reached soon after 10 and
there was a crowd of several thousand in
waiting. Mr. Bryan was driven to the city
park, where he was introduced by Con-
gressman Brown. In the course of his
speech Mr. Bryan said:
I want to call your attention here in
Indiana .to a part of a message sent to
congress by Mr. Harrison when he was
president in 1890. Let me read you what
•he says about the effect of legislation on
silver. You will remember that this was
jjust at the passage of the Sherman law.
Jt was signed by President Harrison, and
after its passage the price of silver rose
10 $1.21 an ounce. On December 1 of that
year President Harrison sent his message
to congress, and in that message you will
find these words:
"The enlargement of our currency by the
fliver bill undoubtedly gave an upward ten-
dency to trade and had a marked effect on
prices, but this natural and desired effect
of the .silvet legislation was by many er-
roneously attributed to the tariff act."
My friends, principles do not change with
each passage. Men may change, but prin-
ciples remain and a truth spoken six years
ctgo remains the truth, although the man
wno spoke it may be sorry that lie ever
tpoke the truth and may be doomed never
to do so again.
The biggest <rowd of the morning was
at Columbus, where Mr. Bryan spoke from
a stand in th" center of a lot covering an
area of several blocks. lOvery inch of the
(space was occupied and the. nominee was
given a hearty welcome. There were two
brass bands on the grounds and every-
where were vehicles erowded with sight-
seers from outlying districts. Here again
'Mv. Bryan quoted a distinguished indi-
vidual. He said:
You will remember that there was once
p member of congress from a state named
.William O. Bynum. Let me read to you
•what Mr. Bynurn said in regard to the
told standard in IXm;. i quote from the
Congressional Record:
"It is because ol the shrinkage of values,
As well as the detriment to labor, that I
liaise my voice and utter a protest against
crusade- which has been in the past so
successfully waged in behalf of the money
interest to the utter and most complete de-
struction and welfare of the people."
My friends, we still wage this warfare
against the money interest, although Mr.
Xiynum has gone over to the other side.
The farmers are in a worse condition to-
day than they were when Mr. Hynum so
eloquently pleaded their cause, and we
shall well plead their cause, 1 don't care
3iow many turn their backs upon tlieni and
turn oppressor instead of leader.
At Edinburg the train stopped only a
moment, but a big crowd was on hand.
'Mv. Bryan said a few words.
Franklin was the last stop before Indian-
apolis, and there Mr. Bryan was wildly
cheered by an enthusiastic crowd of several
{thousand.
Reception at I ml ianftpoli*.
Indianapolis, lnd., Oct. t».—The reception
Accorded William Jennings Bryan upon his
arrival in Indianapolis to-day was nearly
tts great as any he has received during Ill's
entire trip.
He made five speeches here, two in the
Afternoon and three to-night, and at each
meeting he addressed an immense audi-
ence, one of which was nearly as larg«- ?is
Hiat addressed by him on the Boston com-
mon, the largest of the campaign.
The Bryan party arrived in Indianapolis
lU 12.45 o'clock and was received at the
station with great enthusiasm from many
thousands gathered about the station. II"
•was taken to the Grand hotel, and the
parade from the depot to the hotel was in
The nature ol an ovation. The Cleveland
club, hi Prince Albert •oat- and silk hats,
the Indianapolis republican silver club and
the Gray club actod as escort.*, and the
parade passed through streets lined with
(pHtnile, tiiei principal thoroughfares h» ing-
so crowded that the sidewalks were roped
off in order to k'-ep th" crowds from press-
ing upon ilie carriage*
After dinner Mr. Bryan addressed the
.largest crowd of the day at the state house.
Kvery Inch of the available standing and
climbing room was taken up. The park in
front of the state house was packed with
humanity, the streets on either side were
crowded, and people were gathered in Una
but those who were
the sound of his voice
a degree, it would 1 . .
« stimate the crowd, so great was it. Mr.
Bryan began talking at 3.15 o'clock and |
spoke halt an hour.
After the nominee had concluded his re-
marks at the siate house he was taken, to
Tomlitison hall, where he spoke to as many
people as could get into it. and in front of
the balcony where he stood. This meeting
was . nthusiastie. and often during his
speech the candidate was stopped by dem-
onstrations of approval.
To-night he spoke to. three more audi-
ences. to the commercial travelers' associ-
ation at the Grand hotel, from a platform
outside the court house, and in the Tom-
linson hall. The spccch inside the hall was
to the laboring men of Indianapolis and
his remarks were applauded to the echo.
In his state house speech Mr. Bryan, afte-
er paying a beautiful tribute to Thomas A.
Hendricks, said:
This city enjoys the unique distinction of
being the birthplace and death bed of a so-
called party. My friends, I know I am not
obeying the Bible injunction, "Let the dead
bury their dead." when 1 speak of this so-
called party. I speak of it as 1 would not
speak of a bona fide organization of men.
But this party occupies a peculiar place in
history. It calls itself the national demo-
cratic. party, when it does not expect to
carry a single county In the whole nation.
It calls itself a democratic party, when it
was organized for the express purpose of
electing a republican candidate for presi-
dent. If it were big enough to justify the
name, I would call it a stupendous fraud,
bin it is too small to be called stupendous.
I will call it a transparent fraud. It was
the first political convention ever held in
this country where the members ot the con-
vention nominated a ticket that they did
not expect to vote tor. and the first place
v here men have received a nomination and
don't vtant to be voted for.
The minority plank in the Chicago plat-
form opposed free coinage on the ground
that it would interfere with national bi-
metallism. toward which, according to the
minority plank, the efforts of this govern-
ment should be steadily directed, and then
when they failed to secure the adoption of
that plank they assembled in convention
here and forgot all about international bi-
metaflpm. There could be no clearer evi-
dence of intended deception than is found
in the fact that the minority at Chicago,
when they had things their own way, re-
pudiated the planks they stood on there
ami came out in favor of the gold stand-
ard instead of international bimetallism.
My friends. I am willing to meet an open
enemy in an open field and concede to ihat
enemy all the rights and privileges of open
warfare, but when our opponents call
themselves advocates of sound money and
want to fasten on us an unsound financial
svsteni. when they call themselves the ad-
vocates of honest money and then deal dis-
honestly with the American people, when
they say they are members of a party and
yet employ speakers anil openly say ttiey
are going to vote the republican ticket, that
party does not deserve to be treated like an
open enemy in this campaign.
My friends. I have no criticism to make
of anv man who believes that the election
of the Chicago ticket would destroy this
country, and who in that belief votes the
republican ticket: i>ut, my friends, to lind
a man who wants to elect the republican
ticket and then has not the courage to bear
the odium of adversity, it is an entirely dif-
ferent matter. (Great applause.)
A voice: "Give it to Bynum."
Mr. Bryan: "If you want to know what
that distinguished citizen-"
A voice: "Extinguished."
Mr. Br\an: The gentleman suggests ex-
tinguished, but I will say distinguished,
because he has a past, whether he has any
future or not. If you want to know what
he said about the gold standard, let me
read from his speech in lavor of silver in
188t>:
"Again the advocates of gold approach
us with open hands and smiling counte-
nances, but. I tear, with a dagger con-
cealed beneath their coats."
Ah! mv friends, he well understood the
nature of the animal before lie begun to
associate with it; he is right in his de-
scription. The gold standard never fought
an open light. It carries the knife of the
assassin and does its work behind the
mask or a burglar. It is not an open ene-
mv: never was and never will be. Now
see how well he understands them. He
says:
Oh, they say; we want silver, we are
bimetallists, but we want an honest dol-
lar. Suspend coinage, and we will drive
Kngland, Germany and other nations to
bimetallism, and then the price of silver
bullion will appreciate and our dollar will
be worth 100 cents."
That is what he said in 38SB. My friends,
instead of saying how he will adopt bi-
metallism and drive other nations to it,
he says that we will stand by the gold
standard and allow other nations to drive
us away from it. 1 might also quote to
you what Mr. Bynum quoted in that
speech from Mr. Ingalls. Now note the
language quoted from Senator Ingalls:
"No enduring fabric of national prosperity
can be builded on gold. Gold Is the money
of monarchs. Kings covet it, the exchanges
of nations are affected by it. Its tendency
is to accumulate in vast masses in the com
menial centers and to move from kingdom
to kingdom in such volumes as to unsettle
values and stir up the finances of the world
It is the instrument of gamblers and specu-
lators, and the idol of the misers thereof.
The object of so much adoration, it be-
comes haughty and sensitive and shrinks at
the approach of danger, and whenever it is
most needed It always disappears at the
slightest alarm. It begins to look for ref-
uge. It liies through the nations at war
to the nations at peace. War makes it
fugitive. No people in a great emergency
ever found a faithful ally in gold. It Is the
most cowardly and treacherous of all met-
als. It makes no treaty that it does not
break, it has no friends whom it does not
sooner or later betray. Armies and navies
are not maintained by gold. In time of
panic and calamity, shipwrecks and disas-
ter, it becomes the chief agent and minister
of ruin. No nation ever fought a great war
by the a.d of gold; on the contrary, in the
times of greatest peril it becomes an enemy
more potent than the foe in the field; but
when the battle is won and peace has been
secured, gold reappears and claims the
fruits of victory."
Those are the words of the distinguished
republican senator, and those words
true, and our opopnents are insisting that
we shall maintain this gold standard until
foreigners come to your relief. Our oppon-
ents insist upon building a commercial fab-
ric upon a handful of gold which may be
drawn away at any time and leave us
helpless, at the meivy of our enemies.
My friends. I know that our policy
democratic for many reasons. In the first
place, our policy has the Indorsement of
the democratic convention, and that is
sufficient to determine what democracy
to-day. There must be rule by a majority
or by a minority, and democracy has al-
ways meant the rule of the majority. The
majority of the democrats of this nation,
according with more freedom and more di-
rectness than in any convention before,
have declared that free coinage of silver
at IB to 1 without waiting- for the aid or
consent, of any other nation is democratic
in this country. And there are other rea-
sons why we know our cause is demo-
cratic. It is democratic because every un-
democratic influence in this country is ar-
rayed against us. A cause is known as
an individual, by til* company it keeps. If
you will look at t'i«• company which the
cause of our opponents keeps you will get
some idea of the true character of the
cause. 13very man who has profited by
special legislation, every trust that seeks
to impose upon the people, every syndicate
that fallens on public adversity, and every
corporation that thinks it is greater than
the law which created It. all these are op-
posed to us and give us a certificate that
we are doing a good work for the people.
Our opponents tell us that if we favor
free coinage and introduce it here that we
go to the standard of Mexico. Why don't
they t.-l! lis that if we maintain gold we
will approach the standard of Turkey,
which lias a gold standard? I see, my
friends, that the Armenians have been
culled anarchists by those in authority in
Turkey, and I suppose that Ihat means
that they are in favor of bimetallism and
have raised their voice against the gold
standard in Turkey. The men who insist
on doing our legislating in time of peace
never light any battles In time of war.
They are the people who call you anarch-
ists when you insist on having financial
legislation, but in trouble they would come
to us and say: "Oh, anarchists, save our
property, because you know we can not af-
ford to light."
A voice: "Hit Bynum again; give it to
('ockran."
Mr. Bryan: I think from the expressions
w hich I have heard that I c\n safely leave
him with you. and am sure that he will
l gei nothing more than lie deserves.
I Mr. Bryan then quoted from the national
j democratic platforms of 1XK4. l&xx anil 1892,
arguing that, they were consistently for bi-
metallism.
TWO C ARLOADS OP SHOt TERS FROM
EAST BRADY, 1"A., CALL
03 HIM.
HE TALKS TARIFF TO THEM.
National ^ftctot Reduction Matle I'nder
a Protective TuriO—Had Sound
Money Then.
TWO CONCERTS DAILY
In Music liali by tho worlds-famed
FIRST ARTILLERY BAND OF MEXICO
Secured for the occasion by special order of
President Diaz.
1 Racing Programme
Without, precedent; $30,000 ni purses: en-
tries by 125 turfmen; WX| horses, including several
holders of world's records.
OPENING EXERCISES, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10,
ELEVENTH ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT OF
The Texas State Fair
AND DALLAS EXPOSITION.
LOW RATES ON ALL RAILROADS.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
More numerous and attractive than ever.
6000 Exhibitors.
Largest and Best Live Stock show ever seen in
the South or Watt.
Large nnd varied array of Art, Novelty and
Scenic Entertainments.
Aii Extensive Midway.
•PEOIAIj DAYS S
Oct. 10— Opening and Children's Day.
Oct. 14—Live Stock Association Day.
Oct, 15-Shrineri' Day -Woman's Rights Day.
Oct- 17—Press Day—Patriotic Day.
Oct. 19—Colored People'a Day.
Oct. 23—Eduoational Day.
Canton, O.,
bound train
rought two extra
Oct. 6.—The regular west-
at 10 o'clock this morning
coaches tilled with
shouting McKinley men from East Brandy,
Clarion county. Pa. The delegation waa in-
troduced by M. E. Graham and addressed
by Major McKinley, who said;
Mr. Graham and Fellow Citizens: 1 am
very regretful that the day is so inclement
upon which you make your call. 1 am glad
to meet each one of you at my home. 1
have received a great many delegations
lately, many of them larger than yours,
but from the shouts 1 have heard from you
to-day I am sure none of them has better
lungs than yours.. And none of them were
more earnest in their support of republic-
an principles than the little body of men
gathered about me to-day. There is one
thing which 1 think we are sometimes too
apt to forget—we ale too apt to forget what
is behind us and too apt to he heedless of
our own experience. We can hardly real-
ize than from 1873 to 1893 we reduced the
public debt from J2.333.831.3H8 111 1866 to
70.n<)0.0»H). We paid off during those twen-
. years $1,623,531,673 of the public debt. We
were under a protective and sound money
svsteni when we were making the large
payments. Two-thirds of that great debt
has disappeared, and while we were paying
it off we had In this country splendid indus-
trial enterprise, giving constant and steady
employment to American labor at lair
wages and giving to the farmers of the
country a just reward for their toil and la-
bor. During that period, for the greater
part of the time, we were selling more
goods abroad than we were buying abroad
and the balance of. trade was therefore in
our favor, ami that balance of trade set-
tled. as It was. in gold, gave us the great
inllow of money from the other side of the
ocean. Now. friends, four years ago the
people of this country determined to change
that policy and they did change it. What
has been the result? We have since that
time created a national debt, principle and
interest, of about $800,000,000. We have had
for the greater part of that time a de-
ticiency in the treasury, the government
not collecting sufficient revenues to meet
urrent expenses; and labor has been illy
employed as it was in that period. 1 thank
you most heartily for this call and bid you
all good morning. (Applause.)
MR. SEWALL ACCEPTS.
l.ETTEn TO THE COMMITTEE OF NO-
TIFICATION WIMMVIED AT
CHICAGO.
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION
\
The Principal Topic Dlacuaaed—Reply
to tlie- Clinrue of Creation
Class Distinction*.
whose most sacred charge is to care for
all of its citizens. The free and unlimited
coinage of silver is the sole remedy with
which to check the wrongs of to-day, to
undo the ruin of the past, and for our in-
spiration we have the justice of our cause
and those cherished principles of Jeffer-
son and Jackson, which shall be our guide
on our return lo power. Equal and exact
justice to all men. absolute acquiescence
in decisions of the majority, the vital prin-
ciples of republics, the honest payment
of our debts and sacred preservation of the
public faith.
Profoundly sensible of the high honor of
the nomination you tender. I am yours
truly, A1 IT H U R SE W A LL.
Gave HoihI.
Linden, Cass Co., Tex., Oct. 5.—Deputy
Sheriffs A. I>. Morris and Nat Cutrlght,
who \\. i attempting lo arrest Marion Al-
mond wli'-n the latt'er was killed, have given
bond in the sum of *oUO, awaiting the action
the iiiiind jtyry. _
SPEECH TO LUMBERMEN.
To a delegation of lumbermen from Buf-
falo; After welcoming his visitors and
quoting statistics showing tire progress of
the lumber trade from 1880 to 1890, Major
McKinley said:
1 may be pardoned, gentlemen, if I say
in this presence that I believe in the
policy that gives preference to Buffalo and
Tonawanda rather than Montreal and To-
ronto. Like all the other features of free
trade, it has helped to make us poor for
the advantage of other people living with-
in another jurisdiction and who owe no
allegiance to your llag. 1 am In favor of
encouraging our shipping interests in every
proper and suitable way, and am in favor
of the restoration of a tariff system which
builds up home factories, home markets
and home trade, and which makes this
wonderful international commerce possi-
ble. We know by experience in the last
three years that there is nothing we could
exchange it for and not be wofully beaten
in the bargain.
No one knows better than you the effect
upon business, as wpll as upon the general
business of the country of having all of
our industrial enterprises at work ami con-
stantly at work, manned with ail army of
workingmen. We give you business when
the workingmen are steadily entploved at
good wages, and they buy lots and build
homes, and you know the effect it has upon
the magnificent growth of the oity of Buf-
falo between 1880 and 1890. For the past
three years we have contributed some-
thing to build up manufacturing in the
cities of Europe, which is well enough if
we had no idle men at home, and while we
have been doing this we have been corre-
spondingly doing something to drag down
manufacturing In American cities, aiding
our foreign rivals to your own injury and
sacrifice, helping foreign market* by sur-
rendering our own markets and getting
nothing by the process.
In common, good citizens, you are con-
cerned in the proper settlement of the free
coinage question. Did you ever reflect how-
it would help the prices of real estate and
of buildings to have all values unsettled
and the validity of contracts thrown into
jeopardy. The history of the world proves
that real estate suffers most severely in
every period of financial distress, and of
all property It recovers the most slowly.
Read the history of the great financial de-
pressions and panics of 1817, 1825, 1835, 1841,
1847, 1873, 1878, 1893 and 1896 and see if this
is not true. The triumph of sound money
and protection at the polls at November
Willi, in my Judgment, restore confidence
and thereby help every phase of business,
and when that is done your business will
share in the general advancement and
profit by the general prosperity. 1 know
ihat you no longer stand not only for a
judicious protective tariff system, but you
stand for an honest money standard that
will be recognized the world over, and
more than that and above that, you stand
by the government of this country, and
whatever differences we may have on
minor questions of public policy, every pa-
triotic citizen this year, will insist thai the
honor of the government and its financial
integrity shall be sustained and preserved.
SPEECH 'ip MICJ-1IGANDERS.
To a delegation from Michigan Major Mc-
Kinley said in part: To me the contest for
protection is from first to last a plea for
labor and the agricultural interests of the
United States. It is a recognition of the
men who toil in the factory or on the farm
for their advancement and constant better-
ment. We want in this country none of the
harsh and degraded conditions that prevail
in some other countries and we do not
mean to have them 1'nlike other govern-
ments of the world, this government rests
upon the consent of the governed. They
talk about our being a debtor nation, and
because we are a debtor nation they want
us to repudiate our debts. They say we
should be opposed to the great commercial
countries of the world and talk of our as-
sertion of our independence of them by
proving a nation of honest debtors.
That sentiment, my fellow citizens, will
never meet with the indorsement of a ma-
jority of the American people, and farmers
least of all. Why, the beat creditors in
this country either in number oi* in wealth,
are not the railway and mine owners and
bankers and manufacturers, but the vast
army of small ekpitalists ami the laboring
men found In every community of the land.
The secretary of the treasury says that the
industrious and frugal ptople are to-day
ihe creditors of Ihe banks and trusts, the
building associations and other institutions
of that character, to the extent of $5,000,000,-
<mm>, while the same people very largely are
the policy holders in our insurance compa-
nies, who own $10,000,000,000. That debt Is
not due the rich. It is due to the sons of
those who loll for it.
.Indue Denny \\ IthdriiWM.
Cincinnati, O., Oct. IJ.—A special to the
Commercial-Tribune fr§m Lexington, Ky.,
says Judge Denny, jr., who announced him-
self a republican candidate in the Seventh
district, has made public a card withdraw-
ing from the contest. This leaves Breckin-
ridge a clear field, with the support of the
gold standard voters of both parties.
Drill) U < acholic Acid.
Abilene, Tex., Oct. 6. - While Mrs. P. L.
Sherrill of Temple was being operated on
by a dentist here to-day her 14-months-old
child, which was playing about the room,
got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid, and be-
fore it was discovered, had swallowed th*
contents. Medical aid was summoned at
once, but the child expired in a few hours.
Bath, Me., Oct. C.-Tlon. Arthur Sewall,
democratic candidate for vice president of
the I'nited States, to-night made public his
letter of acceptance, it is as follows;
Hon. Stephen B. White, chairman, and
Members of the Notification Committee-
Gentlemen: 1 have the honor to accept in
writing, as 1 have already verbally done,
the nomination tendered by you oji behalf
of the democratic party as its candidate for
vice president of tjie l'ni|rd States, and in
doing so 1 am glad, first lo express my
satisfaction that the platform of our party,
which has commanded my lifelong allegi-
ance. is honestly and fully declaratory to
all the principles, and especially of the
absorbing financial situation, on which, as
you say, 1 took my stand, "when the hour
of triumph seemed remote, and when ar-
rogant money changers throughout the
world boasted that the conquest of the
American masses was completes." These
principles can never die. We have rescued
our party from those who under the in-
fluence of the money power have controlled
and debased it. Our mission now is to res-
cue from this same power and its foreign
allies our own beloved country. This is
the first and highest duty in the country
imposed by our party's platform. Upon
the performance of this duty all of the
reforms must wait. The test of party prin-
ciples is the government they assure; the
proof of good government is a contented
and happy people, and the ^supreme test
of both is the ability to guide the country
through a crisis us well as to admin-
ister the government in ordinary times.
Our people now face, £ « rials, a crisis more
serious than any since I lie war. To what
partv shall they turn In their dire emer-
gency? It is true that the present crisis
may not involve all equally: that there are
those who do not sufler and may not suf-
fer should the crisis threatened by the gold
standard come on In all its fury. Human
selfishness makes these deaf to all appeals,
but to these, fortunately, the democratic
party has never needed to appeal for aid
in it's battles, nor did it now. save as there
are some among them who can rise superi-
or to self in the sacrifice which such a
crisis demands of every patriot. We are
told the country has prospered under the
present gold standard; that its wealth has
enormously increased. Granted so. but in
whose hands? In the hands of the tollers,
the producers, the farmers, the miners, the
fabricators, in the factories, the creators
of the nation's wealth, its defenders in
war? Have they the prosperity which was
theirs so late as evert twenty years ago?
1 deny it. They dehy it. None affirm it
save * those whose interest it is to
do so, whose profit will diminish
as prosperity returns to those on whose die*
tress they ihrive. All is indeed right be-
tween capital and labor. The "best money
In the world" is none, loo good for thcwe
who have got it, but now is it with the 99
per cent of our people who have ''got It to
get?" How is It with those who must buy
this "best money in the world" with the
products of their of n labor? Those are the
people for whom the democratic party
would legislate. What is the best money
for these? is the question for all to ask
who really love this land. How else can
you increase labor's purchasing power, but
by increasing the price of labor's products?
It is a fair measure of value that in our
great producing section ten bushels of po
tatoes must be paid for a dollar, ten bush-
els of outs for a dollar, six bushels of corn
for a dollar, three bushels of wheat, and
all other products of the soil and mines,
and the labor of all wage earners at the
same ratio. Does any fair mind say this
Is honest money that forces such an ex-
change and if it is not a fair exchange, is
it honest? is it less than robbery? This is
the condition to which the single gold
standard has brought us. Under U. the ap-
preciation of the "best money in the world"
has Increased the wealth of the rich, and
for the same reason has increased the debt
of the debtor. So has It been under the
present standard, and so it must continue
to be. With these object lessons about me,
what need have we tor history and stalls
tics and the studies of scholars? it is lit
tie satisfaction to us that we have been
warned long since of the evil of the gold
standard, it has brought us at last to the
parting of the ways. Whither shall the
people go—in the way that has led to their
enslavement, or into that which offers them
their only chance to regain individual lib-
erty. lasting prosperity and happiness? Let
not our opponents charge us with creating
class distinctions. Alas for the republic
they are already here, held by the republi
can policy of the last thirty years, created
by the very system we would now over-
throw and destroy. Nor do we raise a sec-
tional issue. The nomination you tender
repels the charge. None know better than
1 that this nomination is meant as no per
sonal tribute, but as an assurance that our
party is a non-sectional party. Not by our
policy, but only by the continuance of tin
gold standard, can sectionalism be revived.
Neither shall our opponents be permitted
to terrify the people by predictions
that temporary* disturbance oi
panic will come from the poll
cy we propose. The American people
will be loyal to the nation's money if we
stand behind it and maintain it at what-
ever value they themselves may put upon
it.
Once before in the present generation
have our people been called upon to face
a momentous crisis What, then, says Mr.
Lincoln, the chosen leader of the people of
the land ; Was he awed by threats, or
weakened by the wily persuasion of false
friends, who, as to-day. pleaded for com-
promise with oilier wrong? His answer
was
Knrnea City Court.
Karnes City. Tex., Oct. 5.—-District court
convened here yesterday morning with
Judge Grime* on the bench.
"If our sense of duty forbids this, then |
let us stand by our duty fearlessly. Lei |
us be diverted by none of' these sophistical
contrivances wherewith we arc industri-
ously plied and belabored; contrivances
such as groping for some middle ground
IxMween the right or wrong, reversing the
divine rule, and calling not the sinners,
but the righteous, to repentance, such as
invocations to Washington, Imploring men
to unsay what Washington said and undo
what Washington did: neither let us be
slandered from our duly by false accusa-
tions against us. Let us have faith that
right makes might, and in thai faith let
us to the end dare to do our duty as we
understand it."
We know well the nature of the struggle
in which «le are epgaged. We are anxious
only that the people of the land shall un-
derstand it, and thus our battle is won.
Behind the strong intrench mi ut uf the
gold standard ar£ gathered all those fa-
vored classes It has fostered, the only
dangerous classes ol the land. Avarice
and unholy greed are there; every trust
and combination is there; every monopoly
is there, led by the greatest monopoly of
all I In monopoly o! the pow er of gold.
Willi us, in our assault upon these in-
trenchnienis, are all ilieise unselfish men
who, il not now suffering themselves, can
not resi content with conditions so full of
suffering for otheis and that vaster num-
ber of our people who have been sacrificed
to the small and -leliish class who now re-
sist their atle.mpts lo regain their ancient i
rights and llberliis. These are the pa- I
W ATSON ASK USD TO WITHDRAW.
I Letter Addressed to 111 in toy Na-
tion n I Committeeman Hnle.
Roanoke, Va., Oct. 6.—The Roanoke
Times will to-morrow print an open letter
from G. W. B. Hale, populist national
committeeman for Virginia, addressed to
Tom Watson, asking the latter to withdraw
from the presidential ticket. The letter
says in part;
Hon. Thomas K. Watson: From a sense
of patriotic duty I write to you to cease
your opposition to fusion where the same
is generally believed to be of advantage
to the immediate success of financial re-
form to which you have so far so greatly
contributed. There is no earthly chance
of your election. If your cause wins in
this race Bryan and Sewall are elected.
While 1 greatly prefer a southern man to
vote for and a man who, like yourself, haR
been in the fore front of the battle hitherto
fought for reform, yet I can not hesitate
to support Mr. Sewall, not only because of
his availability, but also because 1 believe
that if elected and the opportunity presents
itself he will consciously carry out the full
text of the platform upon which he was se-
lected. 1 am not one who thinks that be-
cause Mr. Sewall is at present a bank-
he is obdurate on the ques-
tion of national banks. 1 do not
blame the individual. I blame the law that
legislates national banks; for if you say
the man who votes for Sewall had as well
and as consistently vote for Hobart, the
former himself in favor of free coinage at
the ratio of 16 to 1, the other one savors of
monometallism. Quite a difference, my hi
to 1 friend. The former is willing right
now to establish free and unlimited coin-
age; the latter is willing to postpone ac-
tion until the merchants of England say so.
The former is the tangible, the latter is
positively not so.
In conclusion, my dear sir. allow me to
emphasize that your stay on the ticket
jeopardizes the success of our cause and
that a withdrawal on your part would be
heralded with patriotic delight by many of
our party friends and largely by those «who
esteem you as a great and grand man.
Yours truly, G. W. B. HALE,
Populist Committeeman.
CONNECTICUT ELECTIONS.
Return* Indicate a Good Republican
Majority—Headqaurter* Estimate*.
Hartford, Conn., Oct. tf.—Of the 108 towns
in the state election* were held in 1U2. Re-
turns have been received at the office of
the Associated Press from 146 of these
towns. Those not heard from are isolated
and are without wire communication and
contain so few voters as to be of no con
sideration. Of the 146 towns heard from
133 have elected the republican ticket, which
shows a gain of lii towns over the election
of last year. These towns have given re-
publican majorities of about 100 indicat-
ing an approximate majority In the state
of 15,000.
Of the towns missing nine are considered
as safely republican, with small republi-
can majorities. These missing towns, to-
gether with the larger towns of New
Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Ansonla and
Nautauck, where no elections were held
yesterday, according to the estimates of
the republican managers, will give repub-
lican majorities In this state of about 20,000.
At the headquarters, however, while they
concede an apparent republican majority of
10,000 or 12,000, they claim that local Issues
were too sharply drawn to permit of an
expression on the national issues, and that
the republican majority in Connecticut No-
vember 3 will not exceed 10,000.
Florida Election.
Pensacola, Flu., Oct. 6.—A general elec-
tion for state and county offices was held
throughout Florida to-day. There were
three tickets in the field for slate officers-
democratic, republican and populist—and
also for county officers in nearly all tho
counties. The gold democrats supported the
democratic ticket and there is no doubt of
its success by a good majority.
In the election to-day ihe Australian bal
lot svsteni was used for the first time in
this city. The results of tho new system
were very satisfactory, and the election
passed very quietly. Owing fo the length
of the ticket it is impossible to give the re-
turns in counties to-night, but it Is conced-
ed that the democratic county ticket was
elected by a handsome majority.
Several important amendments to the
state constitution were voted on. the most
important being one to abolish October elec
lions, it Is believed that this amendment
has been adopted.
Silver ('olniige Since 1SJKI.
Louisville, Ky., Oct.'4.—In reply to
letter from the Courier-Journal to Secre-
tary Carlisle asking for information con
cerning the coinage of silver, Secretary
Carlisle replies in part as follows
"From January 1, 1896, to September 30,
1896, standard silver dollars have been
coined at the mints for the United States
to the amount of $13,912,122. Since Novem-
ber 1, 1893, the date of the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the so-called Sher-
man act, standard silver dollars have been
coined in the I'nited States to the amount
of $17,869,491, or more than twice as much
as was coined during the whole period of
our history prior to 1878. The coinage of
standard silver dollars is going on every
day at our mints, and during the last
month It amounted to $2,700,000. About the
same amount will be coined during the
present month. The selgnorage or gain
which has been added to the circulation
on account of the coinage since Novem-
ber 1. 1S93, is about $5,700,000 ami the
FIELD OF POLITICS.
MAJOR WALTON WAS EXPECTED TO
RESIGN FROM THE POPt-
L1ST TICKET.
TELEGRAM FROM WILLIAMS
Saying Hufim Hardy Wronld Take HI*
Place — Cnltoeraon at Victoria,
Movement of SpeukeraV
Rockdale, Tex., Oct. 6.-While Major W.
M. Walton was delivering his speech here
on last Saturday afternoon lie received the
following telegram:
Austin, Tex., Oct. 3.—Major W. M. Wal-
ton: M. Williams says that you rtre expect-
ed to resign and Rufus Hardy will be put
in your place. GEO. L. WALTON.
On yesterday afternoon Mr. W. M. Fer-
guson, editor of the Rockdale Messenger,
received a telegram from Major Walton
saying he had withdrawn from the ticket
and that his letter would be published.
Cnltoeraon ut Victoria.
Victoria, Tex., Oct. 6.—Governor Culber-
son spoke at the court house last night.
He was introduced to the largest audience
ever seen in the court house by Hon. G.
W. L. Fly in a very neat speech. The gov-
ernor spoke principally of state issues, de-
fending his conduct during his governor-
ship. He spoke of the deficit of $1,000,000
when he took charge, left by the late Gov-
ernor Hogg. He went into figures as to
the expense of running the state govern-
ment during his administration and by
those that preceded him. showing that the
people had as economical an administration
as was possible. He referred in a touching
way to the building of the confederate
home, which he said was done by the
young men of Texas. He was very severe
on the populist party. Referring to the
prize fight phantom that the opposition pa-
v , _ ^ ~wout, he
- So long
as he was governor of the state he did not
propose to allow the thug and hoodlum ele-
ment to make this their dumping ground.
He said as lo the fee paid Governor Hogg
it was very small compared to the amount
offered him by the other side. Culberson
paid a glowing tribute to Bryan and said
he indorsed every plank of the Chicago
platform, in closing he complimented the
ladies present.
Rtittlied With Rtialneaa.
Denisen, Tex., Oct. 6.—The Katy has had
its stock rushes and business rushes of all
kinds since It has been under the present
management, but it has never had the busi-
ness that it lias on its hands at present.
Last Saturday there were 400 cars of grain
and merchandise for the south in the West
Denison yards. To-day there are 334 cars
waiting for engines and crews to take them
south. If the present ratio keeps up the
service of a call boy can be dispensed with,
as the eginemen and train crews are tele-
graphed before they arrive here that they
are expected on their engines to go back
on another run as soon as they arrive
There is not an idle engine on the Katy
system and so far as Denison is concerned
there Is not an idle hand In any department
of the road. Every available man in the
shops and on the road is at work and
nearly all of them are making long over
time.
Democratic llnlletin.
Mexia, Tex., Oct. 5.—The following bul-
letin was issued from democratic head-
quarters to-day:
Hon. Cecil H. Smith of Sherman will
speak at the following places: Bowie
Thursday, October 15, at 7 p. m.; Nocona,
Friday, October 16, at 7 p. m; Spanish Fort,
Saturday, October 17, at 7 p. m.
Hon. Wlnbourne Pearee will speak at the
following places: Lovelady, Friday, Octo-
ber 16; Jacksonville, October 1"
Hon. Tom Smith will speak at the follow-
ing places: Nacogdoches, Friday, October
23; Lufkin, Saturday, October 24.
Raker ut Wharton.
Wharton, Tex., Oct. 6.—Hon. A. J. Baker,
democratic nominee for land commissioner,
addressed an audience of about 300 at the
court house last night, a large number of
whom were ladles. Mr. Baker spoke for
an hour and a half. He defended the state
administration, and In view of the severe
criticisms upon Governor Culberson's prize
fight fee said this was a very insignificant
matter in comparison with the money that
had been saved to the state by the admin-
istration. He dwelt at some length on na
tional issues and defended the Chicago
platform.
Situation lu lllll County.
Dallas, Tex.. Oct. 6.—Hon. W. H. Pope
of Marshall and W. T. Moore, chairman of
the Hill county sound money democrats,
were among the callers at sound money
democratic state headquarters to-day. Mr
Moore said Hill county would give the
state house ring a black eye and added
"I expect to vote the populist ticket, not
because I believe in what they advocate
but as a means of getting rid of the crowd
at Austin now. In the national election I
shall vote for those heroes. Palmer and
Buckner."
Crane at Taylor.
Taylor, Tex., Oct. 6.—Attorney General
CAMMED
GOODS.
The four masted schooner
Granie D. Buchanan, with the
largest cargo of Canned
Goods that ever left Baltimore
for any port in the world, is
now due at Galueston. This
cargo is composed entirely of
the celebrated
CLIPPER BRAND
of goods, and Interior Mer-
chants desiring these reliable
goods can have their wants
tilled by any wholesale grocer
of Galueston.
M. M. LEVY & CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS,
GALVESTON, TEX.
Stating that he would fill the Eleventh
congressional district with populist oratoru
in a few days.
Cravens ut Hnntavllle.
Huntsville. Tex., Oct. 6.--Judge N. A. Cra-
vens of Willis delivered an able address be* ,
fore the Bryan and Sewall and Culberson
club at the court house last night in the
presence of a large audience. He spoke
of the state administration In the highest
terms possible and classed the Palmer fol-
lowers as aids to McKinley.
Spoukiuu ut Gilmer.
Gilmer, Tex., Oct. 6.—At a basket picnic
to-day Senator Horace Chilton addressed
the people on the issues of the day. His
speech was highly appreciated. At 2.30 p.
m. Judge Bal lew spoke at the court house
in favor of the gold standard.
Don*t linoiv About tlie Balance.
Beaumont, Tex., Oct. 6.—Senator Roger
Q. Mills spoke here to-night to a large and
appreciative audience. When approached
by The News correspondent as to the re-
sult on November 3 he said: "Oh, Texan
is out of all danger, but I don't know about
the balance."
Terrell In Hell County.
Temple. Tex,, Oct. 6.—Hon. Ben Terrell
arrived here yesterday under arrangements
with the populist county executive commit-
tee for a tour of the county. He opened
here last night and has appointments in
all the leading centers.
Pope^ Petitioned.
Marshall, Tex.,'Oct. 6.—The republicans
have petitioned Hon. W. H. Pope to run
for congress in this district against Hon. S.
B. Cooper, the democratic nominee.
Kleberg; at Knrnea City.
Karnes City, Tex., Oct. 0.—Hon. Rudolph
Kleberg, democratic nominee of thli dis-
trict for congress, spoke here last night tq
u good audience.
Local Option In Ohio.
Bellefontulne, O., Oct. 6.—The vote on tha
repeal of tho local option ordinance held
here shows a maority of 672 votes in favor
of the repeal. The vote did not show the
strength of the dry vote, as it was de-
cided by the dry's in mass meeting to keep
away from the polls and ignore the elec-
tion. The "wet" vote was not out in full
force, as It was not a regular election day.
The total vote last spring for mayor was
1403 and the total vote to-day 713, of which
41 were "dry" and 672 were "wet." Tho
friends of the ordinance claim that they
can induce one councilman who has prom-
ised to vote "wet" to change his mind ana
thereby defeat the result of to-day's test.
But the friends of the repeal of the ordi-
nance say five of the eight councllmen
promise them If they defray the expense
of the election they will surely abide by the
decision of the majority of the citizen*
who cast their ballots in obedience to the
call for the election.
selgnorage or gain in the coinage of last
month was about $900,000.
"The coinage is being done under au-
thority conferred upon the secretary of the
treasury by the third section of the act of
July 11. 1890, which provides;
" That the secretary of the treasury-
shall each mouth coin a million ounces of
the silver bullion purchased under ilie pro-
visions of this act into standard silver dol-
lars until the first day of July. 1891. and
after that lime he shall coin of the silver
bullion purchased under the provisions of
this act as much as may be necessary to
provide for the redemption of the treasury
notes herein provided for. and any gain
or selgnorage arising from such coinage
shall be accounted for and paid into the
treasury.'
"This law Is still in force, no part of It
having been repealed except the clause
which directed the secretary of the treas-
ury to continue the purchase of silver
j bullion and issue oi treasury notes In
payment for it, and the coinage is being
made from the bullion belonging to the
government purchased before the repeal
of that clause." <
lllll Will Adhere.
New York. Oct. 6.—Elliott Danforth.
are the pa- i c'ia,rn1an of t,H> democratic slate commit-
trlots of lViiij ihe foe of the "dishonest 1 ,f**' lm-s returned to town after having had
dollar" which enriches 10 per cunt of our I a,n Interview wilh Senator Mill ut Albany,
people to rob the resl, defender* of the He assured callers at headquarters that
bonus- of Ihe land, the public morals and 1 l,n' wu,ul(l hls, adhesion to
the public faith, both of whom aiike for- \ ')ol'i f"e national and slate tickets.
bid ihe payment ui government ohllga- j •—
tions in a coin coMiier to illume who have I To ci UK \ cold IN o\lc DAY,
to pay than 'that the doniraet 'alls for; I idke laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Drug-
Ihti ik'l'&nUtua ui uitt uonui' ui iht natlun, | *lsus refund money if it fails to cur*. 2ac.
Rear End Collision.
Berwyn, 1. T., Oct. 6.—A rear end collis-
ion occurred at the gravel pit. six miles
north of here, to-day. Engineer Boyce of
Gainesville jumped from his engine against
an embankment, tolling back under the
train. His right foot la crushed off and
he is Tiangerously injured about the breast
and Internally. Fireman Blaekwell of
Gainesville stayed on and escaped with a
eprained ankle.
No Trouble.
South MeAlester I. T., Oct. 6.—No Ohoo-
iaw trouble has occurred at Tuskuhoma ao
far and none is expected. Two companies
of soldiers and the entire force of t.he In-
dian police are on hand to quell any dis-
turbance. Green McCurtaln will be in-
stalled as governor of the Choctaw nation.
Ne«v Orleans Money Market.
New Orleans, La.. Oct. 6.—The money
market continues firm,-with no new feu-
M. VI. Crane addressed a large crowd at j ture-s. There is a good demand for loafts
for general trade purposes, and the banks
are meeting all such requirements promptly.
Rates are unchanged at S per cent.
the Taylor opera house last night upon the
political Issues of the day. Ills speech,
lasting about two hours, was mainly in de-
fense of the present state administration
and the Chicago national democratic plat-
form and the nominees of that convention.
His remarks were well received and loudly
applauded, The t^nor of his address was
about the same as those delivered else-
where, and which have already been re-
ported in The News.
IlnliiK at \uviiaota.
Navasota, Tex., Oct. 6.—Hon. Presly K. j
Ewlng addressed an Intelligent audience |
here. Though the crowd contained a good j
percentage of people who were not demo- '
erats, he held them spellbound with his 1
rhetoric. i j
Hon. A. P. Brjgance, chairman of the i
executive committee of the Fifteenth seua- 1
torlal district, has called a meeting of that
committee U be held in this town on Octo-
ber 15. to nominate a successor to Hon. \V.
P. McComb.
Grnynon County KumIoii.
Sherman, Tex., Oct. 6.—The fusion ticket,
the outcome of the joint conference yester-
day between the gold democrats, republi-
cans and ihe nitra populists, will have the
names of Judge Gilbert of Denison for dis-
trict judge, W. A. Dunn of this city for
county judge and R. L. McAfee of this
city for sheriff, if they accept. The resl of
the ticket are regular nominees. The re-
publicans get none of the offices, but will
make the most for McKinley they can of it.
To Stock tlie Eleventh.
Beeville, Tex., Oct. 6. A. J. Carol hers
of this city, secretary of the people's party
executive committee of the Eleventh con-
gressional district, received a letter from
J. S. Bradley, chairman of the state ex-
ecutive committee ai JJuilaa, jesieiUay
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