The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-18

cSd silver and being Young man tonly
ss years old) has likely never had any
n,t.r ra,th No doubtful record can be
dug up against him on that point. Inoush
vouns HI. has shown brilliancy OF states
manship equal 10 almost any OF the oiuer
heads. Resides AL thi.. n VII come
than any other candidate spoken of. In
ia. language oi Mr. kluiz OF Sortn
Carolina, who seconded his nomination.
HE can poll every democratic vote IN
every section of this grea, country that
any other candidate here named can DO.
And more. he can poll mere 'otcs from
persons OF different affiliations. rni do
more to unite all the friends Of free silver
than al. Of them put together." Being a
young man. he is fit one to repre- ent a
new idea-a new party.
The Amo r!can pccp,e may look for one
of the most exciting campa grs under the
leadership of the brilliant young Nebraska
statesman that this country has ever seen.
AN APPEAL. To sECTIoNALISM.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Eastern papecs or rather the New
York ones, are trying to force an ele-
nicnt of sectionaiism INTO the present
campaign. This would be INF tinate x
they had any chance of success. for we
have inst Witnessed the misfortune of
sectionel politics ana want no moro oil II.
aEG the present campaign is distinctly
uis OF economic issues an. in no respects
-, Nonal II the bimctallc movement be-
san Ia the South and West, 1t Is because
they were the first 10 feel the cts Of
lie single standard. Bimetalnsm is nov
liz rapidly eastward, ana s,a.ceIy ~ day
PASSES that docs not bring TWO or thiee
important converts to The CAUSE 'fne
chicago convention utterly routed ana DIS.
POSED Of the ioctrine OF saCtipnallsiit by
terminating for the second place ON It's
ticket man from the cxtrein, East,
hose study of the ques ion hal cunvincc1
HIM THAI the only way OF ending tue pres
ent un.ort mate depression III business Is
by res .osing the binseiailic currency OF our
fathers.
tgt this charge OF sectionaism the New
York papers have been preaching Tor
some time, while they themselves nave
been showing the rInkest and narrowest
sect.onalism and proviucialisn. They have
indeed grown so marrow that even the .r
New England brethren repudate and de-
nouncc them. rhe Spr siield Republican
declared the other day IN an article We
quoted that the narrowness of Che Sew
York press WIS injur.ng the sound
money cause. The Boston Herald in.
sisted that New York is the most pro-
vincial and sectional town in thu Union
showing the grossest ignocance OF the rest
OF the country and while claiming 10
lead American thought is far less Arneri-
announcing AMI ridtculng. sim another
New England paper replied savaGely to
recent outbnrst Of the Nav York Ad-
| veriiscr that II looked as though the peo-
| pie OF the South and West Were unfit to
enjoy the electoral franchise. What cot
ms. it excla!ms for the worst gov
| erned city in the Union. which seems uii-
able 20 govern itself ntelllgently. And how
would the Advertiser compare the vote
Of the slums OF New York and its tene-
| ment house district with the ballots cast
| In the South and Vest"
| Although repudiated by the New Eng
land papers. those of New York continue
| TO preach the doctrine that the South. The
Southwest and the Pacific coast are Sec
i!oral because they Will not let New York
lead the country. some time ago an en-
| teiprising New York Journal teegraphed
| Il number Of leading Western men TO nsk
their views as to why the West hated
| the East. The replies We're all exactly
me sane: We have no hostility what
ever. This supposed sectionalsm is wholly
Imaginary"
Then another enterprising New York
paper interviewed prominent politicians In
the wess on the question of secession
viii the West secede If II does not have
its way Most of the Westerners laugneo
over this absurd question. but some an
swered It ser!ously--that there was no in.
tention to secede. And they might have
replied that the South. the West and tn,
other parts Of the Union which favor sill
Yer and which constitute nine teen-twen.
tieths OF the whole country. were scarce
| ly likely 20 secede from tho other TWEEN
t.eth; and that II there was going to b.
any secession 1t will be the other way
the East which leaves the unon.
or course. all these Interviews wer'
Workers into the belief that they are n,
American people. and rhe rest oil tn,
country mere dependency. y Stat,
which has had the monopoly of the demo
cratic nominations for thc presidency fol
thirty years, with Seymour. Greeley I'll!
den, Hancock and Cleveland in Succession
time Vt is passed over and Il man iron
some other State is named for the prcsi
| ucncy.
The English press. which Is closely al
Fed with New York, and COS its Ameri
can news through rnat city, seems 10 b.
( impressed with this sectlonal9sm and Sc
ressiion cry, and speaks of the probab.
b,'eak-np of the Union, We can assure i
thai there is not the faintcst poss4bilit.
l "r This. II is only used for campaigi
effect. and means nothing. II seems /,
MS, however looking at the situation cool
~, mat the New York papers are guilt,
oil very bad politics IN crying sccuonaii sn
= ana d"nouncing the South and West |
may encourage sectional SIN at home bu
. II VIII do the gold cause only injury Nh i.
o l nssus sire slrens.hen:ng and votes Tn
' ,!r' some and oppressive it is scarce
l likely that Whitney. i'm & co. viii ge
Muph ENCOURAGEMENT. this SIDE of the Ale
el'thieS when the Western people are de
nonn,ed as thieves and .repud'ators an
mo snnthorners as regulators and muir
r aerers some years ago both republican
Jaw .Ssue but here is Cath trotting
OUT again. telling the stories of the burn
L ihgs of victims IN Texas and ..scwhrr
o as an issue in the present campaign, an
4 Az brought out against the South for II
- other reason than that It will not adop
{ ton. H''
@ rms is rather singular way of h,ddu
Tor votes and discussing question wnic
Is distinctly a publ.co-economic one an
unsh, to be settled by arguments IL tn
people OF the Sourh vote for gold IN
iynch.ngS VIII be overlooked: but il the
IL inli TO do SO then they are ungratefr
N traitors to the generous East which heipe
.hen IN the days Of reconstruction, an
a. winch because IT did so. CLAIMS !, rich
n 70 demand their political support for n
Ne thhs TO come and to command at ali time
their votes for an Eastern man for pres
l. utm' ana for whatever hnancal polio
at WI boneilt the East. The Southern ne,
i. pc must surrender their own interest
hnn convictions IN return for whar wa
-. .s " "ome ~, nn",s years ago Otherwise pre-