The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-25

shape now am, instead OF being involved
IN bitter contest among the democrats
OF your own district. Where can you gog
You despise the tariff ideas OF the repub-
leans just as sincerely as do You know
as well as l do that their tariff panacea for
the existing trouble in the industrial life
OF this country is rank rot and robbery.
lou Know, as well as | DO, that If higher
duties are laid on our imports. shrek
VIII soon go up all over the land. You
KNOW what that means; 1t means that the
farmer who is now selling his corn at 80
cents will have to pay twice as much for
his clothes, twice as much for mis- farm
utensils-the workman will have to pay
more for everything he buys and none OF
these men will get a cent more for what
they sell or labor for. Where are YOU GO
ing TO go? You can't go into caucus with
the democrats, and you can not stomach the
republicans"
Well" slowly replied the other, III the
Chicago platform stands for all that de-
mocracy is good for aud stands for the
party in 1900. then ! am going TO follow
the indianapolis standard, even II am only
one of small squad"
Nonsense" retortcd the other. you
will do nothing OF the kind You will have
no such chance in 1900, Either YOU will be
absorbed body and brooches, into the re-
publican party or YOU will he with the
Chicago democracy There will be no
shadow OF the Palmer and Buckner ghost
dance left over in 1900. Why. only think
OF the thing-the rank absurdity of that
ticket! Old Palmer himself has declared
that he voted for Mckinley. while old
Buckner has said to me that he did, too
Nonsense, my friend, you have made a
great mistake in not quietly standing aside
this time in your district, having such
views as you honestly have Had you
done so believe you would be the unani-
nous selection OF Your party for governor
OF your state two years from now and be
triumphanty elected. Now. see the bitter
personal and family fight this contest
makes for you suppose the republicans |
do seat you in the next house, and suppose |
they don't--in either event you are no bet |
ter off for 1898. Now. tell me. how did |
you manage TO run as a gold democrat
against a silver democrat and yet vote |
for Bryan"
'Oh that was done this way. denounc- |
ed every thing pretty much that was affirm
ed at Chicago. | went for Altgeld, Tillman
and the whole outfit, but | said that |
~
sake. told my people that they had better
stick TO me, for they would at least have
one man in congress that represented them
in the financial and the tarir policies that
II they went for my opponent he would not
half represent them. I tell you It was
bitter pill all around for me and for them
Now. ! want TO say to you that am done
with Bryan forever. | am not going to
have anything more to 10 with the demo
cratic party If he is the Messiah"
Nonsense" replied his friend "you don't
realize your words Bryan was the strong
est man that could have been selected No
other man could have made such a fight
as he made, He forced the fighting from
the word co. He kept the enemy on the
defensive and pinned them down to the
single issue of gold against silver IN spite
Of their most earnest attempts to change
the subject He never let up on them ono
single instant. They poured out money.
They subsidized papers They made pledges
to the workingmsn and farmers which they
can never redeem to offset Bryan's wonder
full attack on their lines. Why, Just think
Of it, No man was ever received and sup
ported 'hy the American people as Bryan
has been. Without solid organization with
out money and surrounded by traitors and
spies. this man won't through this cam ,
paign without a spot or hlemish being fixed /.
on his good name, and his ability conceded
by all, enemies and friends. Bryan is a
remarkable man; an exceedingly able one" {
That may be all as you think it is. but !
tell you that no man honored by the
democratic party as Grover Cleveland has
been has been so shamefully treated by his
81 4
and | have no respect for the men who
have come into the leadership nj that party I
N the expense of Cleyelands good name q
md integrity" I
What? Have you no respect for Band9" g
Wees, | have"
NO respect for Nes,9"
Wees, Vest Is all right
No respect for Stnnc?'
Wees. but that Alleged. that Tillman-- q
hats what gets me-"
Now. he fair, has Altged or Tillmar !
gone any farther in denouncing and de- (
'asing Cleveland than your republican as !
'9ciates2 - +
well, see here, hang IT, you know am ,
10 republican, was the hot reply. I
"Ah, yes, | know that very we'll but Let y
ne tell you ever so kindly, as your old d
riend that you have go, to go in with them 1
rom this time on-in with 6,3i5.000 Bryan b
democrats or so with Mckinley. You can :,
Tot escape the alternative" f
oh, well but at least 1000 OOo OF those 4
nen voted for Bryan under duress--the D
train of party regularity. They went do d
I again" II
So youreally imagine that little squad u
Il 10000 Palmer and Buckner democrats !,
IRE going to draw in and direct the forces
II $4,000 Bryan democratic" .
Well something may happen TO make n
hat possible" H.
1T is ton times more likely to happen j,