The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-01
VIEW ATWASHIN0TON
Washlngton. pecember q. ,aaa

agree with Mr.. Carter. They have corr
to the conclusion that their party NH
not be able to elect any sort OF a candk
date on any sort Of platform In ~ |
coming presidential contest. The be.iSf
that they can win even with "yeilou
dog has given place to a fear that thpv /
may not win at all. 1t Is easy enough < !
perceive what has come DER the spirN |
OF their dreams. MIR. Carter and his ~, |
low republicans frankly admit the faot{
In conversation one with another.
The trouble L. there sits in the Whit
House man who. whether through per.
sonai ambition or desire to lift one 4
his favorites to the chair which he uo9
occupies, Is playing a mastery game "
politics. In saying that l am not giyins
my opinion. which might not count ~ |
much. but that of the republican Leader,
with whom l have talked. They ~
worried about the future. They are wosu
dering what Mr.. Cleveland will do nerf
Ihey are fearful THAT the man in ID
White House Will contrive to producs
more divisions in the republican rank
that he will arrange other means of car
rying public sentiment with him. AudS
they are fearful. finally. that the pres VI
dent will be named for hisAown successsr
one can not give n truthful picture ~
the Goings-on behind the scenes in WASH
UGlCU without tnls general
pub.ic fear that MIR. Cleveland is oi
whiting them; that he Is putting theiuX
In hole on the financial question, and
that; with his foreian policy. he is max,
ing himself the most popular man in Tn
Nation. 1t Will be remembered that Il
this column ! have frequently during ~
f.n months spoken of the inteK6
tion of the president to thrust upon IA p
country foreign policy that would NAN
iier7rndcus political effect. and wh1rk
would rehabiiiate his party and give d
coming presidential battle. All these m
dictions, ridiculous as they seemed who
made. have since been verified, and h.
day one Of the chief topics in republicaa
circles in this city Is to what extent NJ
Cleveland has undermined and destrpyt1
the "sure thing which the men of tAsi
party recently believed they had In N
contest for 1896.
The fear of the republican leader
not alone that Mr.. Cleveland has ma
himself the center of Il popular and -
trotic issue, but that he IS arraignix
the money power of the country, al
great corporations, the railways, III
banks. the manufacturers. the merchanh
the men of affairs and responsibility, Il
men who control other men. against IN
attitude of the republican party on t5
financial question.
With the one Issue 1t Is feared the pgeG
dent wiz catch the sympathy OF tn
masses, who are for their country even
time. right or wrong, heaven b.ess EN-
and with the other gain the confiden4
Of the leaders of public opinion II 81
are asking themselves, can not he forc
his party to nominate him next yeakI Va,
against ats VIII perhaps, and can he MOI
also force II to indorse once more againS
its will. his policy of retiring the green
backs? Here is where the rnaneuyerinfI
for puh!ic Endorsement is to come. 1t
already at hand. 0H
Today Mr.. Cleveland appears to havfsF
the best of It, That, at any rate, is ths
low token by the prominent republhcam,
with whom | have talked. As ! han y
licans many Of them, especially Easter1H
republicans. admit the greenbacks ought
TO be retired, and this govsrnment. slcnM x,
provide for itself rational financial syt #
TEN and not attempt to maintain a sys
TEN unlike that of any either nation cn
earth. But this admission Is made pr
Joined in both by those who are slavsn
and those who are not is TO make belieSs
the president is wrong and that increaA
e the revenue, not change Of the nns AZ
cial system. is the vital question OF ~
hour. on this line. no doubt, the battMd 4
win he fought all through the winter; M}
the arts Of politics VIII be resorted " ID
on both sides to convince the couhuy IN
the either fellow is wrong. xo
- ~
AS the fight goes on the shrewd ~ ~
practical republican leaders, men Me
Chairman Carter, who have been ID ne
thick CT tho fight In past contesta fcAf
the presidents scheme is almost hsui- IN
nerabie. because with a lively scfeisns
policy, he catches the masses, who hsftx
not inclined to agree with him ccncernn..3y
Ing retirement of the greenbacks, WING
with the financial plan he catches Ml&H
capitalists who shiver at the first no'An~
of war It is, therefore. surprising tmf
one of tho leading republicans sEwxH
say. as he did today: Grover Cleveisspp5A23
IA tho slnartest politician We have nsIk4
In the White House since the days "
Andrew Jaskson." -
Mr.. cleveland has another advantsg
one which vas striking,y illusiratsa
day. Tho administration Is UNI;
consists Of Grover Cleveland. II VIII
be divided against itself. 1t is puTsyM
clearly defined, well understood po'ess
1t is in position to strike whenever VEN
blow Will hurt tho enemy the most. ~
speak from time to time. the who'e ~
try listens. Everything he writes -
10 the uttermost parts of tne feIu
1t is devoured in the counting
conned over in the. cabin He can
will drive straight aliead, without
faltering. without any dissentions, i. 4
u Is not SO with his enemy IN ne hs,S !.
toll republican caucus was new
protest against the speakers rune
the Speakers bill in the citadel Of ~
,icanism, The republican lenu .',t,. ~
cessor, was compelled to yield an iinlT
ant concession in order to retain vy >
enough TO pass his measure. Va -
standing that concession he ana ms " s
tenants are nervous lest they get thtos23 n
with but slender majority or ran " h.
through at all In other words, 10
C'eve.and's policy Of driving straigaM. ;
his mark. of hammering the repuoi,e
I'LL they do something or attempt ~ hi
something, has entrapped Mr.. hr fs Nd
policy designated to satisfy pubic M r. la
Ton but which apnnrently goes nv kl
to please mauy of the representauvSss
his own party and not far enough .uvnsrl
ssfy the business interests OF the counTN
Mr.. Cleveland. the unit, is deVelou.ins I
lack of unity among hts opponents BfC
-. =,
The big republicans In Washins'o" -
not so much worried because MI Nv
leadership in tho house is jcoparu'- -,
They are not anxious concerning ms a
parent loss of prestige as politics. o.
pirant. That is his affair. He aecy "
seat on the safety valve, and ne
ur' RE q - the stckeT ~ h,
White House end of the machine Ia,
II hot for him once in a while III
Reed is outpayed they Will drop III ~.
their presidential candidaet and 49,
another. They have not been 70 iotds l.
10 place all their eggs in his basket bf