The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-15
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army ana veteran republican sehNt"i
sa, ,osether, tn the parton of the la,tGf,
discussing the pre>ideuts message. which
had been rad 10 them in the senate only
tew hours earlier
We'll. What do thinS OF it," said the
I senator III is splendid message, full OF
/ plaitudcs and commonrlaoes. He appears
| 10 he mean enough to admire Mckinley
! and malignant enough TO BIZ his friend
All that's an cpigram that Cleveland
would sQirm under, replied the other,
but, surely, 1t is an anomalous condition
Of Affairs which ushers the president out
aud brings his successor in next March.
Not tsst he hates McKiule. an. less, but
hc hates his party more.
He foss the cuban question all up.
Running behind, to be sure. he says, but
there's plenty OF money 10 settle up with -
ooh, yes, IL We step in and borrow 1t next
spring -and ne saeers at the tariff ad-
ded the senator, lying back In his chair
and folding his knee iuto his PAINS, he
elrsti his eyes with an air OF perfect
resignation
inis message--ihs placid song Of dying
swan, as you may ftly term it," inquired
the other
We Will do nothing. absolutely moth
ing. Aith his recommendations except TO
reier them under the rules and pigeon
aoie them. But this is not what hothers
me, however am seriously in doubt at
this hour whether We shall be able TO do
ANYTHING In this extra session. | tell you
am not at all sure thnt we shall not have
a democratic senate after the ith OF March.
No one knows today what We will have.
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Now. this is all the more Notifying
10 me, because OF Cleveland's message.
Here is an opportunity we ought to but
we can not improve, Take that amazing
statement OF his that we are In good finan-
hcial shape. that we have SIPS 900 900 in
the treasury TO meet any and all dehcien-
cies FOR the current and coming year
why doesn't he know that we all know
'hat that money is, today. less than half
OF the borrow ed money he has used since
he came in; that that surplus In the treas
uiy is borrowed money! OF course he
knows it, but be juggles and puzzles with
words
What are we going to do now, rgh,
on the threshold OF our own administra-
tlonY Look at Walker in the house and
all that set in our party. who are chr
ruping around the city that Clovelands
message Is an exceedingly able one WHY
because he recommends the retirement
OF the groenback, which is a policy that
mas been an old hobby Of Walker and 9th
ers. that We, as a party. can not indulge
to this hour. unless We want to sink our
snip out of sight IN lSgS. Yet Walker
was prancing up and down the house
sizes aud corridors making as much fuss
as though he had actually retired those
ereenbacks--that It was done at last
These silver men in congress want no
In a.
applause Of Cleveland in our party ranks:
and II we can not get together and nut a |
Sood revenue bill into operation hy tina |
SO OF next July | fully expect to sec a |
democratic congress in 1898; nothing can |
prevent II.
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Il am told today that Pritchard con not |
re reelected in North Carolina. but !
irltchard says he can He does not rIys !
any figures however, ana it looks to mo
Just about as it did in the case of Oates.
who was cocksuro Of election In Alabama
When the ballots were taken Oates aim.
ply was not in it, and old Pettus, who had |
said nothing and Of whom we had heard |
! othins In the North, stepped up as ,hoL;h ,
ne had no opposition whatever. So It viii |
be with PrItchaid | apprehend
Delaware viii send a democrat--a sill
yer man. That undoes MS in the next sen.
ate, even if Kcntuoky elects a republican.
Now what are We going to do with nev
tarln bill in such senate as that? Who |
among MS can forctell the fate or shane of
such IA bin? II We haven't got a bare ma
J"liiy Of one, and the best We can do, ali !
pulling together is a tie vote, what scus.
bic man who has had twenty years e.-
rcricncc as | have had here can fail TO re.
gard the outlook as utterly uncertain.
Look at the tariff extremes In our own
party. Heavens! but they ara well repre-
sehtod in the senate and the house and |
they are now laying down the law to us
Wherever and whenever they can catch hold
of us. | know that we are expected to
pass tariff bill. not alone rs a revenue
roduoer. but as a business stimuldtlon
such bill is II mighty difficult one to
get up, and when you look az the times
and study the conditions 1t Is well nigh
impossible for us to meet the popular de
mand IN our own party. OF course this
impossibiliiy is not generally suspected,
or even admitted by the party leaders.
and seems to be wholly ignored by the
business meh the manufacturers In espe-
cal
Tho gold democrats will he less than
ever disposed 10 help MS frame new tsiif.
since Clevoland's farewell message has ap-
peared. However. never have for an
instant counted on them to aid us and.
Indeed. when | come to carefully review
the election, feel that their support OF
our ticket hurt us more than II hclrcd
II caused all the sound money Micawbers,
who were against Cleveland. to 20 FOR
Pryan. because they saw no change In
riccting Mckinley. You Just think OF that
lass among the democrats moment, and
alcuatc a little. | believe that they
themselves outnumherod the gold demo
-lats In all Of the clnse Stntns Of tho Mcet y