The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-03
NOTE AND COMMENT.

1 ttNAAF NtlF INCL NHdt NAle trTHtseN~n 49,
IN this State not only made phenomenal
| gains IN the las, election. but that 1t made
the rs,rs ~ tho most civilized, prosres'
stNe and cultured section OF the STATE,
viz The larger carsos and towns.
IL viii re tateres,ins TO the substantial
People on the farms sud IN the villages
~ TEXAS TO learn thai they ara not c'sssed
by the News among the most civilized"
Inhabitants of the State. but arc non
progressive and uncultured CIVILIZATION
and 'artelIieenee," the News says, abound
chiefly In the cities and large towns. and
yet there is not more generally ,ntell'-
gent and progressive citizenship In Amer
lea than can be found from ono end Of
Texas 10 another. 1t has generally been
supposed ghat cocAle. such as tho opposi-
ton had this year, found its chief Held
for operations in tire cities and larger
towns, among ward heele-s and the ioat-
Ing popula sion, AMI mis- may accoun; for
thc gains TO which the News refers.
The Post has reason TO i,c.sye ina: such
was the case. bot II does not charge fraud
upon the Southern people in consequence
The News IN its desperation and blindness
Is growing from bad 10 worse but 1t is as
| tonisiAng TO see It now snecring at the
want of ''c.vinsaaon" and INTELLIGENCE"
among the substantial country people OF
Texas.
| II any one Questions the fact that the
supreme IMPORTANCE which the silver issue
| assum@yi during the recent campaign alone
| saved The democratic party from "A far
! moro crushing defeat and the Cleveland
| administration from cond emHa;ion un-
! paralle!si N the history OF democracy,
! few figures should dispel the delusiun.
l Comms ncing with New YORK his own
| be observed that MIR Cleveland was once
elected governor nv 1000 majority.
.hcse hSuIcs were reduced TO a. 80 when
I ne was eccted pres dent IN lA2, ard, after
! Two years of his ai,nin strlt!on. a repub-
! lean governor was elected by l5b luO. WIS
/ con-ln gave denoctatic majority of $50
! IN la'l ana a republican majority OF $3.50
! ~ 1874; Indiana gave q democratic major
| ny OF .lve IN l&- and a republican major
ny, OF ii.eo In 1894; Ohio reduced the re-
pUbhcan majority OF lOpo In 1882 bul three
years OF C!eveldndism In creased IL to " $50
IN 1875 The republicans of Pennsylvania
! Increased their majority from s. zoo in lsg9
TO 24i,sco In 1891 Nor lid the s5lid south
I escape IN = disastrous Influence. kentucky
gave 5000 democratic majority IN 1872 and
nearly 1000 republican majority in 1879.
While Maryland reversed her democrats
majority OF 2l.ooO TN 1892 30 r. 100 repub.
lean majority TN isal Even Tennessee
changed her democratic majority OF IS. 800
70 lS'? 10 republican ma or.ty Of 7is N
MI The vote N other States = htrl'y
less Significant. notably n flino :. which
w and elected Il State treasurer by ii r.
publican majority of 1890 in 1894. The
ehanse IN the lower house Of congress is
hardly decisive In the Flf,y-third con-
gross the democrats had majority of ~
while the republicans had majority OF
lS9 n the Fifty-fourth. No one who has
observed the current OF pubic sentiment
could doub, that the election OF 1926 won 4
indicate still more extreme change urt
seeded that Of the tariff 1t is indeed doubt
fnl T. any democrat, nominated on NJ.
Cieyelahd's platform and indorsing h ; adj
minisirat on, could have carried half the
states or received half the popular votes
recorded IN favor Of Bryan. Were .s pos
sihle Tor MI Cleveland TO appreciate the
and public acts the last election would
bring home 10 his consc business the un-
popuarity not TO say cdum, VIII Oh he has
acquired New York sun
Here Is something for certain class OF
democrats IN Texas to think about Ger
tain newspapers, for instance, have been
copying the silly stun Illuminated by the
New York World In the attempt to show
tina; the Ch!csgo convention traded off a
lot OF denorrs-c States for populist
siAtes ana got svta5led n tho exchange.
The S4r p9ss ); crT-err3y and there is not
ar 1te-lFeri; c,lHe'1'ti l1 ne entire Union
WIZ believes ffEaf % e platform such as
NJ HfeFes.e and sis followers c.nmorea
- re defncc-G.y Hcli4 have carried a
si-fe Easfsrn o Northern State or one
h@t even = the Souiforn States. And
ye. the-4 eisQce-s howl about the Chi
"a 70 convention.
1be Washington Post. commenting on
ihe san article observes
j. the moderately esteemed New York
rla ~ ye.effsy appeared an editorial
was OF supreme Importance N saving "tha
democratic party from a far more crush
INK defeat, and The Cleveland administra-
Won from a coneemna tlor unparalleled IN
the history Of democracy" The article
commencing w.tn New YORK gives a list
OF stats showing democratic majurltics
- lts-. and replbi can major.tics in 1894
ana ~, ard Closes with III. remark; at
= Indeed doubtful II aus. democrat nom.-
inhorring ~ adnF'!siration, could have
CARED half the States OF received half
the popular vote recorded for Mr. Bryan"
From ont Of the shadowy past comes
gently stealing q faint remembrance of
savage denunciat!oH Of Mr. Bryan and h
followers from the SAM source as the re
associates were held NJ as bueaboce in
o ,,ni,. 70 fr'Eh,en the pure democracy into
NJ hrNdn and tho dictionary, together
with an encyclopedia or two. was ram
sacked for terms sufficiently forclble TO
express the opinion ontcrtaiaea OF the
platform on WI ch he stood Ills success
would have ruined the country and Dis
rurted tho democratic party, or what
that Mr. Rryan and the principles for
which he fought saved the democracy
from crushing hNeat and Mr.. CleVciand'S
Administration from condemnation,
Well well. truly no evil is 50 bad that
Their" might not have been somsth ng
worse. In the light OF the recent utter
anees Of our luminous contemporary, Il
Vas difficult to Imagine anything wors.
than the success Of Mr.. Bryan, but It IS
evident that the nomination OF simon
nure democrat after the pattern OF Mr..
Cleveland would have produced situa-
ton more horrible to contemplate than
even Mr.. Bryan's triumph
This r. hpWillprluE TO the ordinary read
cr. The now you-sce III n nd now you dom
performance confuses. Tine mind is dis
traoted and torn with conflicting emo
tons on heholding these lightning changes
and the involuntary query arises Where
am | at?'' with no satisfactory rep,y, The
democracy Is relieved by knowing they
arc better off than was supposed, and this
~ "A consolation.
II was Henry Watterson who said a
short time ago. when Mr.. Cleveland was
being talked OF for the nomination, that
he tCheveland) could not carry single
county In tho United States. and Waiter
son had /, down about right, The ticket
thaa represented Clevelandism palmer