The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-01

element OF the ola Haslerh w" 49,
arlstucracy, the Influence ~ whatever
wealth there was In the country az that
time the united power Of the preab hno
the pulpit were arrRyci against MI, Je,-
ferson To the cry OF anarchy and avs.
ordor wnp added tile charge Of thc most
prominent minister's OF various thrls'i"n
denominations that he had become imbn"d
with The shirt Of ufidclity and the other
alleged horesios of the French icVoiu''un'
Tho nnsses Of the plain people were Tor
JcHerson, but tho popular Idol ~ns de-
fpatcd In 1900 Mr. Jefferson was again Il
candidate for the presidency, and was vi
umphautly elected, and with Ills election
the existence Of the democratic party be-
gan, and the Nation was saved from u
backward stcp that certainly would have
resulted In an oligaruby or perhaps The
carly restoration Of monarchy.
In 1900 democracy VIII celebrate It's cen
tcnniai jubilee in tho United States by the
triumphai election OF the worthy successor
OF Jhomas Jciforson,
From the New York Journal
SHIELDING THE GulLTY-sena,or
lIoar Of Massachusetts,. whom II
is omncntly proper TO call wen
cradle" but who is more dcscrlp-
lively dubbed "Pickwick," was scarcely
happy In his controversy with Senator TIL
man on Monday The opportunity was an
admirable one. for Tillman. BEING sprung
from the commonost Of the common people
Is. OF course, an excellent butt for a Bosi on
Brahmln. and is. moreover. generally de-
spsoi because OF his irrcpressIble habit of
speaking homely truths IN a yulgarly direct
way, without recourse to any Of the mol
Irving innucndoes which save senatorial
dignity and bcfog the general public. But
the most venerable of senators is hardly
IMPRESSIVE when trying to defeat a PROPOSE
ton to investigate current and notorious
scandals concerning the body OF which he
Is II inciubcr The man WHO courts in
vcstigallun" IL not infrequently a guilty
broggart. but the chances are that lie IL
better than the one who pulls every wire 10
ryadc II.
Senator Tillman's resolution was emil
nontly proper Whether the Sugar Trust
has uatd uuduo means 10 Influence lcgls-
latlon. and why the United States senate
can no, touch sugar without getting con-
taminnted. are questions which scVoral mil
Hon American taxpayers are equally eager
with Senator Tillmln 20 have solved. y or
Is that solution furnished satisfactorily by
Senator Hoar when he says that the press
charges of bribery In connection with the
sugar schedule arr received throughout the
country with absolute contempt"
Senator lioar is not a seer. The intel
lcctual atmosphere OF Boston breeds myu-
MA, not clalrvoyaucc. Nor Is he qui'c.
as he asserts. the son OF yoeman." for
his father was Judge, and like himaolf
n graduate Of Harvard. His declaration
That the people are Indifferent to the hcau-
dais which besct the senate must be taken
as inc opinion nj one man, and that man
far removed from association with the
masses whom In this debate at least SEN
itOF JlIlmhn rpnTpHputyu far moro truth
iully Tho men who get their living from
tho farms and factories OF Massachusetts"
doubtlcns are all that the senior senator
from chat state dcsoribcs them --"Riinplc
sincere. honest, liberty loving, God fear
ing men, Hut the more fully they are in
v,sicd With these qualities the less thCy
VIII agree with the senator that these
charges are not only propostoruus Int IN.
famous " 10 the liberty loving man tho
sncctnrlo Of the Sugar Trust throttnng The
freedom Of trade by aid of Interested law
makers and eXtOrtinF millions FROM tie
ptuple on the spcciouH plea of protecting
woritingmcn to whom other employ mort is
by 1t denied. will be Infamous. 70 the silt
cero man the efforts of the senate to escape
Investigation, and the successful attempt
OF tho Trusts agents TO conceal their opor-
ntions. Will be cNeCrnhlc. TO hon ~ taon
The scnnes dread OF Hight will be at least
husplclouf. And 10 all men who enrn their
ivlng In farm or Workshop and whether
II he In South Carolina or in Massachusetts,
that living viii be none TOO extraytglnt-
tho spectacle OF their chosen senators an
torins into an understanding With mOnop-
ollbtic corporation for their spolihtion Win
be at once indcfcnsihc and oxcrraalo.
BY interfering to prevent an nvestns alton
~ this Legislative crime Senator IIuar mar.
rowly approaches making himself party
10 II.