The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-20
REPUBLICAN PROPHET
Senator Chandler Poretclls the fu-
turc Of His Party.
IT WILL SURELY GO DOWN IN DEFEAT
II CAGES Gold Standard Bills Are
Pressed to an Issue.
FOR PEOPLE OK PLUTOCRATS?
Mckinley Must Decide the Most
Momentous Question.
UNITED AND TRIUMPHANT DE M0CRACY
WIN Re the Outcome OF tho Enort
10 Throttle nimctnIii-m, and
II WIN Come soon.
Mckinley Must Decide the Most
Momentous Question.
United AND TRIUMPHANT DE M0CRACY

Washington December 10. Senator
Chandler of New Hampshire has written
letter to the Washington Post, in which
he says;
II the secretary of the treasury and his
single god standard associates Will cease
their demand for impossible currency
legislation, congress will pass the ncoes
sary appropriation bills, probably take care
Of Hawaii aud cuba. there viii not be
serious ratie division during the session.
ana there WIN be mn adjournment In May.
business will revive, the treasury receipts
win equal tho expenditures, the balance
of trade will continue in our favor. mi
the republican party viii. in 1898. elect a
majority Of the house in the Fifty-hfth
congress,
ON IN, other hand, q Secretary Gage
continues TO press upon congress oll
the object OF which he says IS first, TO
commit the country more firmly TO the
gold standard" and the effect of which is
TO throw doubts upoa the sincerity OF tnS
PRESIDENTS declarations In favor of con
tlnued emorts to secure bimetalllsm, po-
liucal turmoil will rise In congress whlch
viii split the now united republicans into
fragments. while II will unite and Goa
solidate tho now homogeneous opposition.
| II IL not feasible to retire the green
backs there is more probability that
| bill Will be sent TO the president to In
crease ,ho,. amount.
| ii is not possible to secure the PASSAGE
through either house Of bill making tho
greenbaehs into gold notes or authorizing
| bonds payable In gold.
| Thc effort 10 do either Will pr"b-
| for the redemption Of Grrr""a"Ns
| in silver dollars, aud for the pay
gold or silver coin 81 the discretion
of the president, wh" viii he COM
| mnnded to exercise his option for
| the advantage of the government
and not for the advantage of the
creditors.
| with such an uprOar IN congress as these
proceedings will incur. with Western eon-
gressmcn embroled therein. with prcsi-
Dental veto MS threatened by Secretary
Gage Il will happen that all business en-
terprises and funds and stocks will be- dts
turbed prices win fall iusolyencies will
increase and the republicans VIII lose tho
congressional election in 1898 as disas-
trousIy MS they did In 1880 and beyond the
hope OF n favorable reaction In 1900, at
which time, therefore, Bryan democratic
president aAd congress viii be chosen.
whether VIC are to have one OF the re-
suits political safotyor tho oiher-po-
Ij,Tcal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS entirely upon
the course 10 be pursued by Secretary Gage
and those who are pressing MIN forward
namely, tho gold standard league OF New
york and the self constituted monetary
conference. How much Secretary Gage
) cares for he republican party is not
known. Whether President Mckinley,
} whose good faith toward blmetailism is
coming TO the test, will stop his secretary
In his insane career is not known. 1t is