The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-09
THE DEMOCRATIC VIEW OF IT
From the Cleveland (ohio) Plain Dealer.


| Stale ticket should be declared elected
and enough legislative votes gained to sei
cure the return OF Mr.. Hanna to the senate,
| It was none the less party disaster. A
glance at the record OF the last five annual
elections will show this fact.
In 1893 Mckinley was elected governor
by plurality Of s0,ss5 over Campbell
In 1894 Taylor, the republican candidate
for secretary OF state, was elected by
plurality Of 1S70S7 over Turner. the DEM
ocratic candidate.
In 1895 Bushnell was elected governor by
| a plurality Of 1882 over Campbell
In 1896 Kinney the republican candi-
date for secretary OF state, was elected
over White. the democratic candidate. by
plurality OF 51,549. and at the same cleo
rion the Mckinley vote was officially de-
clared To be 81, 100 In EXCESS Of the Bryan
vote.
In 1897 the result is disputed, the re-
publicans claiming the election OF Bushnell
and the rest Of the ticket by a small ma
jority. and some Of the democratic man
ayers not admitting the claim.
From over $4,000 in 1894, from more
| than $4,000 In 1895, and from 81 900 In 1895
the republican plurality has sunk to an In.
significant figure, II 1t has not disappeared
altogether.
"
even more significant.
The legislature elected In 1893 had twen-
ty-slx republicans and Ave democrats In
the senate; eighty-nve republicans and
twenty-five democrats in the house,
| republican majority on Joint ballot OF
eighty-four.
In the legislature elected in 1895 there
were tbirty-one republicans and six dem
ocrats In the senate, and eighty eight re-
|
the house, or republican majority on
joint ballot OF eighty eight.
The political ascendancy In the leglsla-
ture elected on Tuesday is in doubt. The
senate Will probably be democratic by a
bare majority, a tie being all that the re-
publicans can hope for. The house Is In
| dispute, with the republicans claiming
only bare majority on Joint ballot. while
| the democrats make similar claim for
| themselves
II 1t shall turn out that the republicans
have saved the State and the senator 1t
was but by the skin of their teeth and
| their only cause for rejoicing will be that
| they were saved at all.
| The party is going humping down hill
with \ continually accelerated speed. 1t
| might be profitable for its managers to
| throw off some OF Its load and put on tho
brakes before coming to smash at the
| bottom.
From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
HANNA'S SERVICE.--One OF the results
of the Ohio election is embodied in the
statement that Hanna has lost his prestige
as manager.
III is recited against Hanna that he had
everything ON his side. BY everything ia
meant. of course. all the Influences and
aids that a supreme boss can command. He
had the influence of the administration,
including the personal services of the pres
ident. He had the aid OF the governmental
departments. including a special pension
bureau TO arouse the enthusiasm of the old
soldiers He had unlimited funds
one thing Hanna did not have--he did
| not have the confidence and esteem of the
people. But Hanna does not count upon
these Factors in politics. The people are
mere pawns in his political game to be
| skillfully manipulated to the advan age
| or bhe player. They are TO be bought, bull
doaed or bamboozled as circumstances may
| require. They are to be utilized as
troublesome, but necessary, elements or
| the welfare OF those who run politics
Hanna, therefore, had everything that
counts in the Hanna theory of politics and
ne made a dismal failure The theory did
not work out MS Hanna expected and his
supposed skill, the skill which awaited SO
much before the country became fully ac-
qianted with his objects and methods
proved ineffective.
But in the waning OF Hanna's prestige
and the weakening of his power as a po-
ntlcal boss. democrats--as marty men,
| NOS as oitizens-have cause for regret.
Hanna was a powerful although unoon-
scious. agent of democracy No other man
has carried business politics to such lori-
cal extreme. No other man has SO ade-
quately illustrated the hoggishness of or
ganised greed In control OF governmental
power In short, no other man has thrown
on the canvas OF American politics In such
boldness of outline the ugly picture OF tri-
umphant plutocracy. Boss Hanna has done
more to impress upon the American people
the perilous potency OF organized greed In
politics than all the bosses that have prc,
ceded him. He has the full courage of his
viciousness,
A few years more OF Hanna would wipe
the republican party out OF existence.
From the Birmingham Age Herald.
THE SILVER DEMOCRATS.--Th over
whelmlng victory OF Van wyck in Greater
New York was fittingly emphasized by the
triumph of the silver democrats In Ken
lucky Van Wyck stands on the Chicago
platform In its entirety. and is therefore
an advocate OF the independent action of
lhis country In the free coinage OF silver.
From conservative point OF view, 1t Il
safe to say that democratic prospects are
bright enough to justify the expectation OF
creator victories all along the hne next
iall, and glorious climax In 1900. Frank
hearted silver democrats will grow p,sSe
confident, and some OF those who have been
hanging on the outskirts OF the enemy's
camp VIII now return to their allegiance.
Those who looked upon free silver as a d.
mlnshing issue will now see that 1t has
staying qualities, and Is bound to hold the
lirst place In the minds OF American vol ers
for some time to come.
fortunately. the sham OF international
nimetailism is now out OF the way. and
there is no room for lodging. democrat
Is either for free silver or he Is against II.
" he Is for II he is in favor OF the independ-
ehu action OF this governInet. For any
man to pretend now that he is for internal.
tonai silver agreement is equivalent to
saying that he is waiting for the miller.