The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-29
DEMOCRACY BOUND TO WIN.
Brave and Sunsuine Words Of Ben-
ton McMillin.
THE WEST THE HOME OF EMPIRE.
Republican Policy Of High Tarirs
and Low Circulation VIII De-
feat the Party.


and South. with votes in the East. will
control tho next presidential election and
VIII east their votes for "A democrat"
rms declaration is from the old demos
cratic VAR horse. the Hon. Benton Me-
Miiliu OF Tennessee In an interview tele-
sraphcd from Washington. he says:
II have no fear for the future OF dcmo-
cratic party. Tho party will live because
II is the party which has never sacrificed
its PRINCIPLES for the sake OF victory. be-
cause IL has stood firm in the period Of
greatest adversely. IL is In defeat today,
in my humble judgment partly because 1t
failed to succeed In giving the reforms 1t
promised on democratic lines. We did not
put enough of the things we preached in
tho campaign on the statute books. MIR.
Cleveland recommended measures the dem-
ocracy had never favored or advocated"
But what is going to become OF tho
fragments which have split Off from tho
democratic party7 WIN the gold demo-
Gratis do as the mugwumps did after the
first Cleveland campaign-go into the other
party2"
"Somc OF them will. but for every man
we lose we Will Gain eight or ten. Wa
are gaining every day"
From what quar,crl"
From the republican party and from
the Young voters?'
You look for democratic success in 1898,
thcn?'
I'VE shall carry the house next year.
Look at the bill which has Just been put
through the house and see what IL has
done to the tariff, IN all but two OF three
schedules" he said. "the rates have been
advanced beyond tho rates In tho Mckin-
ley law. In the face of this can quote
interviews with Proctor. Cullom and other
leading republicans in The senate after tho
election of 1890. all saying that tho rates
In the Mckinley law were too high. II the
people would not stand that law what do
you think they are going to do with the
people who made tho pinglcy bill?
Another thing that is going TO injure
the republicans in the operation OF tho
new tariff law Is the fact that they admit
1t is going to take 500 900 900 out of cir
culation TO pass through tho custom
houses and 70 reduce The circulating med
iun, and tho republicans are not going
to make any effort 10 Increase tho circula,-
| ing medium. l think that President Nc
Kinloy would like TO do this published
uttcrancos speak for hin.-but they ara
not going to let him do It.. Now, even IL
we admit tho contention of the republicans
| that there is enough money today. you
must remember the fact that this coun-
| try is growing all the time and the rcpub-
| ican party ia not making any attempt
| through congress 10 provide for the In
crease in population. We viii not only
carry tho house next year. but we will
u
In 1900
"Wher ara you going to get Your strength
| In a contest on the lines of tho last? Tho
republican party Ind not only an electoral
majority, but majority OF tho popular
vote" / suggested.
Yes, hut MIR Bryan had moro votes
than any man who WAS ever elected be-
fore Mr. Mckinley" said Mr. McMilln.
~ believe wo shall because ! believe 1t
| les not possible TO keep up the pressure
under which the republican party was
working In tho last campaign. You can
not keep up permanent organization
which includes all the railroads. all the
trusts banks. life insurance companies
and fire insurance companies. If you hold
| IL together long enough II VIII rot itself
| out IL IL like some powerful acid In q
| thin vessel. it Will eat Its way through
and destroy tho vessel In time. You can
| not keep al these Interests united. You
can not carry on campaigns on sli, 000.-
600 hasia of boodlo expenditures regularly.
| You can not corrupt tho voters OF the
| country continually, directly or by tihi-
| rcrtion. Tho timo Ia coming when the
groat power viii 30 from the East Tho
| West is tho future home of empire. in
my opinion. The democratic party has
never cultivated nor Tolerated sectional
ism. Tho republican party always has.
| But ! think the division OF West from
| East has come to stay. Tina West and
South, with what votes they can get East.
will control tho next election, and they
will give their votes TO the democratic
candidate, Who will he DO? He will win,
whoever he be. or course. nobody knows
| with absolute certainty. Most OF the demo-
Gratis who left us last year will come back
into the democratic party and vote for
| It's candidate"
"If the democratic party has been SO
| constituent. why did II never declare for
free coinage OF silver before?'
Because tho question OF gold mono
metalllsm was never raised before. For
moro than eighty years there was no qucs-
ton about coinage Of the two metals on nm
agreed ratio. Since silver was demonetized
the democratic party has voted again and
again for free coinage In the house OF rep
resentatiycs There have been republican
votes for it and democratic votes against
IL, but the bulk OF the vote for II was dem
ocratic, and the democratic votes In oppo-
Bition were few"
"What is going to become OF the popu-
list party? DO you recognize Speaker
Reeds classification OF II as part OF tho
democratic party?"
MANY OF them loft tho democratic party
because they thought 1t was not sufficient
ly friendly to silver or did not stand
squarely for free silver coinage. Now that
they find this was au error ! look for u
large number OF them to return to tho
democracy. Thousands did so In the last
campaign" .
What viii be tho outcome OF tho drift
NJ Southern democrats toward protection
as represented by tho delegations sent here
from your own State, among Others. and
by tho democratic votes for tho pingley
billt" :,
"some individuals may fly the track n
,he future as In the post But the party
in the South stands today whore 1t has
stood IN tho past. In favor Of low taxes. low
tariffs and opposition TO paternslism. OPP
posed to high tariffs. 1t Is mistake to
suppose that protection sentiment Is grow
ing in the South. II is not AS strong there
,oday as II was In the days Of Sam Randall.
The Southern democracy on this subject
stands where Jefferson. Jackson and Polk
did. In favor OF leyying taxes TO support