The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-20

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an axe Of iskeR and suckers.
From The Atlanta Journal.
HANNAIsM TRIUMPHANT. - Private
property would certainly be respected in
ihis country !, .is owners would respec.
themselves Whether It is rnassssi IN a
few hands or happily diffased among the
many. MAKES 10 difference. Wheshe. the
tendeacF be 10 HINT fuli bali Of the
wealth Of the country TO twenty-five
thousand out II seventy millions or TO
bali Of twenty-five thousand. d0ss no; az
feet The proposition. Even II the rich are
becoming richer and the poor poorer still
the right Of private property must b.
maintained.
But when private property undertakes
20 name the public seryants. to shape leg
isiation and to secure immunity from yici-
Gus acts. individual or corporate. then It
passes the line not only Of decency but
| OF safety. Bn; even ia such cases IL Is
be,tek that The opposition OF the people
| should be defensive instead OF offensive
/ sur al inssh
hsa consists ia the undue power OF capi-
tai over legislation. The legislator Is not
u IL true. approached. individual corrup-
| ton belongs 20 the clumsy past. The party
boss suppianted the old time lobbyist.
/ The campaign levy or contribution paid TO
| the boss. has become the effective and
iscientific means Of corruption The money
Is paid in and the boss does the rest lie
isecretly, silently hands over 10 the few
whatever they may desire. whether II be
la tariff Item or corporate privilege
whatever complex business world may
demand
The ruis Of the boss and the rule OF cap
iial. the one the complement Of the other,
constitutes the most dangerous conspiracy
this country has been compelled 10 face.
The evil assumes each year larger proper
tiuns. although a larger OF more selfish
fund than Mr.. Hanna collected in 1886 will
not probably soon be formed The cpllosal
proportions OF that fund and It's uses and
its requltals are vaguely known at present
but history viii ascertain the truth. and
record Ii as the climax perhaps OF the
conspiracy OF capital against the ballo,
box
Miiliona'res may grasp senatorial seat.
and buy gubernatorial prizes, and even as
pire TO the presidency--by proxy at least
but because tho people have a voice In
ihcsr matters. they are not dreaded as ar.
the secret. insidious, deadly bargains he
tween capitalism and buSsism The yiru.
IL OF conrse the campaign contribution. II
Is easy to say Il should go" but II 1.
mot to say how this Is TO be accomplished
Tho boss can not be ,urned down at tn,
polls; capitals agent is even more elusiv,
and entrenched. But the ingenuity of mar
VIII certainly find the how for until
way is found TO stay the heuds OF the cam
raign contrihutor---thst modern assassin O
free government and public moraIity-w,
must remain In the hands Of the pirates
desplsed and maliened In other lands a
the victims OF greed and power.
, From the Atlanta Constitution.
FORCED TO FACE THE lssuE.-Th
esteemed Times Herald of Chicago remark
that in the three States holding genera
elections this fall-Kentucky, Iowa an
the silver issue. and II goes on to say tha
the defiant silyeritos, refusing TO accer
the decision OF the people at the presiden
tial election. have again flung the Sanne
. 81 l6 to to the breeze and under that dis
honest device hope to carry the elections
The truth of the matter Is that the re
/: publicans last year took pains to obscur
, the real issue wherever they could do 6,
! They agreed with the democrats and III
I; silver men that the single geld standar,
instead of being a permanent feature
cur financial system, Is n thing had enoua
to be got rid OF at the earliest possibl
. moment, and they promised to rid %
country and the people of II by securin
linternational bimetaIlism. The deelaratio
of the republicans last year was an admis
sion OF the claims of the democrats III,
= money based on the gold. standard is n,
y y sound money, and they Pledged themselye
: to use their utmost efforts TO abolish tn.
|, standard and restore honest money b
means of an International bimetallie agree
. ment.
: The republicans lodged the free colnas
b issue by promising International b!meta
ism. and they sought further to ohscul
Il by misrepresenting other demands OF II
d democratic platform. They made the tart
question their most conspicuous issue. al
II Mr. Mckiniey wore out several door ma
In telling his audiences that higher tar
duties would restore prosperity 10 the pc
"a pie and open the mills to labor, Mr. nj
Il Kinley himself was referred To by repu
IL lican orators and editors as tho adyan,
Is agent OF prosperity. and his placid asse
3 tions that tho republican party would nal
70 the people rich u given the opportuni
. were reprcfeced ~ banners~and on yello
= umbrellas
Thus the ranl iusu. >sa., .,.sc,,as
IL hitting that the GOLD standard should
a. got re of ~ promptly ~ possible, Il
n repqolicsne brought tbs tariff to the fros
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