New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-09
Mr. RAILEY is HOPEFUL.

Mr. RiILE1 il HOfhf tI'
Mr. RoiIey. Of Texas. is hopeful In spite OF
his ro;ection in Texas he is going 10 Indiana to
opens an anti-expansiOn campaign. ana he eNN
"'rhe Baltimore sun that he expects the lehi-
ccratS 10 elect majority Of The House Oh i''P
rospntativcs and that he looks to tremendous
rpvulson Of feeling against the Adihills'ra'i'"
that shows Il disposition to regard WIFI. W.
Bailey admits to be the present popular ucs'ic
concerning conquered territories lie secn'S W
think that what the people want Is 10 nave 'ho
President like Mr.. Bailey, tell them thh' 'h'!
are lingo idiots with more cn'hushSn 'n"'.
sober sense And he seems to believe 'h'' J,
The President adopted that policy 'he! "oo'''
hasten 10 vote the Republican ticket lhs'eau vi
turning down the man who stoou III 'h'..
way. as the Texas Democrats turned oo"n
Bailey when he tried 10 stand In their way Az
least Mr. Bailey thinks that to give the people
vim, they want is to invite defeat. therefore,
II must bp that to thwart their VIII Is 10 pre-
mare for victory Only Mr.. Bailey dldh' hnu
that il worked that way in texas
sill Mr. Bailey is hopeful. Hope is Diessen
thing. If Bailey were not of sanGuhe tenn
roro,n.nt the Texas State Convention might
have h,ich,ed his young life. But happily he Is
milo nj almost the moment when so CXperi-
cnccd = politician as Senator Caffcry. of lons,-
an, Is telling The Baltimore sun" that the
..Dcmocrats rs a party will hardly prove rae
..,or in the Congressional elections" 10 predict
through the same paper that the next Congress
will be Democratic and. above all. an'l-FNPan-
si,nist. Now. It requires extreme hopcfulness
such as can only belong To extreme youth 10
discover an an,l-cxpanson democratic major
II III II should Dp Dem
ocratic would be made up of considerable
nroportion of Democrats nominated by lmpe'
realistic" conventions. and owing their election
70 expansonist, not anti-oXpansionist, votes
Rut Mr.. Bailey has great revulson of feeling
III his sleeve Just how no is going TO make II
effective Oh the next Congress. inasmuch ms the
nominations Will all be made In few weeks
and the Democrats are striving 10 Guido the
Republicans in demanding retention or all con
Oupred territory, il il difficult 10 see ana he
does not explain. OF course. the voice oi MI
Bailey in Indiana and elsewhere may Worh Il
revulson Of feeling. He may convirre.e even Il
majority of the voters that we shouid give up
Porto i,ico and withdraw from Mania hu'
WHOM I've shall have secured his voter the
chances are about even that no Will simply nave
convinced the voter that hc cannot support the
Democratic candidate In his district III MI
Bailey's revulsion means that no Is going 10
,coch the Democrats Of TeXas not 10 stand by
their own State Convention his propaganda
cannot begin any too soon for Republicans.
They would naturally like an EZRA OF good reel
ing" in settling the foreign policy forced ny inc
,r,r hit II Democrats care to add 20 their dis
union. which Is already such that Senator
Caf1ory says they could not elect President
oven II the Republicans forgot TO make nomi-
r,tion certainly the Republicans cannot COM
plain.
Mr. Bailey also thinks ne has found great
;ssue in the failure Of the Republicans 10 use
the proceeds Of the bonds sold 10 carry on the
war. He saws the Democrats were right In oh
icctinc TO the bonds That is. because the Ad-
mlnistration succeeded In conquering Spain
sooner than anybody dared to expect. ana CON
seouently has not spent much money as
thoro was rca son 10 fear il might spend, popular
Indignation will be visited upon II. lf II had
prolonged tho war till all the proceeds OF the
bonds had been spent that would have been all
right But since it finished up the struggle In
hurry. with money still in tie National pocket,
II is evident that II was most wicked 10 put so
much money in the pocket to start with That
is another Of Mr.. Bailey's paradoxes. Just as
the President would please the people better if
no did what they didn't like. SO he would have
hccn more successful in the war if he had been
u failure BY all means let Mr. Bailey hasten
IN Indiana. If there are other States more
doubtful let him seek them. The effects OF his
honpfulness In firing the Democratic heart
acainS, "Rcpublican tendencies to expansion
should not he confined 10 Texas.