The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-29

ber,s of his committee thought best to adopt
| and would soon know what action his
| colleagues wished him to take. Without
| saving so. he broadly intimated that his
| organization, once the louiest set of strut
| tiers that ever walked into the political
| barnyard. would soon be scattered to the
! winds and It's members left to find Il home
where they may. He cae,ned humbled In
sIirt-so do all the rest of that Mckinley
aid society that We're never very dangerous,
but very, very annoying.
! don't think Clark, Hardy, Matlock and
a few others of that ultra Cleveland ele-
ment will ever come back to their old
home, but the great mass of their follow
Ing have been taught severe lesson and
are willing enough to get in the shade Of
the old band wagon. If permitted they may
make good democrats yet. 1t has not been
long since George Frsd Williams, now an
ideal Bryan democrat, was more bitter in
his denunciation of everything the Chicago
platform contains than ever Hardy and
Matloct dared he. There is little hope for
either of these, but the rank and file OF
those who chased after them are heartily
SICK OF their weary marches and will be
eager to again support the principles of
their fathers They show contrition and
humblenesS Of spirit, and it seems to be
the general democratic judgment that they
should be allowed to get in the big Process
SION weather eye should he kent on
them, 1t Is oontended, however. and the
inst sign OF rebellion should be treated
with peremptory expulsion. T'reachery is
nara 10 forgive; there is nothing more
despieable than traitor; but a renuncia-
tlon OF past sins and d full confession of
iaith is all that should be necessary to en-
prrp ,t,>
aemocratic camp II Hardy abandons his
organizaitsn, makes a complete surrender
ana hoists the flag of truce, those orring
ones VINO perfaht,d Cleveland and Carlisle
10 iead them asfray mag be welcomed back.
The Dallas rSitical pond is being stirred
deep It's getting muddy enough &c indi-
cate the presence of whole school of tyr-
Ties. The coming OF Manager Fos4zN to
Dalias and the opening of Crane heail.ar-
ters by Manager Ramsey have given ro-
iitical tinge to the entire city. Ii IS pinip-
~ evident that Dallas city and Dallas coun-
ty are to be made the storm center of all |
inns North Texas territory. From here tn.
,tiliilc charges OF the candidates VIII be
n,aue. Ihey re already warming up for
ne contest. The fight Is on. It's going II
le pretty ole. The Crane forces have
thlee nice rooms at 29S Main street and |
Two rooms at tie Windsor hotel. They are
not aoing thines by halves and during the
coming monthswill send out enough litera-
InIe end lettes to fill the Congressional
!, necord. Savers headquarters for North
: eSas are expected 10 be opened here soon,
ane then the I'm viii increase.
Mann Trlce Ives here and Tom Smith
comes here ofhn; Governor lester pays
VISITS TO Dallas and Colonel Wynne fire.
guenuy calls onDcllas friends Truly. this
=, !, N tne midah OF the tornado. II any
y exns town meets either politics or politI.
slahs' Just call IN Dallas CONDITIONS are
IN ah incohernt mess Everybody can
s Sasss' Dnt they don't know Whereof they
spslh' mere i more uncertainty than
eysr. The only political proph coy | am
Wiling wing TO make the election of Governor
euiDefson as United States senator.
G. ID. Armistead.