The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-23
THE NEXT CAMPAIGN ISSUES.
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the next campaign. Opinion among them Is
divided. Some think that the Chicago pa'-
form should be- again adopted IN TOTO apa
stop there; that the battle should be ioushI
out on the same old lines as IN lsVo. otne's
thir0S differently. They mairtain mat no"
that the senate Is overwhelmingly repuo-
Eoan aud silver legislation no longer pos
sJbility for several years except In case
OF democratic landsIidle in 1900, that inc
battle should be fought on new lines Ihey
do not intend TO ahelve SILVER as one OF the
leading issues. but want to mako another
issue play tho star role in the next pohtleal
drama,
They intend to make silver leading Is
slsa and resffirm their allegiance to as
before ana bold in limo ala their Western
allles, but desire TO make prominent the
manifold iniquittes of the Gage oAl aho
mako tho fight against this National oanK
trust that Will grow out OF its enactment
In fact, make the same old fight over AGAIN
that Andrew Jackson made against Mich
olas B!d&e and the power OF the United
States bank and in which contest he came
out on top and mashed the monay power
Into tho earth with legislative maui.
Under the Gage bill, which VIII now IN
doubtedly be enacted irlto law, the power OF
the National banks to clnch the people o.
the country and ill their own Golfers wiil
be increased Ito the maximum. Under u
they can expand or contract the currency
Of the country at will and play ducks and
brakes with the prosperity of the people.
~
The democratic managers are very much
afraid of the effects of this bill and we'll
they may be. 1t Will be powerful weapon
10 the hands of the republican party to
perpetuate the money power. Just before
an election they have the National banks
flool the country with currency aEd start
up all sorts OF industrial enterprises to
give employment to labor and thereby
create the impression of booming pros
perity. We all know how prone people are
to allow existing conditions TO continue
when they are apparently satisfactory. Al
ter tho election is another story. The cur
remcy VIII be contracted and smash Will 20
the industrial enterprises and the seeming
prosperity OF the country will be Suddenly
transformed into black Friday" out OF
which the banks and the plutocracy will
make miiltons
These are some of the things about the
Gage bill that the people wila have to un-
.lsaSltann
The democracy will have some able allies
in its fight On the Gage bal, They will be
the loan ARID trust companies of the entire !
They have, for Iong time, been
clamoring for a law that would empower |
them to issue notes ON their collateral Sc
cur.ties. In fact, to put in vogue the old |
State banking system They look with jeai- |
GUS eye upol the special privilege granted |
10 the National banks, under the Gage |
bill, and can be counted ON to fight it. 1t |
will be purely selfish battle on their |
pant. IL is true but the democracy can at
ford to accept the assistance OF the devil |
himself, in wagirg war upon this keystone
in the arch of iufamies Tie people of the
country are down, however, anl the repup- |
lican party feels it to be it's duty 10 kiel,
them in the face.
Another question that is going TO strut
the political stage to a considerable extent
m the next campaign is the question of
taxation. The republicans have already
given it out cold that The internal revenue
Or war taxes have come to stay That war
revenue tax bill was godsend to the re-
publican party. 1t covered the nakedne.s
NJ tho nirp1n,, hin tb. ,,o,t. - .o..t y |
ever pcipetrated by any po.ltioal party Ii
filled up the deficits produced by that biz
and smoothed them over so that the peopie
could not SEQ it m all Its irccmpetency TO
perform the work cut out for H. that or
producing enough revenue to run the gov
1t didn't do It by o good many
mlhons and the war taxes helped it out
Why. old man Grosvenor, the mouth organ
of The administration, admits today in IN
interview that the taxation OF the country
WEI have to be looked after ana revised"
20 as to make bill that will produce
enough revenue TO support the government
and pay pensions That is very significant
coming from him ana means that Mckinley
viii cali an extra session next sprng in
'uder 10 give The new congress II chance
o kick ont CROUCH Southern democrats to
give it a good working majority, tucker the
ariR up q few notches, pass the Gage bin {
rl perhaps a force bff. Oh, they are pre-
'a'uns nice dose for the country.
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saw Congressman John j. Leutz Of Ohio
odHY He g org of the lighting democrats
# the house and was reelected after the :
'itterest fight and over The hercest opposl-
lon imaginable. He represents the Co. {
umba7 district and Mark Hama made red ;
lot war on him from the Jump Every do. ?
ice known TO political chicaneIy and s,ur.
usgery was resor,ed to IN order to keen
-entz at home, He was elected IN 1sss nv .
My 40 votes. He was neglected the o,bar b
'&y by 500. There Is a iG 10 / advance for
ou' They polsnel money into his d,strlc, =
Iko water, they bulldozed work,rr ms,, q
HOY sent to Porto REQ aah brought how
n Ohio regiment To VOC asninst him a.,
0 0ap the clnax OF G.r;y political warrsro
hey hribed his private secrs.arv win
'b In rAe war department TO ;sll exar,,y I. 2
hero LeDtz eSl@cted to gei HIS srrspgts "