The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-26
). srEnLiSe MORTON.
Tho Clown OF the Cleveland Adssin-
istrntion Again In Evidence.

The Clown OF the Cleveland Admin
lstration Again In Evidence.
wsshington, Naveinher 2i.--( Especial to
Atlauta Constellation. )---J. Sterling Morton.
w'ss earned the reputation Of beng the
gathering Ass OF the Cleveland cabinet,
AMI who Is devoting his time uhssa days
TO throwing rocks at the party which hon
ored him, Is now engaged in an effort to
split UP tho forces OF tho silver men OF
Nebraska by showing Senator Allen TO the
front "a possible popuiist candidate for
Tie presidency.
j. Sterailg runs a paper called the Con-
servative. am told 1t has very little cir
| culatton, but 1t furnishes him medium
through which TO express his views. and
he expresses them. He is now trying to
make ene popvi-rts OF Nebraska beAlevc
taat Aliens dcfeat-H he is defeated--will
BIO due TO the fsllure OF Bryan to give the
biz senator tho support which he had a
right 30 expect.
In commenting upon this supposed state
of affairs. Morton's newspaper draws an in
terestlng parallel.
The lrefsat Of Abraham Lncon by
Stephen a. Douglas in tho senatorial CALI.
pasgn of 1858. he says, made Lincoln a
presidential candidate and elected him IN
1860. Douglas aud Lincoln held relatively
the same position thon in Illinois that
Bryan aud Alien now occipy in Nebraska;
one bad been FER a long time candidate
for THE presidency. pronouncedly. The
ctasG, Mr.. bincoln. had served one term
in congress and was not then nearly as
we'll known as Senator Alien is now. And
Aliens defeat for the senate may make
him the most prominent man available. as
he Is the most fnrcJblc and able. among all
the populistic candidates yet mentioned
for that high office. or course Mr.. Bryan
neminahy democrat, should NOT and
would not accept tho nomination Of a
strictly populistic convention OF 1900 any
mons than Mr.. Douglas could have taken a
republican nomination away from MI. Lir-
coin IN 1862 %
All q which is interesting to those who
Study the various and sundry efforts TO
keep Bryan in the background, hui \ caii
NIT be SAID to be a particularly valuable
bit OF political prophecy. Even the former
rssgretsry al agriculture Toes mt believe
that there Will be any such possibility rs
ne figures out He knows that the failure
OF Colonel Bryan 10 Take an active part
in tina Nebraska elections was due not TO
his lack of interest in his friend Senator
Allen, but to tho manipulations OF the pol
iticians crntoitlng tho war department,
who kept Bryan bottled up at Jacksonville
while they sent Assistant Secretary OF War
MsRIttSsn. ther strongest republican
ont there to manage the re-
publican fight
And ]. Sterling knows that whether hr
is In office or olit Of office makes no diner
ence in ALIENS strong surreri OF Bryan
After Brysns defeat In 1895 Allen offered
TO resign his seat in the senate n Bryan
would aooept it. and tiis denial Of this
Morton story Is not ait adj necessary.
What hurts Morton and The oddities,
whom he represents, is the evident TACT
tibet the silver forces at the west are as
united as uhey were In The campaign of
1896, and that the effort of the miidlc-of-
the-f road ropulists To create a division in
the ranks is an utter failure. ID