The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-20

so. but that the plot has the adhesion Of
| some prominent democratic leaders as wei
as of II few who are not prominent, bu
who are glad to get In on anything TO beat
Bryan merely because they are jealous oil
him. The game AS laid out by Croker Is
simple and easily understood. 1t is to cap
ture his State organization and then, with
both city and State democracy in helpless
control, to join hands with Carter Harri-
son and the co operate interests in Chicago
to subjugate the democracy of that city
and the State of Illinois, and use them for
the common purposes Of the conspiracy.
The potency of such n machine alliance Is
not difficult to estimate. With ii Croker
and Harrison could threaten the National
organization with the necessity to carry
New York and Illinois, and, in the estima-
ton of the plotters, they would be in a
situation to dictate whatever terms they
might please to. What some of these would
be may be Judged from Cookers course in
the New York city campaign. AS he did
then. he would insist that party exigencies
compelled an attitude of frendliness to all
who could be luggcd in to vote for the
ticket, and he would ignore the Chicago
platform and dodge the silver issue. He
would not stop short of naming the can
didate, and that parsonage would be "a
man whom can control"
The progress of this movement has not
been slow. although 1t has been under way
but II short time. 1t already has news
paper organ, II We may Judge from the
editorial attitude OF the New York Journal
during the past few days, and which is now
recognized as the mouthpiece of Richard
Croker 1t is known that emissaries from
the Democratic club" OF New York have
been here within the past few days and
have reported that more than one member
OF the democratic National and of the dem
ocraiic congressional committees are quite
afably inclined to go into the schema
Among practical politicians here who have
been watching the various Croker facts
and phenomena for the last six months
there is something else which appeals to
them with great force. 1t is that this plny.
which would make Croker greater man
than Hanna ever thought of being, Is part
ana In contamination OF a conspiracy en-
tered into before the New York munlcipi IL
election. the object of which was to buy.
bully and steal the National democrat C
organization out of the hands OF the reg
ular or bimetallist majority of the PARTY,
and by the means and methods above de-
scribed, to place the gold element once
more In domination over II. To accomplish
such purpose It is well enough known
that foreign and native financial in
huences would Join to satisfy the most
estimate that man even like
Croker could sut upon his patriotic serv-
ices.
That is the scheme, plainly told. 1t in
wolves not many things. but they are in
physically Of grave import. 1t is TO ignore
lhe Chicago platform to defeat the post
Dility OF denomination for Mr.. Bryan; TO
dominate candidate who will be Croker,s
man. aud to put the democratic party once
more IN The hands of the Wall street gold
1ups that this nice little treason has bsen
hatched, Wonder how tie democrntic
masses will like It? C.A'E