The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-23
NOTE AND COMMENT.

the Houston Post Gays the popuists viii,
| have to redistrbute themselves And SO they
VIII. Which viii it be-to the democratic or
tue republican party that they Will so? To
one or the other surely. The popullst party
Il dead If II but knows 1t. 1t can not carry
kansas. Nor oven Sabine counU.-Palestlne
Advocate.
A great majority of the populsts In Texas
arc honest mon who left the democratic party
because, as directed by Grover Cleveland they
| had lost hope that the party would ever again
stand for the rights of the masses against
tho selfishness Of the classes. Events of the
pas; two years have convinced these men that
| the democratic party is committed to most of
the real genuine reforms for which they are
-Altlng. and that their bast and only chance
for salvation is in the democratic fold Aud
they arc coming in. They are among the
best people of Texas honest sincere, hard
working farmers. Just where their duplicit-
| GUS leaders viii land is question. The Post
doesn't feel enough interest in that to even
mako guess
Colonel Bryan is man of leisure at the es,
p'nsion.--San Antonio Light
Colonel Bryan is al homo on a sick furlough.
AMI latest Geographic adyicos pronopnce his
illuess quite SERIOUS But the above is Just
as sood as could be expected from the source
: ~
Perhaps the democratic leadership in the
house could be improved by the use Of pare
corr ana the application OF warm flannel ban
daEos, Washington Post,
Perhaps the Post Is looking for leadership
vita which lis proprietor could enjoy u little
chat now and then.
Senator Smith of New Jersey. who will be
succeeded by republican, attributes his defeat
TO the free silver contention. And yet the
den ocrauc party in New Jersey did not dc.
clare for free silver and Senator Smith was
known to be u sound money man.-San An
tonic Express.
Like sonln other people, Senator Smith
waited some excuse which would hide the
real reason for his defeat, his own unpopular
ity. The democrats of New Jersey never for
sci his hide-and-seel course during the con-
sheraton of the Wilson thrift bill
~
After the census of 1900 is taken the legls.
latare OF Texas should do little gerryInan-
dCiing On Mr.. IIawley's district ANA put If
teen or twenty good democratic Panhandle
TON mugwnmps, IL would not take many
months for the Panhandle to get things in the
rgLt kind OF shape.--ouanah Observer
But in tho meantime the Observer might ex-
nlgiu why those Panhandle counties defeated
n democratic nominee for district judge and
elecleu an independent.
~
From our knowledge of the matter we are
led TO suggest to The Post--and by the way
We are glad YOU mentioned t.-that II some OF
Tbs Posts simon pure. free silver REazoria
politicians had not traded off Robson votes
for thp local ticket the la Grange man would
have been clected.--Velasco World.
The World simply voices a suspicion which
has been going the rounds since the election.
These facts-shoud they prove 10 be facts
will return TO plague somebody after while.
The World gays further;
Democrats over the Teath congressional dis
trict are claiming that democratic tickets v0s-
ol with Colonel dawleys name on them are
void. Such claim will not hold good "a
brs.orla county, Tor the fact can be estaA-
llsbee that there was fair and square uAder-
standing between the White Mems union pea.
ple ana the Hawley managers that Colonel
iswioyt name could De pgiated on tci,egs
handled at the POLLS. Therefore II democrats
committed any fraud Il was against them
selves.
wel let it go at that, for the present