The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-11
A FAST CRUMBLING PARTY.

think the very FIRST sentence ! wrote TO
The Post utter coming here was to the
effect that the republican party was in a
hole with tho sides soapcd and no ladder
in sight.
Everything l have seen since has only
confirmed me In that opinion. That party
is every day getting IL where the baby
get the Ash bonc"-right in the neci:. il
is having all sorts OF troubles. and. as
such things usually come, they are COM
| ing IN droyca, crowds and caravans Mark
| Hanna beaten In Ohio, the republicans In
Maryland kicking over the traces, Matt
i Quay's man for speaker Of the Pennsyi-
vanla house OF representatives one vote
shy" pptt having serious trouble In
| New York and the republicans in the honse
i here every day washing dirty party linen
4 for the cdiflcatUn OF the country and es-
| peclally the democrats. This VIII Lc a
| great; year for the democracy and they
recognize 1t here and are prepared 10 sakc
/ advantage OF every opportunity to drive a
| nail In the republican coffin The repub-
Iicans are not fools, whatever else they
| may be. and they can not only see Lut
| interpret the handwriting on the wau.
They are lodging and hedging and are as
| nervous as a red ant on Va hot rock. The
/ goading they are receiving from the COM
/
| them TO madness and like a rattlesnnke in
August, they are blind and In their blind
ness they are striking and biting each
| other in this civil service battle. They
| are calling each other harder names tnan
/ they call the democrats and telling some
very unpalatable truths on each other that
| will make some powerfully good campaign
| literature next fall.
| A secret conference of republican leaders
was held here a few nights ago and the
dire necessities and the very precaslous
condition OF their party was gone over
fully. 1t was determined to rush through
the appropriation bills az soon as possible,
make a stab at passing the gold standard
legislation, then drop 1t and try to save
the alleged silver senators and adjourn by
the LIST OF March. They are simply afraid
to stay. They are scared and don't want
to remain under the fire of the democratic
dynamite guns amy longer than they have
to. They dread the consequences of The
truth going out to the people.
The democrats here and their allies. TIE
silver men of other parties know Ill this
and are ready for them. The senate will
stand like a stone wall in the way OF
adjournment. The democrats will thus
be enabled to keep the republicans here,
not only until after the LIST of March, but
it Is now their purpose to keep them here
until the latter part of August anu ven
tilate their schemes and pour grape and
canister truth into them until they tSe
sick. sore and sorry.
The democrats say they will stay here
until the price OF spring wheat is qnoled
in the markets to see whether IL IS 20
cents a bushel or whether the admin'stia-
ton still has combination With proyi-
dence in the matter of famiaos in the
aSt IN
democrats to jam the javelin to the Kilt
In the tender and sore places OF the re-
publican party.
The assault On the republican fortress
began Friday when Senator Teller, tie
grand old man of Colorado, in ore of the
most eloquent speeches l ever heard, pro-
ceeded to rip the mask of hypocrisy from
the face of the republican administration
ancnt the international timetable PROPOSE
ton as Indicated previously IN these dis
patches would happen. Senator Teller
defended the bimetalic commission sent to
Europe, but roundly scored the Admins
tiltior for stabbing IL In the back lie
ii was honestly and faithfully laborng
TO carry out the bimetailic plank o. the
st. Louis platform, which. he says, was
simply inserted 10 catch the votes OF the
silver republicans in the West, and they
knew was positively meaningless. He said
they knew that the people who sr,,rlied
the republican campaign managers with
money and who absolutely controlled the
administration now, would not allow that
administration to obtain or even advocate |
international bimetallism or my other |
kind and never intended from the very |
first TO allow II 10 do any such taing. He |
said it tthe administration Was in the |
hands Of the money power to do with as 1t |
tl.a,l IA L.. r. E..l,
ing the president personally. he was fight |
ing the republican organization and pu. IT |
on notice now that he intended 10 do every |
thing in his power TO bring 1t 70 grief. |
He predicted It's early downfall aui dis |
integration and said he hoped To live 10 |
see it. The senator also touched upon the I
Cuban question and fairly made the rafiers |
ring with his elcauence aud maniy Amcr-
icanigm. He denounced the administration
for It's pnsillanimous, puerile policy and
It's cowardly methods Of dealing with for
eign affairs.
1t was the best speech OF the session
and pleased the democrats immensely.
The battle is opened. The silver recall
citrants Will be smoked out stratglers
brought Into line and the desertess shot
with ballots.
The latest developments In the Hswaian
matter doesn't show up very well for the
opposition TO anneNation The members
and senators are every day nunlated with
literature alleged TO come from the rect
sugar producers OF the West processing
against annexation. 1t Is known rosi-
lively. however. that this vast volume of
protests are Illuminated right here in
Washington by tho Sugar Trust. This
knowledge Is rapldly changing the attitude
OF many members and senators and the
number favorable to annexation Is grow
Ing every day. There are several demo-
cratic senator's who from n rational and
economic standpoint. believe annexation
would be the best thing for the cGIniiy;l
yet hesitate 10 vote for IL because they
are afraid 1t would become state and
return two tepubican senators. These
gentlemen show ignorance OF tho situation
II they would study the physical condi-
ton OF the Hawaiian Islands they would
readily sec that they can not possibly con-
tain ut any time population That would
entltle them to Statehood. C.A.E
SOME pOSTsCRIPTs.