The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23
THE WAR AND THE PARTY.
HOUSTON rost Bureau.

and the annexation OF Hawaii and all the
other issues thrown to the surface by the
war are going TO be misunderstood and 1t
| Is not going to help the party
The democratic party is primarily re-
| sponsible for this war. Its action. it's con-
tinued onslaughts on Speaker Reed and
cowardly timid, shrinking and vaclliating
administration finally compelled action on
the Cuban question. Action on that ques-
ton meant war. Therefore, this war is of
democratic origin and the party acted
from the purest and highest motives. The
| motives that ao;uated the democrats In
congress were those OF liberty and human
| ity. But once begun, the people OF the
| country forget everything but the fight
Ing thereof and the active participants
| therein. which, Of course. includes the adj
ministration which is republican. The
| fighter on the field OF action always re-
ceivcs the piaudls OF the multitude and
the statesman and thinker and philosopher
| who is Responsible for, who created the
| opportunity for the fighter and for an
administration to distinguish themselves is
absolutely forgotten The actor on the
stage is applauded for spcalulng words put
into his mouth by thinker whose intel
lectual shoe laces the actor is. perhaps
unworthy to loosen, but the audience never
thinks OF the author or playwright.
Just so with this war. The people have
| already forgotten the motives and power
mat caused 1t. Tho democrats did not
/ dream that ~ would Jov.t....
conquest or give occasion for the Hawaiian
steal; but 1t has done so and they VIII
suffer from 1t. Not because they are not
rlght, but because their attitude. in the
face of present conditions. is unpopular
with tho masses of the people of the coun-
Try VINO do not so beneath the surface OF
! matters at this time They only know
that we are at war with Spain and thnv
| nate spain with cordial hatred which is
10 the credit side of their patriotic ledger
ana they believe We should hurt and Grip
! pie spain as much as possible BY taking
| ana holding all her possessions In order
to do that successfully, the Hawaiian an
neNationists have made them believe that
the annexation of Hawaii Ia absolutely es-
sential to the holding OF the Philippine is
| lands. This has done more to make the
Hawaiian annexation proposition popuIar
than anything else 1t is simply the war
fever In the blood of the people that is
making them approve the present policy
Of this administration In annexing Hawaii
and the prospective policy OF territorial ag-
grandizement and commercial aggression.
the sober, second thought of the country
Will condemn it and the people will take
1t out of the hide of the party responsible
for 1t when they begin to see the results.
They may be long time seeing them
however. and as this administration is de-
terminod to make this war last until the
fall elections are over for political effect
1t is too much to hope they will see them
by that time
II they only knew the real reasons for
the annexation Of these islands they would
send up a howl that would reverberale from
Cape Cod to Yuba Dam There are three
OF them. Some S5,0O0,0O0 of Hawaiian
bonds have been sold in this country at
about 30 cents on the dollar BY this Ha-
watian annexation resolution we are asked
to guarantee the payment of four mill oas
OF these bonds The moment we annex the
Islands these bonds will jump to par and
certain favored patriots possessed OF inside
Information viii reap profit of 10 cents
for every 80 cents invested, making 4 total
of three and a half millions we nut into
their pockets
Another reason is that by annexlng the
Islands and making a state of them we
have two more gold bug senators and three
more votes in the electoral college that Me
klniey will sorely need, if the republican
party has the nerve to renominate him. in
1000. And it may be that the future of
our country, the dostlnies of our children
will be controlled by the vote of two mon
grel senators from Hawaii or three yotes
in the electoral college from these leprous
islands.
TWO votes or less In the senate and three
votes or less in the electoral college have
ere this determined matters of great Nth
ana moment. John Adams beat jefferson
only three votes in 1896. The resolution de-
elaring war against England in 1872 passed
the senate by only one majority. The
greatest crime OF Wis continent. the rape
of the presidency, in 1876. was accom-
plished by only one major.ty in the cleo
toral college, even after the infamous eight
TO seven commission had stolen the cleo
toral votes OF three States.
The third and greatest reason why this
annexation scheme is being put through
by this administration is because the sugar
kings of the Sandwich islands arc behind
II ana pushing II, and hars all along main
tanned a loaoy here TO push It along. Ex-
Minister Thurston has been lobbying for
IT ever since his return to this country aud
know that he paid money 10 Que Of the
biggest ana best lobbyists in Washington
to help push the proposition Why? Re-
cause annexation allows raw Hawaiian SUI
gar 10 come in free and the sugar kings OF