The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-14

ministration was the head and front of the
management. They felt like giving It a
vote of confidence even IL 1t did cover
Algerism and corruption and skullduggery.
For this they will be sorry In the re,for
skeleton In the republican administration
closet will grin l,ideously and the people
Will rebuke ii IN proper time maybe.
From the standpoint OF politics 1t Is,
perhaps, much better that the democrats
lose the next congress, With oil the
Eastern element of goldbugs in the house
and of Western populsts and free silver
republicans, the democrats, who are real
democrats, would have had halcyon and
vocferous time organizing the house. The
Eastern gold men would have insisted on
| keeping the silver issue in the background
and the Western element would have been
equally as clamorous to keep in the fore
/ front. The speaker chosen must have
been a hybrid or Hessian and the acts
of such a congress would have been disas-
trous to the party in 1900. AS 1t Is, the
and with no Democratic plumbers there Is
| every hope for democratic victory at the
next election.
must admit. however. that the outlook
for silver is not very encouraging. The
money of the gold men have given 1t the
BLACKLIST eye 1t has ever had SO far. In
nearly every State that will elect a United
States senator the republicans have won
the legislature and will send a republican
to take the place of a democrat Fer the
first time since away back in the recon
struction DAYS the senate will be solidly
republican. 1t VIII he absolutely for the
gold standard sauarclN, ard even should
the people revolt In 1900 against the man
fold iniquities of the Gage bill. which
viii now undoubtedly become q law. and
elect a democratic president and house.
the senate would stand like a tiger In the
way OF silver Legislation. This senate will
stand as IL does practically until 1905 and
not until after the election of 1904 could
the democracy hope for amy relief from
tho grasp Of the money power on the
throat of tho people. IT is not q pleasant
prospect, but it's a fact and we must face |
IL. The only hope is that the republicans |
rioting in their newly found power in both |
branches of congress and also the executive |
will pass or attempt to pass another force |
bill on the South This would again ce-
ment the South and give us the Central |
West also. The only way to combat such
a move on the part of the republicans is
for every Southern State to make haste to
nut a Mississippi amendment to its con-
sttution. That Will block their game ef-
fectualy.
In the meantime. we can only watch and
wait. pick our flints and keep our powder
dry.
The country is no longer 4 republic,
democracy. 1t is an oligarchy and the
uligarchs will make the most of their op.
portunity. They will fasten the chains
still tighter on tie willingly Dutstretched
arms of a foolshly volatile people whose
ewes were blinded by the glamour Of the
pomp and circumstance of glorious war
and territorial expansion mixed with some
venality. The people have been led into the
Wilderness They have wandered far afield
and have lost the land marks of the gov
There are wolf tracks about the
door of democracy and there is darkness
and desoation on its hea,'thstone.
There is much of devils work that
will be done soon CLOSED over by fair prom
ses. Promises fair az day in spring
when April is in the air and the wind !
gives promise of what 1t will do for the
buds and flowers. 1t is then we will need /
some men in THE front rank to battle for {
this Nation and keep it from mortal in
Jury. There are lots of men clothed in +,
>uckram and pretending to be warriors; !
lots of political quacks peddlng all sorta !
II patent nostrums and who treat symp- )
oms but never the disease itself. We want i
none OF them, We want men who are all {
hood and iron. No campaign of nincom- I
'oopery and no good. No policy of milk -
md water. sweet vlolets AMI scarlet iapon- \
ca buds. None of your
Let me tangle my hand in your hair. =
Jeannstte, n,
I is soft as the floss of the silk. my pet" Il
nut policy that will be bugIe blast to s.
ne manhood of the Nation. II
Along that line and that only is there p
NY hope of democratic success or govern |
tent of. for and by the people. :.
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