The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
WHAT The ISSUES NM !
tBY c. A. EpwApn. ,

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Washington, December soa
c,al. '--Bryan was here for s.vsral y. {
close consultation with the ls.as. ~ q
democratic party and Joe R.uss = -
OF his chief advisers. Brv,n w ~
hawk from a handsaw'' ana uoWs 4
that Bailey is one Of the b,.-t Ancxl
the party and appreciates the f a., ''ea :
bryan had breakfast with H. r..sjl
Senator james x. Jones and ral,,s - =.
/ man e. Mack Of the Buffalo ~. S -
only true blue democratic paper !, NJ, -
New York. Mack was wired to oar 49,, l \
ane the consultation at that bre.s,s. ~ -
BILE would nuke powerful irtersstsss s' =
Ing II 1t could be told. opIv 49, ~
they discussed the expansion o,...,,- 'aas
the stand the democratic parry on MI y, !.
take and probably will take in ~ ~ =
against the doctrine Of imperislI,r, Y q \
subjusation Of natives, Of insulsr =, h.
sions, OF the colony business.
Bryan has sounded the kevno..
Houston Post even preceded h,r -.
the same lines In opposing the nern.ss
holding of the Philippines,
Bailey's position Il well knowr !. I. !.
question and there is no need - ,ds..s-
to 1t here. I believe have, from ,hs -
beginning, talked against the boldln.
the Philippine islands as terrttorv !, -
United States. and have done =, ~,
as consistent democrat. Thu A.. I.
Who win haul down the flas," ! ~.
fetching. but 1t lis the ranlcest kind q A.
agogic rot. Who wants to hanl 6ors y.
flag? Nobody that know or
~
The flag Is symbol Of liberty, and 4 |
ought to mean that to the people =. |
were struggling under the tyrannou, ~.
of Spain. Since 1t has been hoIstAa ~.
that country let 1t mean liberty 70 ~,
as we'll rs to the Cubans. II wa mn,
those Islands as our possessions, and -.
ern them as England does her oolont.
those people have simply swapped masts.
and our flag means only less taxation ana
more lenient and generous master, thatx
all. II anybody believes we are goipr 4
give those naked, semi-savaxe islanda,.
citizenship in all that the name imnlh.
then they do not possess enough po,iic,,
sense to hit a rainstorm With an -.
brella.
Then what other kind of government en-
we give them under our constitution ana
forms of law?
The only honest, democratic thing :,
can do IL to give them an independent n.
public and protect them 20 long a thw
are In their swaddling clothes BY telling
all other nations to keep hands off wiki
they are learning to swim republic fashsoa.
That will compel them to pay their own
debts and give US back the j2o,0oO,oee
with which we generously bought thar
freedom. We can enter into commercial |
treaties that will give m all the cuilns
stations and commercial advantages thae
some people arc disposed to be 70 clamor.
ously megalaphonous about. What mav
do we want? We have then planted hh.
erty in the Orient and put II tho ir1h
around Vt that Mckinley and ths aduia.
istratlon clacQuers are doing stunts uvu,
and we are not straindng the cabs ohiilg
Of the constitution. nor giving the " Y
the declaration Of Independence
49,
II 1 mistake not, this is going 70 =
clearly defined issue and all thinking ~
pie are going to stand with the democsu
and refuse to teopardfze the integrity of
our forms of government to pander V
foolish sentiment. There is already -.
action here. and 1t DIS because people ~
beginning to think of the outcome Of TN
business. AS said they would do. the5
are now beginning to figure on the coR
of the whistle and the pay Of the piper
That Is one side and the other is ~
right side, the constitutional side, the DEM
ocratic side, the side that contemplate
expansion in this country only Wien u an'
nexes a homogeneous people ultimately III
for citizenship in the broadest sense Of 'ns
term.
That is going to be the democratic con'
tentiou as opposed 10 lot Of slhyDlH
about >flaEpole raisinss
and things.
II, with our practical protectoNae ~
that new republic and all our KING olis.
in giving them start In repupi'c nuu WI
keeping, we can't scoop the comueisas1
plums, then we would better quit conlns
cial life and go to mauling rails. NH.
Put down expansion, 30 far as tne rnA
iTpines are concerned, as an issue
~
The fight that was waged so fiefcep .
Joe Bailey has about frazzled out 70 -
little end of nothing. He met the ensm'
and they were "his'n' hands down. 1.As'
the way 1t will be tn the end OF tns 0n-s
ter. 1t Is utterly absurd to believe ~
thing else, so long as the issues ~ a
the same. II 1t were any otneI Ia ~
Bailey's place the result woua , ~
same, provided he possessea oa''s
ability. ~ ;, ,,lre,
Bailey is the ablest advocate =. u rnie
tariff reform and anti Expansion e s., a. ~
the Philippines, and that fixes hiin Lad
leader. Pull down all those Issues su y III
pur the nrops from under Bailey. ~
stay, he stays. 1t Is the slmp'e, N ,siu b a
situation. Silver is fixed anu :. ~, iao0. %
issue, perhaps the issue asala - q NAV uus
far as the tariff is concerne T. an eyua
cut mich figure, unless tne,o r 70 10 to-
session Of the Fifty-sixtn co .,s ,,sto sous.
ker the damaged Dingley Dill Tnan ~
thing THAT will raise revehue .tadsls a
Bailey idea OF no free raw ss.ed bf
long as the finished produo. ,scturer "