The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-30
Mr.. BAILEY AND THE JOURNAL
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cial)-Iion. Joseph Weldon Bailey hit the
| New York Journ3l a dab in the eye the
other day in an Interview sent out TO the
prgss of the country, and IT. Is 9TH squirm-
ing over IL. In an editorial today II tries
to justify its attacks on Bailey and It's
arrogance in attempting TO dictate the pol
icy Of the deplocratlc party, by snecrins
nt bailey because he represents only u
| congressional district and because 1t IS
read BY a million people.
The Journal has slipped its logical Sc
duence trolley Off its wire. With all us
| million readers. Joe Bailey Stands for more
in the democratic party than the Journal.
lilo lis the acknowledged leader OF that
party and the conservittor of its principles
on the floor OF the American congress-.
He represents 6,500.000 voters who voted
for the Chicago platform and the nominees
who stood ON n.
Joe Bailey is not infallible. No NAL Is.
but he represents something the Jourhai
docs not and stands for something 1t docs
not stand for. The vast majority oil ls
readers live within Greater NV YORK
and ite suburbs. aud Il more provincial
narrow minded and bigcted set OF people
never Inhabited tho same amount OF space
on the carth's surface before.
49,
They arrogate to themselves all the Wis
dom Of the world. They think the sun
rises over the east end of Long Island
sets in Jersey City and shines for them
exclusively. They know there such a place
us Washington city, where congress meets
occasionally TO pass laws that put money IN
their purse, but they are totally lgh'rahI
OF the fact that there is any country or
any intelligence west Of the Allegheny
mountains. They think the balance Of the
country simply exists TO make money aAo
pour it into their laps, and they must
therefore sit in judgment on all that rs
said and done by the Wild, woolly west
They possess the gall OF the devil ana
have enough assurance to attempt to glve
Providence pointers on his plans.
1t is this spirit that is cropping out IN
the Journals tight on Bailey.
Because he dares TO do his own thinking
and refuses TO take his democracy from
Croker. or become 4 s%ycophlntic bootllck
to the Eastern idea, he gets the harpoon
thrown into him, Even If Bailey did not
represent anything but his own district, he
would then represent more manhood, more
broad and liberal min1edue5s. more intel
figence. than does the New York Journal
with its clientele possessing as IL docs a
soul SO small IL would have as much room
in ~ mustard seed as a bat would IN a
church.
But Bailey is all right. He has the
use IL u fail the republican party like
a wolf. then l am mistaken in my diagnosis
of his pugnacious qualities.
When this thing begins to simmer down,
and the people begin to pay for their pretty
whistle. they will pick the republican
party up by the soruff of the neck and
it against the face of nature so hard
it will POD like a painted bladder giving
birth 10 a thunderbolt.
II we wanted the Philippines for n play
thing for the administration to lie than
10 u red yarn string and swing EN- around
It's head. why in the name of all common
sense don't we simply take them and pay
Spain nothing? Why do we want to pay
$40, 600. 600 for something we don't get.
as they now say that the open
policy means that we won't annex
hem 10 this country? Senator Thurston,
h %mouthpiece and intimate of the presi-
lent, admits that 1t means free trade: that
very other nation is going to have an even
commercial break with us over there.
spain never allowed any such thing. She
rave her merchants all the best of the
,ettipg. Why do we want TO pay $50, 600
100 for the pleasure of giving every nation
IN the globe an opportunity to uuderscll
Us in the Philippine trade?
Is not that an admission ON the part of
he prctectionists that we do not fear
IN the markets of the world.
hat we can manufacture and sell as cheap
v as amy old country? II so. then why I
ave protection in this country? Why
'eep a Chinese tariff wall upon our own ,
eaboard? is 1t that we fear the con1etl- ,
ION OF foreign goods, sent all tho way 1
cross the ocean, with our own made right ,
t our own doors, or is 1t o put money !
n the purses of the frying manufacturers? d
Which? r
Oh. the administration is right now in !
he middle of a whole bunch of bother L
bout this Philippines business and eei-
deeper in every lunge it makes TO
Strlcate Itself. A whole lot of folks row 1
elling themselves black in the faN nbort
eeping tho Philippines, and who oldn't
now twelve months ago whether the phil p
'pines were Islands or canned goods. will q
lish inside of another twelve months that .
'ewey had met tina Spanish fleet ont in N
10 open sea and knocked its chunk out n,
istead OF going to Manila. | am not in
re prophet business. but I'm willing to Law u
Ids on this prediction as a hot tin. q,
n
] see that Hon. Benton McMillln. GOV.
of Tennessee and for many +,
a member OF congress from n al y,
tate. has taken q pot shot at Joe po;1ev OF
Wen, THAT is not at all surprlsjn,.i, N
smuch as Bailey defeated him for the
'adegship of the house and punched hin
ltellectually. 10 the intanza aaltoa.