The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-14
pOsr.ELECrION PHILOSOPHY
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democratic congressional COMMITTEES is stil
claiming the house. by very narrow mar
| gin. but the margin Is TOO narrow. and Will
| I am s,n,e. be wiped out by republicans
They appear to have the house by slender
majority and also the senate by big ma
jorfty. They also seem to have grabDes
off evrything that wasn't nailed down OF
red hot with democracy. 1t was an election
full or surprises to people who believe In
the sanity OF The people. As political
prophet / have reluctantly arrived at the
cor cluslon that I am a far reaching and
iridescent failure-a frost.
There is not much use INDUCING the u.s.
ual post-eection luxury OF explaining why
1t was we we're Knocked off this political
Christmas tree The thing is done and
there's an end to It.
1t is no use to cry over split milk. The
bucket was kicked over by the people and
i there's no accounting for the way people
| act sometimes on elections It's as UNI
certain as the verdict OF petit Jury. There
were several things entered into democratic
| defeat. In New York II was too much
| Croker. He injected his personality into
| the campaign 10 such an extent that he
nauscated the people. They refused TO al
| low him Ito boss the state as we'll as the
| city, and They believed that was what tho
| election of Van Wyck meant. Knowing
| Van Wyck as do, don't think it meant
any such thing but ] do think 1t was a
mistake to nominate Van WICK or any
other man from Greater New York. An
up state man. absolutely free from any sug-
gestIon OF Crokerism would undoubtedly
| have been elscted. Croker also mixed UP In
the judicial election in a way to prejudice
| the cause of the democracy by putting all
the big lawyers to lighting the ticket.
~
Roosevelts strong personality and his
brilliant war record also cut u prominent
figure in the final outcome. There is no
doubt that the people were in favor Of the
war and glad to evince that interest by vot-
ing to prove it. They are also undoubtedly
in favor Of holding everything that be-
longed 10 Spain, They are there exhibiting
the time characteristics of the American
people. we are simply a nation of real
estate sharks and land grabbers. We want
everything in sight and those people did
not want to do anything that looked like
going back ON the demand of the admins
tration that Spain relinuuish all of the
Philippine islands. | ann not endorsing
that proposition, ] am only telling how
thirk they felt about it. and l think am
right
So far as am concerned don't think we
ought to take the Philippines and | think
the move Will return to plague this ad-
ADMINISTRATION before it is six months older.
This country has no right under the con-
stttution and in the Hight of the Declara-
ton of Independence. to possess colonies or
dependencles. Under our form OF govern-
uenS we can not have subjects. They must
be citizens and possess all the inalienable
privileges OF an American citizen, includ-
ing life liberty. the pursuit of happiness, |
the elective franchise and protection to
property. Who believes that the inhabi-
tants of the Philippine islands are fitted for |
citizenship in the most enlightened Repub-
lie on the eauth, whose people boast them
selves ''heir of all the ages?'' Nobody that
know OF. But, as Judge Culberson said
to me the othsr day; I'VE have already
expanded We are now on the shirbtail of
progress q hollerin' git IN" But that's
another story. l was talking about this
election.
As to the congressional elections that is
down the present membership of the house
over forty votes, the gain is not as signif-
can't as 1t looks. The great gains come
from the Eastern States, and out of all the
members elected from New York and Penn
sylvana ami New Jersey there are only
two or three OF them sure enough demo-
Gratis. The balance are all alleged demo-
Gratis They are gold men straight and
may be depended on to vote soidly against
any silver proposition, The whole secret OF
th7 alleged democratic gains in the East
and the republican Landslide in the West is
simply this. | happen to know from n [
high up and reliable republican source that
In the beginning OF tho campaign 1t was
n case of starvation with the republica~ I
commlttee as well MS the democratic peo-
pie. Finally Hanna, Babcock AMI other mon
~ AhitheiS VuIfW u NuSc SCARE INTO inc mon |
eyed ollgauchy of the East ami got more
and bigger bundles OF Doodle than they had !
IN 1896 During tho last Two weeks of the
they had money to throw at the I
BIRDS, and they threw Il, II was all Thrown |
in one direction. They allowed those East /
ert dsmocrats 10 20 pMnolested because 8
they received from each one verbal prom
Use to keep the silver question under lock-
and key They hurled thousands of dol
lars into those Western districts TO boat
men they could not control ard who ara
honest silver men.
They did it--and there you are.
1t was doodle that did the little work. a
me democrats never had dollar TO spend z
md poor Jim Kerr has spent lot of his {
'wn money and he will never again see :
he color of H. They dlln't even have Y
money enough TO pay FOR ttlesrams TO keen !,
touch with the close districts. II
Another thing that contributed TO Re- =
ubilcan success was the apathy. or what I,
yer you may care 10 call Il. Of the d,mo- \
ralic voters all over She West n heat nc \