The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-02
VIEWS OF CHAMP CLARK.


Washington Fosg.
Imperial MlssDuqi's mhgnificent perform.
lance November s. said the sta5wart Champ
Clark, repres ensatIge OF tihe Nintn district
on ARRIVING In Washington yesterday Com
firms her rank as first among democratic
States She leads the column OF assault
I Hereafter. where Missouri sits is the head
OF the table. of-year, b0oile, war fever,
rainy weajhers- nothing could deteF ner
from doing her whole duty TO che cause OF
good government and human freedom. she
| is Thomas Jefferson's poistloaA daughter,
and she does honor 70 her iHustrious
rather
'NlaBle would prefer demorratic
house hi 'uhe next congfess,' c2nannsi Sir.
tDaIk In the same refreshing STRAIN, i do
! not regard the result OF tne ia,e election
as in any way discouraging 10 uae demo-
i Gratis. The republaclns are GONG great
deal OF growing. but Il seems TO nue. CHAT
they are very much In t1e conta1o1 OF
Fhyrrus after grea. battle. which he Woa
az the cost of heavy Losses. As he was
going over the field ~. said monrnius!y:
| Arodher such vlGtory and we are uldp1e.
1 i'm the present congress the re2uo-
! licans have u clear majoGAay OF 81 over all.
In the congress just eiecoed u1ey nave
about a dozen. They are growing at.er
the fashion of the cows telit--l!Owaward.
AZ their present rate OF descending 10 the
bottom of the sea a la McCAnty, it does mol
require n mathematician of the ability OF
General Grosvenor to figure them deep in
THE hole In 1900 Indeed at the present
rate of loss, If an election were netl as
early as next May, we would elect demo-
| cratic house.
SUPREME ISSUE IN POLITICS
''As soon as possible after the Fifty
sixth congress is organized they will lam
The Gage bill the McCrehry bill, OF some
kindred monstrosity through congress, and
that Will be the beginning OF uneir woes.
That will open UP bhe eauire money ques-
lion and make the supreme Issue in politics
INNS: shall the UNITED atates itself exer-
else bne supreme junction OF government,
tine moDey making hrncIon, or SHAH Il
delegate II to che National banks? 2 MATS
lhe momentons QUESTION whinn Ly man j.
Gage e. Co. are determined 10 force.
History repeats ITSELF for that is the
IDENTICAL issue on which Andrew jackson
conquered Nick Biddle. Mr. Gage would
do well TO read the history OF Nick. On
this issue the democrats will win. Tne
Ameiucan people are not md never were
in favor of delogatlng or farmsng out Une
money -rnalIing function. They believe, and
correctly believe, that ut is power TOO
great and dangerous 10 intrust 10 the keep
Ing and exercise of envy private citizens,
however pure they may be.
''If the American people had believed
that the greenbacks We're TO be reared.
Bryan would have defeated Mckinley hands
down. When, however, it was in 1896
charged upon them that thai WAS their Ia
tenition, they denied j, vociterowsy west OF
'uhe Mississippi when the denial would d.
ION H. 1,,.t
oa'iselfs prove iuhAt 1.-THE charge was true.
The old saying, Whom rhe gods would
destroy they tirsJ make mad Is likely to
nave startling confirmation in dhe awful |
drubblng We will give them for passing
Mr.. Cages pet measure. People who lay
the flattering JUNCTION to their souls thar |
ithe money question is dad are badly mis- |
taken.
HE TALKED SILVER EVERYWHERE. |
In the recent campaign 1 everywhere
proclaimed it as the supreme Issue, de- I
nounced Those who are reasonably en- |
deayorlrg to sidetrack 1t and to substitute |
else for 1t. and increased my
by nearly 600 over that of 1896. |
hndeed, my majority this lime was the
largest ever given In that district. Tina |
people Will not permit 1t to be sidatracked. |
and they will break the neck OF any man
who tries to do So
II suppose the treaty OF peace Will settle |
the expansion business. We ought TO keep |
an ample eoailng and naval s5aiaion in the |
Philippines, and assist the rest OF uhem
to organize themselves into an Independent
government. We have no use for horde
Of As!a1ic sayages. You can't make Ameri-
can eitizens ont OF thom any more taan
you can make a SILK purse out Of d sows
car or a whistle out 0f a pigs tail.
Il do not Intend in this congress or the
next TO fight a measure simply because 1t
Is proposed by bhe administration. o.
rhe other hand, will not support VI Simply
because 1t is proposed by the adm.nist,a- /
don. The cry, 'Suppori the preslde1.. Is
III rot He ought 10 be supponed when ne
S right and ought to be opposed when ne
Is wrong. That should be the sole test
There is no divinity hedging him about
'hnt | wot of. Hon. Shelby NJ Cullom. in
ME spring OF 1896, during a fine burst of
'onfbaenGe, confessed to din astonished re-
5oi'ter that he was only human guess
president MCKINLEY is in Shelby's fix