The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-21
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Washington. September 1s.--tstse
cial. THE story in the New York ~
papers not long ago about Croker
ernor Stone of Missouri. Senator \,
md young Carter Harrison of Urlc,..
Ding meeting In New York and soss,
| combination to swipe everything 4
in the next National democratac cow.
is all fake pure and simple.
There is nothing to it.
Its lie manufactured out Of wbca.
with no fear OF the devil.
! There is no such combination.
Stone has not agreed with ths =
Bazouks of democratic politics in Nev Z
and Chicago TO butcher either siiv~
| Bryan. He is clean, he is honest v
competent. Therefore he comes i'm y
Jefiersonian standard. He did 10 10 y
York to meet some honest democrat
confab with them anent the democrat
uation In the Nation. But he never
Croker once.
Croker isn't his kind of people An
didn't 'homologate" with ham a llttfs y
| He doesn't like his style, and nesthw
| the other honest silver democrats Of
| country. Croker tried the game all NJ =
and thought he could catch Bila Stone Y pa
net, but he couldn't. Bill Stone is =;
tious, but he is too honest a democrA 1
become traitor to silver and the hon1H
democracy OF the country to enter Into ~
combination that would wreck the mofl15
Of the party.
The truth OF the matter Is that CrvS3
has had to come off the perch" In NH
York. He was opposed to the silver ns&
nominating anybody this year on silvH
platform, but when they read the riot NJ
to him he quit and the platform will NJ
democratic, alec the nominees Bill StousA
interview Ia the New York papers wa d
bomb in the gold bug camp that create
more of CONSERVATION and havoc there thli
one of the coughs" of the dynamite crttsA
Vesuvius at the bombardment OF SantasS
East that the sure enough democrats Of N,
country are in earnest and can't be hoots
winked or sideracked on the money quel
ton, and they won't try it any more.
The reason Stone came East not long en-
was to see few sure enough leaders Of N.
party who wanted him, because Of III
brains and ability to become the hel3
piece of the party in The next battle ri
agreed to all they said, and part OF it maar
that Arkansas Jim Jones" was a mutton.
head and didn't have enough political seus
to hit a ralnStorm with an umbrella. h.
agreed to assume the arduous labors Of o..
ganizlng the democracy for the next gran
engagement and wanted to begin risk
now and assist dn this campaign 10 elect
democratic house of representatives.
He agreed to pay all his own expense
and only demanded fund to do the neces
sary work with. AS soon as he mentions
money and explained the practical side 3
the question every one OF these democrats
Statesmen" proceeded to get cold feet
ard quit the game. They all feared ca
of sunstroke, as 1t was during the hot spel
in New York. and every mothers son ;
them hit out for colder chimes.
There Is where the matter Stands frer
National standpoint.
Bill Stone is ready and willing to do h
work whenever the militant democracy wi
put in his hands the sinews Of war. The
have got 10 60 It. and they have got to hav
scme such brains ut the head OF the gam
in order to win
1t is funny thing, this perennial flgh
between democracy and repubhcanism, III
democrats are right, of course. but they al
entirely too theoretical. They rely too niue
on theory and sound argument and Ut
enough on practical politics The repul
lfcans rely on sophistry and dollars. and
wins. Take the people as whole and the
eIre honest They can be depended on TO
the night thing when they can see il 40
donf know II, and that's why the reput
hcan sophistry and dollars win politics
BATTLES. So long as these conditions Of
tain we must make theory subservient
practice and fight the devil with fire {
lose the game.
The president is still trying to get 'kalst
miners for his war department examine
bion, and he isn't making an irtdescel
success of 1t.
People of the callber he is after are NJ
chumps enough to jeopardiZe their repl
tatons by mixing in the nastiest mess thu
has ever besmirohed an administrabio
since the whisky frauds, the De Galy'
contracts and the credit mobilier frauds
Grants administration. What they net
in this business is chloride OF lime instea
of whitewash. 1t smells to heaven OIL
needs mitigation in the quickest way
McktUley ntay succeed in getting son
good men TO try to straighten this tansl
but doubt 1t. They cant straiglhten II
uhey try never so hard. They won't q
clothed with the proper judicial authority
the power 10 send for persons and papers
therefore uhey can't and won't do anythir
but kalsomtne a mass of putridity thi
congressional | hope Ct. democratic col
gress--will open up, and it will be u
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