The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-16
ISSUES TWO YEARS HENCE.
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Atlanta ConftjtiliO1.) 10 Hpl Trn"i's
tho campaign of 1898. SO far as their bear
ing upon the campslgn OF 1900 are con
cerrtd. can he easily summed up. II thes'
results mean one thing more than another
Iit Is that the campaign will be fought OF
tho came lines as the campaign OF 1895, att
that the chances wifi be very much stronger
with the democrats thar they were in tina
last struggle for the presidency.
Tho control OF both houses of congress
means that he republicans have no posi-
BILE excuse to keep up the dodslng OF thi
money question In which they have been &c
consistently indulging financial polio,
must be Formulated and the party must e
before the country on It. There can be
90 blowing hot and cold at the same time
There can be no playing to the interrationas
l bimetallists by fake commissions and nc
swearing In financial policy or the wicked
partner In charge OF tho treasury depart
ment: on the other hand. there can be nc
excuse for further delay III delivery to the
Eastern bankers OF the several and sundry
pounds OF flesh for which they paid M 1880
and had to pay for again this year.
These eminent gentlemen comprising the
clements which constitute the money pow
er In this country put up n great campaign
fund for the presidential election on the
! promise that they should be given the privi-
| lege OF absolute control OF the currency
of the country. 1t was promised them, but
there has been delay after delay on the
| plea that as the silver men had the senate.
| 1t would be useless TO force the legislation
asked for through the house. With the adj
veEt of the next congress that excuse will
no longer go. The republicans will have to
show their hands openly and above board.
They win have to do what they have not
yet had to do-and that Is formulate a
sieinite financial policy and stand on IT.
~
So strong is the grip which the corpora
tions and. trusts have on the republican
party that there Is bound 10 be high car
nlval of corporation legislation. 1t will, of
course, work great hardship to the peo-
pie, but it's political effect VIII be to open
their eyes clearly TO the real meaning of
republican rule, and the political results
will be favorable to the democrats.
it would have been little short of disloyalty
to have pointed all this out before the cleo
tons, for the democrats naturally are ex
pected to desire to see the democratic cam
didates successful all along the line; but
the plain fact--and it must be evident to
anybody who studies the situations that
1t Is better for the party to have the repub
4, IN,
attempt It's organization themselves with
the aid OF a lot of discordant elements. Not
better for the people of the country, per-
haps. but better for the democratic party.
IL the democrats We're to be faced with
the necessity of assuming control OF the
house with the few populists on the one
hand, and the gabd democrats on the other
holding the balance OF power they would.
with their wel9 developed facility for de-
velopng jealousies among their aspiring
leaders, be in n position not only most UNI
comfortable, but one that would result in
making all sorts OF political capital for
their enemies. This would inevitably fol-
low. Aih to this the excuse such con-
dition for their own failures and you have u
combination that wculd inevitably play into
the hands Of the republicans.
~
But now the trouble is ON the hands of
the enemy. The next congress is to be of
is own creation. The president and mis-
party viii have full power to pass any
legislation they desire. They have promised
such prosperity as will make the entire
country blossom and bloom like an all the
yearround rose. They can have no possi-
BILE excuse If they do not produce that pros
perty. II they are able TO do So they can
30 before the country in the next election !
confident of success; but the responsibility |
Is theirs. II they fail, they can not plead
lack of opportunity.
As 10 the issues Of tho presidential cam
paign, 1t is clear that the election results |
show that the flight will be on the same |
platform as that OF 1896. If Judge Van
Wyck has been elected governor of New
York. aud II there had been such victories
in New Jersey aud Maryland and Massa- +
chusetts ANA Connecticut as would Indicate I
that the gold clement had joined with those
who were the regular democrats OF 1898,
and that the Eastern democracy was a
thing of reaf life and virility once more, il |
the campaigns run on platforms of evasion
had been temporarily successful, there
might have been renewal OF the struggle
for the control of the National convention
which stirred up SO great strife two years
ago. AS 1t Is, there will be no more cam
pafgns of evasion anywhere. The DEM
ocrats OF the democratic States viii control
the next National convention as they dsa
the last, and they Will make democratic
platform as they did then.
OF course there never has been serious
danger OF the gold element securing con-
troll OF the party, but there has been the
possibility OF evasion. That possibility has
been elimAaated. The democrats will 70 into
the next presidential campaign under cir Z,
eumstances much more favorable than thew
were two years ago. Tho republican house
Wal DO great assistance to them.
An Able ana Yelling Fight.
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