The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-01
TUESDAY, AUGUST /, $3.50
TEN PAGES TODAY.
A RAnIp FOE TO DEMOCRACY.

Mr. Cleveland. with his facility of find
ing new men and hypnoti2ing them, picked
OUT young man up in Indiana or Illinois
of the name of Ecklos and made him con-
troller of the treasury. During the last
campaign, and before, the chief distinction
of Mr. Eckles was his fidelity, in inter-
views and on the stump, to what had then
become known as "Clevcandism.
He is talking again, and it appears that
the Christening he has received rather than
making him humble has made him defiant,
and he is aiding and abettlng republican,
ism with more virulence than are the re-
publicans themselves. He seems to be
delighting the republican and gold organs
and the old Mckinley Aid Society press"
for they are rolling his remarks IN abuse
and criticism of the democracy, as sweet
morsels, so to speak, under their tongues.
Our morning contemporary on Galveston
island, of course, finds Mr.. Eckles assaults
upon democracy as good things to chron-
icle, and reproduces them from the New
York Times without a line of adverse
comment. We can with as much conf
dence as ever it seems trust the Galveston
News to get in sly lick at the democracy
wherever and whenever possible. The
News says:
Hon. James II. Eckels. formerly comptroller
of the currency, In a recent statrnT~s, of the
situation published by the New fmk Times.
says: H'
The results OF the leadership of the demo
cratic party as today constituted and tho
uu ulAttprln
party think, may be very properly summed
up as follows
l. The party given over to socialism In
principles, leadership and following with tho
consequent result OF loss in both leadership
and following oi all the buslneso and indie
pel dent element of the country, alIl.I
2. The falling away OF the organization as Il
NatioI al one. and the making Of II almost
wholly local one. bent only on obtaining
LEGAL standing aud local othee.
j. The elimination OF II as force ~ the
North and the lessenine of Its importance In
the South.
4. The reputation by 1t of all democratic
principles, history and teaching concerning
the money question, the tariff, the country's
court and public service
3. The publicly making IL the lying-in asy
lum OF every clement of discomfort In tho
country, and the making possible for political
bastardy 20 claim democratic pnrentagc.
o. The deprivng the country OF the bono-
fcent effects OF strong. intellectual, con-
servetive opposition party at time when
grave questions Of public policy. far-reachlng
in it's effects. are being dealt with by .the
party In power without the restraining In
nuence that would follow II the democratic
party stood for something moro than mere
agitation and opposition.
The News knows, as every intelligent
man or paper in the South knows, that of
the six propositions of this smart young
Clcvelandite, or mugwump, or republican,
just as you view him from different stand
points, not one is true, not one has the
least substantial basis for utterance!
/. There is no socialism in the demo-
cratic party; its leaders showed themselves
exceptionally strong men in 1896 and pos
sibly half of the business element of the
country supported the Bryan aud Sewall
ticket.
2. The organization OF democracy as
National one Is shown in the East, South
and West today in even stronger light
than In 1896.
3. The Importance OF tho party as a po-
litical force in the South Is greater than
ever and 1t has not lost an iota of its i'm
portance In the North.
4. Its principles are not reputation
but reassertion OF democratic principles.
oder tnan young Eckles.
5. 1t seeks no one in Its ranks because
he IL sore head, but only when he can
honestly subscribe to It's platform prin-
ciples and fight openly and Loyalty for its
success. II Mr.. Eckles thinks the party
Is lying-in asylum for the Disconnected
he ought to try to get In with his present
views and make a note OF the result!
Q, 1t was a strong and intellectual enough
minority to repeatedly force the republic
cans to act In accord with the democratic
position in the last congress.
Here, therefore. Is a categorical answer
to Mr.. Eckles propositions. and The Post
Ia willing to leave the determination of
which Ia the more correct to the fair and
intelligent Judgment OF the country. MIR.
Eckles. unfortunately for him, appears to
be yet too callow. or else too infected with
Cleyelandism, TO get down " things and
beliefs as they exist among tho people
lie learned blundering from his master and
can not, It seems. get out Of 1t, But again
be Is quoted as saying;
Those who map out It's policy are making
tho serious mistake Of counting the number
Of tho disseminated Of the country TO be
the basis and the blunder Of demaKogism al
pskinx q The plstfofm aud the naming Of
~ candidate e Chicago Ia 1895 II 10 this
~ nominnttoQ Of Mr. Brian year hence.
~ error e JUDGMENT ~ 1895 was demon.
p9o1s9 = ~ prssidsnnal election Of that