The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-31
ADMINISTRATIONS TROUBLES.
!. fBY Q. a. EnWARDs. !

1t Is having troubles OF It's own and no
mistake. II is all due to tho little scrim-
mage We had with Spain. l would not
blame Mckinley for wanting to keep out
OF II il political prcscicnce had youchsafed
to him a glimpse at tho troubles In store
for him, but II was not even 80 respectable
an excuse as that which caused him TO pull
back on the bits and sit back on the brooch
Ing.
Certain influences made him recaIcitrato
until the people pushed him into it nolens
yolens.
Then began system Of appointing fav-
critics and sons OF their fathers to rcspon-
sible positions and out OF It has come the
results Of their incompetcncy. which Is
causing a whole lot OF trouble to which
this administration is falling heir. That
is only one feature of the trouble. There
are others. The ratification Of the peace
treaty and the passage of the army bill
are causing the president sleepless nights
some very unpleasant and unpalatnble re-
marks this week in the house. Those re-
marks have not been sugar-coeted. The
medicine WAS administered straight by men
OF brains and courage and the dose has not
set we'll on the stomachs of the adminis-
tration claqueurs OF the house. The only
trouble and complaint ! have to make is
that they have not adopted the doses usu-
ally administered by veterinary surgeon
instead of those of the homeopathic.
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The democrats of the house have missed
an opportunity They have let slide a
chance. They started in too late on this
onslaught on the administrations impe-
realistic policy. They should have rung
the changes on it at every opportunity
since this session began and an opportu-
nifty was offered every time the house went
into committee Of the whole. Debate then
takes wide range and a member can dis
cuss any old subject. The people of the
country are not posted on this subject. IT
is necessary to arouse their interest in 1t
and cause them to do some thinking. When
they begin Mr. Mckinley will need to again
put his ear to the turf and he will hear
another sound.
The speeches made this week may set the
people to doing little thinking and give
them some insight into the Ubiquitous and
un- American policy being pursued by this
administration. When the people once
grasp the full meaning of the adminstra-
tions colonial policy they will proceed to
rip the lining out of 1t and the democratic
party will make a huge mistake il 1t does
not make the matter red-hot issue.
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Not only in pursuance Of this policy, but
of the policy to have plenty of soldiers to
suppress strikes. the administration Is
working for the passage of the Hull army
bill. 1t will probably pass the house. where
the brutal. republican majority will heed
the crack of the party lash, but 1t will
strike snag in the senate that will swamp
it. Before 1t leaves the house. however, on
Tuesday next. when the vote will be taken,
it will be shot so full Of holes by good
democratic marksmen that 1t will resemble
target at shooting match. One 13-inch
dynamite gun was unlimbered on 1t when
Henry U. johnson, the verbal cataract from
Indiana, and the recalcitrating republican
who has ever been thorn In the side of
| republican partisan leaders, simply tore
the thing apart and scattered it's viscera
from Dan to Beersheba and Tadmar In the
wilderness to Yuba Dam. He laid bare
| moi only some of tho Interior motives of the
administration and the outragebof whipping
| a young republic into submission, but he
| figured the cost to our people of doing this
! thing. He not only did this in language
that conveyed thought faster than dog
can trot, but every sentence hit with the
impact of a solid shot.
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1t was mastery effort and am very
sorry Mr.. johnson leaves congress on
March 4. He has added materially to the
| galcty OF nations. The republicans trotted
cut their best material In the person oil
Mr.. Deliver of Iowa to demolish Johnson
Mr. Dolliver is "A brilliant oratorical sky
scraper, a word mongcr. a phrase maker
an intellectual Roman candle that is dead
as soon as the fuse burns out. Mr.. Dolli-
ver's trouble is that he has for several
| years, placed an embargo on thought. Hc
is human photograph. He talks without
thinking. He swels up like toy balloon
| inflated With sonorous verbosity and he
scars and sails beautifully unit. somebody
stocks a pin OF fact into him. and theil
he pops and collapses like the painted blad-
der that he Is. Johnson did the pin act to
perfection.
| have spoken Of this debate in my dis
patches briefly. oh! it was beautiful, the
manner In which Johnson put him to SLEEP
with solar plcxus question. Then II
was all over with Deliver. Great drops
of Precipitation as big as oyster crackers
rolled down his abundant jowls and he was
Ms nervous as a man in an old bee gum
full of red ants. feel sorry for him-
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| Johnson piled his question anent the
policy OF the administration towards the
Philipinos, and whether or not 1t was the
intention 10 rayish them with govern
ment they we're not asslng for and did moi
want. and every syllable of lis words mus
have sounded like the crack of doom e
POOR Dolliver. poiliyer triel 10 shake him
loose, but it wouldn't work. Johnsor
stuck to his question and to Dolliver a.
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