The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-12

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the country, are now face TO face with
condition. am sincerely glad the mas
has fallen thus early. II VIII show sur
enough democrats what they have to figh
In 1900 in tho National convention. 1t VII
be solid Eastern delegation, clamor'nl
for the blood Of the Chicago platform
with their javellns damned up to the hill
especially In the silver and income ta'
features OF It. They are going 10 max
stubborn and bitter fight aud then whei
beaten, give apparent sanction TO am
acuuiescence In the Will Of the majority
but with knives up their sleeves for th'
democratic ticket. The entire East VII
roll in a majority for the republican OF
goldbug ticket, and there is no use In try
ing to divorce them from their idol. lei
them 20 and let the party concentrate
Its efforts on sections west OF the Aiic-
gheny mountains, where the people begin
TO belong to the producing ciasse and
where there is a chance OF winning cleo
toral votes,
/ Even IL the votes OF the Eastern States
arc practically unanimous, 1t will not give
the republicans ticket any more votes IN
the electoral college. The republican tick
ct will get them. anyway, so wh1ts the
use making anything more than blum at
a canvass over hereg The State of Mary
land is the only one in which we have
ghost of chance. and that is very RANT
and shadowy ghost az that. These people
over here in the East will not only oppose
us on the silver question, but also OIL tho
expansion question They are all rcdhot
expansionists and their only real reason
for it, no matter how many glitterng
generalities and sounding platitudes they
may indulge in, is that they are for the
extension of our commerce In any old way
IL can be extended regardless of how it
affects the liberties of peoples or tramples
upon the traditions of our country or un-
dermines the mudsills of our governmental
fabric
They are welded to commarsc. 1t is
the breath OF their nostrils They live by
are nearly all more or less selfish, can't
blame them much. They have grown to
think that because they hold the money
bags of the country. their opinions should
he deferred to by tho balance of the coun
try. They make +he mistake of thinking
they are tho whole thing" They think
The commercial man Is indispensable and
hat the producer doesn't amount 10 any
hing The commercial man probably is
to the progress of civilized
commodities. but he is not Indispensable |
o this country from the standpoint of |
prosperity and National life. The West
ern producer could dispense with the |
Eastern commercial man and simply go
pack to primitive barter of products, but |
he death of the producer kills absolutely |
he commercial or middle man. These
people in the East don't know that, but
ome of these days they are going to have
ather rude awakening.
AT present, however, you might as we'll
ing psalms to dead mule as try 10 con-
'ince the average Eastern man that tho
Vest can be right on anything. The aver
ge human head Is like an egg or a crock
# clabber--it absorbs the flavor of the
surroundings, and the Eastern head has
or years been absorbing the talk that
nero was really little intelligence and no
eiinement west of the Allegheny noun
ans For narrow minded bigo.ry and
hriveled provnclalsm the average East
rn man yields the palm to no man.