The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-22
SOME VIEWS AT WASHINGTON
,py G. A, EpwARps)

sneaks in eulogistic terms or MT. bryan
ons ,Iso takes back what he had formerly
saId snent expansion, is attracting the
a,,ention of the democrats all over the
country. and particularly here in Wash
ington. The consensus OF opinion is that
Mr. Croker is not sincere and that ne
only watts favorable opportunity to stab
prvan IN the back He has no intention
of abandoning the fight on Bryan, but is
pIayinF sharp game. The seeming con-
,us,on in the council OF the anti-Bryan-
tics n, Saratoga caused by the remark
able interview given out by Mr. Croker,
is all in the play. II Is not at all serious.
| The fact is that the much discussed
Saratoga conference was attracting eoo
much attention Silence and stealth is
the motto of the jungle felix and the sue
cess OF the plan OF the tiger depends upon
not exciting the suspicion OF the Bryan
people The Saratoga conference got into
| the hands of the chatterng magpies, ana
that is why Croker, the tiger, has broken
nm the council for the time being, and
sent the chatterers home The methoos
of the magpies are not the methods OF
Croker the tiger The attack upon Bryan
has not been abandoned, nor even checked
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The only change in the situation Is
that those who do not know how to con-
duct their council without making noisc
that will attract attention from all quart
ers have been driven away.
| The success of the plans of Croker
German, Whitney, Harrity, Belmont and
others-many yet unknown-to defeat
Bryan depends upon the Bryan people be-
ing .soothe1 into feeling of security.
Croker has been for some time trying to
win the confidence of Bryan. He knows
that the Bryan people will have power
enough at the next national convention
to pass upon the credentials of dele
cations presenting themselves al
the door of the convention and that an
anti Bryan delegation cannot rely on be-
ing admitted If Bryan delegation is con-
testing. The Bryan people have been
contemplating the selection of a contest
ing delegation from New York should
Tammany and those cooperating with
that organization oppose Bryan. In or
der to check this movement Croker has for
some time been trying to convince Bryan's
friends that he and Tammany are not hos
tile to the Nebraska candidate. The cam
paign against Bryan has been arranged
on these lines that men heretofore hostile
to Bryan should pretend to come into the
Bryan camp. accepting what they could
not prevent and that politicians whose
loyalty to Bryan and silver had never
been questioned, but who could be
reached" should be barganed with to
join in secret movement for the nom
natinn of another candidate and to "get
the party together
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IT was intended that the conference on
this plan should be conducted with great
secrecy, and that men in the Bryan camp
who could be dealt with should he con-
suited singly, without their participation
in the anti-Bryan movement becoming
known, and that wherever possible men
who could be relied on by the anti Bryan
people should get control of the machinery
in their respective Localities by retaining
the confidence of the Bryan people until
their control of the machine could be
assured. Considerable work had been
done along this line before the Saratoga
conference was thought of. but, on account
OF the suspicious of the Bryan people be-
ing aroused, it was not meeting with the
success anticipated. II was then thought
that if certain Southern and Western
men identified with the Bryan element
not the courage to join in a movement
against Bryan, could be brought in con-
tact with Croker, Whitney and Harrity
they could be convinced of the practicable |
ity of the plan for Bryan's defeat, especial |
ly as the temptation of large campaign |
fund and financial advantages to the |
this object the Saratoga confluence was
arranged.
Some small men. however arrived In
haste upon the scene in advance of |
Croker and Whitney, and at once began TO
talk with great nuency about things that |
were designed to be done in secret. 1t
there and that then this little band of
patriots would proceed to do Mr..
Bryan. But when Croker arrived and
found all this chatter of the magpies going
on, he declined TO go to Saratoga, and it is
said that the object of his interview in
praise of Bryan was designed to count
eract the blunder made by those who
talked too much and to establish himself
in the confidence of the Bryan people,
who had become thoroughly aroused by
the noisy ndiscretion of small men who
didn't have sense enough to keep still
The Croker interview therefore. does mot
Bryan but is really a move toward a most
determined effort to insure the presence
in the democratic national convention of
men from various sections of the country
VINO VIII take commands from Croker
when the time comes for action.
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Croker does not want delegations to
the national convention to go there under
instructions to vote for Bryan, but knows
that such instructions will be Insisted
On II an open fight is being made by the
anti@Bryan people to capture the conyen-
ton The reliance OF those who would :
defeat Bryan is on their ability TO CAPTURE
delegations after the as
'embling of the convention, and their OBJ
ect now is to soothe the Bryan people
INTO sense of confidence which will dis
pose them to yield to arguments against
nslructing delegations by the State and
'ounty conceptions. Therefore, Croker
S not given credit for sincerely In his
declarations favorable to Bryan, but al
he same time he is credited with having \,
weather eye to the possibility of ali
ttempts against Bryan failing.
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