The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-09-02
M'LEAN INTERVIEW
He Is Well Pleased with the Political
Outlook In Ohio.
DELIGHTED WITH THE TICKET.
Platform Is Endorsed BY 100000 Bryan
Democrats Of the State.
SILVER WILL NOT BE THE MAIN ISSUE.
The Fight viii Be Made on State issues
and Against Boss" Rule.
iANNAISa AND CoyISM MUST BE DowSED.
If Elected Governor He VIII wage n
NeIenticss War Against Trust
ana Republican Bosses.

Cincinnati, Ohio. September The
Commercial will tomorrow pub
lish the following:
Meeting John r. Mclean today he looked
fresh after fatlgung experience of the
last three days. 1t was with grim salts
faction that the reporter proceeded to in
terview the editor, now no longer the
autocrat Of a newspaper. but the nominee
for governor, and as such the legitimate
prey of reporters In the name OF the
thousands of victims that he has placed
upon the rack, the reporter proceeded to
the torture.
what do you think OF the ticket and
the work of the convention"
II am delighted. | can only speak for
the head OF The ticket, but the ticket is
strong one and all the candidates must be-
better than the nominee for governor. for
all of them got many votes than he did
when they were nominated.
"The convention made the platform az
II did the ticket and 1t stands as the
unanimous opinion of the 100000 DEM
ocrats of Ohio who voted for Bryan"
"But they make silver conspicuous and
the only issue"
NO. you belong to republican paper.
You want TO make silver the only issue.
There are many others. My position oil
the silver question is well known. The
Enquirer favored Bryan and the Chicago
platform. This however. is State cam
paign and State issues must not be over
looked. No questions are of greater in
terest to the people of this State than
those which affect the business administrn-
ton of their State affairs These are 's-
sued which the bosses of the republican
party are so anxious to cover up. They
want campaign on National issues alone.
We want one on all. With no National
officials to choose at this election the peo-
| pie can safely discuss their home issues
and pass intelligently on them free from
the glamor OF National questions. The
city of Cincinnati Is In the clutches of
Coxism and ring rule. Other municlpali-
ties and countits are in the same condi-
ton. The republican party is dominated
and controlled by BOSSES whose brutal
treatment of independent self-respecting
republicans is not forgotten The issue
among republicans is plain. They are
confronted by CoXism and Hannaism.
They want to free themselves from this
yoke. They know they can get no relief
from the boss-rdden republican machine
nominees. They viii seek and obtain relief
by their defeat, My position on such ques-
tions Is we'll known. have and always
will oppose bosses II elected I Will wage
a relentless war against them. My cleo
ton and that of democratic legislature
will insure an end to HannaIsm and Cox7
ISM the defeat OF all measures loading
burdens and bond issues on our tax-ridden
people without the approval Of the vote
of the people; the prompt defeat OF all
measures granting valuable franchises for
long periods OF time without the Anal con-
sent of the people who own them"
but your platform declares against
the war in the Philippines. Do you APP
prove of this? Are you ready to fight
the administration
eyes, indorse the platform on this
point. I am opposed 10 the needless war
in the Philippines. My record shows where
! stand. During the war with Spain. while
a war OF humanity was being waged to
carry the blessing OF freedom to an OPP
pressed people, daily through the columns
OF the Cincinnati Enquirer | upheld the
hands OF the president and pleaded with
the people to support the administration.
but when that war was over and peace
was declared, !. with my party and my
paper was opposed to paying 100000, 900
to purchase another war which Is being
waged against people whom we armed to
fight Spain. and having armed them against
their lawful authorities we now propose
to destroy them because they claim the
same freedom they have fought for hum
dred years to obtain from Spain! The
money Of the hard working people OF the
United States has. been used to bride the
sultan OF Sulu and help in maintaining
those twin relies OF barbarism, slavery and
polygamy. and all this is being done I'M
der the flag of the free. am opposed to
war being wagli by politicians for plum
der"