The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-14
IAlK WITH RICHARD CROKER.
Tells why Mr.. bryan Is strong with
the People.

the People.
New York Journal.
James Creelman, who was fellow pas
senger with Richard Croker on the ST
Paul, interviewed the Tammany chieftai
while en- route. The expressions with re
gard to Bryan are understood to NEAR
that Croker will support Bryan.
For hours and hours l have walked tn
deck of the st. Paul with Richard Croker
and listened to the voice of the powerful
man whose political influence / have
fought increasingly for twenty years.
1t is easy to attack him at a distance
but to argue against his simple almos
primitive, ideas of popular government i
like swimming against the ocean tide.
mfr Bryan's great strength" said Mr.
Croker, lies in his sympathy for and
American has ever been so close to the
masses. He understands and feels for tn,
toiler, and the toiler understands und
trusts him. / consider him to be one oil
the greatest men America has produced
within the year the democratic party
and prepare for the overthrow of trusts
and Imperialism. / believe that the party
Will be united and harmonious.
Naturally l am principally interested
in securing National platform that will
be source of strength to the party In my
own State. We hope to carry New York
for the democratic candidate next year.
am satisfied that nothing will be done by
the next democratic National convention
that will drive any good democrat away
from his party.
"The silver question will be regulated in
time. and congress may safely be trusted
to settle the ratio.
There has never been a time in my ex-
perience when the republican party has 50
clearly shown it's unftness to be in con-
troll of the National government. Mr..
Mckinley has turned the war in the Phil
ippines into partisan scheme for his own
re- election. The administration has pur-
posely dragged out the struggle. and is
spending tens of millions of the people s
money without making any serious effort
to bring the war to close this year.
1.-The presidential election takes place
next year, and the republican managers
are openly making preparations to use
the war as a means OF working up another
outburst of popular enthusiasm, just in
time to sweep Mr.. Mckinley into second
term.
But the people who are paying the war
taxes are beginning 10 see through the
plan. 1t is almost incredible that a pres
ident of the United States is willing to
desolate and destroy thousands of homes
and to shed the blood of the unfortunate
Filipinos chiefly to keep himself and his
friends in office; but the facts are plain
to be seen by every right thinking man.
THE situation is so shocking, SO indie
cent, from the ordinary American stand
point, that thousands of republicans are
turning away from McKinleyism in dis
gust The strongest men in the party
have turned their backs on the admins
tration.
I'm New York city the party was never
stronger. We will carry all before us this
fall. The metropolis is thoroughly demo-
cratic. The cheap talk about machine
politics has lost its force.
every great public improvement ac-
complished in New York--good streets,
underground telegraph wires, extensions
of the dock system, the great Croton aque-
duct. the new courts, new parks, low
taxes, the Harlem viaduct, the Kings
bridge bridge, the speedway the pleasure
docks for the people-are the direct re-
suit of machine politics.