The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-24
THE FIGHT AGAINST Bpy'

Oeen reeently number Of acticnx q 4
part Of Eastern democrats ipaie.., y
purpose TO WELD ar influences !, N
democratic National convention !.
ton TO free silver and 70 Bryan. /, r..
evident that the anti-frec silver 49, =
81 the party do not Intend to r,,-
i've part to the next convention ~, =
contrary Il is their purpose 10 r,,t...s
selves felt in a tremendous ena,..
shake the party fealty to ths 49,
which oyershadows all others a \.
paiSL OF 1900. IL they can non -
declaration In favor of free st,v,. ~
7 viii Go their utmost to make r.. =
subordinate or at least not su,.-.'
ether Issues 1
For months the Eastern dernoc-.,
been laooring to make expansion :, ~
Headed by Croker aud other N.x q
Influences many moved boIds IA ~.
I democrats TO favorable posi,ios (. n
pansion- Interviews. speeches sps !,
dant editorials were flooded upon n.
tic with view to making dsmoer,.. !
champion Of expansion and TO ss,,,
an easy means Of escape from IT, s..
extreme cnnmittal to free silver.
This effort has failed. appareusiy 4
cause In the first place the posi,io, (.
was not very contrary to the derl,,., l
Of the republicans. Having d..,..
practically Of preventing the silver Z
being paramount next year; resliz;ur
to have probably first place in IT, NJ
fern, the most recently announces q
pose Of the anti Bryan democrats (. a
credited to defeat the renominatss
Bryan and TO accomplishing the ~,
Of q compromise candidate whom ri
ocra5s generally can be brought IA 81
port, or. falling in that to force the VI
element in the convention 10 such q
Iutionary step as will justify the II
silver and anti Bryan democrats IA II
drawing from the candidate and plsts
their support. and assuming the at,szI
they took in 1886
I According to unbroken democratic q
it requires two-thirds to nomius,s Z, Il
tional convention. The anti-B Bryan eJ,-,
claims boldly now that it can control N
than one-third Of the votes in ths /.
convention and can force the nouirsl
OF some other candidate than BrrY
less the Bryan majority in the cons.s3
votes to disregard precedent and 10 II
mate by majority vote.
The Post here has just published Il n
ticle on this movement and present.
figures upon which the anti B,y,rl
rely. The number of delegates viii b N
from the States and there will b. M
thirty from the Territories, making /, 4
gregate Of 924. one-third of these VII Z
sos and the Bryan people already cl.r
have 3lA from the following States;
New England States, IS; Delawars &
Maryland. 1s; Minnesota. Is; New J.rs
90; New York. 70: Oregon. s; Psr,,i
vania, "a; Washington. s. wisconsir Z
total. aI4. 1
Aside from these delegates there VII h
IS from Ohio. As from Illinois. 80 fr,u VI
diana, 20 from Iowa and 6 from MS
Dakota. Vigorous fights are to be n.aa
these States for the control OF the ss.Eg
ization and should either OF The IN
States be controlled it would prohshly u
sure the control Of the convention o. "A
than third OF the delegates and til. Il
porters OF the former nominee would u
themselves in an embarrassing pOsRh,
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In making the movement against BTs
it is said. the anti-silver democrats 4
prompted BY desire to have noua2
who will permi; the silver issue to b 4
prominent than 1t was in 1886 and Il
thereby open way for a retreat fron
strong advocacy Of free silver "A
democrats, it is claimed, think defeat
the party in 1900 is inevitable and II \
free silver issue is forced to the 4
with as much vigor and exclusiyenss
formerly, that the party viii recein (
blow from which it will not recoye
years. on the other hand, they feel
J II the party goes down in defeat nexi
but with the silver issue subordltr&
and with compromise candidate u
! field, the party will be in conditis Z
Feorganize on old lines. generally viii Il
old issues and it will be easy TO shs'
free coinage at 16 TO /.
Mr.. Bryan Is well aware OF the ssb2
which are being Matched against biz Il
so he is forcing the issue right noS z
the presen: time with the democras &
the East. His letter to Belmont WI
direct line Of this. Mr.. Bryan and ~
lowers here believe that there are sr;
democrats in the East who favor Flf
and free silver to force the organs
OF the party on the old Bryan and
silver lines. To this end 1t will Is
constant endeavor to force cut n
party every democrat who is mol w
and above board for free silvsf' b
Bryan's friends here are thorousnN ~
to the situation and OF the danger u,
threatens their candidate. They say VI
ly that rather than not nominate "
all they would disregard the preea' 4
the two-thirds rule, but 1t is 70 FL