The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-15
SOME VIEWS AT WASHINGTON.
my G. A. EDWARDS.

Tho West Is going to do some cane rais-
ing" with the scientific experts in the
q agricultural department II all the signs
. do not fall
y spveral Western members OF congress
4 last winter went to the trouble to OBJ
{ tain nm additional appropriation for the
I exhibits from this country to the great
p Paris exposition, for the purpose of giving
{ corn A fair show in that exhibit, and to es-
tabllsh what was to be called corn
! kitchen" where corn was to be prepared
In ALI shapes by experts and the people
of tho effete East instructed in the art
OF making corn bread and introduced 10
corn pone, hoecake and 1apjacks until their
mouths watered. / remember writing an
article for The Post during the summer
Of 81 with the entire approval OF the
editor, and advocating the appointment Of
Tom Richardson as the one commissioner
who was an expert in the art oil mixing
corn in all its edible" shapes. But even
IL Tom had landed in the position his SER
vices would not now be required. The
-four milling interests have knocked out
the corn men. They have got the scen-
tific men of the agricultural department
to say that corn is not human food ra-
| tion, and, therefore, can not enjoy any
of the appropriation which was made ex-
| pressly for It, Wouldn't that scald you?
| when Assistant Secretary Brigham heard
| of this decision on the part OF the ex-
perts he called on Secretary Wilson and
| told him that he was very much interested
| N know | an
| and small of growth" said Assistant Secre-
| tary Brigham, who stands six feet two
| inches in his stockings and is built In
| proportion, Il never ate anything but
corn bread until | was IL years old. and
have eaten it all my life from preference.
! am delighted that the scientific men of
this department have discovered that
It is not a fit human ration l shall
promptly discontinue the use of it for fear
I shall pine and fade away from hamilton "
Thus does the -four trust knock out the
corn people of this country.
~
There seems to be no doubt whatever
that the movement to heat Bryan in the
convention next year is we'll under way.
Mr.. German is directing it, and he is hope
full that he can carry out his plans. There
seems to be every probability at this time
that New York. New Jersey. Now England,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and
perhaps Ohio will be in the antiBryan
combination. 1t is now said that Mr..
German and John r. Mclean, who have
always been close personal friends, have
reached a political understanding. AL |
though McLean's newspaper. the Cincinnati
Enquirer, supported Bryan in 1896 there
is reason to believe that Mclean bears no
love for the Nebraska man.
Mclean was a candidate for vice presi-
dent on the ticket with Bryan. The presi-
Dental candidate did not take kindly to
the combination. Several OF Bryan's
friends carried word TO McLeans friends
that Mclean would not do for vice presi-
dent Finally Bryan sent for Mclean and
had plain talk with him. Mclean him
self gave this account OF the interview:
II found the newly nominated candi-
date for president sitting on sofa by the
side of his wife. He arose as l entered
and greeted me cordially and presented
the madam. Then, without Formally, and
entirely without passion, ne told me that
would never do for vice president That
was too rich and identified with too
many corporations and moneyed interests.
and that my nomination would make
farce of the platform and of the theory
on which the campaign was to he con-
Quoted" Then Mr.. Mclean added this
comment: Il thought he was a damned
fool, but could not help admirng his
candor."
If Mclean joins in the German con.bi-
nation Mr.. Bryan's friends may confidently
lcok for some hot bother before be lands
the next nomination. But he is going to
win. There is counter threat from the
Bryan people that If an effort is made
TO beat the favorlte by controlling a third
OF the convention the old time honored
two-thirds rule will be revoked and a ma
jority rule adopted This would create
lively row and offer a good opportunity
for a serious bolt
But the question of immediate import
nnce is that the anti-Bryan people are
organizing and that the effort to prevent
his nomination has become serious and in ,
teresting politics.
1t looks now like there will be no other 9
for governor of Ohio out John r. ,
Mclean and 1t is regarded as un:ayorable q
10 Bryan's interests and a part of the a
German campaign against Bryan. Nc !
Lean has all along professe1 to be Chi !
'ago platform democrat aad WAS counted y
n sympathy with the Bryan element in ?
SO. But for some time he has been looked :
ipon as party to the German plans for n
Bryan's undoing or likely to become so. II
I has been thought by some of Mr.. Bryan's v
closest friends here that the effort to Sc n
cure an anti-Bryan delegation FROM cnio g
o the neit National convention would be
through Mclean. When the proposition o
hat Mclean should run Ior governcrI Il
VAS first suggested it wa. though. that II
he consented TO be candidate 1t woul, O
% an evidence OF his determination to fur j
her the German interests, the belief being n
hat he could have no other motive for 81
'unning except that of getting control of
he state organization. / note that he
las consented TO run.
= ~ Z
Ihe announcement of a conference he
ween Allan W. Thurman and Mr.. Bryan o.
PROBABLY resolved whatever doubts Mr. Nc a,
1ean mad as to the position he should A,
axe Thurman represents the most Bit h,
er hostility to Mclean. and is an en- &c
husiastic Bryan man, 1t was inferred ba
nat Thurman's conference with Bryan m
Grated to the control OF the Ohio delega- 81
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