The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-09
CONTEMPORARY EDITORIALS.
The presidents Message.

accepted as foregone conclusion. AT the
same time the fight OF the democratic
party against such action, and its duty
In the premises remains as plain as ever
and merits the approval OF the people be-
cause OF Its straightforwardnos IN con-
trast with the devious course OF the re-
publican party
| AS president Of the United States. far
removed from the immediate public nilse
Mr.. Mckinley declares for the gold stand
ard In direct terms, Yet as n member
OF congress. charged with the duty OF leg
islating for the public good, Mr. Mckinley
always voted for the FREQ and Unlimited
coinage of gold and silver. How II is that
through all Of his distinguished tong9es-
sional career, when he was dependent upon
the Immediate votes OF the common lto-
pie, Mr.. Mckinley could have beasn con
WINGED of the correctness OF the damo-
cratic financial position. only 10 take the
contrary view after he reached he prtsi-
Dental chair. is one of those things which
will puzzle the average mind. Nor Is this
all. In his canvass for the presidency
Mr.. Mckinley opposed declaration OF the
gold standard. and only pleaded for delay
In the restoration of oliver coinage pend
ing the negotiation with foreign nations.
In Difference to his views the St Lows
convention failed to adopt the straight
ternational himetallism instead Hence, TO
This day the common people have never
had an opportunity TO vote ~ the straight
issue, and the contention of Mr., Mckinley
now is to have 1t declared by ind-ec-
ton, so that when the next presidential
election is reached the plea Will be made
that the question having resolved Itself
into an accomplished fact has passed nut
OF the arena OF debate This course Is all
the more indefensible since in his message
Mr.. Mckinley admits that thoie now e.
lists no necessity for such step, and hat
no only advises it to forestall future
recurrence of danger Read between the
lines, he might have said that 1t was TO
forestall free discussion before the roo-
ple.
The means proposed by the president
that of discretionary bond lssues and the
redemption of old bond issues, in which
the government will lose at IT'S own game
lis simply keeping the financial question
open for speculation on Wall street. The
United States treasury Is ~ become re-
sponsiye to the subtreasury in New York
City and tho financial congestion which
has drained the rest of the country in IA
vor Of the metropolis Is to ne continued.
Whenever the sharp operators of Wall
street get together and corner the money
supply, the secretary of the treasury. iIni-
tating the celebrated bond deal Of Mr..
Carlisle, Is to HE to some back room in
New York City, where he is to parcel out
of millions of Untec States bonds
to favored spectators who have compasscd
the deal and who will ma 81 millions out
of the margins in premiums Then gain,
the secretary of the treasury will pur"
chase bonds sold at low premium fer
one from 10 to Is per cent highe-, the
government itself becoming the purchaser
of its own paper and paying the margin
for the privilege of making the exchange. /
The spectators who pocket the difference |
will be the gamer. while the taxpayers |
who have the bills to meet will be loaded |
with additional burdens in order that an
artificial money system may be main .
tanned.
The democrats can we'll afi,rl to LOOK
upon the republican scheme with eluanin- \
ity. They have all along opposed artt-
ncial finance, and favored that natural
system which rests upon the precious met
ais and which regulates its ,.f according
to the natural law of supply aud demand
In government of popular suffrage no
question is ever placed beyond the call
of the people, and though they may ha
and misled, lic 'Amedy always
rests at last in the ballot box. TO that
tribunal finally tho question must come, I
and when it does the democratic party Will
have that record of consistency which VIII
Of the people.
Labor md the Trust Question.
New York Journal.
Marcus Aurelius Hanna says tlnt labor
has found it advantageous % treat With
trusts and organizations"
Always the virtue and holiness OF trusts.
Always the benelicence of organized
money. Always the uplifting of labor by
aud greed These ave the per
annal texts of Hanna.
Does not the money -coddling SEM tor {
know that when labor trcmhles capital {
.urns pale, fearing u fall -.:hat ,,b,r is
he turtle Of Atlas UNFOLDING the world /
hat labor must be conteEt,l fefore those /
on mis- back can feel secure, /
Say, rather. that the trusts are constant e
y finding it more to their advantage to
treat with labor. The .hen at the snefel
nd of the money treadmllls in this ccun- e
ry are beginning to rea..&e that Ii the la }
borer is not listened to. Justly and fairly c
omethiug will drop. "
In the days when might was right the +
most powerful human brute was g nerally p
ne most wealthy by reasLL - his superior J
ABILITIES for robbery.
Now this is held to be Tn Christian, sin. k
I'll and immoral, In cons "a nee phys n
cally powerful brutes have been Jailed n
nut OF existence and INSCRIPTIONS wise
'rutes have taken their plaza
The right of the strong 10 ,he goods
I the weak is still practls.i. The ROVER Ii
4 rude Drawn has been transferred to .
money. The result is the same to the pro- "
iucers of money. @
Yet it Will always be - the advantage C
II the finacial throat cutisrs o, this COM. r
ry to treat with the men whom they rule k
nd TO whom they owe their po ser. h
l.
The Independent Paper. a
Waco Times Herald. I
While not committed to the democratic
rganization, the Dallas News does not
estate to attempt to shape the party's n
curse. Believing in Grover Cleveland " .,
emocracy the News has steadfastly re- r
used to put It's imprimatur on Bryan. and j
eglects no opportunity to discreet. that "
entleman. In its issue OF yesterday II a.
ives conspicuous place to an editorial "
'om the New York Times with this clos \
lg paragraph: IN
"Bryan's anti-imperialist crusade is an
ssault upon the interests of the South :,
is impossible that the people OF the cot :,
IN States should continue to demand his y
for the presidency after they u
ave been made clearly to seq that IN, =.