The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-07

Palestine Advocate.
some alleged democratic newspapers
turn "yaller" eyed over tho fact that Will
liam ]. Bryan voted for James r Weaver
for president in 1892 He should have SO
voted. not as populist ttor he was not
populist), but as an American patriot ana
a rock ribbed democrat. Why should ne
not have done SO? He was citizen OF
the State OF Nebraska. No one expected
Nebraska to go democratic in the contest
between Cleveland, Harrison and Weaver
IL had consistently and invariably gone
republican There was some hope that
the State could be carried against Harri-
son, but It was not thought possible 70
carry 1t for Cleveland. Bryan was at that
time the democratic nominee for congress.
He was In the campaign as a democrat
The National democratic executive COM
mittee reviewed the political field and re-
quested democrats In Nebraska TO support
Weaver. This was done through the chair
man. William i. Harrity because II was
the only apparent means of defeating Har-
rlson in that State But what could have
been the advantage OF the democracy,
some enc may inquire, for a state tnat
had uniformly voted the republican ticket
to be carried against the republican can
didate for the presidency but for another
candidate also opposed TO the democracy !,
Simply this There was no SHADOW or
possibility OF the election of Weaver the
majority OF the electoral college must be
cast for one person for the presidency IN
| order 10 effect an election In the SAID eloc-
toral college; the constitution provides
| that in the event the electoral college
! fails TO cast a majority of its votes Tor
some one man that the election OF
president shall be decided In the house OF
| congress; the president had TO be elected
/ before the Atm OF March following 50 that
he could be inaugurated on that day; the
| house of congress as constiuted at the
time OF that election and that would hold
till the ath Of March was democratic by
/ more than hundred majority; N the
majority of the electoral college had not
been cast for either Harrison or Cleveland
by virtue OF some Of the States having
gone for Weaver the election of the presi-
dent would have been Of necessity made II
the house of congress and as that BODY was
overwhelmingly democratic Cleveland'i
election would have been as certain ms y
he had carried every State in the Unior
in the election of 1892 hence, the anxiety
OF democrats in general and OF democratic
, executive committeeman and democratic
! candidates like Harrity and Bryan in par
/ ticular 10 carry every state that could no
be carried for Cleveland for Weaver
They reasonably concluded that 1t nigh
S by throwing the election In the house
e Ard in this way and for the purpose state
II became The duty OF democrats in State
a like Nebraska TO vote for Weaver. TIL
democrat who refused the earnest an
:. honest admonitIon OF his party organizn
. ton and cast the perfectly nonsensIcal bal
n lot in Nebraska State for Cleveland wa
I plainly dereict in the discharge Of hi
y duty as an honest citizen. patriot
d American and loyal democrat Tn
|. votes that were cast In Nebraska &c
q Weaver were to be placed to the cred
- and rebound to the benefit Of the Dc
mocrAcy and Clcvpland. So the onl
&c way that bryan could have performed h
Z full duty to the democracy in both a
> Intelligent and patriotic way was to hay
/ done all he could do---to carry the State (
10 Nebraska against Harrison and for WeaS
er. az Cleveland could not possibly hay
:, carried f.