The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-27
Republican Wow OF 1t.
'ortland Orogonian. lRep. J


We knoy whom the politicians want.
They want Mckinley. He has given them
their hearts desire to its full measure.
In every State their machine Is his. They
have been given the offices and in re-
turn they will give him delegations at the
National convention. Pretty much every
thing the administration could lay Its
hands on has been turned into provander
| for the bosses aud put Into their crib for
i them to MUNICH ut their leisure
| The ilrst scramble was for Alaska Its
slender yield of patronage was snapped up
in the twlnlding of an eye, and the re-
suit Is National scandal.
| Then the wolves howled for more. The
| Spanish war was their opportunity. Did
they overlook it? Not they. They re-
doubled their cries. And they were heard.
The army WIS turned over to them. AL
gers, Bagans, Heokers. Duftelds, Blatpes,
Brces, Quays. Mitchells platts, had their
sway, and had II as long as the Offices
held out
Next thero was the census. Politicians
demanded these places and to ask was to
receive. No sooner said than done. The
necessary qualification, Merriam candidly
said, Is n pull"
| SO there Is no doubt whom the politi-
clans want They want Mckinley. Theirs
he is now, theirs he will be next time. IL
| elected For him delegates are already
solicited in many States For him the
Federal bridage" everywhere is girding
on its armor. preparing TO raise ASSESS
mcnta and pack conventions as In the good
| old days OF 'pernicious activity
But how about the people? They ought
| TO be stronger today than they were four
| years ago. Then they forced Mckinley
on unwilling BOSSES because they believed
| In him. His identification with high tariff
| had persuaded them ho was a fighter. They
loved him for the free trade enemies he
! had made. Powerful enough then to pre-
vail over the bosses who opposed him,
are they powerless now TO prevail over the
bosses who have combined with him? Then
they loved him for a fighter. now they dis
| trust him for a shifty opp0rtunist. IL
the head of the American people has not
been sobered by the worldwide respon-
slbilties into which the Spanish war has
| thrust us f It's heart has not been en-
nobled at the sight OF Its best blood freely
and heroically shed on foreign soil, then
| II Is to be despaired Of
The indirection of McKinley's treatment
of Alger the Ubiquitous consequences OF
his equvocal course In making war In the
! Philippines have undeceived many who
have been believers in the president. They
show his weakness OF conviction. his de-
sire TO placate popullsm and 'anti-im-
periaism," his want OF conception OF
| craftsmanship except Ia the terms OF po-
litical ntrigues.
No one need delude himself with the
false hope that these ineontestable truths
can be kept from general knowledge or
successfully denied before the people.
They can be resisted. and we believe.
successfully resisted, II Bryan Is nominal
ed against him. But there Is time now to
escape the necessity OF an unenviable and
difficult position.
viii the people take heart. or will they
remain supine under the administrations
alliance with the spoilsmen? OF one thing
they may be assured-they need not be
deferred through fear OF the compact's
irrefragability. Rats 90 not desert the
sinking ship with half the celebrity the
bosses Will show In desertion OF their
whilom ally once they are convinced OF his
unpopularity.
viii senator or collector forsake the
man who has given him his every demand.
once he is persuaded he can ally himself
with a stronger candidate. Ha! VIII .
duck swim? VIII A cat eat cream?