The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-08
Is Of Mr.. GORMAN.
,.Arn,t VIII Be the Leading Is.
sue in 1900.
u ulIl.RIsM 10 Be PROMINENT
,.,ser says the Dcmocr"c,
r'is' United aud Battle
W S..sht on Those Lines

,be New York World from
|.,rstpn says: ,o.. attention
SlTtf loa ,ssr 10 every campaign there
rpsIh hitch towers in Importance
81 isus .. w" Party platforms inva-
= , ~ upon many subjects, pu5 ms
y l0u .Sown that some one plank al
iies ' Arthur Pue German OF Mary
g0M Vsasnt. maker. party leader and
lissuv World correspondent who
i'll sr, than an hour with him 10 ms
s XII home, in the shade OF historic
Guy square. this city According
Fssi'Oa pe,rh of North Dakota, half
Nsln ,as Of the senate disappeared
@ DEL left that body. To the
vi i'tiov about the issue of 16 to l
NV -,,, campaign" the Maryland man
q hsA .ts aboye reply. He continued;
~ OR TWO SUPREME ISSUES.
=, 1, campaign of 1884, when was
I. anon the hooks of the treasury
W wv ~ talked about many ques-
slla nlatform. but the principal
y VAS Turn the rascals OUT and
VIM .Ms hooks of the treasury. on TINS
y - Won brilliant victory. In sSS
"a wss the issue, taking a place of
r,s above everything else. In 1892
r...s Mi reduction Of the tariff and
'M ,,Ies reform were the issues.
syla, YEARS later the money question
i. IN n gold--attracted the greatest at
II public speaker desired the
/. " M audience he felt constrained to
=, ,his question. # he discoursed on
y II canal, free Cuba or any
Il, srart from the money question, his
t.Is,,s was llstless, inattentive and
krd7 ,n rn,,,r.
I'M me prominent issues in the next
,tsst vsl bsY'
M questions Of militarism and of re-
|rt,Iug organized capital from its en-
|-,fhnsnts on the public" quickly re-
M he senator. "My deliberate judg-
En- i Inst the battle against that class
| ,usts which obtain by legislation UNI
\, pOxsr to restrain trade will be the
Iupoverlng issue.
S1hs democracy has always opposed
ia, but heretofore this issue has been
\ secondary import" nee During the last
/. n Years however, trusts and comblna-
I,,s q capital organized to restrict trade
n, crush the snail dealer have become
! tod and daring, seriously menaclng
IN form Of government, that it is highly
.rsrtant that some decisive action should
\ ustn to restrain them. IL will be a
ditftult matter to form bill TO throttle
usls and bring them within the meaning
4 The law.
LEGITIMATE BUSINESS SAFE.
Corporations organized to transact
sr and legitimate business. with no aim
rlntsntcn Of destroying the small dealer,
rsa be protected But the great, powoi
Il, ias.bseaking monopolies who faunt
aslr power and their illegitimate trans
rioa: in the faces OF the public, must De
rapped with. The business interests OF
d country must be protected.
san! Nusf9 al lol illeN ~ Col leI sCuit
rts Of merchandise OF manufacture
'feh is necessary TO the happiness and
onloft Of consumers. These monopoliea
\ iAsr own prices, squeezing millions OF
olan annually out Of credulous public
flclsh their massed capital trusts often
Y aole to dictate and control legislation
sac legislation designed TO cope with
;lseliec monopoly can not alone be ell
diw The National legislature must
q WIN this great question, II the dem
aaly is again ushered into power I have
= tcuOt that some sweeping legislation
~ e enacted TO confine them to a propar
y legitimate sphere OF business.
~ you talnk he democratic party will
y, shiiea In the coming contest?"
~ really do. In bygone years there