The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-26

sue OF a great MAJ, -.
liant ra - made one dies@ WIN 4
lean h seoppsss e. ATTY d ls..s.' i
quintessence Of arpnO Ons, This
VINO vantingly deoarusesni addu.ei y
anti-imperialists. Ip ~ thsn..9
i Il shnn,a party is ia y sss.. sels
party party, because Of The y u d,ys'|
latter Is placed. a. ~. perm, h ss1s
political organisatiavv ''ng rs idsss
p patsy declares that bean, y t,,ss
n no.nang instead. shall a a''. s's t.ss
ocracy attempt to prov our nitlss1
rooms, and insert q ' n,' they In
Of Of t tnst rs effect, and then Vim ~ ~ WI
u c sne party swear to its w, WI y, Z,
ns 500 hasten the day " yb ..oa,rias,s'ua'
people will iisc abcye men men y, an,
when they will adhere !. psf'isan M
sven zen, though advocated IL S' ~ E'lr
.asonistic political MAN. y ,,Aoss d \
oyefy man be an Amrers,aa..lsc'loas
anu a partisan second, w ,Sa Y eIlias
nor nor our oo.,, government. I II ts !, W.
not tr,,,n occupy the same sI ss0 sansl
ruin that is indispensaah,,lss q
mercial Interests ana 10 sy y % on
then we believe the ns. sae publ,
i 1l1ss {, , doctrines merely n, 'aal aar,
reinforcement deserves Ss,.p9 l'lsl
a s, would elicit lIttlas sa.. W
from those interested in III, ~ nsau'ral
PrTsress . OF their countrymeaa ''D1asa
u o.,ae mat an aggressive s,,, "
though in one or two nv. 'ne fips
been done in our historv s s,l lii
f tive policy in this direction =, s'a't
i =, =. with permanent dsas - "
common country. We ysri lsu W. %
engaging in too many ba,,ls. opln y
words over temporary Iss" oa 81 WI!
terai questions that are Of lI,,,s sa ~. y
Germ to the masses Of the ' ams. s'a
pie. NY AMERICA
Let us not in 1900 TAX. \, !, (
,ne campaign in sophisticsl w wy, ''a n
ana hypercritical argument 3, t s0aa'
measures and temporary i is,s ssa''
anlmadvertlng on faults VII, ', .s
Gritty, but conflne ourselves = !, sl nv
sideration of those paramoun, o =.
oil 80, in which every man, i,' s.s'a1
OF his political predictions . ls,sie', n
more than a personal interest N
Gt nE try 10 Hrt,.A. /
OF the principles Of the SAGE s !, M
COMO, and OF the founders n n. Il
cratic party. If we work in M, u. v \.
the campaign will not provo ~ ~. v
etat for the nominees of our ua,ty ny ~
can result from all this political MI
drcio, this oaastic ohiection .' ~
criticism. this unwarranted esn, N.Y. \.
oratorical cavil about the poliry !, Il.
sion alias imperialism? Notbins ~ ~
the sowing of the seeds of dIscord i,,,
sion and strife in our party, and H. ~, n
mate discontinue of thosa n,,rs,, i
which we enunciated In our ulatiorn
Chicago, and in whose triumph n, M,
OF the American people are nara 4,
temporarily interested. =
We fear that so much thought n, ,
tention is being invited to this iusos,
issue that the ultimate conseouspr, !
be the sad disappointment Of our I'M
pations and the blight Of our hope: /, !
approaching presidential election. \
ready there is some endeayor being Ii,
to sidetrack the currency question !,
make the antitrust and expansion n,
lions the paramount issues Of he 4
preaching presidential campaign. Then
a disgruntled elemeAt and coteri.
sol disant democrats who In rs trIt
disrupt the democratic, party, and n
were partly instrumental in causing l
defeat of nominees Of our National 4
vention. and thereby bringing aboai |
election of republican president N
republican allies of the Palmer and Bl'
ner ilk would rejoice to see the silver qll
ton relegated to the background and So
less important and vital Issue made
slogan of our National democratic n
form.
The currency question should h y
eminent over any other, and let Us 81
that less vital issues do not oysrshad,v
in our ardor and zeal to subserv, D.
terests of our party and country. l'n
of Imagination, hour Of patriotic lsf'
and times of mental excitement We
liable to forget the boosted remscls
the ills and peril that threaten OUT .
polite, and which we so actively prul
gated in 90. Though we differ With
upon the policy of expansion, as applA
Cuba and Porto Rico, we look upon 81
as the logical candidate OF the aemoll
party in 1900 and as being the ldea ~
sentative of our common American
zenship. No man in the last three eesa'
has so embodied the characteristics q
founders OF the republic and tue 'easu ll
of our fathers as that peerless su'r !.
md matchless orator from Ne5rask, Y,
spective of his adverse political ieaal
upon this question, we hs'i MN a. =
political Caesar who will lead lne Wy
hosts of democracy to triumph
opening Of the twentieth centur! any
will cause the final discontinue "
vampires and sharAs W. ~. II
fattenjng upon the vitality ana llls,0 .
of myriads of American people. WIZ ~,
Impersonation of statesmansnip' p s,,s
ism and honor as our leader, anu ~, .a.
.and n-,nninles OF our Nanr
platform of which he IS tne iasa ., mai
ment, we can say in the nexI 81, s.i. Ia
"In hoe signo spes mea." In to Ts, ~.
my hope" n. D