The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-18
CONFIDENCE IN DEMOCRACY.
mY G. A. EpwARpsl

tanned In the democratic camp shortly
after the Kansas City convention, the ju-
dicial attitude maintained when all the,
chances OF success were being studied
and all the obstacles that threatened de-
feat were being taken carefully into COZ
sideration. is rapidly giving way to the
absolute certainty that the democrats will
win this election.
( This spirit OF confidence is justified b.
[ the present conditions and by the political
/ situation as it stands today. Ii IS an
/ everyday occurrence that democrats al
over the country who left the party IN
1896 are giving in their allegiance to he
party and who say unquslhedly that they
| will support Bryan and the democratic
ticket The German American e.emea.
OF the country, which has heretofore SO d
almost solidly Tor the republican parry,
are in great numbers coming 10 the enp
port OF the democratic ticket ard pat
form.
1 This latter fact Is attested by !. gentle
man In the ranks OF the republican parry
! who was lately given commission 5!l
Mckinley TO investigate the German vote
and report as soon as possible. He mas
/ unusual facilities for the work IN hand
and has heretofore made a specially OF
/ the subject His word, then, may o9|
taken as that OF one who kn1Ws whereof
i he speaks. as ex cathedra. The con-
illusions he has reached are that there Is
apparent more unwilihgnees on the part
OF the German voter to cooperate with
the republican party this year tAan he
has ever before evinced in the history OF
that organization. OF course, he makes
his report as rosy for the republican party
as he possibly can and come anywhere
near telling the truth
He says that the main reliance OF the
republicans on the German no. is ms
y well known conservatism in the broad
sense of that term. He admits that there
is much turmoil among the met OF fhl!
nationality over imperialism AMI Mill
tirism, but he expresses the nope and be
lief that the old bogyman of is to / Will
scare the majority Of them back 10 the
support of the republican ticket. pre-
shme that Is what he means BY their
conservatism"
He does not say word about tbs fact
that the majority of the German press Of
the country Is earnestly supporting Br~u
and the democratic platform on the para
mount issue OF Imperialism. do not
mean the big German dailes Of the East
and the Middle West, but tho e,nlan
papers in the smaller towns all through
the Central West that have lcrger cir
culatlon among the Germans III IN all the
metropolitan German dailies combined.
Those are the papers that reach the vO-
ters who do the thinking and voting tina.
counts in every election.
The report Of Mr.. McKmleys chosen
agent, on the whole, is very encouraging
to the democratic party. 1t shows m
mistakably and undeniably that for the
first time in the history OF the repub
lican party II is having serious trouble
In holding tho German vote for that tick
ct. and the republican, managers are very
BADLY scared over 1t. They know az well
as do the democrats that II only thirty
per cent of the German vote in the pivO n |
States Of the Middle West which was
four years ago cast for McKinev come
over to the democrats, the latter vii
sweep the country and have larger ma
orty than was given to Mckinley In
1896
It is estimated by Dr. Habercorl and
, other prominent Germans who have come
over TO the democracy that the demo-
cratic ticket will get not less than O.
per cent 81 the German vote Of the coun'
try, and that 1t will come fron the ser
: lions where it will do the most good This
IL certainly encouraging to the democrats.
Then look AT the vast number OF pr mt
, nent republicans who have aiways sup.
, ported the machine candidates OF thel
rarity who are every day coming into
democratic Headquarters AMI offnriag TO
take the stump for the democratic tlcke,
; and platform
Each and every one of them sives u ~
i his reason for quitting tho repuolciH
fold that his old party has left aim aud
a his beliefs IN a republican form of gov
eminent and that he can MOI stand far
/ impsrlalism We. people say that i'n-
, perialsm is not the paramount Issue %
this campaign The republicIns are say
Ing II every day, and doing tn Air utmost
to dodge that Issue.
The people Of this country make the is
sues in every campaign and mol .he po'i-
$ ticians and leaders OF the respective psr-
a ties The republican r'rty start n on:
Q in 1896 to make the tariff Issue 'hp Lad
a ing one OF that campaign, nat III peon,o
Il would have none Of It, AMI nal" the
i money Issue naramount, as everyco4y
= knows Thew are irving hard t. make
the money issue paramount In this n1tl-
& paiTn, but they are falling down badly
/, ~
The democrats did the wisest thing they
could have done by placing the figures
= l6 10 1 in the platform at Kansas City. II
o they had not done thai the money issue
n would have cut more figure in this cam
= palgn than 1t now will The republ can
press would have howled itself hoarsa
= that the democrats wers afraid OF thu
money issue. that they had taken back
e water on the only thing that they fought
for in the campaign Of 1896. From eve y
stump in the country the democrats woal
d, have been explaining that they were still
!. In favor OF silver because they had re-
" affirmed tho Chicago platform, They
g would have been in an explaining attitude
ID all through this campaign, an attitude Of
e apology for apparent cowardice, and the
a silver question would have been tbs
q theme of nearly every speech delivered
Il by orators on both sides on every stump
/ In the country.
y There would have been no time for the
= discussion OF other issues and thus the
" republican party would have had its way
/ and thus silver would have been really
the leading issue this year, The repub-
e llcan party would have gone scot free
II throughout the entire campaign from its
~ responsibility for the rottenness OF the
!. present administration. and It's attempt
- to throttle the institutions OF the coun-
a try.
AS 1t Is now the democratic party has
been true TO Itself and renewed its allie
glance to true bimetalllsm. II has frank
II ly stated that while II believes In lha