The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-30

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been disregarded. She has been wronged /
and piundered. The coveious eyes OF the /
syndicate are fastened upon her Taxa
ZION without representation has been i'm
posed upon Puerto Rico. over these SUBJ
leots, and not over the tariff and finance,
must the great political conflict OF 1900 be
waged.
Personal Attacks on Bryan.
Nor VIII 1t suffice to make personal at |
lacks upon William ], Bryan" turning TO
the phase of the campaign. "The people !
viii treat him fairly. They will Judge HIM !
by what he really is, not by what those
against whose vicious schemes he stands
may say of him. within the last foIr
years his countrymen have come TO know
nlm better and to appreciate his sterling
character. Candid men, even though they
90 not coincide with his opinions. now adj
NIT his courage, his integrity and his abil-
NY 1t can certainly be truthfully affirmed
| Of him that he is consistent man, and
mat his soul Is not under mortgage to
Cthers. No one ever saw him set forth
with high sounding professions of virtue
TO Tree one race and wind up by attempt
ing to enslave another. He never stared
out to secure a mere coaling station and
ended by purchasing whole archipelago
at an expense OF S20000,000 and an ignJole
war which has sacrificed thousands OF
precious American lives, And what meas
ure OF plain duty has he ever recon-
mended at one moment that he might eat
his own words the next?
To have a man in the White House
who is free from cant and hypocrisy, who
Is frank and outspoken who VIII have
more concern for what is right than for
what is polite who will hold UP to a just
opinion once deliberately formed. and who
VIII be president himself and not mere
proxy for selfish and designing men who
control and use him Tor their own ag-
grand2ement as against the rights OF tle
| whole American people is certainly vely
much to be desired. The election of Mr.
Bryan will insure this now somewhat
novel spectacle"
viii not the republican party Itself
eventually check any tendency there may
be toward Imperialism"
Evil Rests in Party Organization.
1t Is worse than folly" retorted Mr..
johnson quickly and with the energy
notable in his masterfu speeches on the
Cuban question during the last session OF
the Fifty-ffth congress, which has t
been subdued by his Illness ITO talk about
republicans being able to check the
party's crusade against liberty without
abandoning the organization No internal
force can possibly arrest the republican
party in its mad course. IT Is amazing
that leading republicans who have sol
EMMY declared the Mckinley policy to he
fraught with deadly consequences TO tn
republic and who have framed unanswer-
able indictments against Ii should now
be found advocating the continuance of
the present administration in power
1t is equally foolish to talk of ac-
comprising anything by supporting
third party upon this issue Such support
would simply be trihng with a great op-
portunty, reducing the opposition to i'm
perialism TO a minimum and PLAYING di-
rectly into the hands OF the Mex nleyltes
william ]. Bryan and the democratic
party constitute the only earthly power
which possesses the Will and the capacity
TO save the Nation from the Impending
danger. TIE demand of the hour is for
courageous and patriotic republicans
who, thinking more of their country than
of their party VIII lay aside their preju-
dces and give to the democracy their
earnest support
IF the democratic candidate is de-
tested it will not be because he does not
stand fer what is noble and best in our
policy but because of the vast corruption
fund which every intelligent Amer can
knows will be employed against him
Herein lies Mr. Bryan's only peril. and
herein lies also an additional reason why
his countrymen should he3tow their SUI
frages upon him"
His influence with Voters.
/ Both parties here in Indiana are keen as
to the effect that Mr., Johnsou's t tude
viii have with voters. This ques n il
all the more pertinent because of the
strong campaign the Indiana democrats
/ are now waging, with good prospects, 1t
| IS generally conceded. OF giving the re-
publicans dangerously close fight There
T IL No question of Mr.. Johnson's influence
in the State. Four years ago he was a
vigorous advocate of the election OF Mr.
. Mckinley, and his record has always been
strongly in favor OF sound money. He h
always been conservative and far in his
entire public career, He was regarded in
most quarters a. the ablest member Of
the banking and currency committee in
the Fifty-Afth congress, and his dlscus-
sion OF legislative topics before the house
commanded wide attention over the coun-
try. Mr.. johnson was locked upon as one
Of the ahlest debaters In that body, IN
accomplishment which his political OPP
p7nents here in Indiana have of.en re-
allied.
The concern of the republicans over
Mr. Johnsons detection is already evil
den. from the caustic ratings in the par
tissn press regarding him 1t is believed
here that before the end of the campo "a
he Will he able to annear unon Tho st,,,1,