The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-11
AND ELECTION AFTERMATH.
tBy Jos: ohl.)

wlssbineton November 9.-(Special
to Atlanta Constitution There Is no
surprise to those who know him in Mr..
Bryan's Announcements that ne wouiu'
under no circumstances, be Candidate
for the United States senate. suppose
that lot OF people will construe TINS as
indicating that he is so eaten UP by per-
sonal ambition that he would scorh the
senatorial office. AS q matter OF fact, II
means nothing OF the kind. Those peE-
sons, and there are not a few OF theH'
| who refuse to believe that Bryan pos
sesses anything else than lnorulhaVe po-
| litical ambition have "a great mlscohceP-
! ton Of the character OF the man. II may
| be chat the final returns will demonstrate
that the republicans have carried Ne
braska and that Mr.. Bryan could not go
| to the senate IL he wanted to; out IL ne
could have the place even wlUnout the
asking-as would certainly be the case
with a fusion legIslature--he would not,
because men who have been among his
most enthusiastic supporters are canul-
dates for the two senate seats. when tue
legislature will have at its disposal.
This declaration on his part is In strict
keeping with Mr.. Bryans character lie
Is not out after any old job In sight. He
has aspired to one office and his party
has honored him with the nomination TOT
that office twice. 1t is the greatest OIL
fee in the gift OF the American people,
and aside from the fact that he believed
1t would be best for the country for the
principles he advocated to triumph, he
has doubtless felt a personal ambition
to be president. He would not be human
II he did not feel that. But this does
not mean that he can not be happy with
out high office Every man who knows
, Bryan knows that he would have been
perfectly willing for some other TO have
had the nomination this time had it been
, felt that another would have been a
! stronger nominee before the people. ]
do not mean to make him out god or a
, person without human ambitions, but l
do mean to say that in him conviction,
not ambition, is the predomlnating char
acteristic.
4 He would have stepped aside at any
}. time during the past four years had his
I party thought somebody else would have
e made the better candidate. 1t has, OF
/, course. been part of the plan of campaign
n of those who have fought him to MAKE
4 him appear a man with nothing but per
y sonal ambition, but it is doubtful If ever
q those who have talked that way have be-
: leved 1t to be true. He is not a mere
: ofhce-seeker With the Nebraska legis'
= lature democratic-or fusion--he will sup.
- port the claims of two men who have beer
:, true to the cause he has represented
Is In all probability these will be Senate
= Allen, who is populist, ana Mr.. Hitch
n cock Of Omaha, who is democrat. Hitch
n cock is the editor OF the Omaha World
Herald, which has been one OF the stancn
81 est of the Bryan supporters. The brs
l., time l met Bryan, by the way, was wnel
"A he was at the st. Louis republican con
w yention in 1896 as the representative O
ly Mr., Hitchcack's newspaper. l think the
"a he had little more idea of becoming
~ presidential candidate than l did II
70 wanted to see that convention, particular
Q ~ as he knew the silver men intended t
~ leave it, and in order to see it advan
nd tageously he had come from Omaha as til
i'd representative of the newspaper for whic
T. he often wrote editorials. We saw
ic good deal of each other during that Con
o. vention-but that's another story.
A Hitchcock is an able fellow. He wante
he to be senator when the Hayward vacanc
vn occurred, but it was thought best tn:
H. Judge Allen, who had been in the senat
en- for one tenn, should be given the ar
pointment The legislature has the elec
: ton of two senators, and If the fuslonis
Ike control. Allen will succeed himself Hitci
pr. cock will probably be the other man.
to the republicans have the legislature Al
at sistant Secretary Of War Meiklejohn wi
ur be one OF the senator's, and little Rost
MS water of the Omaha Bee will probably
I, the other
Ird The republicans, some democrats wi
~ do not agree with the silver plank in ii
80 democratic platform, and particular
cf+
as democrats while voting the republ &C;
ic) ticket, have been busy for two days bur
IN. ing Bryan. There is talk of party re1
a ganlzation, the republicans and their a
1at lies doing most of the talking. Well, '
er. shall see what we shall see. 1t Is high
her probable that Mr.. Bryan will not aga
be the presidential nominee. The reco
to OF two defeats would certainly seem
si- settle the question of availability in I
TO future, but the fact that he Is not hi
to self the candidate will not eliminate n
ope Bryan. He will undoubtedly continue
Let be a power in his party. If he We're
let mere opportunist politician, this woy
For not be the case but in figuring on
OF future it must be borne In mind that
|. NebEaskan has the strongest kind of
hold on the affections of those who ha
TT supported him and that he has been
presidential nominee because ne repl
sented the principles in which they /
lieve.
It's There is Just one way to make N
us Bryan loom a possible nominee In
row future, and that is for the men W
o,,, deserted the democratic party in the Il
Nv 49, two contests TO insist upon his bel
9 an5 RELOCATED to the rear. Mr.. Don Dick
NJ son, Mr.. Villas and Mr. John G.. Carlf
~ Will find it hard work to run the den
cratic party, Men of this stripe "
count on their ability TO step In and
sumo control of the party which II
liop deserted in the hour of Its hardest n,
les men who hold themselves as of super
ara wisdom and would not subscribe to
49, right OF the majority TO rule--can
wv expect to find many democrats to lis.
~, W. to them when they assume the right
Vita dictate.
The -rnn do.,.....-
the VI VHe eouutry "lll
not d'ubtedly resent the efforts of these n
to "reorganize" them. other men v
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Of to the republican party by such decis