The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-20

such excellent service in the last hsht
Plat knows all this better than anybody
else and he is using his knowledge for all
It ie worth. He is playing for even with
Mckinley and Hanna and they dare not
say one word
Plat is now ixirg to spring another
humiliation ON the administration. There
has been much controversy OF late COZ
corning the authorship of the gold plank
in the last republican platform, OF rather
the word gold" in that platform. Editor
Kohlsaat of Chicago has been claiming
the credit for the insertion of the precious
word until his enemy, Senator Fo-aler,
came to the front and proved that he, as
the chairman OF the platform COMMITTEES,
was the man who was responsible for the
Insertion OF the word gold Since tina.
time Kohlsaat has been throwing mud a.
Foraker and calling him anything but a
statesman.
The noise made over this thing has at
last attracted the attention Of PA is
friends in New York and they have de-
manded that Plat come to the front and
prove that neither Kohsaat nor Foraker
were the responsible parties for the in-
sertion Of the word gold in the repub-
lican platform, but that the influence tina.
placed that word in the republican creed
was the handiwork OF the New York
delegation and that it was done over the
protest of MeKinleys managers at the
time.
They demand that the East be given the
credit for this work and wait 10 show
that Mckinley and his crowd at the con-
vention were not so friendly to the yell
low metal four years ago as they would
have the exultant monometal!lsts OF the
East believe now that they were,
All this is done for the purpose OF cut =.
ting McKinley's comb with tho gold wor-
shipping East and placing Plat in 20
sition to say to Mckinley you do as
! say or there will be more trouble for
you in the East than you can vcry well
take care Of" In other words he may
undertake to show to the Eas, that Nc
Kiney is not as earnest in the good work
he is now engaged in dors for them as
he pretends to he and Il he starts in 10
prove anything OF that kind he may sue
coed
Mckinley is scared right now and afraid
of the effect of tine gold legislation on thu
West, He knows that It means los.
of not less than twenty members OF the
next house of Representatives, as well as
half dozen senator's The Ess, does NO
care a fig for this effect 50 long as tae,
are getting what they paid for in III,
last campaign in the way OF god lesis,
lation and chance to issue all tire pape
currency OF the country and co trast Tia,
volume of the money at will
~
In the first week Of this session of con.
gross there were given series Of brlllan
! dinners by number OF alleged dcmoara :
The first was given by Mr.. Newlanis o
Nevada and the second hy Joe Sibley o
Pennsylvania Roth of these gent.emcr
have flown the democratic coop ami hay,
landed squarely in the camp of tho gol,
men.
At these suppers speeches were made b,
both gentlemen. which gave much joy Z,
the Eastern contingent of so-callei dem
ocrats, and put the Western democrats il
the dumps, The Eastern gang was con
graduating itself on the acquisition of new
material, and giving it out cold that sill
yer was eierpally relegated to the rea
and that II would nor be an issue in IN
next campaign. But. they rockoned with
out their host. At this SIbley dinner WEI
such stslwart democrats as De Almond
Cochran and Champ Clark OF Missouri
and they each in turn read the rio, AZ
10 the Eastern gents" in such name
that they went away from that dinre
with something to think about
They laid dowr the proposition ia. an
with whiskers on Il, that any man calm
himself democrat and entering IN
democratic caucus must give up his col
IDEAS and sing the praises OF the Chica ,
platform and sing them loud or &c. off ia
democratic band wagon Those supper
anu thst klhd OF talk INDUCED Ia by SiA
ley and Newlands have stopped short.
~
II is generally believed here that Colone
h Bryan's detour into the State OF Kentuck
E on his trip TO the Eastern country wi
n be made for the sole purpose OF deterrin
r the Goehelltes in the legislature from ex
ereising their authority. ucder the Goeb,
) law. to turn Governor Taylor out OF Of
: fee. 1t is thought that Colonel Bryan
: not concerned 90 much with the imme Ia
= results that would follow the Gus ips ,
IT Taylor as he is over the effect ina das
: would have on his own chances In "a
+ he is the democratic candidate again N,
" year and that the contest becomes !
e close as 10 make the thirteen votes ,
Kentucky necessary to the election :
II either candidate.
Il 1t Is now admitted here that the rsnnh
II leans are preparing TO invoke the T,i,rs
:. act OF 1887 against the Kentucky slac,nr.
Il vote, provided the face OF the rs,,,r,
q when opened In the house next snr,.,
: show a victory for the democrats ~
Is may be nothing but rank blum bur !.
v thought here that II will prove effae,,,
!. and that Bryan will try hard n ~
5 enough OF the Gosbel following N 49,
d the radical stepe that they seem ~ !
It contemplating. :
: This, It is believed here. VIII ~, -,
n help Bryan with the Conservative sls- ~