The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-08
A SMALL REVENGE.
How Standard Oil Maenate "Cot Even"
with Bryan.
ROAST HAD MADE HIM WILD
And He Refused to Haul the Democratic
Candidates Car.
A CHILDISH BIT OF MALlCl0USNtSS
That Has Made the Republicans Stare
with Amazsmcn.
Il. II. ROGERS Is THE NAME OF THE MAN
who Thought He Wa. Doing Hryun
Harm by Refusing u Favor Asked
by Committeeman.
CHILDISH BIT OF MALlClOUSNtSS
That Has Made the Republicans Stare
with Amazsmcnt.
Il. Il. ROGERS Is THE NAME OF The MAN
Hnrm by Refusing u favor Asked
by committeeman.
Special to The rost3

New York, September TIC Journals
Wheeling CIV Na.l special says
Tho Standard Oh trust shoS a i,s teo,h
today stuns by the great scasu lou which
Colonel Bryan, by his magnificent . crh-
es against tho trusts, imperialism aud
other republican idols, is Masking among
the Votes OF West Virginia, II. Il Rogers
OF Virginia, big man in this state, and =
close fricud Of stephen n. Ean4 III
"a Interested in the STANDARD OF pp, lines,
and president OF the Ohu River railroad.
refused to let Tie Uryau prtyas, car %
attached 10 regular train. As no nas
requested 10 do, ana forced The standards
4 bearer OF democracy TO travel in an ord,-
nary car.
No such extraordinary Insult mas ever
been put upon the candidate OF a great
! party 1t is no figure 0, speech 20 sly
that the people oil West Virginia irce-
epoctiye OF party. are furious al the hish-
handed proceedings lt shamus the repu-
tatiou OF the State for hospitality. 1t
was moreover, an act grossly illegal Tor
under the charter OF the railroad as a
common carrier 1t had no right 10 refuse
the car for the transportation asked for
1t is believed that this Rogers episode
Will carry thousands OF vote, from Mo
! Kinley 10 Bryan. not only In this State.
/ but in otheic The republican managers
/ admit that 1t is as unfortunate an Incl
| dent as the famous speech OF a New York
! clergy man. who unwittngly helped to
4 elect Grover Cleveland and defeat James
G.. Blaine.
The Bryan party has been touring In a
special car supplied by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at cost to the democratic
committee OF this StaIe Of SAL In map.
ping out Colonel Bryans itinerary Colo el
John McGraw, National committeeman,
figured that he could send the special car
on the regular Ohio River railroad train
leaving Parkersburg in the afternoon and
arriving at Wheeling at 1880 ocooA
The committee having charge OF The
/ Parkersburg meeting asked General Man
agor Burt II the car could be put on the
regular train. n was reques, wh ca
4 would have been answered in The affiriaa-
I tive Tor any railroad man In the coun-
try, no matter II It w0s~ mere director
In some back-country byroad forty miles
long
81 see no objection, sais Colonel Burt
1 II will ask tho president"
I 1t is said that the atmosphere In ;hs
/ Office OF II. II. Rogers grew lurid win
7 he received the request, ano hat iiS
language was UNFIT for publication. He
Z had been greatly stirred up, as all the
! Standard Oil magnates are, over Ms
straightforward unanswerable argume d
OF Mr, Bryan against their great lilro t.
grasping combination Here WAS a chanc-
10 get even, he thought. And the answer
! went back. monosylablc but plain 10 its
/ meaning:
/ mo,
III. II. Rogers, President"
The whole thing is looked upon as such
II petty, childish bit OF malice that r.
i pupicans are amazed that man Of the
supposed good sense OF Mr. Rogers should
be guilty OF It, II did not hurt Mr. Bryan
bit. He laughed and said 1t was one
OF the best campaign argumentS<ag inst
republicanlsm and trustism be had ever
( known q trust republican to utter. 1t WIS
as good as whole trainful OF stump
( speakers.
Il could force him to haul that car
said Committeeman HcGraw.
mo; don't do that Ask him no fayors'
was the wise response. And the on
/ temptlble act was left 70 do It's work on
behalf OF the democratic party.
SO Mr. Bryan's coach was sidetracke1
at Psrkersburg. and Colonel McGraw
bought ticket for Wheeling on the ord-
nary train for the candidate. who was
I almost overwhelmed by the crowd whieh
! tride TO get at him and shake him by the
4 hand. ana which said things about Roge
and Elk'ns which they would not have