The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13
rs BRIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY.
lRY c. A. EpwARps.l

| have just had talk with Billy Sulzer
and John. j. Lentz of Ohio They have,
within the past twenty-four hours, re-
turned from trip with Bryan IN the
States of Ohio and Michigan. They bring
the most glowing accounts OF the recep-
lions given to Bryan In those States, and
they have the rosiest colored tales to tell
of the prospects.
never saw men more In earnest In my
lie in all they say concerning the en-
thusiasm Of the people in those sections
over Bryan aud the prospects of his sue
cess this fall. They say that thousands
OF men who voted for Mckinley In 80
came UP to Bryan and voluntarily told him
that they are going to support him this
fall. That the meetings held by Bryan
were never exceeded In numbers and sur
passed IN enthusiasm these held by MIN
on his tour through that same country
In the campaign OF 96.
His reception in the city of Detroit was
| a big thing and was all that any man could
have desired, but 1t remained for the peo-
pie Of the State from which Mckinley
halls to outdo anything in the way oil
receptions and big meetings eyer held be-
| fore In the history of that commonwealth
Never before was there such an outpour-
| ing of the plain people as was seen IN
the city OF Toledo, and hundreds Of the
people who yelled the loudest for Bryan
were stanch supporters of The republican
party in the fall Of SO. 1t cheered the
democratic heart and made the races OF
the republicans SO white.
When l asked if it really looked like a
landslide this year over there, one of them
said: Landslide? No it looks like an
avalanche an earthquake, an upheaval, a
| cataclysm. We will carry the State OF
Ohio this year and all the money that
Mark Hanna can pour into the state
will not save it for the man who STANDS
for Imperialism, for the trusts, for the
| bankers, for militarism, for rottenness and
all manner of corruption in office. The
people are awake at last, and they will
claim their own this year"
Toledo" Jones would not commit HIM
self to Bryan, but It is understood that ne
will come to the front at the proper time
with his whole support for the ticket.
Every man in the State of Ohio who last
fall voted for Jones will this year cast
his vote for Bryan. The Irish aud the
German vote Is almost unit for the dem
ocratic ticket. and the proper amount OF
work on the part OF the National commit
tee can hold them, all the money of the
republicans to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
There is no denying the fact that the
republicans were defeated in Ohio last fall,
and that fact is admitted by Mark Hanna.
In conversation with a good friend the
other day Mark said There lis no need
to deny ths fact We were licked in this
| State last fall and now 1t is not ques-
ton of carrying the State, but OF redeem
ing It,"
They all see II and they recognize 1t.
| The scheme that the democrats have OF
getting the Jones men in line and hold
ing them there, Is to get Jones out for an
office and get him hammering Hanna,
They will nominate Jones for congress in
the Toledo district against Congressman
/
trict and who is the recognized tool OF
Hanna. When he once gets on the stump
and gets after Hanna it will revive the
enthusiasm for Jones all over the State,
and his entire following of last year will
stay with him as against Hanna and hs
methods to a man. If that is done then
| the game is won and the State will go for
Bryan by 10000 majority.
There is going to be the warmest old
| fight in the Buckeye State this fall ever
waged in the history of the country. II
will be so fierce that 1t will draw attention
| from almost every other section Of the
country. The republicans see the hand
writing on the wall They see tbs clouds
rising and they know what 1t means and
they are preparing to fight as they never
fought before for the State OF their prssi-
dent They will pour money into the
State by the thousands. 1t will be worth
a years salary to many a man to be a
voter in the State of Ohio this fall They
will take Hanna's money and then vote
the democratic ticket.
| In Columbus, Ohio, the capital OF the
State from which the president halls,
where he lived for four years as governor,
and where he is known as well as in
his home town of Canton, there was held
the other day the largest meeting of the
three held by Bryan, and Bryan was given
the most enthusiastic reception Mr..
Lentz stated that the big hall that would
hold 10000 people was filled and that over
5000 people went away disappointed be-
cause they could not get in to hear the
man for whom every one of them said he
was going to vote.
Is not that rather significant? Withou,
growing too hopeful and without exaggera-
ton It may be said now that Ohio is a
doubtful state and II that can be said Of
the State from which the republican pres
idential candidate halls. what NAV be
/ said OF the States OF Indiana Illinois Wis
consin with its big German vote. Mime
sofa with its vigorous kick on the Puerto
Riean tariff bill. and others where we had
some ground for hope before the Puerto
Rican infamy and the Cuban scandals and
several other thinga came to light?
Billy Sulzer told me that when he had
finished speaking from the rear end of A
car at some little town in the State al
Ohio the other day that there cama
through the car an old fellow who grabbed
his hand and congratulated him on tha
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