The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-18
a STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TALK

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Hon. william sulzer, better known 70 nis
friends as rBniyn sulser, was in thls
city few days ago, and In che course OIL
a conversation with The Posts represent
tatiye made some very strong arguments
in favor of democracy and against the
Mckinley administration.
Mr.. sulzer is very popular In the states
OF New York and New Jersey, and he has
always run away ahead Of his ticket Tne
last time he ran for congress. 1898, he was
the only candidate on the democratic
ticket In New York State who stood
squareiy on the Chicago platform, upheld
It's principles in every speech and maze
no apologies for his Organism. AS con-
sequence he ran 5000 votes snead Of tae
entire state ticket, and received the lars-
est majority ever received by canii1ate
in that district. And, be 1t remembered
Mr.. Suffers district 10 within the sAadow
OF Wall street, and is Composed OIL some
OF the richest men 10 the city OF New
York.
When asked as to the head OF the dem
ocratic ticket, Mr.. Sulzer SAID MI
Bryan viii be renominatei beyond doubt
and on the first ballot 4 he sold Ne"
York delegation will be for Co.oael Bryan
at Kansas City, and Will ask that the
Nebraska statesman be made the standard
bearer of the democratic parry ny acela-
nation. / believe Mr. Bryan Ia st onger
now with the people than he ever was
before, and that he will be elected"
''Will the Empire STAKE go democratic
this fall?" he was asked.
yes, think It will, and l will tell you
why" he said "The State was abandoned
in 1896, and leaders proved false. This
year every effort will be mads to put New
York in the democratic column, and If
mistake not the Signs OF the times New
York will be as safely democratic as
Texas. Mr.. Bryan is better understood
and more appreciated now in the East
than in 1896. People who thought him I'M
safe and radical, now believe he Is safe
and conservative. In New York he will
be devotedly supported by every opponent
of the Mckinley administration.
''The platform this year will be a prac-
teal reaffirmat.on of the Chicago plat
form with strong additional planks against
trusts, mlitarism and imperialism. The
democratic party is right on all the great
issues, and will take no step backwards.
We have not abandoned free coinage OF
gold and silver, and we will not. This
election will be the most important ever
held in this country. 1t will settle forever
whether we shall be republic or an en-
plre. Our free institutions are now on
trial, the voters are the jury, and they
must determine this momentous ques-
ton for themselves.
"In this contest between republic and
empire l believe the republic will win.
If the people are true to themselves and
realize the inestimable blessings OF free
government. I do not believe the ship OF
state will drift far from the channels Of
the fathers. The people are sick and tired
of the weak, webbing, wicked sway OF this
Hannaized administration controlled by
the trusts and dominated by a few corrupt
exploiters who use the president as a cats
paw.
The campaign OF the democratic party
will be made principally on the money,
monopoly, imperialism and trust issues.
The trusts. backed by the money power
of banks and individuals. are playing
high game under the protecting cloak OF
the republican party, but in this campaign
the democracy Will tear aside that guse
and disclose the grim alliance. The peo-
pie are learning, and learning rapidly,
where to place the responsibility for the
rapid increase in the prices OF the neces-
saries OF life-an increase far and away
beyond the rate OF rise in wages. The
reason traces straight to the republi an
party, whose criminal conniyance enab
the trusts to raise the cost OF commodities
from day to day. The quotations change
but slightly from the previous sch dule.
but price lists succeed each other so
rapidly that before the consumer is aware
figures have doubled.
Housewives who buy cotton are told
they must pay a quarter of cent a yard
more than last month, but they may not
remember that last years figures We
Just about half, They do not know that
freshman and the yarn trust demand 80
cents pound for yarn and guarantee
that next fall the price will not be less
than dollar pound, as against 65 cents
last year. Ask dealers in tin and they
will tell you the figures have been raised
l25 per cent. The tin plate trust, | am
told, is about to announce % per cent
cut, to help it unload stocks that crowd
Its warehouses through refusal OF the
people to take the product at high figures
These are but instances OF the commer-
elal torture for which the republican party
through its nurturing Of the trusts. Is re-
SD1nSiDle. ThA cafOnaipn vpi1 daaI l,ro.t,.