The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-13
HOW IT LOOKS At WASHINGTON
tBy c. A. Edwards.)


have Won
The appeal to the most sordid' the
grossest part OF man has won tae mos
signal victory in many years
Post-election philosophy is usually pro-
itloss The thing is done and that set
ties it. but sometimes it does pay TO
look about and see what it was that
Struck Billy Patterson" in the NECK.
II mistakes we're made that hurt the
party they ought to be Illuminated 80
that the same errors may MOI occur III
the future. The fact is, however, that
no tactical mistakes were made. me
issues were outlined so clearly mat thty
could be discerned as easily as me hochy
mountains in COLORADO. Everybody sa"
them and no man was fooled. The thing
that beat the democratic party In tAls
election was cold-bl0oded ana DOWN g-t
selfshness. II was the selishness OF mat
class of men known as the small business
man and the farmers. They a,e tae
very first TO get the squeeze when tle
trusts begin to get their work N good
and hard and then they Will be the ones
who will DO the loudest yelling. Inc
pendulum will then swing the other way.
The result does not mean that the farmer
has lost faith in silver, or that he Is not
opposed to Imperialism and large stand
ing army, or that he is going ia for th3
protective tariff and the trusts. He did
not even pretend to discuss those mat
tiers. Why then did he vote for McKin-
ley without admitting that he was no
longer a democrat? Simply because be
was "out for the STUFF ana he intended
to get as much Of it as possible while this
apparent prosperity lasted caused by the
shoveling of elk hundred millions OF do
lars into the channels Of trade by a war.
They do not know that this war caus
their prosperity and they do not care.
They have never thought about It. They
only know what the results are ana chat
they like them. They simply believed
in pushing a good thing along ana they
have done what they thought would con-
duce to that end That was one OF the
elements of defeat for the democracy aud
the other was that the working man OF
the country proved that he did not vote
as he shouts.
The Germans evidently are not afraid
Of Imperialism ami militarsm They
failed to show 1t in the election retu n.
There was only one issue in the campaisn
judging from the result. That was he
ail-peTyading and overpowerug issue o
personal profit and Mark hanna seemed
to size up the situation better than any
enc else when he continually harped OIL
that enc string Mark lives moves and
has his being in the pocket whore the
Voter keeps his money. and he played OIL
that pocket from start to finish.
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The result ehows th,+ ho T., +,, .-,,,
o.. .,..-..-
"''"s S'''eSuid" III the country 70
day' The people have given to him for
the second time all the power tbey can
n9ssibIv viva 70 o,,, ,,,,, a ,..,.,. -
cam ,-..,., '''' '''
50 VI al 'n'' ne represents
ne ~ 'he IhalF!dual that holds The man
date of the trusts to dominate the coun-
try, and he has elected bie man ua ,,,
elected tho moe, - .,'.2 n'i Iie mas
~ ,a..-,,, ,t'e ,'l'L' NIose pam uuly Was
the TInited Ststas hnt ~. 81 VI
tIat nlatn 40. 49,, Du' ""o ePa'Oeu rom
him to do 90 W. l't H., l"e , 'Ius'S oruereu
of the british ,nianoo ,Sa VIC Iiien
Surrendered tmorira, t.,r, t-- Ia" VIZ
10 Great Rritgir ,yiti,o,,t a.; 40 'Ni4SNl
of imprria1isl, ana MITE 20 '''' ,ie ih'u
ma has not done III thi, ~ pul i'eI-
has had The narnnst ' "iS "t''l91' alu. ne
better than they do constitutional gov
t ,LiI,. ne has had the assistance of
trusts and tho 0o oao con-, i0utel by the
the suffrage. Generations vet , mrb "ry"
when they study the origin Of The en-,
pmc unaer which they are to live, viii
ma. But fhere =. me no+ 5Gusuiate o. nan
complain. Tbe noorl, ba,.l oI "nlcn 20
had the issues boepro "%Ie spo"eu' lney
thew Messed III 'lien 10 97e!le as
cided thar tbev u,.,,t ip'~i 10 nave &c.
power in the bon'5s 80 p.Noe uHptuled
mononoIiee on5 " tn vi inc trusts ana
have SO placed If y Tnl ma lhat taey
able priyilego ae IS 'ne unques'ieh-
themseIvos H. uee people 10 sell
oouoted right to forge the chains which
reduce them 10 ~. u master VINO WIN
vltude, and their nroasa,. eGono 1lullc ser
and se,ni-sta,,,a,,.p progeny to Ignorance
Amerir, boyo o o''Ion, Inc masses OF
system IN ,,,ti,D 10 support such
renrose,,t. ,o.'ns Tor NJ Mckinley, He
tbeir t,,ton. .e'ytuihg lnal is opposed 10
know :, ana ther Liberties. They
was tboir ri,.ii Ie-e.ected him. Il
From, , abia privilege, They are estopped
va oO'''''ls TO what may follow.
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The American neonio ho,
ybatq NJ. u"'e erected -
wv MI mckinley the White