The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-11

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men like olney and Hill and German end
others-yill find their counsel not only
not resented but eagerly sought; but
your Dickinsons aud Carlisles may Just
as we'll expect to lind their efforts to die
tate meet with decided frost at the
hands OF the democratic masses. IL Is
only through resentment at the efforts
OF such men that the democrats may be
induced 10 make Mr. Bryan their candi-
date again. They have had him because
he represented what they believed to be /
right and there are very many who |
would rather go down in defeat with him
again than abandon their principles iii
order to repeat the experiment of Cleve-
landism. II there Is TO be reorganiza-
zion, 1t will be accomplished by the DEM |
ocrats themselves without the wholly |
gratuitous advice of lot of people who |
run home and sulk unless they can have |
the game played as they want 1t.
believe MIR. Bryan will be enc OF the
strongest to argue against his own avail
ability as candidate in a third presi-
Dental race. He will find some consola-
ton in the fact that the strongest men
do not always prove the best candidates
on the contrary, many Of the greatest
men we have had have never succeeded
in reaching the presidential chair. Ho
will continue however, to be power
in the party and his advice will be eager
ly sought by his party associates who
The followers In fight are not likely
to have the less reghrd for Il leader
with whom they have gone down in de-
feat. | have yet to find the Southern
man who reveres the memory OF Robert
e. Lee any the less because he was
forced to surrender at Appomattox. Po-
litical prophets who are just now en-
gagged in figuring Mr. Bryan out OF 1t in
the future should be careful lest they
overlook the element of human nature.
THAT the democrats of the country should
continue to honor Mr.. Bryan and look
up to him as leader is natural; he has
gone down in personal defeat In their
fight: and 1t is just as natural that they
should be chary about seeking advice
of the Oarlisles and Dlckinsons who are
self-appointed leaders without followers
and whost stock in trade is their record
of party deserton.
q The men who are crying out that the
I party must abandon it's belief in an
a American monetary system based on BIZ
e metallism because the party has been
defeated in this contest will find it a
!. difficult matter to impress others with
g their sincerity in the advocacy of any
= political principles. r is the republican
party, not the democratic, that has made
a record for shifting it's principles about
r to meet the requirements of each political
: opportunity as it presents itself.
= This campaign has settled nothing with
: regard to the silver question or the trusts
=. or imper alism. Dsfeat does not prove
i that the party position has been wrong
II OIL one of these questions any more thal
! on the others. Defeat four years ago
u and defeat this year has not proved
n that the democrats are wrong in their
advocacy of a revenue tarin as distin-
o guished from the gigantic tariffs made
: under the direction of the trusts. To
% abandon principles because of defeat
might perhaps mean offices for a few
10 men. but 1t is very doubtful whether the
III masses of the democrats would be will
ing to throw away their principles &c
obige those office seekers.
The republican victory was brought
20 about by a careful evasion of all these
" issues. In spots there was cry against
At silver but out in the West the repub
ee licans did not attempt to meet even tina
p question, agreeing with the democrats
G that it had no place in the campaign
10 Certainly the result can not be said tt
~ have settled the silver question any more
IL than it has decided that the democrat
were wrong in opposing the administra
III tion imperialistic programme or in op
e. posing the party whose legislation is re
oe sponsible for the trusts. The republican,
were shrewd enough to fight shy of al
these issues. They raised the cry o
ho prosperity, relying upon the majority o
he the people voting their conditions the
Nv won because of that cry and the fact tina
the people did vote that way.
an
" The democrats will themselves reorgan
r. ize their party If by reorganization j
a. meant to begin at once to line UP for tn
Nv contests of the future. The party ma
lin chinery is in much better shape than
ira was four years ago, thanks largely to tn
10 club organization of which Mr.. Hearst ha
M been the head. 1t is to be expected tina
Mr.. Senator Jones will. as soon as he ha
tn wound up the present affairs of the Ma
n tional committee, tender his resignatio
aid chairman. There Is a general tendenc
Tia TO criticise Sesator Jones management
the but am inclined to believe he has don
as well as any man could with the sill
ave resources at his command. There hav
the been some things that have seemed to m
re- to variant criticism, but it Is Away
be- easy to criticise
Some man familiar with the politics
fr. the Northern States-some man like Tol
the Taggart Colonel Guffey Mr. Hearst {
lho Garter HarrIson--could. 1t seems to m
asst work out an organization that would
ing aple To meet the republicans in the cor
in test four years hence. To do this, how
sic ever, he should be put in charge noN
no. Senator Jones would not care to be at Il
mo head OF the committee in another contes
as and that being the case, there should be
ley saange in chairman In the near future
SUI Is not too early to begin organizing
4s this way for the next fight As good den
nni oerats Will be glad to have part in tn
Zen sort OF reorganization. but | doubt ve
70 much II there will be any stampede
the democratic masses into the Dickinson
Carllsle camp, or any very general II
I'M dorsement of their scheme of reorganiz
49, ton which has as its first purpose the su
10" render OF the party to the old gang tn
VINO got its orders from Wall street
sve have not followed the lines OF least r
sne eistanee. Less than 10000 more vote
Ar properly distributed. would have elect
'uen him in 1896. He has probably gained l.