The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-06

political future II he intends 70 I'VE rns
balance OF his life In me sta'e rSis Iac.
souri, and remain a republican This Zee
ture business and the writing Oh masa
zine articles will not last always anu w
must finally get back into politics OF e.
of the earth. He can't stay out OF poit'ies
any more than a duck can stay gu. ~
water. When he does get back ne VIII
90 where his tastes. his habits OF thousn,
and his honest convictions lead nun az an
that will be straight to the democracy NJ
party He will find opportunity during ln.s
lecture tour to say some very peppeIy
thinps ~ the administration on account OF
its sympathy with the British. and then
the slide from those raw things wnich nc
knows SO well how to say into the demo-
cratic camp will be as easy as TAKING
candy away from child. Watch WEB
~
Speaker Henderson is counting the Dig
gest kind Of political scab on his nose
His State has already told the country
what 1t thinks OF the Puerto Rican tariii
infamy, and he is more responsible tnan
any other one man In the country for the
preparation OF the outrage, 1t was niS
speech In the caucus that whipped so many
OF the recalcitrants in his party into llne
at the last moment and passed the DIN
In the house. Had Ii not been for this
display OF force that many OF his friends
had heretofore not believed the speaker
capable OF, the bill would have been de-
feated in the house. His speech IN tue
4 caucus was not a persuasive speech, ~ was
abusive of both democrats and republicans
who were opposed to the measure. He
threatened with defeat those OF his own
party who stood out against the VIII OF
the marty on this measure. He talked Tor
about half an hour and the effect oil that
speech in the caucus that saved the party
/ from defeat in the house, and which VIII
defeat 1t at the rolls next November was
/ that any republican who went back on MS
party should be boycottod. He said that
so far as he was concerned such repuo-
/ lican member would be boycotted.
/ Said he: THE democrats shall NOT
1 bulldoze my party as long as l am speak
er. If any buldozin3 Is to be done we
shall do it, We will ram this bill down
| their throats like we rammed the Union
! down their Threats in Co." 1t Will be
noticed that the speakers language is a
| little more tinctured with ytriol in his
/ spoken words than in the recent eplstolary
4 illusions that have emanated from him OF
late and that will come mighty nigh beat
ing him for collection next fall, lie may
rest assured lney VIII return 10 haunt mn
when he least expects them to and that
he will regret both his speech and his
letters in support of an absolutely inde-
feasible measure.
Every day that the republicans founder
through some argument in favor OF this
tariff bill convinces the people more thor
oughly that the charge that Hanna will
be knocked out of his campaign contribu-
ton by the tobacco, rum, sugar and oil
trusts unless this bill becomes law, IL
absolutely a fact. This bill may be law
before this letter reaches Texas, but Il
It is the republican party may as well put
up its shutters and quit the business. be-
cause it will have voted for it's own death