The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-19


L IS nov generally coaeeded IN sane
quarters that democrats "inade fools Of
themselves" IN 1906 when they took their
platform builders from amongst men who
had So long to1ched elbows with tile silver
tarons and with the populists that thry
had grown hcretlcal aud tanatical on the
subject q government add 10 silver. and 50
REGULATED with the poison Of socialism that
they Ind come 20 clamor Cor government
ownership of public utilities All the way
from railroad and telegraph companies To
nowhere
II there ever was any philosophy IN the
crusade for the free aud unlimited coinase
Of the Waite metal it was put there by the
nilue owners who thus couspred 20 make
the government buy their output for motH
than Il was worth in the merkuts oi thu
world And ~ rlerc ever weF iusht ~
philosophy in tbe demand Tor s"t eminent
Ownership u public utilities b. WAS put
there by the agents OF socialism.
The fullg " lS,5 culmlnatcd iu the npmt
nation ~ 70 man FOR president who was
more pppulisf han democrat.
A man who is now q senator from Texas
and as big ald strong and stutesmunlkc
- any man who has adorned the pubic
life az the nation Va his day. protested
against BFyaus nomination. Ills protest
WAS lost M the hurricane OF free silver
und papulistic heresy that swept the conn
inasmuch as the Chronicle has forsworn
allegiance 20 the democratic party, the free.
dom with which X applies rpithets Is sim
suariy out ~ place The pronouncemcnt
~ fools il seems 20 us. comes With poor
grace from q iounger Ia camp from one
who caims the privilege OF training with
either side according TO inclination. But
this In passing.
The Chronicle would have It's readers be
lieveS that Mr.. Bailey opposed Sir, Bryan
Of
Ihat IS what We gather from the sugges-
tion that Ibis protest WAS lost IN the harri'
cane u free silver"
Mr. Bailey toured Texas In behalf II free
silver a year before Ryan was nominated.
Great cr0wds came out 10 hear him. Down
III Holland exactly one year before the
Clark held q joint debate the one contend
ink for the free coinage Of silver nj the
established ratio aud the ether uphoiding
the gold standard. MIR. Bailey went TO the
Chicago convention as a free silver adyo'
cate.
fgainst the nomination of Bryan, on the
ground. however. that the latter was more
popnlst than democrat He even went 50
Tar as u write 70 mis- constituents that ha
could not longer consistently serve Thorn n
congress. He subsequently rcconsidered.
but he went on record as an antagonist Of
the Bryan type Of statesmanghip
While belonging TO the same political or
ganiZation, Bryan and Bailey are funda.
mentally as much opposed to each other
as were l1NColu ana Davis MT. hAiey was
rigbt Ia his statement to his constituents
Bryan IN the Waite House and Bailey III
the lower house would hove been 10 con
slant aaitagoni am. Mr.. Bryan stands FOR
fhs National Idea IN everything he pro
claims this In all that he writes aud
speaks On the other hand, Mr., Baliay
believes the National government one 81
limited powefs--he eNalts the state Be
tween those two there could never be per
feet agreement.
Nomentary issues win obscure for a
tlme fundamental differences, but these
last finally assert themselves. For Instance
many home, rule men In the North We're
opposed 20 Secession. and cheerfully took
10 arms 10 mRiutain the Union. But 40
due cot.rse OF tine these same incn helDed
II elect samuel y. Tllden 70 the pred dencg
ga protest against Federal psnEpatlop y
All through the South are men who be lew
n the N6tioDal idea as taught aud prac
liced by the republican party, aud vet nr,
acting with the democratic party because
u the race questionable immediate ISSUE
being the determining factor.
together at Chicago IN 1896 on the singl,
Issue or frca silver coinage, although tinS
approached the subject from different
Afaadpcints Mr. Bryan believes that ''iega
Hssent with the National iden lust az was
Mr. LINCOLN 10 the creation OF the green
phcl-x. on the ether hand Mr.. Bailey Is
Tor Intrinsic value IN the dollar haginr
hts argument fer free silver on tho pr8poai
hon that the openiug Of tho 1nlnts would
Fear enough together to determine the prop
rolio. This difference 3 fuhdamtntaI
mn vat e runs through all their habits
" f1QuRhh tho one n nationalist and the
,ihet States rights man. each nerfcctly
cFt but Enthusiastically opposite. IAlS