The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12
4 srsre1s t4uee t4uks esse so 2 49,
~. E Anrurr WrltrAMsl

4.
Washington, October o-fStaH Oo'''sp0 -
eree. "a considerable amount Of comment nae
beeu caused here by the publication ~ ,ne
Evening Star Of this city Of a oriet speolai W.
patch from Columbus Ohio, stating that uene, q
Charles H. Grovenor believed the coai srriEe,
II continued until the November eieetiohs' Nou'u
result In the overthrow Of the republican patty.
By the time these words appear IN PRINT some
,,ery material changes in the strike stuauon may
haze been brought about, and IN an hNe.hoou
grotyeuor will have denied that he made tne
statements attributed to him But the fact re-
mains that in official circles in Washington u IS
believed he was quoted correctly, ana repuo'i-
cans are feeling blue in consequence
Under the circumstances the brief paragraph
referred 10 was unusually significant. In the
first place the Washington Star is republican
paper, despite It's claims to independence ana
II would not have printed the Columbus dispa'oh
had Ia editors not been satisfied that Grosvenor
opinions were correctly outlined. 1t IS true tha'
no prominence was given the item, but there
are good reasons to believe that it would not
have appeared at all had not the Star people
been satisfied as to its authenticity.
Assuming for the sake of argument that the
Ohio man was NOT accurately quoted, it is PLAIN
that there must have been some basis Tor the
interview which the Stars dispatch said was
printed In Columbus OF course, Mr.. Grosvenor
may not deny the declarations credited to NM
but II has grown to be a habit with republican
nolitic;ans 70 enter a general disclaimer when
some Of their ungarded words appear in print,
especially If those words place the politicians IN
question in the position of being apprehensive
as to the future of their party Therefore, even
If denial is forthcoming from Mr.. Grosevnor'
the public may rest assured that he expressed
views very similar to those attributed to him, IT
not exactly like them.
y + \
Such opinions, entertained and given publicity
by man OF Grosvenor's prominence, proves con-
clusively the truth Of the assertions made by
The Post and other democratic papers that the
republicans are scared, and badly scared, at
that It Is not often that one of the members
of the dominant party lets It be known that he
is not cocksure of success next month, but many
of them arc apprehensive, just the same. They
have grown to think themselves invincibe as
result Of their long continued control Of the
government but the more conservative ones are
not so blind that they can not see the handwrit
ing on the wall and seeing it, understand. They
know that a powerful anti-repuboan sentiment
has been created among the voters Of the country
by the high prices resulting from the operations
of the tariff fostered trusts They know that
there is a very general demand for tariff revision,
even among the rank and file of the dominant
party, as is proved by the situation in Iowa.
They know that the coal and beef trusts, particu-
larry, have brought about condition Of affairs
which is absolutely intolerable TO consumers.
They know that, even under ordinary oircum-
stances, break in the long string of republican
successes would be more than due at the present
time And with conditions aggravated in every
possible way as they are now, the wise republic
ans know that their chance of winning the con
gressional elections next month are so small as
to warrant serious alarm their part
According to the Stars dispatch from Co
lumbus, General Grosvenor said in the inter
view printed there that a continuance Of the
strike until the election in November would mean
not only the defeat Of the republican party, but
riot and bloodshed, as we'll He feared to begin
his campaign, it was stated in the dispatch, be-
cause among his constituents there are many
miners who would want something more than
mere republican platitudes to induce them to
continue their allegiance to the republican party |
Grosvenor is one Of the most prominent figures
in the lower house-a member of the committee
On rules and an out-and-out administrations.
5eNAASAeAA SNAAANAAA1AAAA0AA