The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-15
DIVISION AMONG THE REPUBLICANS.

DIVISION AMONG THE REPUBLICANS.
1t is not only with regard to the question of the
tariff that the republicans divided the prorecproc
ity republicans being on one side and the Let well
enough alone" republicans being on the other. The
republicans badly divided on the Cuban reciprocty
question The republicans are by no means unanimous
on the money question. The proposed Fowler bill
with its branch banks It's currency It's redemp
tlon of silver, has split the party wide in two. Tbs
Imperialism policy has many republican advocates
but the republican followers of Senator Hoar are in
creasing every day Now the republican opposition
to the Nicaragua canal project has awakened re-
publican opposition throughout the country.
1T is understood" says the St Louis Globe.Demo
crat out and out republican paper, that the chief
enemies of the selection of the Nicaragua
Senators Hanna, Clark and Kittredge. These person
ages it Is believed represent much than the three
votes which they personally and directly command
The Ohio is said to be against canal construc
tion at any point and fights the Nicaragua scheme be
he thinks that is stronger than the Panama idea
1t to be hoped that the friends of the canal bill will
not let handful of obsructves off action to the
session the congress- The majority of the
people want to canal bill passed in this session
and they want to see the Nicaragua route chosen"
Now, this is only one sample Of what many OF the
republican papers saying. When such utterances
appear in democratic papers the independent observers
of public affairs might them down partisan spirit
But when republican papers take damnlng the
OF republican leaders in such scathng terms, it can
mean only one thing The republican papers have be-
convinced that the party has gone wrong and is
obvious to the interests of the people Many republic
an voters will be convinced by such republican press
opinion Such opinion, like deal of the opinion
which appears IN the newspapers of the country is not
only written for the purpose of leading public opinion
BIT appears in the papers because the people think
and it reflects public opinion.
Never in the history of the republican party has
there been such disunion and division in the party
ranks The democrats will win in the coming election
because thousands Of republicans have become con
WINGED that of the wrong policies of the re
publican party, it is their duty patriotic Americans
to refuse TO support that party any longer
AN CASTERS board health says: Great should be
Exercised to keep mosquitoes from biting anybody who has
malaria That is the cete East il people down here dom
want their mosquitoes get malaria they keep the con
founded things locked up
Go AHEAD Mr. Morgan the American people listening
4 ENGLAND will appoint a commission to inquire into thu
conduct OF the Bush-Bocr The principal thing th
United States desire know about it is the identity the
chief horse expert OF the American army he still has buml
coming to him.
Mopa>N and the shipping subsidy bill seem have Grea
Britain the
The girl will stagger along with the coal strk
in ull operation and still derive comfort from life lon
as the ice cream parlors do not declare shut-out
AFTER Morgan gets done with Hanna the latter will loo
/ ike "a rag bone and hank OF hair
THE civil service committee will report the Mis-
Taylor about the year in the meantime the lad
would better look Tor visible means OF support
Trnoy wants the administration supported Teddy has dis
covered ono of the crying needs OF his party.
WEST PorNr has been granted $6soo,ooo for improve
mcnts The student however, hardly believes ha
abasco sauce can be improved upon.
on MIR. Hous1oN if any should send us real sur
enough Panama it would have to be Let.
CouNr and Countess Rochambeau sailed Tor Europe
and they did say what they thought OF the slauebtc
houses that made Chicago famous
The administration yet be sorry that it pcrmittc
Miss Taylor to be routed by the Root route.
TUE burghers mad at France and Germany and thes
two countries will doubtless combine mutual potc,
ton
GENERAL Woop will require something that tired fee
Ing after he has appeared before the investigating committee
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