The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-04
SAM JONES ON POLITICS
rRE Norxp GEORGIA KvASeKLrsr
SCORES TIKI srATEsMKS.
IN. psvli WIN nave nssIi of Time
wA~n ths Politician Reach
Their riuA, Abode.


carsersyflie Ca, March :, isst-This ar
aeie prs9ese 70 devote 70 the discus
sioa a ne political condition Of our eoun
trT.
whatever may be ITS moral. social anS
Intestinal conaiiioa. the political condition
az xhls country Is The worst condition o
an. There ntSer was a day In American
Sistory whea We neeaea wise, nrgye, sen
sarrihosnr mon IA congress like We need
fhan today
There are some problems which must b,
setaed by the political parties OF this
country soon. or they VIII never be settled
sieAs. ] aousAt II me courage ard man.
hood In congress win be fcr,hcoming. We
need stringent emigration law which.
not only viii not admit, 20 our shores, hut
which VIII not ADMIT to citizenship. any
foreigner who can not read and write and
srSsis tsso English language.
someone hiss said tBas the dynamite
eorab in the hands OF the anarchist IS not
80 much to be dreaded, is not so danger
1as to the AaPpireas and perpetuity OF our
+ institutions. as the ballot in the hands OF
the ignorant and vicious citizen.
Alrea5y municipalities and vast States
are almost in the hands OF tho mob. II
/ IS fact tAas both the great parties of
fAis couatry see these evils and know they
threatsn the vera overthrow OF our insti-
tutions and both know that such emigra-
tloa laws ought to be passed. yet. like two
dogs ia the back yard With bone Mt
equal distance from each other, they
both look as. both wanting 1t, and each
afraia the minute that either jumps for
the bone the other viii jump for him
on. the pariidy and infatny OF political
parties II the republican party should
advocate such law. the democrats would
jump on them with both feet and make
campaign capital out Of it. and thus
pander to the vote OF the vicious and the
franchise OF the ignorant Anything to
get there. Ii is equally true that IL the
democratic party should declare IN favor
81 such a law the republican PARTY would
jump on them likewise and announce their
manhood thus.
''The greatest country the SIN ever
shtnei upon IS the home OF the oppressed,
the friend 81 humanity, our gates are
thrown wide open. the world, the flesh
and the devil and the dun COW come in
and enjoy our hospitality and vote with
our party
Again, we need brave, wise men in con-
gress 20 adjust the great question OF BIZ
metaliHm, which win give silver It's right
place h the m0Heyed circles Of the world
Our money, as Il is, is TOO good. Every
body wants TO keep what they have. May
be II Il was less good they would rather
have something else than money and thus
keep 1t a-soins.
Another question TO o. settled sooner or
later Is the pension question. II these
Times should continue the pension list
should be overhauled. It should be revised
and cut down. II looks sometimes, when
the roll OF $1,000 pensioners IS being
called. that II the war had lasted twelve
months longer every soldier who wore tAa
tlua would have been crippled and every
citizen disabled, ! am glad The war closed
wherls Il did and only beuueathed 10 US
about 100000 worthy objects on which to
baHtow the Nations charity.
IT would do the world good to trace the (
history Of the old confederntes who came /
back 10 their desolate homes, amid the i
wreck OF fortune. homeless, clotheess al I
most 10 see how they, In the last two de- /
ca1ea. have prospered without pensions
and rallied without riches. They got along
wen without pensions, l reckon, because,
in the first place, they are not used to
thsin, and, in the second place, they have +
made provisions 10 live without them. I
never heard a Southern fnan say he was
NhFNNtH 10 pension i9ANNS nor ithtTAtilN 10 Z
those who We're manned IN the actual
atr Wits vi tiIeir country, or 70 the wives
and ittle children OF the soldiers buried
on the field
But these questions will hardly be set
lied Already politicians have been burned
IN erfigy who dared TO interfere with the
raid upon the treasury.
Again, we need brave, wise men in con
gress 70 sever the copartnership Of this
government with the hrewera and distlllers
u this country. NO nation viii prosper
Prominently which Is IN league with a
Iraffic which deyastates her citizens ana
ruins her homes. Internal revenue laws on
make the darkest pages on the
Congressional Record gad the most damn
nR aims ia our statute Laws, but with two
saloons in full blast. one for the senate
aud one for the house. under the roof
where laws are made. there is little hope
'or repeal Of the internal revenue laws ON
giInky.
Again. we need brave, wise men tn con-
Trese 70 Gull a halt in the interest Of the
working thousands on the railroads and
iverywherc for ono days rest IN seven
These are some OF the problems which
must be settled IN the next two decades
,r they VIII become too big to handle and
90 mighty to conquer.
or course tour brother IN black" holds
ather an anomalous relation 10 the state
u things being weaker race seemingly,
ntiied down amidst a stronger one Tho
arrival o. the iits=at VIII settle thar ques-
Ion sooner or later II Is impossible to
kip our colored population 20 Africa. but
we might settle them IN some
Il the balnsy climates along The southern
hores OF our great southwest
Many Of the wise statesmen Of the North
ionceae that II was a mistake to put the
lapet y the hands Of the Southern col
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