The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-04
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Proposed Legislation which incumbers i,s
calendars. Little Is usually ACCOMPLISH
| at the short session beyond the passage
| of the regular supply bills. SIN. he
house. with its instrunentalltics for The
1 expedition OF business can accomplish a
| great deal in u brief time. The question
| of legislation for additional revenue for
| the uovernmcnt will diamond on the senat O.
| ,'.'' ""' dePV''' Va ~ -
10 "hich pody the mousse sent the D,heiey
bill almost year ago. Should 1t be i'm
| possible or be deemed inexpedlent 20 pres s
| ,h., ,uo..,, .,, ~, ... ,hra
oe "'io"sn ,"e sp"a'u'
| Is, OF course, possibility that the pro-
posal to increase the revenues by an ad-
| ,u,,.a, ~
ur'io'ai uax on peer or the Imposition OF
du'y on tea coffee. etc, may take tanginie
iorfn' anu II SO. such ieginiatioh must
o''sh"a'e' unuer me CONSTITUTING III 'h.
io"cf prahch OF congress- ihefe are on
.ne seNer"i calendars OF INC mousse 100
oiis reported from Inc various commit
ices ana the proportion which VIII pass
AT the coming session must be- necessarily
i."'oa. '1ii'n''eSin'ai' MOST oi mem arc
,,ans p"e "i'S WI "sne" '"o'o
- Ivy" o"' ''.'e arc a'so -'o o,,'s o''
" '"' ''"'e VI ''o .'''o''
anu % pubic DIS on the regular mouse
'o'o"ua'
IT seems IN tickle ,,ba ,.,,,,, or tho cal
weston News. IN its scnilitv and b,lnancss
to have gwen tho roh,d sou,b b,,cr tho
New York Evening pos, nuote I, for /,
reproduces Tho fo,lowi,y ,ar,,r,,,b ,ro,,
that Wall stree, toaJv ana bit.er enemy cf
the Southern noonIe.
fndc9enient ana outsno,,en as the Gal
weston News always Is. it Is nevertheless
ing thaf ,roLI,,on or No 10 wi con-
tTIion 'unqucstionabjy rl,l5cs T. m9n4a-
tory uron coneT"Ss"' 10 inltn ION IT,
wrrd reducing the nup,bor Of rcnrescr,o-
lives in the house from South Corcin,
III tI H'Ss ~ b.eause OF the small vote
tons upon The saffrage ' impos rHd' hv thtir
Think of an utter,nce 10 revolutionary
ard 80 bitter towards ;oe soutb tint ovan
the New York Evening post cbar,ctcrizes
1t "as surprls ing" And vet this venom
Gus southornbred snake in face of this
comment. follows It win the dec,,,,,,on
that "whA; the News wants is an honest
shine. a suuare deal +, s,,,a-
auoVe S'cmohalsm in this demand This
miserable attempt at an anolo-v viii no,
wash. WHY mas tho Noy,s no, at,',c,,o5
h,,.'.,.' 'a' .''e .,o"S "o' "'' 'tNe'
,"' property ana ednca'ional QUALIFICATIONS
in Rhode Island and other New Eng. and
States. and fr,,s1s N pennavlv,ui, a,d
,tl .~
"'"' Noh,heth Stntes! why spi' its ven
ON ut Mississippi AMI South Carolina
only? Having done its dirty work. ana
moi &, ouo,..5 o. >,,,,,,.,.,, ,, ,,'
p"o'V' IN No'''e'h l"urh'ls' inns
'o'' ,I"''S"c JUDAS no" tres 10 sneak o'''
v, Tue controversy by claiming ''it is
"po'r '.ona!sn II may well try to
"io'os'ze' nut the record is m1dc mp The
.>r"s A'"N"S alone among Southern pa
he's ior suggesting the Infamous pan of
and electoral vote by he .m,nl,torv
action of oonrrors",
Ih' houston Post seems to think that
iee ,, irrn's ous ho nI9t 10 pe eNposNu
mentally unbalanced Pos; might learn ar.
Tor . lit;c Investigation thai frauds can
nUt =" bc ,NroSFn .ey arc oomnltied
viii be lin. TO The comm ,ss.on no. thn
exposure OF ballot box riscalt-y.-Memph
'""'H'o'c''1i Appca
Tho Poot does not think that election
frauds ..ou.bt not ~ lac cvpoead T.. ob
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