The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-05
VIEW AT WASHINGTON.

4 ~ A1tli-N'AAs 49,
! What will the coming year bring forth Ell
| the Na;ioaal capital. In politics. strange
ara wondaoas things. In business. pros.
| parity. let the last, because the most
| important. be considered first.
| Thai the new yca- IS 20 be a good one,
much better than its predecessor, is the
/ belief OF AL the nnanciers and bushes:
( men with whom l have talked at this
| rendezvous Of all sorts OF men.
First; ihcre IS not 20 be any war. There
never has been any great danger Of an
outbreak O. host!lsties between the United
States aud Great Britain. Possibly war
would oe a good thing for business after
the frs; plunge. II would stimulate a
Ereai DEAL ~ commercial activity and give
chances TO great many under dogs.
Pcsiertiy would have 10 foot the bill, and
II Isn't pcstsriiy that We are worrying
q beat. War would make boom times. be-
cause the first rin fred would knock this
country down to e silver monetary basis
and i.ut up prices and make the creditor
class n Eag.and 50 sick that Lord sails
bury uotld Re thrown out Of power ana
ais successor would os sent across the
pond in the queens yacht 10 beg our
raricn on his Blended knees in President
Cleve.anL's ante-oom.
In fact. wars are becoming almost i'm
Possible betwean great states This is a
business age- tina commercial era. and
you can't insult & creditor nation into
Sighting US aeht1-. Wars belong to bar
are now 81 much civilized that the sign
Of Tire dollar g. - our c0at-of-arnls IL
IS good tling not 10 have WAT. and II
ycu wan. TO know what the big officials
ard taa shreNd n,en In Washington are
talking about, ! VIII tel you: Arbitration
WIKI England and higher prices in Val
street.
Everything indicates & return o. pros
perity I believe this because the 4D3
and odd senators and representatives we
have here more or less fresh from the
people, SAY SO, and they ought TO know.
being In touch, as they are, with all sorts
activity, froir their constituents who are
dockwoilopers In New York, to their other
constituent who are msl!anaires In chit
ca.,o and Cripple Creek.
The truth Is that the corFressnen bring
from all parts OF the land encouraging
reports. 1t isn't exactly boom. but the
people arr recovering frcn their period Of
stoppage, excessive economy, minimum
consumption. tinldity and chronic disposi-
tion not 70 pay because nobody pays them.
In the big government departments wa
have confirmation of this impression. The
postal receipts. the internal revenue re-
ceipts, The customs revenues. all are pick
ing up. The country il getting its nerve
back.
And what DO the big men saya Wen.
take Senator Brice. for instance. He keeps
pretty close watch ~ things lie is, per
hars the keenest observer and closest
analyst We have in public ufe lie has
wonderful powers OF generalization. as
well AZ admirable sources q information
u his Judgment as to matters commercial.
financial and political is not good. then
ell G..~ ..s
nor the ground hog for weather. Senator
Hrice saws the country IS on the eve of
a long period Of great prosperity. Of hipher
prices better earnings large consumption
and smiling faces He gives proof Of the
faith that IS in him by buying stocks
buying them ouright-and putting them
away In his safety deposit vaults
-;
Mr.. Brice Is not the only man of affairs
who holds this view Of the future
Secretary Lamont, who somehow finds
time 20 do million things including
money-makinC. ana does them all Well. is
a bull on values and prosperity. So
near. Is Mr.. German, and Senator Allrich.
who is developing fast rs a money-maker.
ANA Senator Smith OF New Jersey. who
Is as bright as they make than IN the
appleJack country. OF course. II any
reader Of this gains the idea that have
pointed out to him the royal road to
riches and goes off and leads un with
stocks, or grain, or cotton, or anything
else financially. and then fails down. M
win have no cause Of action against
me, / am only telling YOU what big men
say. think and do. and II they are wrong
that IS their business, and II You are
wrong that IS yours.
There is good deal this congress could
DO 10 help THE business prosperity Of the
country If 1t was built that way, but it