The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-22
HOuSTONlAN IN NEM YORK.

New York, March 10. 1896.
The New York political armament is
cloudcd and the vision Of the political
plaue,oscopist ohsucrcd ny yapors. Cover
nor Morton threatens 10 prove a falling
star. IT, for the sake of its putativc fath-
err, the Hon. Thomas G. platt, he stands
by the Raines excise bill, he Will be reie-
gated hy tho so-callcd better element Of
the republican party from the position Of
favorlte son to that Of u disinheritcd
scapegrace. The veto OF the bill would
seem equally fatal, for without Mir P!att's
brotherly support Governor Morton can
not hope for the New York delegation TO
the ST. Louis convention. 1t has been
pithily suggested that should the aged
governor eventually secure tho humlnh-
ton. the most important feature OF the
ticket Will be the name OF the vice pres'-
dent.
Tho decadence OF the Parkhurst inau-
euce IS apparent to the obserNaht eye
At the meeting of the Social reform cruz
hold rccCntlN at Cooper Union, me heN.
Dr Briggs OF the Union Theological sem
mary remarked that Ill was unnecessary
TO mention the name OF the great re-
former, Or. Parl1hurst, in thht assem-
blagc" and cXpcctanuy paused, presum-
ably to give an nppreclatlNe auultnce an
opportunity to applaud. apparently th9
mention was unnecessary, ior PROFOUND
silence ensued accumulated by belated
handicap or two from AN obscure corner
of tho building Father Ducey made his
u4nai tactfui SUPERFICIAL address and re-
criVcd the usual ovation, but the speaker
of the evening was . WcStern man, Pro-
fessor George Heron, who Bravitated in
an extremely interesting paper from ih-
seuism To Christian socialism. Says Pro-
fesor Heron: You can no moro sep
arata religion and politics than you can
separate God and man" and he states
that the sermon on the Mount was as
distinctly political document as the
Declaration OF Independence, Socialistic
savings of tho saints were cheered to the
one, Fifteen hundred laboring men greet
ed with enthusiasm the name of the
golden-tonguod" Chrysostem OF antiq-
uity and passed over in Unconditional ST.
lence the name OF the nineteenth century
Chrysostem, DR.. Parkhurst.
In quick fulhllment of Professor Hor-
ron's prophetic utteranco, the grand mis-.
sionary rally Mt Carnegie hall partook OF
the political as well as the religious ele.
ment President Cleveland was the benign
sun whose eftulgent rays illumInod the
great meeting, Enthusiasm, religious and
political. seemed equally indlscriminate
and undtscrimnaung. II Is said that when
| MIR. Cleveland was asked to lend the
weight OF hts magistcrial presence to the
occasion he would fain have declined. but
| that like wise man the chief executive
OF the Nation bowed in humble suhmis-
] sion 20 the wIfely command. Mrs. Clevc.
| land is thus responsible for two good
| deeds. She has been the means OF addng,
$4,000 10 the missionary exchequer and
has presented the somewhat unpoetic per.
sonality of tho president in an emotional
attitude. incongruous II You will but
roVell
| The area OF the missionary's lahors
| would seem large aud his duties complex.
! President Cleveland urges that he be en-
| eouraged on the Western frontier: the