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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23
ENEMIES FOR MORRISON.
Eastern Influences Will Be Exertcd
Against Him.
CLEVELAND PLAYS GOOD POLITICS.
His Tactics Have Ursct His Enemies aud
His Supporters WIN Oppose the
Nomination of Morrison.

Washington. February lS.--Illinois now
has practically the only democratic cand.-
date for tho presidency. So far Colonel
William Morrison Is without serious RI
val In the field. The friends of MIR. Morri
son believe he will be nominated without
opposition. They base their hope upon
the fact that within less than live months
of the National convention he is the only
aspirant and that the two wings of the
party. the sound money wing and the sill
yer wing, are apparently united upon him.
In fact this is the most striking feature
OF the Morrison movement. The coloncis
friends lay great stress upon their claim
that he is the only man talked OF for the
presidency who would be satisfactory TO
both elements. and for proof Of their as
svrton they point to sound money men In
Illinois, Missouri and other States work
INK for Morrison side 10y side with silver
men. That this is true as a phase of the
early an:e-conVention campaign admits az
no drutt 1, Is at once the striking feat
urc the strength and the weakness Of the
effort To make Mr. Morrison the demo-
cratic candidate.
The friends of Colonel Morrison are not
willing 10 Omit a. probability of any 9th
er candidate withfa large following enter
Ing the field. NJ. Whitney. whom they
would fear were ! a candidate, Is clearly
not to be TN Il. No one has discovered the
slightest change of mind un MIR. Whitney's
part since / interviewed him at Bar Hef~
bor last summer. and he declared his set
tied intention not to he considered candi-
date. Governor Matthews OF Indiana may
come prominently into the field. but the
Morrison workers do not fear him. They
say Governor Matthews is not Yet enough
OF National figure. His time may come
in the future. Vice President Stevenson.
Ex-Governor Ioics, Ex-Governor Campbell.
"a ali inactive md nUpurgnt1V without
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

dence Of Il. N. Mitchell. three miles north-
rast OF this place. lie WAS Il stranger In
this country. having come here about
ON tho Tnrm with Mr.. Mitchell. ile
claimed TO have been last engaged at
sawmill IN Southern Texas. Efforts were
made TO ascertain the whereabouts or
some of Mr. Ncstol's relatives by writing
to addresses furnished by him. but no
replies were received Much OF the time
hs was unconscious and very little infor-
nation was secured. He was 20 years
old. Medical aid was furnished by. two OF
the physicians OF this place, visiting tho
patient several times. Tho corpse was
buried In tho pottor's field here by Cum
ningham d Hagen. underwriters.
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WHY SHE READS ADVERTISEMENTS



II study advertise ments, and ! know
whore and when and how to purchase the
household supplies Ny husband used to
laugh at mo for reading advertisements so
carefully. hut he has long since learned
that save many dollars every mouth. I
know Of no better way to practice econ
omy, and do you know that II is a wonder
how soon you learn TO detect the real from
the false luultively almost? You hear a
great danl nowadays about the practical
pages' of magazines ana newspapers, but
for me the practical pages are those con-
thinning tie business announcements Of
reputable business houses. The house
keeue, who takes advantage OF the prac-
teal hints in those pages shows q great
doaI moro common sense than does the
one who tries 10 furnish a seyen-room
cottage with n lot OF soap boxes covered
with denim worked IN fancy stitch, and to
feed her growing family with never end
ing "reminiscences Of the meal that went
fore. To the economical housekeeper tho
advertisements are the most important
mart OF any publication"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23
HON. THOMAS B. REED.
urom Late Photograph

tho president viii again communicate to
congress his vews on the financial lu"s-
ton IN a message Which Will ring WIN
sharp words. II rs generally admlhri,
even by republicans, that MT Cleveland
has outgeneraled them in the wnters
work so far They were compelled TO glNo
adherence to his foreign programme. They
have so far failed miserahy to interpret
the Monroe doctrine In such a way as to
reflect upon the presidents Interpretation
thereof. ana the ill-advised efforts OF SEN
ator Davis IN that direction appears to
have come to an inRlorious end AZ yet
they have not succeeded In making any
capital out OF Cuba, and In the contrast
between the presidents attitude on tho
finances and the performances Of the SOM
ate with It's free silver free hooters in
control surely the administration has
gained now laurels Hut the business mon
Of tho country, Ike the masses OF voters,
do not appear to be troubled by any fes-
tcring demand FOR n third term, on That
score dend silence IS maintained all
along the line.
For these reasons the Morrison boomers
feel encouraged. with something approx
mating confidence they declare Mr. CleVe-
land can not be nominated II he wishes 10
be. But let them not be too sure about
that or too confident that It IS 10 he Nor
rlson II II is not Cleveland, Already the
fact that Morrison is supported pretty gem
orally by the free silver men has attracted
the attention OF the president and HIS as
sociatcs. II has aroused suspicion, and
this suspicion is likely to grow and prove
an important factor IN the Convention. The
suspicion Is that the silver men know
what they arc about in supporting Morrl-
sen; that they are well aware Of their IA
vorlte's peculiar Views on the subject Of
bond issues for the purpt 70 Of maintain
Ing the gold reserve and that therefore
they have concluded Morrison is this very
nominee they want, sound money man
theoretically. though he ID.
Colonel Morrison believes II the people
want the gold standard maintained they
should 80 I'd to Washington a congress
elected 10 maintain II by enactment OF
proper laws he has criticised Mr.. Glove
land for resorting 10 bond issues with
cut the direction Of conRrcgs or the eS-
prtss authority OF law He has decla, cd
that an increase OF the public debt In time
Of peace is contrary TO the principles OF
true democracy. lie fas urged Secretary
Carlisle To use his influence with President
Cleveland 10 have the responsibility
thrown back upon congress with tho idea
that n congress wants bonds issued II viii
say SO, as IL IL its duty TO 90. All THIS
creates fair presumption that " Colonel
Morrison we're In the White House he
would place the responsibility upon con-
gress; that he would say: There Is moth
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23
SEEKING DwARFs.

New York Recorder
Professor Frederick Starr Of the depart
mcnt Of anthropolCgy Of the University
Of Chicago has arrived in OaXaca. Mex
ico. on his way TO Honduras lie Will
make the trip through the State of Chi
aras. Isthmus of Tohauntepec and Guate-
maln. n distance OF 100 miles. on horse
hack The object Of his trin IS Ia discovS r
The race of dwarfs which Is said to in
h, M remote and UNEMPLOYED region Of
chiapas There are many traditions or
tho existence Of this race, ana It Is al
II. ded 10 H. the published works Of the cV-
pureoa. Professor Starr win also visit
Inc Ia Condor and Chan Santa Cruz,
,r,hes Of Indians. and will spend some
time IN their principal villages studying
,heir habits and characteristics.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

Ciicavo until after the rainy season be
gins IN Cuba ana the next rainy season
is the time set for American Interference
So also, with the financial question. Mr.
Cleveland played his cards at that with
great slSill lie hit congress hard IN his
opening message. Just as they were pnch-
ing their grips to go home for the holidays
he called them hack In such way tiat TIE
country clapped It's hands and the states
men hdi To- settle down TO work. lie has
since successfully managed another bond
deal. and with u hundred and eleven MIL
lions more available cash in the treasury
than he had a month age IL amply pte-
Jared 10 adhere to his original proposition
that no more revenue is needed. shorty,
unless administration gossip * at fault
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23


Illinois has not been given up ". ~
Allison managers by any means. 1fixy
rink that the state will 80 into the opn-
srnticn for CuIlom first and for Allison and
mckinley second. They say they can ~
believe II possible that ChtcaRo, after all
that Iowa has done for her. should now
refuse TO even divide her vote and gtve
the Iowa candidate a share OF It.
On the Pacific coest Allison IL strougest
In California. The argument Of bringing
the presidency as far West as possible II
having telling eject In the far Western
states, especially those where Iowans have
settled. Those latter reasons apply to
Kansas, Nebraska and the Dnkotas. and
1t Is true In n large degree OF Washing
ton, Oregon and California. II It were
not for tho Iowa people In Oregon that
State would certainly be for Mckinley, It
II admitted, but there are thousands OF
ex-iowans there who are exerting them
selves for Allison, and the State 10 no
longer considered sure for Mckinley. In
regard to the mountain States, Colorado.
Montana, Idaho. Nevada and Utah, the
argument OF "a Western man liz being eff
fcctually used and they believe Aiiison
to be as safe for the fair treatment OF
eilver as either OF the other strong candi-
dates II Is expected that they will send
mon TO TIE convention who are for some
pronounced silver man, probably TcHcr or
| they VIII not be unfriendly 10 Allison.
Another agent of the Allison campaign
who has travelled through the New Eng
land States reported that Allison Is very
strong In Connecticut and Rhode Island.
| III there was not candidate from New
| England" he said, 81 think he would get
those States first choice. AZ II Is they
Will vote first for Reed and second for
Allison. l verify believe that II tho bust
ness interests &C Massachusetts, New York,
! Connecticut Rhcde leland, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania could have their real
| choice. after fun deliberations, they would
choose Allison before my other man, un-
\ less IT would he Morton. In his thirty
years In congress he has shown himself
| to be a snfe legislator ara dependence
| apalns, danger In financial matters and
! currency he has an experience that no
enc prctends to claim for even Mckinley.
| for he has helped TO make three tariffs.
where Mckinley has helped IN but one. HIS
strength Hes In hiH well known consorva-
| item and unHuestionod ability
| DIED AMONG STRANGERS.
| t.fHN . -. 49,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

ing In the statutes requiring me 20 issue
bonds for maintenance of u stock OF gold
for export. u you pass such u law | viii
execute it, or course, every one knows
what the result OF that sort of White
House policy would be- The congress
couldn't pass such law because tho min
Ing camp majority In the senate would
block the way and the country would
quickly fall TO a sllvor-naper basis by OPP
GRAFTON of the law of gravity
Thercfor, the support OF tho silver mon
IS likely to prove Colonel Morrson's great
est weakness az we'll MS his groatcst
strength. The East may ho depended upon
to rouse itself against candidate In
whose financial policies II has not full ron,
hd,uoe. II Colonel Morrison takeJ steps
| To relieve hinself oc this suspicion he viii
lose casio with the free coinage people.
The Eastern States the states IN which
the Democrat party II almost unanimous
Tor sound money viii hc able to prevent
the nomination of ans man IN the Chicago
convention TWo-ihirda. or moro than do1
votes viii ho icquuod tn place MIR MORT
sen in nomination and Kew llurand,
New York New Jersey. Pennsylvania.
ohio. Indiana and Wisconsin. status de-
voted 10 sound money. have alone moro
than 3nO votes lu a convention Of NoO. Many
of the southern delegates win be orposod
Co thu nomination of II candidate concern
ing whose financial policy there N tho
smallest reason for suspicion, ana Ho with
any 81 those from such border States as
Maryland West Virginia. Kentucky mud
Tennessee
Moreover. e Mr., Morreons nomination
should appear imminent no one would ho
surprised to see the presidents name
placed before the convention. not. pprhauR.
with his direct consent. but without his
l 1. l.I
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GOING TO CHURCH.
Sc. my pretty ruffled dress.

See my pretty ruffied dress.
Sec my tcenty locket!
'spects lis most n lady now
Cause rs got a pocket.
See my pretty hankerhstl
Sunday days l has IT.
I can blow my nose In church
Most like papa does II!
These down here are my new shoee
That walk my feet In
Course Il wouldn't do to wear
Copper toes TO meetin'.
Papa's hitchhl' Jack and Gray
And they keep prancin'.
Horses don't wear Sunday cldthee-
They don't know they're dancin'.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take laxative Bromo Quipine Tabiets. All
druggists refund the money II y faals =
cure 25cs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

thousands OF cases OF rheumatism have
,,oar cured by Elmer & Amends Pre-
piss,i,tion No 2s5l" All sufferers should
80 -, = hottie OF same. G. w. Preston d Co,
Galveston, Texas. agents
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23
TWO OPINIONS.
One From the Free Silver Leader the Other
From the Gold Champion.

From the Silver
Inc action of the
special significance
elected the majority
when or
the republican
cratic candidates
epehtn not be
OF such magnitude to render competition with
TELLER
n
The In the house the
hnal verdict
element The next eonsress m believe will be for sound both
issue The Importance
which
republican
ro,ecto lnesan
tho
Preside
land
though
SHERMAN
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

DIED AMONG STRANGER6.
McGregor Texas. February 2i.--On the
18th inst w. 7. Nastel died at the resi-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

qulosceot, probably because he at last real
lies 1t Is useless as well as paiHful TO Kick
against the prcks. Mr.. Morrison Is prac-
tically alone. In many opinions he Will
continue the only active usl,Irant, largely
for the reason that other prominent men
do not think the nomination worth having.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

This great number of persons are re-
,,u,red to manage these properties ui'ue'
,bc economies employed in the ever-wa'ch-
I'M care of private and corporate interests
an oxperlence has shown that a greater
,,u,,bar of employees and longer time Is re-
ouired on works constructor OF va
nv the Federal government IMAM u
ouired fer like work controlied ps NV
nriyate interests OF persons or corpora
lions. And it would be safe 10 estimate
mat we might add % per cent to the aooVe
number If the railroads, teiesraphs ana
telephones were to be managed oy une
government. on that supPosiuoh 'hefe
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

IA =
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ao ,,y,o,abiIitv NJ tho lihertv nj the
s"s economy in nuhlIc rxperdttilres.
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Euoh OF the cdtrai constitution me
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Val government weakening the power
arlhorty. OF the states, and endan-
the rights and liberties Of the clti-
represents corporate interests as
= fndlvidual rights, it represents n
protective tariff for the benefit OF
wv at the expense Of the many. II
rsnts single gold standard at
W dear money. chcap labor ana
sry; and the doubling Of the amount
sisi before silver was demoneti2ed. en-
Ing tondholders aud gold brokers
ss ANA f9r ' ,sc att is n9'qry
80, - t'' wv '4f0S'N HEtlll0l tue
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In addition to this there are number
Of other telegraph and telephone com
NAMES. the amount Of whose stock ana
nonds we do not know. III is probah'H
that the real value of these properties Is
considerably less than their capitalized
value But they could only be purchaser
on terms acceptable to the owner Of them
Let MS suppose they might consent to take
q 52l rs OG6 less than their capitalized
yaIne for them They would then cost
the Government $1,000 VH.cH me annual
intefest charge on this sum, az o per esnt
ner aupum. would be $W,VHpn' Whlsh
wound have to be raised as taxes on the
Wcnnic i'm addition to the taxes requiem
for the support Of the Federal Hlh!e'
rouptv and city and town goYernments'
In addition to whatever sum mlsht ne re-
nnired for the cXtinguishmont oi pHi's -.
thc principal debt, Is II supposed thIl alg
ropfrres s. would even consent 20 lilpoS9,,
s,ch a burden on our peopleF Ana can !.
he supposed that the people Would summit
TO such a burden? -. .-.,,-a5 IN the
T,he number Of persons enghEeu III W
uanapeinent of these properties Is esu-
mated 10 be as follows:
0fncers aud employees OF ra'lroau coz ooo
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graph companies .-..'..,,,,,,,'.' '''''
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DIR. GODFREY HUNTER

nlcnN Cnnldnc NM lod nlcA slenat0 n enluckyl
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II and ms, party advocates some
saosd ,S,s p'lltieal policies. which are
" the policies of the DEM
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-20
George Washington Council.


The second anniversary OF George
Washington Council No. 8, Sr. 0. U. A.
M, WAS observed last evening at Sons of
Veterans hall. and the following pro-
gyamme carried out:
Address, State Councillor Albert Halves
Vocal Solo, Mrs. W. d. Mooney
Violin and Piano Duett,
Misses Richardson and bennett
Reading, Mrs. Pike
Address, Mr.. Peter Fitzpatrick
National Deputy Organizer
Banjo Solo, Miss Carrie Miles
Piano Solo, Miss Richardson
Reading, Mre. Pike
Violin and Piano Duett,
Mies Richardson and bennett
Mandolin and Guitar Duett,
Misses w. ID. Mooney and Mr.. Geo. Mooney.
There were about 200 of the members
of the council with the Daughters Of
Liberty and invited guests in attendance.
Refreshments of ice cream and cake were
served at the entertainment. The re-
msinder of the evening until late hour
was spent in dancing.
The following gentlemen were the
committee in charge ]. Frank Massure
A. A. Austin; M. Austin; G. H. A.
Barker, e. T. Barker, A. Southworth.
s. c. bennett, P. ". Hart and ". E.
Bragdon.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-20
CHINA.
Rev. Mr.. LeLacheur's Second Lecture
Last Night.

Ihe second lecture In the course given
by the Rev. d. ". LeLaoheur on China
at the Vaughan street church WAS de-
livered last evening before q large
audience. The speaker announced that
what he had to say with reference to the
work of the missionary would be along
the lines followed by the Christian
Alliance workers. We have 1870 mis-
sionaries scattered all over the empire in
the fields nob covered by the missionaries
representing the other UNCONVENTIONAL
boards. The speaker began by giving a
description of the mission schools and
the work undertaken therein.
We never engage a Chinese teacher
that speaks word of English.
The Chinese when they once begin to
learn English want to know more and
more Of it che result of which affects
their own language. In various portions
OF China the language differs owing to
the mum Der of tones given to a word, In
some instances there are five seven and
ten tones to word SO that misunder-
standing OF a tone means wrong in
depreciation OF the word.
The religious customs of China were
touched upon at some length by the
speaker and told in An interesting why.
native once converted said the
speaker, is true to the Christian faith
and would.give his life in It's defense.
Inc Chinese have great curiosity to
see the missionary and one night as I lay
In my room at one of the native inns
where l was then stopping, I was sur
prised to zee lowering around me- group
OF the natives anxious to get look at
the missionary. IL is difficult to pene-
trate into the heart of China to reach the
people, and until three years ago the
gospel had not been carried into the
dominions Of Thibat.
A young Sootchman and a follow
missionary from Texas undertook to
enter Thibet and after having held
services OH the borders of the desert. and
succeeding in interesting the merchants
in their work they then proceeded to
enter into Thibet, and having the
sympathy and influence of the merchants
with them they were successful, and now
write to the friends at home that they
are DESTROYS of other workers to assist
them. At the close of the lecture a
cole tion was taken and the speaker an
nounced that on Sunday evening
the lecture would deal with the
various kinds of vehicles and the mode
of travel in China.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-20
Polo Notes,

Manager Burnham has decided to re-
serve the front rows of seats in the
balcony and on the floor about the play
ing surface together with limited num-
Der of seats on the stage. These seats are
always in demand for polo games. They
will go on sale at Chandler Is this morn
ing for. the game with Lewiston Saturday
evening as we'll as Monday with Augusta.
All the members of the local team
have now reported and are quartered at
the Park hotel. Today it is expected
that practice work can be INDUCED in al
the Forest City rink.
The boys were kept busy yesterday pre-.
pairing their skates and rehearsing a few
plays to surprise those people from Lew.
iston Saturday evening.
Peaks island will be lonely indeed or
Saturday evening. Young Sterling Is
friends are to turn out in body.