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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

Governor Atkinson 0. Georgia. recently
reelected. ia very properly suggesting come
excellent reforms IN the criminal practice
and statutes Of his state with a view to
securing speedier trials ana pFomp,er
administration OF Justice generally.
The laws delay Is fruitful source OF
the miscarriage Of Justice in all our Aneri-
can States. Contiuuances are easily oh
tanned. tho proc sa FOR securing the at
tendance OF Wi,aeszes "a either clumsy and
Inadequate. or else the courts are too LEM
.ent IA imposing and enforcing penalties
for contempt Of the courts process or
the executive officers negligent In serving
Il, From various causes prosecutions rock
along !eisgrely t9r months or years. new
trials AMI ohangeA o; venue probing the
agouy and weaken the States case until at
last. when the crime has been forgotten.
TIE criminal s,eps out freo man again.
Under tho English ilw person accused o,
crime must have preliminary hearing
with.n taeniy-touE hours afics arrest Il;
sent W 70 tie axzizes Als cagc nust be dis
POSED o. within three months thereafter
Tho law ls sw!., and the crime ia iuyestt-
gated while st IS yet fresh IN Tie public
raild- The delays 50 common here. all
IN ,he interest Of the defendant. are TN
Known the-e. II tho authorities can not
within three months prepare a strong case
against the prisoner he mus; DO turned
loose, except IN some extraordinary emer-
sency
The American people could address them
selves to no greater question than the one
suggested. Not only would Justice como
nearer getting It's own by such expedition,
but the counties would be relieved OF LARGE
expense occasion ed now IN tue malnien-
anoe OF a Jail full OF prisoners for months
and years AZ q time. The crimiuals would
be deferred. too. from onensas II they knew
tina, their apprehension would mean swift
tuatice, II IS confidently felt under tho
present order OF things that tho strongest
case can be fought successfully through
tho delays and technical advantages that
can be invoked ia aid OF the prisoner. who
In tho meantime. II not out on rdiou.
lousy small or weak bond, Is maintained
at the public's expense. Governor Atk!u-
sons suggestions apply with equal force
In all the Southern States.
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NEW CoMEKs FOR THE SOUTH

The favorable rates that have been r,y,r
ny the railroads In the South. or win
southern connections. for the purposs q,
encouraging excursions by home .seekers
from the Northern and Northwestern 400
lions OF the country to the South ougb,
TO bring large numbers of prospectors in
this direction this winter and doubtIes.
will
II panic" is TO be avorted now and bust.
ness confidence restored. there need no
no fear on the part OF the people who ara
anxious to come South IN secure home.
that they will find matters in a chaotic
state. Possibly many Of these Northern
people honestly believed that free silver
success would disturb conditions and they
might have been deferred from chanpin,
their homes and business under different
conditions than those now prevailing. That
thousands in Canada. aud In the Northern
and Northwestern border States. are de-
sirous Of seeking q more genial CLINE and
escaping the rigor Of their fearful winters
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08
LOST AND WON.


On the day the democratic National con-
vention assembled at Chicago no reason
able hope existed that IT'S nor1iuee for
president would have as many as one hun
dred votes in the electoral college. The
forces OF the party were demoralized and
disheartened in every section OF the Re-
public. Many shrcwd politicians believed
IL 70 be on tho verge OF dissolution. A
National administration G, ita own choosing
had been routed everywhere IN the preced-
Ing elections. aud rs course sluc- then had
aienatea Had exasqerated the rank and
file Of democracy IA every State classed as
Democratic. only the South had remained
true 70 the party. and 1t seemed as II IT
were on tie verge % political revolution
These were The Conditions under which
Bryan was uominateI ard free coinage
platform adopted There were but three
moaths Intervening 70 overcome obstacles
TO success that seemed insuperablo The
Chicago platform drove to the support Of
Mckinley every trust and syndicate oper-
aung In the country. aud every interest
proht.ng by inequltahie legislation. Against
'heir millions freely contributed 10 the
campaign FUND. thelI threats anil their CO.
ereiou. the democratic candidate had moth
!ng to oppose except appeals to the con-
ac!ence q the country. Allnoa; single
handed he made the fight.
Ana this Is the magnificent result:
Fitty-s'x electoral votes o, States tina.
have always been MISREPRESENTATION, have
boon added 10 tho democratic column.
kentucky. North Carolina and Missouri.
which went republican In Tho last election.
have been reclaimed
Tennessee. which has ~ trembling in
the balance for several years. ana which
was claimed by the republican. in 1894.
gives democratic majority OF nearly 90
900
Indiana, which gave a republican plur-
atty OF 44,sIS in 1894. seems to have given
a good majority for Bryan.
The late republican plurality of ios, ses In
Michigan has been cut 10 ID 900
II was claimed that OHIO would give
Mckinley the largest majority It has given
to any candidate since the war. Instead Of,
ths'' the republican pluralities OF 50 as5 Ia
1923, of i37.osT In 1894, and Of % G2a In
1885. have been cut 10 the pltif,i figure
contracted with the immense vote O, tn.
State. OF S2.297, Nebraska voted for the
republican candidate for president at every
election since the war. up 10 this one, Il
reVerses Its politics N follow Bryan. Ohio
discredits the Ohio can iida,e by giving
heavy democratic GAIN.
Outside OF New England. New York
Pennsylvania. New Jersey. Illinois and
Iowa, the democratic yot. has been IN
creased actually and relatively In every
state in the Union ever the figures OF 1894
and 1895.
Not State has been lost that went
democratic in those years.
The democratic strength In congress. has
been Increased nearly 20 per cent
Democratic ma!o,ities IN democratic
states have been restored to their old-timc
immensely.
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THE CASTLE CASE.

Il may or not be true that the wealthy
Mrs Castle. who has just been convicted
OF shop lifting In London. is a klep;omanlac
and hardly responsible for her thefts. Her
conviction. however. is another evidence
OF the swiftuess and certainty Of British
Justice, whether the rich or the poor are
concerned.
In spite OF the most powerful influences
OF wealth. learned counsel, and interter-
ence even by the state department of the
United States through the American am
bassador to Great britain. Mrs. Castle was
promptly arraisncd. tried and convicted
1t Ia probably true, also. that her position
and Influences had less to do In securing II
light sentence than a recognition by the
court that IN her case her humiliation and
terrible fall wore the greatest punishment
British Justice may he harsh and rarely
tempered with mercy, but &, is generally
impartial and always certain. 1t falls alike
upon the great and the ANAL The courts,
a, least, DO their duty.
A matter OF more than passing interest
connected with this case is the unusual ac-
tivity OF the American diplomatic forces
In behalf OF the prominent defendants. The
state department cablod to Mr. Bayard to
interfere and secure. II possible the release
OK the prisoners before trial Then again
secretaries OF abe American embassy were
constantly in attendance upon the prison
crs and no case OF recent years has seem
ingly more fully enlisted the active sym
pathy OF our diplomatic officers than this
case. All this means that while wealth and
position failed OF securing official inter
ference In England they were powerful
enough TO gain American official activity.
IL the meantime. poor Americans by the
score or hundred are left to the merciless
brutalties Of the Spanlards In Cuba and
the state department at Washington re-
mains as cold. apparently. as an icicle Cases
like this, OF the Castles. never fail to ex-
hibit official toadydom al its worst in this
country. And at last. while Mrs. Castle
may be a kleptomaniac and entitlcd to
some sympathy. she certainly is capable.
as her actions now show. OF approaching
the moral oblqulty OF her offense--lfter
It's discovery. She certainly is no more en-
titled to special efforts In her behalf by
Mr.. Bayard and Mr. Olney than are the
poor unfortunate Americans, rotting slow
ly in Spanish prisons.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08
THE GOLD STANDARD DEMO.
GRATIS"

u ia not too much to say that over A
m!llon democratic votes were cast for
Mehlnley. ana that they waved hia e.ey-
tion.
The crca, democratic strongholds like
Eew YORK city. Boston and baltimore tho
States OF Maryland. Delaware. KENTUCKY.
Indiana, Illinois ana Wisconsin Who're no
betuo W. fought all show tha' he suunj
money democracy YOU'D almost uuAni-
monS.y for the republican t@1tet. while the
Corrections from The republican vote arc
fortunately for the country the republican
deseruons did not equal IN number tho
new allies gaiped. though Il was upon
those republican desertions that Bryan
most confidently counted
ior SO magnificent a display Of patriot.
Ism the gola standard democracy deservs
the p!auaits OF their coun,rymen II was
an exhibition OF civic virtue that will long
10 remembered IN the annals OF IN. RI,
publlc.-Chlcago TImes-Herald.
There is hardly question that McK,n.
loy's success wes secured through tho ac-
tive aid OF the gold standard democrats
Such glory as ~ involved in the republican
victory is properly shared by the boiling
democrats. Do they fully realize what they
have done In placing back In power a
straight republican administration
These gold standard democrats refused tr
accept ono specific proposition from, the,,
old party-the restoration OF silver to tn,
place II occupied twenty three years age
and occupied for eighty-fve years OF III,
government. In refusing TO do this, wha
did they accept from republicanism and
what did they indorsef An old demoorati,
tenet, nothing more. they repudlated. How
many old tenets on the other hand. tS
which they had always been bitterly op
posed. did they approve by their votes 10
republioanlsm II really looks as II the,
had strained at the gnat and swallowed
the camel.
They voted for high protection. agains
their democratic faith.
They voted TO assist the manufacturer
Of Ny England and the trusts at the
sxpeni of the great masses OF agricultur-
hts poor consumers OF the Nation.
They voted for man who voted for the
force ii--a PROPOSITION to surround the
poiis IN ueops And Federal hlrelings and
turn % South ever y negro domination
The voted directly asId of large ex-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08
HITS AND MISSES,

With these ISL city ballots to be heard
fron, and SO from North Galveston, the
unofficial count shows thu Democratic
presidential electors received l9lI votes.
while Culberson only got 2ll2 and Kearby
2sdl. The republican electors rsce.vcd SSl7.
IN the state Offices al the democrats save
ticknt The vote Of the governor vas as
9Th
Tho "n,ti,h,a" rar. -, .A, ,..,, .,,
4, no. a nar' % '.'e "noie 'mihs
its anmosity to an Individual candidate
ia land II 10 st,cb gro.s ,,r,,,+o,.r,l -.
" 9"r" e.OSS POI ,oT+a' le'NeF-
son OF tact. In" following letter to The
Post from n prominent Galveston demo-
Graf .xplnirs itsalf.
~,
10, al articie en- to Vfit s01r St'entt0h 20
result of the elestlon In mis- conntV com
'ncntug on cull"ron's "pitiablo vote"
VIA aH H',oW ns 'e ;> OF the tenth
votes in this county ana il6nr6v SsSl rms
here The truth is that in this county
te%ciusive Of the Tenth ward. which at
the tine OF writing this is stlll nor IN
Culbersnn has POSI- votes ana Kearby StGi
these hEHres l have personally verified.
I,ry,f H r,s ~ ,Ve ANY snee. mat mas peen
ana The result displayed as fast as thc
ward returns came in; have not the
crease Governor Culhersons majority, and
ms total vote . already greater than was
ms total vote In this county al the last
4ecuon l5o'p, though his majority this
lime VIII not he so great as 1t was then
rause + ssa 1,to,oon 10 ms ran,er pc
slons on the subject by The Post might
be generally appreciated.
me republican presid eitial victory
might Just as well have been a demo
cratic victory II tho Chicago convention
| had observed the rstabl shed doctrines OF
mat party ana kept In line with its precc-
dents and principles. IL the convention
AZ Chicago had adopted a sound money
plank, with gold as standard money AMI
silver and bank notes as subsidiary. cur
roncy. ana against all revolutionary ideas,
d,o ,s,u s'tvn ,I,,ht ds htrney
race hands down.-Austin statesman
With such a platform, no matter whom
the candidate, the democracy would not
have carried half a dozen states In the
Union. Thouehtful men everywhere know
this TO be fact.
who deserve rich rewards. but we want
no further multiplication or pubic offices
IN Texas. Galveston News.
One thing may be regarded as fixed
fact-thot the News will not be expected
70 advise Governor Culberson what to do
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08
HIST.
Hour after hour the cards we're fairly shut

Hour after hour the cards were fairly shut
He'd
And fairly dealt but s;ill got no hand
The morning came. and with a mind I'M
rufled
l only said: 81 do not understand"
Life is Il game OF whist. From unseen
sources
The cards are shuffled and the cards are
dealt,
Blind are our efforts to control the forces
That, though unseen, are no less strongly
felt.
do not like the way the cards are shut
tlcd
But Yet like the game, and want TO
play:
And through the long. long night will ].
unruffled.
Play what I get until the break Of day.
Exchange.
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Kentucky has taken to mixing It, and Is
no longer "old Kaintuck."

II there y any manhood or Amer.can!sm
IN the odmtnisiration a Washington the
competitor capuves Will not be shot by
me Spaniards or otherwise harshly pun
i'hed' They were not pirates, but were
h'Fely at the worst illi,1tiy trading with
me Cubdns and were captured without
arms 10 their hands. Fine and light TIM
r'lsonm"nt would be the heaviest SEN
'e"ce that could properly In placed upon
them
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

In Every Month .or November there is
an excellent sketch of II. +. outcault. the
artist and creator of Hogan's Alley. TO
which Mr.. outcault has contributed draw
ing OF his famous Johnny Dugan. or the
yellow Kid" Arthur Hoeber, the dis
iinguished art critic of the Times. devotes
a page to Mary Fairchild MacMonnies, the
painter. who is the wife OF the dis;iu-
euished young American sculptor. George
G. jerks. playwright and literary critic.
has several pages of most interesting lit
erary information, and Max Nordau feul-
Teton which tells how the lack OF an ideal
is killing the world
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

The Review OF Reviews for November
publishes several important and interesting
articles on the latest phases OF the Eastern
question, especially from the British point
Of view. Mr., w. T. Stead's survey OF the
subject, entitled The Eastern Ogre; or
st. George 10 the Rescue" is extremely
characteristic and suggestive. The Review
also offers a remarkable symposium OF cur
rent thought on What Should be Done
With Turkey" as the pressing problem
Of the hour.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

HOUSTON, SUNDAY. NOVEMBER :.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

In the Hypnotic Magazine for November,
published by the Psychic company. Chi
cago, Thomas Jay Hudson, LII. D., author
of THE Law OF Psychic Phenomena" ex-
Ilains How He Became Convinced OF the
Truth OF Telepathy." Professor Sudduth
In an article entitled "Hypnotism and
Crime" explodes the idea that there is
any relation, or connection. between the
two. Professor Lackersteen, +. r. c. S.,
continues his able paper upon THE Sci
ence and Practice OF Suggestive Thera-
peutlcs."
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

Ihs republican nsvigators OF the ship
OF state for thr next four years have
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

Tho country can now resume the Cor
bett-FitzsimmDns -Sharkey story where It
was so rudely interrupted by the passing
OF the political procession
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

The Hon. John J. ingalls, went down in
the general republican wreck In Kansas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

The Bookman for November is well filled
with interesting reviews of new books.
comments upon authors and the latest liter
AIRY news, facsimile of the first page
of the manuscript Of Marie Corelli's last
work. The Mighty Atom" is printed 10
snow what care and attention her WRITINGS
are given before they are sent to the print
ers. Dodd, Mead & Co.. New York, are
publishers OF the Bookman.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

notice SERVED on them that they must sail
INTO prosperous seas or be thrown over
board in 1900. They must do something to
avert the storm. Taking up a collection
rs they did this tline-will not avail them
four years frosn now.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

The senate viii continue 20 see to 1t that
the tariff is still suborllnated TO the tinan-
MI n,ins.In..
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

The last issue Of the Texas School Jour
nal contains "A Plan OF Work for a Coun-
try School," that will prove valuable to
country teachers, Tho Joint discussion OF
the county board Is concluded by COM
muncation from Joe Shelby Riley OF Valley
View Texas. The Journals departments
are All Interesting and we'll edited Pub
lished at Austin.
The Penny Magazine for November pub
lished at Philadelphia. has seven excellent
short stories, including one by Julia Ma
sruder' entitled SISTER Mary of Meek
ness" -NN
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

The cabinet rumor will now MI the void
'a'eiy occupied by the election estimate.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

Archbishop Ben:oss q, ls cy = J.
important work on IssnnsstsdlI 4
iication had neen rr,sims
but the proof sheet ~
and the preface WIN
for Ireland. ktl
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-05-27

called free silver delegates adopt a free
coinage plank, then the gold standard
crowd will leave and should the conven-
ton fail to declare for woman suffrage the
feminine portion of the convention will
sever its connection with the party
1t promises to be a memorable conven-
tiOn for the Prohibitionists, and bids fair
to wreck the party, AS yet no move has
been made by any one Of the contending
factions for compromise. Each faction
seems possessed by an undying confidence
in its ability to worst its opponents, and
SCOTS at the idea of making terms
There were three caucuses yesterday.
One was held by the women, who decided
that unless u suffrage plank were inserted
in the platform they would leave the party
then the free silver wing caucused and de-
clared their leader should run upon a
'broad gauge" platform or none at all, and
finally the single issue crowd came to-
gether and announced that neither free
silver, woman suffrage, nor anything else
but prohibition should be mentioned in
the platform.
Much acrimonious talk has been in
dulged in by the contending factions in
the preliminary contention. The "broad
gauge" or free silver people have been
bitterly upbraiding Samuel Dickie, for
what they term his "traitorous' conduct.
He is national chairman and delegate
from Michigan, and is the only one from
Michigan who is out for a gold standard.
In reply TO these accusGtiOns Mr.. DiCkie
said that Ex-Governor St. John and his
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-05-27
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE
The Local Demonstration Will be {
Very Creditable One.
SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL PARADE
About One Hundred and Twenty-Five Will
Ride in Wagons in the Line of Parade
and Sing National Anthems.
Generous Donations.

The uncertainties concerning the Observ-
ance of Memorial Day are now dispelled and
the celebration will be equal to any previous
event on Decoration Day ever held in the
town. Many believe that it will surpass any
demonstration seen in the town on that day
for the past ten years.
The educational part of the celebration will
be feature. Fully one hundred and twenty
five public school children will take part in
it. They will ride in large wagons in the
line of parade and sing national anthems
both enroute to and in the cemeteries Many
of the wagons have been hired by Watkin
Waters Post No. 146, G.. A. r., and several
have been rendered for use free of charge
Among those who have made generous
offers are the Shenandoah Lumber q
Feed Company, Columbia Brewing Company
James Shields and William Snyder. They
have offered wagons and horses free of
charge and the offers have been accepted. 1t
is quite likely that the expense incurred in
hiring vehicles will be betrayed by the fund
the teachers Of the public schools have raised
by personal subscriptions The donations OF
flowers will be large from many sources.
There will be no occasion for the people of
town to seek pastime for the day elsewhere.
In addition to the Memorial demonstration
there will be a number of other attractions,
among them an ice cream festival at Robbins
opera house under the auspices of the %
Club, and the second annual picnic of the
Keystone Club at Columbia Park. The latter
will be an attraction of some proportion
Among the notable events arranged is a
grand buck and wing dancing contest.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-05-27
PROHIBITION SPLITP PROBABLE
Anticipated at the National Convention
at PittSburg.
THE MONEY QUESTION THE ISSUE
The Women suffragists, Too, Threaten G
Bolt if They are Ignored-The silverites
Said to be Largely in the Majority
in the Convention.

PITTsBURg, May 27.-That there will be
split in the Prohibition party as result
OF the national convention leaders of both
factions freely admit this morning The
split will come, they say, over the money
plank in the platform. AS yet scarcely a
word has been said regarding prohibition.
Money, the root of all evil, has been the
all absorbing topic of discussion 1t has
come to be a bitter and acrimonious discus
sion, and the opposing factions have said
many unkind things of each other in the
hotel lobbies. The bitterness of feeling
increases hourly, and it promises to be a
battle of determination.
If gold standard plank should be
adopted in the party platform by the dele.
gates from the east, then those favoring
the coinage Of silver at ratio of 16 TO !
will secede. If, on the other hand, the Sc
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-05-27

NEW YORK, May 27-Thomas A. Edison
has, according to The Electrical Review
succeeded in developing new kind of
electric lamp or vacuum tube by means
of which the X rays are turned into pure
white light. The new lamp is used in
place of the Crookes tube, with the ordn-
ary X rnys apparatus. Mr.. Edison be-
lieves that there are great possibilities in
his discovery, and is now enthusiastically
at work perfecting his apparatus in com
mercial form He expects that before long
he will so develop it that it may be used
with high economy on an ordinary incan-
descent circuit