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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

simple law repealed. claiming that the cleo.
tons governed by the existing law are cor
rupt and fraudulent. What IS Texas offered
for It's present law? The Australian ballot
system. an offspring of tyranny and despot-
ism. 1t is said that the system Is popular
In the States where it has been tried
Granting that. yet the Svoboda contends
that the system is not fit for freemen
Thank God, Texas Is not inhabited by poo
pie who must be told how they should vote
or for whom they should cast their ballots
They tthe people) are able to determine
that fact for themselves. The object Of the
proposed bill is to tell the people Tor whom
they should vote and how they should cast
their ballots. The bill is a measure in
tended to benefit political rar,ies especial
ly that party which may be in power in any
particular county, because 1t proposes to
vest commissioners courts with absolute
power In relation to candidates for office
and the preparation OF ballots TO be cast
by the voters at an election The decision
OF the commissioners court In relation to
those matters is fnal there is no appeal
from that decision provided for. however
erroneous the decision may be. The com
mssioners courts pass upon the natural
rights OF men. They determine who shall
be a candidate for any Office and upon what
ticket shall the name OF candidates be
placed. Is such law suited for freemen?
missioners courts the power to appoint all
the officers. and save the expense OF cleo
tons. The proposed bill is in direct con-
tliet with democratic principies-rot such
principles as are being advocated by politi-
clans. Man is endowed by his Creator
with a free will: he has right to do what
suits him hest provided he does not in
lure in any way his fellow-man. II fol-
lows that every man has the right to run
for any office he ploasea. without having
been first nominated by some political
party. and without submitting his romina-
ton to the commissioners court. or any
other court except the last tribunal-the
people. What remedy will n person have
who offers for an office II the commissioners
court will not place his name upon the
ticket? He can not get out his own ticket,
for that would be against the law, and yet
true democracy teaches that every man has
the right to do what he pleases. The poll
tician, claiming to be a democrat, teaches
the people: You people are not honest
enough to select your officers according to
| the existing election law. Your ballot box
must be purified to prevent frauds. and to
purify the same the election law of Texas
must be so complicated that II will require
| an able lawyer to understand the law. You
| people have not sense enough to make out
your own ballots the commissioners court
which is your own creature, possesses the
| tickets. Then the politician will say to
| himself; 81 have fooled the people; they
will send me to congress" The Svoboia
| hopes there are enough Of such sterling
| patriots as our represen tative tWolters) In
| the legislature TO defeat the measure and
| thereby tell the people of Texas that they
trust their honesty and intelligence.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
u Z IL fNH1 To
hicago Times Herald.

Chicago Times Herald.
General John NJ. Wilson. chief Of the
army engineer corps. who has just been
promoted to that position and has been
made brigadier general. is by no means
unknown to the mariners OF the great
lakes. The general was for many years in
charge OF the river and harbor improve
ments on Lake Erie and had his head
quarters at Cleveland. He has been Of no
small service in the light Institution, and
is widely known to the lake interests. Cen
eral Wilson is native of Washington and
is 60 years old. In 1860 he was graduated
from the military academy at West Point
HIS hrst service was in the artillery, ard
ne passed through the civil war with great
credit. He was brevetted many times for
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
THE TEXAS PAPERS.

The Round Rock searchlight now comes
out as a bright slx-column folio.
NJ. n, seyler has taken charge of the
editorial department OF the Quanah Chief.
Miss Kate Perry is business manager Of
the paper.
The Waxahschle Enterprise begins It's
twenty-thrd year under very favorable
conditions
The Texas Coaster takes up the poll tax
question as follows;
A poll tax can Only be just when It APP
plies to every man who exercises the ry ht
OF suffrage. The government bclurgs to
those who support II, and no one VITO falls
to contribute his share should be allowed
to cancel a supporters vote.
Concerning home manufacturing the De-
catur News says:
There is hardly paper in Texas hut Is
advocating the question OF more home
manufacturing. This is a question OF very
great importance, fer II more factories can
be started in Texas more money can be
made and saved by everyone. Push the
good work along.
The Bonham News offers this suggestion,
which is almost as reasonable as a good
many other measures which have heen pro-
posed for raising revenue:
licensed society OF horse thieves would
not pay quite SO well as when horses were
| higher price. but II would prevent many
Violations OF the law against theft and save
the sheriff lot of trouble In catching
thieves. Then, man would not be Il thief,
either, for he would pay his license and
have a right to steal. Why not have a
law to grant such license? IL wogld bring
In q good revenue.
Tho Gold,hwuite Eagle is friend OF the
teachers and has the following to say about
the payment of vouchers:
Teachers OF the public schools OF Texas
should take some concerted action to have
the present legislature pass DILL rtovid-
| Ing for the payment OF iaterest or vout hers
which are not paid promptly There is no
| class OF people in the State so badly treat
| ell as tho teachers, and they noed not sub
nit for the people would uphold them in
| any just demand they might make, There
| In no vocation requiring such thorough
| preparation as that of n teacher and the
pay for services in the school room Is al
| ready too small. without having to wait a
year for the money from the State or dis
| count the voucher. The legislators arc
| perfectly willing 20 deal Justly with the
teachers II the matter is brought to their
| attpnt lon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

II IL said that Professor Nirchow's
friends are making arrangements TO eel
ebrate the jubilee OF his connection with
Ex-CIongressman James Wilson the
next secretary of agriculture, is father
OF the position, having first introduced
the hi creating the office.
PresdoHt Patton of Princeton accepted
the inv tation of the trustees OF the Johns
Hopk ms university to deliver the chief
address AZ. the commemorauon day ex-
ercises OF the university, OF February ~.
FREDERICK Alfred Krupp, the German
OF labor N the world. on the pay rolls of
s vac establishment AT Essen are over
5000 men, all engaged In making NUM-
tons of war, Herr Krupp is AZ years old
A. c; Tran, a graduate of Harvard,
% and now member OF the law school
OF Cambr dGc, Mass, IS soon to marry
Mss Ethel Nissan, a relative of W. X.
Vanderbilt on his motors SIDE She is
banker.
The Belyiiere N. Jl Apollo" in be-
thai The s,, first years publication of tho
seklees. father OF General Daniel L. Sick
les. At the end of the year Mr.. s rklss,
en,iro fortune consisted OF but 20 cents.
The Schubert exhibition In Vienna was
opened by the emperor IN he presence OF
German. italian and French a,nbs IA , S'rs
and the principal local authorc -es. MS
majesty delivered a speech exto,,lng schu.
bert as the representative of The purest
ar, end creator of the noblest form OF
Rev. Or Augusta j. Chaplin of Chicago
mas returned from years travels IN
Europe and Is now visiting II ends in Bos'
ton, She Is an alnmna OF the Unyersitv
OF Mlchlgan, and Is said to be th,. oniy
woman upon whom has been consesroi thss
degree OF doo.or divinity. As a clereymau
sne mas made creditab,e record IN The
various pas'orates she has held
Don Sauarzanti, a dean AMI cano, of
'"e Sa'"eoiai OF ferrare. In Italy, who
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
GENERAL John NJ NILSSON Chief of Army Ennneer Corns

his gallant conduct during the war. For
four years-from 1871 TO 1s75-he was in
charge of the fortifcations at Forts On
tario and Niagara. In the last named year
he was transferred to Washington Terri
tory and Oregon to look after the works
on the Columbia river. In 1882 he was re-
called to Washington. where he was made
assistant chief of engineers. Having held
that position until 1856 he was again sent
TO California. When Mr.. Cleveland was
elected president he made General VIII
sen superintendent of the public buildings
and grounds in the District OF Columbia.
In 1889 he was made superintendent OF the
academy at West Point, and in 1898 he
was recalled to Washington and given his
former position as superintendent OF pub
lie Buildings and grounds. General Wilson
is one of the ablest men in the engineer
corps and his promotion is the reward of
merit.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

recently died. was possessed of a hand
some fortune. which he beque1thed to
the Ntrs n OF the Grace. one of the master
pieces of the cathedral. HIS poor rela-
ives appealed TO The chapter 10 revoke
could not legally be an her. bu: this the
chapter have refused to do.
The English DEPARTMENT at Harvard
university IA 10 establish a memorial in
1t VII take the form of library of books
connected with the course In English, and
VII be endowed in the name of Professor
Child. Some weeks ago the committee In
charge OF this plan sent private letters
To persons t1ter.sted. The response was
generous, $500 having already been sub
sCr!bcl
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
The Post Almanac.

The Svoboda expresses its thanks to The
Houston Post for one OF Its Almanacs. The
Almanac contains about 500 pages of very
valuable information. 1t contains stats
ties history, total votes cast by counties
OF the last election. names OF congress-
men, OF governors Of all the States and
names OF our ministers to foreign coun-
tries In short the Almanac contains
everything that any person should know,
II costs but % cents. Those desiring the
Almanac write Tho Houston Post, Houston,
Texas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
THE PREsIpENT.ELEcT.

When Mr.. Mckinley was nominated for
the presidency. The Post, remembering his
record as governor Of Ohio. declared that
he was 4 man without great strength Of
character or individuality and would. as
president. become but as putty In the
hands OF his advisers. as he had been IN
the hands Of his friends while in the CUB
ernatorial chair.
Recent events are justifying this opin-
ion expressed by The Post and emphasis-
ing this want OF declsiveness and indie
pendence In the president-elect In the
nrst place he has already announced his
purpoee to turn the departments over abb
solu,ely to his cabinet oficers-in the mat
ter Of appointments as in other things.
The responsibility Is thrown as far as pos
sible on other shoulders. Appointments are
to be made. too. upon the recommendation
Of the party committees and party ma
chinery In the various States. The presi-
dent ia to place himself and bis admins
tratlon wholly In the hands OF his party
As stroke OF party policy this may be
wise move, but 1t indicates at the out
set the want OF Individual independence
OF the man and the absence OF that fear
less strength OF character which the coun-
try would like to see IN the chief exec
ut.ve OF the Nation.
Hr, Cleveland has gone to the other ex-
IRENE lie has totally ignored party and
manifested distrusi o, friend and foe
alike. Where Mr. Mckinley is exhibiting
weakness Mr. Cleveland developed stub
borness The one has relied too little upon
his advisers, the other proposes 10 become
the blind instrument Of his party con-
freres and completely surrender to them
his Individuality. A case in point and in
Illustration is cited by the pittsburg Post
It seen that the presldentelect does not
dare select cabinet officer from New
York or Pennsylvania without the approval
OF the senators from those States. The
Iiuseurg paper says:
From papers friendly 10 Senator quay.
as well a- those who DO not teain WIN
ms senator's faction, the iact seems TO
Doe We'll established that quay aa4 Pen
ross between them nave defeA-ed Tue
II a cabinet officer from Penn
sFIFaU.A. Probably they WoulG Aat. dc-
copied Governor Hnssng bat MAJOR
81 uley ga not tanke. stter tnat
cA..I - DC ~ ny. Hc would very iikry
Rave appointed slr. Knox OF PittsGrrs
aa, ~ no PERSONAL digestion. had po-
q al ones Alg KNOX cpud not pe re-
-ed on io take service ana swear ahegl-
arce 90 the quay mach.ne. ard iheteioFe
b.. WAS n. aNB.iihie MAJOR Mrk.n4ey.
wlfh the narrow uArs n in tho senate,
.lre- not propose 20 antason.ze nc FERN
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
THE CITY.

The Post 10 delivered 10 any part o. the
city by carriers a. N-D per month: three
months. 500. ak months. $500, one year
el2oo
Mr.. Theodor. Bering has charge OF the
City Circulation and Collecting.
Aesars Theodore Ber.ng and Cha-les
Lott are the authorized collectors OF a.!
city bills both advertising and su0scrip-
ton, and no money should be paid 10 any
enc other than chose named. unless spec.Al
written authority signed by the BUSINESS
Manager is shown, All accounts OF any
ere should be PAID by check IN FAVOR u
The Houston Printing Company.
No orders for goods" etc. are given c7
tho management, ard none viii be accept
ed In payment OF office bills.
Subscribers falling TO receive the pap"
regularly will please not4fy the Once
promptly. Every subscribers paper IS ex-
pec;ed to be delivered not later than So
a. Ia.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
4 solemn Warming.

In every town there are broad shouldered
s,aiwart men leading idle lives and COM
plnihihs That they can get nothing to do.
iheir ruin dates back from little Federal
9,hce which united them for useful work.
Ihey lest their places, and will stand
around the remainder of their lives living
pointment.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
DushnelI's Opportunity.
Louisville Courier-Journal.

Louisville Courier journal.
Governor Bushnell has a chance to assert
his manhood in this matter The peanut po-
iitical scheme by which 1t is proposed 10
bargain away the Ohio United States SEN
atorship between Mckinley, Sherman and
thnna is an audacious attempt at usurpa-
t,on which ought to be summary
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
Hot oreece seems 10 be the latest dress
ing for Turkey.

The women Of Mobile Alabama, are en-
gagged in movement for ehe erection OF a
rnoGumen, IN memory of the Souths great
naval hero. Raphael Semmes. who earned
The rag OF the confederacy into every
quarter OF the globe. subscriptions or
Donations 20 ihis monument fund are So
Melted from those everywhere IN the
South who sre In sympathy with the OBJ.
'ec;. Those donations can bc sent 70 Mrs
+. W. Christian. treasurer, 80 Adams
street. Mobile. Ala.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

cult At any given time 70 locate the re-
sponsibiiity. II IL . great power cities en-
Joy In this respect. but 4 necessary one
vital to the very life Of the community.
And Il IL q power that Is rarely abused.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

All deputy marshals In the Territory are
now working under the fee system In
stead of salary. The change Is condemned
by all tho deputies.
officers today raided all gambling
rooms here, coniischiing everything used
In tho business and burned the tables and
other panaphernalia by the aid of coal Oh
In the street.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
His Poor Bruised Heart

They were sitting at the table,
And had quarreled. 1t was plain.
For his eyes were red with weeping
And his face was drawn with pain.
They'd been married but fortnight.
And she'd said he couldn't make
Such pancakes and such biscuits
As her father used TO bake.
Cleveland Leader.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
LEADING EDITORIALS.
From the New York Journal.
TRUSTS The favorite defense OF

From the New York Journal.
TRUSTS The favorite defense OF
AND trust benenciaries and their
PRICES. obamplons Is the plea that
under the GENERALIZATION OF production 'he
cost Of the article affected Is cheapened 10
the consumer. and In advancing this plea
they point out that sugar is cheaper no"
than before the formation OF the trust ihe
prices OF oil. OF matches. Of dressed meats
and other necessities. the production ard
distribution of which are now nionopoliAed'
are cited In the same way
There is a we'll known fallacy expressed
by logicans as post hoe ergo propter Zoe
under which this trust argument comes.
The fact that a certain situation follows a
certain action does not necessarily prove
that one is the effect and the other the
cause. Yet in discussion Of economic cues
tons this assumption. however fal.acious.
is often made. Because the United states
under the gold standard is great and VOW
erful. and Mexico with silver standard Is
weak. We are told that 1t Is the gold stand
ard alone that makes ours the superior ma
ton. because under protection our indus
tries have multiplied. we are ASSURED ttat
out Tor protection We should nave nau no
factories. Because oil Is cheaper now than
when the Stanard OH Trust was formed, we
are asked to believe the $4,000, 100 mi de
by the president Of that trust In thirty
years is merely the Just Gnd 'easonnhle
concentration OF man who has served his
fellows well by reducing the price Of
necessity OF life.
Arguments of this sort arc fallaclous be-
cause they Ignore many Of The conditions
affecting the problem. Sugar Is cheaper
than before the formation OF the trust, but,
as vas shown In the testimony o. Mr..
searles. the price to the consumer has not
fallen in proportion TO the fall in the price
OF raw material Moreover, the last few
years have been an era OF falling prices,
and the figures show the articles dealt In
by trusts to have been chcapenol, when at
all. III less degree than the products cub
1ect to free competition. Furthermore, II
is demonstratable that sugar. oil. meats
and the like trust controlled products de-
creased In cost more rapidly while freely
produced and sold than they have since. II
was to check that cheapening process. re-
sulting from free competition. that the
trusts were formed.
Monopoly means low prices to Ill who sell
to the monopolist. and high prices - all
who buy OF him. The purpose Of the trust
is monopoly with all it implies.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24
greatest and most rapid expansion IN Pop
via,iop wealth ana trade

Memoranda In the pockets of some Of
the young men on the New York Sun.
such as brush" or ribbon for tyre
writer" have evidently been getting them
into trouble az home. The Sun wants the
fair operators called "typographers
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

From the Svohoda.
PROPOSED Thro,c, AZ.
,xr,, our representative, tho

'"e" 'nt klnGnces OF
~ un"S our representative. tho
'"Ns'IIon. ], f. VOTERS tho
svoooda has received a copy OF tho oloct,on
piii' pending before the present lec,s,,
ture OF Texas. After a careful oxam,rot,o-
OF tne Dill we have concluded that TEXAS
uoes not need such reforms IN its e,e,t,o,
Ia" as are proposed in that bill Tho M,
!eot oi the bill seems to be TO purify tho
ballot box. when. in fact the provisions =,
INC Dill lay wide open the way to corrun-
Ton All elections are held for the MIR.
pose of enabling all the legal voters to ey -
press their will upon any proposition sub.
mitted to them for their decision. In ordcr
that correct decision OF all the legal
voters voting upon any proposition may hs
ascertained, the law governing elections
should be so simple, clear and explicit that
even the most illiterate and ignorant vo,er
may be able to understand it so as TO en-
able him 10 prepare and cast his ballot ao-
cording TO his own free will. The law
should guard with jealous oyc all the
votes cast from the time they have been
cast until they arc counted, and any inter
ference with the votes during that ,~ae
should be punished. severely. Texas now
has such an election law. !, Is simple,
clear ard explicit and prescribos n suff-
cient penalty for the interference with tho
ballots. Such law as Texas has does
not suit the politician. There is no room
In the law for him to manipulate the voters
without his being detected. He wants the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

weyier has almost dropped out Of notice
since Greece set the wheels 10 gong IN the
Eas., However. another edici IS about
due from the captain general, and he gen.
orally makes them ridiculous enough TO
attract passing attention.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

Sometimes a baby gets TO y
months old before her father RAN
there are other things 10 talk aooal-
erville Journal.
Lady OF a Certain Age--i like ms
but IL doesn't match my compleAim
Candid Friend--oh, that's oW : =
You can alter your complexion
Wrinkles.
At u social gathering the gus
Miss Aureola Smith said TO MI 49, 49,
Jones: "Don't you think Ars s;, MA u
gowns herself dreadfullyT,. WEI
little how came. you-so." aas.u
ZONES hut Mr. Robertson paau -
IN o nyo,,site taste, buffalo Courie'
"That was a queer story about I'M
Minnesota being freed by Wow. ~ ~.
his way to be married" said 'as wv
Most remarkable exhioltioa q. ~
intelligence know o. 'A1
Idiot.
Yes: they must have reai,,ey, .sla,s}
der he would be at that time
lis Journal. U
Mamms-Dld mamma. nv
baby still while I was a NWss'u; bei Z
Mamma ..;s, xou'd let Susie pay y, a
cause rs hard work TOT ,n rr.rs BAT
him all the afternoon
p.,oro the w,nd.-"say", q, ss,s I \
Before .so c., tSe sid off mud s.s ei sstsa
al nns they ia.S peel you before fi''
up thereV .,o,ehtful. y wy
ho effected, at was asasss-thlrf y 4
worse than your blight ." v
rain tomorrow" , ,,.red vlndist'~|
However. the san
New York Press
whats your new glr.' n
81 call her brooklyn -,
"Why? . many pla'es
"she smashes 80 mAA
land Plain Dealer. -
.p,x,,,,," he said tend'ss ~. ss,r y
,srr,ble discovery J
BILE" .,yuIslyely. .,.,,icr 81
La ,
'A Ana in the cc ,S.. ,~,olphlssss's
American.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

Tho Boston Globe is pleased to say:
That the South has is own function In
textile production, quite distinct from that
OF the Eaxi. is seen In the fact that not
only have there been no close downs in
The Southern mills. but there are no pros
pscts OF any" Tho Globe thinks the South
mus. continue for some time making
coarse material, while the flncr gruies OF
manufacture are left 10 the Northern mills
and that there mead be no disastrous com
petition.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

IF one mus, drink" says Evangelist
Moody. 'let him drink whisky" Has Mt.
Moody n date in Kentucky?
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

Mr.. wolcoet cables that he feels as Il he
had accomplished something by hts trip
abroad. A man who has been well dned
and extensively winei generally feels as
II he had not been living altogether In
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-24

Tho two great events down on the pro-
grammc for March are presidential in
augIraiion and prize fight.