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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15
Measures. Not Men.

Laredo Times.
The esteemed Houston Post Is heicly In
a position to take up one gu5ernatorial
candidates fight as against lie Others.
Tho esteemed Post has fish af its own
TO fry this campa gn.-San Ant) llo EX-
press.
The Houston Post is engaged, in IN eli
better work; that Of advocating prla1iries
and measures instead of men. Tuere is
nothing to cause any fear that Texas viii
not have a good governor after the tx-
piration Of the present incumbent's tenn
and we would not run any .lsk If lie
whole business OF selecting he man should
be left with the State democratic conyen-
ton, which will be held in I've t me.
whoever shall be nominated by that con
vention for governor viii be the next EcI-
ernor OF Texas and all that any GOOD
Texan can consistently ask is that the tpn-
vention may select the very best nan ros-
sibe
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15
OUR TRADE TRIUMpHs ABROAD.

A short time ago the London Times re-
gretfuly admitted that American goods
were "crowding' English trade abroad be-
cause Of the superiority of American ma
chincry OF all kinds by which the New
Worlds manufacturers were turned out.
The superiority OF the machinery was at
tributed 10 the superior intelligence OF the
American laborer.
A notable triumph Of our machinery and
mechanical appliances over all others has
Just been recorded at pi.tsDurg, where the
Westinghouse Electric company announced
that II had been awarded two important
contracts for electrical machinery in the
Old World. The first contract is for the
complete equipment Of the street railways
OF Glasgow Scotland, with apparatus, In
Guiding engines, dynnmcs and cars. There
are seventy miles Of railway there, owned
by the city. The aeconi contract was from
Spain for engines AMI dynamos for street
lighting In Malaga. Heretofore the city
has been supplied with English machinery,
hut complete new plant is to be installed,
and after general inquiry it was found that
the American machinery was the best.
Not only Is our machinery of various
linds finding favor in Europe and in China
aud Japan, but the record of 1896. and the
current year, shows that in a score Of
lines Of manufacture The American prod
uct ia chosen in direct competition and af-
ter comparison with English. French and
German goods OF the same kind
The fact must clearly indicate that the
infant period of American industries has
been ragged and to honest law makers es-
tablsh the frnudulency OF the claim for
high protection, ana yet the high duties
remain and the hcme publ, continue to
pay more for number of articles of nome
manufacture than Is charged Foreigners
We want to see our foreign trade encodr-
aged in every way possible, but To;cct-
I've tariff is no longer one Of the necessary
factors in the problem.
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ORDERED BY GENERAL sHER''|
The Calling Guns In the w
Federal Building
Washington Star.

Washington Star. 5,
General Miles has been siai'-',
considerable unjust criticism Oh ~
Of the placing OF several lathis
the Federal building In Chi'aso a ,ss;
troubles with the anarchists ~ ~
facts in the case are hat tne "a
question We're placed in position hsis
occasion by order Of Genera VS.
then in command Of the army ~ .nss
ton. with the knowledge ana
Secretary Manning. at that V,n hi
head OF the treasury Department. ...'alas
supervision over the Chicago gu ctyi
In a recent letter TO frlehu =
on this subject. General Milss 3,
You are authorized TO raW ciJ
stated that those Calling guas . ths
were sent there ten years ago. an Il
the anarchists were hanged W. sSIsls
nation that there was oio'
for looting the subtreasury Ia ~
You may also state that ~ Al u
tions--guards, guns, etc.--re ~ ursls'
to the workingmen,' but cor 81, ,i,r w
OF his treasure. as law-eo'n - he
and intended for the enemies smsl h
ornment, be they in large OF
berS."
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mum ~, -, - -
the BLIND LEADING THE DiJND

~ IN positively amusiag TO see republican
Papers attempting TO gather crumbs o,
comfort from recent Cuban occurrence on1
Sne'epy create excuses for the recent un-
popular presidential uttcrancrs on the Gu.
ban situation. What Is lacking in fact
Is easily supplied by Tie imagination of
tne republican editor, ami everything Is
painted as moving smoothly while a vlgor-
GUS American policy hangs high
Here Is sample of editorial utterance
'rom the Nebraska state Journal. which is
good sample Of republIcan comment ran
orally and with which 1t Is sought TO nlay
Upon the eredulity of the republican ,uasses
ana blind them to the real facts of the cit
ualion The Nebraska paper says:
ferhaps the gall of ex-Nlnister Taylor
afases from the reflection that while he
an ule administration he rcprpscuIe1 dlI
w ip succeed IN doing. anything to INDICATE
me horrors of war IN Cuba Tor IVA Ion
ana bloody years, within a few wenlss
ot the htcumhency OF his successor C;en-
sta Wooddord. who proceeded in gond
MoKineylevsa rSy out the policy, OF President
s,.N,s.,,es' Neyler Was recalled his cruel
ahnya Ivy, repeaied, all American priseners
netv S Sn .hs island set AZ liberty. and n
o .,om Spanish ministry had undertaken to
ut peace 10 the insurrectlon' sts tbnr
gave them everything they rnnisrTc, So 20.
save independence. The record ~ pra ~
vent Mchmley and General Noa,,or,
sthilus out In such violent contra. vVI n'it
WA. .ilat o. Mr., Cleveland ana uannIs Ta', ~
H,lat Y is not to lie wondered al thet w ~,
rpay,or T. very hot because pres,Snn, N NJ
hipiey hasht done something else '''-
of course the simple truth Is I'm, eve
Ter was recalled, his cruel measures 70
peaied, and all American prisoners so, :,
liberty because the assassin,s hunot
struck down canovas and forced ,he NJ.
erals under sagasta into power. with a
policy which they had advocated for vear
past. Mr.. Mckinley and Genera, woodf,,a
had about as much to 10 with the ,ha,aa
as the emperor of China or the shah ~
Persia
THE record OF President McKiniev ana
General Woodford stands out in such viz.
lent contrast with that OF cleveland sna
Hannis Taylor!" The presan. admlnjs,ra.
tion has not departed a hairs breadth from
the policy OF Its predecessor. unless Il lie
more subsevvient to Spain and less friendly
% Cuba Not demand has been made
upon Spain since the tth OF March. not a
hand turned for Americans or Cubans,
However. anything goes for republican ar
gumeuk, n the face OF the promise, Mt
present, Of the weakest administration We
i've evDr had In the United States.
"A - 1lfta. >,lxn..iry, a. ~
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other Peoples Troubles.


After ALL there is commercial value
in trouble, for if people did not tell their
troubles and go to others for sympathy ana
assistance, several classes OF our citizens
would in popular parlance. be cut of a lob
for more than one OF tho professions IN
fact nearly all of what are callel tho
learned professions, depend cor existence
upon troubles not their own, One r.sn be-
comes alarmed about the state of his sopI
ana goes 70 the preacher, and the preacher
the condition OF his body, and he DOCTOR
worries; third is concerned ahout ,be
state OF his property. and the lawyer vors
res; fourth makes up his mind lha; his
ohildren are coming to no good as tney
are takes them 10 the tea,ner, ard tbe
teacher worries. SO that niauliud trcts
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

Colonel T. NJ Campbell of Palestine has
been quietly giving attention % a Plan
which, If carried to a conclusion. would
be worth millions and millions Of collars
to the peope OF Texas. lust Why he is
not already to the front with the inio. ma
tlon he possesses and he enterprise tie
has In mind is a matter of great surprise
to the Courier. We trust that the peoplc
will hear from him in the near future.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

bill and open the Indian Territory. all 10
tho benefit of the Nation. while waiting
for something more exciting to turn up N
the line OF politics. OF course congress
men imagine they are IN Washington only
to talk politics, but intervals can he fouDj
when some business matters might be at
tcrdeS tn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

at tho Transmississppi exposition at Omaha
and the exhibit collected for such purpose
or portion OF 1t. might be saved as the
nucleus for even greater display across
the water two years thereafter. 1t is time
Texas was walking up and bidding for
greater population, wealth, industry and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15
Fright and Genial.

III laso AlL1ts.
Charlie Edwards is now yepresenuns
The Houston Post in WASHINGTON. Mr..
Edwards is one Of Texas braiulest AID
nest industrious young newspaper men
His bright genial disposition aud I'M ate
courtesy will win friends Tor him AZ tie
national capital and enable him to ge,
all the news. 1t is the sour. lnacciable
correspondent who always gets stootcd
at Washington.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15
knows n Good Thing.
Colorado Citizen.

Our goSd friehd Holland OF The ,ions.
ton foSt was recently in Rock Island. in
this county, and wrote up fine ;ri,ele
concerning that section Of the county
sees It,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15
Killing in Cookie Coun,

GAINESVILLE, Texas, December 14.-p,y,,
laws shot and killed D. A. Brooks last
night Both farmers. living in the southern
part OF this county
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

Trained Recrult-Recrulting Sersear,
Do You KNOW anything about the d,iiIs
kscruit-Av course. Didn't OF tell vs, n,
worked IN quarry these folye vasrs ~
-Phiiadelphia Record, paS'!
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

New York. Dec.mbsr :,
patient public will re. n.
i; cant all see Martin Tha.
Martin Thorn's yellow do
pear in a dime museum, 49,.
be advisable to burn nue.
ings and electrocute his s sess
Some of the big shops =.
room for baby carriages. <
cove OF one store today / ,s,'.
vehicles Of this sort, mapy !, . &
the pet of the flat. Tbev
eye OF one young woman .rs Mt y
busy to flirt. aaa ~
The head Of the cstablisbr...
DR.. Parkhurst indulgei in n.
game of leap frog" who H..
ing for action on the indle,.
against her ever since th,,
New York from center 10 ~.
was told the other day 70 cen
more. DR.. Parkhurst wax ~ 81 ~
BUT he didn't appear, hence n, ssa \
OF the case, along with eiyS,s
the same sort. The ind;osws
pigeon holed in 1892.
He was n clergyman, iuav,,.
frock' and he approached the ~
man in the liquor department Nh.
~ i want--er." be said, st,s
'er pint of really very fine wbl,., /
Invalid" Yes, sir" said the ~.
"And-er-would you please siss \
in O flat bottle. and wrap IN IN
that it will look like bookrs u!
hoid down a metropolitan pulpit /
One poor hubby here las ,ses Y
into court on account OF hls WI
linory bills. He forked over NM, !,
bankruptcy staring him In III, y.
then he threw up the .,ponge An, y
to await events. On the stand i.
that his wife, who had hats "a y.
dered three more on three ccnsccp.ir
one at S2S, another at s23 and In "
SIG. His tale of woe SO imny,.1
Judge that he decided the case -, 4
dealer in felt and feathers. js,
abused wife hasn't appealed IN 4
and alimony,
The music played in the Chinese 4
in Doyers street is neafly as olI
play. 1t was composed A. D. 20. /,
been handed down from generation !
Grafton by sound alone. The fjv
ments used in the thea.er are exaetI,
same construction as hey were
centuries ago-the drum, the ylut,
two-stringed instrument on tbe
principle, the banjo like one-strlrs
strument and the metal-s,rlngei 1,
ment that looks like either
sticks to old customs except when ii
poker.
1t was not bedlam nor an insane
just a plain progressive euchN
with 500 contestants, that sat down
gether in Brooklyn armory to h
the usual Dresden china shaving
and celluloid hair brushes that d
every game of this aort. OF cylis.,
a progressive woman who pulled d
gigantic game of euchre to the sstii
of all who sat around the $50 tahl
talked about" trumps, who's lead
it alone" and so forth. Cuchre va
lively game-for Brooklyn.
TIE human crush now centsfs
shopping section. The stores and u
walks are packed with people niahr
day purchases. The big department
are Obliged no bar out children IA
panied by their elders, or else thsrs
be no room for anybody else in the
partments. The youngsters hang
the outside doors and resort to all
ruses TO get in. Grown-up cllTiosl
ers also get the cold shoulder II
ness from basement TO steentn w
in large part to liberal newspaper
Using. All the leading firms D
creased their space, and II IS qu'le
that the masses now ina mort
matter to their liking in The tarS
umns than they do in the eonsl
reports or the news from '-una'
events, that's the way Il prospefo'
chant puts it.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

The New York World says that the rea,
creme de la creme of New York society
has been reduced from 400 to IS. This l.
more in keeping with the popular esti.
mate of the amount OF cream IN Nav
York's society.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

There is no excuse for
wishing you had some
thing you have not. -. 20 J.
10 The PcsI I
Columns. ~
will see the 2
number usss
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

He was q clergyman, judy,u. y.
frock' and he approached the ~
man in the liquor department ~.
ly. Il want-er." be said 49,
Ter pint of really very fine wbl...
invalid Yes, sir" said the ,,,,.'
"And-er--would you please ~ X
in O flat bottle, and wrap IN tbs !!
that it will look like u book?r "
hold down a metropolitan puInit
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

A number OF papers throughout the
country comment on the proposed Buffalo
bayou ship channel and admit the growing
inheritance of Houston and the work con
tenplateI. Congress must Mt once recog
MIC the National significance of the pro-
icct when It is properly presented to It.
1t Is Houston's part Of the work 10 see
that the scheme Is laid before inc National
lawmakers IN all its details. AMI TIM
Pos, again remarks that there is no time
TO be lost by this city.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

| called on Mr.. Kseuoy TO-DAY at his Of.
flee and he said to me. "The recent u,tor.
"nees OF Count Goluchowsk. taken in Con-
neotion with the attitude OF the leading
statesmen or other European countries.
must convince every thoughtful and patrl-
otto American citizen of the imperative ne
cesslty of the immediate adontion OF
purely American financial policy as a safe.
guard. net only TO our commerce, but our
INSTITUTIONS. Which are how imperiled by
the present gold system at home. and tho
threatened ocmoination OF the great Eu
ropeap powers abroad. Count Goluchows-
"a warning 10 the great powers Is the
strongest argument in favor Of independent
oimetallism by the United States THAI has
ever been put forth. He specifically adj
mits that by the adoption OF independent
nimetalllsm america can debar Europe
from industrial competition in the trade
marls OF the world.
There are enough right thinking men IN
this eountr< today 10 make the adoption OF
purely financial and economic policy pos.
sieie, II they can be brought together on
this issue, and no not. as heretofore. waste
their strength In contending for issues
which can safely be left 10 the future. oar
leaders are not unmindful of the dangers
arising from the efforts OF republican
mahipmators TO create multiplicity Of is
sues and thus divide our forces. The dan
ger arising from several Organizations ia
diversity OF issues. Hence the necessity
for centraliaing the work OF organization.
we have reasonable assurance that The
congressional representatives who will
nave charge OF the next campaign are alive
70 me situation and equal to the accom-
p'sunen' OF this important duty"
NAE
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

There Is mo question that CHINA ana
1Iayh will have to run it over for the con
ISOLATION purse.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

some of the big shops M
room for baby carriages. <
cove of one store today
vehicles Of this sort, many ., Il.
the pet of the flat. They ~.
eye OF one young woman AN. Mt -
busy to flirt. aas ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

The Post is placed under obligations 10
Mrs b. Bingham of Juiin for a sample OF
splendid syrup. 1t shows what Texas ean
do In this line, where are to be found tha
finest and most productive sugar lands in
the world,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

Uneasy lies the head Just now that
wears Austria's crowu--a PEASANTS cap
would be far more comfortable.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15
GOSSIP OF GAY

New York. December a.
patient public will "a, ~,
it cant all see Martin rhos.
Martin Thorn's yellow dog ! |
pear in a dime museum. 81.
be t' advisable to burn murss.. =
mgs and electrocute his pets
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

The Society for the Prevention of Ctuci-
~ to Animals IN New York watched the
six days bicycle race without raising IA
iluprri
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

Tbs Tanmany appropriation in banoI,
OF Cuba is beng spent for medicine sur.
g'oai Instruments aud food supplies. An
ounce OF Tamnany charity OF tnst kim
is worth a pound OF republican sy,nnathv
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-15

Tn, administrators currency plans ave
still out in the open, with no disposition
Oh anybody's part to appropriate thenl
Thele's not enough money in them.
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4! ~ |s. rig e ss e = c sc.''
Is f6HIl ~ PosT. ~ csls. per Week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
E B. Cowgirl of the Kansas Farmer,
Says the Industry Cannot be
Made to Paw.

E. B. Cowgirl. who was at one time
superintendent of the Topeka sugar
works and knows more about the sugar
industry in Kansas than any other man
takes no stock in the attempt to open
the beet sugar industry. He believes
that it will prove a failure if tried just
as the sorghum sugar industry proved
a fat failure
I have received a report from Ari
zOna, said he, which is designed to
prove that the beet sugar business can
be made to pay. But 1 found that by
using their figures and making calcula-
tons that the factory would lose many
thousands OF dollars each year.
The great trouble is that there is
but one buyer for raw sugar. 1t can
not be sold to any one but the sugar
trust 1t must be sent to New York and
the bills are discounted, the freight is
deducted and the sugar maker finds
that he receives less than he paid for
the production of the sugar. That was
what was the matter with the cane SUI
gar factories in Kansas. The price paid
was not enough to pay the cost of pro-
ductiOn and no institution could stand
up under such conditions.
1T may be that it costs too much to
produce sugar here. In Germany the
superintendent is paid about half what
he receives here, the machinery costs
less and all the labor costs less so that
they can make the sugar industry pay
but it cannot be done here under the
present conditions and there is no use
to try"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
WHISKY AT Ss5 A GALLON.
It is Struggled Into Alaska and Sold
at That Price,

Tacoma, Wash, May 27--News comes
from Alaska that liqour of a doubtful
quality is being smuggled into that ter
1itory in large quantities. The shipment
of liquor there is unlawful except where
special permits are granted, but many
saloons receive fresh cOnsignments
though liquor is never entered on the
steamers manifest.
The latest ruse for getting quantities
of whisky into the interior is to take it
through Alaska in bond for British ter
ritory beyond. Being prohibited there. a
bond is given British customs officers to
take it out in a specified time Means
are found for the taking of it across the
line into Alaska at some point not watch
ed by American officers.
It is asserted that in this way POO gal
Ions of high proof spirits were distributed
among Yukon mining camps last season.
BY diluting the quantity was increased
to 2,400 gallons which sold for S25 per gal
lon, netting a profit to the smugglers of
S45. 600. Similar. though smaller ship
ments are being made this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27
AMERICA Is WARNED.
Leading Spanish Paper Declares
Spain's Patience is Almost
Overtaxed.

Havana, May 27.-EI Diario de Ia Ma
rina in a leading editorial today says:
I'VE see in the American newspapers
evidence that there are certain social
classes in the United States not suffi-
GENTLY alive to the Importance of the
advice Don't monkey with the lions
tail
These classes are remarkable for the
eagerness with which they invade juris-
diction in affairs which like the Cuban
war are exclusively the affairs of Spain.
1.-The persistence with which they rec
ognize the belligerency of the insurgents
is crazy and ridiculous. The important
conservative interests of the United
States should not forget that the pa
thence of Spain may soon become ex-
hausted. The Spanish government has
given abundant proofs of its good will by
ignoring the many Inconvenience that
have been caused by resolutions in con-
gress- These interests ought to be thank
full to for our abnegatiOn. We have
suffered. But in case the sword should
be unsheathed Spain would certainly not
be the heaviest loser in the fight.
''Spain has sent 100000 men to Cuba to
settle a domestic difficulty. What would
she not do in the event of a foreign war
with the nation which for a century has
abused our patience by ignoring Spanish
honor and chivalry? President Mckinley
should consider this carefully and if he
is to deal with US al enemies let him take
the advice of an enemy and no longer
trife with US"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-27

Sheldon & Co and marked "conf1den-
tial," was forwarded to you in very
few days by the American Book Co.and
you have been using it ever since in the
interest of that company.
No one would think there was any
thing wrong about the letter were you
manly enough to show all of it, or give
the explanation contained in 1T. The
simple truth is, we had spent good
deal of money on a useless errand, were
frozen out by the combine, and were
willing to leave the State of Washing
ton to the mercy of the combine for a
consideration, after they plainly said by
their actions, 1--WE don't want your
books offered at low prices"
Now, have explained the letter. show
up your expense account as offered. I
would especially like to- see them with
reference to the Shawnee county fight
last fall.
This letter is published herein, to
give 1t a good circulation, for the in
formation of those who have been mis-
lead by a partial view of, that letter. -
than for any other purpose.
Yours truly,