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element for harmony" and we have. on
occasion, referred 10 those who repudiated
the ticket and platform they made a: In
dianapolis as traitors, but the truth, no
matter how caustic 1t may be, Is not VI
tupcration.
We certainly have no cause to employ
vituperation against those who could not
iudorsc the Chicago platform. Democracy
demands the allegiance OF no man who
can not at least accept its principles. We
think. indeed. that MIR. Watterson is some
what too sensitive with respect to his own
position. Considering his former relations
TO the democratic party, and the promi-
nent part his newspaper played in making
tho silver question National issue, we
think he made tho mistake of his life when
he rushed off into the gold standard camp
And yet it may be truly said that his old
political comrades have nothing but the
kindest feelings for him and enjoy to the
fullest extent those occasions, only too
rare, when they are once moro brought
in contact with his engaging personality.
MIR. Watterson objects to the suggestion
made in the article which he quotes that
the sound money democrats the boilers
can not enjoy Clevelandism without Cleve-
land. He calls 1t an assumption and
declares that If 1t ba we'll founded. there
is no hope whatever for restored and
reorganl2ed democracy revising it's line Of
policy. and starting out afresh as tho apos-
'io o, souhu eco''o'i''os ana human i'te-
uo ,,,
I mere Is ccrVd'hiy no nope OF taal II Mr.
Mallelson hahS lhe ln"orseiheht ny the
Ieluoera'ic party oil the Fuihous ana uh-
ueinoc'a'ic uoetFIhts set up ny Tue eIemeht
mat maze the ihuianapolis platform ana
.h"h Fepualated II. me democratic party
mas no reason Whatever 10 revise lis policy
IL has aiways been IN favor OF money that
Is really sound. and honest ana stable. but
IL Is also III favor OF honest ana stable
prices ana values. the clements that go TO
MAKE up prosperity There Is no possible
BASIS OF agreement between thcss who al
yer our recent and remote experiences, be-
| iie'c IN our present currency system, and
thoso VINO peileNe IN b!me'alllsm. we 10 not
sec now person OF MT Nattersons IN
teiilsence can nave any nope or expectation
IN mat direction;
Ihere is no lack OF harmony in the DEM
ocratic party. mere are no symptoms go
ing 10 snow that those VINO inhorsed the
,dicago platform last year nave any IN
tention of deserving thels party or their
prlholpies' oh the other mana, there are
abnndant signs everywhere and among all
classes that those voters VINO were deceived
mo approving the goia standard by re-
nupiicah promises OF prosperity are only
awaiting an opportuhity to turn their backs
1
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ALFRED AUsTIN's EFFORT.
HIS Latest Poem Is On the Victorian
Jubilee.

HIS Latest Poem IL ON the Victorian
Jubilee.
New York. June l6.-In its forthcoming
issue the Independent. under the headline.
Victoria. the Great" win publish the fol-
lowing poem. written for that paper by
Alfred Austin. poet laureate OF England.
The dew was on the summer lawn.
the roses blopmed. the woods were green,
When forth there came. as fresh as dawn
maiden with majestic mien.
They grt n crown about her brow.
They placed a sceptre in her hand,
And loud rang out a nations vow.
God guard the Lady of the Land"
And now the cuckoo calls once more,
And once again June's roses blow
And round her throne her people pour,
Recalling sixty years ago.
And all the goOdly DAYS between.
Glory and sorrow. love and pain,
The wifelv mother. widowed queen,
The loftiest as the longest reign.
She shared her subjects bane and bliss,
Welcomed the wise. the base withstood,
And taught by her clear life, 1t, is
The greatest greatness TO be good.
ieu while Tor Deace she wrought and
praved
She bore the trident. wore the helm,
Aud mistress OF the main, she made
An empire OF this. island realm.
so gathering now from near from far.
IRON rule whereon ne'er sets The day
From Southern cross and Northern star
tier poopla lift their hearts and pray,
Longer and longer may she reign,
ANA through summer night serene,
Whence day doth never wholly wane,
God spare and bless our empress queen.
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LEADING EDITORIALS.
From the New York Journal,

r-or, .bo So,r yo-, rorr,,i
-. ~. -, ,,s, ~.
| NhAos IN THE sChuolsSs-'ihe ieNas
legislator who offered resolution for tho
| Investigation OF the State university 10 the
a,4 ,ha, M, ">,-,h,-n f.,,,r.,,,,cs" wbo
'''' 20 ,,
| misht De 'here discovered teaen'hs ooS-
! rincs--political or econom.c-not in ae-
I cordancc with tho apnroyed Texan prin-
c,,,es sho,,,, =. -, ,,.,,.,,a A. o,n.r.
'e s'se"''' -
wise disposed OF, is not the hrst OF MS
kind. He win be fidiculed more than the
others. yltucera,sa mara than they. but
,ho, 4. ,,,,,. -. -. r~xar ,ac.
'""' Is oHi! because he Is AeNau' 2" ies
islator and no doubt 'popocrat'
But only few years ago all the repub-
lucan nawsna,s-s If no,-,,, and many Of
NV nv Lepuoi,oah LEGISLATORS OF M1cn'sa" VIZ
insisting mat teacher OF Pelt,v", eo ,,l
IN! =" 'ne STATE university snousu We US
NHA' seu luF ,euehins Tree N"Ve' VI i't Ne
,us suspstNeu OF IeahIng IN ma u'ie. ,I,
ar''SI' lne iseohsih au'ho''ISs Ulue' W
az es'!s"Goh OF tne class 'ue'louS y.
i'u'csso. H. Ely WHO "as sIsPee..u y.
stHNs 'a.ht 81 socialism, anu Ha'iU"S
escaped slAusiNer'
y ."se .iote preeises pa'"ii,' ~ ', m "a
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livered lecture on golf. in which he
traced the game to the garden of Eden.
y boy who recently died at the age Of
49, in Indiana. from excessive smoking, had
consumed in the past five years $4,000
cigarettes.
Russia has $1,000, 900 hens They average
yearly output of 4.000O00 eggs and beat
the French and German layers by about
500 900 900.
Tho German agricultural papers say that
the IMPORTS OF American apples into Ger
many last year We're twenty times as large
as in any previous season.
1t is said that the highest single foun-
tain let in the world Is in Bennington. Vt.
on the estate given by the late Trenon w.
Park as home for destitute women and
Children
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WAITING FOR PROsPERITi's "'n
Col. SmnlIcy Says II Hasn't
N,,r,nut md Ik Badly Aeeoea

Col. SMILEY says II H" -
Vermont and Is Badly seeoea
New York. June l5.-Colonel b'aa's'
Smalley. democratic National coliia''
man from Vermont and collector o. 'u.r !.
n off,, Huntington. was at the Fifth Ayenat y.
,el today He was on his way home wv
Washington, where he had been ~ ~ ...,,.
,o,lon with secretary Gage and other w.
urv department officials. When - -
ms to business conditions IN Nc" 1
he said, s,,,,-1bls
"1n my own State no more aep' ga
business conditions have existed ''u.. NV,
pu@ Is s,arnant. No one appears 70 ls ~
INV money. The farmers have ~ "A,
practically for their products. INV wi, h,
nra noaaIns for employment, with ,s,, !
nn hoes Of work at anything Ike NV,
wages, The same people who a 's,n,.v Az
o,angs from Cleveland to Mc'A'aA, ,.,a
nn,v as vigorously demanding s.s.,
from Mckinley. l was gold u u.,,p /,
,ut am frank to say that wess ioiay b
~, pa' animated for the presldehV'
would sweep the county, we that the n',
VIVA, assurance have We 'u ram Yhia
tariff " viii eradicate the ey l..e tom I'D
we suffer- While In Was it,an voala y
we f 5u'is out when final action ,n,n that To-
, ~ on the bill was .i .o,s Will peIaI
accent megu 4 the senate amendm ,',as pss "
, ,nD'e hat h' the president h ,ss p'Iasl
/, to or eH framed must Pc how wi ioas ~
as sar approyai II this be true and h'as
oontinue' s heard ns,hlpi
, ~oTf + !" Washington. Il tsrs 81 4,
at ,hl ,o or bel before Mcltlnley, opporpals
,h rrsen ,t" term no viii have I'm, A. .or The e.
I, hod pasS viii i be democratic ssoais today
silver silver majority in the .e-
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F7ho san Antonio Express says:


Tbs Houston Post has turned the tune
and the calamity wall has given place to
eNultant JDucs The Pose display OF a l.
VtrtiSlag patronage and general evidence
OF PROSPERITY never ala se"m 10 chime
very "e' wAya It's iuGubrous plant about
baci tines
The Post hls not turned any tunes nor
iniulgei N any calamity" bowling. The
Post has beea delighted 20 tell the world
OF tho houn-eo,.s orots promised In Texas
no thanks 20 this adma islration. and
has sorcowfuliy chroniclel the utter das'.-
tu,Iou of thousands OF less favored Sec
tons. The Post would gladly welcome
prosperity for uhc whole country and
spread tho news, but The Post simply
has hlb.t Of telling the truth and can t
re- over II,
Co'oael Tom Bowers Of the Crockett,
Enterprise makes the following assertion
alI prophecy:
There Is just one of two things that's
wthout delay. First, die la kbone of tn.
aggregated capital Unjust" be broken, or
second. there viii be . huriful. dis
aSirous revolution IN these States. with
peshans Il change in ti,s form of our GOV
eminent. How can tho first Ice accom-
plisneiR And how caa The lGtor he
aVeitcd? Th.ze are questions 'hat the
people must settle ANA right speedily.
We are afraid. Colonel Tom, that YOU
| may one dav have occasion 10 say. "Oh,
my prophetc SOUL
The San Antonio Light fickers feebly
as follows;
Houston seems to be mad because she
can not doNyI san Antonio Til is fool
sn, fce' If that Is . condition precsden; TO
her having The rabies Houston Is In for a
long lag. Strange with what pcrsist,ncy
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THE GOVERNORS hNTI-LYNCHlNq
EFFORTS.


Governor Culbcrson ie to be commended
for any efforts he may make TO pu, the
administration OF tho criminal law IN Texas
upon such basis o, certainty and eSpedi-
tlon that the necessity ior resort to mob
violence viii be entirely removed. All
good citizens VIII go with him to that
extent in his labors to put down lynch
law.
Out society must be given better pro-
lection than ii now enjoys In the courts II
wa would see that confident dependence
upon legal machinery which IL so desirable
everywhere. when life and virtue arc not
protected by the courts and turtles the in
dienant and outraged public Will give short
shrift TO the criminal.
The records Ct criminal courts IN al,
the United States have been disgrace
10 civilization. Murderers and rape hends
and train robbers and highwayrnen have
Hourished and multiplied until our Grim
inai statistics are appalling. Crime is
greater in this big. free, comparatively
prosperous republic than in any other Of
tho leading nations. Tho proportion Of
legal executions TO capital ofenses com
miiied is smaller than in any other civil
lied country. These are unpleasant facti
and the courts and juries OF the Nato'
are directly responsible. Interminahle de
lays in reaching a trial. dilatory motlon'
and tactics in secuA>sg contnuanees, th'
widest latitude in appeals and the reversal
for tcchnicalitles In the record. all have
contributed either 10 turn bloody and luEt
ftil criminals loose again upon society OF
20 imprson them for ridieulonsly shor
terms when their necks should have beer
broken in lcus than thirty days after theil
arrest. A slcily, mawkish sentiment II
many quarters against the inhiction OF the
death penalty has also aided In permittina
hardened criminals, who have forfeited
their rights under human society, TO x,
unwhipped OF full Justice.
VIII communities stand such situation
90 this? Can human patience be expected
TO bear with such dangerous and bagran
pervmson OF Justice? Is It any wonde
that an honest Indignation at atrociou
crimes and an honest contempt for tn
prevalent modes OF criminal procedure lea
70 mob yiolence7
Governor culberson v suggesting par
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THE CITY.

The Post 10 delivered 20 any part OF tne
city by carriers at $ico per month three
nonths. SS,eo. six months. 3e.0; one year.
k120O
Mr.. Thcodore Ber,ng haE charge OF the
City Circulation and Collecting.
Mesers. Theodore Bc.1ug and Cha-!es
Lott are tho authorized collectors OF al!
rity bills, both advertising and suoscrlp-
ton, and no money should be paid 10 say
written authority signed ~ the Business
Manager Is shown, All accounts OF any
Dze should be paid By check IN favor VI
The Houston Printing Company.
No ORDERS for goods" etc.. are rivcn By
s,is management. and none VIII be accep:-
ID In payment OF Office bills
Subscribers falling 10 receive the pspes
regularly will please notify the ONCE
promptly. Every subser!uer's pap, IS ex.
beo;ed 10 be delivered not late. {. an 80
Z. IN.
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rRoMlsE or ExcErlNo TINES.

,,. r--,,., &C., ., America with Ali
.,a,. ,s,oa,,,, ,r,..,s,.s ana their wan; 9.
so,.,,,ts.,,e ,rII,,sry ss.snllsbueo; and
~ s,,e.-,., :, ,,r,,-,.~s,ions for war. mas
"a .,-,.t 90, so-,s lt,elv and dangerous
c,,,,r,;.,,i,-s h.to,a -, SIMMER is ended
The ,,o,.,sivs ,,,o,,-,es n our big and re-
sou,cafr, country may no taxed before an.
n,hsr vssr bns s,vass
We can 10, o. an ,sycs longer. IN sn,,e
NJ Tho bs.i,aa,v .. The administration.
v,,hou, ,sk.ns some kiua @. action with
r,faran,. !, CHA .-5 s,s,, < IN that
ao,a,,ioa - ....,,.- s.,...naa. 49, nv
a., -, ~. 49,, 81, s.,- 40 :, ,hs
nelsNho~,o. t.,s,a - - -s~cr,,1e ,no -.
surco,,s v,I 80, ~. ,.,r,,-.,,,, ~ .na
go :, 49, - :, rIs,,ior 90 ,,t.
80. -. ss,,t-s ~ ,,i,,,,r, ado ,,y
,or,es ,,,.. r.o..jhlii,v a. tro,,,,,e vim r,ran
ovsr the glaw.iisn a7nexs,i,n scheme. Ana
4, can h. stated v5.b emphasis rich. bs,e.
tba, mis- la,,e- t-orb,e Il, fv so ,ns4-s re-
note Jansp l.. said p, h. .poi,,ng Tor a
.,sbt vim SOM Witt newer and s5. ,rob.
,,,, ,slnts .,.. Nv. s-. Ia ,-,.,.,-.i Or
.r,- ,,.. 49, 4.-.. 49,. -,..to- nh,
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More Mckinley Prosperity.
rronham Hammer.


one of The stmnge evidences of return
ing Mckinley prosperity Is the continued
bursting and smashing of small National
banks, which are gradually being gobbled
up by the Wall street combines.
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MSS MAuDE GONNE. THE IRISH JOAN OF ARc."

visit the United
She tell the people of America rarnel did
the V.
of
becan an nenseh
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And new IS the wtnisc OF our discomfort
made glorious summer by the report OF
the house committee that the university
faculty is not In the u7osely ting business.
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T,,e Cigarette

seymour NJ ss T TPis ,pou s-, s, ,, !. ~ %
the cigarette habit ~ factory 70 ara n, y
s,inss'n ~, IKE salse f Z less
n store dummy.
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Mr.. Mckinley has at has; found pronil-
ntnt Citizen With sufncient itch for Of
ifee TO Accart the Spanish mission. Ana
the remarkable circumstance Is that he
found him outside ~ Ohio and Texas.
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From the Atlanta Constitution.


OUR FRIEND. MR.. WATTERSoN.-
'toF Watterson Internationally does in
justice to n contemporary by crediting to
1t nm editorial article on cleveland and
cleveiandism" that recently appeared in
the Constitution. II is an injustice be-
cause our contemporary. II It's views have
not greatly changed, would hardly indorse
the sentiments expressed In the article
which Mr.. Watterson reproduces for pur-
poses Of comment, We do not think that
1t would indorse what Mr.. Watterson and
the Constitution have said in regard to
Cleveland and Cleyelandism, and, II re-
cent reports are true, 1t would hardly 90
TO the length Of indorsing the Chicago
platform.
Mr.. Watterson likewise does injustice "a
democratic newspapers by complaining that
they are so ''vituperative' as practically
to mako it impossible to discuss public
| questions with them" We have net OBJ
served this characteristic in any OF our
| democratic contemporaries. The constiiu-
| ton may sometimes deal fiippantly with the
! restless aud ndxety demand Of the boltins
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

The cigarette was gwen the solar pleNus
blow by the house a. Austin on Wednes-
aay. There IS iine opening In Texas
row 70. some eNpatriated Cuban TO starr
d Gigantic rollins school.
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TEXAs PRESS GANG.

Tho Palestine Daily Press is the Young
est and one Of the brightest Of the small
dail.es that come to th.s exchange ta-
ble. Those Hamilton boys know what
they are there for.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

-1le slo; risehine woald not he 50 popu-
lar With she house a; Austin 4 she meme
hers were compelled tn smoke a few cl-
s1ars wen by the slot inoch!fye process.
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HOUSTON DAILY POST.
Houston Printing Company

.. L WATSON. r. II. JOHNSTON.
President Vice President
G. J. PALMER, Secretary.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

arr, municipal governments viii have an
eoua, show With New England people.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

Bully for Senator Bowserl II the gov
ernor viii give hts veto machine q Few
days vacation now. tho Texas bidder on
supplies ITO be furnished our State. county
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

Colonel Alphabet Green o. the repub-
loan State committee ought to complain
10 the interstate commerce commission
thai he is being Disseminated against In
the matter of a short haul,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

woadcr who owns the Hawaiian bonded
ie& which Uncle sam proposes TO as
sumo? Tar aaswer to that question might
throw light upon the probable action of
he se,satr
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

The legislature Is actually ''scorching"
along the law making 'cinier payh'' Just
now. Law mei'' How those fellows do
want 10 take that Nashville trip
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If tho bountiful crops and splendid bust
ness which Texas VIII show this year dc
not add largely 10 our population and In
yuntmcnts from the outside. the fool killer
ought to be kept hustling to eaten vi
with his work for the next ten years.
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rzs DAILY POST. suHpAy POST.
esmi-wookly Post. ,'2 cas, PEI Wee.

Entered AZ tho Pcstosrcs ~ uoastc7- IcrsA
Second CiAss Mates.
Subscription by Ma.l-pafiy and sunday Pest one
ycat 81 90. si1 ncnths xt-eo; taFeo 1ocias
500, one mouth, 500.
Sunday Post one yesI sl.s0
tenji-W eekiy Post (Nondsys ara TsuSravsl o1s
year, 81 60; six months. soc; three mot tns, nc
Eastern business once. Is Ttisane Buldins, New
Yorx, The :. C. Beckuia speeisl Ascacy.
Western Bssiness once. s6s The Rookery," Chi
caxo. Tho >. c. Bee With Special Agency
G. :, +. Holland. travelling AGdito-.
2bp Pust's ITsvriins Agents Calonel W. %. Carey.
9eEcrAi Travelling Agent; VIII D. iirn, h. II
Holland and u. u Carey.
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Mr.. Reed continues with imper,urbahle
GOODNESS 10 refuse TO recognize the t',l-
iserency OF members Ut the house who
insist upon The appointment OF commit
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specisl stan Com,nissioners.

AT AUSTIN-L. A. Petit, offiee In the
State Capitol Building.
AT GALV ESTON-J. X. sullivan, ofdce
n The fremont Hotel
TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Editorial. 45l. BUSH es-. is2
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

A coffin trust has been organized Neri-
ly we arc taxed from the cradle TO the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

A member of the German reichstag
thinks 1t was the tariff of 1861 that eansei
the rebellion Of the southern States" If
las had waited upil our congressional
elections In 1895 he could have pointed TO
a revolution following the tariff without
making a funny man OF himself.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

Houston already has she largest tin
bucket brigade Of any city IN The State,
but we want TWO or three more hrisades
o the same kind--they make lie ANA busi-
ness In a town.
The queen can hold her little old tia-
nlond jubilee. hu; il won't be marker
70 tho silver Jubilee the voters of his
country VIII hol4 when they set another
cBUaI~uuItv
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

1t makes no difference whether the re-
publicans nut salt on the free list or not.
There isn't enough on land or sea to save
tIt4r meat In 1900.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-18

Investors within and out OF Houston
are beginning to turn uheIr attention more
directly toward this city as "A splendid
field for factory enterprises. Capital Is
dun TO have SO largely overlooked this
immediate locality so long in that re-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-25
THEIR GAME DIDN'T WORK.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 24-Two men made
a bold attempt, shortly after noon to-
day, to fire the large department store
of A. M. Rothschild & Co, while the
place was crowded with Christmas shop
pens, their object evidently being to
make a raid during the excitement, on
the deposit bank, conducted by the
firm for it's employees and others, in
which there was about $4,000. One
of the men touched a match to parcel
saturated with kerosene and threw it
in a telephone booth a few yards from
the entrance to the bank. His compan-
ion stood near the door of the bank. but
was unable to make an entrance be-
cause the cashier carefully locked the
door behind her when she joined other
employees of the store in eXtinguishing
the fire, which did very little damage.
The culprits quickly mingled with the
crowd after the fire was out and have
not been caught.
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REPUBLICANS GO FREE.

Elsewhere we print Chief Justice
Faircloth's opinion in the Satterfeld
case, and the dissenting opinion Of JUS
tice Montgomery, in WHICH Justice Clark
concurs.
In this connection few facts of cur
rent history ought TO be recalled.
1t will be remembered that the famous
Assignment bin was tabled on its sec
ond reading in the House, and never
read in the Senate at all. Yet the sigma
lures OF the Speaker OF the House and
President OF the Senate were procured
to it by fraud practiced on them and
1t was published as law.
Governor Carr brought proceeding
to strike this fraud off the statute books.
-S0preme- court, by bare majority
in the case of Carr vs.. Coke. Avery and
Clark dissenting, held this could not be
done, but said ne rascals who did 1t,
or whose negligence allowed the fraud
to be perpetrated, should be punished.
Brown and Satterfeld, the two clerk,
who were responsible for the bills, were
indicted and convicted. Both appealed
The Supreme Court at the last term
held that there was no evidence against
Brown.
In Satterfeld's case, Judge Fairciotb's
opinion, concurred in by two of his as
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sociates, now holds that there is no ev;-
dence against Satterfied. Judges Mont
gomery and Clarke hold that there is,
and the public can see from the sum
mary of the evidence in the opinion of
Judgs Montgomery in today's paper
how very plain it was.
But so it is.
The fraudulent bill was enrolled. The
court refused to declare it invalid, say
ing that the perpetrator of the fraud
ought to be punished. The jury gave a
verdict convicting Satterfield upon evil
dence that is as plain as any upon which
any criminal was ever convicted.
And nobody is to blame. "A lobbyist
buys the surreptit,ous signing. of bill;
il is law, though no Legislature enacted
il; and the people are powerless.
Nobody did it. 1t just happened. Is
there no responsibility on Legislative
clerks? Not, it seems, il they happen
to be Republicans, and Satte4 field is a
strong Republican.