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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23
HOUSTON, SUNDAY. MAY ~, 1897.
= 4 nEvENus $500.

The republican criticisms ,ha; have been
so petsistsn,ly urged ss.ns; the Wilson
bill. cur present deI.nae1ee Tor revenue,
have uniformly neglected to give .ne
au;hors Of the measure credl; for the pos
sisle receipts under The iacous lax iro-
vision wheh was stricken down by .ae
supreme court
Notwithstanding the extraordinary ez-
pcn8ltures by the goyegnmeaf-i, is morally
certain thu; orr pressn, tariff JAS would
have met all dcmanas bsa MAS incVs-e tax
feature beer leh latac- The Boston Her
aid hss taken the l.slas TO- make some cal
eulAi.ons N The premises. a.4 nuas tha,
the trainers Of tae at expected ,aat ai
least 81. 600 9oo gsr anDQm would l.g pro
dueed b the Income lax. and TIA, ,ae ex-
recitation was entirely reaa3cshle The
deciston q The supreme court cut ihls
amount oI; c. The receipts up9a which TIE
trainers had reeaoaea T. 'hat S-n.tgl 60
liupost hat heea left 10 force ihs rr,-
erue vould have eiu.os; c,1cuy balanced
Tho ezp4ndi,ures. The WIsea tarih alt
pea; !aio fan operation. SO far as IRE
supreme e9u-, Permitted. ga January T.
1875. Since then uv 20 scs,erlay. the
revenue received uaae5 i-s provisions hsg
snouale1 70 !5-ti4e ssI sale no expan-
ditures haze beea gs57.asl. 7o4. There
arc stili seven weeks reIuaialag IL ,hs
pTe,ent fiscal year n 1895 The CORE.
spending weefs brought ia 4 revenue Of
sfs.Is7,25e against expenditures q sii.
44?Sz3 d surplus ~ 81 7ei7-- II VIZ nut
the returns for ,hs zstae period this year
at tifuilsr 1eurss-ard they arc quite
Eura TO show an improvement -tbe compa-
tation for two an1 q hall years un8er the
Wilson tariff vii stand aa follows. Ee-
coipts. ssi7elc2oi. expenditures. ;ss9 42f.-
22l, deficiency t7fsi4 026. II IL a-iihlnet-
ically plain that ii ~ ooo orc additional
had been collected in TIE tgo and half
years from income tax tbs much aeusel
Wilson tariff would have phorn Il surplus
of $3,lS5.a7i as It's thirty months reeori.
How easy Il would have been. hy a
slight amendment Of Tho Wilson ac, no
supply the omission. 81 regenuo oc,asignel
by the striking down of thf Income tax
Instead Of that We find Il por;eat rcyoin-
ton In tariff matters. schedule. ia ,ae,.
calculated to cut of revenue and under
the guise of protection p7rllylo tn1e. u
this extreme republican policy is finally
put into operation She country may an
ticlpate the keeuct embarrassment and
suffering for The time being bur the perioi
OF depression VIII be short for the rc-
vlis'on of popular feeling may be con
hdently conntra upon 10 .oon work d
change and get back to conservative bus-
mess principles
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

Baltimore American. ,rx,s,ses.
We congratulate the schoo' '. .s.r esi
srs of Caroline county up0" ,r,, "a ~
sense. enterprise and public spn oas n,
pointing women trustees OF s sls,,sa ~,
lns ms Id ssSry sd s ss@e "sasa
"a greater efficiency viii be rearIhhe me time 4
their work and Influence, have been W
rived long aeo, hnt 'n reaIxing IT.
consciously slow III re''
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s,,cinl sian Commissioners.


The Pos. j. delivered 20 any par, OF the
city by Carriers az fl-N per month; three
months. $50; six months, ls.pl. ene year,
G20o.
Mr.. Theoder> Beung has charge OF the
City Circulation aDd Co4lerAag-
Mes~rs. Theodore Be-r.ag and ShaTies
Lott are the authorized collectors Of all
city bills. both advertising and sloserlg-
ton. and no money shouis be PAID 70 s-.A
pne other than thoac canned, unless sptclSl
written authority signed ~ the BUSINESS
Manager Is shown. All accounts q any
f.ze shouid be pad by check "a favor VI
The Houston Printing Company.
No orders for Eoo9s. etc, are CiFeh ~
Ehe management, and none VII. be Accept-
ID tn payment OF cftice bills
Subscribers failing TO receive tha paf0
regularly wlil please notify the office
promptly. Every subscriber PAP, Is eI.
pec.e5 TO be delivered not late. Ian s-S
Z m.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

Providence Journal ,o, John K Ca, 4,
The fast that the Hon On d, tho br'a' =.
s"s : As' M; ;sss H. :ps g =:
lh s%Sa 5FSIr airsisn i sslsIfi q
responsible posi-
French capitaA
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23
A Good Bnrsa''


Boston Post. ,,s Wsss mifp
willing TO give up 'no "a take Of :.
he East would consent " ",colIol p:e.d 4 : .
internal revenue tax ,ases on r f%ssa \,
To@l 9ai !. O." I ,sia nspa free a's'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

philadelphia TELEGRAPH
The Turk Is apparently stronger today
than at any ttmc since the capture of
Constantinople; Europe has lost tho
chance which seemed to be providentially
given OF driving him back 10 Asia: and
England has been the leader N the 5000
work.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23
LEADING EDITORIALS,
From the Pi,tsburg Dispatch
HUMANITY The poiicy o. Weyler
IN ClBA. On rnha e. not nna Whit

From the Pi,,sburg Dispatch.
NHtMANirf The policy o. weyler
IN CUBA. In Cuba Is not one whit
better than the wors, the Turk has ever
tone in Armenia. Thero the mob, without
the open sanction OF authority. has killed
ana piundered in the harvest season and
teTTurised the population at planting
time 50 it should not have the means o..
subsistence during winter. In Cuba the
representative Of Spanish authority has
driven the peAceable population from the
fertile fields 10 the towns TO starve out
The race. The purpose Ia both cases is
the Observation-Disclosures
The Cuban caIupaigu is the more in
famous OF the Two. perpetrstei upon
Christian people by an alleged Chris
Tan government IL is not merely whole
sale homicide, but is Wholesale fra;ricide.
Ferpeirated BY authority of the government,
that assumes jurisdiction over the terri
tory il is the most horrible example of
Nillaiuoes tyranny in recent times.
The complete review OF the situation
by the Dispatch correspondent leaves no
doubt about the extremely depiorable con-
tlton o. the people OF Cuba. nor OF the
lnhuman design OF the monster IN command
81 the civil and military jurisdiction of
Spain In the island. The purpose, In brief.
IS "a sArNe 70 death the whole race in
hahii'nz the territory II Spain can only
stand the strain OF expense long enough
to secure that object.
but u Spain has any hope OF regaining
control OF Cuba by such means and re-
peppins Il, with more loyal or less trouble
soma inhabitants it Is doomed 10 dsap-
poiniment. II it could succeed in starry
lag the last peaeeable Cuban and killing
the last insurgent; II il could destroy
every trace Of their existence and colonize
Tie island with the most loyal subjects OF
The peninsula the second generation would
revolt against the criminal crown. The
Cuban soh would grow new race OF
liberty lovers ready TO throw of the Span
lah yoke and avenge the cowarty and in
human treatment OF their predecessors.
Il Is not possible. however, THAI such
a policy can be pursued much longer. The
government OF the United States can not
much longer ignore the situation or remain
ind derent to its duty. The people OF the
United STATES will not permit ID. They viii
force rhe authorities at Washington TO
awaken TO the call of common humanity.
and The responsibility that rests upon
them under the Monroe doctrine. which
iorhlds Europe TO avert the pitjf0l fate to
which the Cuban people have been con
deuned- 1t is time the people We're arous-
ei 10 their duty to assail congress- the
state department and the executive man
SION with petitions that must be heard.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

Ex-Governor Waite OF Colorado Is ready
20 testify 10 the a;trac;irness Q. the
Tcses co.'s; reS!oa> The Ex-Governor may
be of on rolsts,s bti; ne evidently knows
a rccd thing when 10 secs Il.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23
MONEY As A PEAcEMAKER.


| EUROPE nave nSea AnHne"evo % Hle'Se'9'!
motives 10 fsvaFlus The IafS az ma n'"!H-
| lag ;he integrity ~ he O;,1aaa empire
has been so often 8 iade se.h In Eu.opc SID
| America OF late ils; the public s Gem
! PEELED 10 believe that there must be some
| basis for the statement. u America, pat
| ,iettlarly where We see questions OF INA.
,to-sl bc,,,-s. -, ,,,s, no. s,,y,,l :, ,ors,s.
- 80. -, -. 49,,
e'A''u"s u pi'"'' VIC sie A'''e 'NAh p's-
-sa -.-t-s,ls.s .1 ..,,-s,,.,,.-.. h,.t-.
*, r,.,-....--.A -,.t-a 100.
ties tosn n-l'olA4 f1' p5'Fa-@' q" '--'-lg
n p VH-a .fHa al o. p q
-,,to,.t 4.At .l,,a Cd. ..,.r o.,i.,,.es
-. ~. -, -, -.
''S- az '-e go
iioa O. 1Ae @l4tal empire or us Soaa'a-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

The Syracuse Post sAinks that the prae-
tie OF allowing every sarrulous old sen
asnr TO talk 70 the limit may be fun ior
tho se,a,e. bu, Is death 10 the public
Y,ss -.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

An Eastern philosopher faithfully re-
marks tina. Il all ;-iahs could he as easily
POSTPONED as ihoSe n eoari. existence as
a whole wo3ld be more eriu'aele.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

The Dst-oi. journal thinks that when
ever the Cutsn excitement gets 30 run
Ming pretty hlrh IN Washington, General
weyier tarns u ard ,e2esraphs of few
extr,a Suan!sh Nlctor..-s
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23
an sas city Times,

FORTUNES. men in the professions
never accumulate vast fortunes as do those
who follow mercantile pursuits He takes
ms his foundation for this conclusion that
THE record of wills. requests ana hfttle-
ments of various kinds shows the prepph
derance of wealth 10 be in the haAuS oil
the business or trading class ih'S toes
TO prove that the young man VINO MAKES
mere accumulation his object should avoid
tho professions and give himself 10 trade
of some kind II is in the latter that Tor
tunes, are made nowadays that IS, dceu-
mutations exceeding a million, below
which nothing is accounted II fortune
The cases are rare. and confined 10 the
great cities. in which professional nan
saves anything approaching that sum
Even these arc for the NEST part the re-
suit Of careful investments throughout the
pcriod OF active life, rather than OF a
nero accumulation OF fees. lhlscl the
professional man who saves quarter OF a
million must maintain both bis fame and
his powers at their highest level for a
period of twenty years. and as neither are
reached until late in life. such cases are
OF infreuuent occurrence. Lawyers, no
doubt have better chance than The doc
tors, for the latter must give part OF
their time and skin without reward, and
must retire earlier. while the former may
have a second career as Judges. bui tho
fact remains that the members OF rihcr
profession the most profitable OF all with
The possible exception OF that Of cug.ne,f
who Accumulate in anything like The pro-
norton OF the successful business men. are
exceedingly few.
chief reason Of this difference may be
| found no doubt, in the larger opportunities
omen TO the men OF business. The ecsle
| upon which business Is transacted has
enormously increased within The last fifty
| years, The profit on commodities AMI
dnale n kinds ha n thgl ht,f
| the frequency of transactions and sales
has greatly multiplied. II is the r,piGity
with which goods can now be turnei o,er
on the sanie capital. and the scale on
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

News comes from Ruzzard's Bay that
MT cleveland "a having grea, success In
Coaching tantog' This leads some one 10
remark that few statesmen In America
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

The atlanta Journal SAYS Il has been
discovered that women live longer than
men. Lung exercise win be- seen - a
great aid to longevity
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

The odmisffon OF the spanish premier
th4, European powers would hardly in
i"rYens hei"een Spain ard the United
states ought to cool he warlkc ur,ior Of
the Dons. We don't want 90 appear hoast-
fol bm Spain wouldn't be good MOUTH
fui for Us.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

critical exchange remarks that II the
reports Of the losses IN slSlrmishes and
baill.s In culia are correct there must h.
tremendous lot of people on the Island
or else the combatants must all he Ike
the proyerbial eat and blessed with nine
lyeJ.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

Governor culbsrson seems determined
that the necessary public business shsn
be nttenlel 70 by me lesialAtAre.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

The ornistloe IS a great th-nE for Greece
1T relieves the Greeks OF preparing com
fofFahie places for the Turks to occupy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

The country 81 now anxioualY waiting
10 SEQ MIR. Mci<inley accept an invitation
10 the unyeling Of the monument 20 pros
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-23

The arrangements for the ceremony T.
tending the presentation of silver ssrls
to the cruiser Brooklyn are conPss
After the singing OF Columbia" Rev d..
Storrs will make an invocation. This VII
be followed by addresses by ex.MIa
Schieren and Mayor Wurster, to which Re.
sponso will be made by Captain Cook y
the Brooklyn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-15
cooperative Ranking For FarmcrA

The American Agriculturist of April
4 again discusses editorially tho entire
feasibility Of cooperative banking
among farmers. (" "This oan be done, "
1t says, "by slight notifications of tho
system of cooperative savings fund and
building associations or cooperative
banks, which has proved so remarkably
successful in American cities. These in-
situations now hold over $500, 900, 900
Of deposits and are n thoroughly demon
strated practical success The Saxon
Land Credit association On report upon
which can be obtained by writing to
the secretary of state, Washington) is u
modification of the Raiffciscn system,
which in Prussia and Germany has
achieved the same success among the
working farmers Of those countries that
the cooperative banks have achieved in
our American cities. Tho peoples banks
of Italy and neighboring countries based
upon much the same plan, have had
marvellous success. A report giving fur
thor particulars upon the Saxon Land
Credit association has been published
by the department of state for free dis
tribution, in which Consular Agent Pc
te1s says with truth that can never 10
questioned:
What American farmers require 10 relieve
Thorn Of the present financial strnin under
which they are living IL the power To borrow
OF the lowest possible Interest consistent with
their securities and the financial conp!tIons in
the great eontors of the world. f, long NJ they
must borrow from the lch&. money lender they
must pay high rate 81 interest for accommo
1ation. II IL this high rate Of interest under
which our farmers are now striving and fall
tag that Is responsible for tho general unrest
and dissatisfaction Remove the high rate Of
Interest give them the Same opportunity to
usc their credit ~ men engaged in other bust
ncss. exchange tho present mortgage on tho
farm for ono with reasonable interest, which
the farmer can pny and have something left
for the savings bank, and wo VIII restore hap
piness and prosperity.
This question has been solved by tho farmers
and andholdcrs u Europe, and tho solution
Of the problem did not consist in the issue by
the government If n mass Of DECEASED currency
circulated among the people Mt fictitious
value. The end was reached by the farmers
and landholdcrs by their own force ana 90.
operation, by tho founding u associations
which in time became power IN the land, and
whose financial strength was measured by mil.
lions Of uadoubted securities which the public
was only too rlal 10 invest IN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-15
Southwestern Local.
The True Remedy.

w. NJ. Repine, editor. Tiskilwa, Ill.
"Chief. says: I'VE won't keep
house without DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. Experimental with many
Others but never got the true remedy
until we used Dr.. Kings New Dis
covery. No other remedy can take its
its place in our home as IN 1t we have
certain and sure cure for Coughs,
Colds, Whooping Cough. etc. :" 1t is
idle to experiment with other remedies
even i they are urged on you as just
a. good as DIR. Kings New Discovery.
They are not as good. because this
remedy has a record of cures and be-
sides is guaranteed. 1t never fails to
satisfy. Trial bottles free at ". II.
Prideaux drugstore.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-15
Thomas Jefferson Not . Democrat.

1t is painful to be forced to unmask a
man who has been 10 long held up rs
tho exponent of Democratic doctrine,
but stern sense Of duty to the free sill
yer and spoils Democracy Of tho present
compels us to portray him in his true
colors. 1t is not right that he should ro-
ceive tho enthusiastic laudations OF
Chicago platform Democrats whom he
was false to nearly every ono Of the
great and glorious principles which
they formulated in 1899. What right
had jefferson to pose as Democrat,
anyhow? What protensions to Demoo-
racy had man who actually believed
IN applying business principles and
common sense to national affairs, who
had old fashioned idcas about the sn-
credness Of obligations, who dcmono.
tiZcd silver when he saw 10 was necCs.
sary for the public good and who was u
civil service rcformer.
Logically the only thing for the FREQ
silver Democrats to do Ia to denounce
Mr.. Jefferson instead Of praising him
and to adopt resolutions rcciting his
various glaring hcrcsics and formally
reading him out Of the party, for it IL
absolutely certain that il the Chicago
platform is to be taken M the expression
of true Democratic doctrine Thomas
jefferson was not Democrat and must
descend from his pedestal az the father
Of Democracy. Baltimore Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-15

The attempt of Japan to maintain .
mint ratio that was different from the
market ratio was failure and resulted
in denuding tho circulation of gold. BIZ
metallism had failed in Japan MS else.
where,
The decline in the value Of money had
in Japan the effect it always has had OF
rohbing tho lahorcr and enriohing tho
capitalist Tho miserable pittanco paid
to the wrctohod operatives must ut no
distant period lead to social revolution
unless the rate of wages be considerably
improved.
In 1872 family consisting of five
members Of the lower middle class could
subsist on 20 yen year In 1898 the cost
Of living had risen to $50 yen year.
During u period Of ~ years tho silver
yen declined very nearly one, half in its
gold value, about two.iifths in its power
to buy merchandise and about ono fourth
in its power TO buy labor,
The gold value Of the exports from
tho United States and England to Japan
was over $lS, 900, 900 in iS9a and nearly
S8l, 900, 900 in 1896, while the imports
Of tho two from Japan woro over $a9,-
600, 600 III tho first year and less than
$Sl. 600, 600 in the last year, Fred
Perry Powers in Sound Currency Fen
March l,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-15
LANCASTER.

The Teller.
The Lancaster postotfice is now in
charge of Mrs. w. j. Mccoy. Two of
the bondsmen are j. j. Oswald and
Delos Abrams. They being RESPONSE
BILE have appointed Mrs, Mccoy to be
in possession until a new appointment
is made. She with their approval has
retained +. l.. Mccoy in his position
of LIST assistant. f. E. Mccoy is as
sistant also. Thus the postotfice bust
ness goes on the same as before.
Married at Lancaster, Wis, by G..
b. Wheeler, Esq, on July |. 1897, Mr..
John Henry Mayne and Viola Belle
Winner, both of Beetown.
Saturday afternoon, with the mer-
curry at 90, there was another fine
chance for a fire. At Hawley's eleva-
tor, beside the depot, Tom Orion found
a fire blazing in the threshold of the
south door. He gave alarm and at
the same time ran to the depot plat
form and got buckets of water. Fire
men with hose We're there in brief time
but the fire was subdued.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-15
DARLINGTON.
The Democrat,

The Democrat
The thunder storm last Friday was
quite severe in the vicinity of Fayettc,
Besides killing a team of horses for
John Hamilton lightning struck a wind
mill belonging to l.. b. Howery, burn
ed straw stack for Henry Smith and
struck house about Il mile south of
rayette and killed dog which was
lying under the stove.
Mrs. Mumford and son, Roy, OF
Beatrice, Neb,, who have been visiting
relatives in Lamont, returned home
Thursday of last week.
Mr., John Hamilton, residing on the
VIM. Thompson farm. on Otter Creek
lost a valuable work team during the
storm of Friday. The horses were
killed by lightning while in the barn,
The Journal.
Will Tndinnick. of Mineral Point,
is out helping Tom Parson, \. NJ, of
this town. gather his hay crop.
A caravan of five vehicles, Ii horses
and several families passed through
town yesterday. They came from
Egypt Illinois and are bound for
Minnesota. The men are trying to
earn an honest dollar en- route by
horse-trading.
Died, in Blanchardville, June -,
1897. after an illness of four years
from cancer, Mrs. \. Blanchard. The
funeral on June 30, was attended by
friends of the family from all parts of
the county. Deceased had been resi-
dent of Blanchardville for over four
wears. and had large circle of friends
who sincerely lament her death.
AS Darlington didn't celebrate, we
happily have no serious accidents to
chronicle, although little Laura Gala
gan, 9-year-old daughter of Constable
Chris. Galagan, had an eye wounded
by the explosion of tire-cracker; and
Henry Macken, aged l3, had his face
powder burned while firing toy can
non. Both children narrowly escaped
serious injury to their eyes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-15
eIIycritcs should Drop Jefferson,

II Is in vain to invoke tho authority
Of Jefferson for the coinage Of 30 cent
dollars or any other dcbascmont Of the
currency. Our ''nco Democratic"
friends, IL they wish TO yindleatc their
claim to tho title Of "old line Dem
ocrats," who have Jefferson for their
father, will have TO abandon their idea
Of free coinage at the rntio Of 10 to /
or any other arbitrary rate, but if they
will have double standard make IL 80
to J., in order TO be honest in the pay.
ment Of debts and 10 conform to the &C.
tual ratio in the value Of tho two met.
ais in the markets CT the world, IL be.
ing, as Jefferson snys, "a mercantile
problem altogether. "--Baltimore Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-07-15
La TIL. Result DeslrabIe7

Should this country alone attempt
free coinage Of silver at the ratio Of 10
to / it would thereby give notice that
we are ready to exchange for all corners
a quantity Of gold which il valued at 81
in every civilized country for quaint.
ty Of silver which represents in the
markets Of the world about 30 cents.
In very short time all gold would
disappear. 1t would be boarded 10 await
premium or shipped to countries
where it is more appreciated. Only sill.
yer would remain our circulating rnedi-
um. We would be on silver basis Our
standard would be dollar worth little
more than so cents in every country but
our own.
All values would quickly adjust them
selves to this deprecated dollar and
would fuctuate with its changing value
In international exchange.