The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-08
NOTE AND COMMENT.

tssticai ssc.s in ervsarion 10 the vole In the
cotton states q. the last election. --s'alFss-
ION Tribune.
And then the Tribune gees on to give an
analysis OF the unfair figures ana dssaoaesi
deductions Of Mr.. Paterson. in proof. or
alleged proof. that the Southern Stascs
did not support Mr.. Bryan as earnestly
and as literally az they did Mr.. Cleveland
four years previously. The Trib has a
way OF Teprins.ng all of the cooked hs-
ures It can nnd wherever they ore sup
posed 10 reflect upon the democratic header
Of 1895.
Ard on this subjed; of figures. the al
legged official report OF the presidential
vote, sent out from Chicago b. the Asso-'
GATED Press some days ago, was inaccu-
rafe, perhaps jes.gnediy so. as s. WAS
taken from a Hannacrat newspaper in
that city. This report failed to give Mr..
Bryan she heisefit OF the Bryan and Wat
son vote. or to take cogn.zancc OF th-i
vote a. all. In this way Bryan was robbed
OF something like 79.ooo votes in Texas
alone. Tho Chicago Record. q really .nt'-
i'eiicc1t newspaper. gives the facts AMI
figures as follows:
The h0lDfed official election returns from
tahtornia and Utah, maize public on the
ord. From the reliable figures Il IS seen
tnat Mc!S'n.ey's. plurality has dw1rdled ny
Not lar from helf the estimates made I'm.
In''. .tely after the election. The total
vote to- eacl pTsss.11nue. candidl;e as Oh
ta.nea from the SECRETARIES OF s5aie OF the
fAtspuS connionweal.ns y as follows: Nc
heniey 7,ieg,s%-: Bryan (5em0cratic), 49,
N', tFysn tpeople'~J, 1850 Palmer. 49,
ls. LtSering, 1870. BeNley, 1885, Mat
cHeil, aS.5sH. Mckinley this hss plurah
~ OF ol.ass votes over tn ioial cast for
hfyan hy the democratic and peoples 7sr-
- "nie the victcr's n4jor.,y Is y" q.
~. as against 12,o5Sl9I IN lSa2 OF these
tosai votes he lcasiing parties po.lcl TIE
ieeow.nS percentages; Republican, lsl-
ciaiic. isG. ls.s ner cent: 1sas. 4s.d7 ner
cont Peoples, 1852, SIS per Gers: is'6 rs
nserr cent; Prohibition. 1Sye 2.ls per cent,
XIV Doth winss). LOS per cent.
The story which James creelman. the
Wei known correspondent o. the New
York Journal, teiegraphs to that paper
rom Madrid. e an astounding one. Il is
C!eve and % Spain 20 mediate in cuban n
l..rs-2n one- much advertised. u,a; the
F1,lIVIr1 ol wAlch has hcen studiousy son
the American government secretly PRO
Iosea 70 hc.p Spain to overthrow and sup
press the republic of Cuba ard to enforce
peace on the island on rerms whicA the
patriot army would not ard could not &C.
ceiiD--Bunalo Express.
Yes. 1t is such an astounding story as
to raise the suspicion that there Is no
truth in IT. Mr.. Creeiman evidently fell
In ",.h a lot of merry Spanish dons on
New Years day or. perchsnce. bright
eyed sonorltas, ard they stuffed" him
~Hh alleged official information.
The Charleston News and Courier is in
favor OF municipal progress. but there may
be some question az to whether its idea
OF attaining it IS entirely sound. 1t
says:
"Evely man IN Charleston should resolve
20 9uit croahing, and al the men should
sngon VIII xii any town. h Eeayysn Of f,t eli;
y, mo9i9 not be worth living in II all he mon
are or VIII he, any men IN heaven ware 10
indrlse n the bialns'as OF everiasitnEly
KieSlns anoH the gokien a,rcet. the vaie-
tuppiF IN. means of sporta lion and
81 Nhe otEer elements ana institution
~nich ere necessary to the existence OF a
- snpy and weli-to-do community Let us
stop ta;hng about hard times end try 10
i'ake mo INES easy. Lot us see ir there
~ not soine one undertaking upon ehe
ul;.'tE OF. which we can all agree. r We
can MOI 10 any better let u9 agree to or.n
new Cemetery end bury IN & all who
Try 30 o6stFuct tho progrAss of Charles
The Galveston News has again broken
our on the free trade question The Nnws
ought by THIS time TO recognize the fact
that the question of tariff revision has
once mere been left 10 the friends of Tho
protection principle. and thai they will re-
F.se tue schedules ard nnt the free ira de
theorists. Tho people who win run tbs
government after tho 4th of next March
are Very positive aus to how thny will nro-
ceSH r,ey WI hardly seek amer the id
Other peoule who have heen running the
government during the past four years
Nela~co World
Wen. all you ever? Has It come TO this
already WIN not those patriots who
severed party ties and got on, in the
very certer Of the storm TO preserve the
'Nat!onal honor" by electing Mckinley.
he allowed to even make suggestions? It's
hard, II it's fair.
The Richmond Dispatch, referring to a
very tiresome and idotic Ii; of humbus
quito popular some years ago. Gays:
Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston vas
,rne 10 himself and his people. when 10
ms snesch the other night at the banquet
of the New Engiand society OF New York
he repudiated the new South idea The
south, sald Colonel Johnston, J 10 not
say the new south; ~ is the old South
eontlnu.1s fond OF her PREDICTIONS, and
ashamed OF no part OF her history, CSC
ntre Il no.hlns more sickenlng than 10
near n Southern man talk about ',he now
SVN'ht pinsscularly IL he Is addressing an
assemhlage of Northern men"
Commenting on this, our Washington
nsmesaAe voices the sentiments Of The
Post as follows:
The Pos; has always been impatlant of
lh@ sal.y gabole about The now South
There IS no such thing. The expression
~ never used save by politicians or noto-
iiety sectors or hearlless youths who
knew not the thing they speak of as hav-
ins vanished 1t Is tho same Old south.
cheriShSlS the same Old patriotic tradi-
Tons, inspired by the same patriotic pur-
pose, loving the country. Jealous Of its
nish.ty fi1d honor ready TO die or suffer
ipt u always. II is IN the South th1f the
lang'1le tho IDEAS, and the prqcti ra;
or the American fathers find their most
perfect preservation, II is in She South
tha' anarchy ana other foreign teachings
OF eoc!sA agitation have received the Least
announcement. II Is to the South that
the country some day Will have TO look
LOT the protection Of our social and pols-
zeal insctntions. Thes., neople who nrate
aoou, the new South" are either talk
ins igrorantly or Tor thor own argran-
oiaenent. The South was the home Of
consefNAism before the war The Sotsth
under the changed conditions is the
Nations c.tadei of conservatism still The
Souih's IDEAS and aspirations NAV not
please Wall street AZ times, bur should the
lnlon ever he confronted by any genuine
peril other from abroad or from within
mere Is not q county in any Sout hefn