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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-11
WHY THE CRY OF HOUSTON MAY REJOICE

Dallas .
The Houston the prospects Of Houston becoming " an
proposed
and the people Of the Bayou oy nave
Will be recalled ha' 'ne
population Is located little distance up o
the Thames;
UP on the M
Bremen weser that ave France WIN m
distance lies Houston from o '
Turning to our country and New York are
logically naturally enough located anu p"
railroads and deep water oe
the
inland Pao ana ~
rleans isov miles mouth of the Mississippi
and Savannah
Mobile Ala all really
the redemmed the promise OIL
sze have remained n III S "
. least of comparatively slow growth
and
such places as Philadelphia BAL
their seaport
similarly conditioned
shall duplication
by interior be the a anu
enough be deprived of their desi
readily and always safely approached
mechanical
financial and mercantile relations and
delightful resort as well as ioy
only probable
fact the mind of any
which YEA
Jealousy but all
promoted by ucous
and then vasco
which, strengthen the There Texas seaboard
to
full traffic with with South America
selfish ond-
eaions full early project
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THE STATE PAPERS.

Mack Taylor. formerly editor Of the
Dickens Doings, will take charge of the
TWO Rivers, new paper to be established
at Clairemont.
Tho Fort Worth Register gives up cot.
ton and pins its faith to tobacco, claiming
that tobacco culture is the coming iudus-
try OF Texas.
concerning presidential nominations the
Register remarks
Inc nomination Of 400 democratic most
masters in various parts OF the country
have been held up by tho senate. This art
constitutes 400 good reasons why the senate
should be deniod tho right to concur IN
any nomination.
Tho Dcnison Dispatch thinks the Chinese
should so. II says:
Chinese believe II is uniucky to ssva
a man from drowning. Perhaps they nrs
correct when II comes TO saving a china
man.
The GAINESVILLE Times notes an improve.
ment in various kinds of crops:
Texas wheat crop. cotton crop, fruit
'rop and corn crop will be all the bsttar
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for the SHOWS and cold weather. The liar
crop. too. Is showing promising signs.
As spring approaches tho Ennis Meteor
gives the following warning to contrib
utors:
IT'S very near time for the first INSTALL
ment OF spring poetry. The Meteor wishes
to serve notice now that every INSTALL
mcnt. to insure publication. must be ac-
companicd by something digestiblo-such as
a dish OF nice garden vegetables.
The Gfeenvillc Banner says Of the good
roads movement:
New Jersey has taken the lead in pro-
viding Its people with good country roads
and seems to be 80 encouraged by the re-
suits as to wish to make It's lead longer
one Tho commissioner OF roads has for
this year asked from the legislature an
appropriation OF 3300, 900. to be used In aid.
Ing local road building schemes under the
general law. II the appropriation Is made.
more than ~ 100000 will be spent In New
Jersey during 1891 In the construction OF
permanent roadways. when will Texas
turn more Of her attention to this import
ant subject?
On tho same subject the Brennan Press
Eighteen States were represented at the
National good roads convention In Orlando
Fla. and Texas was not OF the number
Ana yet no state In all the union il more
IN need OF good roads or more interested In
the means for securing them than Is Texas.
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A TOO LENIENr runLlc.

Men are so often elected 60 office In TIN.
country with specific promises OF reform on
their lips. which they never attcrward nor
form. or even regard. or for the accom-
riishment of certain purposes that arc never
afterward attended to- the introduction
pledges are so often forgotten, that the
question frequently and naturally rccurs.
is this really government by the people
for the people or a splendid political sham ?
The force OF this pertinent inquiry is
Just now being emphasized in the State
OF New York. where tho governor. hut re-
Gently chosen, has utterly dencd popular
opinion and political deccncy and appolnt =
cd over public protests. loud and wide
spread. worthless and corrupt professional
politician TO one OF the most important
posts In the state government. Ia the ac =
QUESTION OF office the end of an official
obligations to the publicg Can a man or
party offer for position on one theory and
then contemptuously snap his or its finger.
so to speak. at tho public when success
has been attained. and do this with I'M
punity? II so. our republican, representa-.
tive government has ceased absolutely to
be government by the people for tho
people. and has become merely a system
BY which dishonest tricksters can appro-
priato to themselves. for themselves and
their friends. tho places of trust and pront
Referring to tho reckless conduct OF Gov.
ernor Black OF New York tho Syracuse
Post OF that State says:
EHrhsr fha ushnla th..ru,-,, -
ernfneDt ~ wrong. and offlnltis are mot
expected To carry out tho wishas of their
constituents. or else the time Is coming
DO sentiment IN the matter of rarty rela
tfons. a huritoi amount of discretion In
ofnce holders II proper. Certain acts may
be left to Individual Judgment. But when
lenthment marafessts Itself over whel nv usiv
AGAINST q certain course. the servants of |
The people should respect It History
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HOUSTON, THURSDAY, FEn. ~.
TEN p A. GEES.
TO GET THE COLD SHOULDER.

The Kansas City Times calls attention In
q prominent way TO what seems to be a
fact, that tho Mckinley administration Is
not disposed to offer any special encourage
ment to republcanism in the South by dis
tributing among prominent Southern re-
publicans any conspicuous rewards.
Congressman Mccall a Massachusetts re-
publican, IN answer TO rabid little Gibson
OF Tennessee, the other day. protested that
1t was high time to stop "coddllng" the
Southern element OF the party.
The continual quarrels and contests and
ordinations and recriminatIons among the
republican politicians In the Southern
States appear at last to have wearicd and
disguised the party North and the admin
istration will not put itself out OF the way
TO encourage this wrangling Southern
branch any further.
The South would he admirably served IN
this way by the republican administration.
The fact IS the better elements OF Southern
republicans are asking no favors at the
administration hands and want no office.
This element Ia. as rule. composed OF
Northern men who are In business In tho
South and are content to ATTEND to their
huainess. They generally vote tho National
presidential ticket and the democratic
State tlchc, and. except when at the polls
the public hardly know whether they are
republicans or democrats, and do not care.
They are welcomed socially as well as com
merclally in tho South and arc among our
best and most progressive citizens These
men are not after political rewards
The sooner the other element. composed
OF tho chronic politicians and organizers
and place hunters and district and state
bosses, get the cold shoulder from the al.
minis,ra,on. the sooner their Northern
party allies cease to "coddle" them. tho
better for the South. They arc simply PRO
fosslonal agitators with a view to rewards
In the event at any time OF National rcpuh. |
llcan success. While eminent negroes like !
Booker I. Washington are trying TO turn
the attention Of tho blacks to their ma |
tcrial interests these agitators are striving
constantly to drag them into politics and |
create greater race friction In the South. |
Nothing VIII arouse more respect among |
tho ruling or dominant classes in the South I
Tor the incoming administration than a
display Of its utter disregard for The pro.
fossional republican" element in the South. |
arm communities.
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si5ows that q debAnk disregard Of pubic
opinson eooncr or later brings It's own
punishment
The complaint embodied In this quotation
10 not confined for it, subject matter 10
one State nor ono community. IL Will ap-
ply to National affairs and all public sys-
are forgotten by tho oficeholdcrs as soon
as the latter are secure in their positions.
Negligence, malfeasancc and non -feasance
In office. reward Of friends obnoxious to
the people. Jobs and corruption become
the order OF the day and tho public-kick
and submit. Often tho same Objectionable
officials are returned by large majorities
against good men!
Where is the trouble? why is such
condition Of affairs possible among people
fairly intelligent. cognizant OF these abuses
and used to self-governmcnt7 Manifestly
it Is because the public memory Is too
short. BY tho time the newt election oc-
ours Indignation has disappeared and the
publlcs forgctfulncss enables tho unworthy
to continue In office. A change must come
In some way. or we might as well close
our self-government shop. Either the
merit system must prevail from top to
bottom or the people must DO furnished
with the machinery for reversing their
choice oftener Office holders with the
greater part Of their terms to serve are
now defiant Of public sentiment. and pub
lie sentiment can only study to become
more lastingly rescntful until some man
for the occasion arises and suggests n
simple popular fcmedy.
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

William Waldorf Astor owns 1000 house,
| in New York CITY and has an Income OF
more than s6ooo.0oo year.
| il is eald that Dr. Manson. the Norwc.
| glan .cNp.orer. Is much annoyed when he
gees himself referred to as a Swedc.
Samuel ", Stone. author OF wait for
the wagon" and other popular songs died
az Topekn. Kan. recently. He was "a
Mrs Lucinda Penn FISHER n direct de-
scendant of William Penn. Is hving in
Buffalo and nj tho age Of so Is dependent
upon charity for her support.
The Green of Portugal perseveres in her
ncd.c1i vocation she goes reetilarIv In
founded On arriving she dons a nurse q
uniform and proceeds to work. The man
as"is arc tho daughters of st. Catherine
of Sloua.
Major c, a. Woodruff. u. S. A., now at
GovcThor's Island. and Dr Rooster W
Ravmond. formerly of General tremonis
stan. have been chosen respectively ora
tor and poet for the twcnty-c ghth animal
reunion of the Society of the Army Of tho
Potomac. which will he held at Troy In
tina latter rant of August.
Jules Verne ,s Mt present busy In the
execution OF plan TO publish a series of
Ike many authors, he hunks of the plot
last. letting 1t form in his mind as he
reads IN geographical, historical and other
books Of scientific nature on the part OF
the world he 81 going To treat.
Mrs. Ai,hca Briggs tryker, who Is
coming To be looked upon in Kansas as
Mrs. Leases most formidable rival, 81
uG1rt hut persistent young woman of 40,
with a soft va GO and a pleasing presence.
She ~ tho wifi" OF thc State sunerilpiend-
ent OF eduvaton. but was prominent
populiat long before her husband was
publicly known.
Johann Strauss has written a new ope-
RATA called THE Goddess of Reason" the
hook by wilmer AMI Buchhinder II Is to
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to have taken new form. The more
| than 100000 votes for Mr.. Bryan are rec
| ognized as an Indication Of popular revolt
against something. and the press. the poll
| ticians and the pulpit are trying to ex-
plain what 1t is--for all admit that the
| cause OF irritation still exists. The Out
look expresses the new attitude very per-
tinently thus: lone OF the most hopeful
| results of the election Is the freedom with
which those who voted against the Bryan
ticket are now inquiring what reasonable
force there was behind It," Perhaps a lit
tie freedom of inquiry before voting might
have been n better thing. Indeed the ca
gerness TO hold n post morton for educa-
fiona purposes now suggests the proven
bal readiness OF the vigilantes to try a
case after the accused was safely lynch
ed
Now the Outlook goes on to explain that
the reason for the political distrust. as
manifested by the revolt OF the six million.
is the feeling OF the people that govern
ment and parties are dominated by bosses
and the money power. Dr. Rainsford and
several other clergymon have assured lis
that 1t is the emphasis laid on the ever
widening gulf between rich and POORLY
the cstentatious pleasures of the former IN
the face OF the misery of the latter which
fomented Organism" COMPTROLLER .Ismes
A. Roberts believes that. It is the failure
OF the rich to bear their 3ist share of tax
ation which made the democratic vote in
1896 significant. And all these commenta-
tors upon social conditions and the late
erection urge that the evils they point out
BIO remeded. lest in 1900 the vote of those
who protested against them last year be
vastly greater than 5000. 600
All OF which is interesting and suggests
the reflection that anarchists. regulators
and demagogues" seem to have served
useful purpose in rousing religious papers
clergymen and public officials to sense
OF public duty.
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SOME PosTsCRIPrs.

The debt contracted by Spain to subdue
| Cuha amounts to about 800 to every ell
zen OF cuba.
Hundreds Of barrels OF clans are being
shpp"d from Maine seaport towns to New
York markets.
rho Vermont maple sugar makers arc
To send NIFTY varieties OF sweetness 70
Pre- dont-elect Mckinley.
Tho Tee fields each winter attract hun.
| dwds Of mrn To Maine-more than cam
nn1 employment.
milwaukee, Is preparing to havo hanging
gardens Tor It's exposition In 1895 r.valing
those OF babylon.
rho con,niny which controls tho amber
nroqNet OF Prussia paws $l6o,0np annually
TO the state for the privilege.
There IS enough wealth of Vegetables
ami p'oNs ions stored N Names cellars
nnd barns 10 aiock a largo city for long
siege.
The $50 savings institutions in Massa.
chusd'ts had l.Sl0.6iN dcpas.tors al the
close of last year, with Si53.a.0. %, to thodr
credit
The FRS, whal9hacl< hunt on tho Pacific
coast Is now In It's tenth year being re-
modelled into u steamer of the regular
pattern at Oakland Cal.
"Guess w. Guevs" was a divorce case
heard last week m the supreme court at
Rangor. Ne, Perhaps somebody wishes to
Gut ~ again
SIR John Lubbock, who has heea con
s.derue the ant and Yrs ways for many
years. has .s-cCrtalnNd that those active
Insects may live TO the age of IL years.
A Vermont man. who has carried the
mail twelve NJ les twice a ddY anu re-
cevod the munhcout sum of / cent for
the four wears. Is TO have 500 for the next
foar years.
In Pcnobscot county, Me. the fines i'm
posed on dNlleus who olate the liquor
law paw all the county expenses The
fines are collected with "a much regular
.tN as II they wera LICENSES.
The native police IN the foreign settle
mont at Yokohama. having mastered the
English language. are now study ng the
Russian. Chinese ami corean tongues as
part OF their police duty.
The Boston library has 62S.eN volumes.
with l3o1o separate editions OF Shakes
peare's works, II Stands second To tho
congress ional library al Washington In
the number OF it's volumes.
A surface COMPOSED Of stcar,n. plraffin
and ozolrerse has been patented hV Ni.-
lard of Paris and Is intended TO replace
ice Tor s'ltnt ng, the elcmcaNs Of its compo-
sstion VARYING according to the season
Il tree recently cut on Trout run, Clear
field county, measured 50 fee. IN length
feet across the butt and rs inches aeross
she ton. where 1t WIS broken IN The fan
or II would have reached 100 feet N length.
Tho greatest living authority On Indian
star sites calculates that from sl.0o0o0D 10
~. GO 40 people scarcely ever lose the se1-
sstldn OF hunger-ln fact. do not know the
feeling OF n full stomach except tn the
mango season.
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THE CITY.

The Post /. delivered to any part Of the
city by carriers at 800 per month; three
months, $780, six months. $500; one year.
1l20J.
Mr.. Theodore Berng has charge OF the
City Circulation and Collecting.
Mesrs. Theodore Boring ana Charles
Lott are the authorized collectors OF al
city bills. both advertising and subscrip-
ton, and no money should be paid to any
one other than those named. unless special
Manager is shown. All accounts of any
size should be ptid by check IN favor VI
The Houston Printing Company.
the management, and none will be accep.-
ed In payment of office bills
Subscribers failing to receive the pap0r
regularly viii please notify tho ofhcc
promptly. Every Subscribers paper IS OK.
pected to DO delivered not later than $50
a. IN.
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from the New York Journal.
For month or more after the recent
presidential election the spokesman of Tho
anti BRYAN elements were voclferous in
ooas,'hg OF their magnificent victory
"hleh they then estimated at over ooo ooo
majority IN the popular vote-ana In
announcing the defeated leader and his
associates IN unmeasured and malienan,
terms There followed period in which Il,
became apparent that Mr. Bryan's vote wa.
vastly greater and McKinley's consIdersh,,
, n,o d ,hsn had been asserted. and the or
Kiniev;,a, ~ ,S eagerly offered by the Nc
f h,,,iegl,es thai mere loyalty TO the nnn,a a,
democracy had given the nominee " ns OF
on,ISso convention following which
,, ye'1 q, IN nd n" way be taken as fair meas.
Wv oI popular approval OF the doetr,ros
SET torth in the democrats nla,forr, ines
sna , which is certainly interes,,n nc
anu may not be improbable. seems eS nn,s
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II anything were needed to put the mem-
hcrs of the legislature on guarl and cause
them 10 look with ghe proper caution at
the protest" against the Houston char
ter amendments purportlnG to come from
the Carpenters aud Joiners' union of this
city, the violence and peculiar language
OF tho protest" itself would be sufficient.
The statements are antaaonistlc to tho
facts, in addition to their apparent III tenn
per. The amendments were fully dis
GUESSED and several times published and
In the main represent thc intelligent sem
timcnt of this city.
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She Has II Right 10 DC Jubllant.

TT VI VUhtTNtr.
houston is in ecstacies over her prospect
,or securing deep water. She is already
making faces at Galveston.
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Rkhes Untold
Lot the winds blow.
Let fan the snow.
TIL a glisten.ng white coat covers all here
below,
Cold bo the air.
And earth everywhere
Rest bleak and forbldd5ns meath dun.
Gaunt despair,
We've reached our goal,
CIV lNlt cheer to the SouD,
We're plrtoerats now-we'vs bucket OF
-Phalads.phiA North American.
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IIer renlv-

her reply
How old are you?" The lavvar rruff
oro1ni In her glance an ICY smell.
Vmoih she. I'm young vet Old enough
10 KNOW lar better lha'l to tell"
-Washlngton Star,
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Endorsed by the People,

Harshall Messenger
The Houston Post is fast coming to the
'front.' as the leading paper OF Texas II
is Endorsed by tho people and II stands
py inc people among whom il gets its sup
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spccinI Sian Com,nissiomcrs.

AT AUSTIN--L. A. Petit office in the
State Capitol Building.
AT DALLAS--Jamcs Hays Quarles.
Windsor Hotel
AT GALvEsroN--J. II. Sullivan. office
Ia the Evening Tribune Building.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Editorial, Isl. Business, 1Ss.
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At last It really looks as II Spain were
firing of Weylcr's fairy stories.

DR.. Betancourt, the American dentist.
has at last been liberated In Havana. Two
months in a filthy. disease -brectling dun
gcon as a more Suspect" ought TO have
met all the requirements OF justice in the
promises. If we had a sfaao department
that would promptly collect the proper
damages. tho doctor ought to be able to
practice dentistry hereafter merely as a
pustne.
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The pror'pt trial ana conviction of n
rape llond In our local criminal court Is n
matter for pubEc gtmiuklfion and is much
better than lvuch law The prompt trial
and conviction Of all kinds OF criminals
would bo stili better
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co,onc, ochiItree IN S'''

Exchange. -. the isp|'
colonel. was made the y AK j \
house fir, in New Sssxt'
s % West trlhirty-thlri st y s''sss
the noted story teller ,',. N ~ !
into bed after a Jolly ~ s, n
Waldorf. -. Mr. 0rh1s "a
only IN his paJanna,;'o M 40.
from gallasYtly Easno vsf
female boardefs, W ne az
he chilly blas,; , ln hs.
If Their night o;'consl's 4 w
fitting as the ce' ,,nt q sal', b
warmer. even Il az sSyit.aga NJ.
F!remen so ccaa,,sed y -,
and all returned Y Soufsy
way upstairs tn Us n falz ri
np a long ,os old a hama ,a.s
Owner. bu, gave Y "a
Then he gui 70 p',smaga,
:, ~. m he awoke for s WY W 4
S Sassr, "' p.angOrou' s'ss
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When IT cones TO planning himself on
tho Nicaragua canal and denounclng John
Bun Senator Morgan is few and faint.
but fearless still
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Governor Black OF New York, II ia now
discovered, has been one OF the Standard
on oomrany's paid attorneys and trusted
legislative agents" Tho governor Will
he black indeed by tho time the New
York press is through wNh him.
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The question of establishing postal
telegraph System IS aguln engaging public
attention Probably congress is getting
hari up again ana thu lobby on hand Is
not ''prodaeins'' generously. A pos al tel
eErnph System would be a great thing for
the public however
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The Cuban genemls continue TO advise
against yoaIng Americans going to Cuba to
fosn tho insurgent armies. These practlca!
leaders very properly conclude that We are
bc'tcr able to feed and nurse these Young
patriots than arc the Cubans.
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Russell Sage. ono OF Ghe most enthusi-
hs',ic of the Mcktnloyttos declares that
we are close to wonderful business re,
vival.' II would he interesting 10 know
what vloim dhe Old man has particularly
In view now.
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II seems THAT the faithful Thurber Is
rot going to dcssr, Grover until he has
carried al the bat boxes safely into the
hall OF the row Princeton home. What a
touching example for ]. Addison Portcrl