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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28
CAPITAL CHAT.
Washington Post.

Washington Post
During the consideration OF bills in the
, senate yesterday afternoon. tho reading
clerk came across one for the payment of
SIS, 900 to the heirs of the Italians killed in
the Colorado riots, He read it by title.
with much stumbling and mumbling, as
follows:
A bin for the relief OF Lorenzo Andlnlno.
Francesca Rochietto, and Stanislaus Wit
tone.
81 suggest that that bill be read again, :"
laughingly remarked Senator Hill. The
clerk looked around at the senator in dire
dismay. but was not to be caught in the
trap.
"a bill for the relief of Lorenzo and
others" was all he said. and the laugh was
on Mr. Hill.
Speaker Reed wrote an article some time
ago for the Youths Companion. of Boston,
on the advantages to the government from
civil service. Last week he received re-
buke for his views from Vermont Yankee
who wrote letter to the speaker suggest
ing that no civil service examination was
necessary to secure a seat in congress. The
argument Of the letter was that having
been elected to high position by the SUI
lrages OF his constituents he WAS taltino
ground that barred the very fellows from,
places who had put him in. The areumen,
was old, but IL was put in forcihle LANGUAGE
and when brought to Mr.. Reeds attentlon
he said he guessed there was some point
to IT.
Tine gnAaspr tnnE ho
ers, IN whose district the correspondent
lives.
Probably MIR, Reeds daily mail Is m.
largest of any man who holds office n, tho
| capitol People write to him from all ove-
the country. mainly laborng under the dc.
fusion that he speaker Of the house Of rem.
resentatives is such a powerful man tbo,
he has only TO nod TO create fat office.
But while many write for office, others
want clerical favors that should nronor,,
be done for them by their congressman ~.
mis- secretary. THESE letters are ali an
swered courteously. but generally br,onv
whether they be fer doorkeeperships az, ~
documents Tho speaker, OF course geo.
few, If any, of these letters. ''''
The other day Virgnian wrote to Nr
heed Tor an oiflce in one Of the depart-
ments. He was informed that he sbori1
apply TO the civil service commission p;.
return mail there came very impertinen,
letter critlclsing the answer that had bson
returned, The writer did not believe that
Speaker Reed had ever seen his applicants
and wanted the letter delivered 10 Inc nsr
sonase to whom it had been addressed
81 do not think" said that eminent Viz.
ginia humorist. Cab Maddox, at tho Oxford
that either Congressman Harry Tucker or
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LEADING EDITORIALS.
From the Chicago Times Herald.

| FROM the Chicago Times Herald.
xr., Young Boies Pen
POLITICS IN 49,
PENNSYLVANIA ranrasarta,,vu a,
the Quay machine, is a much more credita-
Die outcome than We generally get from
machine politics. He comes OF good ances-
Try. lie graduated at Harvard and he
studied law with Wayne MacVeagh. He
makes good figure on the platform. and
he has done something in the way OF writ
ing on serious subjects.
do not see why he should not make as
good senator as John Wanamaker would
have done. wanamaker was only dry
goods merchant when President liarrison
put MIN In his cabinet. The entire political
career OF Penrose covers only twelve years
man must have some good stuff In him
10 climb up to the United States senate in
that brief time. There was a lot OF rub
Dish published In the newspapers about
Wanamaker being the business mems can
didate."
Among the 1913 republicans who voted for
Ienrose In the caucus there were certainly
more business men than among the % who
voted for Wanamaker. Besides, Wanna
maker had machine as well as Penrose.
The Martin Philadelphia machine. u very
good piece of mechanism, by the way. was
turned to the support OF Wanamakcr
against the State political machine run by
quay 1t was really battle Of machines,
ana not of business men against an or
ganfzed political ring. In Pennsylvania
nobody can do much in the field of politics
without some sort Of machine.
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s,,tc We'll Adnli1
Iustin Democrat.

Austin DemOCTHt.
Texas affairs are
economically than are ''@
State in the Union 70 ~ y
laws are. all things eo = "
forced, and even-handea " y. {
show in the general SCUM \!
withstanding all this us N
displeased with Texas
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EagIe Lake AdvertIser
Tho Houston Post holds up her record for
up-to-daie work IN giving the full account
~ tho Bryan speech In Houston. The peo-
pie % Texas realize in The Houston Post
their great want
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From the Atlanta Constitution.
a my,pY,rr mn In com m n
c-rr,.- upon the oh
~ '- - - IVA" -ASIa q " c.a rs ~

ance of General
Lees birthday, the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune pronounces a graceful eulogy upon
the life and character of the south's nreat
soldier
Without diminishing the value OF n.
tribute by referring in a deprecatlng man
ner to the Southern cause, the Commercial
Tribune pays It's mead of respect to Cen
eral Lee as one OF the greatest commanders
of the time. II refers to his brilliant rec.
ord as a West Point student, and also 10
the fact that, in laying his sword upon Viz
Sinias altar, he was actuated less by a
iuoling of hatred for the Union than by a
sense of loyalty to his native State.
In speaking of General Lee S private life,
the Commerciai-T says;
His private life was bamelcss, aud he
dieu as he lived, Christian gentleman
His record as a commander marks him a
worthy descendant OF Light Horse" Harry,
and history will recognize him among the
worlds greatest soldiers. There can be
little doubt that had not State and per
sonal attachments won him away from his
sworn allegiance to the Stars and Stripes,
he might have occupied high place. not
only in the military history OF the civil
war. but in the civic and political history
that followed AppomattoX
While the foregoing tribute is just, 1t Ia
also generous and. coming from one of the
leading newspapers of the great North
west. II can not fail to awaken rcapon-
sive chord in every Southern heart, as
the mists of sectional conflict, which have
so long interfered with an accurate appre-
citation of the great leaders on both sides,
arc beginning to clear away. tlA nobility
of General Lees character is becoming
daily more and more apparent.
In line with the tribute paid to tho
great Nreinian by the Comercal- Tribune
is the handsome elogium pronounced upon
him few nights ago in this city by Dr.
Russell II. Conwell of Philadelphia, a vet
eran of the Union army. who declared that
General Lee was one Of the noblest prod
ucts Of the war between the States.
Is this excessive praise for a hero the
motto OF whose life is contained in his own
famous declaration: DUTY is the sub
finest word in our language"
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Clifton Record
be first clasn. This excellent Newspaper ia
doubtless ~ opinion that an object lesson
~ more impressive than pen picture.
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And II Dent.
Greenville Herald.

The Dallas News can't get over the fact
that senator Mills refused to holt tho ro,,,t-
nation OF bryan end never misses n chanro
10 dig The senior senator from Texas undsr
me ffih rib This fact. however should
not cause Colonel Mills to lose any sleep.
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From the Chicago
AN OPE
EXECUTIVE
SESSION.


the United States resolved itself Friday into
what might be called with very little
stretch Of the exact truth an open execu-
tice session.
There is no palmer parliamentary law In
connection with the senate than the GUS
tom Cfor parliamentary law is merely the
ruts worn In the road by CUSTOM of con
sidering appointments and treaties behind
closed doors. and Withholding knowledge
OF what goes on behind the bars from the
public. except knowledge of the result
reached. This is wise policy, but its vio-
lation Friday was also wise. II recalls the
divine observation in regard TO the Saba h.
for a rule OF this kind. in exceptional
cases, is honarcd more in the breach than
IL would be In It's observance.
Nothing could have been more timely
than for the senate. through the remarks
OF senators, TO define publicly Ito attitude
toward the new arbitration treaty. which
attitude is that Of deliberaton, and not
either preclpiiate acceptance or hostility
One senator stewart Of Nevada. came very
near crossing the line OF open debate on
the merits Of the bill. lie was called to
order. but not until he had clearly stated
the general ground on which he evidently
proposed 10 vote against ratification, VITA
that exception no senator committed him
sell or entered upon the merits OF The
treaty.
Tho hot debate was largely due 10 =
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Would Have Hasi

Austin Democrat.
Had Bryan been elects =
been followed by the Nv.
failures which have oee', ~
ton OF Mckinley, ths M. ~
nave hanged him to : J. VIZ " z
en- route TO Washins'oI
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ma are being ph,,,
ana m".n now a man "a u
inIIrahins paper sIt,s.a
What's solnssSss '''' i
staten Island b..
' nan,d frapslt 4 hlssss.l
, ,0ns tme' but i I
II, as with i
tb0 these days . uos. W
s sIe ray! 1s,, Of 100 mix.
~ Gss Chamber abb aboard NJ. ,s,ssss
so long?" ~ naw n
clerk Harriost i. tut J,
report report as a reminder !,
,s their face. ~ /
r lae states that durIur i.
captains of the diness.,.a, y y
over to him $500 srtIs'a.
Which which he had besa sSi''
proper owners, thousb NJ
goods sa !, returned to owner WE \
ing the year was oy. zs' NJ
A story was told J. !. |
knickerbocker foyer d. Il
may have been printed NJ
W VAS SO long ago itsm \
Hare had invited Bl,A,o !,
to meet him on sunds, y,
day by stating that s,,. W.
day he wasn't busy. N.
a polite refusal, concludi,s
tunately. Sunday i, ths ~
week on which / ana bur-:
For the first time Ia ,s,|
end of this month will u \
clear of lame washlp.. n
is the first to sail, and Ii, y
VIII soon follow. The ys,.
OF dry dock, but her p,,s !.
by the Terror, which /, y.
nomer. except to The IN, \
condition. The MaAsachu,,ss'
are also in good shape, M
down the bay without coI M
so the Spanish can come ]. !,
please.
A friend with an inqslts,
has just finished a ,upus
items that go to make , n,
Sheet sensational. This i i
careful tabulation Of IN /
items. Troubles between M
some other fellows wife. h. :,
10; theft, 4; violent dsls
disaster, /; mixed morbl1itr
no exaggeration. Those item,
morbidity" take 10 abou. III ;
the calendar that an h,
punched in ten cases.
The extent to which / =
for a dog can go Is show b
letter a friend received toa,
Jersey banker: Franks Il
pneumonia, and he tFtlsN |
cerned on his (the dngi
wants TO know II Z tilinN i
obtained for him (ths do
sat up all night last nieh i
dog, and reports that n i
much better this mornins'
friend made inquiries ind h
such men here as rained u
dog) and sent one to New n
ternoon train.
II the mems fur1iihaf I
town indicate what maih
be. the average colored I'll
much more brilliant sifrEI
than 1T has ever been Ia hi
the time OF year the M 4
are first shown, and hh Nj
to many purchasers who 81
in the spring why II ID ~
terms are already rnaItsl
when the season Is conFsx
This year there has been U I
outbreak OF checks, and
man who orders stripes VII!
to be hopelessly given orss'
different TO fashion.
One OF the sights vhiasl
but several years ago vsaal
garded as surprising, y 2
women that are to b ~
at night, evidently 10 eva
far as lace scarfs and opds'
be taken as indicating Ed
Sherry's the other night ~ /
tertainment which began aa
Whereabouts for several nIan
rection showed a numb1 = !
in light evening wraps vh
foot to the place. The ~ !,
witnessed about the open
performance. Women 10 y
walk to the theater In ssaa
not hesitate to use tho caif
c...n we'll Adnlhl
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Ja.t watch ,
Scaly News.

Scaly News. ,mI
A bill has been pas
of congress proyid'ns ~
menclng at the mouth 1.,,v Il q
weston harbor ana .I,r 4 q
Buffalo bayou to The . e' sv,,,s
ton may yet become -
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From the Washington Post.
spot caou Referring to {
Mr nv, editorial, SOM
v,o ago, In which
40 ~>@s - = plorod tho sorf

- l. plored the sordid and
ignoble tendency Of the present day to sub
ordinate every question affecting National
dignity and honor to the consideration OF
business" the Greenville Is. c. State.
after quoting our article in fun says:
I'VE can not improve on this protest. IT.
is as eloquent as 1t is worthy; it is as
rightly wrathful as the time demands. But
we are afraid that 1t goes for nothing The
commercial spirit-we might more accu-
rately say the money spirits steadily
overcoming the spirit militant War has
become not so much a test OF courage ard
hardihood as test OF purses. 1t is in
creasingly and enormously expensive. No
state can go hopefully to battle nowadays
with an empty treasury. The money lead
cr5 must be consulted Their veto is fatal.
This is the power OF the bourses, and it is
freely exercised"
We can not share our esteemed contcm-
porary S pessimistic view 1t is true, per-
hnps. that the standard OF the huckstcr and
the pawnbroker has been In the ascendant
latterly. That invertebrate mugwumpery,
and the stock list, which knows no coun-
try and no creed. have seemed to inspire
our policy, both foreign and domestic but
We do not believe that this regime has rep
resented the feelings and the aspirations
OF the American people. We believe. on the
contrary. that never in the history of the
republic has there been a dlspensation so
absolutely odlous and unwelcome TO the
masses. Do not. esteemed contemporary.
lose faith in the ycomanry Of this great
Nation They are stil with us instinct
as ever with manhood and courage and the
fervor Of a noble patriotism.
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EXTRAORDINARY WEATHER.


| EXTRAORDINARY WEATHER.
| Two years ago this section was treated I,
surprise In the shape Of phenomena
snows;orm for South Texas. and now II ha.
been visited by another extraordinary
| -speli' o. weather, a. cold. possibly as ha,
I ever been experienced here, with the excep
ton OF one or two visitations which oc.
CURED some years ago.
| or course. Thermometers will differ IL
registering the degree OF cold, both becaus,
Of the different positions or locations In
which they are placed. and OF the differ
| ences in the construction of the instru.
| ments. Allowing for such differences. the
degree Of cold registered yesterday morn
ing. say at O'Clock, In this city. was about
y. or 10 degrees below freezing When 1,
is remembered that even a slight freeze
does not occur more than once In winter
ordinarily. in this section 1t will be seen
how unusually severe this latest blizzard
really was. Back in 1856 the cold was more
Intense and possibly once since Eleven
years ago the bay at Galveston was frozen
curry was down to II at that time, When
II Is remembered that the blood is thin and
the preparations for comfort during wintry
conditions with us are few, 1t is easy TO
understand how II is that such weather as
that OF the past two or three days affects
us so keenly.
Visitors from the North who are here for
pleasure, or business, or health, must not
hastily conclude that they have been mis-
taken in hunting a typical Southern sec
ton. They might remain hero for ten years
and not see the thermometers in Houston
again register %. For every cold or dis
agreeable day in winter in South Texas
there are a dozen delightful days. 1t seems
indeed that just as we have had an extra.
ordinary article o; weather here, so they
have had unusually severe cold throughout
the North-iu fact. we should not have had
Our biting spell but for the remarkable de-
yelopiaenjs in the territory OF the North
west and around tho great lakes. one swal.
low does not make a spring nor one bllz-
yard a winter however ard South Texas
SIN offers as mary attractions during the
winter 70 tho Measure or health or home
49, ,,n.,o, &C..
S''Aei ~ ~ -- a----- - ~ ~
Tho ivrcbtn,~s ma. have occurred in
o.. -,
only Indignant protests against brutal
crmes. hui against the slippery and slov-
cn!y administration OF criminal justice
In tho cour.s There are criminals with
4
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Weyler IS ". least versaule-he has
new racidca.ion report every day.
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"pIs anu 'N4'h"~-,'S'4c "''e Dan 'V"'o'' ~
ME Simply as a s,'lei''o"' VI AT "
,'.' ~ ~ ~,
-, Observation-Disclosures. ..o.,,.,
e-o,,, ,,os,-..,e,t,on devslonments.
-"~-''
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Tho lynchings that have occurred in
Louisiana and Texas recently were nos
only fHdisnaut protests against brutal
cr mes. hut against the slippery and sov
emily administration OF criminal justice
IN Tie courts. There are criminals with
whom tho public feel they can not afford
10 THO chanres In the courts.
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Major Mckinley Is said to he a verlt-
able and rnthua.asuc baseball rooter. 1t
rs not known whether this statement 3
n,-.ae simply as "a statement Of fact. or
whe'her II is shrewdly designed 10 COM
teract the disappointment ana loss of pop
ularty rloii have unQuestlonably resul ed
nrorn nos. -..ie.finn deXelonments.
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t-p-to-Date On

~
up-to-Date o. E'''
McGregor Observer =. 4
The Houston Pcs' :. M
the governor. message ~
,re style. The a. r y,
ed by the pictures !. oiiss, !
houses and the s' ,s,,s 4 ~
up-to-date on on.
Can, succeed z
Fort Worth Register !. n
The country will nla a1I,|
o,,,re of David Benns, s',s Il
ME 'sst toc" Plat MAY y"
succeed him. ~r
How About
Paris Advocate. =. \ ~
The man who f'il' '.,s 4
a knife at the PIE u, .
found tryins 10 W u
tiun. . ~
New BOSTON ,,s,,,,a ,,'1 e. "
benefit the coast ,sss
general, and ~
acknowledgements
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Weyler Is 81. least versatile-he has a
new rci1ca.ion report every day.
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It begins TO look as Il the trnnsconinent-
nj lines were TOO strong In the senate for
the Nicaragua canal bill.
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AT AUSTIN--L. A. Petit. office in the
State Capitol Building. ~
AT DALLAS-James Hays Cuar!es,
Windsor Hotel
In the Evening Tribune Building.
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An eX-confedora,e soldier In the United
States senate from Kansas would seem
TO Indicate that popuDsn Is nor without
It's good points after all
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Chicago will never give Up the fight
for supremacy 50 long as there Is an in
habAed acre left In Illinois.
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Every good citizen in the State ought to
feel keen interest in the organization
and efficiency of vhe State volunteer
81 ari It Is almost inconccivsble that
any business man would do anything to
Impair the value OF al arm designed 10
protect life AMI property in cases of riot
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The Emperor William has had another
birthday II those anniversaries recur for
fifteen or twenty years longer the cmper-
or may heroine a very sensible kind Of a
rtler-hc s. uat'irally bright, but he wants
the ton.ng down That age brings with It.
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Poor Old Nevada IS beginning TO recos-
nize the Necessity for Offering some In.
iuooments to imm- grafton. and Il isn't.
seemingly, particular about the kind OF
Immigration.
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Since the recent story OF the singular
c'eath OF M!r' Ellen Reach Yaw was pub
n'Aed md then denied in press dispatches.
II is beginning to dawn on ,he public that
the young 'Diy has q genuine. up-to-date
manager this srlson.
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EN-Queen III a. Washington IS demon
7traung AGAIN thls there's nothing like
going away from bone 20 be somebody
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~ do not think said that eminent vi,
GINA humorist' CAB Maddox, at tho Oxford.
that either Congressman Harry Tucker or
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Spain has just put another and a very
hne warship on the seas. II begins 20
look however, as n We VIII have no
chance TO add It to our navy.
The Forrest City times., 1897-12-10
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