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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-16
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

General weyler's name Is Don valeriano
Weyier Mcclellan.
The Russian Academy az ST. Petersburg
has elected as honorary members Lord
Kelvin and Dr. Simon Newcomb OF Wash
ington.
Ex-senator Sawyer of Wisconsin has
added 500 TO his recent gift; OF s25,cco. to
the endowment fund OF Lawrence Uni
versi,y in Appleton, Wis.
Archduchess Siephanle, widow of the
Kate Crown Prince Rudolf OF Austria,
sang for the firs, time IN public lately
In the LaNenburs church. Tear Vienna.
The late Baron de Hirsch's estate at
Newmarket, England, has been put w
at auction. 1t cos; the owner slo0.6oo. but
tie i1rEest bid for II was ti5.sH
Coquclin. cadet, has just taken one OF
his brothers best known parts. the father
in-law in Anglers comedy, lie Gendrc de
NJ. PORTER" at the Coincide Franchise.
Names grand old man is the vener
able ex-senator James Ware Bradbury OF
Augusta. who Is seven years the senior OF
Mr.. Gladstone Mr.. Bradbury is in his
aaih year.
ing church near Guilford, Eng. in which
H. viii paint frescoes himself. while his
wife VIII design the terra Gotta decora-
tons.
APPEAR IN Paris. CURIOSITY is very keen
IN regard 10 the outcome OF the war that
will enSue between the Italian actress and
B'rnhardt.
nc JOURNAL OF l'dTlS MAKES tItt HilipT-
iiauNe statement, the dIctum of the Figaro
Notwithstanding that sarah Bernhard
VIII not be decorated with the Cross Of the
Legion OF Hoior this year,
George W. cable Is to become. the editor
OF Current Literature and VIII have a de-
parimerl In the magazine. Under this ar
nangement the Symposium, monthly
magazine which Mr.. Cable started. Will
be discontinued.
According to a Madrid paper. Major
ciru1cda, before whose column Maceo ls
s;i.d to have fallen, has been made a col
ouel. No less than four towns in Spain
have opened subscriptions in order to raise
funds TO purchase swords OF honor to be
presented 10 him.
Tho oldest actor in the world ia Henry
Doel He win he 90 on his next birthday.
and was an aoor for s.Xty-hve years. AS
a child he WIS rowei out 10 Plymouth
Sound. and saw Napoleon walking the
quarterback OF the Billy Ruffn. The vet
eran ao.or now keeps tavern in Ply
mouth. England.
The Emperor William. says the London
World has decided to give a jubilee cup,
three feet In height, to be sailed for by
British yaelr's, IN commemoration of tho
siNieth year of Queen Nictorias reign.
The cup Is to be sailed for from Dover to
Heiigoland, and the emperor win himself
present It 10 the winner at kiel.
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The Negro Problem.

Booker T Washington. the noted negro
educator. addressed an audience in Chicago
Sunday and said of the negro problem:
The problem in the South is a simple
one. If we stick to Fight principles. AS bad
as slavery was. 1t brought the Southern
white man into business contact with the
negro for $50 years. II Southern white
man wanted to build a house, he consulted
negro about the planning and building of
that house. II he wanted suit OF clothes
made he consulted negro tailor about
the making of those clothes. The business
contact during slavery left the negro at
the close of the war in possession of all
the skilled labor In the South, but the great
prohlein that is more and more pressing
upon us each year is, Can the negro hold
on TO those skilled occupations that were
purchased by him at the price of 300 years
OF slavery? Can we hold our own against
the incoming foreign skilled laborers and
trades unions that are beginning to spread
through the South? We can not unless
from Tuskegee and Hampton and other in.
situations we can send out constant
stream of men and women with not only
skilled hands but with highly cultivated
brains and hearts who can lead our peonle
IN their industrial life During slavery
the negro was not so situated that he
could feel the force of competition. hut to-
day he is called upon to compete with the
white man in agriculture in mechanics
IN domestic science and the professions
and while he has the muscle he lacks ski
and brains to such an extent that he ia
not hoiding his own in the industrial
world Inc black man that has $4,000 to
iehd VIII have no trouble in finding friends
and borrowers among his white neighbors
The black man that manufactures the hest
,xffn
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HANNA FOR THE SIN ,rr.

II seems 20 nc agreed nav TIN, Senator
Sherman VIII fiep oat OF Inc senate INTO
the cabinet and that Mark Hanna VIII 10
named az sherman's successor In the upper
house N the congress Of The United sis,e.
The republicans o. New York have hon.
orcd The big boss Of that State BY naming
him as Mr iIlls successor and the repuh
leans Of Pennsylvania have subseryien,ly
obeyed Boss Quay's orders in the sclectlon
OF Don cameron's successor. 70 why should
we not see the great boss af all honorel
by the republicans OF the presid mt loc,..
state2 The outside public have said sorne
hard things about Plat and Quay and 4,
has been regarded even in some aece,,
republican circles as an outrage to elevate
such men to the position OF United sta,es
senators. Why. therefore. should We mi,
characterize the selectlon of Hanna fro,n
Ohio as another outrage and under ei,c ann
stances still fresh In the memory n, m.
people. pIeater insult to pubic 0on.imsr,
than oven the action In New York and
Pennsylvania
Americans worship success and thew IN
not often stop TO reflect upon the method,
by which success has been attained. This
man Hanna has come suddenly into the
public eye and his claims to public resnec,
and confidence rest wholly upon his con
duct OF McKlnlcy's campaign, first for the
nomination and then for the election. II,
insolently announced his purpose to wiz
BY business methods" and proceeded 4,
raise the greatest corruption fund In cam.
paign history. and more than majority a
the voters in America believe today tina
he succeeded simply through the brazenl,
corrupt use OF this fund. He has demon
strated that to him the end jus;ifios tn,
means and that for party or personal sue
cess he is ready to sacrifice the purity o.
she hsilot or the honesty OF the electorate
that republican institutions and universal
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Whatever may have been their opinion, IN
dividually or collectively. OF ex-Governor
| Altgeid, they owed II to their oMn niFni.s
| as gentlemen and as members OF me Tvs
| lature Of Illinois to trea, its retiring CIV
utiye with common courtesy. aad IL ftlus
ing so 10 do they have iro@iaiine' th's
| their own lack Of sense. 4 boa.tsh ao1 aoes
not reflect upon the payscN against wholh
IL may be directed. but apon the author o.
IT, During the heat of a political canvass
when partisan spirit runs hign. men ma
sometimes be "goaded with most sharp ov-
casions which lay nice manners ny but
when the battle has been tough; and wen
then surely the victor can AFFORD TO Dc couf-
tsous and generous.
Viewed simply as matter al party loi-
icy. the snub administered to eX-GoveIaoF
Altgeld was very stupid bluader- ihe
republican legislature at the ouiset HAs
made the serious mistake OF lnsaitlns
defeated opponent. Mr.. Altgeii had oN-
pected to deliver an address n the ihau-
gural exercises in accordance WIN Ntrs
comrendable custom Inc adlr ess, Whinn
he had released for publication. contains
nothing In any way offensive 10 the repun,
lican party II is discreet. courteous ana
largely patriotic. He himself nad escorted
Governor Tanner into The nall lie sal
ready 10 deliver his address, I'D his vie
was with him One of mis- friends on the
floor asked permission FOR him TO Sreas.
But. actuated by stupidity 1nd raHew-
mindedness which is utterly uHearhpnat ie'
the administration forces, governed by the
speaker. decided in their own cIa-ant str-
biage. TO choke him ii. This aeticn IN
itself was contemplate. hut il WIS more
than that. II was bad politics. Courtesy
to a defeated enemy appeals TO he An'ri-
can spirit OF fair play. As the * governor
himself says in an interview. II is one
of the glorles of republican fern nj gov
crnment that there can be a change OF
administration. not only without trouble.
but that the government shall be turned
over from one party TO hostile party both
in an orderly aud a graceful manner.
As his address shows, AIR. Altgeld was
prepared to help smooth over the change.
The administration forces were noJ The
insult which they tried to inflict uIon him
was an insult also 10 the people OF lili-
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Horsros. .AYTRDAl- g,NtARY L.
TURNING rovAa3 savTH TEXAS


4 s.is c, size Ias hzl: sse,!ors o.
land in IIssr-y ce-e-y . ls~a parties
for something oss- - tta3. which ereu7es
the otbe- cay. Rza no;ipe q Nalch wa
snaae II Tae Tnst YESTERDAY. Is a i.ern O,
more than passing ia;srtsi o. importance
10 this l-lrs-iisis section
The fac; .a5ssztcs rIes-ly ia. attention
"a he Northwest Is bs.ns directed 'orard
The TezAs eaas: cocntry. Eitasr the IN
tersst III there is great caopEh 10 brlas
prospeotors here or sanes.9iy or agency
here is en;srPTisias enough 10 20 after
the investors. Aad 50 large a sale Is evi-
cence o, the aitrzeiivencss 81 the lands
here. ard OF prices. 70 tho investors The
;srrns show 4 price OF less tAzs IS per
acre and It is dcubisal Il such desirable
lands can be bought anywhere else 81 this
country .or such aguro-tak.as climate
fertility ana general adsptabll!,y Of the
soil for all Kinds o. crops AMI proximity tn
such admirable markets aud Distribution
eenters as Houston and Galveston.
The purchase referred to probably means
that a large number Of settlers or home
seekers from Iowa will Ss located on the
lands. whieA viii be suediaacd into small
tracts The men who baGght thee nine
and a half sections would rot have made
the investment. Ia ell probability. unless
they knsw iha, there was demand ,or
such locations by the people In the North
west. who have been battling for several
years pasr against combination OF rieor-
Gus climate AT: very hasa times. The
Post noted also. Thursday mofnlnr that a
large plantation IN Brszofia county had
been purchased by gentleman from North
Texas Other reports save been heard re-
Gently of other saies Of TEXAS coast country
laada 70 pa.tiea from distance.
II begins 20 lok as g, investors and homo
seekers were learning ~ The l,;ractiyeness
and promise o, ihis section The next
great deseicpnen. IA this state Is gong TO
occur 81 soe'h Texas The fertility and
chespuess Of TIRE lands. ,h- ease with watch
the pisreai arter!an water csn be obtained.
the p!entlfDiness o. surface Fa;er. for that
matter. and II. ssiuhrl'y .. climate ami
possible variety Of cfofs. all mark the
Texas coast region as one Of Tie unua, de-
sirable fields for Investment n the South
or wsst-and the facts cited indicate that
the public on The oetsits are rapidly be-
ginning 10 appreciate ibis fact.
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Martha Langdon aud Maggie Mossv
THE POSTS ALMAkAc

Livingston Local: We are IN ~
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of valuable Information on ain&
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,r.tie. IL is fun OF STATISTICS ~
an excellent compendium for rau \
erce.
HaEetsvi,le New Era: We M Y
celpt of The Houston Post Aims IN
1887. 1t IA a. valuable httAe book N
not 80 little. either. full OF stap -. n
on quite d variety of subjeas
cents 10 The Hous.nn Pest for Que
San Angelo Enterprise. the hITs s
Post Almanac for 1877, 1t rs W VI
and valuable to students as : \,
ready reference. The Post dess!, ~
for this new specimen oil leAas
enterprls, !.
Sc guln Anchor: The Ancbm
cclpt of The Houston Posi- A. ~ q I
1871 1t DIS wen gotten up. fiia o. H
informal on and should be N VIZ 49,
every Texan. The Post nlands M
celt ain,y to bo congratulated W
splendid style in which Ut app~
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AMI. as heretofore. Will have 49, srsd
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different subiacts which col l,,o ~ D.
dav that It IS a dstftnCt ,srrti
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,inn,c I'll Mnrch.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

cleveland Plain Dealer
President elect William Mckinley re-
turned to Canton for the last seven weeks
of his private citizenship. 1t having been
determined that his departure for Wash
ington shall take place on Monday, March
l. exactly seven weeks from today. That
these intervening days will be tusy ones
for the prospective president no one IA
miliar with the political situation can
deny. 1t is now two months since the ver-
dict OF the American people declared
Majcr Mckinley to be their choice for the
chief magistracy and while lie viii not be
invested with office for little over month
yet The mighty weight OF that great office
has already cast It's shadow over him. What
illsht have proved an irksome task To
many MAS on the whole a congenial one to
Mckinley. Backed by powerful and
thoroughly disciplined and equipped party
oIg@nization, the republican candidate was
relieved OF all the details OF the campaign.
anu while his advice in general lines OF
policy was often sought he found himself
in the possession of a political engine III
the form OF an organization suoh as no
candidate ever before dreamed of. An al
most united press, unlimited money, a
thoroughly organized and united party
with few sulking CassAlses III any State TO
harass him, the republican candidate was
the commander in chief OF an Amy which
in numbers. discipline and equipment was
never excelled in the political history OF
the world.
That army was mustered out Of service
in grand review November l. Its lieuten-
ant general, Mark a. Hanna. was a greater
man on that day of 1896 than he can ever
possibly be again. Its commander in chief
had greater following then han he can
ever hope to secure in the future. The
'Napoleonc star" had reached its zenith
and the power of Field Marshal Hanna had
attained its highest limit, and begun its
journey to the horizon. Every politician
in the country from Foraker 10 Plat knows
1t. and is Watching as the nawk does its
quarry for the fatal moment of his disso-
luton.
Major Mckinley has acquired more age
in the past nine weeks than he did in all
his term OF governor and the campaign of
1896 put together. Thus 1t is that ne. re-
turning to Canton today to take up the
intricate problems of cabinet making, finds
himself face to face with the stern reali-
ties of the presidency and takes up n
burden which neither the flattery of friends
nor the pomp OF power can dispo The
brass bands, the brilliant banners the
pageantry and tinsel of the campaign are
over. The summer is gone and Major Nc
I<inley finds himself for the first me at
the opening OF new year in a Canton OF
snow and frost, his cabinet calculations
awry and political complications of many
kinds confronting him.
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THE DEPARTMENT sTORn,.
\ Glance at the Workings and Ex-
rcnsr of n Rig business House.
|

\ Glance mt the WORKINGS md rx
rcnsc of n Rig business House.
Scribner's.
NO other business that Is conducted Nm.
der one roof equals the department store
IN magnitude OF detail Take. for instance
the case OF one OF the giants OF the species.
1t employs from $500 TO 5000 persons. ac
cording TO the season In a year il does
nearly SiO,oo0O0O OF business. Its lqrres,
individual sale last year was an orchestrion
ior $iooo' and its smallest patent clothes
pm Tor l cent. During the holiday rush
there were several days when its gross re-
celp's ran over $4,000 1t has more than
seventy departments. To heat It 100 miles
OF steam pipe are required. and the electric
ilGht plant would adequately cuuip small
Guy IL represents a rental of nearly s3O0 :
WV year, and at a conservative estimate
the ially expenses of the store are Shbnn
Nheh II Is considered that this enorr .C,us
sum is made up from the profits In sale.
Tor the most part In small parcels one r..s
an inksnig Of the Infinite care in details
aud the perfection of system which 90 IN
make such enterprises as largely profitohls
as they are a man who has himself con
Quoted one Of these businossea reccn,I,,
made this statement:
The profits OF the department Store oro
bills" vi us
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suffrage Ar. oaiy to be used TO fusthe- FER
sonai class and partisan desigrs-
In the elevation Of Hanna TO the United
states senate the State Of Ohio will 30 on
record a. paying . political debt to an
Acknowledged political trickster and A.
indorxins the business method in cleo
tions--a great STATE will rcw,'rd ths sac
cessfui manipulation Of great campaign
siush fund. Tho appointment Of Hanna
may net excite as much adverse comment
a. the elevation OF Plat, but 1t viii Involve
as much political ohlceuy and prove a.
dangerous q blow to the purity and de-
ceney and honessy o. American politics.
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Faith without works.
Terrell Times Star.

TerrcII Tlmcs-Star
II is officially announced that Mckinley
Will wear suit Of clothes at his Inaugural
ton on the 4th Of next March made entire.
~ OF American wool by an American manu-.
facturer. This is to emphasize his doctrine
OF protection TO American industry. II
every American who believes IN protection
would follow his example strictly IN their
purchase OF all they wear or consume
otherwise. IT would be stronger than any
tari1 law that congress could enact and
would 20 farther in building up the coun-
try and bringing about prosperity. The
trouble with most protectionists is that they
fail TO practice what they preach,
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LEADING EDITORIALS.
Atlanta Constitution.

1 tNiauta NOuStltuLlOn.
Tho evanesccnce OF po-
| 'AA ~ litical fame is striking
| fAME2 ly emphasized by the
| fact that OF all the
speakers who. In former years. have pre-
sided over our National house nj repre-
scntatives and filled conspicuous place in
! tho public eye, only mcagcr few are
still remembered.
Indeed the number Is so nrdall that
the fingers Of the two hands are SUI
| fcient TO enumerate them all Among
those whom the country has not forgotten
ana whose names. In spite OF the changes
which time has wrought In public affairs
still have a familiar sound are Henry Clay
of Kentucky. James X. Polk OF Tennessee,
X. NJ. T. Hunter Of Virginia. John Bell of
Tennessee, Robert G. Winthrop OF Mussa-
| chusetts, Howell Cobb OF Georgia, Schuyler
! Colfax VI Indiana, Galusha A. Grow OF
| pennsylvania, James G. Blaine Of Maine
| Samuel J. Randall OF Pennsylvania. John
u. carlisle OF Kentucky. Thomas b. Reed
| of Maine. and Charles f. Crisp of Georgia.
Even some OF these noted exceptions are
gradually fading from the public thought,
and there will no doubt come time when
| diminished
| Since the National house OF representa-
| tlves was first organized during the admin
istration of President Washington thirty
| seven speakers have presided over it, de-
| alterations. The first to WELD the speakers
gavel was Hon. Il. A. Muhlenberg of Penn
| sylvania. but who. in this closing decade
OF the Nineteenth century. ever hears the
name OF that worthy patriot? No doubt
he made n splendid officer and filed
warm place in the Nations heart. and yet
today the silent dust OF the countrys first
4reakcr is not more voceless than his
fame
Who recalls today the name OF Theodore
Sedwick OF Massachusetts. who occupied
the speakers chair when the present cen
fury commenced. or OF John W. Taylor
of New York. who succeeded to his mantle
a few years later? Andrew Stevenson of
Virginia, John w. Davis of Indiana. and
Sim Boyd of Kentucky. are likewise
strangers. No one ever hears today OF
these gifted and able men. But coming
down to still more recent times, 1t Is curl
Gus TO note how completely Speaker " G.
Kerr of Indiana and Speaker John w. Keif-
or OF Ohio have slipped from memory.
Their abilities can not be denied. and yet
today their services to the country are
scarcely ever mentioned. The deep OBJ
security in which they are wrapped is al
most as dense as the superstitous mantle
which envelops the character OF mythology
Such. indeed. Is the fate OF most Of our
public men who fancy in the flush Of po-
litical victory that enduring success has
been achieved.
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Home Magazine. Success is based on hard
and continuous work rather than Oh liter
airy attachments. high ability Is dcmanu.
ed. but Il Is the ability to labor long ana
effectively. No profession is more jealous
OF It's votares. None SO demands the ac-
cntate unc Ct eye and ear. OF speech ana
thought. Of perception and memory. Lee nc
one who can not. " necessary, toll twelve
hours DAY. enter the portals O. the press.
Nevertheless. for those who have the need
full physical ,ni mental energy there is no
hannler calling"
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THREE STAGE
Act /.
Signing like a furnace

Act /. 4
Signing like a furnace
Over ears In love;
Blind in alteration
OF his lady's glove
Thinks no girl was ever
Quite so sweet as sue;
Tells you she's an any"
Expects you to agree
Act II.
Moplng and repinine'
Gloomy and morose.
Asks the price OF poison. H.
Thinks he'll take y W
Women are so tickle.
Love is all a sham
Marriage is a failure.
Like a broken dam.
Act III. .,,fuL
Whistling. biithe and ~
Always bright and ss s,,r.
Dancing. singing. iausa
All the livciong day
Full OF fun and froiie' ~hirL
Caught in fashion
Thinks no more OF po's'
Oct another grill .,.ra a.
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win the same Encrsy.

faris AnNOCdtV'
State agitation advanced Alabama and
Georgia 20 conspicuous places among the
manufacturing States OF the Union. without
lmpairing their agricultural interests.
What Alabama and Georgia have accom-
piizheA Texas can surpass BY meanS Of
home industry clubs.