The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-22

and peremptor1ty ordered the ce0satoh OF
further "demonstraxions' In honor Of the
notorious ex-chsef.
The question Of municipal control and
ownership Of public franchises - becom-
ing o live issue an over the country ana
Is worthy tho most serious consideration
In the iight Of yesterdays dispatches
The Post can not refrain from extending
honest sympathy TO New Orleans and the
other Southern towns and cities that are
afflicted With yellow fever and It's con-
comitant SORROWS and Disadvantages, and
NO sincerely Trust the pail OF desolafiou
that now hovers above and around them
viii speedily pass away.
Reagan. Culberson, 6ayers. Wynne ana
Balisy--ail the same day at the Dallas
fair. Whew. how they must have per-
fvmed the path Of pleasure with the rose
ate hue Of politics.
Fora worth has offered free storage and
free insurance .or all cotton brought to
the city until the market prices warrant
the gale of that product. Its merchants
and bankers afro offer to advance the
owners. II necessary. es much as s30 per
bale In the meantime. This Is the kind OF
treatment that appeals to the gratitude OF
the farmers.
The marine hospital service at Washing
ton may be very good thing IN theory.
but In practice II appears TO be one Of the
most purely ORNAMENTAL Institutions In
che country. This is fact.
That New Yorker who drank cocktail
composed of prussia acid. cocaine and
arsenic, and still lives. must have been
snake bitten or else he had drunk suffl-
cient santone liquor to make him proof
against anything in the way Of liouid Are.
Prompted by fllial love Of party and
deep concern for It's welfare" Or. John
Grant turns himself loose in four-coi-
umn essay on the past and future pros
poets of the e. o. D. in Texas.
1t is to be deeply regretted that no one
now living win see Henry Georges IRE
public of God" 1t would be so nice to
live in n country where no taxes could
be collected and where everybody could
tell the truth to tho assessors.
These who claim to know what they are
talking about say that the cotton crop OF
Texas win not BIO quite up ITO the average
in quantity this season. but that as a
whole 1t will DO much superior In qauilty.
There Is talk Of treason in Havana, and
IL Ia limited that the Offices and forts may
ba turned over to the patriots. This would
be an easy way cut of 1t for Spain and Is
perhaps on the programme in order to
avoid trouble with Uncle Sam.
A big homeseekers' excursion will leave
st. Louis for Texas on the 10th prox.
Can't Houston manage in some way to get
It's towline attached to that train and
yank 1t into this. the metropolis OF the
State?
The coming Fruits, Flowers and Vege-
tables Festival now holds the boards.
Let us put our shoulders to the wheel.
and. with Il long pail, strong pull and
pun all together, make 1t the grand
success that 1t ought to be.
Truth crushed to earth will rise again.
and now that much misrepresented and
despised metal silver. has taken on q
healthy boom. 1t is climbing up the
golden stairs" IN the monetary marts of
the country.
Should Uncle Sam take Hawaii under
his fauherly wing. which is probable, we
will start ont with n capital of s., SEQ 600
on the wrong side OF the ledger. Tha,
amount represents the present national
debt OF the island.