The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-17


tcr's storm waves run on almost schedule
time lately.
The very general approval of Secretary
Ayers severe repr,mand of Captain Low
ering Is credltable TO the country as rep
resented by tho press. and ought to he an
intlmation to tho officers of the army
that 1t wouldn't take much TO get the
public actively hostile toward the orna-
mental military arm of the government.
hbout the most pronounced compliment
10 the presidents message yet noted Is
the fact that the New York sun jumps
ON It vigorously.
The eminent crmlnologlst Professor
Cacsare Lombroso says trat. while the
whites in tho United States commit only
eight homicidcs to the 100000 of popuia-
t!ou. the negroes commit more than five
tlmoa az many. OF forty-hve to the 10000
This ought to have the effect of concon-
tratinp our rcrormatorv efforts in some
thing like an effective manner
10 Judge from comment here and there.
Mr. Bryan's big duck hunt IN this state
came near subiccting him to the charge
of ipdorstnr Clcvelandism
Little free silver Mexicos surplus OF
more than s2ooo0o the past year is AN
object lesson by the side of the threat
ened S75G0000O deficit of big gold stand
ara America for lSf. Mexico and Moxi-
cans are I'm easy circumstances, while we
are hanging on the ragged oigo of distrust
ana unrest
Armour is said to have been badly
Squeezed" In the recent wheat rise. CON
sumers OF beef may prepare 10 settle UP
NJ. Armours LOSSES.
MIR. purrant of San Francisco has been
acutenced for the fourth time to be hung.
As tho sentence Is not to be instantly exc
cutcd. purrant IS reported as stan "cool
and collected" his lawyers fear nouh'nG
IL they can only get a Week or two tor
tn, d:coverN OF some now techuicalitics.
Miner. the winner of the six days bi-
cycle race. is the mrs, man on earth TO
make the twentieth century ruU-two
years and moro ahead on time.
Since January ot this year New York =
death rato haas bacn the lowest fn the his-
tory OF the city another tribute 10 dean
streets anG the efficacy of saniti;.on.
EVcry dollar put IN cleanliness by man
or crowd of men Is a dollar wen in
vested.
IlItcratc thousands are said 80 be
orowdlng into this country to avoid anti
incarceration legislation. It wouldn't be
bod idea to crowd the pending bin
| somewhat.
BY tho way the journals that wore
| commenting 50 elcuuently upon the lesson
tangh' by MIR. Gould, when he restored
wGpes can the Gould roads, have not vet
discovered the beautiful moral in tho re-
/ ductions OF wages up IN the New eng
1 land mills
The Pennsylvania unlverslty's football
| team received $4,000 from thirteen games
( this year There could hardly be q more
I convincing argument chat higher oduca
tiop pays.
"Fienres don't llc," SO tho story goes
hu; the republican apologlsts Tor the
I pirGicy bill are taking uuworranted lii.
ertie' ws,h the figures I'm an attcmpt 10
seduce them from the rath OF recti,ude.
MI Bryan is dnding In Mexico another
| Illustration Of the truth tnat ~ teliow lee
ing makes us wonirous kind" Mr.. Bryan
is deserving of au the houors and atten.
/ ton he Is receiving.
! Gc@eral Gomez very properly recognizes
/ thr obligations of the cubans to Genera
WeSlcr Gomez himself has hardy don,
moro tor the cause Of Cuban liberty char
the distinguished Spanish butcher.
Mr., McKmay's curr,ncy suggestions
I w''i be embodied In a 0ill by the louss
| banking and currency comm!ttoe. We car
beeih to see now how far the house is al
sea IN iinanoia! matters.