The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-09
WITH THE PASSING THRONG

WITH THE PASSING THRONG
| Secretary Warner OF the Cotton Elk
Smith. candidate for attorney general. who
spent several days visiting his Houston
friends last week. 1t seems Mr.. Smith had
| some special purpose to serve at a meeting
of cattlemen recently held in North Texas.
/ but the trouble was--he did not belong to
| the association, and, consequently, was
somewhat lat sea" as to the best way of
one of those easily discouraged, and--dis-
| regarding the Legendary blue pencil scrawl
which announced none but cattlemen ad
mitted''-boldly walked up to the sccre-
tary's desk and saluted that functionary
| with sort of how d you do" Hill ooun
| ly bow,
Your name, please" politely queried
| the scribe. as he pulled the roll OF mem
bership in full view of the intruder
f! Smiths my name. sir" replied Mr.
Smith. feignng wonder that man SO
prominent In the cow-punching fraternity
should not be instantly recognized.
Smith, Smith? Seems 10 me l have
heard of you before but somehow for the
| moment can not locate you.
Yes sir; I'm known from one end or
| the great State OF Texas to the other as
Tom Smith. I'm cowman.'
'Cowman?"
| Yes, sir I'm cowman.
| Where are your credentials?"
| Credentials be hanged! What dc
| want with credentials"
You must have them, Mr.. Smith. or
! prove you are cowman before YOU can
| make your title clear to a seat in this con-
| ventlon. what's your brand and how many
| cattle do you own
Don't have to have any brand, DON'T
| bluffed out the prospective attorney gem
era. Il want to tell you. my friend. that
| short time since I owned A COW and a
calf was in the stock raising business,
| so to speak. VOL. the railroad cars ran
over the COW and killed her. but I've still
| got the calf, AS we'll as grievance
against tho railroad company and n thar
isn't credentials enough I'd like to know
| what is
| in convincing the secretary OF his eligibiI-
! ity for there and then the gentleman from
| Hill county was made life member of the
Ancient and Honorable Order OF Texas
! Cowmen.'
THE breweries are getting It from with
in and without those days." remarked MI
! Otto Koehler, president of the San Antonio
City brewery, as he joinci Post reporter
in the passing throng Yesterday. Just at
| the moment when we were having a beer
war" among ourselves, and when every
dollar of our profits was being absorbed In
keeping up our battle OF competition .
along comes congress and saddles war
tax on the foamy lager which will Sc
| rously affect us In more ways than one.
| The measure, like all laws gotten UP in
! the same hasty way, is both imperfect and
| Notwithstanding in this. that II Il Is
enforced al this moment according 10 its
! tenor it will tie MP tile output of most OF
| our breweries, because the government, has
no tax stamps prepared BY which we can
release same and imperfect because 1t de-
| crees that the tax Is TO be imposed on "all
| packages wherever found" which puts the
| brewcIies ut The greatest possible disad-
| vantage Speaking for the establishment
! I represent, am satisfied we have now
| as many as $4,000 of these taxable Jack
| ages scattered all over our territory, and
| II these should be held up until The au
| thorities arc able to furnish us With
stamps, which viii not be for some time
| we would be subjected to the greatest In.
| convenience and loss. We do not object
| 10 the payment of the war tax. BY any
| means az we can save ourselves by in
creasing the price of beer In proportion
| to the import. hui the method by which
| the taxes may be collected is what causes
| the difficulty" At this juncture Mr.. Hu2h
| Hamilton appeared upon the scene. where
upon the gentleman from San Antonio and
| the gentleman from Houston. in sympa
thetic earnestness commenced to tell their
| trouhles-not TO the ubiquitous and ever
present officer-but 10 each other.
| 10 cd axa m
liners over at Austin are putting It on too
thick" observed dapperlike youth TO
! his FRIEND al ono OF the leading hotels last
night. ITO reject as unfit for service the
| captains OF the Beiknaps and Governors
| Guard. in the physical makeup OF both
| OF whom you would require telescope OF
J A0-horgo calibrc 10 discover a defect. Is
! drawing The line pretty clnse In war times,
/ and is equivalent 10 telling nearly half the
male population TO stand aside while
| the other half is allowed the privilege OF
knocking the naughty spanisrds SHY.
believe this Is an unfair discrimination In
| favor OF the handsomer men, and don't
| tbinl, good looking fellows like you end
| ought 10 encourage It," And then the
| TWO prcpossessing dudes made a pilgrm-
age 10 the bar--to inquire when The 10
| o'clock train left for the State capital and
whether communication ior tne 800, OF
| tho Aulunteer service" couldn't be ranked
10 Camp Msbry free Of charge
Mr.. p. j. Duffy Of Macon. Ga, who is
contractor for the brick work on the new
Armour building now in procsss OF con-
struction in this city. Is one Of those men
who doesn't grudge his employees fair
days wages for fair days work" In hin
daily rounds yesterday Post reporter
caught up with him in the shady groves u
Forest Park. and heard him discuss v'ta