The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-20
DANGEROUS FOR Mr.. CORBIN.
my c. A. EpWARDs.l

| Ad1utant General Corbin's trouble depart
ment Is In danger Of being worked over
time. He and Algcr are playing ducks and
brakes on General Miles pond. and there is
grave danger OF an explosion In the war
department that will. as Governor Hogg
once put 1t. scatter SOME ones political
viscera all over the walls OF that big de-
partment building.
| They are carrying things with an elevat-
| ed nand since General Miles left for his
OMAHA trip and signing his name to all
sorts OF orders that ne has neither APP
proved nor even seen.
Corbin evidently feels tIhat the president
is behanli him and IL pushing his boat for
all there is in It. He is liable to strike a
snag when General Miles returns here, for
the people are with General Miles In his
fight against this incompetent and un-
doubtedly corrupt war department He
still has several cards up his sleeve and
am badly fooled II he doesn't play them
very soon.
anu now on the track OF General Cor
bins 'doings," and all want is the verifi-
cation OF the stories and am going to slam
| them at him hard.
THEY are too serious to be shot off at
random and want some soil proofs be-
fore letting them 60 Corbln Is fast trav-
cling toward a precipice and he is leaving
a trail over which no weeds will ever grow
| to oblterate 1t. Everybody Will be able
to locate the rock over which he tumbled.
This alleged investigating outfit won't
hurt him any, but congress will make him
no stunts all over that war department
when they get after him, and when 1t gets
through with him he will look like thirty
cents.
Corbin seems to have IL "in" for the GAL
weston regiment of immunes and appears
determined TO muster it out over the pro-
test OF General Miles. General Miles want
ed court of inquiry organized and the
conduct of tho regiment rightly investI
gated and the men guilty OF anything that
deserved 1t kicked out of the service, but
he saw no sense or Justice in condemning
all the men for the sins Of a few. Corbin
fas decreed otherwise and will. no doubt
succeed in carrying his point and muster
ing out Bhe entire regiment. Colonel Richie
has been here several days and submitted
his report but | understand Corbin in
formed him that his report would have no
influence with him. He has, in mis- bull
headed way, simply prejudgei the case
and guess tho boys will have to walk
the plsnl.
see Mckinley is making speeches out
West from the tail gate of a special car.
: His speech at Cedar Rapids was rather
r significant. He said: 1--WE want no differ
, epces at home until we have settled our
y differences abroad" That is direct APP
peal to the people Of this country to sus-
pend Judgment on the conduct of This war
until the investigation is over-that is, I'M
iii after the elections next month.
oh, dear. good Mr. Voter, please let up
n thinking shout tho atrocities to our soriiers
= committed by tho Incompetence and veual
minded appointee5 of this administration
d and go TO tae polls and give us another
show for our white alley
y That's about what Mckinley meant when
t he made that speech.
n The majority OF the people, however, are
- not going to heed him. whole lot OF them
y have q personal interest in this war bust
S ness in the shape of dear boy who went
away IN blooming health and the manly
b. strength that was at once their Joy and
10 pride, and many of them found graves on
y the lSllls around Santiago or came home
= ia horror shjlps and found death in the So
called hospitals of Camp Wikoff Many OF
i chem ana still alive. but are thin and wan
and surohArged with TIC germs OF dis
ease that has forever blasted their man
II hbod.
% DO YOU think these people are going to
o be patient anl wait and vote the old party
ticket just because an 4nxious president
asks them to do it? Not on your life, They
o prtts and their proper punishment and they
$ are going to take t.se only means of reach
+ ing this result by voting to elect a demo-
~ cnAtic congress- This little trip OF the
IA presidents is apparently very innocent
= bit Of diversion. but t was timed so as to
!, catch the middle OF the campaign. just the
Is same. It won't work
o Congressman Babcock. the fat chairman
= of tho republican congressional campaign
% committee, and Mr., Hull of the executive
= committee have boaS returned from their
e New York Doodle hunt, with pockets bulg-
u ing out and are beginning to talk very
"oueky' about sweeping" che country
Ie and otherwise MASKING tho democracy in
"A the grounl WITH a maui; all OF whica is
= calculated to give people pain. It's case
: of 'whistling TO keep up courage. That's
!, all,
a Hull says that Roosevelt will sweep New
u York and rough the democrats off the
70 earu7 Well. he won't. Teddy OF the
70 cleaning teeth and double action tongue
IT will get am sll-fired overhanded licking
i, in New York by one Van Wyck. The Van
~ Wyeks are a lucky family and all Van
he Wycks lock alike to the New York demo-
= Gratis. ! know them both. They we're bots
! inteles led IN the up-building of New Bir-
r. minsl am Cherokee county, Texas. In 1885