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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-18
A Letter From Mills.
Galveston Tribune.

|
The Tribune publishes letter today
from Senator Mills to the Galveston Labor
council, giving his reasons for voting
AGAINST the immigration bill, which is
likely to cut some figure in the senatorial
campaign.
Ihere may be Gald reasons for opposing
the specific measure against which Senator
Mills east his vote. There may be plausi
hle arguments against the uolicy of re-
strictlng immigration If there are soma
TOR Mills does not produce them. He bases
MS opposition on the ground that this gov.
elhment was founded as a free home for
ali peoples and now 1t is made strong we
ought not 10 shut the doors against ma
unfortunate and the oppressed of other
nations. There is trlte and logical saw
iHs that CHARITY begins at home and II
10 uuite time Tor this country 10 look to
us own household No measure pIoposnd
mas sought TO raise barriers against III,
mo'thy, ihey have purposed only 10 stop
we horde OF paupers and malonniants
iloeAlng 10 our shores, to prevent the com.
ny OF All such who neither contribute nny-
ming TO cur citizenship nor can be rsas.
onaoiy expected to become go5d citizeps
whose presence Will De debasing to the
Dody roiitlc and luxurious 10 the ,nd,,s.
n
y y matter Of debate, but thai there should
DO no restriction is utterly untenabie.
hospitality Is we'll enough. and tradI-
,ional policies are entitled TO respeot nnt
mere 10 such thing as abusing hospltaIitv
ana OF making fetiuh OF tradition Tbs
real question is: Are all who are knorLtny
a. euF eafes worthy OF our welcome? I'm
,aoeptediy they ere not Teen II Is ,ncnm-
bent that VIC sift them SO tbat M ,,nyai-
come guest shall enter This Is ali that
snu- immigration laws intend. and Il Il
certainly reasonable demand OF Fell. mo
'ee.ioN and =. Nallonsl self-respe.t.
senaior Mills ia unfortunate In b,s H..
,us'ratla,s en lie topic Of fostering lehnr
,,is re 'ness TO the elght-honr law. While
,psslsy moi SC designed, viii b, lntsc-
pretch as opposition 10 a sensible ara H.,
mantle "'an reform. and will further haudi
zap rs candidacy. His frankness IL n,m-
'HehaaAie hut his judgment Is bad
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! and act A. an outer wall Of defense to the
country. But when II u possible. with a
| few SILENT swift and almost unseen little
torpedo craft to break this outer line Of
| defense and In half hour strew the sea
with wrccksgo Of floating forts. tho over
gbadowing Importance OF having the in
rer line OF defense, or coast fortificatiols,
ready to Withstand al assaults is at once
apparent. Unless VIZ had navy such as
England has We could never feel conf
dent OF repelllng assaults upon our coasts
without modern coast dcfenses.
The loss. OF the Maine. therefore. should
arouse congress TO the dangers that bcset
small navy and the possibility OF its
rapid destruction by superior naval power
and the consequent necessity Of complet-
Ing our coast defensss With all speed.
The wise course for this nation to pnr-
sue according to the suggestions OF many
eminent naval authorities, is to thoroughly
fortify our coasts before everything else,
and then TO build large number OF swift
armored cruiscre and torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyers to prey upon the
commerce and commerce destroyers Of an
enemy. few flrst-class bnttleshirs TO
oppose battleships or to lombard foreign
ports. such as Havana. are necessary. In
decd, but the swift ar1norcd cruiser and
torpedo boat should constitute four-fIfths
OF tho navy.
II the sinking Of tho Maine will only i'm
prtss upon congress the necessity for less
dependence on battleships for protection
and the greater and immediate need OF
fortlfying strongly every port OF tho conn-
try. and manning such Notifications ade-
nuately. the money loes OF The recent dis
ester would probably be blessing in dis
,y,tisa
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SOME posrsoRIPTN

France makes 100000 woO4 \
yearly. ~
Glass brushes are used by me W.
decorate china. "
over 60. 900 oil wells have -
the United States.
There are 10,S6O teachers ~ "A
utive kingdom of Belgium.
The egg plant is native y 81
and South America. ..s,<
Epping Forest is the ialsss
creation ground in the wor'u' y
Maine people are Shipping ~
the treeless plains of the Wtsr
The peach will not tn usss "a
ground. but prefers an e'e'es
always. .a "
About 10000 stamps are fc wsss,n
the letter bags of the un'teu
year. - 4
virginia's legislature has ~
to provide seats for WOMB
stores. .am1
between . and IA years, am 's''s
8 wears old. c.,.raht|
The constitutionality Of ~ n
requiring horseshoers to pass
ton will be tested. vi
Potatoes are native to Pefur: ,sn
Spaniards discovered them, Me
they passed into Italy anu n
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| legged veteran, who usually wears a cork
| leg except when he intends to make pen
| sion speech and then he leaves it at home
| and appears In the house with his clutches
and his trousers leg pinned up, showing
his legless condition in the mo t pro-
nounced manner, This anatomical demo-
gogue. together with his colleague, Hep
burn. are two of the rankest South hatsrs
In congress. They look upon Texas as a
captured province and believe IL their
| right and duty TO foist any old Iowa ju-
dIclal timber upon il that they see fit. and
think they are performing patriotic
duty.
SO far as other Texas appointments are
made this week. though the Spanish Cuban
matter may exercise the president to SUCH
an extent that he may lay them over DR.
Grant told me yesterday 10 look out for n
lot of Texas appointments this week, and
understand his own appointment as mar
shall OF the Eastern district will be among
the number The marshal for the North
ern district Will very likely be made also.
and 1t is understood here that c. C. Drake
Of Fort Worth has the call on that lob
George II. Green is positive that he VIII
beat out O1eary for the Dallas postofiice
and feels even more confident now that
his friend Myron 7. Herrick Is on the
ground Colonel Bob Campbell and Moses
Dillon are still hanging on after the El
Faso coliectorship. each as confident OF
victory as a child of it's mothers love. H.
III. X. Green is Ia New York looking after
some business interests for his mother IN
in New England, but he Is within easy
call,F and expect to see him here his
week. expect there win be a. conference
and a settlement of Texas differences and
lot OF appointments. All this, however.
Is contingent upon the Spanish trouble for
things may take such a turn as to knock
everything else galley vest
note that events in Galveston anent the
collectorship have corroborated every
statement ] have made in connection
Herewith. and | don't understand why
Mr. Lee an Mr.. Rosenthal should have
rushed into print and so vehemently denied
that any such combination existed as did
exist and as their actions in the past fow
days absolutely prove. Many people often
eriticise correspondent because he 4 nsf
omniscent, | Try to send out nothing nut
reliable news but il is powerful hara 10
get the average politician where his own /
interests are involved to tell the exaot /
truth and harder matter to verify his !
statements when everybody else Won /
tackle 10 built on the same model. Am |
Always prepared TO give my authority Ter
statements ! send out and would suR-
sest TO some OF my critics TO wait and see |
u the most of my news Is not confirmed. |
as IN the Lee Rosenthal case. Gaze
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eghieth
loved clergymen
He the the First Presbyterian church of Orleans
PresYeianim IN the
gifted a
preacher
the civil Dr. Palmer full
In
S he aln
depart e 1 in
Palmer Of
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Good Man for the -
BRENNAN Banner.

Judge Norman q. Kittrel, Y g
yorably mentioned as a wo. I. =
TO the late General Sui hCs -
Of the Agricultural ana M.ssrr Z
Isge. Judge Kitfreii ~ 80 49, -
dignified, polished Esnt!eus,
qualified to iii the position. II
ner would be pleased 70
the appointment BY the 30
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4 rh,,o.ophcr llron Lowe.

jus, as soon as a woman begins 10 feel
tha, ahc can not live without d man he
generally experiences q longing 10 sxps-i.
ment IS TO the length Of the tirle shs
would probably survive II he wsre 10
transfer his objections to some one not
quite SO lragicaily wrapped IN him
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So far We have heard OF no opposition
90 Hon 7. II Ball FOR his seat In con-
Rress. neither do We believe there win BE
any and there need not be so far as tho
Herald Is concerned. 1t Is for Ball frst,
iast and all the time, He Is now making
n.rcuiean enorts for the deepening OF But
fslc bayou, In which we doubt moi tha, n.
Viii be successful,
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Matlcrson a Pour PrsI

WHARTON Spectator, W. ~
Henry WIstterson long ago n
bits foot as a politicai Pig ~ !
been 40 invariably wrons - .,ro q
tons and calculations ever ~ ~
oracle works will have 70 ~ u
and thoroughly overharllea vi Ii
to be permanently discreol.ssf y
Houston Post reporter the 5rsIt
the free silver idea was ios'r =
over the country. Good ~
only an humble country ~
in Southwest Texas. but ~o a
than that ourselves.
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The TrnI,,,nI.

Irnbbals 20 about In hclds,
lare flock OF little birds:
rn.ning stops them In their course.
Even Hints and prlokIy gorse
bent Impede them on their way
rs 'hey waddle on ell day.
ror their feet are hard as nails.
Aha not flnbby, like their tails
Arthur Egerton Cotton.
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! s,rnwberricr IN rehrunr,.

f'E<FtIWHf fI4H'tI.
he strawberry tielGs in the Texas coast
country are said TO be white with blossoms
ana lfui, mas commenced forming on the
81 our snow-bound cousins or the far
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-18

TON lew may climb 10 heights sublime.
How many toll In vain.
Ment 20 eongrsss for a time
2 And then went home again.
Washington Evening Star.
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In doubling tho amount allowed by tho
house for the continuation Of the work OF our
coast dofensos. the senate not only acted
wisely but rebuked the partisan spirit of Mr..
Reeds slaves, who would sacrifice tho de-
fcnss Of the Nation to lessen the deficit under
the Dlnglcy bill.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-18

While we are sure Spain wouldn't make n
square moni for us, the Spaniards fancy they
could easily whip the United states--so there
yon are! II is just possible. by tho way, that
in no other two countries on the earth is
talk so cheap as In Spain and these United
Stnfea
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% DA..x POST rag |: :i !. p. c sCsr'
susi.wssxlv Posi-, >. c.is. - w.sk.
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os1sEp AZ rms posroffics At HOUSTON, TEXAS,
As SECOND CLASS MATTER
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Upon the gentlemen elected to State Offices
depend largely the discipline and the record
Tor consistency of the party they represent.
The Importance. therefore. of having such
mon In perfect accord with their party on all
the great public questions OF the day win at
once be recognized.
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by the way, tho news OF marine disasters
has been coming fast and furious for the
past week or no. life on the bounding wAvo
Is losing much o. its poetic attractiyencss.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-18

There ia no difficulty In finding where thu
Hon, James s. IIogg stands. He is for Cul
borson now and for Chiffon two years from,
now. aud II might be possible for him to tell
with come dstinctnegs who is his choice for
six years hence!
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We arc informed that oil in paying quaint.
ties has been found near Taylor One Of
the richest fields TO be found anywhere is
around Sour Lake. Texas bids fair TO rival
PENNSYLVANIA ss an oil region. OH. coal.
iron. cotton, sugar, tobacco, corn, wheat, wool
and cattloi Where Is there another such u
State on oarth7
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oo&eospsicn ~ MALI Daily and Sunday Post. one
xsar. $500; SIX months. e4soci three months
01.eet one month. os,o0.
I'm SUNDAY Posi-. one year. St.So.
TVS SuRi-WEegLy Posi- (Nondays and Thursdays)
IN year, es.oo; six months, 80 cents; three
months. A co0fa.
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Congressional and administration circles In
Washington have remained Unexpectedly cool
and quiet in waiting for definite details from
Havana. Tho air. however. feels very much
like the calm before The storm.
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Uoeu6Gn ofNcos- Eastern business Office az Tribune
tslldlne, New York (The 5. c. Beekwish Spe-
laIAgencyl Western 40 (The ROBBERY CHI
caeo. THE 5, G Beckwlth Special Agency.
Tsaveolaf Aesnts-C. S. 3. Holland. Trayeling
Auditor, G. r. Holland and D. B. Throop. Trav-
eIlrw ARVnfs.
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~ city.-Ths Post Is delivered 10 any part OF the
city ~ carriers per month. $500; three months,
eS.0e; six months. 5000; one year. Si1.co.
NJ. Theodore Bering has charge Of The city
circulation and collecting, Messrs, Theodore
Bssine and Charles lot, are the authorized col.
ecpfs Of all city bills fboth Advertising and
subscfIptionl and NJ money should be pal5 TO
any one other than those named. unless special
written authority signad by the business manager
10 shown. All accounts cf any sire should be
paid by check In favor Of The Houston Printing
Company. "a
oobscrIbcvs falling to receive The Post regularly
will please notify the Office promptly. Every
paper Is expected to DO delivered not later than
$50 o'clock a, M
Codsr no cIrcum stances VIII orders given by
employees on the office be recognized and
paid, or accepted In payment Of accounts. II
4s@ b
HOUSTON, FRIDAY, FEB. ~, iS0S.
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John Jacob Astor swore !. /. q
taxes the other day from al ,'''1
s2,ooo,0oO to s25O,OOO. Mr.. Az h.
the total value OF his ps,ss.'s
was $1,000, 900. of which hs ", U! =!
furnishings OF the Astoria M Il
law his Indebtedness Il A.
taxes. and he took advautass b. ,!
William Waldorf Astor X sssu
ooo,oW, and has paid taxes 81 IN. (
for several years.
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Tho administration is ut least sensible In
determining not to send another warshp to
Havana Just at present Tho next time we
pay an official visit oser there we want the
whole fleet to 80, and 70 TO stay
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-18

The trusts in this country nre standing In
tho way Of individual enterprises in Texas
as well as In other States, Sugar mills, pack
cries and score OF other lines OF industry In
which there is profit, must fight the trusts
while struggling for footiold. The people
ought TO rally to the support OF all indepcnd-
ent enterprises.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-18

The pcace-nt-any prieefellows In this coun-
try. and especially on the Eastern exchanges
would rather acc the whole Atlantic squadron
blown out of the water than disturbance
of stock spoculations The king bee Of this
crowd is j. Picrpont Morgan financial adj
wiser to the present aud the preceding adj
nlinlstratlon
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This Dreyfus scandal In France, the moro II
is unfolded. Indicates that there 10 Niger
somewhere in The French woodpIc. The
government is guarding some dangerous So
cret With ili.concealed alarm.
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Midwinter in New york 4. s,
into the mildest CT sprlnt ,..s
past few days the mercur, y
above the freezing point. NJ 4
pearance OF the approa,h,-- n
manifested itself. The ros =
streets are the only drawbssss 9
air was SO balmy that a few ,,..,!'
men downtown appeared n 49,
vest and suspenders. Tie MI; NJ
be shifting its course. ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-18

The present perioi i
4 per cent epoch" said a wsll Z
today, discussing the RAILROAD o.
ness. The refunding around n. h
the century is in per cent ~!
came on the market in q larss' ~!
OF cases around so. but NM II
into the 90's, and are Ia man h h
certain to sell at par" Thss N
about safe investments, etc. M Il
horse OF another color ycu'll ~
your broker. ~
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-08

Hannah Orangemen give a box social
Thursday evening of next week.
NJ. L. Sullivan shipped another car Of
cattle to the South St. Paul stock yards
this week.
An Independent Order Forester
lodge is to be organized at Osnabroclz
before many moons.
Milton would like to capture the APP
pointive plum OF state veterinarian for
this district. DR.. 4. F. Elliott. is being
groomed for the "sit."
H. Weiland is the only representative
the city will have on the jury at the term
of court which meets on the 18th. The
rest of the boys are congratulating
| themselves.
| Rube Allyn, the we'll known humorist
and impersonator will make the towns
along this line next week. When Rube
was here four years ago he pleased every.
! one who saw HIM.
Thos. Fine-ty, who has been a resi-
F.! dent Of Harye! township since the early
SOS, was among the DENocRAr's many
good friends who came u ound with Il re-
| newal OF their subscription this week.
here should be good attendance at
the school house on Saturday evening.
when the subject Of debate will be The
Holding OF the Philippine Islands" Co.
Treasurer Robertson takes the affirmative
| and Rev. S. F. Beer the negative
Jos. Kyncl, better known around town
as Little Joe, the tailor is going to
rattle of tailor made suit OF clothes
| next week. The winner leaves his meas
ure at Bostick's tailor shop which in.
sures handsome fit for the lucky one.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-08

Attorney Thompson was a Sunday
visitor from Milton.
Hon. Robt. Fleming came in from
Dresden OIL business Monday.
Mrs. VIM. Taylor was quite sick the
forepart of the week. but is now re.
covering.
Il. E. Burke. started up the line Mon
day on a tour for tue Mutual insurance
company of Milwaukee.
Business is SO good at Boyd's Head
quarter store this fall that if you listen
you can almost hear Joe smile.
The Catholic Sunday school children
are already drilling for an elaborate
Christmas tree entertainment.
Prof. A. A. Lyden, who monkeyed
with the political buzz saw quite early IL
the game last fall, has closed his school,
near Osnabrock and returns to his
former home in Montana.
Osnabrock has two less blind pigs
since Mrs. Helen Rice, the ". G. L. L
lecturer, talked EN- to death on Wednes
day evening of last weak. 1t is reported
they were in lad financial and social
straits prior to the encounter with the
lady orator.
Jos. Little and family came down from
Hannah on Fridays train and are
at present domici!ed at The Palace. MIR
Little has disposed Of his business inter
ests up the line and expect shortly to be
able to announce q new start-np bust
ness among old friends in Langdon.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-08
I,ANGD0N,
N. Oak.

The attendance at the delinquent tax
sale Tuesday was gu to small.
Rev and Mrs. T. H. Robertson spent a
part of last week visiting friends down at
Walhalla
VIM. Bucklin is receiving visit from
his mother, Mrs. Geo. Bucklin, from
Grand Forks. She will probably spend
the winter here.
Geo. Jessie, who became quite popular
here during the past summer while
cook at the Columbia Cafe, has gone to
1.-THE woods" where ne has contract for
'slingirg hash" in a lumber camp on the
Foston branch for the winter.
NJ j. O'NIalley one the thriving young
bachelor farmers in Perry, left this
week to spend the holidays with bis
sister west of Bott!neau. After the
New Year he may decice to take trip
back to the old home at Am5leside, Ont.
Among those Of our former readers
who have called and renewed their sub
scription since the last issue are: Alex
Rouey, Thos. Finerty, Adam Wltze1
Albert Flach, John PetricA, Herman
pohmann, r. B. Gage, j. P. Kartes. All
are tip-top good fellows and will be re-
member as such
Serst Rolling tells us he has been OF
dered to proceed to the rendezvous, Fit.
Smelling. to so with his company to
Manila. He was to have been there on
or before the 1st of December, but owing
to i'll health he has got leave of absence
lfor thirty days. He expects to leave
here about the 30th of next month";
WalhalIa Mountaineer.
additional Local OH Eight Page.)
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-08
LOANS made upon farms at very .
Low RATES. See Atty. Richardson


Millions X. of T. lodge will give theil
annual ball on New Years eve.
George Barlow was among the old boys
who came down from Hannah or
Tuesday.
R. B. Gage, one of the old-timers out
at Daniels, was in the city Tuesday
shaking hands with friends.
Editor Shepard was down from Han
nah and Sundayed with the cold gang
He will be visitor court week, having
case Oh the docket.
Judge Dorval reports that marriage Ii
censes are just az good in numbers thit
year as last, even if the crops were {
tritle poorer than usual.
Agent Shaw at the Ct. Northern depot
states that the division superintendent
reports travel on this branch Is per cent
better than it was last year at this time.
The milling property Of the North
Dakota Milling Association at Milton
has been bought by DR.. j. J. Reilly,
which indicates that Doc is prospecting
some.
Z. Moore has the plans drawn for a
snag two story residence that he will
bnid on the north end of Fourth street
towards the race track when spring
opens up.
Jim. Buffers, the vetern end-man on
Evans dray line has lately transferred his
services to the st. Anthony & Dakota
Elevator Co., being second man at their
elevator here.
BENZ. Higgins and Miss Lizzie Smith
we'll known young couple residing in
Cypress township we're united on We'd
nesday of last week at Hannah by Rev.
Collins at the NJ. E. parsonage.
Charlie Haugh: The best ice harvest.
ing weather of the whole winter is dur,
ing the first two weeks of December and
I expect to have all of my present season s
crop packed away before Christmas.
e. J. Evans: A wonderful growth is
noticeable in the Standard Oil Co., bust
ness here this season. About 500 barrels
were handled here in November. My
weekly trips to Osnabrock and Hannah
each disposes of 40 barrels at each place
The oil business at Osnabrock is more
than double what it was a year ago.
Hon. >. j. McCumber, whose visit
here during the campaign as repub j.
can orator Will be generally remembered
t as in the city again last week in the
Interest of his boomlet for the senatorial
toga. At present anyhow he only mum
bers among the dark horses of the ap.
preaching contest and it is intimated
that he got quite bad starter from his
home county Rlchland, where demo
crat knocked his eye out in his candidacy
for state attorney this fall.