The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-25

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refused to exchange prisoners during tn
latter part OF tna war, preferring 10 IL
her own men suffer rather than replenis
the Southern army!
/ With Camp Thomas, Camp Alger, Mon
| tnuk Point and Santiago fresh IN mind
and the unlimited resources Of the riches
Nation on earth at the command OF tn
republican administration. let us hear nj
| more OF Andersonyi1lol
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Beau Monde. society paper published a
| Dallas. was three ye1rs oil last week and Is
sued handsome anniversary number. Thii
| well known Texas journal is edited and pub
lIshed by Mrs. Hugh Nusnnt Fitzgerald ant
| ia one Of the best newspapers Of Its class ~
the South. Its columns are filled with crier
and chat'y comments ana Information upon
matters OF social. dramatic and literary in
| terest. ,,s-. ssE
| Judge Robson, In an interview In yester-
days Peer. said Just what The Post predict
ed hc would cay with regard to the suggestion
of. q contest Of Mr.. Hawley's seat In congress,
Judge Robson is q manly man. a fighter all
over. but with the courage and,honesty to say
that he would not have an office unless the
majority expressed itself in his favor.
1t looks like Spain would prefer to do her
final snrrcndcring incognito.
And SO II seems from later returns that
j. Hamilton Lewis scrambled beard
may yet. have the run Of the house
floor. This is liable to give Editor Pop Mer-
rick OF the Washington Post n pain that Is
really painful
Trouble is brewing In the upper Swat val
ley. and tho Ahkoond of Swat alas. lis dead!
Austin is getting ready to plunge into a
red hot municipal contest And TO add pic
turasqueness to the other moving sensations
Treaeurer Bill Workman is to be candidate
before the people with Ed Kaufman en- ram
paut ON tue side.
Should Chauncey Depew break into the
senate Billy Chandler will have fun with his
"chestnut bell"
The yclasco World dominates Congressman
HawIey for vice president on the republican
toket in 1900. And now that tho Original
Bawley man" is securely located, 1t is to
be hoped things VII. move along as usual.
1t is understood that Jim Corbett will oc-
cupy an orchestra scat at the coming con-
ference OF the has beens."
After coaxing out an 5000 majority in the
Ninth congressional district, Albert Burlc-
has shouldered his double barrel shotgun
and gone down on the coast to have Joint
debate with the wild ducks
Mr. John Wanamakers triumph consists In
the fact that he has about convicted Senator
Quay into another term In the senate.
With race riots In Illinois aud South Caro-
lima. and with lynching bees In Ohio and Ala
bana the finger of scorn is experiencing some
difficulty In the matter of knowing just which
way to point
The New York World Is out with It's usual
advance notice OF the presidents message.
New York having flashed up a democratic
gain of thirteen congressman. President Nc
Kinley will no doubt make other arrange
ments in the matter of administration vindica-
tlon.
Havana may be most infested with sharks
OF the finny order. but as for money sharks
Santiago is beating the record by far just
now.
The esteemed San Antonio Express an
nonntes that the Silver question is dead"
Like the co,Aitry doctor who made speciality
OF fits. the Express Is hill on exclusive news.
About the cutest man In Texas Is the freight
blockade editor OF the Galveston News. He
handles figures and counts cars like n niger
picks the banjo.
II the esteemed Galveston Tribune will look
little Gioser II VIII find that the trouble in
the Tenth district was that the democrats
were Ia d Mark Hannaess condition.
Yal,a venerable president, greatly as his
resignation may he regretted. has the not TOO
common good seuso TO know when ripe axe
beekons him to rotre from active LABOR.
Perhaps President Mckinley will explain
in his forthcoming message what he meant
when he declared against conquest and ex-
pansion at the beginning OF his term.
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NOTE AND COMMENT.
The Cincinnati Enquirer ventures to pre-.
diet that the New York delegation 10 the next
democratic National convention Will receive
much better treatment thnu IL did In iS96.-
Washington Post.
just go, and ii may be predicted also that
iain ,YilI
much better than II did IN 1896.
What is the use or discussing tho question
Of Philippine annexation with people who n.te
ihp Louisiana purchase rs parallel?
Louisiana WIS a part OF the continent; 1t Was
contiguous territory. II controlled the mouth
os our great national waterway, the Missis-
sirpl. 1t had scant population, easily made
The Philippines are 1000 miles
rom our seat OF government and inhabited
by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. York Wcrld,