The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-02

| ~. - '"N - "ihN iuurrtSt5 OF Texn& "
| him about the unnecessary war tav &;
which he voted to put upon them, b
The total yearly production ~ W
Texas is 3l5.500 barrels and Inc ~:
i at 50 per barrel is 1851 600. ~
sellers as well us the beer mats,s
had to stand this unnecessary NJ.
4 them tackle Mr.. Hawley on that.
Some OF Mcsby' s men are stoppins "
at the hotels. and with friends. NJ
4 ostentatiously enjoying a renewal y
radeship.
Their conversation is mainly rem,s,.
tial: they seem not ut all excitahIa n,
nending and future possible hshI1
events. They have been holding Y
union at the old Manassas battle =,
end right royal good time then
made amongst themselves. The very I,
! taon of the name OF Mosby in the IA
was wont to strike terror to the soni
| fearful adverstaiies.' Among them \
not forgotten. is Russell A.. AlEsr.
present secretary of war. Mcsby X
hot times around the old town of Win,
ter. Va, with his irresistible cayalier.
into Ayers regiment, the Fifth Mich
and gave 1t so severe drubbing thatt
colonel. this same secretary: OF war.
sick OF war. and ever after that keuf
of 1t, kept out OF 1t SO palpably that q
dan and Custer and Merritt had him
black list of officers who absonted "
selves. for ore reason or another. mn,
less trivial. from the closing seems
the war when the Confederates with
sublime desperation that to meet M
anywhere meant fight and kill. Tbs
what made Alger sick. turned his stor
and caused him to get himself TO WasS,&
ton and. remarkable to relate, get himN
detailed on almost the same duty r.
imposed upon himself as secretary Of n
that is. inspecting the camps Of IN,
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Disguised with Ayers conduct, SAsa
Dan, Custer. his own brigade cominas&
Devin and Tolbert. other brave and N
full Federal cavalry commanders. reen
msnded his dismissal They got what y
did not ask for; but still they got res2
There are three kinds of discharges i,
~le army, honorable diehonorable y
plain discharge. The last named form
dispensing with a soldiers services /
sort of veil CT mercy over the reasons
fluencing the authorities. President ii
coin. In the natural generosity of his
lure. when the Confederacy seemed n
ing to pieces. was Just simply charis&
to Alger and let him out with a plain 6
charge and there you are. SuchS I'd I'd
what of the history of a cabire let ei6&
who has stood next to the PRESIDENT Il G
conduct OF the war with Spain. DSlnee
ger took the war portfolio someA intefq
ng pages personal to him have dNsappMl1
from the department. records land =
seen no more; but some of his Void ~
'adeS In arms like Wesley Merritt. Nd
would be in retirement now bN Ale4N
will but for the powerful pressure {
riends and admirers-know a thing :
.wo about the character of Alger, Just
ioes General Nelson a. Miles. Of w
he secretary tried to make a monkey
oon as the war with Spain came on. III
hese old Confeds know enough to csI
oborate and confirm the statement u
.lger had ever weak stomach for VI
nd is not fit for responsible position
lines that Try mems souls.
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The dilly-dallying. the vacillation an
icI1boneless condition of Mckinley h$
'st this country a pretty penn. TIL
of the army and navy on
ar footing is costing the government oss
100000 day--a needless useIas
aste of the peoples money.
No volunteer regiments nowt in servli4
nd not already mustered out sor ordereH
out can be spared smd not OH
sssel N The navy can be put Out of CON
ission until the treaty of PEACE has beg
gned. There is no telling n6w when v
i'll be signed. / said some time ago thi0
ose gold brick selling Spanish Diplomat
orld make Day and his colleagues lodS
&c 30 cents and they seem to be corroboI1
hg me. The peace commissions ban
en- chewing the rag now for more than
nth and have only got to the point
here they have agreed THAT ths languae0
the peace protocol that said Spain man
inguish the sovereignty over Cuba neanE
at she must get off that portion Of o
nth bag and baggage and also be reN
onslble for the Cuban debt.
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The haggling so long over the Cu0u
IS caused by the work of the SpaniE@
idhoiders. who. l said. were going y
Ike red hot fight to saddle that d.
this country in order TO assure its pu
mt. They encouraged Spain 10 hold on
1t and only threat to send war shtF
Spain taught those people that we medN
sipess and that when we won victoria
win assets and not liabilities. NoW
an they come to the Philippine aU3
II. They dared not tackle that QUESTS
ore for our peace commission left has
utter ignorance OF the sentiment or ~
lion of the administration on that SOD
/. Mckinley didn't know his own mn!
nty minutes at a time concerning y
is the king of Lrlmmers. He wanted Y
l out how the people felt about It. ~
u all times in mortal terror OF milhN
ad break.
nat Is one reason he went out -