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

Washington, February 8. tstxi
This country is bankrupt Min
wealth. We are fifty or sixty ~
the hole now and running b.h,s / g 4
rate of about fifteen millions
| II 1t had not been for ..he s,t2s, IS
Pacific railroad. Of the procesisl y
there are perhaps twenty .nillioss
able, but which is being spent n; ,z'I
as extravaganza In pension pay III
this administration would have ~ Z
PEELED TO issue bonds several nom |'
II will probably have TO do SO EN- b.
summer Is over and the ,oldbuta Nh
and Lombard streets are now lickiS1 4 b
| chops in anticipation Of the felst ME-.
now paying cut nearly twea.y MIN
month interest on bonds and s,o<s<
Europe and fourteen millions ,noI1I 5
pensions, which is more than any ~
on the fice of the globe pays f,s IL ;y,2
ing army, and yet this csngrs3s et,sx Y;
gaily increasing the pension rol! ant ~,
| by the deficit under the infanipus ~ ~
rageous Dingley law and the gold ~
And when the sovereign peovic III
country send their Representatives ~
| legislate for the general good and dei12
on grave questions of state III thesS l1S
| times, they are incontinently snt ~ n
| squelched by Tyrant Tom Reed, NJ p
| in the house last week ON the TeflS<
olution was the veriest farce, thSsi
| glaring and outrageous exhibition Il "
amy by one man over the lowe
| popular branch of the America t0nj.3
over Witnessed at this capitsl. fF222
| created no end of talk here, ana Ia r.
! ocr;ts are being criticised FOR suftertSe
such "joss" to boss them In that way. q
Five hours debate only allowed III
most important subject now bs;sSss
American people and all because one NJ
DEGREES that it shall be SO, AMI be "
holds title to his seat in that hg4t
| the same right as any other iremb.f
not one brave enough to call him dot2
1t was shameful, humiliating aud dc5,l
| ing to the representatives 0f sotcfa3
and suffering people. Only allowed =
minute, two minutes and thr.e rlisa3
each to debate question that Is n
| tional issue. What can man say ii Il
| length of time that will touch ever
sides of this question? Nothing. iie y
| only assert that he is on the sill Il d
people without being able to give d ~
| for the faith that is in him.
Is that enough? No. Time shciisd ~
been given for the whole truth to beH
of the condition of the country, thrIh
| ises of prosperity under the con,ias
| reign of the gold standard that have u
| broken, the promises of the present daA11
| istration to work honestly and eornex[
| for International bimetallism that NJ
made u by-word and reproach BY Hti|
| tary Gage with the full knowledge audQjI
sent of the president. Time was not hi
| by Car Tom for these things to lisit
| for the very coed reason that lie div
want them said. And because he old II
want them said, then the american III
gress must bow to his will and keepiI
| to the wheels in his nice fat heaa. u
| man who will defy Tom Reed and hisfia
viii at once become the biggest litl r
this country. Is there one in thlslS1I
gress who will do it? l fear not.
The gold syndicate Is almost rg1f
foreclose its mortgage on The pecsas
this country and it looks as Though NJ
bowling our heads to receive the yOes
That same syndicate has just abcqt
its fingers closed on poor Cuba, ~
land it in a short time.
That eminent philanthropist, J.Mgl
Morgan, comes to the front again III
nection with the McCoole and Az
scheme to fasten the whole SGanBa n
upon Cuba as the price of its sur-enak
Spain. According to reports here, hc'J
took James Gordon Bennett of The N
York Herald into the deal some tina y
and that may account in part for ne
culiar policy OF that paper. The hap
plan, brlofly told, is this: For two sa'
certain financial houses In Berlin, lzn
London and New York have Len riri1
UP Spanish bonds, until, nnifsdlyr
now hold practically the whole Of the WI
ISL debt based upon Cuba. A syndlcas
the concerns interested has been w
to carry the matter 10 CONCLUSION. I, "
said to include the houses OF itotnes'ssy
Hilsch, Rleichroder, j. J.. Morgan 2
and August Belmont & Co. perhaps y
others. IT Is believed SPAN can be NOW
20 sell Cuba for the consideration q ~,
from this bonded Indebtedness. me
iects OF the syndicate are to accomp
this; to issue $400,0O0.000 OF PEI
long term gold bonds in place 81 thoss
tired; and TO get the American aogerpn
to indorse these new Cuban securliisA
the entire Spanish debt has heen ts AZ
at certainly not more than 500 oVvslsyst
profit to the syndicate is apparent & W.
ter of $500 100000 plumber out Of M
deal offers plenty OF margin fcr po.p
donations, Credit Mobilior' 1iyisiopssss
the purchase of legislative infuAes
is veritahle vision of Aladdin.
Morgan Klondike without the cola u's
attachment.
Is the administration behind 49,
Wiil it go through think nor.
think the administration is PRIV y
whole scheme of buying Cubs, tulpn
over practically to this gold synu'ssS
let IL enslave those people ana
island with paurer labor nna Iuke tn
sugar and tobacco raised there y
this bonded debt which they propH
saddle on it, Cuba would better -
under cruel SPANS domination. III
like escaping from n savage heas,
fall Under the sonthing but dsaaiy
enec OF the vampire. II the admis
ton was not aware or and favorable y f.
deal, then why The stubborn refusM
foreign affairs committee to report Z. ~