The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-14
AS TO OUR ADMINISTRATION.
Houston Posi- Bureau.
sun Builiing, 1871 II Street.

| NneH everything Is dgItNtu III wy nue.
merits or young spring. and bears ths out
ward appearance of peace on eaftii, good
! will toward men. active preparations are
going on amid all this seeming tiianquillty
| that means nothing cxusDt thaY within a
| few DAYS grim yisagoa war will have
reared his wrlnkled front and tht carnival
| OF death and destruction will h4ye begun.
| The situation here now meank nothing
else and perhaps by the lime t,lese words
are read by the people OF Texa9, sGnle Of
her brave sons viii be nlarcbRe TO her
borders Ia protect the lives ami property
| OF her people aud uphold thel honor anu
| glory OF our cOuntTys Dag,
| AS General Sherman once said: War ~
| hell' but there are some things worse
| than war, some things batter dian money.
| The people OF this country have been
| long suffering and patient people under the
sings and arrows OF spanish hate ana
| lroachery and outrage. For years, ever
| since the Virginius affair. nave our people
been subject TO all sorts of ou,rages per
petrated by the most truculent. mean. cruel
| and cowardly Christian nution on the face
| OF the great round globe.
The hour has struck when We ore to call
| TO account this eowardly country. The
| time is at hand at last when VIC viii
avenge the cumulative crimes of thirty
| years. 1t will cost murh OF wealth and
many OF our own brave Toys will sink be-
| meath the waves TO q sepulcher amid the
sea weeds where mermaids at play will
purple their pale faces with kisses, but
| 1t Is fate. The war spirit of a strong
brave. patient people has been aroused
tnd nothing now will satisfy them but the
utter humiliation, disgrace, defeat, dis
honor and complete Bankruptcy of these
hated and naughty dons. Al! this viii be
promptly forthcoming after the first war
note is sounded, after the first gun Is
fired.
And it should have been fired long ago.
The day after 2G6 of our fellows citizens
on hoard the Inflated Maine were sent TO
the bottom of tlayann bay by the treacher-
Gus hand OF Spanish official, We should
have opened on MORO castle and Cahanas
fortress with the guns OF our warships.
And why didn't VIC? Because a miserable
cowardly, shifting, dilly-dnllying admin.
istration, absolutely controlled BY that
wolf litter In Wall street and that buI-
card brood OF trusts, held back the aYeng-
ing hand and preferred dishonor to our
Nag and our country and death to our
sailors. TO the loss OF penny TO our best
business interests" This gang OF looters,
money grubbers and financial bashi bazouks
knowing who was master OF Mckinley.
relied on Mark Hanna and his ik to stay
the hand OF justice that they might make
millions out of the Spanish bonded debt.
They believed they could succeed this
peace al any big price crowd, and not until
within Il week have they come to the con-
clusion that they could not avert the in
evitable Then what? The rankest in
fanny, the most dishonorable and shameless
exhibition OF utter disregard for dcccncy.
the most gigantic scandal that has ever
smirched an administration Of this gov
eminent held high carnival in Wall street,
fed by information that came direct from
the inner council chamber nj the Nations
capital The credit mobilier. the Dc
Golyer contracts, the star route frauds the
whisky ring fraunds, all pale their ineffer-
tual fires of dishonor and shame at this
latest scandal that should forever bury
the party aud the administration RESPONSE
bic for it, There are honest men here
among republicans in both house and SEN
ate. and their faces wear the blush OF
shame when they see and know the truth.
The senate of the United States now bows
twice a day. Once when its chaplain offers
a petition to the Throne OF Grace. ii bows
III reverence; once when Mark Hanna en-
ters tho chamber, 1t bows in shame
Knowing they could no longer stay the
hand of fate, that they could no longer
hold IN check the demand of the great
heart of this Nation. that Intervention
'sH7ist be had in Cuba in the name of hu-
manity and liberty and that vengeance
must be had for our murdered men. these
stock johbing vampires proceeded to iu-
augurate delays and war scares in order
In ri -to 1.ris,,
mercury in the stock thermometer to move
ur or down according to their pleasure
and their purse. They have made millions
and nrospered ct the expense OF the honor
OF this country and the coed name of an
Week before last, under strong pressure
from congress, Mckinley promised 10 an
nounce his policy toward Spain and Cuba
by Monday. April 4, or else leave congress
to deal with the situation. When Monday
came he asked delay till "Wednesday and
the stock market was worked for al, there
was IN sight. On Tuesday night he nrom |
ised 'hat ms message would be seat in on
! me nc next DAY. On Wednesday, April Z he
did NOT send the message. but said he would
mold 1t until next Monday, April IL. giving
hs a reason that II was warlike and thar
II promulgated the news would cause a
massacre OF Americans in Havana. At tho
same limo agents of the administrator
'iIeah iepoFts thIt flols had already broken |
out in Havana. This was 10 corrohor.t,
lis plea for more delay. These reporfs |
We're absolutely false. Thsre have been no
riots In Havana. The president and his |
wall street cabinet spread these report az |
a subterfuge. And what gives tho color of |
irrefrasable truth 10 all my assertions in |
ms connection is the fact that Wall street |
knew. two hours In advance of all others.
'hat the message would not 20 in on We'd |
nesday, The report that II would not 90 In |
came from Wall street over the stock tirker |
ana IN an hour was confirmed by telephone !
money getting friends made fortunes that |
day as they have been making them for The |
past awo weeks, and making them ON
lips on private information from the
White House furnished either by Mark |
Hanna or his henchmcn. This is known /
nere to be absolutely correct, and can be |
proven,
IT Is not ALLEGED that the president is
making money. hut tho mon who usa ~,