The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-29
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IN THE CAMPAIGN.

II Is proposed to divide the commission Into
three subcommttees in order 10 make haste'
and each will take up a branch OF the IN
auiry II is scarcely fair to comment upon
the commission until it has done something,
bat the disposition Of all the members seems
to be very friendly TO the administration.
The above is an extract from Washing
ton special 10 the Chicago Record. indo-
pendent republican newspaper, and refers to
the investigating committee which has just
been organized by the president II is a
sample OF what most OF the Washington cor
respondents are saying about the "disposl-
ton Of the committeeman
The Eoldbug press Of the country has been
declaring that the gold democrats In Con-
c,ticut captured the state convention there
aud adopted platform to suit themselves.
The financial plank adopted by that conven-
ton IS In these words:
Resolved, That the democracy OF Connect
cut Is now. as IL has ever been, 10 favor OF
Of value and we declare ourselves opposed to
| munome,allism Of any kind.
There may possibly be come difference OF
opinion as to what is meant by "bimetaI-
Ism. as enuucated by Jefferson but there
certainly can be 30 question that opposition
to "monometaliism OF any kind" means OPP
position to the gold standard
what do you think Of the lay Of the
land2 "
Welt. l am not ambitious to defeat both
oil ny opponents by a majority greater than
| 1900 20 5000. said Mr. hawley smiling.
| The above ia quotation from local artI-
| clio in the Galveston News, A few days ago
the Galveston Tribune printed an article In
! which an enthusiast hnd seven out Of the
nine counties In the Tenth district sure for
Nr. Hawiey. These papers are very silent
In their editorial columns on the race iu the
! Terth. but otherwise Candidate Hawley
seems to have top.ot-column- next to-read-
ing matter advantages
/, is hoped that the negroes OF the Tous-
| ton congressional district have not forgotten
| joe Eagles speech Of last year at the Nash
| vile centennial and his remarks about ue-
| grces II the negroes do their duty. Eagle
| wsii not receive a single negro vote election
| dar- Galveston Gazette.
The negroes are on to Joseph The truth
o. the matter iH the negroes don't like popu-
lists much, anyhow.
The business element are not afraid OF
| G,hhs. as they know he was the leading
| eplriI In state government Tot tour years
! when there was loss complaint nmonE the
formers aud business men Of Texas, lie Is
| experienced. and that IL why, Win SO little
Opportunity. he has caught GU to so much
bad government at Austin, Southern Mer-
| CuiA,
Then why didn't he and that claim against
the Federal government which he now says
the state officials should have known lii
about lie was State senator and on thu
hrunce committee, lieutenant governor and
several times acting governor.
Aud, while We are Investigating. il might
| be az well 10 inquire why the goverpment
| pale over 100000 for tint collier Merrlmac.
| men was devoted Ia destruction At Sanu-
| aSu WHOM It's original cost to The rartien
| selling the ship to the government was les 4,
| than one-thsrd that sum. -RroWusyille Her
aid,
There Is so much that ought to be inyesu-
setd that 1T is hard 10 determine just where
| 10 Gym.