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Europe furnish market for tho producer
| that more than compensates him for the
taxes he pays 10 sustain the burden Of mill
ltar!sm The government becomes pur.
chaser for an immense number Of tnpro.
ductive consumers. In supporting the arm,
and navy the peasant or the manufactures
merely pays kind Of occupation tax for
the privilege OF selling TO a big customer,
without whose trade he would have less
business and more composition
We have standing pension army In this
country M large as the regular army Of
Russin and costing us as much rs RusBla's
military burden costs her, but unfortunateIy
our pensioners are not taken out oil compe-
tition with the producing classes. The pen
sioners are III nearly every instance ac-
lively engaged In work and making liy-
ing, aside from their pension. A large
standing army. therefore. would he less
costly and far less burden to the rroduc-
tive energies OF the Nation. For the pros
perfy and business OF country an army
on soldicrs In better than an army OF pen
RIoners.
The sentimental and dreamy suggestion
of general disarmament. therefore. has
no weight TO II. but a proposition TO abolish
the army without guns that this govern
ment maintains. would have great deal OF
economic BOlidity about H.
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SOME rosrscs,rrs.

There are ssi dec parks in England.
Havana IS almost due south o. Column
hua Ohio
During 1897 Mexico exported $i2.ooo, 600
worth of minerals
N Russie 4 S. the custom tor ,lnolists
fight, wv "
The matches used IN i.ima. Peru. ara
an imported fsnm Sweden, there being M
factories Ia that country
The sound 81 a he'll which can be heard
is,Qno irel through the water eau ho hoard
through the air only 4s6 feoi.
The most ancient coin N Europe IN.
dncai, MS ilrsi struck In the mint al Ven
ice ~ The year 1884, The building Is SIN
In oNsstonee
Purses made OF the skin o, the frog ARC
IN great favor with the Farslan ladies
THIS Kind Of leather is Extremely thin. NJ,
very durable. $500 'Ns
The oldest known European bank not,
y swedish daied l6il. But the British
Museum in London has Chlnoss mn,
three centuries older
Frozen meats viii be exported from
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pick mnhhnrn Mcntionch.
To tho Editor Of The Post.


College Station. Texas, February e.
The Agricultural and Mechanical College
OF Texas is State institution and the
people are the State. The people built
that college and they are proud OF it. The
people were proud of Hon ". S Ross as
president OF that institution. Now Gov
ernor l.. $, Ross is no more. ] must say
with all sincerity and for the best infer-
ests of the college today that Dick Huh
bard is the next man 10 Governor l.. S.
Ross In the State OF Texas for president
OF the Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege,
The Hon. Dick Hubbard was al one time
governor OF Texas, and has "A splendid RON
utation not only in Texas. but In all the
adjoining States. He has all the capabili
ties and Is fully qualified for the place.
DICK Hubbard is a quiet, unassum.n,..
amiable educated gentleman. No high
headed fool about him, and he win s,it
the people. II the honorable board of di-
rectors OF the Agricultural and Mechanical
college should elect the Hon ex Governor
Dick Hubbard for president OF that col
lege the people of Texas will congratulate
you Tor your good Judgment in doing so.
7. J. Gray.
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4 rEsTILENcn pRnnpnn.

Tho rapid settling OF the wreck Of Tho
Maine In the mud of the harhor of It,v,,,
winch mas been mentioned IN the Asso-
ciated Press dispatches. again calls nttcn-
tlon TO the condition OF that hnrhor aud
disoioses the source Of that everlasting nm
healthiulness In The capltal OF Cuba which
constitutes perpetual menace 10 tho
nea'th Of our own Southern States
The harbor of Havana Is said to he TIM
filthiost in the wcrld. not executing any
thing IN Asia among the sothful ana dirty
orieutnls. II seems that the tides 90 moi
wash the harbor AZ Havana as they do
az other PAGES OF commercial prominence.
fhe large body of water down there IB
almost lakp, so land locked IA il and
yet Y Is the sceuc of more commercial
activity ard shipping than can he found in
he new world except Mt three or four
points. All the trash and ORAL from Tho
ships visiting the bay and all the sewage
OF me foul city of Havana. are NOT only
emptied In the harbor, hut stay there
For two or thrcc hundred wears thls ne-
cum'l'a,ion Ct deposits at the bottom Of
tho harbor has been going on until the
depth OF the bay is now thirty hive feet
where Y wns once NIFTY or mere fest.
ire water Is 50 foul that the desks of the
Maine were not washed With II while that
snip was NJ enchor. TO stir tho bay Is 10
st'r pestilcnee, aud winter and summer tha
deadly oaors are given ont. causing a
death rate in the city of Havana thar d
appalling.
Into this slime the Maine has hccn sink
luz deeper and deeper, until II would even
NOW cost an immense waste OF mohey to
attempt to raise u, The once proud repro.
sentative, therefore. Of tho American Ma.
ton must be left In a grave dug In III,
NTH Of ages. doubly isaoble end Tor i
sreat American cruiser.
u would be worth war, almost. for the
United States % obtain control OF this har.
Dor Of Havana In order 10 dredse ana
purify It. The cleaning up at that polut
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now wouLD wan AFFECT US,

Tho question Ia often asked What ef
feet would n war with Spain have upon thu
business, or the usual conditions OF life
and trade and industry IN this country
IL liz almost possible to answer that such q
conflict would hardly be felt In the United
States.
The war would be naval fight chiefly
and our present naval strength Is suf-
hcIcnt to successfully cope with the Span
ish navy There would be activity at lhC
navy yards and arsenals the gun and
| powder factories, and detachmonts OF nr-
| tillery would be sent 10 the coast towns
There might be an invading army of 80
600 10 100000 men equipped TO send Ia
Cuba, hut the equipment OF such force
would bo n comparatively small affair for
a Nation such ny the United states. Spain
has no ships to spare with which 10 at
tempt blockade of our coasts and such
| ocean commerce MS wo have would he
largely under foreign flags as now and in
comparatively no danger privateoring,
that might be attempted by Spain would
hardly pay, with England buying and
transporting most Of our goods, When the
Alabama, the Sumter and the Florida
played such havoc with American com
moroe we had a great merchant marine.
In the interior Of the United States bust
meas would not be notIceably depressed.
The grent mass of the people would not
know that u war was In progress except
from the papers Foodsuifs und war ma
terial might go up somewhat. and II the
cotton were not sold outright and deliv-
cred to foreign bottoms on this side and
Spain We're strong enough Mt sea TO menace
our commerce., tho Southern staple might
be reduced to inactivity Hut Il is doubt-
full II any line of effort, or rndo, In tbi,
country would seriously suffer for as long
MS a month,
1t would be different were we engaged in
struggle that promised Ia DO ling opo
OF win aa antagonist equal in resources.
or stronger on the sen. In that event we
would experience assaults upon our coast
cities. possibly blockade and would have
To drop bn;iness while bending our on
ergies TO place ourselves on a superlor
war footing. But With Spain the cnsc /,
not such serious one. There would be
some sharp collisions, we might meet with
an attack hore aud there, or an occasional
reverse, but nation that has proven I'M
equal TO the task Of reconQuering hand
lul OF Insurgents, that has beon unable
to Keep fllibusters out OF Cuba and that Is
literally exhausted through a struggle
with one of It's island possessions, could
not hope to stand up against this country.
The fact that we should not need TO fear
invasion, or hlockades, or be compelled to
draw TO any large extent upon our re-
sources further than now in sight. would
prevent the Nation feeling the war as war
Ia usually felt Even the stock exchange
gamblers would suffer no losses, for no
investor on earth would doubt the issue of
the conflict or imagine that our financial
strength could be crippled by such fight
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\ True Democratic Tcst.

! Belton Journal.
| II exactly accords with what this paper
has contendcd for through all these years.
viz that mans democracy should be
! based on his vote and not on his profession
For that contention we have been anathc-
matlzcd aud cast into outer darkness. and
were beginning to think we possibly We're
wrong. But IL is now the touchsone of
democracy in Texas and ii the party viii
adhere TO the rule now and henceforth
there Will be no calling OF names and no
divisions. Probably It was an inoppur-
tune time for tho PRONUNCIATION Of such a
rule, and the better plan would have peen
to have submitted II for determination ny
tho state convention, But II had TO come
sooner or later Under the rule of Oxen
primaries, the straight ticket man was put
on the same basis MS the boter aud the
renegade, and hence II came to pass that
those whose loyalty hnd never beea ques-
TONED were beginning TO feel that their
fidelity was all to no use. IL VIII be
noted that the resolution Is mandatory
and county executive committees must
conform therto. fact that Chairman John
over in Williamson would do well to
heed We may remark that this rosolu-
tlon was adonted chiefly by those 10 whom
we stand opposed In lhls campaignz-the
followers of Crane but all the same IL is
tho correct party position, and as snch has
our hearty Enforcement.
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TEN PAGES TODAY,
ACTIVITY or C,ANr CONFINES.


Following one scheme of railroad roor
port OF another, nowadays until 1t bcgin'
3 to look as II tho big railroad managers
and capitalists were determined TO fully
apply the trust principle TO this limo ol
business In the United States.
The operations and policies Of the Van
cue 10 others ard we bear Of contemplated
combinations on large scale in tho WIS;
as well ss in The East.
From the railroad managerial p1nt OF
View the movement is, of course, wlso
one. 1t is calculated. as all trust sshomeg
are to centrallsc. simplify md reduce the
cost OF management. 1t destroys tho POS
Bibility of disastrous competition" IN pro-
portion MS the absorption of different llnes
by the combine progresses. II accom-
plishcs pooling without violating anti pool
Ing laws and enables the big inventors TO
Increase their dividends and at the same
time make big fortunes in the financierln,
processes required in pcrfecting the rtor-
ganizntions aud combinations From the
railroad Point OF view 1t Is, indeed, a pral
isins scheme. II has been largely rendered
necessary, too, By tho vast Watering OF
Btoak and oycr-issues Of bonds that have
Reached a limit requiring heroic nenquree
TO realize the usual returns demanded BY
capital,
But what nre we to expect for the other
atdpT MI,
as they reduce competition and centralize
management. increase the power for OK,
tortion II the syndic1tes are so disposcd.
They render the businCei public more helm
less In the absence OF governmental control.
u is even possible for railroad house not
divided against itself 10 moro directly In
i'nepce legislation In lts favor The ne
cesslty, therefore, fer Increasing tho nu-
thority of the NrtolaI commission AM
Keeping intact State control viii becnmc
the more and more apparent ms this great
scheme of railway consolldnt on ,s the
more plainly upfoldsd,, giant railway
trust. controlling transportation beyond The
possibility Of natural competition. act;np
In concert with other trusts controlling
production. would reduce the nations Aa..l-
ness TO piiiable condition of slav,ry ana
check tho healthf,l development of th.
country problem OF tremendous ,ous,
auence thus Is presented for solution to the
people.
IN the history of the United states theit
was never such need OF n return to demo
cratic. decentralisng theories and policies
ar now. when great syndcates ago seehns
70 control Tho money. tho pro luGtica an1
tho transportation agencies of the ptlon
and are rapidly pcrfectng ,nelr schemes
under IA republican regime.
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beauhohi journal
Il scents TO be difficult for the demo
cratic party to prescribe a requirement for
participation in the primaries that eS-
actly suits the Galveston Nows few
years ago, when II WAS boosting George
Clark for governor, Que OF its chief argu-
nlvnis against the regular party WAS that
the lest VAS so liberal it admitted popu-
lists, republicans ana eTeryb5dy els. 10
the primaries, and, with Clark aud utners
II advocated the administration OF sort
OF ifnnolad oath 60 all who offered 10 vote
IN primary elecilcas. The News find, no,y
that the parry is too rigid, and although
the requirement Is not as severe as lbe
News formerly advocated, stu II Is hard
80 Tar as the journal can see tho test uro-
serihed IS unohjee,ionable 10 loyal demo-
Gratis and ought To be so 10 those who were
disloyal In the last campaign. or course
The latter would not otter 10 vote. Ana
hence they are moi harmed. while the for.
mer being IN fun fellowship, arc unrom-
planning The rule could not embrace ~
pelnons, such as The cases OF converts. ana
~ such should not object 10 waiting mn
IN they provo their right 70 particiDate IN
a'mocFatic primaries by voting the atmo.
cratic ticket. ''0
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4 DIFFERENCE IN nunpnss.


In communication To the naltlmore
News, recently. citizen Of Baltimore asks
II this barbarons evolution of arms and
nrmor has not gone far enough" ana sug
gests that America should lombard the
world with the idea OF international union !,
followed by . disarmament of all the mn
lions and the establishment OF intcrnatlonn,
courts Of arbitration
This sentimental view finds expression
every now and then, while the world goes
on adding 70 arms ana armor ma increas-
INK It's armies and naves, international
peace ana union and the Punishment of
arms Is an attractive tort OF dream. hui II
II nothing more. Nature has provided its
own means Of getting rid Of surpluses. and
man will never be able to cheek the pro-
cesree 90 far M a rcdundacy OF population
y concerned until he is reerested. lie IL
an animal and a savage bv nature, ana al
though civilization and educational facilltle,
may refine they can not eradicate hla IN.
pulses altogether. Ne are likely to hear Of
wars and rumorS Of War III 10 tho final
JUDGMENT.
ana ana - matter ~ fact would tho world
- benefited Just now By general dis
armament Of thu nations In europe the
preeucers are poorly paid for their labo.
y seseon Of the supefabunlance Of labor
~ snd tho limited demand for products. Il
naerics Sc are rapidly approaching 4 sim.
~ eoaditinl sspposc the millions q,
>nen pev ~ thu armies and naysss Of the
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The Right Course
Wharton Spectator.

In answer to criticism thafy
cretiy supporting Crane for govfs1
protesting neutrality. The How
says that it is really and truly y
between the four candidates, \
tho profoundnst respect for AL oiA '1
will let them fight il ought betse'
selves. That's right. and i
proper way for a big demoerax
treat a batch OF democratic onr'
all equally slnIess and deserYl9l.
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Punta Arenas. In the Strait OF Magellan,
10 Europe and 20 600 mutton carcasses Will
be the trial shipment.
Moro men has died and are buried In
the Iethmus OF Panama along the line OF
tho proposed canal than on any equal
amount OF territory IN the world
A hotel keeper In Brussels hotel was
Obliged the other day to buy eighty pairs
OF shoes for his guests The porter had
docampcd With that number placed In his
oh
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enlists In our navy today. II glory is not
| to be the reward of his service. insist that
| the government shall properly indemnity
those who are dependent upon him? man
Will fight for glory but he viii run Tor
money. Cash never yet inspired soldier
and II never Will. Hundreds OF thousands
of men have left prosperous employment 10
risk death for their flag and those who
remained at home and paid for substitutes
are among those today who have been IN
strnmental In inaugurating a policy that
would bring everybody else down 10 their
own level.
But II is still so uncertain that the out
come of our present ENHANCEMENT will be
that one is not justified in preiudicing the
market of international honor by printing
exact figures. 1t may even be that the price
list, If it is ever adopted. will he 50 modu-
lated and graded as 10 classify the goods
which we will display-maybe something
like this.
Ordinary, everyday insults. sl2,5q0
Special attacks on president. ..... 10000
De LONE letters, ctc..,....,..... J5,o0O
Second oifense. any of aooye...... 1Oo,oo0
Blowing up warship ............. lO,OOO,OOo
Killing naval officers each ...., $500
Killing able seamen, each ...... 1000
Insulting foreign minister ....... $4,000
Shooting at flag ............ 5000
Monkeying with ordinary citizen. %
1t is unfair. however, to say in so many
words that our present administration will
consent TO ratity such schedule of costs
In connection with the foreign policy OF
which VIC have Just spoken. not only be-
cause II has nothing to go Nv in the matter
Of fixing the rates. but because no admin
istration can fix and control foreign
policy for the whole people. When the time
comes the people viii attend to that for
themselves.
mage OF actual conflict. Many times-and at
this particular time-it means putting
stop to the boodiest carnage that ever dis
graced civilized manhood. It means that
II we have anything at all to trade for it
Is peace aud dignity and common sense,
ana that President Mckinley has a suff-
cient asset in the wrecked battleship in the
harbor Of Havana to get anything that he
asks ior' r. b. G.
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R"dhah OuStTNeT.
Some of our populist friends ~
a serious mistake. For several y
have been contending for FREQ T
have strenuously opposed trusts
binations. and II they wish to
reforms put in operation they Y
back into the democratic party
Mr.. Bryan and his friends 10 q
fight for the life OF liberty anil
fersonian government. This con
ton means much to this countp1
man can afford to run OFF after \
minority when the very perpe'1
American freedom Is at stake.
that Cleveland knitted the denisI
led many people 10 believe thN
party had deserted its mooring u
on after strange idols, but Clt'l
now cut of the party and his iniiy
no longer affect party platfofs
In and help lis! Come in and ~
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Katemey, Mason County, T1N
airy 22.-can anyone give me an!
tion OF my father, S. A. Pryorss''
beard from he was in Housto&
formation concerning him wouis
fully received by J.. VI
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Inforrnn1ion Mnnisl

Any Information that can be ny
the present whereabouts of Dap
railroad man. viii he ihankfuw
by his wife and child, who are Wy
10 find him. Address Mrs. Maseh
Lyons, Burlcson county, TexaA
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might for the time intcnsify the unhealth-
ful conditions and add fuel to the pcsti-
loncc, but the work once done. there would
be protection therefore. The city OF Havana
harbors Of Cuba. once placed in saritnry
condition and kept 80 by American in-
fuenres, would remove danger, largely,
from the South that has not only cost US
great loss Of life and money In the rast.
but has deferred that rapid accession az
population and the development we would
otherwise have enjoyed.
--.-----------------
The death of Editor and Proprietor william
| NJ. Singorly Of the Philadelphia Record re-
moves ono of the most conspicuously success
nl newspaper men Of the country, His re-
cent financial troubles may have worried and
dop,tsged him and hastenoj bis death. The
Record. however. wos not seriously affected
by M. sIneerlys outside ,cntures. hut 1t
may rndiy miss hip guiding hand hereafter
! SIN there is nearly always good man to
fiji the Iace Of u good man gone.
! 81. patrck's day Ia Houston this year
/ promis,s TO be worth coming 10 sec.
| The democratic test adopted at Dallas by
the state committee was a party necessity TO
| guard tho organization from recurrence NJ
irerchery within. The idea Tint IT was adopt
cd H. any candidates. interest Us pure rot
The yote In committee showed plainly enough
tha, there was no personal rartlsenahip In tha
test
ny the way. II is Just ns we'll for mas
meetipgs TO remember that congress alone has
the nowcr 10 declare war
Colonel Warning. OF metropolitan street
cleaning fame says his successor is doog
admirably. a lot Of anti rhmmany papcrs
have been trying to create the Impression
that the big metropolis was already back in
tn slush Of dospond It is steadily becoming
mop aud more apparent that rammany can't
be- hnli as dishonest aa It's critics
----------.---.----
Senator Chiffon did not speak ont any too
soon. Ills position in the senatorial race IN
this State has been very extensively mIsrep-
resented
II thcrc Is any money TO be made out nj
spo.n we can confidently expect this admnis-
taiion to so for II vigorously Tho rcpubl.
can leaders hive already intlmated willing
ness to do anything to cover up the Dinghy
dottit even though II involved an attack
upon tho best interests Of our own country
-----------.--.-
The TtNas democracy doesn't propose TO |
give The Mckinley Aid society chance thIs |
year 10 drop any infennl machines ia is |
coal lunkers.
II was said u short time ngo that tho Hon !
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sAs SECOND CLASS NATTER.
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oubpcrlptlon by EssII--Dsly and Sunday Post. one
year. $500; six months. $500; three months,
b1-Oo; one month. $500.
me SUNDAY Posi-, one year, $3.50.
one year. et.oo; six months. so cents: three
months. - cents.
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There can he no National honor without
individual houor, and that which rorrupts
aud discourages the other must inevitably
discourage aud ocrrupt tho other Money
70 ms much an antiio,o to patriotism as ii
IS an Incentive IN politics, And when money
becomes the final basis OF settlement in
criminal aila!rs ainons the nations Il is only
fair TO presume that tho time is not far
distant when the commission OF crime
among individuals may be settled IN the
same way. II malicious ana muriarous
assault uDon the Maine is to be wiped out
In cash. why may not one man brsnk ths
head of another aud pay him or his heirs
Tor Y without the Intervention az ihoss
AGENCIES which our foresathers considered
as essential 20 the peace liberty ana happi-
ness alike 81 nations aud individuals
Ana Ashy may not the humbost man who
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