The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-01

) test was made. The Stuffed Prophet tibet
: sat in the White House. as indifferent =
! our National duty IN the premises as wa
! tho sultan when the Armenlans we're D.
Ing slaughtered.
, Since the horrors among the reconren'
frados came 10 light. the Red Gross ha'
been permitted to Join In the dstrihItior
OF relief ana the aged president 81 the
! society has . cen working with all heI
. former energy In mitigating suffering. AZ
ter having seen the desoIation and want
In Cuba Miss Barton now tells Us that
the condition down there surpasscs any
thing she has ever seen-worse than the
hat,lcfelds OF France. or the plains OF
Armenia. or the haunts OF starvation and
rta,ilcnce 10 india.
IL this not enough for America? Does
the republican administration want adj
pulses OF humanity and the obligations o.
civilization? Or Is the voice Of the stock
| exchange ticker still all powerful?
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| The New York Evening Post thinks there
is nothing especially Spanish about the re-
concentrate plan in Cuba, and remarks that
1T Is exactly what sheridan did In the shcu-
andoah valley and sherman in South Caro-
lima shcridai. and sherman LETT dcsolatian
in their track and did not spare the torch.
but bad M they were. the peculiarly refined
cruelty Of the rcconeentrado policy WAS re-
SERVED for its first exhibition By Spain.
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strains from the canarios than We are hear
Ing these days.
II looks as IL there were good many pco-
pie in this country, and some OF them IN
high position. who never heBrd OF such a
thing ss the obligations Of humanity What
are We to get out Of NJ" has been SO long the
popular philosophy that disinterested conduct
Is inexplcahle TO certain minds.
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1t wouldn't hurt this country Just now to
put several other statesmen on the shelf for
paretics, along with Sherman.
Judson Lyons. politician and colored. should
fed very grateful to the good people OF Au
pus,a, Ga. for obIecting TO him roatmas-
ter. AS register OF the treasury he can't
claim that any kick is coming his way. But
Augusta isn't at all sorry she spoke.
Mother Corbett nor Fitzsimmons have hau
anything 10 say during the pending excite
mcnt--It looks too much like the real thing
for them.
Tho response by the crowded galleries OF
the house 10 tho democratic attempts TO force
The republicans to net on the Cuban question,
was a sufficient demonstration TINT 1t was
patriotism and not politics that was back OF
tho democratic action.
Captain slgsbee has been assigned as aide
to Secretary Long. a position In which he can
be even moro useful than ms commander Of
ship, in the event Of hos,Ilittes.
The Russian press should rnfrain from put
ting too much salt on Great Brta'n's sore.
When John Bull is thoroughly nfoused he is
as ugly customer as can he found on this
mundane sphere, and even Russia will do
well not to forget 10,
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Thanks to onr delays on this side, Spain
will have In Cuban waters about rs
formidable squadron ms We have and the
first blow will come near settling the hrst
light
In designating a fast day recently, the gov
ornor of Connecticut requested the people to
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'o"'ur'ap'e' ""''" mas "i"nFs mao moan
stFeak IN II.
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e'opp W." po pu' Va az" s'DW "n' nc nat-
over e'ao may neno'. No people on ear'h
arc SO in'cpenneht OF DINERS or OF oNtranr-
diuary conditions as We.
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Inc fush % mliiions iof 'ne Na'''nHl ue-
posing expenditures for the Faster bonnet
about this time of the year. Hut they cost