The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-02


Of the North pretend to believe that negro
| is as good as white and are continually
protesting their love OF him and their pro-
/ found interest IN his welfare. Tho Federal
appointing power should give these profcssed
best friends OF tho negro n chance to prove
! tho sincerity OF their regard for him. Put a
few negroes in postoffces and other Federal
| offices in the North and we shall sec the mask
OF Hypocrisy fall. BY all means give the
negro official recognition; let him have a
J share Of Federal patronage. but give It 10
. him only In the South-tbis Is the philosophy
| OF tho champions of negro equality. II Is
probable That the administration now realizes
| that IL made serious blunder In appointing
negroes to office in the South Why does 1t
not make tho experiment now In the North?
| ~
| Mr.. Cofbett can give Spain pointers on the
art OF fighting. Mr. Corbctt can get licked
and make big profit on the job.-Washing-
ton Post
Spain docs not sccm to have needed any
pointers, along this line. After being sound
ly whipped by this country, Spain charged us
twenty millions OF dollars for doing 1t, and
has had the claim allowed. too.
The admission. OF free sugar from our new
West Indian and Asiatid possessions would
inevitably make the whole Dfngley sugar
schodule Imperative. and paralyze at blow
the beet sugar interests. which the st. Louis
platform promistd to foster. That platform
condemned the Cleveland administration TOR
not keeping faith with, the sugar producers
OF this country, and declared that tho re-
publican party favors such protection as viii
lead to the production on American soil of
all the sugar which the American people use.
and for which they pay other countries more
than Sl0o.000,000 annually. "-Boston Herald.
That's tho view OF one republican paper.
Now, here's how another orthodox republican
Journal the Philadelphia Ledger, looks at II:
The general view of the country respecting
this matter is likely to be that, II the free
admission of sugar from our new possessions
Is likely to give our I0,000,000 of consumers of
sugar this necessary article OF the breakfast
table at reduced price. and destroy the ra-
pncious power and greed of the infamous SUI
gar trust SO much the better
49,
And still it is insisted that United States
Senator Allen Is on the expiration of his term
In the senate to become general solicitor of
an Eastern railway. Mr.. Bryan Is at least
equally entitled to some sort of provision by
his friends now that his hopes to roach the
presidency have been forever blasted.-Dallas
Times Herald.
Organs of the money trust may plume them
selves with the idea that these blows below
tho belt are doing some harm to the cham
Dions OF the people. but they are very much
mistaken.
II the gold standard fellows. who claim TO
he democrats, had voted for Robson as they
should have done. the Tenth district would
have sent a democrat to congress. There
were enough democrat votes cast for Iawley
in Galveston county. If cast for Robson to
have elected him.-Alcin sun.
We all know that; In fact. 1t is so well
known that good be accomplished by
continuing to talk about it.