The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-13
A WAR GRAFTON.
The Hon. II. Flat Turner Makes II
Patriotic Talk.

Written for The Post.
Ladies and Gentlemen and Fellow Cltl-
lenses If fail to come up to de standad OF
de p/,lic speakahs OF de day or dis cata-
mount question oh wah which am embez-
cling de entire civilized world. you mus
not lay 1t to de fac dat am incapable oh
touchin' upon de virus issues, but to de
apparent bad condition oh de consulai
glands oh my throat. which am very badly
contracted by de heat Oh de recent great
controversies. "a voice: ''You'se all right
you bet!') Then rubbing all over his iace
and neck with delicate cream colored
silk handkerchief and slowly rubbing his
hands together he resumed: | am not
going to transform back to de frs chap
tab OBJ dis Afro Esphendl- American indif-
ferent fracus, but come down de line OFT
receding condolences to de period oh dc
joint revolution OBJ congress to rectity dc
indestructibility OF Cuba. Shouts OF
"Sho sho,'D
In dom dis owah resentatiVes at WASH
ington voiced de minority OBJ cherry man
An wo man in dis Ian dat understan' de
great intrinsic value OBJ de Stahs and
Stripes. ovid yels)
In dis step oh armed invention de pres
dent an congress an de agricultural conf
mittee stan united in dere individual an
obstinate course. Dey Is now determined
dat de amphibious obesity oh Spain an de
obtruse ratification oh de Maine am suffi-
cient to cause de world to hibernate to de
inflexibility OBJ de United States oh Texas.
(Cries of; "Heah dat man!'D
Yes. sab, chen befo' We sent dat sani-
tary committee to allay de causes oh its
expulsion de country was aware dat it was
dem pewarcating Spaniards dat employed
submarine buoys an shotgun cotton an Il
ole mine what was full o watah to hide
de shafts dat would stick up an punctuate
de bottom oh de ship. Yes, dey blowed her
back, an she sunk in dat ole mine.
"a voice)-"Yes. an ives gwine to show
dem some mines'
Den de United States had a convention,
an de chief executioner issued an armisrice
warning dem dat obseques must cease in
Cuby, an askin de monetary committee TO
impoyerish him to use de gavel an military
posts to bring about pe3ceable nyaidiSm.
ST ain den gets corrugated an proposes an
indemnity to Cuby and ole Gomez he sees
de somnambulsm oh DAT scheme an in
stitutes 1t as another move to concentrate
de insurgents to de first strata Oh Constan,
tincple, word meanin de same as desti-
tuition | tell you, my frens, de powdan am
about to infuse in Cuby. an de lead to ig-
mite Am you ready to go an perspre on
de tropics OBJ Cuby's soil?
C'Sho; sho! You knows we ls!')
Now den in seclusion say dat de time
is at han. De iron am hot an de United
States am goin' to strike an she needs
de cullud antedeluvians to hole de tongs
while she mashes de immunities out O. Gle
Spain.
CANT dat man talkin"")
II am our duty as de architectural and
unsuitable seepers OBJ dis country TO 20
an empty our blood vessels on de thresh-
hold oh America. (Wild demonstrations
owah ancestors demand dat we show to dc
world dat de race dat has so long been in
DE EPILEPSY oh injenctions should come I,
de 'front.' and preciptatc into de conflict
ever ready to stan shoulder TO Shoulder be-
mn &c lortltications oh its country. CLoud
and prolonged shouts. during which T mad
MY exit. believing had heard enonghl
Charles G. ComnhelI