The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-30

eiciaries OF n commercial expansion fos-
tered by Imperialism. This fact Is ap-
parent to intelligent labor and progress
sivo agriculture, and sooner or later they
viii push from the control OF public az
| fairs every man In the Nation who stands
for policy OF imperialism that, II al
lowed to work out its logical end. must
absolutely enslave both.
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The Post several days ago took occasion
TO expose Mr.. Lamar Fontaine's romance
about Colonel Joubert having served on
Stonewall Jacksons STAFF. II relied for Its
facts on its reading of the Life Of Stonewall
Jackson" written by Or. Dabney. who was
on General Jackson's staff aud klnsman of
the great soldier Nevertheless n great many
readers stu believed the absurd story 10 per-
sistenty affirmed by the insistent romancer,
that this fictitious Colonel Joubert and the
real General Joubert were the same PERSONAL
ty. Now comes the Chattanooga Times with
another solar pleXus blow for the engaging
fiction OF Mr.. Lamar Fontaino. The Times
declares:
We note that General Norman. Colonel
Morgan and several other Louisiana soldiers
Of the Confederacy. have seen ut to deny
Lamar Fontaine's romance about the old
NuiHhnaer comnandaht oeing idenucal WIN
Jna hrJ,d ~; n Nv I"t.s' 800,
And those men who served under jackson,
not only show that the story is an idle one,
Tniono 10y Tnnbsr, bn hut o,,s,o "s M, sny
rolls from 1861 to 1866 This ought to finally
dispose of that Stiffness. Mr.. Fontaine secs
ghosts.
:" .'o oa' '" spo.' us''Vious'y sens'-
','.'i S'"iS' "u' 'n"t 10 ohe oil Tue i"'ss'ohS
" '"' "'"'P'per eu"ootoI
WIS" Iarep't uoes nov pe'ons 10 tue rapo't
nanny S''p' 'apN'
war which creates an active market for
naple r'ou"o'S AZ "ua"nee" prizes IS quite
Nv ''. '>'','" ""a p'op'e n"''ns
'i'ga' SUPP pfouu',S 10 sen 'u'n 'S 'ne
,'.sns i,''oi',vu Wy t"p'e,ous 'o'nu'eI''"i-
go" Wy" i" "'1,"'es UNI business Is pus'-
's' WIN 90 a'en"er '',upie "s an Ap"'"'
"o"'' IMPLY !" n,'nk soap lock
DN'' w." ny '"'' ''"u""i"' 'nete
"'' Two wars peinE ""sPd at TINS tiine that
IVY p,o,,"E W. s"'.''..''.S 10 Wv r'o,
~ ne ''u ""is !" i"@o.
49, 49," '''peV'''1H' ino Ho',n
- "n'' ~ :" "u'' H"S CIV" ""' "et W
90 'e"n D'e'-" SUI VI """l's 'n"t wou''
'Ie W. '.'' " WI, O'u"
80 ~ - ~ '"s,' y, '"u p''e"'se VI
~ 49, "''" ~, '"e ''" army ~
~ '''t,i'"e'' "''h "'"'ieS' "ow'Nu'' must
'ooN " '"'S Ioer"' io' ''e""' n", u"e 10
80. wn's, o''hss se'''',y n,o'e QUAY ho'-
wths'ahu'hs shoFtase IN inc wor'u crop,
very consolng to the imperalist who Iusti-
hes tho spread of emplre nv resort 10 war ON
the score that 1t gives to expanding com
NV 80 D'" anu p.o".~o.e n.@."''''
ADMIRAL Dewev aidn,, GOT b,s -br,s,mos
a''
pianos any cheaper thah fanerewski gets
'his'n."
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The events oil the last eighteen months have
ampiihed ana enlarged the dimensions OF the
HAWAIIAN cable steal instead says the Chi
caso Chronicle OF cable to Honolulu II is
now proposed TO nave one TO euem ana Ma
should nav the cable syndiente nm animal
subsidy equal to about 10 per cent on the
money invested. In other words. the govern.
roent ia To nav tho operat,ns oxncnses q, tho
eap'e' iea''hg inc receipts from an othei
sources aS SO mueh 'eVet Tor the patriotic
gentlemen VINO are PACK OF the enterprise
why the government should not itself lay the
cable ana ENJOY the proh's thereof or why the
Paer'ouo syhaiea'e shouia exact s4oo,ooO
per year ior ils pauio.s'n are questions
which senator Lodge does not deem 1t worth
for the Hanna Payne ship subsidy
steal.
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