The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-16
HOUSTON DAILY MORNING. JANUARY la ls0a

should hnd Americans NJ the end Of the
Nineteenth century less frca$in the exer-
else OF the chief provocative Of the cit
|izens OF 4 Republic than we're EnsIishmen
a hundred and twenty years ago under the
rule OF a king so narrowmindcd and OBJ
stinatc as George III.
The Savannah News takes this View OF II,
Once mere theirs Is 10 bc cotton ccuven-
ton II Is 10 be held in New Orleans. THE
low price Of cotton Il Il sisted. has
aroused the producers, and they have coa-
clndcd tina, something must be done" The
snnie cry has been heard ottca before. Con-.
vcn,ion after convention has been held; Rcsc-
luton upon resolution has been passed; and
the amount or cotton production has gone on
increaeinr and the price failing II eau be-
predicted With great accuracy Just what tbs
New orleans convention will dc. It will
whereas tina. TOO much cotton is being
produced. and then resolve, tina, the pro-
iucsion he cut down. Ii will advise that
farmers plant mere provision crops and less
cotton. II will then adjourn aud the farm
ors win so about their business Just the Same
as they would have done had no convention
been held. So far rs can be recalled. not
one OF the cotton conventions heretofore held
has ever benefited the cotton producers to
the value Of row of pins.
Why would not q canning factory prove a
paying Investment In Houston
Embellishments OF General Eagan concern
ing General Miles are OF n character that
are fndefensible. and they should never have
been allowed TO be made before tho commit
tee. thinks the indianapolis Sentinel. Ia the
first place. they are not evidence. but only
statements OF opinion. Evensif what General
Miles raid about fembaimed beef" were not
true. It By no means follows that he is a
! ''iiar.' much less "a liar who lied in his
threat. lied in his heart, He'd in every part
OF his body. General Miles has already pro
duced the statements OF numerous officers
who examined the beef. and who give their
opinions that Il had been treated with chem
icals which made It unhealthfu He GER
tainly justified In relying on their state
ments and 1t was his duty 10 cali the mat
ter to The attention of the COMMITTEES. More
over. the language is Insulting and altogether
improper, beneath the dignity OF the witness
who used II and the committee that listened
to II.
I The Hon. Matt Quay. now realizes that his
cinch on the courts was u counterfeit.
The opponents of Philippine annexation In
the senate says the Syracuse Herald are taxi
ing lofty ground They go for their arau-
ments to the Constitution of the United
States. 1t Is singular fact. and one that
illustrates the curious intercrossing of party
lines which the new ssuc has effected, thai
the first two senators to deliver speeches
against annexation. and therefore to antag
onizc the policy OF the Mckinley administra
ton. are republicans-one from the East ant
one from the west-George F. Hoar OF Mas
sachuBetts, and William e. Mason Of Illinois
Evidently the democrats In the senate nee
not lift a finger to cmberrass the adminis,ra
tIon. Two republican senators have done tina
very cffectively and there are others.
Houston Just can't AFFORD to have Its splen
!. did Auditorium diverted to other uses--an
: that is all there is to 1t.
, There lis no end of money In New Yor
city, and the rates demanded for II are lowe
y than we're ey,r before known. But the pee
T Pile VIII not borrow. Why? The Times
New York city tells why. I says the OIL
:, borrower is right in Wall street. 1T is b,
cause of lingering hesitation to make bus
"a ness inyestments,H and il adds THE tel
% dency toward low money rates is directly dt
I to the relative decline in profitable industri
" and commercial employment for capital. TT
old ghost keeps returning
We have an Idea that Governor sayors' II
h augural address will DO conducive to di
: srlns In certain directions,
II 'rha Now York Press dcnorGccs Mr. Brya
: as .thc most reckless. shallow-patcd ar
~ conscicnceleSs agtator whom the eo'intr
n has ever known man whosc pernlclous u
J. gueoce with the mob for four months don
), mated and dcsolated this country like q
march of n barbarian horde" MIR. Bryan
: evidently aill q thorn In the republican SID
II We stick 10 1t. tire AFRO no Boss Platts
:, Boss Quays in Texns Joe sayers Is going
:. be tho governor, or know the reason why.
IT --------------,
- Tho Hon. Hyde jennings of Fort Worth
II out In an Interview against constitution
), convention. This will cause no surprise. b
NO may BIO pardoned for Suggesting IL
u the gentleman should at least have be
y careful OF his statement OF facts
:. II tho present legislature can devise sol
mcars for DISCRIMINATING whtecapism
% Tcxes, II will have enough to DO proud
a
o. regardless of all other considerations.
II Is 10 be expected that a certain class "
are wiling to SEQ the people OF the State tas
ne IN continue the present outrageously
va penslyc judiciary system will oppose the ca
=, ing OF a constitutional convention.
D. The country Is In fair way to be DEUS
With evidence that embalmed beef Is
IL. only kind that can be safely eaten and q
he man takes his life In his mouth when
'ot tries any other.
srt THE LITERARY FIELD.
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..Don swashbucklcr," by Eugene p. Ly
.at II. n. Tennyson Nicely, publisher. n
York.
lal Tho author Of this Intensely INTEREST,"
is story Is we'll known Young newspsI
led man, who Us at present a resident OF Mt
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