The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-09


as TO the price paid blu; replied that that
was one phase OF the matter which he did
net care 10 discuss.
Mr.. Spcildoch left for Mexico last night.
He will return some time next week and
Will personally supervise the work III
tearing up tho rails and getting them on
the market.
~
Passenger Traffic Manager s. f. n. Morse
OF tho Southern Pacific was entertaining
Chairman c. NJ. Pratt Of the Southwestern
Passenger bureau ana some othcr friends
in the parors Of tho Houston club yester-
day when netting was said about the
improved appearance OF Main street since
tho laying of the asphalt pavement. Mr..
Morse expressed himself thus in regard
to the matter: Tho laying of that pave
ment changed Houston from a country
town to n city. There is nothing on earth
so impresses a visitor as good streets
and the stranger who gets a sight OF tho
Main street asphal, on entering the city
will undoubtedly have good opinion OF
us. Another thing I am confident will
do no little good 10 this direction is tho
improved appearance which the new
Franklin avenue bridge will present, u
is a structure which is seen by everyone
coming into Houston and II will have
very good effect In the way of creating
that favorable impression which We 80
much desire. lis appearance Will be NIL
the mere satisfactory II some attempt
! is made 70 improve the approaches
The suggestion TO form a society or
x-Missourians Is meeting with all kinds
OF success said Mr.. u. r. SPOTS ycsIer-
day. There are great many people In
houston who are naivcs of the old state,
the inhabitants of which are popuiarly
! supposed to be so unusually incredulous,
ana have no doubt TINT the formation OF
n club on the lines mentioned IN The
Post will be very beneficial TO all con-
| cerned. So far quite II number have sent
ME their names and expressed n desire
| TO join the organization, and | anu very
| hope.I; OF having a large attendance at
tic meeting to be held at my office ON
| Satu-~ay night. The idea is 10 have a
Missc,ni day during the Fruit. Flower
anG Vegetable Festival next month and
am quite confident that II can be made a
success Some prominent Missourlan viii
! he invited to address the meeting of peo-
/ pie from that State on the day named,
and while the identity of The orator has
| not been decided ON as yet You may rest
| assured that he will be all right"
! ~
Mr.. Y. h. Love. agent for Texas OF ways
and means committee of the National dem
ocratic committee, said to u Post reporter
OF his work here:
"Thc democratic party is forced to rely
Xlpon voluntary contributions from the
| rank and Rle of the great body of its mem.
! be. snip Tor tulds with watch 10 DEF. ay
| the legitimate expenses OF conducting iss
| National campaign. IL has no Feaeral Of
ilcials to assess aud can procure us large
contributions from special int. ests In con-
4 eideration of pledges of governmental as
sistance to those interests In the even Of
its success. The democracy dellbera.eS
invited these conditions when II wrote
the Chicago platform, and therein lies
lis chief recommendation as the sialwa.l
champion OF the interests OF all the people
The legitimate expenses OF Najona
campaign are necessarily large. BY legitf
mate expenses is meant postage bills, tel
cgraph tolls, expenses for printing and ais
tributing millions OF campaign do2umensf
rents. clerks and stenogI apher hire, tfaN
cling expenses OF campaign speakers an
the heavy expense OF getting our voter
registered and OF getting them TO the poll
on election day in the large cites. Al
these expenses are very heavy, even n
State campaign. whom II is nssidnouAi
waged and II you multiply this amount .
i0rfy-lour You VIII alllNe AZ IN d"~ut"'
conception OF the cost OF strong MA
tionaI tight. Several mouths' tine Is r.
auired to make the canvass nece sarI
raise by contributions from dc nca y
!. throughout the country fund 5uih4ier
to meet these expsnses and TO- this rel
son the National democratic committee ba
i. appointed ways and means commit e
10 carry out as much as possible OF IN
: work In advance of the opening OF the cam
paign OF 1890. | have cha Sc of tho wor
Z of The ways aud means committee In Texa
and am directed to organ ze thorons
canvass of the State by caun i2s- nav
> been In North Texas for about tire
:, months, with headquarters NJ Dallas, an
r have the work well under way there w
. have met with nattering success there, a
/ have In Houston during the short tin
: have been here, and feel that the com
1 plete success OF my mission is assured.
1.-THE democracy is going to make gre
fight for the supremacy Of us prlncipie
4 and the election OF Mr. Bryan n9Hl yea
: and the chances for its success are br gh
: We democrats of Missouri and Texas ca
IT do NJ thing at home 20 assist in ihii COZ
: test, for both States are safely democrat
t beyond perndvauture. but VIC can ma
A terribly assisi by contributing our ta
e share toward the expenses OF max ms u
a fight In doubtful States.