The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-23

raise prices In TcxnG anu SnOulu therefore
meet with no legislative or popular opposition.
1t eliminates at tho same time the feature
which was 70 Objectionable TO the insurance
companies and ought TO quiet their alarm and
prove acceptable TO them. II Is gratifying to
ncts that the majority OF the house committee
that has had the bill under consideration has
adopted conservative course. fair alike to
the public and TO the corporations.
To hear Hon. Joe Bailey on the new issue
Of expansion ia to appreciate In It's enofmity
the madness OF Imperialism.
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The actual commencement OF the work Of
Improvement Of the bayou will compel those
mossbacks and doubtinK Thomsses who have
been standing aloof from this movement to
ADMIT that there is something in local push
and ENTERPRISE after all. A regrettable fac, Is
that such people Will share in the benefits OF
= progress they have failed to encourage.
II Ia to be hoped that tho gunboat Nash
VILE In the laudabie effort to show the back
woods wnrshp. will not get stuck In the
mud anywhere In the Mississippi valley.
The DISPATCHES from Washington indicate
that work on the Buffalo bayou ship channel
will hsein very soon. This is good news
and ought to have the effest OF nrouslns our
people to come promptly to the front anG
meet the requirements made OF them In the
premises.
stats socialism 10 becoming respectable in
communities in the North that have here
toforo INDUCED in no end OF abuse OF the
revolutionary" tendencies OF ''popacracy."
The now extradltion treaty between the
United states and Mexico will be retroactive
covering the time between the abrogation
of the old and the adoption OF the new agree
ment The nations are gradually deprlvlns
the fueitves from justice of every loop-hole
for ESCAPE. The telegraph. the press and
extraditon treaties are great moral agents In
this day and time.
Possibly the Nicaragua canal will get fair
showing In congress when the czar retres
But. unfortunately. SO will big lot of re-
publican robbery that Mr.. Reed has pre-
vented.
A sick and wounded contingent comprising
per cent OF an army Of $1,000 men would
mean about 1900 IN the hospitals. Possibly
the war department has grounds for feeling
"gratlhed" at this showing, but II tells most
painfully OF the sacrifices that the govern
neht's policy OF conquest is already costing
US IN the far Fest.
Hon. John Wanamaker appears to he an In
satable kind of foe Not content with
gouglnG one of Mr.. Quay's eyes cut he is now
hot because jury failed to put the other
enc out.
The sneer In some quarters at tha volun-
teers in the Philippines who are demanding
that thew he returned to their homes. arises
from the same spirit that denounees as trail
tors all those who oppose embarking this
country on n career of unholy conquest for
the special and exclusive benefit OF the trusts
and svpdicates.
The courage Of Mr., Croker's convictions,
as displnved before the Mnzet committee
however perverted those convictions may be.
is undoubtedly the great secret Of his sue
cess. 1t is the bold men who win. gener-
ally.
1t would possibly be a good idea for our
troons to quit pursuing the Filipinos unless
they can carry enough ammunitionh with
them to last through an effective chase. Tai.
way OF returning" every time has ten
denty to confuse the situation.
The house committees majority report OF
the antitrust bill should calm the fears o
those who dreaded being Arhansawed. Tn,
Teas legislature is not disposed 10 do any
thing that would needlessly cripple the statei
business interests,
The governor OF Pennsylvania, who is
creature Of ouays Is counting n very un
onyiahle notoriety in his haste to Icpay hi
boss favors. Possibly he feels that lie nigh
as well 20 down with sinking ship IA Il
Perish on thu rocks.