The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-21

the people not to abandon him in the face OF
a foreign enemy after successful war. Mr..
Bryan and the Chicago platform are inf
nitely stronger today than they ever were,
and the money power is fighting the battle OF
1899 with the sole object in view of preventing
Bryan's nomination on that same platform In
1900. Senator Jones Is not for changing the
ratio. but stands squarely the Chicago
platform, and every man in the United States
who cares enough about it to inquire knows
it. The Iowa democrats have not had any con-
yention since they declared for 16 to 1. Ex-
Judge Mcconnell never was for 16 to ], and
has explicitly stated that fact. Mr.. Bryan
has not pushed anything in front OF the Chi
cago platform, and will not. MIR. Bryan's
position on expansion is the position of the
great majority Of the American people, and
it is the same position which the American
occupied until its republican and gold bug
owners ordered it to take issue with Mr..
Bryan and further stultify itself.
~
Mr. Sayers knows that capital, especially
that invested, or to be Invested, in railroads,
must have ample protection to do its full
work for Texas, Yet he knows that In its
corporate or syndicate form 1t must be al
ways controlled and often restrained that
than its beneficiaries. II the railroads and
other forms OF corporate power are expe ting
only fair treatment--fair to the most liberal
extreme-from this administration they will
not be disappointed. But If they are expecting
to play the game in Texas that the Hunting
ton robbers have successfully worked In Cal
ifornia, and imagine that Mr.. Sayers and his
co-laborers, with one exception, will furthef
their designs. they will, predict, find them
selves badly mistaken.-Texas Farmer.
THE Post believes you are right, but has
some curiosity to know who the lone excep-
ton is. Won't you tell US?
~
IL appears from forecast of the investi-
CATION commissioners report that nearly
every prominent officer OF the war depart
Ient ana OF the army who had anything to
40 with locating concentration camps or pro-
Viding supplies Is to be censured to some ex-
tent There appears to have been inefhciency
or remissness all around.--San Antonio Elk
press
Well. now, here's caper. It was not yerv
long ago that the Express had a hard name
nanny ior any man OF newspaper that dared
efuciEe tho conduct OF the war. The Ex-
press got SO mad at times that It denounced
all objections to the way things were being
done as ..baseless slanders.''
~
, lne austin correspondent of The Houston
ost says tnat Governor Sayers Considers
the general land office something of m Az
phant and will recommend its abolition
more than this. Governor Savers IN the wnr,,
ia a euneneament. as he has mapped 1t out,
80 eApecteo TO have several bombs I'm hand
.nat when hung on the legislature will wnLa
th4 poys up.-Austin Statesman.
II nas long been the opinion OF many that
tne general land office department has to a
great extent passed its day OF usefulness. ana
couid Dc very much reduced In dimensions
POSSIBLY good deal of the work done ,j,.ra
al tho expense of the State ought to bo dana
by private individuals
~
Tho man In the interior has not hasn ,a,,
ing mucn attention to the details of Calves
IONS development 1t has, Lerhaps moi ~ !
e e,rf 10 MIN that the establishment here of
kMI terminals Tor the Southern Pacific viii
! pring ina shipping OF the system ltIrely In
na!ILnohy with tho general State Interest ond
wilnin the Jurisdiction of the raiIroad rom
ission.-Galveston Tribune oA
Wonaer u old man Huntington has decided
10 tear up the Texas and New Orleans track !,
:, So the old anarchist ought to be locke,
after. " 'ooh'u
rev politicians are working for 80.
stltutional convention While some ra,a von-
needed IN our judicial system an1 mo- us
=, .Axntson' the Times Review is one NJ ihass
NO. sh..N ~ saier 10 endure the Ills NO
Ma,,n, tI psn. ~ 70 others we know not Of. -
-oupt fieasant Times Review -
as tar as heard from, some Of the r.nt..4
politicians In. Texas are opposed u t,e ~.
posed convention. Tn truth. most If ,hs -,
position thus far expressed comes from tba,
e'ass. men who are afraid to trust the neon,s
% vote on the question OF what they do ar do
not want. ~ u W
= \ 4 tAf
En me new senator from Indiana yas al.
yoIn N uhio. Well. what's surprisinr ahavf
'ns. '-tieveland Plain Dealer.
Ina1 he was SO late catching ON 10 an %.
Aereed Judgments tn Damage suts..
Georgetown. Texas. January eo.-Ths
case OF Mrs. Bertha La Barran VS.. Tav,or
Electric Light company was comprom isca
~ the district court here yesterday ri.
plaintiff took an agreed judgment for
$1,000 Other agreed judgments have been
entered this week as follows: Jos. 1oma-
nee vs.. Missouri. Kansas and Texas Rail
way Company, $500; John Weston W.
Nissouri. Kansas and Texas Railway Com !
pany, $1,000; Francis Tomanec W. Missouri
kansHg and Texas Railway comoanv s,oo.,
the suit OF J.. 4 Freser vs .5an,y
Purl ct AZ for $sA0O0 damages for s',ss
imprisonment resulted In verdict far seon