The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-06
ATTEMPTING TO MIsLEAD the
PEOPLE.

senate from Alabama the predicate Oh
well written editorial which is construct
lively a warning to democrats and an
assault upon the democratic position with
respect to the question Of expansion.
So far as Senator Morgan's case is in
volved 1t is entirely fair to assume that
his constituents unto whom he is an
swerable will take care OF that without
advice or assistance from the outside.
His value to the country is not disputed
since he is chairman OF the committee on
Nicaraguan canal construction, but the
time has happily passed in American pub
lie affairs when any one man is so SUI
perior that his place can not be filled
or thatahe Is lndlspensahly essential to the
accomplishment OF a National enterprise
The Nicaraguan canal viii he constructed.
II at oil, without reference to whether
Senator Morgan is returned to the senate
or not.
But It is not with the possibilities Of
Senator Morgan's retirement that we have
TO do but with the hsphazard deductions
INDUCED by the News from this incident
OF Alabama politics. The News proceeds
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merce to the Orient, and, therefore OPP
posed 10 shortening ne route by the con
struction Of the isthmiau canal. The Mica
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