The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-21
THE TALK AT WASalv,'
(BY G. A rnr.

seem to be going Dewey wi. M
mad. ] would be the H., y ~
detract one iota from tho ~ Z s''
that is justly due to The ~ y
bay. Aefo n
would not pluck ons q,
laurel wreath that crowr "a! ~
am as proud of his per, Is als
American citizen in thu Manst
yet ] think we are esrr siosc ",
worship to absurd lenrtts thi
ing 10, 70 thrust on Dewey msD w Il, Y
he does not want. hcpes,ivs lsl,p
II Dewey were consulted h. y y. &l'A
money that is now being rs,s .vuh
another and better rse -'sea fus
The latest scheme ia 70 ~
MN home in the CITY ~ 80
That Is very we'll, and wo ~. Miila
him have home here in ~ um "
Nation he has served SO Ions a
N a crisis, and the governmscs ~
give 1t to him. 'slt VI
Instead of the people giving Il.
money, or rather this home w
other honors on Dewey ans n'a
mt ney to another and hate e''ss
purpose that Dewey would h,m.nla'F
lnoorse, ! mean to give II 10 OK X.
and orphans and the stricken s
those soldiers who were kIllsd a., ,aa
VINO died in camp of disease = !. n
and to those who returned lily
are now helpless and hopeless Nh, ,S, N
life. 'a'alx
There are hundreds of thop.,.
such people in this country and gu
been forgotten already. The sl,u
sentiment all hangs around IL ~
spicuous heroes and the brarrss &
real heroes, the boys in ira q.
the men behind the guns VIA.
nerve, courage, faithfulpess dsr.a
duty, and patriotism made M
possible, have all returned ~ "
BONES and are swallowed UP il i,
and crush of existence and absolm..
goften except by the people II ~.
mediate neighborhoods. ~
Some of these men had uttla ~.
went to war at their countrv's IN
of their families were actuallv sm.
by the kind frien6s at home M.
turn in much worse condition tb,,
they went away for the reason ts,,
are not only broken in purse but il /,
and unable to do the work peceu,
make a living.
The little pension OF IS mons
may get from the government IA
them very little good. That kind \, I,
come will not support a very large h,
Admiral Dewey will have an incon
A2 600 to $4,000 year as long ss Il \
He does not need this money VI,
then, give it to the sick and crjpulss
and the families of the men who I'M h
bones on foreign shore?
There seems to be more advertiser,
the yellow newspapers Of the eousIr
this Dewey business than there d i;
to Dewey. 1t is calculated to give thsvi
full people a pain.
4 ~
The news from Cuba is disturbls
administration a good deal more tia :
head pushers are willing to admit
seems to be the consensus Of oprla
here among the men who ara entlla
speak on this subject that we are cs
eve of very serious trouble with tha n
pie of Cuba, the people for whom We II
to war with Spain.
1t seems that the disgruntled olien(
the Cuban army have at last won oya !,
man Gomez, or at least they hiye,l1
him off on the disarmament proposlsla
he has washed his hands Of ;hs "
business. Those fellows belong 70 Z
rule or ruin class and they Will ~
Insist on having positions on the civil Il
vice staff or have fight with the VA
States.
4 great many people think that
methods of General Brooke down ~
has stirred up the most OF this trsi1
and that If he were recalled It would y
the friction. | don't think so. fhaa
lows have made up their minds y Y
all the offices, get the big end q Y
100000 or fight.
This administration Is a candidate N
whole lot of bother anent that w
question. It has never gone at ibis y
in the proper manner and It can eR1
nothing else but trouble SO long III
shifting, backboneless policy OF heA''
obtains down there.
The are many people here VINO ~.
the opinion that cur soldiers Will new
recalled from that island. They Ss.
think that the administration mas w
up all this trouble on purpose y y,
am excuse to grab the country y "
very much that way to a man up auS
All Washington is now Laughing W. !
Edward Atkinson incident. II nas ~ X
into history as the most absurd NUM-.
ing and successfully worked no. M Y
perpetrated on weak-kneed aquS-'''
ton.
Mr.. Atkinson having heard ina. nm
the volunteers in the Philippines y. Y
tercepted by the military satraps Y
mand OF that Oriental inferno Ns'
boys on the firing line might '.s IN
true inwardness Of things any ~ u
volunteers were also prevented i'v ..,n \
ing home the truth about the s'. ~ II
those islands. determined 70 tes. y NJ
matter by very ingenious ana n
scheme. $, "a
He gathered Up lot OF secopu
material from old speeches lnssv
house and senate, and errangea y y Il.
form of three pamphlets. which 4 ii
tened with blood -curdllng CAPTION, II, Ii
he wrote TO the secretary OF Mai e.. T.. II
IL it would be allowed him 70 ~, ~ p,s,
pamphlets to the volunteers IN Wv
PHI es. ,sa.
The guilty conscience needs 20 NM M,
and the great powers of the wa s, MA
ment Immediately scented ,su1l
conspiracy behind Mr.. Atkins,I, .su:,sl
The matter was , alsH III
a star chamber session in the n ,sas 10
and then an Imperial ukase "ssu,ssi
deharring the inilammatory ,hls III
from the Philippines. and the me-. 81 ii ID
ney general OF the United sla'e, IL
pains. misconstrued statu,e In ihtl
case. and he was dsIm M 4
ered with fine and Imprisonment
haps even more horrible thinss ann ~
Then Mr.. Atkinson wrote an Il. "A blu
to the secretary of war ana vi I'D y
about it: how this little trap IA III
baited and sprung. and how ne , ps !
bigger game than he had eYei ~ NJ
he thanked the secretary o. ,onutry ,
In proving TO me I'VE wsrs Z
all his (Atkinson's) suspielun1o rsss .