The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-08
HOUSTON, WEDNESDAY. NOV. =.
TEN PAGES TODAY.
a MrsINronMEp JUDGE.

Judge T ". Boswell OF the Lone Star
State inyades the welcoming columns Of
the Washington Post with the following
interview. which may have been prepared
by the Judge" or by some obiging re-
porter who kindly desired to please the
'Iudge" by paraaing him in great metro
polisan newspaper However that may be
We are not clear. But hero Is the inter-
vice.
With all mis- prestige and popularity in
TeSus Colonel " }. BRYAN cant begin to
get our people 10 ADOPT bis Vows ON the
Iahippiae question said Judge 7. "
RIGS
= have heard hundreds OF Bryan demo-
eTafs declare tbeir uuaitcrabie convection
THAI 10 time Of war all Americans ahouid
uphold the administration, Tue Texans ar
as good patriots as any that Uncle Sam can
nrihher' and Whatever they may tAiuk IS
y the policy OF seQuirag possession Ia tho
Orient they are pluicnt solid on the Dloposi-
tOn OF standing hY tho president They ia
Nor relentless prosecution OF tho war until
tue mastery Of the Stars and Stripes is
firmly established after whi,n lcnient treat
ment OF the natives Is expected at the hands
q wise and humane government
houid sag that our people are natural
esqansi1nlsts anyway They are used Ia
iaite-sizsd maps. No 'pen,-up Utica for
them. There may be a InOssback here and
tee who will be heard complaining that
the Var Is wrong aud that we have enough
t.fti'nfy nov, but such sentiment is exccp-
tiot'A The great majority believe In Il
wider domain, wider markets. and Increase
%at Opal prestige
Now. Judge Boswell may be a grsal
legist We don't remember to have ever
heard Of him, however. Certainly he is
not. and has never been. on the supreme
or appellate court bench II is barely
possible that he may be on the district
bench, or has been, but we have no add
vices 10 such effect. II is more than likely
that he Is county Judge or he may be
a justice of the peace Texans distribute
titles with prodigal generosity and rarely
play fayorltes. so that justice OF the
peace, or ever distinguished practitioner
a the justices peace bar, Is not infre.
qaonty honored with that dignlaed tit.o
OF judge which always conveys the idea OF
wisdom and impartiality However. all
this may be- the fact that Judge Boswell
Is guest Of the Riggs house Is sufficient
evidence to The Post that he + a thor
oughbred born to blush officially 'un-
seem, perhaps, but nevertheless album
dainty worthy of newspaper comment
But the Judge is mistaken, both as
TO Mr. Bryan's position on the Philip
pine question and as 10 the attitude OF
Texas democrats with respect TO that
issue. Mr.. Bryan's position. as stated By
himself, is simply this. and 1t Is position
in which he enjoys the unqucstioned con
currence of a vast majority OF Texas demo-
Gratis:
No. do not favor the withdrawal OF our
troops, What do believe and have re-
pestediy announced, is that we should ut
once declare our purpose In unequiyocal
terms--.so positive That the Fiipinos can not
aoubt Ito grant them full and complete
Independence the moment they have estab-
lished q stable government. / believe that
IL we should make such an announcement
right now the war would cease la very
short time and our troops could Withdraw
without laying down their arms In the face
OF the enemy, Furthermore believe II we
mad come out with such an announcement
In the beginning the war would never have
occurred. ! am not unaware that a few
balf-hearted efforts have been made In that
direction from time to time. but they were
niAue N suvh way as 10 raise strong ques-
tons OF their sincerity"
JUDGE Boswell. II he knows anything Of
the great State In which he claims his
residence. not submitting In that little
matter Of detail to the "pent-up Utica" OF
any town or city thereof. but registering
broadly from the Lone Star State. knows
that he has misquoted or misinterpreted
his democratic countrymen.
Not one Of them has advocated the with
drawal Of troops from the Philippines
except at the honorable conclusion Of hos
ulities, No more has Mr.. Bryan. The
prosecution Of war against the Filipino
rs a policy precedent TO his aubjugatiou
and the forcible annexation Of his country,
In the absence OF constitutional warrant
and congressional authority. constitutes
the objection urged by Mr.. Bryan and his
democratic followers In Texas. Add "a
this the fact conclusively revealed by the
Philippine commissioners. despite theil
studied and strained efforts to the con.
trary that the administration authorities
have. for the accomplishment OF selfish
political ends. broken faith with the insur.
gents. and that their protestations Of
frlerdlinsas have been cowArdly sharn
aeyised y conceal the cioyen foot Of Inn
pertslisn and ~ democratic position il
{exee apd elsewhere u statsd With -
qp4ltlal eairness that an weuId expeci
sM 3 ssntisnan a tpdIsisl sspsrisnc,
sEss HsSlAssss II !. ssps.sioniss,