The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-13

Philippines. 1t was William Mckinley who
insisted on this purchase. This is McISin
ley's war. Congress has never authorizes
It. 1t is an administration war from star
to finish, and the American people. UNI
consulted and unrepresented. are to fur
n.sh the blood and treasure to Its hna
ccnsummation.
That there was q power behind McKin
ley no intelligent American doubts; but 4
was the power OF greed and gain that II
concentrated In the hands OF few. and
they, and they alene, will reap = pront
from this disregard Of constitutional prin-
ciples, to say nothing Of the many precious
lives and millions Of treasure that are to
be sacrificed to the imaginary gods Of
Secretary Long.
| The very interesting statement compiled BY
the Philadelphia Public Ledger. which was re-
! rblished in last Tuesdays Post, giving list
Of many great and destructive foods that
| have occurred throughout tho world during
several centuries. contained one notable error.
| This was the statement that ION the 18th OF
August, 1866, Galveston suffered loss OF over
five million Of collars by storm" The
n enton of Galveston In this connection was
undoubtedly msprint or slip OF the pen
on the part OF the Philadelphia paper. GAL
weston has at times suffered severely by FIRE.
but no storm has ever occurred by which she
lost so much as one hundred thousand dollars.
The Dreyfus matter is letting up little,
but the kissing bug is much written about In
tho papers just now.
MALAY boys and girls In Manila will hence
forta attend the public schools as boys and
girls do In our New England cities" says tho
Toston Globe. How hard /. Is for the peooo
Of Boston TO understand that they arc not
the whole United States Why didn't the
Globe say as boys and girls do in America?
Every State and every city in the Union has
its school system. most of them, no doubt,
as sood as those of New Er gland. The editor
Of the esteemed Globe ough. to come to Hous-
ton and see he good ward school buildings
and her magnificent High school structure.
And now game of freezeout has been start
ed in the North by the ice combine right in
the middle OF the summer.
Never did Ia. North American Review pub
Itch ADLER article than that of Andrew
Carnegie Americansm vs.. Imperialism. "
In one paragraph he says: 1.-TWO questions
are submitted to the decision OF the American
people-arst. shall we remain as we arc,
solid. compact, impregnable republic IN
An erica; or. second, shall we creep under The
p: rejection, and become as Bishop Potter says,
tie catspaw of Britain. in order that we may
grasp the phantom of Imperialism"
Admiral Dewey says that the irst book he
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probably the reason he fought so.
The New York World has discovered that
there is great deal more money in this
country now than there was at this time last
year, and that It is all good money too, worth I
100 cents on the dollar. There is no money
bearing Uncle Sans stamp that is not worth
the full amount of its face value.
Dean Farrar says there are few great men |
left. There thousands of politicians in
this country who do not agree with Mr.. |
Farrar.
Bishop Turner of Georgia nnc bishop Of
the African Methodist church Is against Mr.
Mckinley. He says the president lacks force,
end that he has neglected the negro In more
ways than one. As the negro develops in
Intelligence he ceases to be hoodwinked by tho
g. o. p.
The Boston Herald complains OF rowdyism
there ON the Fourth Who would have thought
that such confession would be made? Surely
tho offenders were not citizens of Boston.
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The Chicago Times Herald says it is taking
a long time TO get the German boom +
charged. The German boom has spent Itself
foi good and the Times Herald need waste NO I
time in looking for 1t to reappear.
II there were tariff on republican gall tho |
Probabilities arc that the country would De
spared the Importation of SO much of that
article of the Depew- Hanna sort just now
The pistol toter is not toting fair with tho |
State OF with society. He should be made to do |
SO. 1t would be an easy matter to leave his |
gun at home. and not be Juggling 1t around
ills hot weather.
Ex-Governor Northen OF Georgia Is now in
poston for the purpose OF getting capitalists
to invest their money in factories in MS
State. That's the way the Georgians get
there.
John II. Mclean will not get the nomlna-
lion for governor OF Ohio on an anti Bryan
platform. II that is the hope of Johns future
political ambitions he would Just as we'll quit
The track.