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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-08
LAwroN,s REIsroRoEMENrs.
lie Intends Taking Only the Very
BEST soldiers 10 Manila.

Best soldiers 10 Mania.
Pitteburg, January 7.-Major General
Henry W. Lawton. who commanded
division OF the Fifth army corps during
the Santiago campaign, passed through
Pittsburg today from Washington on his
way to Columbus. Ohio. where he viii
inspect the soldiers at the barracks at
that place. General Lawton will sail for
Manila from New York January Is on the
Mohawk.
When asked about his trip to tho Phil
!ppines and the preparation that would be
made before sailing. the general said:
II mean to take none but the very best
soldiers In Our army. This will be the
first time in the history OF this country
that body OF soldiers of the United
States has CROSSED the Atlantic ocean.
The whole number assigned to the islands
win not be taken at one time. The trip
will be made through the Suez canal, and
as we will stop at number Of coaling
stations and ports in foreign countries.
they will have an opportunity Of seeing
what United States soldiers look like.
General Lawton almlnlstercd scathing
rebuke to the people In this country who
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ulTIMA1,uM no FRANcE.
On October 70 Ambassadors Monson
WIS TO Prevent One.

On October 70 Ambassadors MonsOn
WAS TO Present One.
(Sneciai Cahlo Dispatch to the New York. Her
aid and The Houston Post. Copyrighted
1880. by James Gordon Bennett.)
Paris. january TIT has been given ouk
this week that Sir Edmund Monsoon, Brit
ish ambassador, called upon NJ. Del Calss
en- October 80 and that he had an uli-
matum IN bic pocket. and IL Is said that ut
n certain stage In tho conversation the
British ambassador put his hand TO his vest
pocket This might have been taken as a
move to draw his gun, but here it WAS
simply looked uron as the nign of an ultl-
natum. The moment has arrived, at least
ono is compelled TO think SO, from tho
statement OF NJ Del Case, who Immediately
said: .oh. | beg you. Monsieur Ambas
sadoq, to reflect; you know that under such
a form must say mo- to your request"
The ultimatiim remained In Sir Edmund
Monson,s pocket and Marchand was re-
called from Fashoda. II was. therefore, az
a sort of return for his forbearance that
tho French government overlooked tho
escapade.
Notwithstanding this gratitude, Sir Ed
m,ind Monson's reception is said to be 80
cold In official c,rcles that II amounts .
attempts to freeze him out. VIII It sue
coed? That's the question.
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rom ESPECIAL SERVICES,
Americas Peace COmmissfoners ~"
mt GpS.2OO.

American Peace Commissioners r"sa
Out E25.2OO.
tcnscial Gable Dispatch to the New YORK , TEA
Ia and The Houston POST. 'opyrlsn'e'N'
, .s by James Gordon Bennett)
paris, january THE papers receissu
xyitb a sort Of as.onished envy the amount
., money the United States governments
has TO pay to the peace commissioners :.
Some curiosity ia expressed to know wns.
d the meaning Of the unforeseen expense
amourtapg to sl6,4po for special services
and another amounting to $iGsoo. Sly NJ
Situations are made in this connection Ine
United States is much to the front At PRES
emit.
Columbia" the nom dc plume Of Henri
Foiaudr, when he writes on woman'9
TOPICS, says the French press has the
American fever The papers ana magaxiresl
have at least every week IN articia devoteda
TO trans- Atlantic affairs. This state of
things il not to the liking Of the wfltery
who draws 1 very unnattertng picture
American woman and psrtieulariy 81
upnarrIed nrs whose lifs. ~ appesrp ~
tbenk. il taken " Win eeaa&lss ~ h
monds. " II 3 i, y
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AGuINALDo,s PROTEST..
Declares Otis should Not sign HIN
self Military Governors.


Declares Otis SROuld Not Sirn HIM
self Military Governor.
Manila. JannaTr 7.--Within a few hours
OF the proclamation issued by Major Cen
eral Otis In behalf OF President Mckinley
the agents of Agu.naldo billed Manila with
manifesto which attracted considerable
Intention. Tho revolutionary president
protested against General Otis signing
himself military governor of the Philip
pine islands,
Agnanaldo In his manifesto declares he
never agreed at Singapore, Hong Kong or
elsewhere, to recognize the sovereignty OF
the Americans here and insists that he re-
turned 10 the Philippines on an American
win independence. He asserts that both
his pioclamsiions OF May ~ and June 10
stated this fact officially, and he claims
THAT Major General Merritt confirmed this
by a proclamailoa several days before ths
Spaniards capitulated, Stating clearly that
the American forces came to overthrow
the SpantaGTs and liberate the Philippines
In conclusion he declares that the ma
tive and foreign forces recognized not
only by acts that the PHILIPPINES were be-
ligerents, but they publicly eal,itad the
Philippine flag as at triumphantly sailed
the seas before the eyes OF all nations"
Aguinaldo then solamnly protested in
the name OF the Deity who had empowered
1hm to direct his brethren In the difficult
task of regeneration against the In rus on
of the American government, and relt-
Grated that he can produce proofs tina. he
was brought here with Jhe snderstandiig
that the Americans promised him their
co operation TO attain Independence.
Agulnaldo then called upon all his TO
lowers 10 work together with force and as
sured them he was convinced that they
will obtain absolute independence and
urging them never 10 return from the
glorious read on which they have al
ready so far advanced"
Major General Otis attaches no import
once to the manifesto. He says he feels
confident othat the opinion OF the bstter
classes of the PHILIPPINES is not expressed
In It. but as TO whether the PHILIPPINE
masses can be controlled and the Phtli-
pino army kept in check he does not know.
although he hopes for a pacific outcome OF
hc fuoiihle
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dlsapprove of inc policy Of enlargement
OF the army. lie said There Wal ,te
10000 soldiars sent to the Philippines aud
that many to Cuba. and then, besides.
there viii iave TO be large nlaalberi
cent TO Hawaii and Porto Rico. Theirs is
only one thing evident, we viii just have
20 enlarge the standing army. AT this
lime and for many months TO fellow,
United states Transports viii encilale tho
glcte. We win be carrying volunteers.
baca TO their homes and taking the resu-
lars TO replace them. 7
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Spanish Officer Wanted the German Consul
to Look After Interests Of Spaniards.
ISSUED "A PROCLAMATION.
objects to General Otis Signing Himself Governor Of
the Philippines-te Says He Never Agreed
to Recognize American Authority.

VIII publish
following
from
Iloo
tho answer
THE n
United
which
up to
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CHANGE OF CoNsuLs.
Pratt ut Singapore VIII De succe~r>
ed by r. A. MOSeIy.

Especial Dispatch to The Post)
Washington. january 7.--By the con-
firmatlon OF the nomination OF r. A. Nose
ly of Alabama as consul general Of the
United States at Singapore the senate has
caused the retirement from the consular
service OF Spencer Pratt. also OF Alabama
While it is said at the state department
that Pratt's retirement is due to the fact
that the president some time ago prom
Used the position to Mr.. Mosely. It is mo
secret that the senate has receiyed from
Secretary HAY, through the state depart
ment, communications from the retiring
consul showing that he had been intu-
dicious In dis relations With Asu.npldo aud
tho rhalippins juute at Singapore.
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learn, We have already made great i'm
provement. Tho Philippines Will not estab-
lish u perfect government, hut they will
establish a government as nearly perfect
as they are competent to enjoy and the
United States can protect them from
rnolestat,on from without,
The republicans OF Illinois, OF course,
will not expect the PHILIPPINES to select a
legislature equal 10 the last republican leg
islaturs in fidelity to the public welfare.
| Illinois became State nearly century
| ago and the legislature which enacteFt the
| Allen law was. as 1t were. tho ripencd
| fruit OF long experience. Give the Phni-
pinos time and opportunity and. while
| they never will catch UP with us, unless
We cease to improve. yet they may some
day stand where we stand now
What excuse can be given for the adop-
ton Of n colonial policy? Secretary Gage
disclosed the secret IN his Savannah speech.
think We might be justified in calling Mr..
Gage the keyhole OF the administration,
because we lock through him to learn what
is going on within the executive council
chamber. He suggested that philanthropy
and 8 per cent would 20 hand in hand
In the new venture. These are the two
arguments which are always used in favor
OF conquest. Philanthropy and per cent.
The one chloroforms the conscience OF the
conqueror and the other picks the pocket
OF the conquered.
Some say that philanthropy demands
that we govern the PHILIPPINES for their
own good while others assert that we must
holi tho Islands because of the pecun.ary
profit to be derived from them. ] deny the
soundness of both arguments, Forclble an
sion 10 borrow Mr.. McKinley's language
OF year ago., but It will cost more than
1t is worth, and the whole people VIII pay
the cost while few will reap all tho ben
efits
Still weaker Is tho argument based upon
religious duty. The Christian religion rests
upon the doctrine OF yceriors suffering and
atonement; the colonial policy rests upon
the doctrine of vicar.ous enjoyment.
When the desire TO steal becomes I'M
coritrcllablo in an Individual he Is de- |
clarcd to DO kieptomaniac and r. sent /
TO an asylum: when the desire 10 grab land |
becomes uncomfortable in q nation we are
told that the currents OF destiny are flow
Ing through the hearts OF men" AMI that
the American people are entering upon
her manifest mission.
Shame upon a logic which locks up the
petty offender and enthrones grand
larceny Have the people returned TO the
OF tho gcl.en calf? Have they
made unto themselves new command
mont consirterit with the spirit OF the con-
quest and the lust for empire? Is Thou
'halt not steal upon a small scale" to be
substituted for the law of Moses?
Awake. o. ancient law-gver, awake!
Break forth from thine unmarked sepu.chre
md speed thee back TO the clsai- crowned
summit OF Mount Sinai; commune once
more with the God OF our fathers and pro-
claim again the words engraven upon the
ables of stone-the law that was, the law
hat Is toiay-the law that neither indl-
siduai nor nation can violate with Inn
,unity.
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Goldman. sr. J. e. Lester
p. L. Goldman & Co.,
|Ott0n Factors.
HOUSTON. TEXAS.
~, sdvances, quick sales ard prompt 70,
~ correspondence solicited.
WEATHER INFORMATION.

Sna warmer for East Texns.
..., snow on North Atlantic.
t.aa soh' January 7.--Weather conditions
bsahs n'sn pressure central last night
,n. a mas moved to Northern Geor-
hsns the magnitude and extends
~ ~ wooie country from New England
|. ~ , 'aAe regions to the gulf; the pressure
ktura M ~ the plateau regions. The tenn
lake r ss iaiien In the Atlantic States and
|pDi rlv ohs II has risen from the Mis-
r. 'He' 70 the plateau region and it
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AS It Was in 1896 So 1t Will Be in 1900.
Says William Jennings Bryan.
HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE RIGHT
New Issues Growing Out of the War Will Be Include
ed, but There Will Be No Breakdown from the
Unequivoca Declaration for Silver.

Chicago january THE third
inc Two William OF hal
OF tue hotel
snax lhfeized portraits
hung at opposite the hall
oeoions Mayer
ana at the table with him Mr.
Mayer kcse of Milwaukee
The of
ari who
speeches
The address Of Mr. Bryan closed the evening
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SEATS TO nn VACATED.
Mr.. Reee dives Reasons for
this Action.

fsncc,s, ,,isnatch 70 The Post,
! Washington, January 7.--tt is re-
3 ported that the Judiciary committee
! Of the house had practically arrived
J at a conclusion concerning the val
iddty Of the clsam to seats in the
) house OF representatives OF Messrs.
Z wheeler Of Alabama, Campbell Of
) Ohio and colson OF Kentucky, who
\ accepted commissions in the army,
and that they will have their seats
declarea vacant.
Speaker Reed. when asked tonight
} as 10 his refusal to sign certificates
for the December salaries OF the
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UortiIity Incrc,,jnr.

Madrid. January I.-General Rios. in
command Of tho Spanish troops in the
Philippines. cables that the hostility be-
tween the Americans aud the Tagalcs q
INCREASING Aas
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lnfnntr,. for Philippines.

Washington. January Secretary Aiger
has decided 10 send four regiments OF in
forsy to the Philippines The Fourth the
Twelfth and tho Seventeenth have been
designatesl and in addition tine Third in
fantry, nov at Fort Smelling, Mimi, Will
30 by the same route. across the Atlantic.
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has remained stationary on the Pacific coast
Snow has fallen in the Ncrth Atlantic States
and the lake region; rain and SHOW In the
Atlantic States
Increasing clou6iness aud snow may be ex-
pected in the upper lake region, the upper
Mississippi and Missouri valleys and geneT-
ally fair weather elsewhere
Louisiana and East Texas-Fair; warmer;
light southeastcrly winds.
West Texas and Now MeXico-Fair variable
winds.
Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Arkansas
Fair; southery winds: warmer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-07
THE oREGoNIAN REJoIcEs.

The Oregonian is delighted beyond
measure at the decision of the govern
ment to send the transport Victoria to
San Francisco to receive cargo of
animals and forage for Manila, instead
of reloadlng the vessel at this port. and
thinks this will have tendency to
silence the blatant braggadoc,o of our
neighbors on the north about ths supe-
rior'ty of that port over all others on
the coast as an Quitting point
With an awkward attempt to conceal
it's malicious pleasure under a cover of
magnanimity. the Oregonian says the
Victoria should never have been per-
mitted to leave the Strait of Juan
dc Tuca in a storm SO severe as that
Prevailing at the time she sailed, and
the result would have been the same
had she sailed from San Francisco or
the Columbia under similar clrcum-
stances. But. 1.-The Victoria would
never have been sent to sea from San
Francisco or from the Columbia in the
face of such a gale as that which has
proved so costly for the government"
says our Portland contemporary, anu
sapiently adds IF Seattle is fortu-
late enough to secure the dispatch Of
any more animal transports which she
IS certainly entitled to, it Is hardly
probable that she will seek to make q
record for fast time by hurrying them
out of the Strait when prudence and
common sense demand that they should
anchor well inside until the gales mon
crate"
1t may not be out OF place to inform
the Oregonian that government trans
ports are In charge of officers placed
there by the owners Of the vessels, and
these officers use their own judgment
and DO not depend upon the people of
Seattle for advice in navigating their
shils 1t will no doubt cause cur Port
land friends some pa:n to earn that
Seattle was not 'ruthlessly turned down
III IdNJI u ohh EtdHSiSSO, CWi'S
to the fact that the animals unloaded
from the Victoria would not be in con-
dition for reshipment for some weeks.
Capt. Robinson, of the quartermasters
department, advised the government to
send the vessel to San Francisco for a
cargo, az she was specially fitted for
animal transportation.
The labored effort of the Oregonian
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the volume Of trade and In tho rnagni-
tude Of their naval force. II may b .
long time yet before Great Britain
ceases to advance (although It II yearly
becoming more slow and begins to re-
cede. but It Is inevitable that she shall
decline and fall as all empires and ag-
gregations OF peoples have declined be-
fore. The United States viii become
the leading power In the world. and
will probably remain SO for several Gen.
turtles.
II is destiny. and It IL throwing Its
shadow over Great Britain. In our
wonderful commerce and our increas-
ing navy the British publicist reads tho
signs Of the times
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Clrx OFFICIAL PAPER.
AMusnMESrs TODAY,
THIRD AVENUE THnATHR--"A Hot
Old Time"
TILE. rHURsDAY, DEcnMBER .,
ANNOUNCEMENT.

The Observation-Disclosures has passed into
the hands Of new owners who are
well known citizens Of the state Of
washington. In retiring from the
business and editorial management.
George U. Piper and Edgar B. Piper de-
sire to express their appreciation of the
generous support given them during the
past several years. 1t has been their
constant purpose to publish a news
paper in all respects representative and
worthy Of the city and state. with what
measure Of success they now leave
to public Judgment. 1t may be Of
interest to many to know that they
intend to remain in the state and to
Identify themselves as fully as may be
with its growth and development.
EDGAR B. PIPER.
GEORGE U. PIPER.
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to produce tho impression that Puget
sound II no safer port than the Column
bia river by recalling that several ves-
sells have been lost at sea after sailing
out through the Strait will fiji ship
PING masters familiar with both ports
with amaxement and amusement Only
last Monday the Oregonian published a
letter from correspondent on board
the transport Olympia. which sailed
from Portland in company with the
transport Indiana. In which 1t is re-
lated how II took two days for the
Pennsylvania to make her way from
Portland to Astoria. where the olympia
had to wait for her consort. Can our
Portland contemporary explain the
cause Of this unusual delay? We would
not for moment insinuate that the
fact that the Pennsylvania is quite
large vessel and the Columbia Is more
or less infested by sandbars had any
thing to do with It. The correspondent
writes that this, his third trip across
the Pacific. was the most stormy he
has yet experienced. 1t would require
the logical abilities of a Tacoma edi-
tor to reach the conclusion from this
latter fact that Portland Is not a safe
point at which to embark for the Phil
ippines. although the Oregonian comes
dangerously near to this line Of reason
ing In discussing the case Of the VIC
toria
The hubbub raised by the enemies Of
Seattle over the Victoria Incident.
which was nothing more than case
Of mistaken Judgment on the part Of an
efficient and capable English sea cap
tain. viii cease when 1t is learned that
the storm she encountered appears to
have been general over the whole North
Pacific ocean, extending south to the
Hawaiian islands, The steamer Port
land. bound from Portland to San Fran
CISCO was bar-bound at Astoria eight
days. and the transport Port Stephens
bound from this port direct to Kobe.
was caught in mid-ocean and COM
PEELED to run to Honolulu to save her
cargo of animals. of which she lost but
two. owing to the admirable manner
in which the vessel was fitted up and
loaded at Seattle.
The advantages of this port as ship
ping point to the Orient do not re-
quire newspaper advertising to COM
mend them to shipping masters. Ma
ture supplied them and the hand Of
man improved them, but 1t is not out Of
place to inform the world that they
are here and to invite its commerce to
utilize this Incompatible gate to the
sea. 1t is the fact that these superior
advantages are becoming known and
attracting the favorable attention of
those who control the commerce Of the
world that disturbs the peace Of mind
of the Oregonian and causes 1t to in
dulge In much unseemly language.
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AFTERTHOuGHTs.

Possibly Aguinaldo g giving Mr.. Bryan
a sample OF how well he can run.
% % %
Campaigning with an automobile costs
money. Golden Rule Jones' campaign
cost him $7.ss1.ss.
Votes don't count for anything with the
Hon. Bill Goebel of Kentucky. All he
asks for is the governorship of the state.
% 20 %
1t is reported from Hongkong that
Aguinaldo wants to surrender. The cleo
ton news was little late in reaching
him.
% % %
And blood more thick than water Isl
MARBLES Alfred Austin in his latest poem.
Is there no such remedy as an Injunction
known to the English courts?
% % %
Some OF the Democratic congressman are
trying to make a partisan issue Of the
Roberts case. but 1t Is doubtful IL the
Democratic party will care to go on record
as a defender Of polygamy.
% % -
Soi. bryan mas mol YET HieO nlS opinion
OF the congressional committees currency
bill, but there Is no doubt that he will
characterize the attempt to insure the
workingman a gold dollar or its equivalent
for his labor as nothing short of criminal
aggression.
% 90 %
Mr.. Bridges solemnly warns Col.
Cicero Lewis that he intends soon
to make another attempt by means
of an open letter to learn Just
where the latter stands on the ques-
ton Of national expansion. The colonel
is such graceful and adroit dodger that
1t is hardly necessary to give him warning
before throwing brickbat, but Mr..
Bridges Is always chivalrous.
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OUR SHADOW GRowrNa.

The comments of the English news
papers upon the presidents message
have an exceptional interest for US in
view of the change in our relations with
Europe since the last presidential mes
sage There Is a remarkable unanimity
on the part of the London papers, con-
sidering that some of them are opposed
politically to the Salisbury adrninistra-
ton.
The London Times says that the
president shows the best spirit in touch
ing upon the relations between the
United States and the United King
dom. 1t appreciates the position in
which he stands on account of the un-
settled questions between the two coun-
tries, and takes occasion to call atten-
ton to "the delicate nature of the
negotiations pending with Canada re-
garding the Alaskan boundary. The
Daily Chronicle which Is usually OPP
posed to the party which is now in
power, affects to find a shade of cool
ness in the references to Great Britain
as compared with the friendly express
SON for referring to this difference.
which it admits is only shade, is
rather prompted by the desire which it
manifests to get a thwack at Chamber
lain.
Both the Daily Telegraph and the
Daily News seem to be more concerned
about the relation this country is to
bear In the future toward European
countries. The Daily Telegraph says
that so far as Great Britain Is con-
cerned there is no apprehension, but
rather unqualified satisfaction at the
new departure involved in our entrance
upon the field of competition for East
ern trade.
The News says it is quite evident that
the United States Is to become one of
the great naval powers of the world.
1t Is interesting to note that the Eng
lish papers speak of this country in the
singular number, while most of our own
papers and many of our public men
speak of it in the plural.
The great growth of this country and
the Stacking down of development on
the part of Great Britain must newt
ably command the serious attention of
public men. For two hundred years
England was the greatest single power
in the world. Even now 1t is far ahead
Of all except the United States, but it
sees Germany and Russia rapidly en-
croaching upon it and this country al
ready outstripping 1t. Another fifty
years will send this country booming
past the old country as the Columbia
dashed past the Shamrock. In that
time Germany and Japan, to select the
leading nations of two continents will
have drawn much nearer to England in