The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-20

is about to reap It's harvest of dragons
teeth.
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7, will he recalled that not until about q
wear ago wns there any talk Of dropping the
Nicaragua canal route and adopting the
Panama route by purchase Of the controlling
stock n the Panama company. Since then
however. the Panama scheme has been
pressed TO the front to such an extent tnat
not only has the Nicaragua project been de-
layed. but a new canal commission was sent
TO Central America to compare the routes
and report MIR. Mckinley now says we ought
to wait untn this commissions report mas
been made and examined before proeeeuus
with the Nicaragua canal measure in thiS
connection 1t is well to remember that the
speculators in charge OF the Panama canal
shares could and would afford to spend sew
eral millions Of dollars to unload their white
elephant on the United States Here IS
doubtless the true inwardness Of the delay
about this whole matter.
/ Turkey should remember that internation-
ally debtors prisons are still maintained.
| The fact that few newspaper partsans
OF Senator Chiffon. taking the late city
election In Houston as a pretext are criti-
cislng The Post need not deceive any one.
We had a little family row hero. in which
there was no politics but these partisans
are contendng otherwise. Some Of them are
playing the part Of hypocrltes; they care
nothing about what happened In Houston but
arc angry with The Post because it supports
Mr.. Bailey for senator. That's all there Is
to It.
About the hardest death caused by Joe
Bailey's triumph seems to be that OF tbs
Austin Tribune.
Referring to General Gbmez's declaration
that Cuba was under the heel" of TIL
United states the Kansas City Star remark
that It was under this heel that Cuban
received bread when starving and have re
coiyed delyernnce and, protection. Tbs i
all true, but to confer benefits it must b
remembered. does not carry with II the RICH
to onslave. We must drop all idea OF max
ing charity the price of liberty II We woul
, have the gratitude Of Cuba.
Everything continues to come Mr.. Bryan
way, Tho mlddle-of- the-road populists il
g Missouri have just denounced him,
> The Master Plumbers association Of Texa
Q met in Houston yesterday, The State OF
c ganzaton of republican league clubs me
= Wednesday, and several other State asso
Citations are scheduled TO meet here With
the next few weeks. There's nothing lik
. being the leading railroad aud conventio
center OF your state.
Tho sultan must know that when it come
to dealing with the slow debtor American
: win feel like they are ON familiar ground.
a London letter tells us that the heart
: tho Irish people has been touched by II
queens visit, Now let the old Indy devil.
: some scheme for touching the heart OF Il
: British people in behalf Of Ireland and h
: sentimental journey may fructlfy richly
a desirable results.
= II will have been observed within the m
% few days that Grandma Hoar can vie
tho slipper as vigorously as In tho sprn
time Of the long aso.
As showing the value OF good and pro
N porous newspaper properties. It may
J, stated that the Atlanta Journal was recent
sold for the handsome sum of s2I650o. The
" are at least three newspapers in Texas eth
u of which is worth more than the Journal
,s In the conflict with Admiral Dewey n
= Bryan bids fair TO reverse the order OF d
struotion In Manila bay and compel the a
le mirai 10 swim for the shore.
10
N Texas can build many a factory in the
- naming months OF 1900, and not mon
should pass without witnessing the sucee'
full inauguration OF new enterprises OF
ne industrial character. We have got 70 col
ie to It soon. and the sooner the better
Tho Puerto Ricans are to be "impresse
- by a great naval display in San Juan h.
us Dor. very meaGer display of Amsre
No Justice would no much further toward ma
'ly ing contented subjects OF them.
In number OF exhibitors on the books a
w in extent OF ground covered. tho Paris
Oh position is not up TO the Columbian show
IL chicago in 1898. when It comes to tho
Ier aud the elaborateness OF advertising.
D. Americana easily lead the world
ma The democrats OF Mr.. Hanna's own d
II triet in Ohio are OF the true blue chica
tho platform kind They have been close anou
the to one OF the chief sources OF republic
ro- stencil to fully note It's extreme ofTensyene
and Ono OF the most picturesque deyelopmel
he OF the South African war Is 10 see the h,
the OF the soudan resting obsrurtly and unC
AR truslyely on siding after being subject