The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-03
THE PASSING THRONG.

Somehow people OF this day and gem
Grafton get great deal OF false logic into
their capu,s." said Franklin NJ Pure l.
who travels for big New York firm and
has the United States as his field OF cp-
crations, to representative OF Tho Post
yesterday. improvements In every line
have been made to q wonderful, and, even
startling, degree; but when one studies
the case opportunities have mare than
kept pace with the forward procession
Scientists have made two blades OF grass,
yes, whole stalk OF 1t, grow where there
was formerly nothing but sand, aud there
are now two hungry shorthorns there to
eat 1t, where in the past there was hardly
one longhorn or buffalo bull. False senti-
mentalists In some portions OF our coun-
try outlament old Uncle Jeremiah anent
the almost complete disappearance OF The
wild and nomadic Indians, and the cqua ly
wild and generally tough grlstled buffalo.
Ia these lamentations they have s2eminsly
forgotten that prosperous and popu Gus
states have sprung up where these twin
nomads formerly roamed; that these
States are peopled with happy intelligent
citizens and rich with gold, silver, copper
coal, iron. cattle, cities. railroads and
with farm products reaching into the
millions of millions of dollars. Who is 1t
that would ask the great Santa Fe sys-
tenn to abdcate and give US back the
primitive Santa Fe trail? There are tre-
meneous opportunities today. For in
stance, | have been working for the same
firm ten years. | have had ample oppor-
tuaity to show that firm | was worth $25.-
900 year to It. The manager Is anxious
to pay mo that sum, whenever can
demonstrate 1t, but some how l have not
yet done so. Whose fault is it?"
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DR.. B. F. Riley, pastor of the First Bap-
fist church, who has Just returned from a
visit to several of the large cities OF the
North and East, saw many things Will
absent which tend 10 strengthen the pop
ular belief that MIR. Bryan will be vi =
torious in the battle of ballots to be he'd
next Tuesday. DR.. Riley saw the Bryan
demonstrations in New York and he says
that there is no doubt as to the genuine
sentiment existing among the thousands
who participated therein. Many busin IS
men TO whom he talked told him that,
while they were not making a great deal
OF noise in the premises, they would vote
for Bryan and do whatever they pos IDLY
could toward his election. Many Of these
men are supposed to be Mckinley SYM
pathizers. En- route from New York TO
Chicago DR.. Riley met two gentlemen,
both of whom are prominent in business
circles in their respective cities. They
tod him that they were republicans, but
that they would this year support the
democratic nominee. At Chicago DR.. Riley
witnessed the republican parade and >
says there were many things to indicate
that the laboring men in line were there
because they were compelled to be thar
by their employers, and that, while osten-
sibly sympathizing with the republicans,
they, or at the least a large majority OF
them, would vote the democratic ticket.
DR.. Riley Is not a politician in any sense
of the world. He merely observed these
things and regards them as significant in
connection with the coming struggle.
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1t would surprise the average Hous-
tonian to know how the poorer people and
the mendicants of this city I've" ssil a
member Of the police force to Post re-
porter. mot long ago / had a piece of
work that made It necessary that | TO-
main down on the hanks OF Buffalo bayou
for two or three nights, and during that
time l saw some queer sights. Several Of
the mendicants who haunt Main street in
the daytime make their homes at night
along the banks of the BAYOU, living in
any cd shack or shanty that will even
serve as a partial shelter from the rain
one old fellows hab!tation particularly
attracted my attention. Near where |
sat was large barrel or hog head such as
are used for the Grating of crockeiy. The
first night Of my watch l happened to be
noticing this barrel and saw it move. 1t
excited my curiosity somewhat, and I
wondered for long time what caused the
co,nmotion inside the barrel. | did rot
learn at that time, however, but on the
morning following, just about daylight, l
saw an old cripple who is a familiar ng-
ure on Main street emerge from the bar
rel and proceed to make his toilet. Hav-
ing done so, he ambled away toward the
city to ply his trade When he had gone
went to his improyised house and ex-
amined It. He had a gunpy sack for a
door or curtain at the open end OF tho
barrel, and OF the inside he had arranged
some straw in such way as to make a
bed that was evidently not altoge her un.
comfortable. His den was provided with
small piece of mirror. a washpan and a
rev other articles OF like nature"
1T was the earnest wish, and might
say the deathbed request, OF the late A
Groesbeck. who erected the building now
known as the william NJ. Rice hotel.
that the name OF the building should
never be changed from the Capitol ="
said Mr. George Jones to reporter ioe
The Post. The hotel was opened for
business October 80. 1882, and was known
as the Capitol hotel up to recent date.
II stood exactly on the site OF the oil
log capitol of the Republic of Texas, The
late William NJ. Rice acquired the prop
erty several years ago, and II seems 10
have been his request that II De known
after his death as the William VI. RE
hotel or course Mr.. Rice had the right
to change the name OF this property from
business viewpoint, but every old resi-
dent OF Houston. more especially those
who resided here in the days Of Honstol,
Groesbeck, Ennis, Bremond and Kosae,
dislike to see the tender Associations and
memories of the early days disappear.
Even while the old capitol name clung 10
this property II was not generally knewu
by the citizens OF Houston that 1t covered
the sacred SPOT where some OF the grave
discussions OF our fathers took place
where the basis of our constitutional