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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
(By Gen. John b. GGrdOn)

with all the fervor and with all the elo-
auence for which he Ia noted, General John
b. Gordon Saturday afternoon, at the Blue
and Gray reunion, Atlanta. made a ringing
reply to the speech OF General Albert d.
Shaw.
The portion OF General Shaw's speech
to which the head of the Confederate vet
Grams excepted was this:
There can now be but one ideal Amer
lean citizenship, one stars and stripes. one
bulwark OF future National glory. and one
line OF patriotic teachings for all and by
all. In this view the keeping alive of
sectional teachings as to the justice and
rights OF the cause of the South, In tho
hearts Of the children Is all out OF order,
unwise. unjust and utterly opposed to the
bond by which the great chieftaln Lee
golemny bound the cause OF the South
in his final surrender. deeply deplore
all agencies of this sort, because In honor
and In chivalric American manhood and
womanhood nothing of this nature should
be taught or tolerated for an Instant"
~
When the commander OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic had resumed his
bthL bOTuOH LuS
from which the addresses were made. AS
General Gordon had previously made a
speech, 1t was evident to all that some
thing not on the programme was about
to happen. Expectation was rife. Gem
eral Gordon said:
with almost every word and sentiment
in the speech OF General Shaw my heart
has beat in full accord. Whatever may
have been my record in the past, what
ever may now be my love for the South
aud her traditions, l claim equal loyalty
with General Shaw in his love for the
Union and his fidelity to the stars and
stripes"
Here General Shaw called for three
cheers for Gordon. The building re-
salnded with the response.
Continuing General Gordon said:
when ! saw the flag l followed and
loved go down at Appomattox my heart
would have broken but for my faith in
God and his overruling providence"
Mine, too" $50 would mine" shouted
tho old veterans.
81 love this country. l love every acre
OF It. In these veins runs the blood Of
the founders of this republic My fore
fathers fought and bled for this country's
independence. and I believe no man Is
more ready to serve 1t in any emergency
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
(By Barnett Gibbs. J

The present troubles may be settled
after Pekin and Prince Tuan are cap
tured, few hundred of his generals be-
headed, and more proper Chinaman
made emperor under contract to select
viceroys from civilized travelled Chna-
men. This war and diplomacy will post
pone the evil day perhaps. but even II
the Chinese and Japanese become up-to-
date Christians during the next century
still there are forces at work which are
bound eventually to make them over
flow the world. The people of England
Germany. following the lead of polite
French society. have placed artificial
checks on child birth.
1t is no longer considered good form
to have many children, besides advanced
civilization has brought so many wo-
mems clubs and diversions that women
have not the time to spare in giving
birth to or raising children. The men
are under such a strain from speculation
and high living that under the rule OF
heredlty they can not beget as many and
as patient soldiers as did their less
strained ancestors. The other causes ana
lLe HNe nunuIeu per cent increase IN
ten years Of divorces granted in the Uni
ted States including 100 in one day IL
New York. have made marriage OF doubt
full duration and childbirth more risky
business for women.
Amongst the Mongolians the marital
relations and the family are sacred things
and divorce and concubinage very rare,
hence the!r increase. Great NATIONAL
wealth and higher civilization carry with
Them their own seeds OF death and de-
cay. 1t gets too high for It's foundation.
This is not paramount issue hut a MS
torical fact. One American may now
whip Ave Cinnamon but he can't whip
ten, and with improved arms in their
hands, the time will come when three
will give him great military entertain
ment.
NAPOLEON understood whence came tho
strength OF nation. hence pensioned
the mother OF ten children more scrupu-
lously than he did the soldier wounded
In battle. II the Anglo Saxon women
are to work at every occupation and quit
child bearing. in the end we will get the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
RUSSIA SUPPLIES A LESSON.

Russian manufacturers have raised
protest against the further introduction
OF American manufactures and goods
into vladivostok and other cities
OF Eastern Siberia. This protest de-
clares that II the Car does not give
them relief they will be ruined by a
competition which they cannot meet.
The Trans-Slberian railroad was de-
signed to pour the products of Western
Russia into Manchuria, from whence they
would claim the irst call ON the markets
Of China. Its completion the Russian
manufacturer hailed as tho coming day
Of his profitable occupancy OF commercial
fields In which he would be without
rival. But this Russian hope has failed
to materialize. 1t is all because tho
American manufacturer. while Russia
was making a great mart out OF Vlad-
vostok and other places contiguous to
the Pacific ocean and accessible to tho
commercial demands OF China. has pushed
his wares into other places and grabbed
the trade in them for the two reasons
that American goods are superior 10 those
OF Russia and cheaper.
It is hardly probable that the appeal
OF the Russian manufacturers. for pro.
lection against the enterprising Yankee,
will meet tue creation OF an inhibitory
tariff AGAINST American manufactures,
since policy OF this sort would de-
stroy the commercial importance OF
Vladivostok and reduce 1t to the lncon.
sequence OF a mere garrison town
The Gar has expended too much money
In the construction OF the Siberian rail.
road to now close its eastern gate to
a developing commerce which is Rapidly
making Of the Pacific coast town OF
East. which is commanding the patron.
age of stberians. Koreans and Chinese.
But while Russia struggles with this
problem, involving on the one side the
prosperity of the Russian manufacturers
and uppn tho other the success OF a gov
ernment-built railroad the American at.
tention Is riyeted upon the situation and
Americans derive a wholesome lesson
from its contemplation.
why can not Russian manufacturers
compete with their American rivalsg Be.
cause the American manufacturer under.
sells the Russian manufacturers so liber.
ally that the Russian must stand aside.
IT, however. tho American manufacturer
held his wares at tie same prices which
he marks AGAINST them in the domestic
markets the Russian would not fear him
as competitor. But this he does no,
do He sells goods made in the United
srates so much cheaper In the far East
than at home that manufacturer on
the ground can not compete w4th him
THIS fact proves two others o. much
concern TO the American people Just a,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24

than myself. l know that my iriehu'
General Shaw, Is equally devoted anu
true. Every sentence OF ms eloqueu-
tribute TO American manhood anu MS
every sentiment OF loyalty to our fathers
flag finds IN echo In my heart. But when
for which we fought and our comrfies
that teaching our children that the callse
for which we fought and onr comrades
died is all wrong / must certainly protest.
In the name of the future manhood oil
the South / protest. What are we TO
teach them? II we can not teach them
that their fathers were right. 1t follows
that these Southern children must be
taught that they we're wrong. Are we
ready for that? For one am not ready!
l never will be ready to have my children
taught that I was wrong or that the cause
OF my people was unjust and unholy."
A tremendous and inspiring demonstra-
ton by the vast audience followed tne
utterances of these sentiments. The vet
erans gave vent to wild enthusiasm ana
IT was come time before order was re-
stored.
General Gordon continued:
Keep back, boys, and be silent
Then, turning to General Shaw who sat
near him, General Gordon exclaimed;
"Oh, my friend, you were right, but l.,
too was right. We were both fighting for
inherited and cherished convictions; Tor
the principles embodied In the constitu-
ton of the fathers, as you and had been
taught to interpret that constitution. We
were both right, and when we meet IN the
great beyond we shall both hear, Well
done thou good and faithful servant
when Alexander Hamilton wrote and
Thomas jefferson wrote, each his con-
stitution there was a conflict of opinion
utterly irreconcilable. But shall we in
sist that the children Of the one or the
disciples of the other shall not be taught
that he was right? From that day to this
the controversy has been waged in con-
fcting opinions, which General Shaw has
inherited on the one side and 7 on the
other and for these convictions long and
devoutly cherished by each. we were both
willing to labor, TO fight and to die.
1.-THE decision made by the arbltrament
OF war was that slavery should no longer
exist: that the right of a State to secede
should no more be asserted; that there
should be on this continent the one great
republic and one flag over all forever.
but the question of which side was right
in the conflict was not settled. No result
on the field OF battle can ever settle a
question 0, right. and I can no more con-
sent TO deny to my children the privilege
OF believing that their father was right
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24

this moment. What are they? One OF
them is that American trade goes ahead
Of the nag and conqucrs where the nag
Will never 20. The other is that the
protection afforded the American manu-
facturer on the plea Of its necessit,
for his protection is absurd. We might
sbate conclusions differently: Ameri.
can commercial expansion can only go
forward to the glory and profit OF tho
Nation when disassociated with military
adventure, and that tariff system which
enables It's favored few 20 sell it's manu-
factures on the eastern coast OF the Pa
cilic advontageously at less price than
at home. is a manifest injury.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24

than | could consent TO write .dI-,.
on the grave OF my mother. 4O'v|
This little episode Is no disturA,.-
ment In this reunion" @|
~
There were many voices shoutIn. =.
no." and urging Genenal Gordon a !. ~
Il only rose" continued Genera 4
don, ito state for our men that th.s
defending principles which they 49,
herited from their fathers. Who ss,a
they we're wrongA N
'tI.et us settle this question M.
forever. Let us settle IL upon hat n
sistent with the self-respect and 49, w
OF both sides. Let lis settle II W..
basis consistent with the welfare va
great republic. There is a basis ~, "
we can all stand. 1t is that monnr wy
truth which history will yet recorl
heaven reveal at last namely. th,,, ~
sides were right because both wars ~ 10y
ing for the constitution OF the fatha'sss
they had been taught to interpret q, I.
both were right" "oI
General Gordon was freouen,iv
rupted with cheers and shouts ,uut
proval from the assembled 49,
There was prolonged applause wbss
concluded. "
In an instant General Shaw was !, 4
table. He said:
This reminds me OF story about !,
argument two judges OF the eup.,,
court once had about a constilp,Is,.
question. They were on the tnain ana !.
the course OF the argument reached M
station where one of them got of. mi
Judge who was leaving the train stooa
in the door of the car and called ba,,
You will find my position stated fuly N
a certain page of certain reports nj
one who remained on the train Shouts,
after the other: My God, Judge, wrg
that myself
"The fact is, i hoped and thought tsa
I had settled precisely what General Gg
don has just said. General Gordon mn
expressed my sentiments, exactly.
This seems TO me to be much like VIII;
the negro boy said In making a comp,'
son, one is so much lax tn tothar MI
between tn which you can't tell the n.
ference
IF l had been in the Confederate h.,
vice and a man had come to my hOun
and told me to teach my children n
cause fought for was wrong, xopu
have turned him out OF doors"
There was loud applause OF Gensl
Shaw's utterances.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
Trm vornn KNOWS rnE ISSUES.


An ingenious correspondent Of the New
York World has looked into the text OF
Mr. McKinley's speech OF acceptance with
the result that he has found that
4Ol4 words were devoted to money and sill
Yer.
siS words to Imperialism and the Philip
pines.
242 words to praise OF republican record.
10 words TO protection.
~ words to China.
as words to Hague conference
90 words to Hawaii
81 words to Spanish war
20 words to Cuba and Puerto Rico.
0 words to trusts.
The president was Consistent In fight
Ing shy OF the trusts 1t was that the
trusts might thrive that Mr.. Mckinley.
in harmony with the Vaccinations of Mr..
Hanna, was elected to the presidency in
1896. 1t is in Mr.. Mckinley's pledge to
the trusts that they shall not be dis
turbed that Mr.. Mckinley. still under the
management OF Mark Hanna, hopes to
now secure his recollection to the presl-
dency of the United States.
No surprise will follow the announce
ment that the republicans will not allow
the trusts to constitute the paramount
issue"
Every voter in the land knows that the
republican party and republican tariff are
the foster parents OF the American trust.
These voters know. moreover, that the
hope of the trust is in the perpetuatlou in
power of the republican party.
Mr. Mckinley and his campaign man
ayers, meanwhile, will not be able TO
blind the voter to the vital issues OF the
presidential contest The voter is doing
some thinking for himself, and Is acting
lndepently of party managers. He knows
what these Issues are and In what manner
they must be disposed of to the end that
his liberties and his prosperity be not
destroyed.
With this voter policy Of imperialism,
which Will put upon his back the support
OF soldier bent upon colonial conquest,
is a paramount issue. II was not neces-
sary TO him that the Kansas City conven-
ton so proclaim II. He knew It long
before the Kansas City convention. and
that convention but followed demand
made upon 1t by his intelligence.
There Is another issue just as impor-
tant and that is the issue of the trust
The Philadelphia convention by ignoring
it, nor MIR. McKinley's efforts to reject
can not destroy It. The issue is here e
stay and to be fought over until II shall
be disposed OF to the satisfaction IT the
American voter.
1t will remain in discussion, and the
more Il Is discussed all tho more will
the republican party be held guilty be-
fore the country for the creation and
maintenance of trusts and monopolies that
concentrate money into the hands Of the
few and rob the masses, while destroying
the great forces OF individual and COM
petitive endeayor.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24

worst of war; for as compared with pea
pie who have lived more according to ma
ture We will not have the men behird the
guns. China has improved in populd-
ton for 5000 years, not by immigration.
but in the old way and Is still at 1t.
England forced opium on them and other
civilized processes OF deterioration but
without any great result.
he great breeding nations VIII event
TALLY oyerrun the world because tley
Will have more and stronger soldiers VINO
can march further and live IN less Their
fecundity makes Russia dangerous aisv.
If the Chinese get hold OF American guns
and start Up their own munAtion facto~
ries and stimulate with American liquor
the world will find them something else
than laundrymen. To hold these people
in subsection would bankrupt the ma
tons trying it, and just TO kill and bury
them without resistance would prove a
burden on home tax payers. This Yankee
nation is multiplying dollars and debts
and clubs faster than they are increAs.
Ing and multiplying young soldiers.
We make fun OF these Chinese women
lacing their feet. but this does not at
tect their general physique, Just after
the Pittsburg strike riot, III Hung Chang
remarked: III that had been in Cnlu,
a million people might have been killed"
When river gets up in China the Asso-
Grated Press does not report IT as a rise,
II there are less than ten thousand
drowned. We have great deal to learn
about China and there is a good deal
OF guess-work about how much wear and
tear our own civilization will slsnd. All
government is an experiment and social
fabrics tumble down just like houses do,
Wnen YOU least expect it.
~
OF course. there is a religious phase
TO this Chinese question. Confucius has
been their Jesus for about four thousand
years and they are great believers IA
Their ancestors and don't like ito confess
that their ancestors and themselves have
peen on the wrong religious rtail during
SO many years. A man may be a fool
and his daddy may have been one before
6lm but he had rather die than admit II.
one OF the strong points in their religion
Is mat they must pay their debts to
De saved and as a commercial nation ".
are more interestd in this feature Of
their religious belief than in any Other.
lhere IS great deal 10 be considered
ana understood in connection with thl,
Chinese problem.
Ii Hung Chang proposed to General
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
by BOurke Cochran

New York Journal.
Imperialism has always been a form Of
piracy, but piratcal craft seldom display
their true colors while in sight of civil
iSation, This Imperialism of ours. while
1t remained under examination by tho
American people, tried TO assume every
appearance of an expedition for the con-
version OF sinners. The crew used the
language OF the hymnal, although the
stridency OF their voices suggested the
boarding gang rather than the choir.
Ihey concealed purposes OF plumber under
the profession OF rellgion--a few OF whose
missionaries they had decoyed on hoard.
When the younger and more impatient
showed disposition to cast off disguise
ana TO appear in the usual equipm Mt
Oh their calling, more experienced hands
were quick to check the impulse and re-
store the garment OF morality to their
shoulders.
When, Tor instance. one of them, hold
ing alott nugget OF gold obtained in
the philippines, told OF more treasure
where that came from. and declared in
the natural language OF the tribe that
~ might elsily be seized by men stronger
,hat the feeble owners. he was rebuk ed
by a wiser and more effective member
OF the band who protested that, while
sueh material things as nuggets OF god
would be accepted with resignation. the
true purpose of the expedition was The
weitare OF the natives--an object SO deem
y cherished that even II they Inhabited
a sahara instead OF fertile Islands. thew
would Would Sun be the objects OF benevolent
~
Government on the principle reyeales
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24
StiIl Hungry.

Chicago Chronicle.
The League OF Republican Clubs ad-
vances to the fray with the firm and IN
trepid march OF a iackass toward peck
o. oats. Composed, as 1t is, one-tenth OF
federal office holders and nine-tenths OF
would be federal othce-holders, the
league devotes it's fortunes to the anointed
one OF Canton, from whose clammy hand
comes federal pap.
AS a political organization the League
Of Republican Clubs Ia a ,humbug 1t
hasn't and principles. 1t ia an organized
appetite
1t holds a convocation once in four
years for the purpose OF renewing It's
assault upon the government pay rolls.
All the disappointed Job hunters-the
wouldbe consuls, gaugers. fourth-clas
postmasters-gather together in one place
and send UP hungry howl. Hope springs
eternal, The leaguers have hope as their
sole asset
The Minneapolis pow-wow differs from
former conventions in two things. II
bunkoed Mr. Roosevelt into addressing
it, whereas republican league conventions
usually have to content themselves with
the eloquence of some broken down pollt-
ical hack like John NJ. Thurston.
Moreover, the Minneapolis crowd adopt
ed a platform. When they met at Detroit
1t may be remembered that they fell out
OF windows and down stairways when
someone sprang a currency resolution on
them. The ST. Louis convention hadn't
met at that time This year they had the
philadelphia platform to guide them and
OF course they out Hannad Hanna In Ian.
dation OF our noble executive. his policy
and his administration.
Otherwise the proceedings IN Minnesota
were entirely haokneyed and conven-
tonal. They we're Of interest only to stu
nents OF Insect life as evlnoing the ac-
,'Y'ty and observation-disclosures manifested
by parasites on tn. h-dy polite.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-24

Grant that IL the Yankees would pll|
out one religion or church and ken
the others at home. that he would IN
TO gradually, in the course of one thor
sand years. work the Cinnamon into Al
He said that even at that time the Chm,
inen who only got sprinkled had grisy.
ance against tho Cinnamon who wen;
down under the water. Habit Is great
thing. Among the sturdy PennsylyannI
Dutch and Georgians there are still nsn
who in going TO mill put a rock in %.
end OF tho sack to balance their corn sri
don't believe in the Yankee trick OF al.
ylding the corn for balance. To NAH
Cinnamon real attractive American cH.
zens even after the hair is cut. we han
got to straighten their eyes and any nj,
VINO ever tackled an oculst knows tAJ
would eat up our gold reserve.
Ii Hung Chang proved many yea,
ago that God made four Gardens d
Eden and four Adams and Ewes: cr,
whate, one red, one yellow and one
plack. The white Adam was Of liter
airy turn; kind Of born reporter, an.H
wrote up his garden and then went os
TO hunt up the others.
4
The Cinnamon don't seem to kno,i
much about us, l see from the dlspaoha
that at Ten Tsin they killed their wr.
men TO keep them from falling into u.
bands of our soldiers who are not sup,
posed to have ever gazed ON such beaut
When Lii Hung Chang Travelled in taa
country he would not eat the mixed grub
OF the Waldorf Astoria and other Amet
can hash houses. but eat the grub %
brought with him. l expect time sli
perseverance will make good America
citizen or even a good Christian cut y
any old thing. but j don't believe Y
can be done in Job lots. ! mean by tns''
Mauser rifle Christians and citizens l'H
the boy who used the postage stamp
that loked shy OF mucilage and WIZ
under it postage paid if the d--m tDlns
sticks"
Our missionaries went to China ana
converted thousands of Mongolians 10 o.
form OF Christianity. These immedlalsH
started to heaven via the United slaIsi
They were stopped at San Francisco sn
turned beck. They returned to Chla'
and raised the war cry: ITO lilly WY
religion that goes no further than fils
CO." and at once commenced to Kill lV.
elgners. That's the situation today. Cai
one wonder at it?'