The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-29

ercised by this government ~.
from the constitution, is n al nv o'a,.'
patton. II congress can eovases y
Rico outside OF the constitn,e.ll Pc.
govern New Mexico. Oklahoma sns /
In the same way. aug u
II there was no other plank T.
cratic platform that was merit Me u
would be sufficient to challeno.'oa' q.
port OF all true democrats. Thse ns q
OF the president OF the United s. salasa
II was the plain duty OF the ,ssa's q
extend the benefits OF the eon,,,e
puerto Rico ought to be conclns,a.
him and the party OF which he , \. eaa
bly, the leader. = o'ss|
The limits OF this paper viii
a discussion OF the other nIarH's NJ
platform, but ] can not refrain ~
Ing attention to two further poin.a
the plank in reference to trusts ~,
ond, that which declares for M ala
ton of The isthmian canal. In , vaas
paigr. while shedding tears ovar ~
ditIon Of the F'illpinos, our lesa.M
well ulgh forgotten their own h s
the Americans. Those OF other iars.s
times need our s3mpathies. ana
ally our assistance, but 1t IL IA 49,
houseb old-the Americans--tba, ~
our first duty. What matter han
boundaries be expanded, or to ws.i
they may be contracted, If combjnsa.'
capital are permitted to fix tbs n,I.'
all the products which our nsop,'
sumo?
~
The money question dwlndles IN,
nlilcance except as tho volume o, i,
cy may increase or lessen ma ~
labor and given commodities no
trusts and combinations are permp,s
control the prices of labor ana y
modlties. the money question haco..
mere bagatelle'-the extent OF m. -.
OF the Union of little importance '.
this campaign. we have heard much !,
doctrine OF expansion and contrac,lu
very little, comparatively speaking ! Il
which doth SO much concern usa 4
then, with the tendency of cotton ~.
10 come to the South. we have hssrs
Of the isthmian canal, which is an 4. +
necessary 10 bring the mills Of Na. n
land to the cotton fields of the so,a
order that they may be nearer tbs II
entail market, and nearer the bass i H
supplies of the raw product II
This matter has been almost ion,,.,
all but a few of our leading s.ss,E
And yet, its Importance can not IA !,
oyerestimated With the istbmi,,
We are several thousand miles near. n
Oriental market than any of our Ips. "
competitors. Factories would CONS I. q
industries would be multiplied. and "
perlty would exist in almost eysry ~ Il
eYt these matters are counted A, i n
secondary Importance. We have bss, q
dulging In sentiment freely, to whEA N
not object. but only insist that The n
cal affairs of life. both personal ali III
tional. should receive a fair share y e
attention How ineXpressibly stupa
Tor us to exhaust all OF our enerss
discussing the affairs OF the Cubau ~
the Filipinos, and neglect the ME-
which so nearly concern the prospsrr l
happiness Of the American people Is
l fear that some of us have been me
tithes of mint, anise and cummlr M
neglecting the weightier matters d 4
law" We have been intent on The an
sion of weightier subjects OF minor
portance TO us, Comparatively speaslu
the neglect of our own material ingsS
The platform. in these respects, mai
new era. Let us hope that practici n
suits will be thereby achieved, and ,t
good for the people secured. M