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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13


out The toe Of the senatorial boot is as
acceptable a means OF exit to them as a
resignation.
This administrations bette noir is yet likely
TO assume the shape OF a huge and old
fashioned carpetbag
During the past winter twenty-cight States
indorsed by legislative expression OF some
Kind the proposition to elect United States
senators by popular vote. It will require the
approval OF thirty-fou states to change the
constitution In this matter after the amend
ment Is submitted to them.
Mr.. Bryan Will only spend short time on
his farm this season. but then his crop Is
already matured and ready for the harvest
The National house broke all records Fri
dav and passed $50 private pension bills The
hope OF stopping the pension steal when the
congress is an active aud plant partlceps
crminis is. Of course. futile It really looks
as II the American people were fond OF be-
ing robbed.
Roosevelt must have been able to ALSO
lutely demonstrate to his party bosses that
he would not add particle of strength to
tho Mckinley ticket
While a Jeffries muscle that can com
mand $4,000 for an evenings exhibition may
stir the imagination OF our sordid youth. We
must not forget that brain is still several
laps ahead. Rockefeller ingenuity has just
recently reaped a return OF $24, 900 a year.
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The South African war was typifed in the
ring battle In New York Friday nlght-brute
strength pushing science and agility to the
ropes and landing the knockout blow.
Houston banks continue to have too much
money on deposit, the actual cash in the
vaults. while local industrial development
halts, 1t Is not so much the money as the
public. enterprising investing spirit that We
need here
When the next annual convention OF the
southern Cotton spinners' association is
called to order we hope to see large and
Interested delegation from Texas present.
-
We told that the representative ele-
ments of the business world" witnessed the
big prize fight in New York Friday night. 1t
is these same elements" that very often
indulge in Pharisaical criticism of social con-
dtions in Texas
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

The Ashantis OF tho Gold Coast appear to
be organizing the most formidable Boer aid
society.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

This ADMINISTRATORS bete noir is yet likely
TO assume the shape OF a huge and old
fashioned carpetbag
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

senator Clark Of Montana denies that be
contemplates resisnins, Gsntleusn who mani
feat no delicaey In breaking into the senate
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

Mr.. Bryan viii only spend short time on
his farm this season. but then his crop Is
already matured and ready for the harvest.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

Roosevelt must have been able to ALSO
lutely demonstrate to his party bosses that
he would not add particle of strength to
tho Mckinley ticket
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

Joe Bailey's triumph has set the advocates
~ ine last state platform by the ears. The
PIE The next State platform will read an
terently. Sinner Gazette. ieAu uii-
The Post thought in 1895 that the state
democratic convention was rushing too reck-
iessiy TO virtual deliverance in favor NJ
expansion to suit the conservative Gle.
ments of the Texas democracy and the de-
veiopments of the past few months have
on'y sustained that conviction as we'll as
vindieated The Posts views.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

at least and we propose to devote our Ell
tire time and attention in the future to get
ting out the best daily and weekly newspaper
in North Texas. We can do IT, and we pro-
p Gse 70 90 So We want the help Of all our
friends.-McKinney Gazette.
Here's a hope that the Mckinney papers
will resume the normal conditions and again
become interesting outside the limits of the
'iith congressional district. The Gazette
aiso furnishes another lesson to the shoe
maker who would forsake@his last If you
want the fun out of politics do the writing
SIMPLY and let the other fellow do the run
ming.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

you are mistaken about me, said IN.
old man. 81 never voted the demoerat,.
ticket in my life. am now 81 years ola
and have been what is known as a blsct
republican all my life. l am sim a r..
publican. feel just as I did when !,
carried musket in defence Of the Union
and for that very reason will vote for
Bryan at the next election if / am alive
i have not left my party. My party has
left me Il has gone far away from The
old landmarks and has got lost. b,v.
stayed at home and intend to stss
there. sway
Mr. Bryan is good enough ren,hn
can for me. he reminds me more q ts ola
Ane Llheo!n than any man In thiz blessed
country yeooAy ana. God bless him. want
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

:. n S 59sESToM - Bsss,Os ssr.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

Right now the Texas private 0V'f II
act, which is constitutional IN s's ~ IA
ticular, will in breadth compare !, md
lar acts in effect in any state OF - 4
1t is our habit in Texas % M
alarm the tendency of New Ier'' s,.,s)
Virgins and other corporauO1 II, 4
States to foster trusts. ~ 8, n
own dear laws passed under our 'o oS.ll|
constitution charters may y east n
for any purpose that the ens.o eases
grant a franchise, and u so I.-.w vi
purposes that even New rs. ' N, Il
inquire into. Yet we are to.a ,sauss
the corporations that want - dsp!ss
oonstitution, and that wh0es ssa.slonsl
is a public enemy. and ses!.sis|
triots out Of a Job will M o SS ~
issue proclamtaions to let the ~ p.sI q n
all about II whenever i apps ,s a, sira
that the tide is turning li'u Xxi Pas'
in the direction of sew !, Re n
sentiment will take a star, ~. y axs|
direction in this matter ai, s Adj NJ
though. and. when u does lo0s
cyclone.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

Claims aggregating SIC, 900, 600 have been
filed for damages to citizens OF the United
States growing out of the Spanish American
waS. which the United States will be re-
ouired to pay.-Brenham Banner.
This was one OF the avenues to the treas
ury which our peace commissioners for some
mysterious reason left open. generously re-
leving Spain of her legal burden in the
premises. Whether American claimants were
shrewd and influential enough to work" the
administration for this open door" can not
BIO definitely said, but it looks that way.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

The building of a cotton factory has again
nut the name of coreicana in the mouth
OF all Texans and of the country generally.
1t is a splendid advertising scheme.-Corsi-
cana Courer-Light
But it is not for its results as an "adver-
Using Scheme as satisfactory as they may
be- that big industrial enterprise is chiefly
valuable to a community Much Of the en-
thusasm. 1t Is true is often worked up on
the advertising" theory, but the most SUBJ
stanta benefits come from the new tin
bucket brgades which these new factories
create and the added activity in the home
market.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

We are told that the representative ele-
ments Of the business world" witnessed the
big prize fight in New York Friday night. 1t
is these same elements" that very often
indulge in Pharisaical criticism of social con-
ditiona in Texagt
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-27

-.
Chfcago Chronicle.
aiasraphs like this continue to move
around IN a vagabona way through the
columns OF Republican spape
Ihe Republican victory In the Illinois
JUDICIAL circuit in which an election was
ileid recently has a general resemblance
g mat IN Oregon II was 50 complete
'nat Demoersfs prefer to treat ii with
silence"
Let the Republican press study a few
iscss. The thirteen counties composing
the fhth Supreme Court district of IL
iuiols are a part of the extreme Repuhl,-
can belt of the State. There is not a
democratic county in the district.
The Republican majorifies in these
counties in 1895 aggregated 17.oea. AT the
recent Judicial election the Republican
maJorities In the counties aggregated p,-
oo- There was a Republican loss of 5 900
IN thirteen of the strongest Republican
In the State.
Illinois has 1oa Counties. It the Repub-
licans have lost 5000 in thirteen counties
what would be their proportionate loss
In 1903 counties. Quit Dragging and cipher
up.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-27

1 squadrons of which are at San Fran
| cisco. ordered to go to China, are to be
recruited to the full war strength, and
| will be reinforced by other troops, both
from America and the Philippines.
Men are to be withdrawn from Cuba
almost Immediately, and 1t will be
strange indeed if preparations have not
been made at Washington for a call
for volunteers.
AS for the "land fever" If China is
to be partitioned, we must have our
Share of the spoils. 1t would not do
to allow Russia and Japan and Eng
land, and Germany and France and a
few other powers to divide up the king
dom and leave US out in the cold. If
the end of China as an Independent
nation has come-and events are
squirting in that direction-the United
States must be in at the death, and
American troops will be quartered on
Chinese soil for many a long day to
come.
Affairs in China have not turned out
exactly as expected, but they have
turned out badly. That they would do
so in some form or other has been APP
parent for a long time back. Washing
ton knew well that serious things
were impending, and has long been pre-
pared for them. The precise form
made little difference. But the Amer
lean people have been kept in ignor-
ance of what was coming through pre-
varication and subterfuge and denial
and false assertion, and now we are in
the thick of the muddle and the end is
not In sight-not even in Washington.
More men, more guns, more ships,
o money and more taxes. The cry
is American interests must be pro-
tected," and this plea, a convenient
one to cover all situations and to
cloak all un-American combinations,
bids fair to lead us around the world
with fleets and armies, and embroil the
republic in Heaven knows what further
strifes and bloodshed. Verify, a
change has been wrought within the
last two years and a half.
The Chinese situation is very bad,
and is liable to grow worse, but China
~ OH
is not wholly to blame. On this phase
OF the question the Boston Globe re-
marks:
Though this country has a clear con-
science IN the matter, it cannot be de-
MED that for more than half a century
emma has been subjected to a degree of
~lndlgnity, insult, eXtortion. bullying and
general abuse such as no Christian power
would have tolerated. Treaties have been
harbors have been seized, and vast
stretches of her littoral have been
placed under foreign rule. She has been
compelled to transfer a good part of her
immense river trade to foreign flags, she
mas seen her best territory gridironed by
foreign built and foreign controlled rail-
roads, Whlle for every concession she has
made a dozen new ones have been de-
manded by foreign powers. What won-
der II she should finally have become ex-
asperated beyond endurance"
What will be the ultimate result no
n can know, but to stir up four hun
dred million Of fanatics is to stir up a
hornets nest. We have had a hand In
it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-27
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

The Register has heretofore called at
tention to Congressman Grosvenor's
dissatisfaction with the Republican
platform as 1t was adopted by the Phil
adelphia Convention, and has narrat-
ed his pointed and personal criticisms
of Mr.. Quigg, of New York, who had
the nerve to disregard the administrat-
ton idea OF how the document ought
to read, and to recast the paper to suit
his own fancies.
General Grosvenor is still unhappy
over this matter, and is out in a state
ment which indicates his dissatisfied
frame of mind. For instance. he V
Il have read Mr.. Quigg's statement. I
mold IN my hand the original docume
when was handle over to him with GER
tam mteri1neatfonS of no very material
Importance. but which required the draft
ing OF one entire page and a part of an
other. Otherwise Il was the platform
agreed upon by the committee and the
Sun-eoihnlittee. and no man connected
with the transaction Will put his name
To any statement contradicting mine.
1t is IN my possession. having been
handed TO me by Senate Foraker after
he recovered Il from Mr.. Quigg the day
Following the action of the convention on
the platform. II contains nterlineations
and others. 1t contain the extract from
the message of the President of the Unit
ed states proclaiming the policy of the
republican party IN the mstter of the
government OF the islands.
1T contains a plank distinctly pro-
claiming the policy OF the Republican
party in the matter OF legislation In ref
erence to our island possessions in the
words | gave IN nv lptfer ~ fHo Nau-
York Journal. 1t contains a direct an
prevail Of the policy of legislation in favor
OF the merchant marine of the country,
all of which is omitted from Mr.. Quigg's
platform.
Il had this document when I made the
statement to the New York Journal, and
] had the positive evidence of the truth
OF every statement ! made, and anyone
so desiring can come to me and examine
the documentary evidence TO which |
nave referred, which will convince any
man of the truth of the statement of Sem
ator Fairbanks which does not say any
thing.
1T is not a question of whether he an
proved OF the change of the platform or
not; 1t is a question of whether or not
the revision which Mr.. Quigg calls the re-
writing of the platform by him hange
the whole character of the document. /
refer to one single statement of Mr..
Quigg, and that was that the platform
was considered to be too long. The plat
form as handed over TO MIR. Quigg con-
tained 1000 words; the platform adopted
as written by Mr.. Quigg contains 5.s4s
words.
Il shall have nothing mare to saw about
this matter. The document is in my pos
session at this date, and will be retained
by me until l can return it according to
my promise to Senator Foraker. The Re-
publican party will not be seriously af-
fected by the matter, for the reason that
We have the two great speeches delivered
in the convention and will have the letter
of the President accepting the nomina-
tion.'
a fair deduction from all this is that
it really isn't the National Republican
platform at all. but simply MI. Quigvs
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-27

Next Sunday morning, July LIST, the
Philadelphia Times will present to its
readers a handsome Autographed por-
trait of William Jennings Bryan, made
from a photograph especially taken
for that paper, and the same issue will
also contain a valuable article by Col
onel A. K. Mcclure covering the his
tory of past Democratic Conventions,
al article detailing Mr.. Bryan's home
life, and a number of timely signed
articles by prominent Democrats. This
issue of the Philadelphia Times will
be one of particular interest to Demo-
Gratis all over the country.
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ION to Pekin" is still the cry.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

Well" said the prominent business
man. how do you like the ,latform ?.
oh. SO, So replied the leading citi-
zen" About what ] expected"
What do you regard as lis strongest
~feature?p
We'll, ] dunno as to that There are
several pretty good planks ID IT. Which
do you think is the best?'
i look at 1t a good deal as you do
haven't been able to decide yet Just what
Is the strongest thing aboutfit. There's
no doubt, though, that it's a tlever piece
of work"
Yes. They couldn't have Done 1t any
better than they did. 1t meets my views
pretty well all around"
That's the good thing about a platform
of this kind. Any business man must see
at a glance that its a plain proposition,
with nothing in it that might say one
thing and mean something else."
Il know 1t. That's where a ,traightfor-
ward policy pays. You don't lave TO 60
in blindiy supporting something you know
nothing about
Yes, but look here" said f'the man
about town. who had been listening, do
you think that's very plain about the
s~acerdotal amalgamation Of tie prehen-
sile distribution"
Il haven't got to that part bf IT yet
replied the leading citizen" "or, at
least, l merely glanced at 1t hastily"
And what about the Monroe doctrine
as applied to the construction Il the tute-
larry establishment of diaphanpus cohes-
ion?'
The prominent business man" shrug-
ged his shoulders and answered.:
"Oh, well. you come down to that,
dunno as there's very much p be said
one way or the other. There are some
things about it, of course, that might
have been made a little plaineE but TAX
ing 1t all around I dom see where there
is much that could have been said any
different without showing that 1t was
simply for political effect"
And then there is that plank APPROX
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-27
HOW aEPrDLIcANs ARE MIsLEn

HOW REPUBLICANS ARE MISLED.
lust after the adjournment OF the Re
publican National Convention at Phila-
delphia a special telegram appeared in
some Of the Mckinley organs, to the
effect that Messrs. Wells, Kearns and
Loose, delegates from Utah, former sn-1
yer men, had each sent a check for $780,
900 to the Republican National COM
mittee in aid Of the Republican cause
in the coming campaign. The story
ran around the country, and for two
days created a mild sensation. Then
Boss and Senator Mark Hanna explod-
ed the fake by a statement that the
Utah delegates named had not como
tributed fifty thousand dollars or any
other sum-, and this fact was duly print
ed and commented upon by the Regis
ter.
Now, after the incident is closed"
comes the Intelligencer with the solemn
editorial assurance that the money has
been paid, and upon that assertion it
builds a long and imposing editorial
under the caption, Converts in the
West"
OF course the Intelligencer, assuming
that it knows what is going on, knew
that the story was untrue; yet it was
not above assuring its readers, with all
the veracity of editorial assertion that
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
had been contributed by these three
men-this for political effect in quart
ers where a denial or explanation
would never be seen, because the In
telligencer will never do either. In pol
itics, as in some other things, the In
t~elligencer is not entitled to credence.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-27
VS.. CHINA

Five thousand men to go to China from
the Philippines, Infantry, cavalry and
artillery. Unit we remember rightly
the Register predicted something like this
enorted disdainfully and ragged ~vocifer-
ously, and called the Register Names
Register.
Again the old subterfuge. The purpose
for which the United States troops are
being sent to China Is entirely different
from what the Register maintained they
would be used for. The Market street
Evasion asserted that this government
was getting the land fever" and that it
would not be long before our troops would
be used for that purpose in China.-Intel-
Agencer.
This is worth talking about briefly.
The Register did intimate that the adj
ministration had the land fever al
though not in so many words. 1t has
had the land fever ever since the
Spanish war, and it has gone to
unusual and unjustifable and extra
ordinary and un-American extremes to
crafty the greed for imperialistic col
onies. The Register has dwelt upon
the various phases of this abnormal
and extremely costly idiosnycracy of
William Mckinley and his followers
and supporters upon various occasions,
One of them was when we called at
tention to the relationship of the I'M
necessarily prolonged Filipino war to
the probable developments in China,
and suggested, without malice, but
solely from a fair deduction from ac-
knowledged facts, that we were under
pledge, through a secret understanding,
with England, to help out in China in
case certain events foreshadowed came
TO pass. About the time General Mac
Arthur. called for three additional regi-
ments OF cavalry we resumed the dis
cussion, and threw out the idea that
these men were probably not needed In
the Philippines, where they would be
practically useless in the rainy season.
but that they would be valuable on
Chinese soil, the idea sought to be con-
veyed being that General Macarthur
was conversant with what was liable
TO happen in the realm of his next door
%neighbor, and was taking a judicious
glance at the future. For this sugges
tion the Intelligencer laughed the Reg
lister to scorn, and with that supreme
assurance which has its growth in a
combination of ignorance and a desire
to mislead, predicted that these partic-
ular cavalrymen would never see China
and coupled with this the declaration
that the Register didn't know what
It waS talking about, and so on in that
Strain. Now the Sixth cavalry, two
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-27
LET'S HAVE PUBLIC SESSIONS.

When the Board Of County Commits
s~ioners, sitting as a Board of Equaliza-
ton and Appeals, resumes considera-
ton of the petitions from agrieved tax
payers, let 1t do so with open doors,
that the public may be fully informed
Of what is going on.
This thing of tr~ansacting public bus
mess i'm secret is played out, to use a
popular expression. 1t works badly
and it doesn't look right.
The members of the Board of Com
m~issioners are public servants. The
public pay them a very handsome COM
pensation, considering the labors they
perform, and it does not lie within the
pervue of the duties of the members
of the body to keep those who pay
them their per diem in ignorance of
official acts.
duty of the Board to make it easy for
taxpayers to detail their grievances
and obtain redress, rather than the
reverse. 1t ought to be the pleasure,
as it is undoubtedly the duty, of the
Board to invite, solicit and insist that
all to whom injustice has been done
OF on whom hardship has been i'm
posed, should come before the body
with properly attested and authenti-
Gated evidence of the facts, and upon
the presentation of such evidence it
should be the pleasure of the Board
to give prompt and positive relief.
Unfortunately, it appears to be the
tendency of the Board to work just the
other way. The idea appears to be to
make it as hard a. possible for the
property owner. and to discourage him
in all ways. This is distinctly wrong,
and it won't do.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-27
.worura FAILUHE-THE NEXT
STEP.

Notwithstanding the recommendation
of The Council Committee on Petitions
and Inconsistencies, the designation APP
nlicants for liquor licenses were again
t,rnaa down last night, and it is to be
nresumed that this will end the night
for good and all.
The First Branch of Council has
stood by its guns in this matter as
courageously as anybody expected.
A healthy public sentiment has been
respected, and the gain is a distinct one
as regards the public morals.
One other step remains to be taken,
however, for the publication of Wheel
ing and the protection OF its young
men and women, and that is the police
suppression of houses of designation. 1t
is now upto tAe Chief of Police. VIII
he act? These dens of vie flourish in
this city as they never did before. The
police know it. They are nm under the
guise of candy stores and restaurants,
and this cloak and that. The author
tiles / well informed 4 the evil.
These houses Z infinitely worse than
the so-called fake hotels. hey do bus
mess day and night, weel days and
Sundays. They have frot entrance,
and side entrances and req entrances.
You can go through one house, out
wardiy respectable, and LAM In another
which is a whited sepulchn. You can
even get drinks in these plases. for they
are handy to saloons, evsn in these
piping times of reformation,
The disreputable saloon has been
largely eliminated-almost. but not
quite. It is now up to the pdice on the
worst end OF the proposiJio6.