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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-14

DIN, Texss.-Desr Haphammer; Here
comes another little girl to join your hap
Ply band of boys and girls. My papa is a
subscriber to your valuable paper and
enjoy reading the Haps' letters very much.
Christmas Is now on hand and We had
two dinings and a party also; one OF my
aunts from Robertson county enjoyed a
nice visit with us. go to school at sum
shine. | have eight studies; like physi-
ology the best OF all. We have new or
gan and | am learning to play. am IL
years old and would like to correspond
with some Of the Haps OF my age. A new
Hap. Pearl Boatner.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-31
A Sudden

Why is il that the Democrats OF the
country are no longer engaged in the
promotion of mass meetings to express
sympathy with the Beers? 1t is but a
few weeks since these were all the
rage. Scarcely a night passed without
a pro-Boer meeting in one or more of
the large cities OF the country. At all
of these there was a small dose of SYM
pathy with the Boer, and a vast AMOUNT
Of abuse of the administration for its
alleged indifference to his suffering and
its supposititious alliance" with Eng
land, Also, II one cared to scan the
list OF speakers or managers at such
assemblages, he would inc among them
several Democrats more or less In the
confidence OF the national committee
Of their party.
A sudden silence has fallen on this
Propaganda. II is not because the cause
Of the Boer is less worthy. That re-
mains unchanged. 1t Is not because he
stands In less iced Of sympathy and
support. Most Of these meetings We're
held when the Beers were In the full
tide OF military success. Now they have
met with many reverses. and never was
there greater occasion for their friends
a. be active. Yet the wonderfully ardent
Democrat has turned his attention 4
the Puerto Rico tarin bin. ana the
Beers may $50 hang for all that he
cares.
The reason and the sole reason for
th!s cessation Of activity IS one that
explains the whole pro-Boer campaign
Ia this country. Il Is because the ac-
ton q the administration has drawn
the gharse from this particular party
weapon. The government Of the Unit
ei states was selected by the presidents
ii the soath African republics as this
Eedmm through which 10 convey their
desire for terms Of peace to Great Brit
ain. oar good offices in this connection
we've asked and granted This country
alone. among an the nations who we're
solicited. professed TO England its de-
s.ro tNa, "a way % agreement might
De found. and It's willingness to do
anything that might further a cansum-
nation SD happy. n the prime min
lister Of Great Britain replied with a
courteous %decnnation, which the oppo-
| nents Of the administration are now
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with the other acts of a successful ad-
ministration that IT is likely to be lost
sight of at the polls" Editorially it de-
clares, referring TO the Minnesota con-
gressmen who voted for the bill, that
at does not see in this one mistake any
reason for rejection by their constitu-
en.s."
There never was any reason for the
hubbub tina has been made. For once
many Republicans played into the
bands of Democrats by not fathom.ng
all that was involved in the question at
issue. They had committed themselves
to a particular position before they com
pretended all the facts bearing upon It.
As o as II became plain that the op-
position sought nothing less than the
abandonment Of all tine territory OBJ
tanned from Spain, by holding that the
constitution applied to it at once in lis
entirety, the great body Of the party
saw its duty to the country as to Itself.
It measured properly this claptrap
about rights and Justice where
neither is in any sense involved. The
wspaper made the noise. but the
country has never been excited.
We are pleased to see signs of recov-
cry in many directions. For those who
care nothing for Puerto Rico but much
for an attack upon the administration,
nothing but final relapse into Organism.
beyond the h~ealer's art, is to be ex-
oected.
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NORTHERN CABLE MUsT RE BUILT.


I 81 NOAbIiAElv
There is a strong and GROWING feeling
among those In the United States best
able TO form an opinion that a tele-
graphic cable TO Alaska has become n
necessity. The Post-Intelligencer saws
II is "a military and already almost a
commercial necessity" We should be
inclined to put the case the other way
and say that II IL a commercial and al
ready almost military necessity. The
suggestion is that the cable should run
direct to Dutch harbor and have branches
to other points in Alaska. This is, we
suppose. to avoid placing the line any
where within easy reach Of our territory.
II will add greatly to the expense of pro-
Yiding connection with the northern coun-
try and must delay the contamination OF
the project, and yet II IL not easy to see
that the United States government could
be asked to undertake a project that
would involve the use OF lines through
British Columbia. II occurs to us that
Sitka or some other point on the outer
most rim of the Alaska archipelago would
be a better point for the landing of tho
cable than Dutch harbor. II the latter
Is selected. a line will have TO be laid
back to Sitka, whereas If the cable were
carried directly into Ska from Cape Flat
terry II could be extended thence TO
Dutch harbor.
Southeastern Alaska viii not have 10
await the action OF the United States
government for telegraphic communica-
ton. Before II will be possible for the
proposed cable TO be laid, the Canadian
line will be complete from Quesnel 10
Bennett. and from Bennett there Is al
ready a line 10 SkBgway. BY that time
also Juneau will ave connection with
skagway. for the people OF that enter
priSlng town will not delay about getting
a line mp from Lynn canal, when they
know they can get connection with the
south around by way OF Bennett and
Ouesnel
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a in calling a .snuh" ana an

engaged in calling a "snubf' and an
insult"
Now ii is evident even to a Demo-
cratic understanding that you cannot
have a close and secret understanding
with a person who at the same time
snubs and insults you before the public.
One side or the other of the argument
Is faulty. President Mckinley spiked
n gun when he forwarded the pro-
posals Of Presidents Kruger and Steyn
to London. Lord Salisbury spiked the
other when he said that Great Britain
could not accept the Intervention of any
other government in dealing with the
Beers. So the battery is silenced, and
the gunners have gone after other game
down in Puerto Rico.
The whole diversion would be worth
little attention. for we are accustomed
to the game of false pretences in poll
tics, were it not for the conspicuous
meanness of the performance. Demo-
Gratis have not hesitated TO use the
misfortunes of a struggling and heroic
people for party purposes. They have
appealed to American sentiment and
sympathy. knowing that 1t could not
promote its object. hoping only that II
might make votes against the Repub-
lican party. And when that prospect
fades. they are silent. You could not
get them to invite public discussion of
the Boer war now for anything short
of a premium in cash. Distinguished
among the asenesses of practical poll
tics is this performance, a fit companion
piece to the policy that clamored for
war with Spain and has ever since
sought to drive from power the Repub-
lican party because it prosecuted that
war to its glorious conclusion and is
ready to accept its results manfully and
In good faith.
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Ex-Gov. Miles C. Moore. who sup
ported Bryan and free silver four years
ago, says that just now he Is In the
neutral zone This is one OF those new
zones OF influence in which there figure
so many men who have experienced a
change OF heart during the last three
years of Mckinley prosperity.
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Mr.. Cookers bulldog has taken a prize
at the New York dog show. Mr.. Croker
is also understood to have a controlling
interest in the liveliest tiger on the
continent.
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Joseph ManIey. Imperator.


Joe Manley being on the ground. the
convention may proceed. Napoleon Was
not more an essential figure at Water
loo or Lee at Appomati0E than Maniey at
the prelimluaries TO a national Nsp|b-
lran convention. After the doors ppen
and The actual business OF selecting can
didates begins. the suave Manley has n
habit OF e1acing himself. lie rotires -
nBs Maine home for four years But he is
a great man. 10 Joe Manley.
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neutrality in loaning Maxims TO Great
Britain, but as the doctor has no very
large force TO back up any demands he
may make, it is doubtful IL h Egyp-
tlans are in danger of having their ter
ritorial integrity assailed.
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Tho decision Of the United States au-
nreme court in the case 81 the WatFrA-
Pierce Company against the state of
Texas holds out the hope that trusts
can be scratched, ~ not actually killed
bv state laws.
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SEATTLE. SATURDAY., MARCH 81.
Relapse and Recovery.

s>NfNR8S 1h1
The newspapers which ave been
rendlng the air over the Puerto Rico
tariff bill are becoming rapidly differ
entiated. After the manner of sick peo-
pie. some OF them are recovering, with
every sign Of complete restoration to
health, and the others are ~relapsing into
such condition that it will be necessary
presently to call for the services OF the
Undertaken or the probate Judge. Then
a new excitement viii arise. and ill
win go chasing after 1t az merrlly az a
kitten follows It's tail.
Among the most hopeless cases Of the
aifllction developed by the proposition
t. raise revenue for Puerto Rico by a
light tariff duty until such time as the
people ave prepared a revenue system
for themselves, but not In any case to
exceed two years. is, OF course. the Port
land oregonian. 1t plunged with delight
into a controversy which promised at
once satisfaction of It's hatred OF Mr..
Mckinley and Its love for free trade.
And It embraces all the futile fancles
that ave been summoned from the
Vastly deep 10 do service on that side O.
the question.
IL says that we must have absolute
free trade with Puerto Rico and the
Philippines or abandon expansion" ut
Is a matter Of right. Of justice. of good
faith" These are some of the large
phrases which Democrats and Populists
are repeating. They are utterly apart
from the Issue. Tariff or no tariff for
Puerto Rico has nothing To do with
right and justice" II Is purely a ques-
ton OF expedlency. No sane man be-
licves that the levying OF IS per cent.
OF the Dingley duties will make any
substantial difference to the people Of
Puerto Rico.
The charge OF bad faith" which
these folk are so. fond OF repeating is
equally haseless. when did we make a
pledge Of free trade to these people?
Never. An utterance OF Gen. Miles Is
quoted. when did the general of the
army acquire authority To make or un-
make tariffs, TO grant or refuse free
trade 10 any OF our posscsslonse The
presidents message is quoted. when
did a recommendation In the message
Of an executive TO carry with
it a pledge even TO our own people. 10
say nothing Of the Puerto Rlcans. that
congress would act upon IT. And what
guarantee did either OF these occur
rcnces relating 90 Puerto Rico give 20
the Philippines The argument ~ the
opposition parts like rotten cloth upon
the slightest pressure,
Congress, says the orcgouian. "has
always exercised legislative powers over
territory ~ the United States. hut never
has 1t assumed 90 set up tarin barriers
between the territories ~ the United
States and the states % the Union"
Nor DOES V now For thai Puerto Rl,o
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Julian Ralph's reports of meth
DDS of warfare are likely to make him
persona non grata with the high Off
Gals of the Transvaal.
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Why Not do as Caesar pidi


Editor McRel~ay. % the Brooklyn
E.agi keeps right on sassing Mr. Bryan
WITH an the resources OF his extensive
vocabulary. Mr.. Bryan should follow
President Mckinley example and invite
Edltor McKelway 20 dinner. This might
intricate things and soften asperitioa.
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Gov. Gen. Wood has a new ten-pound
girl at the palace in Havana. n 1t is
not difficult to determine who will do
the ordering around now.
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TO Misiead.

A dispatch has been sent out over the
country from Portland stating that IA
900 people have engaged passage from
Pacific coast ports for Cape Nome that
forty-two steamers destined for that
point will soon clear from San Fran
cisco, Puget sound ports and Portland.
and that probably 20, 900 people will have
gone north before the close OF the COM
ing navigation season. This dispatch is
correct as far as 1t goes, but something
has Intentionally beer left unsaid.
An effort was evidently made to give
out the impression that the travel to
the new mining district Will be distrib-
uted about equally between the Coast
cities named; when, as a matter of fact.
the point of departure for nearly all Of
the gold seekers and other travellers GO
ing north VIII be Seattle.
At a Francisco today about five
steamers are advertised to sail for Cape
Nome; at Portland there are only three;
80 &NpA'' AV'if vi - "AANh VIVA Nhht
some OF their passengers and a portion
OF their freight from this city. At Sc
attic about thirty steamers are adver.
tlsed for Cape Nome sailings, to which
should be added several ships and a
small feet OF schooners chartered by
private parties. In other words. there
will be about four times as many steam
ers sailing for Cape Nome from Seattle
as there are from all the other Ameri-
can Pacific coast ports combined. And
the record Of vessels returning from
the north will probably be even more
favorable to this city.
This comparison ia not made In any
ungenerous spirit. but rather with the
idea OF correcting an impress
sion possibly created by reading the
news item sent out from Portland.
through which travellers might be mis-
led into seeking some roundabout way
In view of the fact that so many thous-
and people contemplate going north. It
is only proper that they should be adj
vised as 10 the best route 20 take. They
desire. Of course, 10 select the route over
which the regular travel goes. and Il Is
perhaps well TO caution them against
relying upon temporary transportation
facilities over unusual routes until they
have been thoroughly Investigated.
Seattle "a so situated geographically
with respect 60 Alaska that e was nat
urai that the trade which has grown
mp with that country during the past
few years should center In this city.
This has become the great supply depot
and outHttins headquarters Tor the en-
tire Alaska country A clase touch IS
maintained with the north IN both win
ter and summer. ana practically an ~
the transportation business Is done from
this point Holding ta.s position at the
gateway 70 the great mining districts
recently discovered II was Inevitable
that AL * the travel should come this
way excepting that which goes from
the immediate nejshhorhood o. some ot
,he other Coast ports ana which can be
og-omwo latcd uy a comparatively few
Vessels
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FROM THE, EOPIF
HOW Ill WAS 1T.

Seattle. March &c, 1900.
To the Editor: In your issue Of yester-
day you devote considerable space to arr
article on the famous portrait of Baby
Stuart by Van Dyck. In st. Nicholas for
March. 1Sso-or volume Z. part IL find an
account of the same baby. though in this
the child is called Babie Stuart. daughter
of Charles the First and Henrietta Maria.
The account further says that this child
was born on March II. 1857. and so would
have been 2SS years old. instead of POI, as
stated in your columns.
Having long been an ardent admirer Of
this picture. l am anxious to know which
account of 1t is correct, and whether 1t
represents a prince or a princess. The st.
Nicholas writer, Agnes Il. Thompson. SAYS
that Baby Stuart" lived to be only four
years old. ANNA BEACH.
In Great Pictures Described by Great
Writers" Jules Guiffrey says: but how
many OF these works (of Van Dyck), in
which. however, very great qualities shine,
pale before a canvass of the master pre-
served in the museum of Turin. We mean
the picture In which the three young chill
dren OF Charles First are grouped-tho
Prince OF Wales, the Princess Henrietta
Maria, who became the Duchess Of Or
leans and the Duke OF York (Baby
STUART. All three are still In long
dresses, therefore the eldest was about
1--WE or six years old at most. All three
are standing up, and for that reason we
cannot give the youngest less than eight
cen months or two years. This circum-
stance dates the picture-it was painted in
1885"
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Every Republican should vote at tn
primaries today.
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The mayor Of New York says that
town is 1.-THE cleanest and most moral
city in the world" Mayor Van Wyck
is unduly severe on the rest Of the
world.
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If the silver leader doesn't hurry in
getting to Whatcom he win find that
the most Of his former supporters there
have gone over to the Republican party
IN . body.
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The grip of Mr.. Cookers bun pup is
only equaled by his own pull.
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\ protocol has been signed extending
for six months the period allowed Span
ish residents in the Philippine islands to
ish subjects or adopt the nationality of
the territory in which they reside. Lik
some other people, they cannot take de-
cisive action until the rainy season is
O.er.
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The people of Eastern Washington
are listening respectfully to the words
of Col. Bryan. but the time has gone
by when he can work up the old en-
thusiasm of 1896.
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Those Prices for Grub at Nome.

Anaconda STANDARD.
The necessity OF taking alonE some
uockaI nouAs II 2aDAlsnL
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Making ii Easy.

We note with much interest that the
entrance examinations for the Bryan
dollar dinner were made too rigid. and
the list of requirements has suffered
a pruning. The citizens who would pay
a dollar for a dinner, with the added en-
tertainment of a speech. may be many;
it is learned that those who are willing
to supplement this with a signed dec
laration of their acceptance of the Chi
cage platform are few. Therefore the
committee having the matter in charge
have waived the Objectionable condition,
The Endorsement of the Chicago plat
form has been stricken from the form
of application to be presented by IN
tending purchasers of ickets. Thus, we
are told. a stumbling block" is re-
moved.
1t is a sufficient confession of the
odium in which the Chicago platform
is held, most r~ighteously, by the people.
when they cannot be tempted to indorse
1t in this informal way even to satisfy
the natural curiosity which many of
them feel to hear and see Mr.. Bryan. 1t
Is also significant of the number of Chi
cage platform Democrats in his year
ture has had to be eliminated publicly
If the attendance of as many as a
thousand people is desired. Democrats
OF any variety are rather shy just now,
but Chicago platform Democrats may
fairly claim to rank as curiosities and
deserve a hall to themselves.
1t is a little difficult to see how this
concession mends matters. The Ne
braska platform was framed confessed
ly to MIR. Bryan's liking and with his
approval. 1t is expected to stand as a
model for the national Democratic on
vention. But II opens with an unequiv-
peal reafirmation OF the platform adopt
ed at Chicago. To sickle at indorsing
1t while expressing willingness to sup
port Mr.. Bryan would seem to be what
Daniel Webster called a distinction
without a difference. In a fraternal
spirit we suggest to the struggling
brethren OF the opposition that they do
not draw things too fine In this Nc
Kinley year. but just throw the doors
open without embarrassing s~tipulations.
1t is a good time not 10 make It hard
for a man who Is willing to confess
himself a Democrat or a Populist. Per
haps they might even oner a premium.
a man was arrested in New York the
other day because he tried 10 bring a
donkey into a theater TO see the per-
Torrance. II the donkey a inferred
unattended it would have been all right
II is lucky for the Occur d'Alene coun-
try that Congressman Lentz was not
working there when the last riots oc-
Cured. The disorder would probably
have been worse than It actually was.
In setting the price o. the dinner u
be given in this clty next Monday IA
honor Of Mr.. Bryan there wa no Inten
ton on the part of the committee to pu.
the dollar above the man.
It Is hardly In order to say that the
world is not improving when p%rizehght-
ms Is stopped in New York and Mrs.
Langtry is forbidden 10 perform In the
city of Pittsburg.
The Coast needn't mind -quaraniining
against smallpox so long as "~sapho"
and The Desenerates' are not trying
10 come way.
Or Leyds claims that the Egyptian
government has committed . breach Of
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Eye-y SEATTLE merchant wh1 r%eloi,e-
that the Interstate commission win hear
testimony In 'sis gity IN the 2pFlraton
~ Eastern t'bbers Tor rulings that wa
rert7it uela t1 drive heme capital out
OF the ie)d should think first what hs
can io ta help so the cgh'. TIE issue
Is % the most important ~ its
bearing upon the interest ana business
OF th' Pacific c.as thar has ever arisen.
When the commission reaches Seattle it
should and our joulcrs and mauuac.
turers prepared with IN Irresistible Az
raw Of facts and arguments against a
proposed invasion ~ thus Held. through
The arbitrary and unreasonable rulings
that it demands. by a combination that
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seeks it's own profit by breaking dow
local Interests without n dollar of
advantage to the consumer.
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ADJUSTMENTS TODAY.

SEATTLE THEATER - "Tae Three
Nusketeers.'
THIRD AVENUE THEATER-"In
Darkest Russia"
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Dr. Leyds claims that the Egyptian
government has committed = breach Of