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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-10

Is warning to tie American people
against the dangerous trend OF AFFAIRS.
1t breathes the highe1 morality, the mos,
exalted patriotism AMI an intelligent APP
probation OF and dsystion to the best
teachings of the pes statesmanship Of
the founders and mo- srs of our insti-
buttons 1t is like the shadow of grea,
rock In a weary laid, and II the American
people have not gone further toward the
brink OF ruin than We now believe to be
the case. this timely and brilliant appeal
to their lingering patriotism, their higher
reason and their better judgment must
exert profound Influence In the solution
OF existing problems.
This Ia not the language OF partisan
eulogy. 1t is not the extravaganza o!
biased admiration. These reflections un-
consciously arise from a quiet, careful
reading Of the address when coupled with
even an imperfect knowledge OF existing
conditions and manifest tendencies. Every
intelligent citizen of the country should
study this masterful grafton.
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RcusToN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10. 400
II PAGES TODAY.
COLD BLooDEp GOVERNMENT.

When the subjects OF another govern
ment were starving in Cuba this govern
ment used public money to feed the pitiful
victims of RECOMMENDATION and lnhumanity,
The people of the United States also re-
sponded generously in perfecting and con-
Quoting the relief measures
In the British parliament the other day
the government of Great Britain through
Its cabinet members refused to allow ap-
populations OF public moneys to relieve
the famine stricken districts of India, al
though We are told that rs many as s.. =
100000 people are in aeed o. assistance OF
some kind. The excuse or this h,artl"ss-
ress on the part OF the government is
that too ready charity" bes a "Gcmoral-
tzing influence" Millions arc left to die
rather than that other millions might be
rendered lazy" or "demoralised" through
CT arity!
This is the cold blooded indifference OF
the task-master, of the sordid slave driver.
of tho imperialstic orpressor. II ia. too
conspicuous exposure of the hypocrlsy
of that civilization which is exeuslng its
conquests on the plea OF the greater good,
the greater humanity to the subject colo
MES. 1t is the benevolent assimilation
OF which We have heard some talk In
this country Let the millions starye
lest they should learn to depend on chart
ty! No discrimination, no time limit
for assistance, no relaxation OF cold blood
ed policy of the higher civilization 70
meet ar awful calamity or an emergency
OF huge proportions.
We are not surprised that some good
people who do not look deep into mat
tiers refuse their assistance 10 the famine
stricken Hlndoos In view of this apparent
indifference or close-fstedness Of the
British government, but such a refusal
only makes matters worse without in the
least Furnishing the British government
Such narrow view visits the crime OF
the master upon the slave, or adds to his
suffering because those VINO ought ia
help him have cast him aside. Aban.
doned by the heartlessness of Britain the
miserable victim of this cruelty should
appeal only the deeper to outside sym
patty.
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Keep Something Doing.

Omaha World-Hernld.
The Houston Pest is calling upon tho
citizens OF Houston to wake up and d.
something to make Houston bigger AMI
better The town which grows all the
time Is the town that never sleeps and 10
ever alive TO opportunity" says The psf
lhen 1t proceeds to Gle the fact that Lon
don ana New York. sleeping in tIncied
security, have awakened to the TACT that
the other and more progressive towns
have walked oil with the business. No
city Is big enough to rest ON lis laurels.
The only way 10 keep ahead is to keep
at work doing something
What The houston Post says abou
Houston applies with equal force 1,
Omaha. Omaha must make the m 1st Of
opportunities. There are many things
Omaha needs and which Omaha could Sc
cure by the exercise of the proper amount
of public spirit. There is railroad to thc
Northwest, tapping the fertile helds y
S nth Dakota, for instrnce. There IS tbs
matter OF convention hall as another.
Omaha should KEEP SOMETHING
DOING"
Perhaps the greatest need OF the mo-
ment Is a market house. But a market
house will not be built in Omaha until
Omaha builds 1t. No other city viii build
it for Omaha. OF that we are assured.
Omaha has as much public spirit as any
city of equal size in the country. The
great trouble is that 1t is harder to arouse
Omahn's public spirit. The time has
come, however. when 1t must be aroused
II Omaha Is 10 hold her place in the race.
KEEP SOMETHING DOING IN oMA-
HA
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-10
MIR. BRYAss ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

No man can lay aside the speech OF ac-
ceptance OF Mr.. Bryan after having given
It careful perusal without having his
conception of the dignity greatness and
true mission of this Republic distinctly
enlightened and elevated
The distinguishing feature OF the ad-
dress is its high moral tone.
No thoughtful citizen will deny that
American politics and public sentiment
fer some years past have been degenerate
Ing. The better ideals Of a better day
politically and morally and socially. in the
history OF the Nation have been gradually
but perceptibly abandoned as models for
the conduct and Inspiration Of the people.
The grosscr questions OF life have been
absorbing popular attention while the finer
thought and sensibilities have been dis
appearing The rapid accumulation Of
great wealth and It's baneful example, is
perniclous influences and It's steady tend
ency toward the creation of an aggressive
and goddess plutocracy, have been wean-
Ing the Nation away from former stand
ards Of public and private morality and
OF political conservatism and patriotism.
In fact. the apparent tendencies OF the
times have aroused the slncerest alarm
among tens OF thousands of honest and
old-fashioned people that the Republic was
Fastening with giant leaps and bounds to
It's decay and ruin.
We have never In our history so great :
ly needed some political Moses TO lead us
away from the flesh pots and the growing
bondage Of corruption and selishness and
worship Of material idols as today--some
one strong and brave and honest enough
TO point out the land as II was originally
promised to us and TO bid us enter and
enjoy H.
Mr.. Bryan's speech goes far toward the
fulfliment Of such mission--it is pow
erfui appeal to the Nations hest i'm
pulses and fidelity to the better tradi-
tions and higher ideals Of the earlier days
Of the Republic.
The whole tenor 81 his address Is .
disntiicd and patriotic protest against the
sssdid and corrodins philosophy and poll
~ q latter day society end politics. II
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Itt,t.ri .... u-... = ~
drI T" % NJ "eStiliI'sleF . w. Lon
nn~r al, * o.,...-,sSt' RS eiiyo'no u
uPon an tne government employees en-
easeu IA thls neiarlous work, and they
49, SO IA as possioie' rom
Nho"lus tue character OF the documents
- spieauiNs pioaueasI over the
d.. d. puOii1 eApense.
royeo,.j tha ""' ous, ane an accident
nno,,ts 49,. 20 ooples VI THESE docu-
- ".Vn az Tue efiueHce pertalnlns
~ nc" cHeulatIoh by Inns government on
~ NJ ~ vhe pl-'isn CROWN are now In
Halus Oh prominent men IN Washing
- Si,u Nhe government In charge Of The
moEh mas MADE no attempt at denial Of
.a s,,,
coae' tlo, uas'"ruiy betrayal OF nation S
Souueehee was never perpetrated. The
Mckinley administration, anxious to be-
triend Great BritMn and to excuse its own
synpaih ny with the imperialists now en-
gagged IN destroying the little South Al
llean republics, is engaged in circulating
millions OF imperialistiC documents in III :
country, prepared by the British govern
mem.
And worse than all, the atteInpt a. yn7de
TO poison the mind of the growing genera
with the fatal fai'sotos - ~ lns,i uC'ot ;,
mihtarlsm bv means - 'l1 ,b 11'iS.h alll
pamphlets. thus pavins tha w. tsl l'' = .
reign Of imneriot,.,, tue way LOT
and trranrv ana 49, Oo"queS', Ieprtss'on
this continsn, tn o"'n VI merry on
MachIa3velli, h,,t d plot worthy OF
dsnca ~ out IN the race OF such evil
tbere oar 10 ~ no room TO doubt it and
of ne oaH NO longer be shadow of denill
y~h,,S ne uupNelty OF an administrator
nert.., WINE prating of liberty and pros
eratsi, 70 I,s people is coldly and delio-
shoclio. P.o'tlns 10 rlyet upon them the
'nruNies OF Old world tyranny
Inc English government dictates the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-10
tBY C. A. EDWARDS.1

Washington. August 3.-(StaT Specially
charged by men of the highest stand ng
at the National capital that secret al
lance exists between the present adm n
.s.ration and the British government,
through which the foreign policy of the
United States has been, and is, dominated
by Great Britain, Prominent members OF
bon houses of congress and many men
CT National reputation and influence have
| openly made and reiterated this assertion,
in congress, in the columns OF the pre- s
and from the platform.
The people OF Texas will remember that
the Hon Joe Bailey made this charge
more than a year ago and wis rallied at
by the republican press Tor SO doing. The
administration spokesman have met this
charge all along the line as they met 1t
from Mr.. Bailey, with ridicule and inyee-
tive, but have been utterly unable to
retute 1t categoricsily and satisfactorily.
The entire trend of events since the ac-
| cession of the administration to power has
corroborated this startling charge in every
detail. and the policy OF Secretary Hay
has brought out and eXemplified the true
state of affairs with such clearness and
eifrontery that even the most ardent sap
porters of the administration have found
It well nigh impossible TO deceive them
selves as 10 the facts.
Nevertheless, the country at large has
been loath to believe that a policy so
abhorrent to American Institutions and
traditions could have been tois.ed upon
the country, and the people have hesitated
to credit the evidence OF the admnistrl-
tens own acts, In the absence OF specific
PROOF. But that proof has just hesn sup
| piled from a most unexpected source end
in such form that there is no longer any
doubt or denial I have reference TO the
statement published in The Post recently
anent the sending out of the anti Boer
documents through the bureau of educa-
ton here.
This conspiracy which has come to light
win startle and arouse the country b a
sense Of the bitter humiliation which this
administration has deliberately invited.
and the terrible danger which menaces
the free Institutions OF our country.
The bureau OF education. which is a
/ branch OF the interior department, has
been engaged for weeks In sending out
sets Of six pamphlets and leaflets to all
sehoel teachers Of the Middle West and
Northwest.
These documents bear the following cap
tions;
"The British Case Against the Boer Re-
public"
Letters to Senator Hear on the Trans
vaal War. by John Bellows
Beers and Blacks"
The Treatment OF Cape Beers by the
English Government and the Treatment of
the English by the Beer Government"
The Witness OF the Churches"
The Future OF South Africa"
These documents we're issued by the
Imperial South African association. 60
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Indianapolis Sentinel.
Notwithstanding the many repeated and
vulgar insults heaped upon Mr.. Bryan dur
presidency, he has never retaliated eyen
in the most remote manner and Cae
Great Father knows that the republi. a.
press embraces very vulnerable coai-
ton. 1t is refreshing. therefore, to tarn
to that prominent thinker and ex-profes-
sor of Oxford university, Goodwin Smith,
and learn his opinion OF Mr.. Bryan He
does not indorse his financial views, or
his opinions on labor problems, and he
thinks that he talks too much, but con-
tinuing, he says:
On the other hand, he has done no.n
ing vile. He has not been guilty OF thu
crime-st once about the greatest and the
meanest that public man can conml.-
OF involving nation In war for the ends
Of his own selfish ambition Nor has he
been stepped in regeneration and de.eit.
He is understood to be perfectly sincere
In his desire to save the American com
monwealth and all that depends on 1t from
the gulf of old world Imperialism, to the
brink of which 1t has been drawn On
this, the question OF the hour his souni-
er to give vigorous and telling exprs SIS On
to the faith that is in him. Socially, h
Is of the right sort to fight plutocr, tic
ascendoncy, being Western man OF mo l.
crate means. Such as he is, he stands for
the American commonwealth at a great
crisis Of its destinies, and he will pros
ably receive the general support OF tho e
who are loyal TO It's fundamental pin
ciples, whatever their opinion on the sre-
cial question of the currency may be. Tint
question can not be a living issue viii {
the composition of the senate remains IS
1t IS At present, that is for at least four
years.
Mr.. Mckinley and the republican party
come in for sharp reproof from Mr..
Smiths pen. with the tory patty IA
Great Britain" he says President Nc
kinley and his followers unquestionaN ly
ere In alliance They think by pro
ceed.ngs in South Africa it Is countenanc-
ing their proceedings in the Philippines .
and look forward to having in the Engli h
t-ries a partner In future expaasi n
schemes Then Mr.. Smith says that BIZ
Its course ''the democratic party is moral :
ly in alliance with the liberal parry of
Great Britain against the spirit CT i'm
perial aggression. which threatened to get
possession OF the world"
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agreement, Secretary Hay and NJ III
the British charge d 'affaires IN lah Va
try. were appointed a commlssen Y 4
eide the Alaskan boundary dispute !.
such Arrangement with Lord saNs0A']
great slice of American territory ny
been turned over 10 the goyeransI
Great Bsitain. This TERRITORY y M
Is twenty miles wide and over = u ~.
miles long, and is territory thai wMs
from Russia and paid for over sapp \
ago end was never before II alapas u
the gold mines were discoyerea sa.,l
The consideration for this sci VI
plumber and betrayal has mol ~ =
pired,
2. Secretary Hay sumniafh! ~
Mr.. Macrum, U. 5. consul ~
South Africa. because the ial'el N
10 submit 10 the British eeasn'
his private and official dispsVDsa
published the outrage In inls III
MIR. Macrum was recalled anu e''
was made by the state depatmsa'
initiate and discredit him. oecsas'
sisted on defending his rlsns 4.
American citizen aud malntalnhsv .,
tegrity of his important office VIZ
rum was succeeded by the son
tary Hay, who, on his way 10 -
stopped in London and had ~ n.
ference with the British toreisa S i..u.]
is believed here that he toos S Ss "A
tons as consul OF the unileo s,' H ID
the British government ins.es' Il,
the state department in tnls NM
Otherwise. why should the repts IN
OF this government remain 10
hours in close conference WIN n r a
office OF another country! ~"
own conclusions. ,,stry d \
3. The sentiment in TINS cos .,ys
vor of the construction ana c on. n
Nicaragua canal by this governs. suI,3
overwhelming as to be almoss ru,irA
But this would be inimlcal % p~,
terests. and by private alleaAas,s.sry 4
tween Lord Salisbury and Sec .s. II 4
a treaty was made reyiFlns ,hus
Clayton Bulwer treaty. anu ~ n
pendent sctlon on the part o. Id 4
states was temporarily ssssl.s
treaty is now pending IN the 4 h a
;his administration viii use an & 4
next winter at the short 20 sIylss
gress to have it passed; . .sas ss,,sl /
land as much control OF tnA'
will have. ..s 10 y
4. Secretary Hay. in dels "a ihs M
Salisburys request. oIiereu .dlats .
offices OF this country 20 m msis = \
Transvsal troubles. and thus as y is n
slble for the British foreign V u sn'sa1
a puppet OF this government - ssgsrl5]
the powers through our s'a'
and hold Europe at bay; nov ssaFj
s. The United States Is !. nS nartset3
concert with Great Britain n II ~
lattere dominance OF AFFAIRS s's,crsIsrl
diplomatic note sent out Dy ~ -, 4 ~ q
on July 8 stating the obieellgrsa q y
eminent to the partition q y sassIss! =
tended to aid Great Britain s y
STA. France and Germany an ths
aware OF the alliance bei bel. ,sas d
States and England apc a',IlIs5
ouence Withdrawn her III VI
british demand that Japia
free hand in China.
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US and affronted the laws Of civilization
and humanity.
If this appeal is to fail what Is TO Ds-
come of this gorgeous enterprlse| II ;ha
points of their foreign policy, when at
the right psychological moment it Shall
at length be revealed in its full proper
lions, fail to win popular assent, ana tie
call of volunteers. instead of meeting wlth
the enthusiastic and practical reply which
was seen in our civil war. and even in the
late Spanish affair, finds only periuncto-
ry and sporadic acceptance--then we may
well look with curiosity to see what the
administration (at this very critical mo
ment Of It's fortunes), its accompices
and its dupes, will do in the premises;
or, we might say. what will be done to
them.
If they have really been mistaken IN
this detail Of their calculations, it Is safe
to say that a m1re gigantic political err
ror was never committed by any govern
ment in history since the time when the
Persians made up their minds TO invale
Hellas.
The mistake-should It turn out To ne
ope-will be due to our administration s
having put too much-dependence upon thu
folly, the great and the original evil OF
human nature. It is a mistake which a
government Of hucksters and highwaymen
would be especially prone to make 1t is
IL most mortifylng and Irritating kind of
mistake to these guilty of it, and they
can never quite understand it, because
they themselves have demonstrated their
possession of the evil which they have az
cribad to others, and they are loath to be-
lieye that others can be in any respect
less base than themselves.
But whether the present administration
understands the popular apathy regarding
war in China or not, they will go down 10
destruction just the same, should the
apathy prove to be a fact.
And there is great probability that II
will prove so. The proXimate cause may
be sought In the common sense Of elomon-
tary Justice Of the mass Of the ualnln.
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naImed off on the other. When we nave
q disrraceful riot of hoodlums here IN
New orleans, unexpected ana DOING tneil
miserable outlawry before the real Nc"
Orleans can act and r.press the army ol
lts lowesa stratum OF human depraVlty'
one d,o not make the North TO believe
thar these acts are the acts OF essentlai
New Orleans, because there are nundreus
and thousands OF people In every NOOK OF
the North who have been here and CONS
10 know US and become friendly. IL 10
utterly impossible. even by use 81 mop
of ficnds. TO make one section Of tne coun-
try think another section a land given
over 10 monsters.
~
Consequently. all the actions and UTE
ances OF Miss Hyserla do no harm TO New
orleans in the estimation OF the intelll-
gence OF the North. Boston knows pet
ter. But it is obvious that she does 40
harm to the ignorance personlhed by @he
aggregation OF blacks she collected TO
preach to-an ignorance as dense as 10
hold up a black specimen Wanting the
threat that an army of a million blacks
we're waiting in Africa, ready to swim ne
seas o make the AruArican Caucasian learn
a lesson. This poor ignorance IS imposed
on as much as is the imagination of MISS
Jewett by her hysteria. And 1t Is posi-
tive wrong The monster Charles, whom
this aggregation evidently thought was
horribly wr0nged, is an exposition OF now
much wrong such a woman can do
Charles. even with couple of murders
already hanging over him, might have
lived a life 10 old age without further
violence to society had it not been for
Just such people as the Jewett woman
when you infame ignorance with frenzy,
however, instead OF humanizing 1t with
light and gentlene's. you have created u
factor whose hand Is raised practically
against every other mans hand. Charles,
as one unit of the work wrought by idiots
ami mountebanlSs of the Jewett order. was
the direct murderer OF several good and
estimable citizens. the cause of the MUIR
der of many of his own race and the cause
of the possible hanging Of and peniten-
tiary for those of mis- race whom he melted
to believe the white man the inevitable
foe of he black.
Two things should be obviously certain
TO people of the iIk N Miss Hystera. One
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Dy JULIAN HAWTHORNE

New York Jourrnl
A certain number of persons in this
country are unquestionsby much wrought
East-they are those who have some pc
cuniary or business interest at stake, .,
who have friends or relative among thu
victims of Chinese barcarity. Some poll
iticiaLs. too, including the leading mem
bers OF the remarkable aggregation now
grasping the reins OF government ia
Washington, are of course deeply con-
cerned in the outcome of the Eastern pol
icy which their amazing crimiEality has
been developing during the Hannl- Nc
kinley regime; but inasmuch as money
for themselves Is their prime object, they
should be contented with the class FIRE,
named.
But what is the attitude on the subiec.
OF the American people at large, irre5pec-
tive of plrtisanship and personal interest
OF one or another kind? To a disp3ssiouato
view. It does not appear that they are az
all anxious TO push matters a outlance,
or even that their revengeful and blood
thirsty instincts have been greatly stimu-
Lated by the murder OF our missionaries.
or by the massacre of the American and
European envoys-assuming that 1t has
actually taken place.
In short there seems to be a widespread
and deep-sested apathy regarding the Chi
nese question at the present stage; and II
this be the case, it must be causing a
good deal OF dismay and perpleXlty in the
councils OF our astute administration
They have long been planning out their
SHIRE in the embrogllo. and have expended
large sums OF the peoples money and much
perverted ingenuity in preparing far T..
But all their schemes must necessarily
kave hinged for their success upon .h'
filing of the National heart, upon mi
versal resp 1nse to their appeal 10 cur
patriotism, and to our innate instinct -
he avenged upon those who have iniIre
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A WAR WITH CHINA IS FAR FROM POPULAR

Inc civil war and the Spanish n, :,
popular because in them great sna Nj
mental moral principles vera los'Ia,3
though 1t Is, of course, true MI
private ambition, greed and c,rr
were mingled with the lofty aat 4.
Gus sentiments. But the apuarsue,
pending war with China Involve, a /
waited or dignifed principles NJ \
and would be quite out Of accSri !
what has always, and rightly Bee, }
to be the true mission of this eosa,n
the world.
1t viii be a war OF revenge, u,sha
war of aggression. and it will b. ID
taken in company with European ur
whose aims and principles Of e1,.s
are divergent from our own. Its MI
to US as a nation, in case Of complies I
uninterrupted success, would be slialI
ly problematical, to cay the best \
and in any case we would De SLOW b n
don those schemers who, FOR the ln5s]
ment of their private and persona Il
tunes, misled US into 1t
We are inclined to deprecste Ii. n
because we recognize that the Chimes
only doing Cin their own bloody ili \
compromising way) what We woua b
their place; and that our incautiSunia1
imprudence and graspingness is to I'd
for bringing matters to their preset
sis. We are just now constrd b n
multiplicity and unfamiliarity Of As Il
siderations forced upon our stIsis|
but the basic perception that W u
been caught in place. and IN cdisss|
where we had no business 10 b
which is substantially unjusiitaM 4
mains unaffected in US
We will probably decide that rear 4
going to send our young men 70 XII y
be killed in that war, and that " n
rather accept an affront TO our yltlly Il
let ourselves be drawn into an rar7l
eous conflict. the issue Of which NY
no foreseeing. And in so deciding WJ
give a deadly blow to the most lasp
and dangerous conspiracy which Oh "
stained our political history.