The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-18

"Snienuo vi thhipdlgu contrlDutOrh. Win
very great claims in view of what WIS
done during the canvass last year f1s9s)."
Yes. the secretary may be said, trained
as he is in the republican school OF
practical politics. TO have discharged the
obligation of his chief 10 his Doodle sup
porters and to have laid the predicate
for large campaign contribution from
the same source in 1900.
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The Post cares nothing for the denuneia.
tiun of the mayors organ. Tho Post said
yesterday that "if the mayors present pro-.
posed action had been taken a year and
half aeo the light plant would now be in
operation and our people receiving the bene-
hts OF municipal ownership' And Il Is a
fact The claim set up by the organ that
the mayor took action last Monday because
the ordinance creating the light board was
Unconstitutional Is ono OF the humorous feat.
ufcs OF the present campaign, IT is positively
udlcrous Who has decided that the ordi.
nance s unconstitutional? What court had
1t been in7 II the mayor took II on himself
J, to decide the question. surely the very gen
eral complaints and criticisms At the delay,
running over period Of two years. should
have brought this decision sooner 1t was
not necessary for him to take up tho code
OF ordinances and read them from cover to
coverN 20 hnd this particular 'unconstitu-
tionaP one. The people, who had voted
their money to have the plant erected. and
thereby escape the clutches Of an exscting
MONOPOLY have for nearly two years been
directing his attention 10 n, The truth is,
the people voted for light and got-politics
They have not been treated right. and IL the
mayors organ thinks Il can feed them on
such chan az that dealt out yesterday It
viii ind itself mistaken.
The only thing that now threatens 10 sur.
vive the century dispute ia the Philppin.
war.
Yesterdays Issue Of tho Galveston NewB
contained an announcement that was Of much
moment and interest 10 the Newspaper IRA
torutv of Texas the card NJ tho venerable
n G jenkins. the long time editor Of that
napcr. rssisning his position Mr. Icnkns.
though now approaching the four-sc years
sill ietHins that mental vitality which for
So many decades has made rim power in
Texas Journalism and has lmoelled Younger
men 10 look IN to him az Ncstor. The Post
News in matters Of policy, hut 1t has always
recognized tho able hand IN control Of the
News ut,erhnces. II has ever been FIN
ished a courteous and a brilliant opponent
that The Post has had to contend against.
and that opponent has been Colonel u. c,
Jenkins, In his retirement this paper wishes
Colonel Jenkins the utmost comfort that re-
nose can give a man who has Won his right
to all tho resulting emoluments that news
paperdom can give.
General Wheeler has resigned Wonder II
ne can be induced to tell HIS country any
thing OF the inefriciency of General Otis?
| when National bank directors contribute
to the republican campaign fund, they do
so az business proposition. and expect re-
turns ON the investment at the proper time
| II Is also quite apparent that the republican
! party recognizes its obligations to these gem
erous contributors and stands ready TO reward
! them whenever the opportunity for doing so
arises, II the countryDrequ!rod any conhrma-
ton OF these facts. It is fully satisfied In
the letter Of certain bank official to Sec
rotary Gage and in the secrctary's "substan-
| tial" response thereto in the shape OF large
| deposits of government money. which the
bank in question used to its own profit with
out one penny of consideration to the gov
eminent The consideration We may add by
way OF extraordinary ucdlty. was repre-
sci ted in the contributions of the directors
o. this particular bank to the success OF Mr..
Mckinley in the presidential election of 1896.
Tho Kentucky legislature has cinched the
election OF Joe blackburn to the senate by
the unprecedented act OF duplication OF It's
vote at different times.
1t is given out from Washington that the
president declines to interfere with the gu.
bernatorial situation in Kentucky. but Ken.
lucky republicans stlll claim that the prosi
dent has given them encouragement. In 1875
when the republicans undertook to hold tn,
government of Texas by appeal to Fedora
authority, General Grant. then president. re-
fused them aid or comfort. Mr. Mci<inle,
night follow the soldier president with honor,
n Senator Beveridse's test of Filipino elti-
zenship had obtained in Llncoln's day the
/ Afro.American would never have been given
tho elective franchise,
? The Unusual prevalence Of yellow fever IN
Havana for December and the frst half 81
January is said to bs-uot due to unsanltary
! conditions so much as TO the extraordinary
innpN OF immigration from tho Interior, The
hest service that General Wood can do his
, cctrtry is 10 nut in practice such sanitation
as will prevent Havana continuing per
petual plague spot
When sharkey breathes his ribs prctrude
His broken slets still attest the tremendous
hitting pcwcr OF the boiler maker Prize
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