The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-14


no alternative in honor save 10 obey or
ders, however distastetul to him they may
be, --------
ur chaunrey Mitchell Depcw has at ins'
brokon the silence which has so mySter'ouS's
shrouded hts noble ego for the past wv"
months. and as usual the Cercean lure OF h''
language frozo all tho streams withlh f""'"'
NJ ten miles of nelmonicos. made inc uooVo'
audience cut dytbirambic didoca OF deisul
and nut the pioue into paroHysns. INC soo'
doctor discussed the gubernatorihi iracas }"
Kentucky. aud 10 doing so switched MS pros
nuthaus iawmill from the pleasing plates Oh
ruddtpe and fine points Of rouchong ana
shone forth IN the hclatrN OF roBaruan'
bulldog out through Chaunccy Mltchsi'
Eoliar lambse1uius flowed IN dulcet strains
suloeium Of Taylor in which the Kentucky
usurpcr was made a G. o. r. joss, before
whom all tho lost5 OF Hanna should koto"
and sing TO with sunburats OF patriotic song
The audience. becoming frcuzod with Chaun-
c,v Nitcbcll's olouuence. aud being afflicted
with throats Ike limekilns, tho pcForatlon 70
this outburst OF pathos. buncomho aud blue
FIRE was never reached. but as the meeting
broke no the strains OF tho band hoated out
from under tho tables, With O raGume YER
sion OF Hold the Fort, Nj. Taylor for
Ctunrcy's A-comlng In a Trot.' Wo stun
hope for the best, but after this Ajax of Man
haitian has donned his accoutremcnts OF war
aud declared for Taylor, to an experienced
political couuosseur tho Kentucky situation Is
murky and there is no telling what will hap
oen ere another moon wakes and wanesl
King Cotton Us monarch of all he surveys
and has come to stay,
The salt Lake Tribune wants to be sure
that It's next congressman-elect VIII success
fully connect with his congressional certlh-
cate 1t pertnently remarks; THE anxiety
in the East to know what kind Of a congress
man Utah will next send to Washington ought
not to have as much Government to Eastern
| people as to Utah II would he comfort to
know that both parties will nominate their
best men 1t 4. high place; only competent
mon should be named for IT,"
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Taylor holds on. although deserted by every
body except tho bellicose governor of New
York.
paderewsll has been shorn OF fully a halt
foot OF his chrysanthemum locks, is a little
shy on his erstwhilc prodisal supply oil
roulados bravuras and trills, but otherwise
ho has the same powers over those who tloct
to listen TO him as he ever had--stil makes
om get up aud dance in their sleep
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1t is pretty hard on Butler when the Lon
don war critics admit his defeat at Ladysmtl
and predict the fall Of the garrison.
Isn't It a tribe late in the discussion for
republican senator to discuss an internattona
agreement as predicate for bimotallsm
Evidently our republican friends arc payiul
the way for a further postponement OF th'
currency issue 80 far as any definite action il
concerned.
The South African war is nearer a clos
than the Philippine war--if the latter can b
dErihed by the name of war at all.
Japan is sufficiently chummy with England
to lend her some big guns that Japan had IN,
foresight and national enterprise TO have ii
process of construction Now. II England
would only borrow some up-to-dato generals
she might give Dom Paul brave run for hi,
money.
} Feuds, liquor and guns appear to be tn,
fends in triumvirate that hold the element.
OF dIseord alive in unhappy Kentucky,
chauncey popew nils up on patti dc fo
sras aud straghtway secs visions in which
Taylor is a martyr to the cause Of an untram.
meled ballot IN Kentucky. Chauncey should
col srmc some wholesome food and lit hi.
dazzling genius above the influence OF spooks
The senate end OF the extra session has
been very LARGELY enjoying the delectablo sen.
sations of a prolonged period of iunocuou,
! deeretude.
Maud Come, the Irish woman who is now
! IN the United States advocating the Boer sid,
OF the South African imbrogo seems To h,
rather ubiquitous, kind OF "on again, 90
again, Come again lady, so to sneak.
The extra session dies bard, but dies never
lheless Whether 1t will have another III,
: has placed the wisest at the capital in a pain
iui condition of profound guess,
An optimistic editor up in csnuekdon
i eheerfnlly hopes that the sephyrs OF victor,
= VIII soon be playing through the British lion
!, meme ]. Bull will do wen to not overlook
e this name chance.
a Considering lack of mobility. up to dat,
. ordnance and strategic commanders the nrlt
o ISL army In South Africa is up against IN,
. most dinleuit undertaking OF lis career.
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i 5sasS.aS usearvu tue seat OF Reprcsentatiy,
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