The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-10-02

we continue to wait from day to day for
something to turn up" and be content
with slow growth. or will we turn over
new leaf and recognize the fact that
We can become great only BY our own
labor and that the prize is worth the
effort?
Whatever else Senator Beverdge forgot to
take with him. he did not leave behind his
monumental assurance and nervy Ignorance.
Think. says the Indianapolis Sentinel. of an
intelligent being standing before an audience
OF intelligent men in Minnesota and claiming
n prosperous condition Of affairs from 1883
to 1892 In 1883 Mr Cleveland left the white
House with the country in prosperous con
ction and an overlooking treasury. Strikes
and lockouts began promptly with the III
coming OF the republican Harrsonian admin
istraton Does Senator Beverdge remember
the Homestead strikes and the devastation,
panios and hard times that followed closely
afterwardl Docs he remember that the full
I treasury which Mr. Cleveland handed over to
Mr. Harrison aud his secretary OF the treas
ury was practically bankrupt at the end Of
the reign of Harrison and prosperity that
the senator talks about? Perhaps the young
orator thinks that his western audiences are
| ignorant OF all these things
( A 10 per cent increase in poor wages won't
! MI an empty dinner pail very high with trust
manipulated provisions.
/ Memphis is having no little fun at the ex-
peuse OF Nashville over the census returns of
the two cities and the bad grace with which
Nashville has received the official figures as
/ to its own population Singular to relate,
howeve- Memphis admits that she tool, IN
her suburbs In 1890 and again two years ago
in order to make proper showing of her
population. This is a species OF candid CON
fessioh that is commended to at least one OF
our Texas cities and an example in enter
prise that is suggested for study to some
Others,
IL there is man In this country whose
desire for silence and unobtrusiveness ought
to be respected by the newspaper reporters,
that man is Jim Corbett.
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The great convention and rally of demo.
cratic clubs win occur in Indianapolis this
, week. Indianapolis has been the political
| storm center during this campaign and the
democracy has been chiefly in evidence. 1t
would be a remarkable thing II the whole
state OF Indiana had not been thoroughly
imbuod with democratic sentiment and en-
thusasm from these big gatherings
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Mr., Hanna ought to have understood that
he should make a reputation before chal-
longing Mr.. Bryan The latter is not ex-
pected to take on every pulled UP bag OF
b7ag and wind that comes along
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In reiteratIng his charge that Mr. Bryan
4 has made a corrupt deal with Croker. after
r Mr. biyan's specific denial, Hanna again OK
hlhiis the grossnesE Of his nature and his
inability 10 appreciate character or the eour
, tesy due to a gentleman. What n positively
a humIlating thing II Is to have brutal mar
ycnu like Hanna shaping the destInies OF
this great republcl
Y With all the display of generous Nationai-
wide charity, the total OF contributions for
the Texas sufferers has not gone above 81 900,
600 II the case of Johnstown over 81 900, OnO
was contributed, and the local committe,
finally cried enough"
The Chinese puzzle appears to be "a uh-
solvahlt as ever. but in the meantime Mr.
Mckinley is sticking to his scheme of "scut.
ting and abandoning the objects whirt
were urged as an excuse for our big m,lItar,
o display on Chinese soil, The army and navy
: have become OF late only political playthlngs
: for Willie
The floods in our Texas rivers are roeed,n,
and the damage done Is nothing Ike what
was feared or first reported. The Texas pub
% lie can well AFFORD TO forcgo the excitement
II exasgeratlon 10 all such cases for awhile
tho outside public is industrlously lookin,
u after that feature.
II Houston had shown In the census tn,
!, actual population properly belonging to he
- II would have helped along the deep waite
70 movement most appreciably. The greater IN
. size Of a city the greater Is It's commercial
W importance generally assumed 10 be and I'M
more the government would be disposed 4
r do for it.
The Taft commission tells us that II Mr.
Mckinney is reelected the "insurreotlon
u Will cease In the Philippines within niuer
y days thereafter The democrats can make
81 b tier prediction than that-if Bryan is elect
y ed the armed opposition to American poll
II cies viii cease in less than thirty days.
~ The Philadelphia Ledger iIppantly rer,srh
8 that 'snti-military sympathy is now divide
.. between the Philippines and the authracit
J. regions" The greatest danger lies in this r.
g publican indispositon to see how closely III
% two situations are apnnected and how Ne
rious both are, MilItarism Is no Joke.
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= EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.
The oil business is still boomng at Corsi
|. cara, On the hrst OF this month the Ol
Wy ma IN opfroucn b22 lowing oil we'll
y aio seventeen gas wells During lie moau
L OF August 3 new wells were obtained An
~ on the LIST instant twenty others had bee
% commenced Old Freestone's day NAV com
e yet,--Fairneld Recorder
/ The oil business AZ corsitana forms on
e OF the most important Of the States indus
q tries. And there seems to no no Good rea
son why what has been accomplished a
!, corsicana should not be accomplished else
= where In the state MeE whose expcfietc,
= III the oil industry is limited only BY tn,
b yssrp they have been In business ara con,