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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01

Everybody remembers the telegram he sent presenting
the victory TO the American people as Fourth of July
present from the fleet under my command The
evidence before the court of inquiry shows that Samp
ordered Schey rewrte his report Of the battle so
as to make mention of SIMPSONS flagship the New
York, when Sampson had not issued order during
the battle and the New York had not fred shot and
indeed, with Sampson aboard only appeared on the
after the battle was entirely II is alb
surd and njustlfsble for Sampson to claim that vic
tory because he Schleys superior officer as 1t
would be If President Mckinley had claimed it. as
President Mckinley SIMPSONS superior officer,
being ex-ofico the commanderinchef Of the navy
Then Sampson is proved to have withheld from
schley information as to the Whereabouts and doings
Of the enemy to njure that officer whose shout
ders resting the defense Of the country Sampson
read the proofs of Maclays book and approved the
Hbels against Schley therein contained, which he
CSampsonl knew were entirely false
Here the three charges against Sampson ire
fuably proved by the court of inquiry evidence First
absenteeism on the OF battle he knew was about
to take pace; second claiming anothers victory his
own third. Migrant misconduct toward brother off
in Withholding from him information concerning
the enemy and in sanderng him malicously
Ought not such officer to be removed?
It is not likely that this pet Of the navy department
win be removed, but ought not Admiral Sampson to be
removed for conduct unbecomng an officer and gen.
teinan, to express his misdongs in harsher Ian
guage
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01
THE CITIZEN AND POLITICS.

To counsel moderation in politics is good advice.
but to continually and without occasion preach that %
take interest in political matters is equivalent to losing
interest in business affairs is something else
Politics is of itself business with which every citi
zen should be familiar necessarily to engage in
but in order to be competent to Judge those who do
and discriminate between the good and the bad in the
public service No aYocaton need be neglected to be
come versed and remain bright in current political
knowledge; business inactivity in no sense results
from political upto-dativeness
Those who have for any failed to shine in
political circles are naturally Inclined to inyeipb
against men who have left them behind in the race for
honors and to proclaim politics had business others
who can not hope to control dominant party organiza
lions save in times of general indifference to matters
political must necessarily strive to bring about s,ch
Indifference The former rail in bitterness the latter
in hypocritical assumption of concern for the public
veal that their motives may remain the more securely
concealed
Both of these classes flourish in Texas Few neon,e
there are who have not frequently met snecjens 10
the former, while the latter is Just now hest roma
scented by certain daily newspapers which while bav
ing more to say themselves about politics than anv ono
else, in and out of season insist that the peonle can
not prosper without closing their eyes and ears IN what
is going on in the political world and LAYING aside MI
care for the character of the they are to
have as well Kidding their minds Of concern about
the manner of its administration
the sentiments expressed by these dalies are In
some instances being reechoed by the weekly nress
without thought and in patent disregard OF oonvic.
Tons % the contrary II these weekly publications.
that are Ginning in with the advocates OF political in
difference will but stop and reflect they win soon per
ceive that they have careessly suffered themselves -
be LED into seconding scheme depending upon trick
cry for fruition.
What occasion is there for incessantlv warrino th
people against taking stock in politics? None ], II,
No enc IS deyoting any too much time 10 tbis s,aot
~ now Business is not suffering IRON potieal All.
ttion partisan disputes not disturbing the masses
Fhy then this persistent paradng of imaginary evils
these iabored pleas in alleged abatement thereof ho
Is 20 pront BY the putting to sleep OF public q
legislative and administrative matters?
The desire TO extngush popular interest IN no,,,o
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01
SAMPSON OUGHT TO BE REMOVED.

Is not there some way in which Admiral Samson
can be forced to resign or can be removed from tho
navy? It is OF the utmost Importance to the country
that the personnel Of the naval officers shall he com
posed of men of high character. Upon the integrity
OF character of tho naval officer depends the honor and
safety of the nation.
With such man as Admiral Sampson in the navy
not only have we weak spot in the service which in
case of war should for oense and defense be strong
throughout but the whole navy IS exposed to the CON
tagion of bad example. How can we expect the
young officers of the navy to be brave and honorabe
when such men are allowed to remain in high com.
mand?
The schey court of inquiry, while the evidence has
completely indicated Sohey, has established three
high crimes and misdemeanors of which Admiral samp
son is guilty The proof is clear and rrefragibIe Ad
miral Sampson guilty of intentional absenteeism
from the Santiago fight, of claiming the victory which
was not his hut another mans Of sanderng that other
man with malice aforethought
In the evidence it is proved that sampson was IN.
formed the night before the battle that the spaniards
were about TO come OUT that he thereupon gave The
order for the fleet to close nshore that nevertbeos
he withdrew with his flagship sailing beyond the bort
zon and did not reappear till the battle was over
Then he claimed the victory that he had not won
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01

You have doubled your money twelve times Let us
give tip to play poultry for first place; IFS good
thing
Fortunes being made Texas by the farmers Fruit
made growers money this and tomatoes were
very profitable crop crop of rice III Wharton
sold Saooooo The consists Of Coco
East Texas fruit growers made all the from Stoo 10
this year single of ground. Just think OF
$1,000 being made from of land Straw
berries peaches pears and melons profitable Texas
the universal drouh doubt caused the market
be stiff Potatoes brought good figures but now
bringing them back double the price. That is not good
business policySheradH Democrat
It worthy Of than passing notice this fact that
when you hear Of Texas farmers making than bare
living days is with other crops than The
crop has had his little day OF prosperity and is
rapidly giving way to the progressive and upodate indi
ydua who diversihes his crop ntegeny the climatic
and soil conditions by which he is surrounded will permit
woman over in Kentucky is being sued for divorce be-
she threw kiss at her husband and missed but hit
another fellow. Women awfuly awkward hrowers any
how.--Hdmiiton RpStier
This one, however in that she was an awk-
ward kisser.
If any attempt made to raise for the Detroit
poet who arrested in Russia the other day they will
have to by We have too poetcal contribu
tons in this Office as it Bvenhdm Press,
The trouble with OF the contributions that come
here is that they poetica.
What has become of the Nacogdoches brass band Mac
ogdocheS Sentinel
Hush
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01

is to be satisfactorily accounted for in but way and
that is this: The papers harboring IT mistrust the
people and question their Judgment in public matters.
No majority government looks good to them They
sigh for the days OF dozen or more years ago when
general and Judge two colonies" and OCCASION
ally couple OF captains hossed the State and in
advance selected the nominees for office Given their
way those papers would return to this old time method
of running things Listened to- they would suggest the
repeal of all laws enacted during the past years in
obedience to the wishes Of the awakened majority of
the States voters To succeed they must catch the
people mapping hence their efforts to discredt politics
and kill all interest in governmental affairs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01
SOME PosTschlPTs.

Lord Brassey the British in and ships
cells any other naves.
Manchester England has public houses than any
other city in the kingdom.
Recent Investigations enable New York city point to her
asphalt paving as the costlest Garth
Tobacco cultivation and manufacturing in the Atlantic
States is greatly hampered for want of workers
Few the saloons in Mississippi they pay nearly
third of the States total income from privilege
The duty bicycles which introduced in France in
1894 yielded income last year nearly 5ooooo francs
France the only in Europe which has shown
increase in her wheat during the twelve months
About sos3334S tons of coke produced in the
United States last compared with 387a5s in
1896
There is total of 3s9s commercial horticultural
lshmens in the United States with land and buildings
valued $33,ooo,ooo.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.


Sarasate has had between forty and fifty watches given
him by different persons many of them being in the shape
of a violin
The democrats have nominated Amadee Couer, French
Canadian by birth OF Lawrence for the Massachusetts State
Josiah Quincy predicts his election and if the predc
ton proves he will be the first of his in
that honorable body.
The Of former Governor Jonathan Jennings at
Charestowu Ind delegate congress from the In
diana Territory and the OF the Indiana constitution
prohibiting slavery has been marked by the State with
large granite
Many Chinese officials who have been in hiding
turning to Pekin. Among them the head of the grand
council Prince H. the highest of all the hereditary princes
When the fled the prince took refuge in his ancestral
cemetery His sumptuous palace occupied by the French
and completely looted.
One of the guests at Yales bicentennal the Swedish
theooqan Bishop Scheele OF Visby who will visit the
Scandinavian churches colleges and communities America
He is old and distinguished by long service col
lege professor author and minister having been bishop
Visby since 1885.
The German Medical Review states that the kaiser is far
from being in satisfactory health He suffers from abnormal
symptoms, complicated by other conditions, the
suit long-connued oversrain and anxiety caused by his
maestys multtudinous abors in keeping himself abreast
with the work in almost all the great state departments
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01
United States steel Corporation.

(From the New York Financer)
The announcement made officially by the United States
Steel Corporation that its earnings for the past six
months exceeded $s4oooooo has excited surprise but few
people idea of the magnitude of this single
cation of capital Only few years ago industrial
poraton with $5ooooooo capital regarded huge af-
fair, but here dealing with that duplicates
in earnings every six months the capitalization of what
decade passed for gigantic combination of wealth
According to the last report of the comptroller cur
the total net earnings of the 1871 National banks In
the United States for $6998So, capitaiza-
ton OF $6o3955so In other words assuming that the
six months will show the proportion profit the
United States Steel Corporation will have earned
more than all the National banks the United States and it
may be said further that the represents about what all
the other banks in the country will This means that
the combined net earnings OF the banking institutions
about equal to the earnings of the trust alone The
United States Steel Corporation will of course pay
So9oooooo dividends but its requirements for this pur
and for bond interest in excess of
which amount is above the paid by banks on their share
capital.
To get better idea of the magnitude of the Steel Cor
poraton resort must be had to railway statistics Taking the
1000 returnter statistics would show larger resuthe
following table Of Interest.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01
Asour DC RAILWAY COMMISSION.


After claiming that itself and Tyler publication
are the only in Texas that have urged attention
by the State railway commission to the matter of TAX
ing care Of Texas shippers as against outsiders the
Waco TimesiIerad says
But evidently the eaven has been working The people
m ia bd "S,e ' t itNs b S he 5 d o, t b
viii he the paramount issue years State campaign
Tp 30 ,a u, 'Ti no, 50 'S C'si issues WI, G6 OF
able figure But let us not be loo basty lest we confuse
matters The railroad commission is independent OF the
and ree@aons without consulting the aovefnor the attor
ney general ANYBODY else connected with state affairs
tb, ali T6ereforc tb oyeor r H nor H b com
fused with the commissioners There large
Iuesons or leslS'ayG ana a9n5,aalve ae,eTnma,?
not he permitted to obscure these ly beating the tomtoms
around the railroad commission m
cbargnr The Times Herald Win illnatircd and iItmed
criticism Every department Of government according to
~ M5' f ,E I,t c Nav Tb pt s[c
the discovery that the Texas railroad actually
hepng the ra!roa9s ag1s Teas mills ana mfIel9nts
If The Post viii nut its ear to the ground it viii ascertain
that the people up tins WY are thinking out loud on whole
1stmentu or eet run over
Tho above is not reproduced with the intention Of
arguing the matter with tho Times.Herald as that
papers ignorance of its subject in this case added to
it's faculty for lodging and obscurng issues precudes
the undertaking OF such task.
The Post however. must protest against being cred
the railroad commission and its work and demurs to
the Tmes.IIeralds Indictment Of that department of
the state government
on more than one occasion The Post has questioned
the wisdom of some of the commissions rates rulings
and regulations ultimately in several instances sccr-
ing change or modification thereof Very recently
The Post re-echoed criticisms of the commissions tar
ids Of distributing rates and pointed out that tho inn
preston prevails that said tariffs operating as
it was intended that they shoud-that u.s. to the adj
vantage of Texas industries This was done to invite
discussion in this particular for the purpose
Of at last reaching perfect nearly perfect adjust,
Inent if possible
There was no attempt to confuse campaign issues
In that. The Times-Herald slave that it is to the
snarling habit and true as it is to its scaraboid in
stncts, could alone have interpreted it thus That the
people at large are of tho opinion that the commission
has not yet found the system of distributing rates
is "A fact that they win make this known during the
coming campaign and insist that whoever secures the
nomination for railroad commissioner shall be able to
show them that he understands what they want in This
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01
TAMPERING WITH TRIPLES.
SPOOKY.

Y.
At night when the moon throws shadders
O. balsam an pine an FIR,
An tn bats an TIL owls are hyn'
With a mufaed an spooky whrr,
An I'm off in the swamp a-searchin
Fer tn that strayed or stole
Then the owls loud boot an its laugh "too-whoot'
Sends SILVER to my soul
An l hear tn branches cracklin
And tn creakn' of TIL trees
Makes my skin feel sorter crawey;
An somethin shakes my knees,
An know TIL hants rdin
Thro' alder an tamarack,
An hear EN- sigh, an tn old owl cry,
An my shirt crawls up my backl
Amt no one afeared ghostses
In tn midst O the MONDAY shine, -
But yeh let 'em stand where | hev stood IN
Where tn old hans sigh an whine w
When tn oil trees creak an SILVER
An III mist's white foan
When III old owls boot an laugh "too-whootw
Yeh bet ye they'll put fer home
have walked in tn punky hollows
An a-gancin behind me there
Found spookses footsteps comm
Afame 18th a bucsh glare;
Paw at its jest phosphorus
But he knows know right we'll
It's OF hornes print, an / take TIL hint
An yeh bet at l runsn' yell
wisht could hear tn cow bells!
How leery that blame dog howsl
An gee but it's gittin' darksome,
An, there hear tn dadblamed owsl
An-help II oh. lordyl help mel
Hel--why D-dad whut yeh tryin' ter dor
But yeh needn't ter think yeh scared me,
Fer knowed all tn time twuz you'll
An expert dress that by the year will be
wearing bustes but Texas won't care Shed be better off
if of her citizens of today would get hustle Oh
EN-.
Here lies whose wicked day
In Texas has been
He never, never will be missed
He used to tote gun.
1t is much the calber of the rearm the caber
If the the government behind it that makes it "a
ective.
The tong of jag and gun at the same time is bad
We may never never meet her,
Never look into her eyes;
Never purse lips to greet her;
Never hear her soft replies.
And we've never never Rugged her,
Tho we've often wished we had
She's that maden-you all know her
Who oorsets in the lad"
That shocking affair the Auburn m W prison Tues
ay morning made Cleveland Ohio citizen shy; but
'herever the misguided is he doubtless better Of.
Her caller young Mr.. McPugge,
Reached around her to give her a huge;
But she lesped from his side
With shrek. Then she sighed:
oh it wasn't the huge, but bugge ~
J, NJ LEWIS.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

New York Press.
Let me write the check OF country and not who
writes It's songs.
During certain age women think that then
innocence must be picturesque
Getting engaged appeals to ali women because gives
them chance to let out secret
II man could understand woman probably he fSopses
understand anything else in the world aud he 9uldn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

The brqyc messenger, c {, Charles, who stood off a
band OF robbers who tried blow up the express car and
service @ pension for e Men Of ne e GUm 5y
few and other should be encouraged to emulate the good
We would think that me9 of that stamp should be kept
in active service
The man who saves his bacon live on Easy street
Did you say greasy" street7
This @ 5 the dry FS R pre1sed IL
vs pne tt ng . s.r as that damPnes 27
during the spring these birds are always II is in
farmer brings good luck TO the sportsman. PcyHon SIM
Now somebody doesn't discover that the turkeys cat
boil weeyils Wen be able to make Thanksgiving real
thing
What will be done with these who have sryen BY
false testimony destroy the whom they owed 10y
and was added that the country viii watch their treat
men win untrine Interest The answer was not long in
ZION OF Lieutenant Commanded Souherand be chief nv
distinguished himself along with Potts and cbadsE bS
the zeal with which he gave evidence against Schc He
that the Spanish feet was ccnuegos Il counted
the testimony the officers Of the ship he talked MN ny
by the logbook of the shipFoyt Worth Rcgisfcy ~ anu
What they viii probably get will be promotion What
they should get however, is fur difr,pt"
:
The usual number of football fatalities arc being renorted
me latest tells how enthusiast had his neck broken 49,
was SUI 9ye at the last Another tells Of how
player had his torn from the shoulder socket c,ii ~
brutal sport goes on.-fetteA Transcript N''' "e
footoa should certainly he replaced by something harm
less ike the modern prize fight or French duel
men tne poultry raisers organize will begin Il, o,i
e mere deeper interest in this branch Of ndst- =;
Nolh GIas than there has been before North ~
Is specially adopted poultry raising and ~ ~ oNss
here Tor the products.-DeHiScN HctaId ~ ueiuanu IS
And what there in this world Of sickness sorrow ,,;
ana oeeni cotton that pays such profit as poultry does
axe for instance cents worth Of eyss -, - :,
tempered old biddy to hatch out shoe il GU, Of your f
garden Tor three mouths aud It's worth at least ~ cents
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01
Fur.searina Animals Getting Scarce.

DOITICf 5 WeekIy.
The sales OF Hudsons Bay companys furs have realized
az TINS years sales in London only sIsoooo or nearly
100000 less than IN account of low prces ana
pteteased quanttysver fox having fallen 60 pe eent
pue toNes So red foxes 40 and white foxes az
ana so on he companys turs all exported fyon VIZ
59S Haneo aS hudons Bay Winnipeg the principal
Sasre they are sold by the house OF c. M SAMPSON
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01
ing table is Of interest !.
TolaI ........... szs9s sssI,aII sIIzAo4s sIoo, -

Here we have group of representative American railway
systems embracing mileage of 3s9s miles capitalization
Yet the net earnings of these roads in 1900 were oply s
10000 about the same which the United States Steel
corporation will earn this Truly the country has No,
begun to appreciate the mmensy Of this latest creation of
modern business genius
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01

The final action of the Episcopal convention the mat
ter OF divorces, throwing the whole matter into the bag
unfinished business for another three years looks like
he remedicd by legislation rather than by church
Even if 1t matter for the church to handle, it is
feared that the convention the question little thought
before cutting down it, There plan by which the
innocent party divorce differentiated from the guilty
party, and there agreement the standing par
ties already divorced in the church Three years will give
hem plenty Of time lhnk thc aneson andorget
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01

II Attr actions
i rs :, 1, sss,7s sand Saturday.
manner. The rule
s%o rs il 5ss T se.F A'iS sSsuame of th
portant by invoking this rule isss;-h
against old Hebrew of the stricty goS M
of the Jews He very intelligent witness and COM
pletey demolished my did not know how to shsbS
him. Finally, when my for crossexamination
happy thought struck me- and asked the to order ma
witness to be had to believe that he d
not consider the form of oath administered according to Nh
usual binding The granted the request MI
we him with his hands between the books of Mos,J
and with his hat had further trouble with him M
to side Of the altogether telling the tru
contradictng absolutely what he had said on his dr
examination. BY this means gained the case"
vi
81 mad similar experience, observed younger memt
of the bar who happened to be present only my experience
with Cinnamon. 1t about some rice land
and both plaintiff and defendant Cinnamon was ot
the plaintiff and the defendant the was searins
me out of court at great rate At length turned to m
client and explained him that unless we could breat
down that testimony would lose he case He told ~.
that there but thing that would induce his opponer
to tell the truth and that to him China way}
This found inquiring TO behead and swear
the witness the operation and the blood was
flowing This did holding the chicken purchased over
the slop of the courts ice catch the
blood. The scheme worked like charm. The defendant
admitted the justice of the plaintiffs claim and won my
case"
Speaking OF Cinnamon, put in third lawyer "renind
of had in which native of the Celestial king
dom figured The Chinaman have reference to- however
Christian Chnanan who had been converted by the
missionaries before he America. He was n
witness had called and made excellent one. My oppo
tried in vain to shake him examination Finav
opponent in disgust broke into TRADE for which he
should have been reprmanded by the vehemently de-
handing of the witness if he ashamed testify nj
that The meek eyed Celestial mildly reped-and the
reply raised laugh from the spectators my opponent that
considerably chagrned him. Me Ciistian Chnaman' OBJ
served the witness in selfustfcation play to God as
much anybody"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01

Entered The Posfoce Houston Texas Second lass
Mail Matter
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-01

The Fall River manufacturers beginning to regard
Borden II anarchist