The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-25
MAI OVAL CAPITAL Chat.


when Senator Dalliver Of iowa re-
ceived from Governor saw his ap-
po.n;msnt "a the senatorshir made va
csnt BY the death Of Senator Gear. Il
was only attes long hsht in Which Rep
resen;siiye Lacey was his competitor.
On the day th8t the appointment was
announced Senator Dolliyer received a
telegram from Representative Lacey. He
his not vet been able TO discover wneth-
err the telegram was a congratulation or
reibuke. In the contest Senator Dolii-
yer represented the northern portion o.
the state and Mr.. Lacey the southern
portion Because Of an insurgent revolt
In the northern portion x was decided
20 give Doliyer the appointment, though
between him and Lacey there MS not
much room for choice Both were backed
~ large political faction, made no
largely OF old Virginians, who favored
either candidate because both had been
born in Virginia and were of hne Vir-
g MIA stock II was this latter fact that
made TIE egram received by Mr., Dol
liver Of such ambiguous meaning, for It
read; Il always thought Yirginlsn
should have it,"
Representative Rodeuoerg of Illinois
was talking in The house smoking room
yesterday about the difficulty of getting
a quorum which was experienced last
Saturday, w1en the cramp claims bill
vas UP.
When the roll was being called md
the clerk came to the mines Of my asso-
GATES, Hit. Cannon and Prince, who
were in Illinois," he said, Il was about
to rise to my feet and excuse them on
The grounds Of sickness But second
thought came to me, and | realized that
/ was on he point of max ng an unlu-
tention3l Joke, taat might perhaps not
he relishei by my colleagues. The stiff
senatorial fght had been ended and Gull
lom WIS the victor. ! fe.t 1t would be
shooting too near the mark to say thai
Hit, Cannon and Prince, his opponents
in the race. were at home, sick -
~
"A once very profitable industry that
mas now about died on; was the booming
of Western towns, said Mr.. Thomas H.,
81. John OF Kansas. who Is among the
guests at the Ebbltt house. "The boom
Business was one in which the Fast wa
gold brieked oy the West, although the
bunko man was usually an Eas;erner
who had come West to m IKE his fortune
The Western country is dotted all over
with towns that never grew beyond the
surveyors stakes and corner lots, the
deeds Tor which are held by Eastern pco-
pie, and for which they paid fancy prices
are part OF the unbroken prairie. In
vestors in these real estate swiudles were
m de to believe they were TO be among
the original proprietors of future Chi
| cagoes and all were soon to have untold
wealth Repeated exposures finally pul
check TO the business, but ifa the
greengoods man, the boomer yet finds
an occasional victim
~
The uPhullding OF the navy is one CT
the things in which l believe all Ameri-
cans should take patriotic pride" said
Judge Hamilton True of Mississippi, who
is a guest at the Normandle. THE army
is of secondary Importance While be-
lieye the army should be OF sufficient
size 10 properly police our new posses
sions and form nucleus for a land force
in time OF war, Il can always be expand
ed or contracted 10 meet situations Ms
they arise, Not so with our navy. 1t
takes long time to huNd 5atteship.
a much longer time than 1t takes for the
Nation to get into VIZ. Once we start
OUT to thrash soma other power. we want
I ana expect to do the job quickly. 1t is
late time to begin the building of battle
| ships for use In a war already begun
Therefore, we should build wayships when
We have leas. use for them. II we are
gong to he world power we h We got
to have u wor power navy. aud congress
can not be too liberal in its provisions
for such to please the people"