The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-10
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

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The author Of the often quoted phrase Jones pays the
fregb, srst used in commercial advertisement but SUD
seently in humorous sense well all over the country
is living in my home Of Binghamton n. =, sa,p W.
Moore Sanorn sawart specimen OF humanity yeserua,
at the Ebbt Mr Jones is hale and hearty in his ripe ola
age He used the phrase his advertisements Oh
brand of scales
Il formerly lived in Texas where voted as often as
could lost my ondness for good democracy
continued Mr. sanbo who is superintendent OF agencies
for big life insurance company Lately nave oeen las
cling extensively in sections including the Sout
Everywhere that democrats talk politics and future presi
Dental candidates David b. Hill is the prime favorite
Democrats in the South talk Of other candidate hil
could carry New York nowno democrat conld-out
things may change within years Tammany has the
organization but outside of New York City Erie ana
Rensselaer, counties there isn't county in the State where
Hill could have the delegates hardly without struggle
"a New England candidate for the presidency would not
be acceptable Southern delegates In spite of the hurrah
for reunited country and flag there is still prejudice
in the South against New England for it the home OF
abolition sentiment which fact Southern men VIII not
soon forget.
The story of what the purchaser regards hghprced
drink is told in connection with stock trans
action Of Wednesday,. 1t deal in Union Pacihc whose
leaps and bounds still thrill the caous spectators who
hrong the brokers' government employee draw
ing fat salary for the work that is overexacng, was
rash enough buy hundred shares OF Union
Pacific Tuesday at with all the nonchalance with
writers a big jackpot He assembled about the board in
the Wednesday forenoon, and felt
grafed to Union Pacific soaring.
Charlie" said he to an old crony '1ets take
drink which proposition accepted with aacrity The
logged les,rey the street to popular refresh
counter and just leisurey returned less than half
hour later
glance at the board showed that in the meantime
Union Pacific had jumped to 28 and then started downward
again. The government employee fat salary, with Wis
in than break-neck
speed the business window dispose of his hold
ng but he had wait in the press and before he could
close his stock had sagged to
That drink between $500 and $500 said he
yesterday mournfuly 81 would have closed out at IS.
But after all cleared $500
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Politicians here and in New York trying
to figure out the real significance President McKneys
spectacular trip the Pacific OF sounds
well say that the president is acuated entirely by local
pride in attending the launching of the battcshp Ohio
which is being constructed California shipyad. On
hand there persons who that he has
wider and deeper motives in making such proraced jour
this time The ceremony and the demonstration
neced with the trip have been carefully arranged for
that it difficult for professional politicians to anything
but big political play of kind the part of the
publican administration 1t has heen suggested that the
president search of personal enlightenment the sub
cct of the Nicaragua canal problem which it appears met
its fate last the hands of various interests the
Pacific There others who intimate that he may
have idea testing the Mckinley luck the
of making try for a third in the white house This
theory does receive the sanction support of
practical politicians who indisposed credit Mr.. Nc
Knlev any false hopes in that direction with the prece
dents of Grant and Cleveland before him, As the pres
dental excursion practical politicians of both
parties will follow the trail closely for such developments
may furnish the key the situation from admins
tration standpoint.
Two rishmcn who work the grounds about the de-
partmen of agriculture talking about the
ton of Mgr. Marnelli to be a cardinal
rs he lrishman? asked
Must be- said the other. Isn't his name Martin
Kelly"