The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-07
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS.
A cHANGE or sENrIMENT.

ne Of retreat for use in case our policy orcbe annex
alton should badly We are hearing Tess Oh Vn
ironcad sentiment of permanent retention oil inc ihpp
all contingencies and Of the hopeful opinion tnat
day the Flpinos may become fit 10 relieve US OF '
responsibility of governing them. It ahors our peneVoe
mperas not little comfort that the supreme court c
that the United States may ALLEVIATE as well as annex our.
lying territory. Evidently they foresee that the DAY VIII
come when it will be our duty TO undo dcstinys work
Senator Spooner, who has been foremost IN fhippme
legislation has frequently expressed the desire ihat W
pinos should day redeem their liberty Fresuen'
Schurnan who the head Of the first Philippine eomms
sion recently declared that after two generations
passed Oriental subjects should be permitted 70
the question of National independence Anu 81
with Secretary Long who believes that we nave peen Gpose
carry civilization into the islands The gst OF MS foun
of July speech at bingham, Mass was
"1ne result of with Spain would be sorrowiu,
indeed il it ended in what has been called the severity OF
empire The flag represents only the protection OF the
United States hut better schools better homes better roads
better business so twenty years hence the question may
be left those island people whether they prefer to set up
government for themselves not
Can it be that the teachings of Beverdges and Gros
venors are losing favor and that eommercalism as po
creed be renounced? The disappearance OF Filipino
Resistance the flag will work that way When we arrive AZ
sober of mind that we can cast up our losses and
gains in the Philippines it is not improbable that we sha
welcome the proof that subjects ut for selfgovern
mcnt The expenditure OF millions Of dollars for Tor
egn army will help constantly to drive the moral home
JUDGE-MADE LAW,
From the Denver News,
The numerous strikes labor circles draw attention to
what is designated judse-made law. The recent fumna
tons against pckeng' and inerceptng come under this
head Such part workingmen not in them
selves any law in existence but here and
there judge found who proceeds to enact these commits
sions into contempt Of court In other words the Judge
makes law where and then without resort to a
jury proceeds enforce utterly regardless OF the const
tutiona definition of the Judges Office which is to define
laws placed the statute book by the legislative depart
meut
Government by injunction has been growing rapidly
the set in The reasonable aeeompani
the other and both invoke the spirit of the law only
when suits their purposeseldom for the general good
Recently in Cincinnati Federal judge declared that he
would make Of the of injunction against picket
ing" which he defined inerceptng going to and
coming from their work though miles away from the
factory nterceptrg is further denned by the Judge as
meeting and undertaking them into joining in
strike State court in Connecticut has issued writ
against body of strikers describing them by and
joining them from "pcketng The writ accompanied
by attachment of the OF the strikers TO satisfy
damages in case of violation of the injunction.
Now, 'pcketng and "ntercepting' nay be harmless in
themselves. In the usual OF the they
against which the laws the statute books provide PEN
atty Hence the iudgead law for which
there legislative sanction In the cited the
strikers guilty of any awess hut by pro-
cess Of court injunction they commanded do
things which belong OF right all Americans and threatened
with loss Of liberty and property they failed obey.
decidedly unsafe in its present FORM and certainly
lead general respect for the department of justice.
The latter should restrict itself its constitutional orbit
THE WAGES OF SIN
From the Indianapolis Sentinel,
Although inclined goat the serious financial
condition which has been brought England through
her dastady attempt destroy South African republics
we OF America who susceptible to the fever of con
quest should amiarize ourselves with that condition and
learn the lesson it imparts
The budget shows that the now costing seven and
half million dollars week AT the present rate the sur
plus LETT i'll the treasury the last loan will have
been completely exhausted by the middle October and the
government will be under the painful necessity of negotat-
ing for another loan The burden taxation is ALREADY
causing great inconvenience and discomfort among peo-
pie and the ministry completely haed as to the most ex
pedent manner OF securing the funds The
London Satist sound and conservative journal finance
and economies has calculated another year of
warfare at the rate OF expenditure 100000
There is nothing present conditions presage an early
conclusion OF the conflict The Beers having all TO lose and
absolutely nothing to gain by cessation of hosities in
spired by deadly hate and endowed with bulldog enacitv
seem determined fight the last extremity Such being
true it would require far keene strategy and greater ability
than the English army has yet displayed to force the end
In fact would from their attitude the most san
guiue of the statesmen do permit themselves TO hone
for speedy conclusion
This conclusion creating deep uneasiness in ministerial
circles The common people will rebel against further i'm
position of taxation The wealthy VINO have eontrbted
their full share through the income tax will hardly
increased burden And the war continues the debt
increases and the question Of and means becomes
darker and more poenous to those who presumed to
solve the problem.
10 the American mperialist who would plunge the
try into similar difficulties the predicamen of the English
should be object lesson We have no income tax ., al
back upon thanks to the decision and the
common people would have bear the burden of the inn
peraste career England is exceptional case Itay
and Spain attest as much The wages of sin is DEATH
The Chicago Ladys Revenge
New York Tribune.
Mrs G Newman OF Campbell Park, Chicago suburb
was building handsome white stone house when some 80
discovered that the bay window extended feet over the
building line Neighbors attacked her in the courts and ne