The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-04
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.


-s.,i-es SAID Fou-sh Assistant Postmaster General
Brissau there harder hsht ever ne io1rlns'ss p
azee thar ever presidential cs This IS rus even n
Eases Of o.es paying thar $3.50 PEI snsun once
read story oz CIR foreEn cons1atss n whseh u vas
te out that for the eensul aetns as the agent Sr
the Standard Oh company be eovid net II many s1oes
st. seesr. avvesrzaee Il srsek that the same was
- az cur lf.iie eour-y stores Nithout them world
have auy less for,aeizss Ores and without the fourth
class oes We would have fewer country The post
ece the people and the peope make custom 90
s-o-ekeer-r takes the ossce rher else would
Then uheu there in the village, one Of
szes political fah and tae administration changes II Is an
uauri,tsa ruls tAzt the Post0fsce rnust change
Y, nay surprise you ko~ that there are zIi64 Of
fees on Of 1900 Of the fourth class hich pay less tran $50
rr sag-, The States having tire Is-xess 15ahes 4S
Ten states here the population the interior Is com
posed largely Of negroes and unedcczted whites The al
sno OF large cities also something DO with this
North Carolina has l64s ocs paying under $50 per
snzu at OF total OF soes yet has also 1o6 ohces
paying between ssoo and addition its presidential
o5ce Il has fourh-ciass cfces than any State n
the Uri1u except New York Pennsylvania and Virginia
Pennsylvania leads IN nzaber-4soo-aud most OF its Of
fees pay S1oo Kentucky has 1896 OUT OF 1881 Offices
paying less $50 per ard Virginia INC out Of
sss The District Of Columbia has the smallest number Of
fouth-rsss otacer4 Alaska has Hawaii y and Ports
Rico ~
Representative Livingston OF Georgia said is not sur
prising Souherners going into the Tepu5
zn party. AS the negro question Is eliminated from some
of the Southern States he said be expected the
publican party viii gain responsibility and prestige Many
of the sotheruers proeconists sn expansousts a.
thorgh do believe many favor imperialism ard thes
naturally zravitate toward the republican party, but
do not think the republicans will outnuber the democrats
The Soulh does colony held under eoloniG
form government hut It has objection territorial
form being established for the Philippines Some believe
possession OF the islands will insure wider market lot
their cotton goods and therefore aycr holding
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puhcs established wiyscqured possessions
territorial form OF government which would last until the,
fitted Statehood however long that might be- bu
they would protest against their being received into tn
Union al present the of the republican
party the South from its protective theore
and principles and tendency modify those
tretne views think this may extent TIL
growth OF the party in the South"
M Joseph L Mathey. an Ohio democrat who Is CUES
at the Arlington tells story that throws light IN
coming senatorial in the Buckeye State The re
publicans rePosug confidently ii the belief said Mr
Mathey that the rival ambitions Of John R. Mclean
Torn l. Johnson viii split the democratic party leaving Sen
Foraker walk in easy winner. In this they
likely to be mistaken
1t Is true that both Mclean and johnson are ambition
to represent Ohio the United but both
possessed OF at least amount OF political wis
dom and the wise thing for Mclean and Johnson do
combine their strength, instead OF ptHg against
other Now stop and look the situation. Fora
VINO IS the senator lives IN Cincinnati 80 doe
Mclean Hanna the junior lives in Cleveland
there johnson has his home Forzkers expires
II Johnson should be elected succeed him. it would Civ
Cleveland the northeastern par
OF the State This entirely OF the question Then
Foraker should be reelected Mclean could ressouabl
aspire Hannas for that would give Cincinnati
So don't you the Situation logically
Mclean and johnson into combine.
II these two powerful leaders will work together II
next Ohio legislature viii be democratic 1t would the
elect Mclean succeed Foraker The democratic member
this legislature would have advantage OF having
single and being enIed-accordIng to precedent
second Mclean being IN the would have lag
influence in helping carry the legislative election
and with democratic legislature Johnson would be eiece
succeed Hanna in the By joining issues both Nc
Lean and johnson hope gain in the senate with
in the next few years if they with each other tn
ambition Of neither can be satisfied. With the situato
viewed in such light doesn't it stand that Nc
j Lean and Johnson will eombine2"
Notwithstanding his reputation for GOODNESS and dsnt,
the late eSPresdent Harrison made Joke Jerr
Rusk Harrsons secretary Of agriculture and at the en-
OF the second Of the administration very er
husasc report of the work OF the agricultural department
which he claimed he had done remarkable things for tn
farmers OF the country.
That year after President Harrison had written hi
Thanksgiving proclamation, he read to his cabinet tn
proclamation started in the usual way thanking God
what he had done for the country Mr. Harrison ha
read that sentence he stopped and said with SMILE
don't know bat ought to include Mr.. Rusk there"
JEsTs FROM JUDGE.