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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-02
A VIEW OF THE NEW cARPETsAelsM

VIEW OF THE NEW cARPETBAGlsM.
the people of this great country fully and prac'
Y appreciated the impositions in the way OF car
q government which we are forcing upon the
ISIS little island of Porto Rico, which welcomed
az enthusiastically not quite three years ago, they
l. If THE PosT is not greatly mistaken in the tenn
nd sense of Justice of the American masses, wipe
publican party out Of existence at the first oppor-
veral commissions Of representative natives from
land have visited Washington, or sent petitions
~otests to the American capital, setting forth the
intolerable governmental and political condi-
tlnder which they are living but they have adj
W deaf ears and callous hearts. There Is one of
oi omissions now in this country and its mem
city contradict the rosy reports which come
NJ 10 Rico through the carpetbag satrap of the
l--Governor Allen. He says the situation down
lis more promising of prosperity than it has ever
before or since the American occupation" The
Ricans composing the commission referred to
who welcomed the occupation Of the island by the
an troops, and who delighted to the flag
depart from Porto Rico forever. have been given
thought many times during the last thirty months,
fee industry has been all but ruined. We believe our
the best in the world. but for it has
cen wen lEeu IA me Cmted STATES IN the old days
P,p oi So'te 70 9pa'n "ncIe ~ was III popular de
~ lVui pam II was seIt mo FRANCE ana ltaly ana
o!iu ~ way 10 -hs'ahu' IN tn's manner we es-
% STcuits All over Europe
oPan mas raSea [9rltl wan against us Our coffee
} "s vi Wv naihet iolto NSo IS steaduy growing
~ TO- ~ ''IV"s d'e u'uSn 'eSS thah our hporta-
Ju'g 'le ast year o. spanish rule Our exports we're
~ ~; Piy'u0,'9o' we imported $io,ooo'ooo worth OF
{, "e' 'eil balance OIL uade III our favor OF $1,000
NOR Allen refuses 70 civ. st,+;s,;cs fr ,ho
me, We know that our exports and imports have
u "a on Nearly so per cent. we also know that the
n destroyed Our world markets have been wioed
II 'ur compensatory gains have been small
osed to appraise the pronerv and t,~ ancnri;r,i
lion would be raised to that plan it not for the
vsor AID ,reo. s uIe "asg oe,4fe appralsement
se and the result this reversal of proper conditions
''R 1e'i's corIupuGn Inc assessors are all political
ora Porto Rico having been there oniv lew "nt
Ike 1pyns his position should have an intricate know
OF n GOOD And had t;n, M tnc earnings OIL
rev men They are not the right sort OF men to make
'bev sav
Tor Allen saws that our island ;s rroso.ro,s rho
The the opposite His actions prove the opposite
''' STATES 10 bprro ne Wouu not need TO come to
siS the Panama canal Porto Rican laborers vcrc
'r'd' dollars day to go there and work They re-
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should Know the situation.
Couroe Courier

Farmers will judge for themselves about how much
cotton to plant hut it OF place let them
nat the price OF the staple is going steadily down. and
there is lttle.or hope Scent cotton this year
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RuIe Worked Both Ways.
Pittsburg Gazet

FUisburg (iazetef
a heavy blow the head has caused many people to
so insane, but insane in New York asylum was
struck violent blow the head with cuspdor the other
day ard his back him Immediately and he
was discharged from the institution in a few days
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as profitable business meeting anticipated The Posi-
returns thanks for an invitation be present
JoHN S MosnY thinks the South will again be the domi
nant force in the Union within few years We will have
hr to get hold Of the bureau before entertain
much hope in that direction
RUSSIA is our ard good friend until do
something for her advantage then Uncle Sam
hustle for another We no business however
putting faith in princes
lhE Cuban constitutional convention can be fairly said to
be up tree II does accept Plat amend
ments and It not prepared fight but there seems
to ne no other avenue Of escape advantage
that congress took OF the Cubars
TINS country would numbers of its citizens good
turn II IT would insist that Mexico should treat the railway
crews with something like decency and justice It's
matter worthy the attention of state department
oNLf the expected has happened in the discovery Of big
army scandals in the Philippines With developments of
he spanishAmercan and conduct of business in
ouoa fresh in mind the wonder that we have been so long
hearing from the Philippines.
MR. ANDREW CARNEGIE says his chances would he as
prlgi now as IN tS4S il he should land in New York as
pehhess boy Mr. Carnegie knows that he doesn't have tn
Try II over and afford talk with show of copsds,c.
MR. SECRETARY GAGE of treasury will allow N. s,,r
Plus TO continue to pile the vaults at Washington The
secretary doubtless understands full well that the next renrb
~ congress VIII have need OF this pile and will know how
to quickly reduce it, ~ INV
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Marietta Ohio, AprA i've comhlnn-
tlcn independent republican and democrats
defeated the straight republican ticket.
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gentleman to bow first to a lady.
THE LANGUAGE or TT owrps

lhE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
90 uei'y are thoughts conveyed by the arrangentn'
howtrs in Japan that often verbal are unnece
says the New York Sun In November the coauette 80
20 hef lover leaf or branch of maple Like it, he tran
iates' her love has changed"
On farewell occasions those called returning aOvas
because they bloom twice year. are used to subty ex
the hope of safe return
neiore people that i'll blossoms of sturdy visoH
CROWN are placed that health and strength may be -
gested
ony very gay flowers in profusion when "
phcations are made for those in affection.
Prayers for rain accompanied by large floral ps1
arranged as to point from right to left that the east ~
bringing rain may be honored and very naturally INC
verse order typifying the wind is employed when "
weather is desired
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4 Az seryice. as follows :

In this table the item of streets" the sprnkline
and sweeping of and is made Kansas
City because these expenses there paid by the individual
citizens The natural place for extravaganza would be
in the police fire and STRENGTHENING departments
of the number of employed and the consequent tendency
to make these departments political machines but in all OF
them indianapolis is the low point The only of the
four in which there could be any suggestion of extravaganza
the lighting and city authorities have expressed their
dissatisfaction with lighting and declared
favor of 1t is quite probable that by
effort reduction be obtained in lighting both public
and private though require the solicitation of compe
tton from companies the present lighting companies
exhibit symptoms of combination that encouraging
The existing conditions Endorsements of past city
policy and inducements push forward the lines
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IT said that the Countess dc Casellane Who was Anna
Could is encouraging little Count Boni to fight dues She
doubtless thinks it is time that Bon was showing tha, there
is in him.
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RETURN OF LOOMS.


Norwalk, Ohio April i.DcmotrutG elect
ed mayor by al republican gain Of III.
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ouR horse and mule breeders traders are not on n,
thank Boer agents for trying to stop shipments 10 South
Africa that have heen worth hundreds OF thousands of dol
lars this part Of the country in the past year or So s
pa;hy often balks when the pocket Is touched
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From the Denver News
On account of close commercial and social relations
with the Lone Star commonwealth Colorado readers will be
pleased learn that Texas farmers and sockmen are
porous degree seldom equaled recent years They
have money in bank and the effect of this by
observers tendency the part of local banks reduce
considerably their OF interest borrowers This mani
estaon is quite marked in Texas, where the wonderful
and rapid development of the of the State the
people accommodating wealth Money received from the
cotton during the eighteen has made many
man independent for the first time in his life There is
now enough idle to handle the crop of Texas
without looking to New York other financial centers
Local capital is absorbing and going in large
amounts into various enterprises.
The above summary is taken in part from recent review
in the Manufacturers Record Baltimore publication that
makes speciality OF industrial developments in the South
The earnings of railroads which Texas attest the
correctness of the summing up.
Denver trade already fair in the territory south 70 The
Mexican border should for enlargement in Texas
we receive from that State for the mills near this CITY
and early vegetables and fruits for this market besides
siderable merchandise in Galveston and oth.
ports from tropical countries from the and from abroad
We sell in Texas carloads of baed grasses tranoads Of
coal potatoes -four and soap to say nothing of min
ing machinery for the border districts where oil and
gold have been recently discovered
The cattle trade between Texas and De,v.r h,. ,o, 49,,
extensive accounting large part for the score. of Txa
guests at Manou and Denver hotels and for the LARGE
DER OF texas families located permanently III this cy Mo,
tam people are advantaged by the and the soft beezes nj
the gulf Texas people who out their own climate find
immediate Improvement in the higher attitudes and the -
Ngoraung atmosphere OF the Colorado resorts and cities
his leads to interchange OF residence and cor,od
Wha the one State lacks the other contains and while .h
superb ~ "S
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SATIN CASHMERE DRESS.
MS dress is of sapphire coored satin c,shm.,. !,
YOKE ana waistband of velvet to match The cors !.
skirt are trimmed wifi, Irsh o,;,... j
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DISCUSSING lNDEi
The Amount Asked For /
Mill Be ln1nnnt

The Amount Asked For
Win Be lmme
Pckln, March %. The u
powers met today TO consid,
the special committee for I
of the tsung II yamcn aud
monIals, II was decided {
yamcn should hereafter
prince aud two appointed
should I've responsible 90 {
behavior OF China, Court.
be organized on Western !
Allowances for Oriental |
The Indemnity coInmitto {
to report, but II Is gener D.,
the demand viii be imul
Mr.. RocEhili, acting orn,
WaShlugtop. has sent u
listers OF the powers, as )
event OF the amount
china could possibly amhe
ruptlon of the empire, ,rvr
agree To reduce their
tion to the icsses TAr no
respective countries
being unable TO agrS ssion
left TO the arhit,ra no
tribunal. az" ~"
Missionaries haMe arous
States legation T.
Information thatdemands
strong has reaCl $500 -
az I,na l..,rt,Y lltNH anu
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Wet Times Maybel
conroe Courier,

=
Houston beer has umbled from ssss per key to sIso
sn yst there people who insist that times hard
and gittn' harder
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l fifteenth annual convention of the Lumbermens as.
soeaop OF Texas will be held in Dallas year from the
9th to the nth of this MONTH and great social time as we'll
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as prohtable business meeting is anticipated The Posi-
returns thanks for an invitation be present
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TUESDAYS MENU.

BREAKFAST.
Fruit Cereal Cream
Beef Sausage, Brown Sauce Baked Potatoes
Corn Mullins, Coffee.
LUNCH.
Sliced Corn Veal Loaf,
Oyster Catsup, Orange Omelet
Chocolate.
DINNER.
String Bean Soup, .s2
Roast Beef, Brown Sauce White Potatoes, Brow
Dreamed Carrots. Spinach,
Lettuce with French Dressing,
Apricot Tarts. Coffee.
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something for her own advantage and then Uncle Sam
hustle for another partner We have no business however
putting faith in princes
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indentations edged with bl,c l r.rs.,
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ness and iberaty and be given something real in tho
nature of representative government
Our conduct toward this little island in n word
with its teeming population 100000 souls has beer
simply crying outrage and blot upon the good name
of the Nation.
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A CORNER FOR WOMEN.

SATIN CASHMFpE nprec
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The Clifton Record MARBLES this splendid dversi6cation
note of the glad spring time
The miles OF green wheat fields stretching away across
the valleys from Clifton form veritabe sward
enhancing beauty Il is said that from all of Texas
come calls for the superior grain grown about Clifton Ii
used raise the grade of wheat shipped from other points
less fortunately situated and improves the product OF the
mills.
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Ttown,
Said tessed,
"a were
aM'The gov.
10 know the
! have called
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-02-13
Suicide Near Calmar.

Charles Sobolik, young man q
years of age, ended his life at the home
of his brother a mile west of Calmar
last week Monday night or early Tues
day morning, by shooting himself
through the temple. The cause CT his
rash act is supposed to have been tenn
porary arrangement. Some weeks be-
fore, he fell from the loft of the barn
and sustained some injuries that were
supposed to have been slight, and a
few days before he was taken sick with
the grippe, so that he remained about
the house. On Monday he remained
in his reom most of the day, and the
last heard of him was about nine
o'clock at night, when he left the house
for few moments and returned to his
room. Tuesday morning his brother
James went to his room and found the
door locked, and could get no response
from him, and then drove to town fol
his mother, who after trying to arouse
him, instructed James to force an en-.
trance to the room, where they found
him lying on the bed with a bullet hole
through his head. He was young
man of considerable ability and prom
ise, and his sad death is severe blow
to his relatives. The remains were in
TERED at Spillville on Friday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-02-13
Catholic Concert and Supper.

Tomorrow evening, st. Valentines
day, the Catholic ladies will serve
supper in the st. Cloud basement on
Winnebago street between five and
seven o'clock, at Steyer's opera house,
will give a musical entertainment,
participated in by the best talent of the
city. The concert will be under the
direction of Miss Mott, musical
insIructress at the Sisters school, and
both supper and concert will be for the
benefit of the school. Admission to
both, so cents, either supper or concert
25 cents. Following is the program
for concert:
characterized Chorus. Wang
q Seven little girls.
Violin Solo, Cavatine. ..................J RaH.
Max r. Gmelin.
Ass Solo, My little Woman. ........O .Osgwood.
Bert Adams.
Duo Concer ant pour Denx Charinettes. ......
Soukup 4 Blodgett.
Vocal solo, 3 ,nshine and RAIN .Bluementhal.
Miss Montgomery.
Cake Walk. Grace Haas and Joe Hull.
Violin Duet, Oberlaender Gungl.
Messers Gmelin and Klein.
Pickaninies SOng........
ANNA Kornmeyer and Regina Guyette;;
Vocal SOLO Miss 'poiIiiiit ''se'ec'ea
Scarf Fantasies. Nine Seniors.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-02-13
"a POOR RELATION"
Sol Smith Russell's Great Play Next
Saturday Evening.

The details for Frank Keenan's COM
ing visit in Sol Smith Russelps funny
play, "a Poor Relation" which is linn
ited to only one night, have been COM
pleted by Arthur H. O'Neil, the ad-
vance representative of the Company.
Mr.. O'Neil says the cast supporting
Mr.. keenan, this season is an eXcep-
tionslly strong and expensive one; COM
rising as it does such well known and
C pable people as Geo. p. Sprague, Geo.
b. Miller, Marcus Moriarty, John Cum
berland, and Misses Maud Abbott,
Kitty Dooling, Marion Sprague, Kate
Long and last but most important the
bright and clever Grip and Patch" !"
The utmost care has been taken in
the staging of ga Poor Relation to
make it complete and perfect produc-
ton in every detail. The scenery,
property, models, etc, are all new,
making it production worthy of the
highest merit.
The story of IA Poor Relation" keeps
one interested from beginning to end,
on account of its dramatic strength,
amusing situations, bright and witty
dialogue and masterful construction.
William Dean Howells has written of
it that sit is poem in laughter and
tears"
Frank keenan,, who plays "Noah
Vale" is one of the most unctuous
actors America has given us; his facial
expression is wonderful; by its power
the audiences are convulsed with
laughter; his pathos is of that quiet
convincing character that holds you in
anxious concernment throughout the
play. These qualities being all so
beautifully blended in Mr.. Keenan's
work in the portrayal of the character
he represents, together with the admir-
able company supporting him and in a
comedy of such genuine merit, makes
a performance of such rich enjoyment
that one longs for more of the same
kind. Plays like "a Poor Relation"
are seen so rarely that no one should
miss this production.
1t is plays and companies of this
kind that we like to see successful and
sine rely trust this notable engagement
will have audiences limited to the ca
pacity of the theatre.
The advance sale of seats is now
on, and it is most likely the rush will
only cease when all the seats are gone,
so make up your minds to be there in
good time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-02-13
DESTROYED by Fire.

Saturday evening about $50 o'clock
the home of John Welsh, on the fiat
near the West Decorah bridge, was
discovered to be on fire. This was one
of the oldest houses in Decorah and
the flames made quick work, destroy
ing in few minutes the entire house.
The fire department succeeded in
reaching there, but the nearest hydrant
was at the corner of Water and Mill
streets, and this required the laying of
about three blocks of hose. Nearly all
of the contents of the house was
saved. The origin of the fire is not
known, but it is tn ught that de
fective chimney was the cause.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-02-13
Ben Bear to New York.

Ben Bear left on Saturday night on
his fifty first semi-annual purchasing
trip to New York, where he will be on
the ground floor and get the best there
is both in styles and prices in spring
and summer goods. These regular
trips are of interest to all as they never
fail to be productive of favorable results
to the purchasing public of this section,
He will have something of interest
to say to our readers about next seas
on's business wheE he returns.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-02-13
THE SHAM OF POLITICS
DISCUSSED BY HON. ABE JONES
Some Pretty Good Pointers on Past
Political Controversies and Their
FaDatical Pr0clivities.

We, the greatest nation in the world,
are once in four years convulsed with a
presidential election that shakes the
country from centre to circumference;
and what is it for? Is there any reas-
enable solution? Only that the Sins"
want to stay in and the outs" want
to get in.
Let us look for moment over the
great dividing line. For many years
one party was in favor of a tariff for
protection and the other of tariff for
revenue only, with incidental protec-
ton, and many fierce battles have been
fought by brave soldiers on both sides,
with tin swords and guns loaded with
paper wads and wind. But what was
the real difference? Merely a few
words of no significance whatever.
A tariff for revenue is tariff for pro-
lection also as far as it goes and the
more revenue required the more pro-
lection will be received. The claim of
large employers of labor that a protect
i've tariff is designed to increase the
wages of American laborers so they will
not be compelled to compete with the
pauper laborers of Europe is rotten from
the ground up. Is there anybody so
green that they don't know that every
body hires help where they can get it
the cheapest?
The tariff lately seems to have gone
where the "woodbine twineth" and
the money question takes front rank.
This in my opinion is another motor
ious humbug. What is the matter with
money? There are gold bugs and silver
bugs, but both are not as dangerous as
bed bugs. Gold and silver have been
used as money from time immemorial
and always will be. The battles of
1896 and 1900 were won on that fraud
ulent issue. The charge of cheap and
dishonest money was howled from one
e I'd of the continent to the other. The
ratio between gold and silver assumed
enormous proportions. Is there any
one so foolish as to suppose that one
half the voters in this country-over
900 OOO-wanted unsound money?
Would it not damage them as well az
the other half? But why is the ratio
so marked on the commercial value of
gold and silver and no ratio fixed be-
tween the market price of gold bars and
the price of paper which passes for
money? The grocerymen that l deal
with are all republicans and they much
prefer to take a fifty-cent silver dollar
than to charge the goods to me. Why
it is you will have to ask them.
The honor of voting is predominant
in some peoples minds. AT every i'm
portant election a car load Of Gray
hams arrive from Des Moines and an
other car load from Omaha. Of course
that is all right, for the parties in this
state are so close that neither side can
afford to lose vote, and then ''we all
do it," When was member of Con-
gress always had free transportation
furnished to go home and vote ana to
see the folks. To be sure, if under the
late administration they had known
how I voted, it would have been diff
ferent. ABE JONES.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-02-13

COMPTROLLER of the Currency
Dawes strongly recommends in his
annual report that the laws be amended
so as to place more restrictions upon
the loaning of money by national
banks to their own directors. He says
that two-thirds of the failures of
national banks can be traced to the
practice of loaning money to directors
and officers without proper security.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-02-13
New Western Union Manager.

Last week Miss Nellie Callahan, of
Menasha, Wis, took charge of the
local office of the Western Union Tele-
graph Co., Mr.. Maxon being trans
ferred to position in the main office
at st. Paul. Miss Calahan's sister
accompanied her and will remain here
for few weeks.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-02-13

A DOZEN of the wealthiest capitalists
in the country men who WELD abso-
lutte control over immense business en-
terprises-will tell the re ders of The
Saturday Evening Post February 16)
why they remain in the race which
they have already won. Each ofthem
writes frankly whether he makes
money for its own sake, for the sheer
joy of working, or to gain the power
with which vast capital invests itself.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-02-13
Another Business Change.

Mrs. Mary Keegan-Howland will
retire from the Millinery business the
after part of this month, having dis
posed of her business interests to Misses
Robb and Killeen, of Dubuque. These
ladies expect to take charge before the
first of March, and will step into q
good business, centrally located.