The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-13


rclleve otherwise would Sc to despair Of
tic future progress Of Texas and to loso
all fsg.h in her peoric. And The Post
has certainly net reached that point yet.
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Five years ago the people Of this Nation
would have feared to simply increase the
regular army IN tho constitutional way. Now
they have elected n congress that Is actu-
ally willing not only to the army in
creased but to place that increase within
the discretion Of the president Times have
changed rapid In these days, and yet We
are told that VIC need have no fear for the
Republic.
Grover Cleveland could have talked with
much greater facility on the best means OF
disrupting a party
Tho dispatches from Europe indicate that
tho Washington government Is shll trying
to buy more trouble IN the shape OF the
Danish west indies Before we took Porto
Rico the Danish islands might have been
useful as ooallng or naval station. but
now thoir aeqrlai.ion would mean only an
add Honsl job lot Of hurricanes, earthquakes
and colonial paupers.
II Houston does not accomplish some
! thing out OF the ordinary very soon toe
public viii be apt 10 conclude that all cen
turics look alike to us
The Boston Globe Thinks it ought to be
a fine thing to have ones name appear
prominently IN the list Of heavy taxpay
ors" There are lots OF good men eycry
where whose names do not appear IN sucl
Nets who would be willing TO pay literally
for the Distinction and would agree noye
10 dodge the assessor or collector.
The Burleigh rcapporuonment bill nov
goes to the president and will doubtless b.
promptly signed hy him--Mr. Hanna offere,
no objection to it in the senate.
Tho Philadelphia North American think
It must be somewhat humiliating for Sen
ators Hanna ana Frye to have to appeal /
congress- for assistance Tor our suferln
commerce 80 soon after having persistent
bnasted Of It's vigorous growth and prosper
Ivy. Nothing Is hurp.liatns to Hanna tina
has personal gain for him in It.
The new republican governor OF Now yor
seems to have made soiao reputation b
simply promising reforms Its so unusual t
there
Governor sayers' showing that the Fed
oral authorities succeed IN ending liquc
dealers whom the State authorities oyerloo
L to the cost OF moro than 100000 q year
y Texas, is an item in his message that ougf
20 call for investigation. It costs too muc
to make laws to have them eyadcd with in
punity.
i England may bak little, but if Mr. Ha
docs his duty to this country he will seoul
. tho British Endorsement of the amende
j. canal treaty. The occasion only demanl
i a slight pressure.
The National house passed 10 privat
j. pension bills Friday These pension bill
Al that are carried 10 congress are claims tn,
" have been turned down by or that can n,
ia be granted undor the general laws by ii
!, pension department, The congress is II
" biggest fraudulent pension agent in II
i country.
The Tennessee legislature wants to tui
The faces of Tennessee's reconstruction so,
70 errors 10 the wall, It's not bad ldea--tl
J. reconstruction era should have had no pa
in the history of the South.
The Texas legislature will soon ba a,
thorized to create sixteen congressional d
tnots Any man who knows what the ST
n. of That Job is likely to he in view OF cor
4. hictlng ambitions. will readily admit tn
O. an extra session is the proper and on
a place 10 tackle ii.
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o. An Indiana man has lled petition
IS y Bankruptcy In order TO get rid OF brea,
or Of promise judgment Speculative spinste
d. should make note OF this and hedge
'r- time against the bankrupt law.
So EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.
~ railroad company with A Canital sto,
IN: ~ R''wp'w@ has been organized at oslahon
~. ClS o. I. TO build a railroad from tn
or elp 10 TeNarksna Texas.--Terren Time
ler 10 be sure It is coming to Texas. A
ND good things are looking Texasward these day
wv 'ncudinE railroad promoters and race hor