The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-06

Nv 'ne structure. and It's snlendw svmptfv
Of eas anueur partakes OF the architecture
ccn I'm. treat painters differ Ia thclr Goa.
Sypuons OF the beautiful one nalnts Mnunt
III 1S "a hlsslhg the clouds. another pnints
ses uihnN torrent In It's mad rush 10 the
sea, another paints beautiful lnpdsrsne
| aa.Ptled with yerudre and bedcske1 win
unuNers, another paints the settins sun ri a.
Ms tne western sky. another paints the
vine "a, non,alng IN her arms thp Infant d..
chas, yer ga are artists deving In their
dn o, helds and the works OF each glad
I ,,tu ~ eye IN every temple of art So
FOR h, s'atesmen -one builds constitution
~ lug, nts country, another fashions system
VI ihWs for its government another CON.
{ 1nuiS's hScai system To meet its hunncaI
a, DoVs, ahuthtf outlines It's foreign policy,
emmV,hct provides "A system to foster indus.
t,ai development, yet all are statesmen
ir 'putlnE To the prosperity honor and
IN ol tneir country They may diner
~ tucr opinions. but all unite Ia an hon.
esq effort for their country's weni ana do.
I SStNe equal rank In the temple Of fnme In
.utS lanu OF liberty Of thought aud con
f fi''g a, may diner upon any given Ques.
LII, ana Vet concede to those who diner
Mt,n US MOI only equal honesty. hut equal
49, me ana 1t may he that each SIDE
nroS stand within small segment VI the
sI'uI circle Of truth, for It is only given
10 any OF us to Know In part aud TO trust
~ part and We ever discern the truth
through glass darkly
olaruhg IN public life MS the county nc
dpIn'N OF an obscure Ohio county we soon
NM our subject standing Ia the Legislative
mus Of the nation with The credentials OF
nlS people In his bands without following
we details OF his defeats ana victories n,
ms carly nonuCg lie, 1t is sufficient 10
GNE inat when disaster came to his uHlfJ
l ia o4lo' resulting In the election OF a dem.
NI"'lc governor and almost n FUN dclcga-
a,"ll OF democratic congressman, he was an.
must the only representative VI his nnltv
nua, survived that political s.orm and re.
maalned unshaken In his place In the con
nGehce OF his people
An congress his constructive statesman
Ssbbip fashioned fiscal system known rs
! trary to the views OF our party, nos sscl
Snch merit In the opinion VI the members
a. nus own party that he at once bernme
"S rIeso2hized lender aud LOGICAL exponent
~ $50 ne was made the standard bearer
81 MS party anu though almost every one
~, us ~ inns house who were On lowed with
SSmea, elective franchise cast our ballots
against him, and though opposed by Thai
ma'cReSs tribune of the neople waom we
", h"nor. ne was elected 10 tue HchCst
2aanl%e within the peoples gift by more than
GlClHt votes.
Following an administration, the head OF
Wnlch mad betrayed the great party watch
eievated him to that high oehce the head
81 which found 1t necessary TO Issue mo,e
than SSUO,O0OO GOO in Interest bcoring bIudt
ID time of profound ace, ending The tt, as
NY almost empty, business disturbed hy
f tds, and threatened panics In the none
tHfN world, by a wave OF his mage wand
Ihe country sprang hHck into acilon and
resumed Its former place at the head of
~, uHblNuS al lNt pufth.
While we deny all responsible ty O, tho
part OF our party for Cleveland an Clpvr-
lAnuiSm for had he followed The Mat 'orm
on Which be solemnly accepted the nom M
uoh no Such panic nor chaos would have
chsuedl, yet all candid men must admit
that this country was in dcp!orahl, con
hitlon at the time of William NJ Klnlef's
Induction into office. and W. must turtbc,
admit that during his administration Ia
country returned TO q condition OF almost
uneXampled prosperity
IT, Plunged into a foreign war soon after
MS hrst election. n war the momentous S.
sues of which his conservative statesman.
snip toresaw and sought hy every honorable
means TO avoid, a war for which We as a
nauoA were Wholly unprepnred. Ne, he toa.
Quoted that war with such spirit ami ylg1r
ms surprised the nations oe the Garth In.
dtr ms direction as commander In chief
victories on land ana sen added imperish.
unle luStcr 70 American arms
While we differed and stil differ with
nm as to the proper settlement of the
concedc that seldom has president of this
nep4hhc had such difficult questions to
His policy Of reciprocity and frlepdlIness
10 oIhef nations has opened the markets
Of the world 20 American goods and has
placed our trade relations on the most en-
during basis; our relations with England,
Germany. France, Russia Japan and the
South American republics are most cordial.
our sails now whiten every sea, and our
shlilS enter every port laden with American
His diplomacy in the settlement of the
Chinese disturbance not only saved that
nation from ACKNOWLEDGMENT and preserved
great and growing cotton market intact,
put the confidence of the Chinese people
in the pure intentions of this country was
the great restraining influence that pre-.
vented the wholesale massacre of every
foreigner within her borders In this great
emergency one miSstep might have cost MS
the lfe Of our every citizen within tbcir
trenzied grasp. His first step was to in
form China that we desired none OF her
territory. but only the safety OF our cit
liens. ana this we would have at what
ever cost; he also rendered in advance.
when our citizens should he given the pru-
lection to Whlch they were entitled by the
luWS Of nations, our friendly offices 10 re-
pei the disturbance and assist China in
securing terms Of peace with other nations
which she could hororably meet. At the
same time he sent troops to the relief of
the bele0glrcd legations and though farther
from the scene Of action than the troops
ours were among the very first to reach
the scene Of action, and side by side with
the troops Of other nations our brave boys
in blue scaled Peklns walls.
Aside from his other public acts, his kind
and just treatment o. the South and his
honest efforts TO restore friendship and
harmony between every section OF our
country. would entitle him to RINK among
the leading statesmen of the Nineteenth
century. When the war with Spain arose
one Of his Nrst acts was to appoint MS
Confederate soldiers who ever donned the
gray; Joseph Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee.
The policy Of former republican prcs-
dents of appointing negro postmaSters has
been curtailed until In the great State of
Texas there Is not a negro postmaster To-
day. and there are but two negro Federal
officials and they both hold subordinate
positions under white men.
When the movement was inaugurated n
few months ago to reduce the representa-
ton In congress Of those Southern States
that had found 1t necessary to restrict
negro suffrage with an educational "uaiid-
Gallon he frowned down the movement and
told it's leaders that the question was III
timed and that he did not wish any Issue
raised which would revive sectional bit
trrness: that his desire was Ia assist in
healing the old wounds and not inhicting
new ones.
White attending an ex-Confederate re-
union In Atlanta, an aged and feeble vet
eran Of the Confederacy pinned a Confed-
crate badge to the lapel Of his coat and
he wore It throughout the day beside his
emblem Of the G. A. II. to show his pleas
ure in the reunited South and North, and
while there ne uttered those grand words
in which he honed for the dav to come In
the fullness Of time and the providence of
God that this nation whom we had all
helped 10 build would share with the South
In the care OF the graves OF her heroic
dead and IN erecting suitable monuments
10 their memory. II he had done no other
act or spoken no other words in all his
career as our president these kindly acts