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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-24
HOUSTON TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL "a, IS
IA PAGES TODAY.
THE DlNGLEY LAW AND THE REPUBLICAN
Rank AND Ellie.

Among the many bunders which the republican
party has made there is none more conspicuous nor
more calculated to give strength to the democrats than
its do-nohng policy with regard to the tariff The re-
publican party was pledged reciprocity 1t is in the
platform In his last speech at Buffalo President Nc
Kney said more about reciprocity than anything else
Mark Hanna and Senator Aldrich and the other big
republican guns have pronounced in favor Of mot dis
turbing business interests" The president and the
speaker of the house but clay in the hands Of
these potters of the party and nothing will be
done. The die is cast and the republican party will
20 into the congressional campaign of 1902 and doubt
less also into the presidential campaign Of 1904, with
the Dingey law its platform.
Last December the Chicago Tribune printed a sym
postum of opinions expressed by republican editors
with regard to the tariff question Very many of these
editors declared favor Of tariff revision and
strongly. Among these opinions that of the edi,
tor of the st. Paul Pioneer Press, who said:
II congress should adjust the tariff existing
conditions will the enemies OF protection with ecC-
tive arguments against the whole system which might easily
republican ascendeucy in congress.
The editor of the Chicago cord-Herald said on
the same subject
very strenuous effort being made keep the party
the inequalities OF the arif there he heavy account
to settle at the next congressional elections
The editor of tho Sioux Falls journal urged that
when it was admitted that there were flaws in the
Dngley law that should not be held sacred and
ipyolabe He warned the friends of the tariff to take
that its revision turned to it's enemies
These are only few of the republican opinion,
condemning the leaders of the party for their nactor
with regard to the tariff Taken altogether, however
they constitute a pretty big straw to the way the
wind blowing for the congressional elections in thu
fall.
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VAeARlEs oE lie SUN.

In its "Open Court of Public Opinion" the Phila-
delpha Public Ledger recently published clipping
from the New York Sun, as follows
he dem2sr2l platform which OF course until other
IS TOO vel known to need repetition
crsey IS Broncho Busting and the Man Horseback"
At the e, Democratic club on Monday night Hon, David
Only clear political idea conveyed by Mr. Hill is that his
Hon Arthur Pue German Of Maryland has yet for
Meantime the republican administration is ably admin
isternE the countrys practical affairs and National pros
Now it is curious thing that in tho same column
the Public Ledger publishes clipping from the Phila
delpha Record on "The Political Leopard in Pennsy
vania referring to Senator Quay another cIppinE
from the New York Times on Taxing Food" and
clipping from the New York Herald on THE Iawless
Methods of the Beef Trust" These clippings none Of
which deals with the Philippine maladmnistration or
the tariff iniquites and the failure reciprocity never
theless make up interesting commentary on the
Suns statement about the republican administrations
able conduct of the counrys practical affairs and the
National prosperity which is its Gift A political
leopard for Pennsylvania, the taxing of food and the
lawless methods of the beef trust indeed sgnid.
cant signs of able administration of the countrys
practical affairs of which the republican party and re-
publican journals have reason to be proud
There is distinction without difference in the
Suns statement of the platforms of the democratic
candidates. Whether as candidate or otherwise
Senator German will formulate new platform. AS
he is democrat. Senator Germans platform is the
democratic platform. However great the personal OPP
position between Hill and Tryan may be. Bryans Kan
City platform and Hills platform of Thomas Jefer
son are one and the same The hansas City platform
too, is opposed to "Broncho BustiM and the Man on
Horseback" which the Sun puts fortIAas Colonel Wat
rse platform and no student Of the life and po
suggested the nd teachings of THONGS Jefferson
the Boer war idedsent what the position of that great
fhe p or &Se stasea % ts, N oday and that
from don't know where she had on Independence up
black picture har sort OF Galnsborough sci :, -. -
trihe back On her yellow all time put
expensive black SILK Just. man on horse.
shssye csepine. Her escort swere one -'A -
shes but of
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right angle like jack snpe Ask any Of the odtme cow
boys and they will tell you that many the tune tney nav
tailed an old lean starving Of bog hole ana tn
had to shoot her get away from her In the uaez pun
tights where Americans congregate those same oraEc ana DC
spanged matadors dare only tackle bulls which charge ~
straight line allowing the matador TO step aside n'roau
starving long horn ith young cali into inc Arena
would run over her ormenors like an automohe ~.
which brings back TO the contention that the bull thar
bellows with ragethe OK only when endeayorng to ge
away.-BedmuoHi Enterprise.
And still they gazed and still their wonder grew
hat one small head could carry all he knew
Thanks Bcr Mort; hut you sec this was that very kind
of an he endeavorng get away from the beef
trust
It turns out that have been treating Fipinos far
than the Spaniards conceived OF doing but what
Of It; Is not in the interest OF benevolent assimilation;
And doesn't it go to show that the world do move
i *
Our sporting editor suggests La Porte has secured
base on Ball.-Ld Porte Chronicle.
We admit that it did look hathaway but now it looks
fur difrunt'
Here's the report the editor Of small daily writing
to the odd man. who is out of town:
Don't erowl when you odays paper Listen to this
Went to Rockaway for little ride Sunday: Wife got
sick. Couldn't get home Went back last night Train
her anyhow Can't stand for late trains Dec treporterl
bughouse with bone felon Can't do anything but howl
reporter sick in bed with diarfhoca Never is available
D-n John Smith Gas went out Machines got cold and
gas man to kick. While GUESSING hi out Of the man
and the telephone man and Does bone e'op got WORD
food out the cook had quit the was sick and about
done Tor and wife was by herself and about TO have the
What's the matter with Kansas Jumping Jerusalem.
don't you want this Id job: In the language of Mark
one saving clause It saved me from exploding
Ever been there:
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Lawloss Methods of the Beef Trust.

New York Herald
II has been shown that its methods involve:
FIRST he arbitrary regulations OF prices
Second, Limitation OF supplies at given points
Third Agreement territory in suppression of com
petition.
Fourth Boycotting of dealers by one member of the
trust whereby they debarred from obtaining credit from
any other member
Fifth Formal signed agreements to observe certain
practices IN the conduct of their business with dealers
Seventh. The appointment of central official to see
that these agreements kept and with power to decide
without appeal and TO collect money penalty from any
concern in the trust that fails maintain them in their
rigor.
Here we have arrayed restraint of trade suppression
OF competition and the regulation OF prcesa the essen
has OF trust IN the most offensive of the term
and trust. in articles of luxury OF comfort with
which the could dispense but in prime necessary Of
HE II IS true that evidence which brings moral certain
IS not at all times sufficient legal conviction The
facts touching the beef however so garine and
the Herald has substantated them with many authentic
documents that would the proceedings instituted nv
the prosecuting officials aid Federal can NOT fsl
to result IN the overthrow Of this atroeous organization
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SOME PosTscRIPTs.

Oliver Goldsmith in The Traveller, wrote But winter
lingering ehills the lap OF May nexact writer's have
changed the quotation to Winter fingers in the Ian f
spring and they make do frequent duty in such springs
as the present The OF this popular alteration of the
classic line is probably that winter this latitude seldom
ahdes late May.
One OF the highest shot towers in the world he found
at Niach IN Corintha. where there fall of etq feet
The Irish members Of the house of commons have dc.
cided not to participate in the coronation ceremonies
The famous Lowher arcade in the Strand London
great 10Y market is to be abandoned to make for
bank building.
In recent duct between shore artillery and floating guns
at Gibraltar the result decidedly in favor OF the coast
batteries.
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THE PANCAKE CHAMPION.

Give this day daily bread" prayed the little
boy in the sacred formula of the Lords prayer with
the original additional petition Not corn bread alone
o Lord. but good buckwheaters."
If the little boy of the story had been at Harmony
vale, New York. upon recent festive occasion he
would have had his prayer granted abundantly For
at that place there has just been held contest for the
pancake eating championship of Central New York
and the quantity of buckwheat cakes fried and con
sumed was to Dominic SIMPSONS favorite adec
tive, prodgious.
The fry was held at Squire HuPs homestead, and
distinguished company assembled to witness the con
test. From all the counties round about the pancake
eaters came, gorgeous gathering of gluttons. Rich
and the cakes they ate and the score
mounted amid growing excitement and enthusiasm At
ffty-eigh four only of the champions left. At
fftynine dropped out, and then there three
Until ninety the doughty three eat cheek by jowl and
the hot cakes rizzed and tapped the plates of the
eaters and disappeared in their capacous At
ninetyOne of the three succumbed. The two re-
naming gourmands eat one. two, three, four more
cakes and then declared he could eat no more
Score 80 The remaining disciple of Gargantua ate
his ninety-sxth cake amid tumutuous applause He
declared the victor, and much gratfed
with his and the paudts of the spectators that
he ate still another cake making his score 81 The
crowd stood spebound, gaping at him in wonderment
Had they not been astounded to keep up the ap-
pause there is no telling how many cakes he would
have eaten.
The name of this wonderful champion, which should
he inscribed in the Hall of Fame is Morris Flynn A
mettle may lack it's proper celebrant and the eat
ers perish qua Yates sacer assumes the
pleasing task and calculates that this human cormo-
rant consumed column of pancakes two feet high or
fourinch pathway if they so laid out, thirty
two feet long or nearly two rods poles perches or
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Selling and Buying.
Chicago Record.

Vhlcago Record ), -, 4
The assembled manufacturers at indianapolis We, j,
believers in the desiraby OF extending our sl;,.s
and, far as they expressed themselves u,,.ined
the virtues o1reciprocity They have not ye1 bich m
belief of the iamented Mckinley that sys manifest
vides for a mutual exchange of commodities e or a
essential to the continued and healthful grown gs|
port trade They continue in spite OF his warls d
in fancied security that they forever sen osk
buy little or nothing" There will be snu r .ocusf n
from this dream one of these days-pOssioy ''S
any of the dreamers suspects.
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Reciprocity with Canada

Chicago Record Herald. 4 ~
There is no country on the globe VITA Sn, T,sts
desirable that we should maintain reer raas son, ~
with Canada. Geographical consideratlon,s .ra bsr'
strongly in favor Of pulling down al, ~, .souor
that have been erected against Canada VIM ,cb TO
by making concessions best eustohg Of OF ~
ing the tariff wall that almost shuts CansoS ~ smous
kets, she purchased from last year S00as
$IIo,ooo,ooo.
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The Childcss Index has put in a new press and en-
arged to hvecolumn quarto' greatly improving APP
pcarancc
Those Fpnos will wonder two years hence what in the
mischief they took up arms against the United States for
Those who are lett will then he Il years OF age.
Our better half presented with baby girl this morn
Did the doctor take in advertising Corpus Crony
a S''' ''''"' .
Paderewsk, who pounds piano for 500 minute will
play in Dallas Monday night for the benefit Of the
gives the soldiers what is TO those Who appreciate
classical musc the price OF scat is good Investment
And those who do appreciate classical music and vet
buy seat will doubtless get left and hence will be part
OF the soldiers portion
Eight ,b hundred and gen6ve million dollars only
pretty big sum to pay Peasa"ton noaiior ~
Speak for yourself, please,
poet in The Houston Post slips cog his verses Of
ne"sIe ne 2T nat bellows Oxen do not below
hands OF the eamser. 1t is the bull that bellows with rave
fright and only when severely pToded n and osoT 0%
an OK IS enabled to strike rot by light load
you can't prod below of him if you try The belo4
lug of bulls indicates and attempt at demolition the
sharp OF the soad and unable by reason Of SS
excessive cargo strike The verses which were
really good hinged the turning of the worm but readers
gather from il the impression that oxen he'll
low when attempting demolition Of the yoke which is not
the For believing, enrage the bull Oxen
patient and docile and not get fight ou ~
them with armful OF banderllas and red shawl VIM
this subject want 10 tell you something else If Won
want 10 get fight with spice OF danger in it, the bull
what want but old starving that Won have
tail up on to her feet out OF boghoe She will giveyou
for your money and the bulls the MeNieans
fight in il compared lean old COW with yoans
calf that pull out OF mud hole BY the tail In charc
bull shuts his when lowering his head 10 toss Tie
uatador aside and the bull passes on COW so veal
that she scarcely stand and with young calf smnlv
and stepping aside does no good as he
steps aside also, does shut her eyes but turns
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-24
"who Pays the Taxi"
New York World.

The British ehanceors rosy prophecy that the bread
tax in his budget would reach the consumer is belied
almost uttered by the action Of the Northwestern
Association OF Meys IN Liverpool who yesterday added
shilling sack KS eents to the price of -four while the
American price practically unchanged This fact should
cause light to shine upon the minds our own pro-
eetionists, whose stock argument has always been that
the foreigner pays the tax"
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instances Of the rule to be observed in reading
that mugwump journal, which, contrary to the adver
tisement, Is If you see 1t in the Sun it's not So
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r. M. JOHNSTON. President
G. j. PALMER. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Vice President
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Readers OF The Post should not allow, tbo...,...-
'sea y the reports of Mr. Underwoods denial that rs
nsu MADE no charge to the effect that the repuhl;
$500 XIV Inc Crumpaeker plan in consideration Of dem
cei; s,S support o. the Cuban bill This was onIy ,L,
s,stJ MT Underwood made such charge" He ,eSnnl
that h. soIdung 20 numerous participants in the cs py
ds,s trade This would appear to be dstnesp 10 make
y Arthur WILLIAMS
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SourURN negroes want the Crumpacker resolution sup
ported. They doubtless feel regarding Crunpackcr that
although he has white skin, Dress Gawd him has brack
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EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

The Chldress Index has put in a press and en-
larged to ive-coumn quarto greatly improving its APP
pcaranCe.
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cuur ELLIS is after the pistol More power to his
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Another cryptogram.

Philadelphia Record
participant in the Bacon Shakespeare sonn t
now raging in the English papers has discovered we
real author Of the plays attributed to the baru Q.
Bernard Shaw He proves his theory by pointing e.
fourth letter from the end Of the titles OF eleven o.
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CORRESPONDENCE of any description 7cheiher IN
tended for nc Business Editorial DcPg'tmeh shod DC
5ddf and all checks drdfts moucyordcrS cte made pay
able 10 THE HoUsroE PRINTING CoMrANY.
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In said that the accorded American mules
Africa is nothing short OF cruel and Root should stop
heir shipment on tho ground affinity. il nothing else
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Our better half presented with baby girl this morn
ing Baby huGges' rales etc, taken subscription
| CGSyoynYc OrH
Did the doctor take it out in advertising ?-Corfus Crony
gitla Pshaw
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OFFICE OF PUBLICATION,
& Nos IDOL 1o3 1905 1907 and 1909 Franklin Avenue.
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Now CoRBlN is popular with this president what win
ing way he has. TO be sure but thcn. he taks
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CRownER says the evidence doesn't sustain the charges
made British operations Chamcttc The president
doubtless assured him of that he came down.
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In LOOKS now il tho Americans might just step out
d let the cholera finish it.
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FOREIGN OFFICES--Easern business Office 43, a., 4S
A. a. 40 Tribune building New Sorb Chs s & BeekMtn
s. c. Beckwith Special Agency Office of Washington Cor
respondent Room II, Ames building, 41o street ~ W.
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Those Filpinos will wonder years hence what in tn
mischief they took up against the United States for
Sdr Iuionio Light
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Tufer epidemic of child stealing in Yucatan Keep
your children away from Hucatan.
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QUEEN WuuuMINA is much improved but she viii
never be entirely OF danger until Prince Henry get
driven from home.
Evening star., 1902-08-23
JERSEYS PURCHASE PRICE.
Sold by Indians for Rum, Axes, Guns
and Trinkets.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
Carefully locked away in one Of the fire
proof safes Of the New Jersey Historical
Society there now are two valuable docu-
ments that tell of the early colonization of
the state.
The first is a deed on parchment from
Charles II to his brother James, Duke of
York, afterward King of England, giving
him grant of all lands from the St Law
renee river to Chesapeake bay. The only
two names on the grant that Americans of
today would recognize are Nantucket and
Cape Cod, which are spelled as they are
today. The st. Lawrence river is designat-
ed as The Great River in Canada
The deed is beautifully written in Gothic
lettering, and the document is in excellent
condition. Under each line of writing is a
ruling of red, evidently done with quill.
The parchment is over two feet in length
and to the bottom is attached what was
once large seal of wax.
Gold and silver cords are fastened to the
seal. In an upper left-hand corner is an
engraving of Charles II, and the borders of
the deed are filled with pen and ink de-
signs, delicate and beautiful The docu-
ment is dated from Westminster in the
seventeenth year of King Charles reign.
While the deed is apparently the original
for the amount of work expended on 1t
would not be given to a copy, no signatures
appear, and apparently none was ever
placed on it.
Evening star., 1902-08-23

sBricklayers' Union, No. I, of the District
of Columbia is the largest local organiza-
ton of the building trades and is one of
the most substantial unions in the District.
The bricklayers of the city were first
ginized in 1871 at period when but few
of the local crafts We're organized. and the
maximum wages of the trade was 81 for
day of ten hours In a short time, as the
result of organization. the wages were in
creased to 81 a day and the conditions of
employment compared with conditions
which prevailed previous to the civil war
were greatly improved. In 1874 the organi-
cation disbanded the result of an unsuc-
cesSful strike for an Cight-hour work day.
This strike, which was persstently main
tanned for five months, the first effort
made by local labor for a shorter work
day. The briclllayers, therefore. were the
pioneers in the eiSht-hour movement in the
District and were the first under new Or
ganzation nearly ten years later to obtain
a reduction of hours.
After the dissolution of the union in 1874
years OF business depression precluded re-
organization and the wages decreased to So
a day per man, and in many instances less
was paid for ten hours labor. These con-
ditiOns continued until 1881, when. Febru-
airy ! OF that year, a meeting of briCklayerS
was held q Bergman's Hail. then the
southeast corner of Sth and f streets for
the purpose of forming a union. At this
preliminary me eting Joseph Armand was
chosen chairman and George Taylor secre-
tary.
At this meeting it was decided to form a
permanent organization and the following
officers were elected: Joseph Armand, presi-
dem; Charles Hope, vice president; George
Taylor. recording secretary: James O'Brien,
financial secretary; George Longdon, treas
urer; Patrick BTesnahan. sergeant-at-arms.
At the next meeting, held February is, Il
resolution was unanimously adopted that
''on and after April ], 1881, the minimum
wages Of members of the union shall be So
for a day of ten hours" This advance of
80 per cent above the highest wages pre-
vIoUSIy paid was obtained without serious
trouble. most CT the employers accepted
the increased scale when it was demanded
Al this time, required by a rule of the
union, ten hours constituted a days work
from March l to November 80. except Sat
urday. when members quit work at
O'Clock pm, receiving a full days pay
April 3, 1882, the wages were increased