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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-21
By Harry HaynesA

~ AH+ y nay ItSsj
lFdn, Texas, December 2o.--tStaff spe-
A-Aseending TO the second story of
a'riHcent capitol building and glanc-
l''th In the transom over the door
large room may be read these words;
aN Library" These two words sug-
! Story In reference to the provisions
oy the architect of this great struc-
worth relating, worth remembering,
worthy Of some action by the next leg.
aas.
. 1881 plans and specifications
| Nw capitol building were advertised
NE Sixteenth legislature, in due
:" ume there were six or eight re-
ms 70 the advertisement, and these
.Va came to Austin with their plans
mFisyed them in the old stone build
ssp occupied by the comptroller of
V accounts.
pans were inspected for weeks by
representatives. and senators OF the
Lsne legislature, and studied as
sq ana thoroughly as 1t is possible
~ except connoisseurs to study such
INV. u IS not necessary to go into
In Il history Of the study of the plans
49,. .OF adoption, except to say, that
y. ~ OF capitol building for a grow
~ uot only then, but for all time 10
considered Every plan submit
~ architects was grand, and il
iuierior had been adopted the peo-
'Aas would have been proud of the
.'ee Plan was considered as com
% nlllng the bill than any other.
seause 1t made more ample pro.
thers. ''''aiy 'nan any
~
~ selection OF the present de-
Aeyer displayed his plan in NIL
house, in which the special
ne Seventeenth legislature was
~ state house having burned in
and delivered an interesting
~e subject OF the adaptabnity
Use he proposed for the needs Of
:" Lnat lecture he said he
81 sa me business OF the various de-
nad famIliarized himself with
ana probable extent Of the bust
would be transacted. and had
81 q ~ me details of the building In
&llsd these studies.
Hhisfos... 1e atlon TO the fact that Texas
fhieS OF marvellous Interest, 10 re
il sea hundreds Of books would he
~ l9at this alone and OF itself
stI,.9e y form the nucleus. but
q Inv titrulals the collection of books,
b ths, Texas would have a State
ia you'd rival in extent and Sc
m ,Natlonal library at Washing.
= VITA eler said he had studied the
art y special reference to meet this
&,F5rltoa .are, and had provided ample
W.. rect on the second door, easy
w. We read State Library over
4e M tnis room set apart Tor this
b. r. ,othe evolution OF this great
~ partm this gifted Americans brain.
II is.' ana department OF the build
HRtes, pnyaJ aud have bssa ussa f5s
III III ,tusAets Ter whleA they were
" We architect and Intended By
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-21
Facts and Faneies,

Philadelphia Ledger
Everybody rejolces when bad poet In
herits q fortune
A Pittshurg paper bas hired the pugilist,
John L Sullivan. 70 ed'f one edition lie
can't hurt II any
Nr Bryan's Commoner dislikes the daily
papers The reciprocity idea IL becoming
universal.
It's not work that makes the busy man
the most tired, but the appearance Of tue
nan with nothing to 40.
The mesnest man IN Kansas is said 20
80 tbs psrron vha had three a9uud tssth
10 40 II for Netting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01

They tell "a story in Topeka about the
new pension commissioner which suggests
that he is equipped in a peculiar way
against the Importantly of the bore whose
requests he may not be willing to grant.
Wares attitude toward his candidacy was
matter of some interest; to an aspirant
for local Office and he sent friend to
sound Ware. After. an absence of two
hours the friend returned, evidently very
much; entertained by his own thoughts.
Well Frank said the somewhat anx-
ious candidate, lis. Ware going to fight
me?"
BLAST it ALL replied Frank. 81 forgot
to ask him.
Forgot to ask him! Well, what in
thunder have you been doing over there
all this time?''
Listening to Ware spout poetry
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01
THE LITTLE WOMAN


They're all very we'll in their way
Tall women--as I know and you know,
And it is a treat to survey
! The proportions superb of a Juno.
But others are equally sweet
+ When the fair from the horlely we garble
Therefore, OF the woman petite
L + MARBLE.
The men she has kept on the bob.
With wiles to perplex and to harass,
Since before Cleopatra raised hob
Or Helen demoralized Paris,
She triumphs with gusto and ease
In jousts with the learnd aud the witty
And, what is of more moment. she's
So pretty!
No matter how oft she may change
Her mind-thats the right of woman
And sadly bewitch and dcrange
Mankind in a fashion uncommon,
We forgive her. Protest? Ready dykes
OF grief open up willy nilly,
And her lachrymose attitude strikes
Us silly.
She pouts-we are monsters of guilt
She frowns--we are stricken with horror;
She scolds-iikc whipped spanicls we wilt;
She sm,les-we'd Invade Tophet for her;
She shops-we the score humbly pay:
She wills-we capftulate nicely;
She speaks-we do nothing but say
"Precisely! II
IFS well to fight shy of the rage
That rouses the amazon splendid,
Lest woe your attention engage.
With damage more fell than e. err men did
But If man would live out his days,
Loves comfort and would not resign It. he
Will humor the woman that weighs
But ninety. John Talman
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01
ADJUSTMENTS
The Nevada Concert.

Nine. Emma Nevada, the Nightingale Of
Paradise" as Ambrose Thomas delighted in
calling her, has been booked for single
concert at the Lyceum on next Tuesday even
ing ~ =
The charming little prima donna has been
in opera at The Hague since: her last visit
to- this country. She brings with her Leon
Moreau, the French pianist and composer.
Nine. Nevada's program will contain some of
the choicest airs from the great Italian and
French operas and also many songs. While
sustaining easily the reputation of being the
most eminent exponent of the forid school
ct singing now before the public Nine. Ne
vada Is equally delightful in plain song. In
San Francisco, wheE the great soprano an
swering laundering recall for her marvel
Gus Interpretation of DELI Acqua's VILLAIN
ele," sang, as she alone can sing it, 1.-The
Old Kentucky Home - there was hardly dry
eye in the house. 81,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01
That means government control.

* The Rev. Richard Brown, pastor of the
Fremont Avenue Congregational church,
is entitled to greater degree of vindica@
tion even than that given by the prompt
decision of the jury in his case. There are
trials and trials; verdicts that do not
represent the real facts or shake the NOR
al certainty of-the public as to the actual
facts. The verdict in the damage suit
against Mr.. Brown unquestionably rep
resents moral as we'll as legal right Mr.
Browns reputation has undoubtedly been
greatly injured in the opinion of many
persons who nave Judged him hastily and
have been too willing to conclude that an
accusation is much the same as a con-
.viction. The evidence showed that there
was not the slightest reason for the
bringing of suit against Mr.. Brown. He
is as innocent of the offense charged
against him as any person who reads this.
He is the unfortunate victim of suit
which should never have been brought
The public should remember that there is
nothing to prevent any one from bringing
suit against some one else and making
the most unjustifed and damaging allie
cations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01
IN THE NAME OF PHILANTHROPY
Copyright, 1909, blythe $. S. Mcclure Com
BY o,RYAN o'BRYAN..


Copyright, 1909, blythe S, IS. Mcclure Com
81 apany.
The Dawsons were double cousins-frst IN
days OF calm, but second when storms swept
over the land-girls, IA years old apiece,
bright fercely energetic and up to- date.
The owned two adjoining ancestral places
we'll furnished with fathers and mothers, and
from cellars to attics, particularly the attics,
with chairs and things, and with servants to
dust the chairs and things. They owned also
one grandmother in common, besides two or
three others in seyeralty.
Said their mothers, whom grand -mother7in-
common 8 illness called away, How. fortunate
that school is in session otherwise the girls
might be lonely, a maternal euphenlsm re-
sulting from long years of practice.
The term closed, however,. without the
mothers presence to soften the blow Grand
mother-in-conmon's illness necessitated a
longer leave OF ABSENCE, which was granted
IN CHARACTERISTIC message: We're all
right, little mothers. Stay as long as you
please. Love to gram
This was Endorsed by the Fathers Dawson.
That was what the Fathers Dawson were
for--to indorse. Although much absorbed in
trying to double the output CT the foundry
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01

many millions. 1t is evident that failure
TO grasp every opportunity for tho ex-
pansion Of our export trade means detri-
ment TO our home market which must be
protected from stagpation by opening
channels for tho disaosal Of the surplus
manufactured product.
The point has been reached when we
must choose between a war of tariffs or
commercial reciprocity, to which the re-
publican party Is positively committed
ana the necessity for which the late
and. in obedience Ito the public tariff law
of 1897. ordered the negotiation of the
treaties which the senate committee on
foreign relations has, after ineXcusable
delay and after utter disregard of the
interna tionaTcomity in such cases, agreed
to report favorably Will the senate
ratify these treaties? Is it not apparent
that the strong public sentiment favora-
BILE to reciprocity will not tolerate mac
ton in matter which, is recognized as
a business necessity and that the defeat
of these treaties will be interpreted by
the public as an attempt to place bar
riers in the way OF national progress
and prosperity? It has been shve, years
since congress made provision for the re-
kciprocity commissioner and his work The
treaties were duly negotiated, but they
have just been taken up by the senate
committee for a favorable report. That
is slow work for enterprising American
statesmen 1t is about time that the
senate should wake up and obey the
mandate of the party and Of the nation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01
GOVERNOR CUMM1Ns

d In his splendid speech before the Fourth
Ward Republican club last night Governor
%Cummins OF Iowa expressed in admirable
when he said that commercial despotism
is no more to be endured than political
despct ism.
Governor Cummins' strong and ringing
address was the most effective and coura-
geous endorsement OF the action of our
president and our governor in daring to
assert the supremacy of law and consti-
tuted aut hority over aggressive, incorpor-
ated power and ambition. He dared to
assert the proposition, not so popular in
some circles now as it ought to be, that
competition in commerce should be main
tanned. He pointed out with suggestive
sclearness and facility of expression how
sthe principle of conlpetitian in govern
ment had asserted itself until monopoly
in government, or one man or few men
power. had been swept away, and substi-
5tuted for it had come the principle of in
8dividual sovereignty and the guarantee to
every man of equal participation in the
Then went straight to the conclusion that
having battled for and won through ages
of conflict competition in government, we
shall not now surrender to monopoly in
commerce.
Tn e ] ourna1 takes pleasure in
printing Governor Crmnins' address to-
day and commencing it's consideration to
those who, Influenced by the trend of
things. have come to entertain some dan
Egerous notions with regard to the ulti-
mate and necessary development of COM
n1ercial organization. There has been too
much readiness to accept the theory and
go upon the principle that competition is
played out. But Governor Cummins'
thoughtful address cannot fail to bring
back attention to the fact that free men
tWho have achieved competition in govern
ment will never submit to monopoly in
commerce.
= Governor Cummins address is vaIu
able contribution to the campaign litera-
#ture of the day, and no less valuable be-
cause it comes so early in the campaign.
cit is fortunate that one man has had the
courage and ability to declare sound prin-
ciples at this time
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01
THE SENATE AND THE TREAT1Es

y Inc senate committee on foreign re1a-
lions yesterday agreed to report favor
ably all the pending reciprocity treaties
except tnose with Argentina and Jamaica.
Ne treatles to be reported are four with
#Great Britain, covering British Guiana
Barbados, Bermuda {and Turks and
<Colcos islands, and treaties with France
nicaragua, Ecuador and Dominica. The
treaties are amended by. requiring them
to be approved by both houses of con-
!gress. -..~=. ...s -.
I. There would seen, to be no use for this
amendment, for the provision of the
Dlngley law under which these treaties
were negotiated requires their submis
sion to the house Of representatives for
endorsement, although such provision
means that the senate voluntarily abdi-
cares some OF it's treaty making power,
the constitution containing no intimation
: that the action Of the president and SEN
ate as to treaties is subject to any re-
vision by the house. Senator Spooner.
indeed, last February delivered an oral
opinion In tho senate committee on for
eign relations to the effect that the pro-
vision Of the Dingley law requiring such
submission to the house was not binding.
Some Of these pigeon holed treaties
were sigred nearly three years ago. as
that with Nicaragua. That country and
Ecuador get 20 per cent reduction on
many articles admitted to this country in
return for which they admit free many of
frr,1tY. "a
20 per cent on others. The Dominican
Republic gets reduction of 121a per
cent on her sugar and n1olasses imported
into the United States and 20 per cent on
hides skins. honey and tobacco i'm
ported hsre, besides long list of manu-
featured articles. The French treaty.
which has been bitterly opposed in the
!. ties on French Droducts OF only 6S
per cent, although the Dingley law per-
mits a reduction Of 20 per cent The
National BusinesG League and other COM
5nercial bodies have emphatically ap-
lkproved the French treaty and demanded
sits ratification, while iron ma nufa cturers,
the southern cotton seed oil interest, the
cereal and food interest and agricultural
machinery interest in the west and north
west favor the treaty, because they see
enlarged trade for themselves. France
imports fewer Of our manufactured goods
than she does of those of the other great
manufacturing nations and our manufac-
furers know that the reason Is that their
EUROPEAN competitors have the great AID
vantage over Us Of getting their goods in
under the Frencl, minimum duties, while
we have to pay maximum duties on the
same articles. We can set the minimum
rates If we Will make reciprocal conces.
ssions to France, who is willing now tt
give US reductions averaging from 26 tt
IS per cent OF her present duties, in re
turn for the average reductions OF onl,
56.s per cent applicable to about one
fourth only OF the articles in our tariff
list. Even this small concession OF
5our part will increase our exports b,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01
TEE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

personal ill feeling toward him. 1t would
be glad to see him prosper in his under
takings so far as they seem to be con-
ceived in the interest of the public and
planned with due respect to the laws Of
the country. 1t recognizes in him a pow
erful factor in the development of the
country. but his incorporate speech and
action in face of such obstacles as the
law and the officers of the law more than
justify a feeling of apprehension which
universally prevails toward unbridled
human ambition and the unlimited exer-
else of the, one man power in the domain
of commerce.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01

without increasing the expenses, they still
reserved the veto power at home. But the
possibility of the overruling thirds vote
led them to preserve the show OF authority
by lndorSing,. always and speedily.
The mothers were becoming uneasy. Tho
daughters were becoming uneasy too. Usu-
ally when these restless fits came on, the
girls were tactfully guided into the paths OF
philanthropy. Great executive ability their
mothers said they had, and, indeed, they
could dress dolls or make ecrapbooks for
chiidrens hospitals if necessary, but they
just dotted on sales.
When a sale was announced, their subordi-
mates drew long breath The mothers fell
to work with will, echoing the remark of
Rosas.the cock: "Now we knows where wese
at. 1 can stan On my feets all day maxim
canny, an ! doesn' complains, but it's desc
we're surprisin's dat gibs me de misery in my
haid." r-
The restlessness now worked itself into a
fever, and as it reached it's height simulta-
neously in both girls.they started on a run
from their respective homes and met under
the linden tree on. theabeundary. of their an
cestral lawns. ~ 81 -. y H.,
In breathless duet they exclaimed, 80, su-
sannah, 1 have an ideat7' 20, Hepsibah, |
have an idea"' .c4.is
Their names were neither susannah (al-
ways spelled with an "h'D nor Hepsihah
Their mothers, in youthful ignorance Of what
good form would demand in a name, later
had called them Nellie ana Oracle. The girls
early came to despise sthese weakly cogno-
mems, and when some Harvard authority, in
proud epasrn OF reform. schsnged their Un=
Gle Harry name to Henry without SO much
as saying by your leave. they promptly said
We'll change ours Susannah and Hepsi-
bah they hecaInetto each other from that mo-
ment The fathers and mothers at first stout
ly- resisted, but might prevailed. The genera
public now knew no others.
we'll have a sale-a fresh air. sale"
Then the embryo lady board put their
heads together and gave their executive aoilit.
full play. --
At night the Fathers Dawson's endorsement
was called for.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01
Nix. HILLS MISTAKE

That Mr.. Hill is not nearly as certain
that his Northern Securities company is
legally lrnpregnable as he was "a few
weeks ago, is asfair inference from the at
titude which he has assumed toward the
federal executive authority Mr.. Hill has
declared war upon President Roosevelt be-
cause the president has seen fit to test
the applicability of, the Sherman anti
trust law TO Mr.. Hills merger. He makes
no secret Of his determination to over
throw the president politically if he can.
He takes the same attitude toward Gov
crnor Van SAINT.
Indeed, his threatening and impolitit
language used in New York and Washing
ton recently toward those in authority
who have ventured to attempt the en-
forcement of law which may interfere
with his plans, has created no little sur
prise. Mr.. Hill ordinarily has been re-
garded as more diplomatic and prudent
He certainly cannot hope to make friends
for his plans by threatening the govern
scare Theodore Roosevelt from the dis
charge of his official duty, he displays q
singular ignorance of human nature as II
exists in the White House at this writ
ing, as, if Governor Van. SAINT, it Is
evident that Mr.. Hill Is making no head.
way against him.
1t is undoubtedly very embarrassing
to Mr.. Fill to be interfered with in his
great plans, but that is not the fault O
those charged with the. execution of the
law. Sc
The journal takes no satisfaction
in Nj. Hills embarrassment. although
supporting enforcement OF law It. has NJ
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01
No AIM, BUT IT HIT

The meat combine, unfortunately for it,
does not monopolize the food supply,
though it does to large extent control
the meat supply. There being other foods
besides meat that are capable of sustain
Ing life, the people have reduced their
meat purchases even more rapidly than
the prices have assembled The result is
that the business sof the big packing
houses has fallen off one-third, the yards
are full Of empty cars and men are being
discharged.
If the beef trust, which has really ex-
listed for many years, is responsible for
part or all Of the increase In the cost Of
meats, the ability Of the people to re-
duce their meat purchases without seri-
Gus inconvenience will be available les
son. 1t will teach the trust that mere
control Of the meat supply will not put
it into a position to raise prices ex-
brilliantly. What does it profit the trust
if it raises prices 20 per cent and loses a
third Of the trade?
This sudden reminder to the trust that
it is not omnipotent has come in purely
natural and spontaneous way.
There. has been some talk of punishing
the beef trust BY refraining from meat,
and there have even been sporadic in
stances of groups Of men agreeing not to
eat meat for certain period. But al
most all of the. reduction in the trust S
business has come through millions, Of
housekeepers pursuing the same course,
not from agreement, but because they
were affected by similar causes. 1t was
simply case of little household
economies in the meat bill, because
meat is too high heaped up on, each
other, till the aggregate Of the patron
age thus withheld from the trust amounts
to such proportion of it's business as to
stagger it. 3
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01
There seems to be disposition in

There seems to be disposition in
some quarters to consider that General
Macarthur has endeavored to deprive
General Funston of the honor or dishonor
according to the point of view of the
capture of Aguinaldo. On the contrary
General Macarthur has acted very hon
qgably and generously toward General
Funston. While giving the latter, full
credit for conceiving and carrying, out the
plan for. capturing sAguinaldo, he takes the
responsibility of ordering it done upon
himself. If it was a worthy achievement,
General Macarthur merely gets the credit
Of having had the good sense to approve a
good plan. If it was unworthy the stig-
ma attaches to him, because without his
authority it would never have been more
than a dream.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01


When the Canadian west shall have a
million people, as it will within five years,
it's trade will he we'll worth having. Min
neapolis already enjoys large trade
with that region. 1t will naturally tend
to be larger as the population of Ameri-
can origin increases. The people of the
Canadian west, like our own farmers, are
inclined to feel that It is hardly right 10
tax them Indefinitely at an excessive
rate for, the benefit Of few manufac-
lures. The demand for freer trade in many
American articles will grow stronger in
western Canada. On the other hand, the
time has arrived when we need to buy
the products of that country. Here are
reciprocal wants. 1t requires reciprocal
laws to satisfy the wants. But strong,
we'll organized and active public opinion
must grow up before we shall have such
laws on either side of the line. A rec
iprocity convention in Minneapolis would
be step in that direction. ~-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-01

The cordiality with which he was re-
during his recent southern trip made a
profound Impression upon Judge Ell Tor
rance, commander in chief Of the G. A. r.
Thirty five years ago few soldiers Of
either ,.rmy thought that the day would
come within their lifetime when the NOR
tai enemies of those days would meet to-
gether as friends and comrades, and find
delight instead of$pain in fighting over old
battles.