The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-14
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Congress will meet this year December l. the
first Monday of the month falling on that date,
which does not often happen AS both houses are
fully organized, says the Washington Post, they
will be able to proceed Immediately to business
With nearly three weeks of clear sailing before
them prior to the holiday recess, it will be no
surprise if considerable work is accomplished
There are a few matters pressing for action
this winter outside Of the supply bills, and it will
be necessary to dispose of them speedily if at
all. The senate will have several reciprocity
treaties TO consider if it is 50 disposed. The
house will very probably have three or four
appropriation bills out of the way before the
statesmen hasten away for the festivities of
Christmas
Teller is not democrat and never was
democrat Yet the democrats are determined to
re-elect him if they can. They have no thought
OF trying to elect real democrat, but are tied
up with the political fortunes of Teller. But
are earnest and active in their efforts to
defeat him as if he were a radical democrat
NdShvtHe american.
Senator Teller has voted in the senate with
the democrats for several years, now claims to
be democrat and for the past four elections
has walked up to the polls and voted the demo-
cratic ticket. How much further could he go in
P'S'ihS H'S P"'ty oNoA+olAS-
A Connecticut pastor forgot it was Sunday and
was reading in his study while his congregation
was patiently waiting in the pews. This is what
comes OF not taking a Sunday paper. Other
wise, he would have known it was Sunday.-.4t-
l1Htd Journal.
This calls TO mind the Houston citizen who
having read the church notices in The Post
Saturday morning, put out and proceeded several
blocks down the street his way to church
before incident logged his memory. We eat
and sleep and work and worship in a hurry in
this country.
| On the day when we were getting the election
news our silver dollar was worth less than ever
before The New York World says that on
the day mentioned, dollar looked like 80
cents The s4o,68eSG7 such coins outstanding
on August /, which have just been declared legal
tender by the supreme court, are really worth
St94645,sI4--a triie over $346,o37,ooo less than
their face or nat value The 36-cent dollar will
hardly figure again as issue in politics, but its
legacy of more than FIVE hundred millions in fat
money remains disturbing element in hnanceI
and business. And yet we are told that demo-
Gratis who in 1896 and 1900 refused to be parties
70 an effort TO make the white metal the Standard
of money, "foreswore the party" BETRAYED
it to its enemies" ete.--ChatfaroogG Times.
Have you any silver dollars you would like tol
dispose of at SO cents piece That's what youL
say they are worth.
Sixty experts will install system Of conserv-I
ing the forests of South Texas the work beinel
undertaken by the largest lumber company inl
the South The preservation of the forests has
long been matter of theory but the rapidityi
with which the tielber is being taken from all
the districts make imperative the work now uni
dertaken. Texas is taking the lead in this a.
it does in all the.work OF progress in the South
--DGlloS TinreS-Heyald
Thess'is nothing of more Importance in which,
the Texas people could engage
The Texas university is already great school,
but not as great as it should be 1t is alto
gether fitting, that the greatest State in the
/ Union should have at least great a universe
~ as any. OF course this can not come now. nor
in dozen years but there must be a gradual
working 10 that end. Right at present there is
a pressing need for additional buildings 10 ae
eommodate the ever increasing number oil
students--Fou Worth Telegram
The Post hopes to see the time come when
the Texas legislature will take more reasonable
and generous view Of our great institutions of
learning ..,.,