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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-11
BALL ON DEMOCRACY.

There is convincing evidence OF the ear
nesness and sincerity of the democrats throughout
country than the way in which the sth of January,
Jackson Day, is celebrated
While the holiday originally instituted in com.
memorahon of General Jacksons famous victory over
the British at New Orleans the anniversaries in re-
cent years have been employed in celebrating the
principles OF the democracy of which Jackson was an
earnest advocate, which is defending the country
from a greater enemy than the British.
Hon. Thomas II. Ball representative in congress OF
this district at the banquet of the Jackson club Ne
braska held at Omaha the Sth instant ably and eo-
quently voiced the feelings of patriotic democrats in
the speech he delivered in to the toast Dem
ocratic Duty is Democratic Opportunity" Central.
lied power in the National government" said Mr. Ball
"has reached high water mark" After explaining the
fundamental differences which have always existed in
this country with regard to the the Federal
government which alexander Hamilton would have
made aristocratic republic and Thomas Jefferson A
democratic republic, Mr.. Ball continued: Through all
the intervening years, in victory and defeat in pros
perty and adversely, through battle, murder and sud
den death, the democratic party has chung to these
principles the sheet anchor of our liberty and the
lamp unto our feet 1t stands today for the declara
tion of independence and constitutional government
Whine the republican party is pulling down the temple
of liberty and erecting in its stead clearing house
for the exploitation of tariff barons trust magnates
money lords and official thieves"
Mr.. Ball next proceeds to show the way reciprocity
works by instancing the French treaty now pending
by which France comedies $25s.OOO and obtains $685.
900 in return and perpetuates previous concessions OF
s426o000 of which amount the Standard Oil company
pockets $3e90,O00. "There," Mr. Ball in homely and
forcible metaphor, remarked, "you have the milk in
the cocoanut."
Mr. Ball denounced the trusts and proceeded TO
show the evil they do and how congress could IL it
would, destroy them. The extravaganza of the Fed
eral government commented upon, and the rise in
the per capita tax for Federal purposes from S1sO
under President jackson to 50 under President McKin
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y PAGES TODAY.
PENNY POSTAGE.

There is little doubt that determined fight will
shortly be naugurated in congress in favor of the
duction of postage on letters to 1 cent. The penny
postage congressman insist that the people demand it
and that the reduction can and ought to be made.
Several sessions ago Congressman Smith of Illinois
introduced bill which provided for the reduction but
it was not taken seriously for time and never got
out of committee Concerning his proposition, Mr..
Smith now says that the committee on postofAcos and
post roads considering the matter. The time is
ripe he insists for the adoption of penny postage.
Mr.. Smith says:
THE figures Of the postofce department will furnish
best argument When hrst began the agitation OF the
penny postage the annual deficit the postolce
service OF the government than 100000 The
report of Postmaster General smith for the year ending last
June shows deficit of something less than $toooooo, and
his estimate for the year ending uu, 1908 considerably
less than $oooooo and this the face of the fact that the
hundred thousand dollars in 1900 to estimated cypeudi-
posoce department hRure that after another year or so
the increased receipts from business IN the rural free de-
Livery system will greatly reduce the cost OF that depart
Mr. Loud the chairman OF the committee, insists
that reduction should be made. He argues that the
present 2cent rate does not pay expenses and that
cut it in half would create very large deficit The
total deficit under the proposed reduction would
he thinks, run as high as $S5O0oO00 annually. These
figures however. vigorously disputed By the penny
postage Henry c. Payne the newly appointed
postmaster general they claim, Is with them and IL
strongly in favor of the reduction. Postmaster Gen
eral Smith in favor OF penny postage at he proper
time and claims that he has done much to make pos
sible by his attempts to correct the abuses of the
second-cass mail matter regulations.
Penny postage would be very popular with the PEG
pie and would facilitate them and be great benefit tc
the business of the country. The postofnce depart
ment should be managed in such way as to allow Of
penny postage and to make the department sefsus
tanning. If the present postmaster general is a mar
of the right sort, both of these desideraa can be &C
compshed.
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SOME PosTscRIPTs.

New Zealand's neighbor is Australia miles
away.
Bavara's legislature has passed bill limiting the
Der of magistrates in the kingdom who may be Hebrews
The wheat crop in New South Wales is estimated at
bushels being OF 1913 bushels per
from Of I,47o,4oo
The Australian bill for regulating the
conditions OF labor provides that shops shall remain open
after p. M including overtime.
An expedition, consisting of experts who to find
whether the German Ostsee offers profitable fishing grounds
reported lately with negative
What is supposed to be the largest and valuable
pearl in the world has been found Broome West
ralia Its value is estimated between 5000 and
In Missouri taking the entire State the basis of cal
cuaton the annual salary of male the
public schools is 5000 year and of female teachers 5000
year.
The Natal Witness that steamship firms are sub
hitting proposals the government for direct line
England and that Natal is prepared put 5000
the
The baya bird of India spends its spare time catching
mammoth refies which he fastens the side of his
with moist clay On dark night the bayas looks
like electric street lamp.
The total hull losses this year the Pacific alone
amounted nearly $4,000 which losses OF and
csgoes foot up about S6oooooo This increased has
already had its effect marine insurance
At Montao, in the province of Genoa in tearing down
old church small underground found full of
art objects of the Roman time, chiefly chseled silver am
phorae and vases filled with gold and silver coins.
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Aside from this there has been general shaking and
change in all Of the departments and it supposed that the
papers which were always good will now be better.
=
- or all her nicknames St Louis likes 'the Indomitabe
City best.--San Anfonio Express
ana we take tins opportunity Of asking our readers TO
E sSed iom .n8 re % name All & will be pub
Why not call it the Indubitable City,"
Is
The Esin Leader is year old and starts out on the
new full Of hope and confidence confidence which
seems to be justified by the splendid appearance and adver-
Using patronage of the publications The Post wishes it
many happy returns.
East Texas is little crippled account Of short crops
last year but she is able to stay the ring and will be
heard IRON again next fallprcbaby next summerNaVa-
And possibly all winter.
S. H. Freeman has disposed Of the McCulloch County
Enterprise to win H. Mayes and c. A. Tunnel who have
given an infusion of blood Here's TO their success
y
The newspaper men of the city slipped themselves
last night and enjoyed delightful banquet $50 plate.
rated with American beauty roses Cut glass and silver
fected the dazzling of the clustering neandescents
graceful the daughters Of Herodas and beautiful
hours served the tempting dishes The air was filed with
beautiful beyond comparison Donvtile () Commercial.
And then they awoke.-CorsicGna Sun.
And found their pipes had gone
The Port Arthur News has just entered upon its sixth
of strenuous pulling for Port Arthur The News is
eshtoolumn folio published weekly by D. L. Stump Son
Here's hoping that nothing will arise that will stump
the Messrs. Stump.
- *
The Weatherford Democrat has enlarged twelve pages.
II this isn't progress you'll have show glance at
the of advertising the paper carries shows what
good paper and good do for another when
they pull together
The Austin Buelc Call asks What should be the atti-
tude Of Christian toward the liquor question:? This is
our busy day. Ask A. Donis Smith Of the San Diego Sun
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

street in his native city OF Rio de aneiro is to be
named after NJ. Santos Dumont.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson widow OF the celebrated
novelist is visiting the City OF MeNico.
Democrats call Governor Ferguson OF Oklahoma the
"redheadcd roisterer of the North Canadian his home
being that river.
Theodore Roosevelt is the fifth president who has
held membership in the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity the others
being John Quincy Adams, Pierce Garfield and Arthur.
King George of Greece completed his 56h year on De-
cember "a His idea is that princes strive to be
superior in intellect knowledge and goodness those around
them
Queen Wilhelmina Of the Netherlands has doll
dressed by herself in Dutch National costume a bazaar
to be held in Lisbon behalf the children of the Boe
refugees in Portugal
Colonel Picquart who became famous in connection with
the Dreyfus case writing series OF articles for French
periodical in which he comparing the military situations
in Germany and France,
Prof Simon Newcomb, who reelected president of
the Astronomical Society Washington of the most
celebrated educators this subject in America and has
written many valuable papers concerning astronomy.
Nj. Suy Prudhomme Of the French academy is going to
the 100000 Nobel prize which he has just received
into fund for the anonymous publication of poems by
young poets who find publisher The Socete des
Gems de Lettres will have to pick out the poems.
Franklin Breed, elderly farmer living Paines-
Vile Ohio holds the distinction of having initiated John
d. Rockefeller into the oil business This 86z, and
Mr. Breed takes delight in telling of the first immersion
the Standard Oil magnate had in bayou Titusvile
| Pa that year.
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Negroes Going South.


One of the curious features of the National censA
1900 is the relative decline of the colored popuau@
such border States Maryland, Kentucky and lis lis
and its increase in the Gulf States of Mississippi A-l
and Florida Ten years ago the negro population =
country was II, per cent of the whole populatoni ~
Is Ga fractional decline.
In the State of the South in which the MAJ
condition of the coored is least desirable thef' 4
been the largest gain in population Practically inc
increase is to be found in the Gulf, South Atlanm
Southwestern States, and in those border States
the opportunities and inducements to coored ctlzen'
greatest In the border States the colored voters a
socially in higher regard The competition of colou "
Is decidedly less and by OF the smaller peen@
OF oolored residents, antagonists, based on i
eoiored domination. are little known Nevertheless I
people from the extreme South do not seek homes W.
border States They do not North. On the 60
as the census figures indicate, they moving sou.
and but for newcomers from Northern States there n
be an actual falling off both in Kentucky and May-
In two States only does the colored population
the white population These States Mississippi s
oama Negroes have ceased to predominant in LouS''
which up to 1890 they in majority.
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lily in the United States every year for Federal
only Next Mr. Ball showed the vice of the financial
system advocated by Mr. Gage and the republicans,
quoting as the epitome of the whole matter: The
government has business to be in the banking bust
ness, the banks no business to be in the governing
business" And the best that he said OF the sys-
tenn even by Mr. Gage" he said SIS that it is adapted
to fair weather and not to storms" Imperialism was
shown in its true light Mr. Ball declaring for the old
republic against the empire"
In eloquent peroration Mr. Ball brought his
speech to close announcing it his belief that
The Americans will yet come into their own again
in the only possible way outside of revolution That is
by and through that political organization whose found.
er transcribed its principles in the declaration Of
American independence; the party of Jefferson, of
Monroe of Jackson and of Bryan; the hope of the
people and the friend of manldnd-the democratic
party"
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To a One Dollar Bill.

Here lies the essence of it all,
Mans everlasting slave,
And yet mans master, too, because,
Man born TO seek and crave,
Must needs serve that which in the end
VIII give the best returns,
And offer fair flifllment in
That for which he yearns.
Thus in the Slave we find Life's measure
Mans highest hopes his fears,
And call it Slave or Master as you choose
Conjuror with signs and tears
Today Tomorrow daughters friend:
Dishonor it with contemptuous sneerS,
Still, while gliding down the years,
This thing of rottenness, we know,
This filthy thing
Its blessings bring,
Old Treason's Mammon's tag,
Old funkey. scalswag,
Old paper rag,
Old bag "TN'T
Of Hell, Damnation's dream,
Begetter of Vice, Traducer of men.
Foul, reeking ScouMer Thou art
The child and creature of sin.
But softly Il
Thou art not wholly bad,
Thou scatterer of woe,
And thou art mans greatest friend,
And yet his greatest foe.
New Orleans Times-Dsmot'f
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EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

Some of our Texas democratic papers are admonishng
democrats TO be careful that they select the right kind OF
man for governor That implies a possibility that man
may be selected who is not the right kind mainland that
mistakea and palpabe The right kind Of
man IS always selected for Since the expulsion
OF the caawag and capetbaggers in 1873 there
exception the rule that Texas has the right
kind of in the gubernatora chair Will any one of
our exchanges exception? Not its life Was
not Coke the right kind of man? Was not Hubbard the
right kind OF man And Roberts and Ireland and Ross
Of men, And is Savers the right kind of man. Our
existence and arise Texas governors are select
ed by democratic conventions and democratic conventions
made of the OF the Stae profoundest Thought
and deepest craftsmanship VIII any paper. calling itscf
democratic-will the Galveston News or The Houston
Posdare TO that the wisdom, patriotism and states
manshp OF the democracy OF Texas assembled in conyen
ton would could make mistake and for governor
anybody who is the right kind of the positio
Perish the thought Beaumont Journal.
Speaking for itself The Post agrees entirely with what
the Journal has say in the above Texas has made no
mistakes in picking for the governorshp And is not
likely to make any.
a. 4
Never be certain OF a quitting the tobacco habit
until after the posthumous periodYeafherford Herald
And then If orthodoxy goes he may continue to
smoke
s.
Among the New Year changes to be inaueurated BY the
Corseans Sunlight Publishing company will be tn. en-
largins OF the SsmWeeky Light to sx-eolumn Quarto
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Where Reciprocity la Wanted.
St. louis Star.


The west IS moving IN the interest of accomplishing
better trade relations with Mexico Here's cas-
legitimate reciprocity ought to be made work Tn. ,
productions OF the two countries do conflict yh =;
manufactures Mexico cuts figure It's to the n,ers ~
the unsd States to stretch reciprocity with our sstsr ~
public 70 the extreme point sf re-
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o0od.eye % Chinese rradItIons.
Omaha Bee.

Chinese diplomats broke old tradition when thew
attended dinner given by Minister Conser in wb;cb
American participated Formerly was considered
degrading TO dine with foreign When the Chinese
mobiles expose themselves TO captvaton by the charm of
American womAnhood it is easy finish for the nusy
traditions OF eentarieG
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A Southern ExpanslonIst.
Minneapolis Tribune.

Minneapolis Tribune.
The picturesque General Joseph Wheeler again rs
voice to declare his opinion that need the fn,nrS
VIII De part OF us. General Wheeler is stalwa ,
Of the genuine So-thcrner who is not afraid TO P'
himself an expansonist.
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Cleburne Enterprise.

Houston's luck is all hard. Mr., Medium Of that
city has just made effective gift of 10000 income to
be used for buying chdrens books and papers public
library This Christmas present the children
OF the town and in way that will be repeated every re-
curing yuetide to the perpetual delight of the little ones
Of the Bayou City
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Loekhart Post.

The Houston Post wants every caught toting six
shooter TO be condemned three years ervude in the
regular and wants every State pass laws this
effect The punishment would be appropriate one but
The Post seems to forget that would require National
law well as State laws, to make this effective.
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Some FatherIy Advice.

Tyler Demoerat-Reporter
The Waco Times seems to have been taking ' rrl
9,ters along with Colonel Will Sterett of the Daas
They should both try "peruna" or McLcan's strerstD
cocktail for change
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Wants AIs Moneys Worth.
Chicago New,

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Emperor William is sorry about the industrial aeP
80 ue.nany but as he the best there is gcins
way o. yachts he is having his beat built in this oouaaa
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TALKING ABOUT HOUSTON.
Gainesville Register,

Gainesville Register.
The Houston Post wants TO know "Who will he the first
to solicit subscriptions for triumphal arch for Sampson
has been said that fool is born every minute. That
one OF the Sampson arch stripe hasn't yet arrived.
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CORRESPONDENCE of any description loheiher ~
tended fer the Business or Editorial DePsrmen snoa e
vdaoi aud all checks drafts moHcy-orders etc. made pay
able to THE HousroN PRINrING COMPANY.
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people and the friend of mankind'-the democratic
party"
COMPARATIVE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED
STATES.
recent bulletin of the United States bureau OF
statistics shows that the United leads the world
in the of its exports its imports In Eu-
rope only Austria and European Russia in this
for the United States. however are far more IA
vorabe than for Austria and Russia.
The average monthly imports and exports of the
three countries named for that part of 1901 which
figures are now available are:
Imports Exports.
United States. $z1S3ooa3 $G3S64Sss
husra '..''''.'''''.'''''... aSo9S4o2 3o,31t9o5
Contrast this with Great Britain whose imports are
$2O7OOOOCO. and whose exports are $1lSOOO,OOO, or
France with $77OOO0O0 of imports and $4,000 900 OF
exports, Germany, with Sill 100000 of imports and
$S7. OOO0 600 of exports
Many economists look nations import trade
measure of its dependence other nations and
upon its export trade of the dependence
of other countries upon it. great deal is made of
the balance of tradethat is the excess of the exports
the imports-as a criterion Of a countrys pros.
perty.
If these theories Of the economists are sound the
world is dependent upon the United States than
any other country, for it stands first in exports and
fourth in Imports The balance of trade in our favor
NV apv other nation on the earth when agros s,,c
49, a.. 49,. .,.-.,-.l - s.. -. 49,,
the European countries continue talking of the Amer
lean peril" And when il is considered that the i'm
menso prosperity of the United States is achieved in
spite of the burden of trusts. imperialism and msgov
eminent that the people OF this country carry their
backs, the reason for wonder grows.
1,,g ,,o .i.. ,,,..r,o- IS e,,,,h r-,-,;. -,
, -; - -, . ~l'o.''a "SS pee" sen
Of ovecoat Its cold day when ex-governor steals
BOSTON S%day bicycle race ended IN free-for-all
hgh IT is thought that SIX days OF goldfish balls and beans
CHNH'SlL0S Won buLoW mas 'nSuited chamberlain I'M
,- PROTECTOR
- NORTHERN man VINO won prize cup Tor being the
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THE HOUSTON DAILY POST.
HOUSTON PRINTING COMPANY.
by THE

r. NJ JOHNSTON.
q. J. PALMER. Vice President
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OFFICE OF PUBLICATION,
1908, 1io5, 1907 and 1909 Franklin Avenue
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Day snuggles down into the arms of night
And lights fare out along the citys street,,
And | do greet the hour with wild delight
For tbs the hour this wayworn pilgrim eats
]. NJ. LEMs
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FOREIGN OFFICES-Eastern business office a. A. 81
g. 49, 40 Tribune building New York Lhe s T. b
s. c. Beckwith Special Agency Office OF Washington C0
respondent Room Ames building I4Io Q street ~ w
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Entered the Postoee Houston Teras as Seeond-Cas
Nal Matter.
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The onetme governor of South Carolina has been SEN
fenced in Boston four months imprisonment the theft
Of Its cold day when an ex-governor steals
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TR4VELTNG AGENTS-C. S. Z. Holland Auditor; l.
r. Holland, A. w. Palmer and B. B. Throop
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Among the New Year changes to be naueurated by tb
Corseans Sunlight Publishing company will be the en-
argng Of the ssmi-Weekly Light to slx-eeumn euaste
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TEXAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY II, 1907
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Never be certain Of a quitting the tobacco habit
ntil after the posthumous periodYeaherford Herald
And then II orthodoxy goes he may continue to