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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30
LIGHT ON TIE SUBJECT OF cRUELTlEs
IN THE PHILIPPINES.

y
While President Roosevelt, in his speech
a Memphis the other day-in what the New
York Evening Post refers to as his dis
appointed bear hunters glorhcation OF the
Philippine war'--was admitting that cruel
ties we're committed hero ana there" dur.
Ing tho campaign tho war department was
making a belated but important admission
Of the preparation OF an outrage, and max,
ing It ia such way as TO indicate that in.
human acts on the part of United States
soldiers IN the Islands have been much more
general than one would be led to infer from
the presidents assertion,
The admission made by the war depart.
ment concerned a specific case. the occur.
renee Of which q had heretofore indignant
" denied This was the death Of a Catholic
priest, Father Augustine, as a result OF the
infiction of The water cure by one Cap
tain Brownell, OF Vermont regiment that
served in the Philippines during tho early
part Of the campaign The killing in ques-
ton IS now frankly" conceded by the
person responsible. He is no longer in the
service and in making his frank" admission
year or two after the commission Of the
N4i4Aei nv eioNSN MS tUltn IN tle admins
tration, which has since decided that mas
much as Browaell and his comrades are no
longer members OF the army, they can not
BIO held responsible. The case has been sent
from the war department To the department
Of justice, which. in line with presidents
established some time ago, Is expected to
rule that neither the courts Of this country
nor those Of the Philippines have any mris.
dction over individuals who are not now in
tho army
This is an infamous proceeding on its
face but the worst of It is that until Cap
tain Brownen made his frank" confession,
the war department strenuously denied that
Father Augustine had como 10 his death as
a result OF the inAiction Of the water cure.
Nov that the confession has been made the
partisans OF the war department triumphant,
" point to 1t as complete vindicatlon OF
the president and secretary OF war. For
say these partisans, ~ such cases are not
reported to the war department. how can
the officials OF the department be- held re.
sponsihle for then?"
This brings up the interesting question OF
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SophistrieS of a Trust Magn,s|

Socialism .Sl during the last few i.
idle question. There ar, ~, ~ ls'a 4, u
the United States todsv 'u,ll'as II ! u
socialism as the wisest ,,. au' hssas
Bellamy's Looking Baclngs On q o.
minds perfectly practicsbIs \.
vention. and the propag,ra. "a TAI
akin to anarchism is today once
tolerance. v "ino' rsas.
We shall probably do n.itb..
denly We shall most liksl. N'l'aA
pedient after another, cbeeLia, ''''Ti
y here and an encroachments = y y y 7
but progressing slowly iron I. "'i'As
decade to decade toward a r,o, VI : a
ending fnally-let US hope in con ,,''ii
somewhere this side the millenni,~
But philosophizing aside a.,
note another of Mr.. Gary's im N Y hsras
The interview proceeds ''"s ~
And do you see no sivr, !.
movement toward coneentsat;os o.r9s n
no signs of weakness In h, ~ "a
ready reached or even passed en<s ~
ing combination 7" 4 sne lnis
NO, there IS no sign of wea,n.,, !.
ms corporation is growing stror ,, Y I
prove IN our methods every north 4,
ing better work and increasin ,I !. W \
,iS there no one line Of perii v ~ g
only one. 1t is the cry i or n1lasf
tariff. If we are to be the dc,s,s alsr i
turing nation OF the world we ra.s er|
protected as any other nation ~ snl
tariff that will at least make ~ n nv
IN the price of wages in Amer;ssp ns e.s
countries. Take Germany. ott ~. saa =;
The man who gets $16o dsv 'uolss
only 90 cents day in Germsny W ~.
many has a system of Royernmsr, S'llsa
on articles exported In foreign $50 800
enables her manufacturers Id d,,.1.
surplus products without loss r n.
my mind was open on the ta,;g -.
facts like these have made me ! 49,
protection. | do not saw ira, Il.
not be altered and improved, bst i,
II sufficient protection to eousli,e h, v
labor is not retained in the tariff n. w
be disastrous. That is the only ,lo,i !.
horizon" ~ ''0'a
But if our giant corporation, A., n .
stroy competition in other countries ~ y !
to compete successfully. will moi ~, =.
be driven to adopt defensive tariff, n.
American productsl"
That ] can not say. That cr..sm !,
answered when conditions call for an avn.
Elsewhere in the interview NJ q.
boosted that on account Of the trust, /,
methods, prevention of domestic ccnpeIts
mense capital and control Of raw mat.ti,I !
steel concerns are utterly unable to couss
that his corporation Is rapidly taking d, 4
markets in spite of the low wages d /
concerns.
What then Is the philosophy Of tie tas
Why, simply that the trust may chsrr
can consumers what it pleasss. That
whole case of the present protective hi
The bounties and eounteryailing duties Il
countries do not enter into The meti.s
protection argument. A high tariff to sss
conditions would be justihabls. What t.l
object to is tariff which serves no oAs
pose than to enable domestic msnuisitr
arbitrarily fix prices in this countr7 rksl
have utterly destroyed competition
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See That HumpI


Lookhart Post. ,los 2
The Yoakum street fair ORGY ,.ork b y
the pistol toter getting IN MS Haus y
10 death Reese Conner, OF sws a..nS 81 q
is getting up quite bloody 'Id Iosba
can be attributed TO that srses'
under the coat tail
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Alvin Music.


MOSQUITOES arc SAID to be unusually large, vic
ious and numerous In Galveston for This ti,nc ~
year One fellow caught one OF the largest ones.
tied his legs together and used him for 4 man.
doiin. We have had several aersnadss from
then and they played their own MUSIC.
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That Houston is business city and ~
representative paper Is fully estaAhAn
look at the edition Of The Post last y
The Post is credit to Texas-Enss III I
The big editions issued by The Pcs h'v.
more than anything else to make Housi'H :.
as a business center. This edition Of ~
speaks volumes for observation-disclosures
ner-BWHetit.
Last Sundays Houston Post vas lfa
seventy-six pages, the biggest paper tyi'
in Texas. One carload OF white EN
used in getting out the issue. The ~
hummer any day in the year--Df'iM ~
Talk about big things, The Horsa
Post last Sunday was whoppef 1911 " n
fuil-blown morning glory for beauty y h
is always a magnificent paper, but Jay Z.
issue was the cap sheaf, and right W pA'|
Grand Saline Sun.
II was the biggest paper ever pileA
State, and it was not speeial eou.
The size of the paper was made nscss',1
immense advertising patronaSe aesa,N
Houston merchants, A full earIOsa
was used in getting out the papH'--ss' :
Prise.
The Houston Post of last Sunday I
largest paper ever published 10 leaa'
tanned seventy-six pages. II was ~
TO both the management of The ~ ' 4.
citizens of Houston II was pIop1oJj ma.
paper ever issued by city the SIZE y
Irion County Record.
The average reading man or N'- Am \
wade through that much reaa'hs M
day or week, either, for that MATT 4
to think how much he will miss = Y
able to read it all; it is diseom1SaiT \, \
theless, it is a magnificent exhibition
Hampstead Ne'pS'
The editor of the Alkali Eye snosT -, :
Houston this week, and we m ne. pos 81
from which we now CLEAN that ~ !, tss
four-page edition last Sunday any r.. rs
erect a seventy story building - u, ~
OF our notes may be deeiphefea va
stops aehing.-CorpHs Crohy'
Sundays Houston Post came = y .ii,,sis
six pages chock full of well writer v., Ne 4. n
good local and State matter pI ,sun q
traetive part Of it all was the niss - I 4 ~
which shows that the business ~, "a 10
know the value Of printers 'tA, !, ~
ad hustler OF The Post never s sSss,,s 81
judge that 10 be his motto" co.
Last Sundays edition OF ! % ' = y 2
the great democratic daily Of sA,..s
record breaker, containing nm ssasa
OF live reading matter and lWe al.s,, ! ~
vertisements. The paper was s'. ..!;.,icpsss .
immensely, intellectually ana 49, "a Tea
certainly a tribute TO Houston srl
every citizen should feel JUS"
SeGiy Meas,
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FAREWELL.

Today's the last of that fat turk
We kotowed to Thanksgiving day
Tbro' roast and soup, and cke through hash,
He's gone his melancholy way.
The most exasperatiug thing on earth to a con-
ceited ass is to utterly forget that he is in ex-
istenee.--du5iiH Statesman.
And it is also an exasperatingly hard thing
for a fellow to do.-DeHiS0n Herald
Is this to be regarded as expert testimony?
A Kentucky man is supposed to have committed
suicide while asleep He perhaps dreamed he
was two men, himself and an enemy, and he got
the drop on the wrong one.--Den5on Herald
Or perhaps he dreamed that he refused to
drink with himself
Are you thankful for the good things that
you have received during the past year.-YoakHut
Herald
That question shouldn't be asked until after
Christmas.
he editor Of the London Tailor announces
the important fact that the trousers Of TODAY will
be the trousers OF the next fifty years This will
be good news 10 the conomical-P1lcs,it,
HiSitor.
But bad news to the poor man whose wife
wears EN-,
Top crop crop top crop crop top top, crop top
crop top crop top, top crop top top top crop
crop top crop top--what and where is it. ANYWAY
--ClaykS9iHe Times
You ought to have better sense than to ask 4
bald-headed man such question.
From the abundance of good things with which
the larder of the cruiser Good Hope is stored.
its name might well have been Good Cheer. Mr.,
Chamberlain evidently intends having Thanks
s,s,r
three hundred cases of booze is alright. but what
on earth is he going to do with all those ebicts
ems ;--Orange Daily Tribune.
Whatever he is going to do with them he had
better do before he gets to Africa, where so many
cullud pussons lives at.
Those Taylor people who attended the street
fair in Houston say that the almost eopstan,
ram and muddy streets made the visit disagreeable
In the eNtreme.--TGylor Journal
You are mistaken those people were tslt;rc
about the Waco flower show.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

IT SEEMS that settlement between the city
and street car company is in fair way to
contamination. and that in such settlement
certain percentage of the gross earnings OF the
company are to be paid to the city. Now, here
is suggestion to the couhcil-why not devote
such revenues to permanent park fund This
has been and is being done in other cities, and.
goodness knows, Houston needs such fund
Think If over gentlemen
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been drifting under the leadership of few
wise men OF the race. and the south is con
fronted again with the old difficulty which
has been it's besetment for a third Of a
century
Unless negro leaders are wiser than the
president 1t may be calculated that these
performances have undone all the good work
which has lately been the cause Of congratu-
lation between the thoughtful men Of both
races.
IT SEEMS that settlement between the city
and street car company is in fair way to
contamination and that in such settlement
certain percentage of the gross earnings OF the
company are to be paid TO the city. Now here
is a suggestion to the council--why not devote
such revenues to a permanent park fund This
has been and is being done in other cities, and.
goodness knows, Houston needs such fund
Think it over, gentlemen.
WELL. The Houston Post is Old Business again
today, as usual, all the samcl
ON December Justice Harlan will have com
pleted his twenty-hfth year of service mem
Der Of the United States supreme court and his
friends are planning to give mm monster ban
quet in honor of the event. Any who has
succeeded in living up to the ponderous dignity of
the United States supreme court for twenty five
years is certainly entitled to big blowout be-
fore he dies.
THE Journal Of Commerce evidently won't be
satisfied with anything less than Hydes hide.
THE Louisville Courier Journal suggests Roose-
welt and Addieks as the proper thing in the way
Of a republican presidential ticket for 1904; and.
inasmuch as Addcks says he is a Theodore Roose-
welt, and in view of recent event, the proposed
ticket would be flashing of something like two
OF kind
Roospvr1rs Crum letter is enthusiastically in-
dorsed by Virginia Africans. The coored supes
fight nobIy.
yorNc Rockefeller. who is prayinc for those
lesa4ortunate than himself seems to fully realize
the value OF Standard Oil stock Still if that
story about the rich man and the camel is true.
little John could very proftably put in little
''"e praying LOT MS L1--el ; son,
THOSE Fifth wa!ders who are complaining OF
the condition OF their streets should be glad
they don i've IN Waco.
on BOARD Joe" Chamberlans shin. when he
.a;led for South Africa were among other things
400 cases Of wine If South Afric, doesn't
eventually become one Of the most loyai Of Great
Britain colonies eN'aehuy Won be Joes
fault
cANn,prv nov one Of ,be most ,..d.d IN.
movements in Houston Is for The eitv 70 ye, on,
OF some OF It's country town ways
Tur suggestion Of Mr.. George [ Porter that
the city of Houston and county Of Harris combine
and erect frst.olass administration building i
- -. -. -
Houston pays much the larger part OF the county
taxes
w,rv ,bo,,,d,t r.x,. II. ~. -..,.-...,.,,.g3
TOO ~. $780,. - s-L.i-.. ~ n 1tF'U ''-'y'
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VIRGINIA negro has sued for $4,000 because
he was called white. As Offices appear to be
going to the eolored people he evidently desires
that there shall be question as to his eligibility
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30
gampering Whk 9rifIes
(By j. NJ Lrwls)
sMEFr pEHTArER m.

SWEki tEl a LIN AA~'
Theys one thing at can't be beat
Bout up home; that's how ] eat
Whilst I'm there say It's er TACT
Time ! git my gripsack packed
An hev clumb aboard the tram
ATS ter take me home again
] Git hongry; bet / do
lest gnawin thoo an thoo,
lollered BY a sjukin' fit,
An gonencss follers IT,
An I'm so near starved ter death
AZ it hurts Ter draw my breath
sayl Sometime afore yeh die
Lat some sweet pertater pie
Men by ging Z ye don't thank me
I'll apologize, by gee
Put yeh will almos' know
Say Some Satday pack an 90
Home along O ME, an well
Sprawl eroun the house an feel
Jes' like kids an crack our jokes
Say, come on I'll write the folks
AT we're comm. If yeh will
An fer once we'll eat OUT hll
Wen jest 60 up there an I'll
Show yeh Twin Country style
Good thick gravy, country milk,
An some syrup smooth as silk
An we'll have some chicken, too
Fried in butter, thoo an thoo !
An yeh'll have a chance ter try
That there sweet pertater pie
] was talkin Of Jest now
Don't dress up; come anyhow
It'll be a regular treat
Fer the folks ter see US eat.
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Talk about big things, The Honsa
Post last Sunday was whopper irf "
full-blown morning glory for beauty y
is always a magnificent paper, but Jay q 4.
issue was the cap sheaf, and right W w
Grand Saline Sun.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

It was the biggest paper ever prnsa
State, and it was not special ecuss
The size of the paper was made n'css's,
immense advertising patronage ae'osV
Houston merchants A full earloaa
was used in getting out the paps--s"' Z
Prise.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

Last Sundays Houston Post vas 81
seventy-six pages, the biggest paper eyE 2
in Texas. One carload OF white EN
used in getting out the issue. The ~ l
hummer any day in the year.--DsvHs AH'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

A New York farmer has shipped King Edward
a potato weighing seven pounds. 1t will afford
his majesty an opportunity to make American
mash.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

WELL. The Houston Post Is Old Business again
today, as usual all the samcl
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

Poets are not necessarily disappointed in love
some have never married
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

The Houston Post of last ssnaE <
largest paper ever published IN lsaI ~ I
tanned seventy-six pages, ~ Wa IA N
to both the management OF 4ne ~ 4
citizens of Houston. II was pIopAogj MA.
paper ever issued by city the sac q -
IrioH County Record.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

Dispatches say that the New Jersey negro who
shot Miss Shute was made to shoot the shutc
two days before Thanksgiving
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Secretary Chamberlain has started on his trip
to Africa. In the cabin adjoining that occupied
by him are stored 900 cases of wine. He will
doubtless be half seas over before he is half
seas over.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

ON December Justice Harlan will have com
pleted his twenty-hfth year of service mem
Der Of the United States supreme court and his
friends are planning to give AIM monster ban
quet in honor of the event Any who has
succeeded in living up to the ponderous dignity of
the United States supreme court for twenty five
years is certainly entitled to one big blowout be-
fore he dies
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

THE Journal Of Commerce evidently won't be
satisfied with anything less than Hyde's hide
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

A Russian nobleman has advertised for an
American wife worth $4,000 It begins to look
If noblemen were at last getting on the bar
gain counter He couldn't get Texas wife
worth that amount they worth a great deal
more.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

The editor of the Alkali Eye 'a0s's -. Z
Houston this week, and we m ne. po,, a
from which we now CLEAN that las !, Isl
four-page edition last SUNDAY aA IN. ri
erect a seventy six-story building -l,r 81 I
OF our notes may be deoiphefea ""
stops aching.-CorpHs CroHy'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

The average reading man OF 49, -,.s
wade through that much reading * n.
day or week, either, for that m4''t 4, n
to think how much he viii miss = Y
able to read it all; it is diseo t,1e n. 4
theless, it is magnificent exhio'u0HN
enterprise Hampstead NeipS'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

WIrH Mont Pelee, La souFriere. Mauna Loa
Santa Maria and Carrie Nation attending pretty
closely to business, the western world has so
reason to feel that there is nothing or nobody to
mike THINGS lively
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

RoosuvlLrs Crum letter is enthusiastically in
dorsed by Virginia Africans. The eolored supes
/ f,ht. ,,bI,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

The big editions issued by The Pot hw
more than anything else to make HousI9l 4,
as a business center. This edition Of "
speaks volumes for Observation-Disclosures i
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

THE Louisville Courier Journal suggests Roosr-
welt and Addicks as the proper thing in the way
OF republican presidential ticket for 1904 and
inasmuch as Addicbs says he is a Theodore Roose-
welt and in view OF recent event, the proposed
ticket would be flashing Of something like two
OF a kind
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30
ABOUT HOUSTON AND The POI

That Houston is business city and n /
4 representative paper Is fully established
look at the edition Of The Post last n
The Post is credit to Texas.-Enss IA
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

OFFICE OF PUBLICATION,
NOS itoi, Ito3, ffoy, 10Y and 1909 ttankhn hVe'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

SouNG Rockefeller, who is praying Tor those
le,A1ortunate than himself seems TO fully realize
the value OF Standard Oil stock Still if that
story about the rich man and the camel is true
little John could very prohtably put in a little
time praying for his fathers son.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

Dr., HILLS says the world should be grateful
for the eeaseless agitation OF the labor question
Possibly it would Mr.. Hills but you see the
world has TO ride on street cars and buy coal.
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FAREWELL.
Todays the last of that fat turk
We kotowed to Thanksgiving day;
Thro' roast and soup. and cke through hash,
He's gone his melancholy way

The most exasperatng thing on earth to a con-
ceited is to utterly forget that he is in ex-
istence.-duSiH Statesman.
And IL IS also an exasneratinglv hard thing
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

On BOARD Joe Chamberlain's ship, when he
sailed Tor South Africa were, among other things,
900 cases OF wine If South Africa doesn't
eventually become one Of the most loyal OF Great
Britains colonies, evidently it won't he "Joe's"
fault
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

Are you thankful for the good things that
you have received during the past year-Yoakmm
Herald
That question shouldn't be asked until after
Christmas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-30

THosg Fifth wasders who are complaining OF
the condition OF their streets should be glad
they don't live In Waco
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