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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-20
ACCEPTS NOMINATION..

Hon. Georae w. Carroll Win Run for
Governor on Prohibition Ticket.
Hon George W. Carroll OF Beaumont,
nominee OF the prohibition party of Texas
for governor, bas sent to f. II. Conibear,
chairman of che State executive committee,
the following letter of acceptance of the
nomination:
Hon. Z. II. Conlbear, Chairman, Dallas,
Texas
Beaumont, Texas, August 16-Dear Sir:
! am IN receipt Of yours of July 30, con
yeying 10 me the official information that
have been nominated by the prohibition
party of Texas for the high and honorable
position OF governor Of our state | am
deeply grateful for the distinguished honor
thus conferred upon me, and feel tnat no
stronger proof of confidence Of my prohihl-
ton fellow citizens could have been vouch-
safed to me than their desire expressed IN
your letter for me to become their standard
bearer in this campaign. ! am tulIy per
suaded that there Is no otnef e ,Cuo tr our
fc It is evil, evil only, and that continual
ly. There Is no good in 1t at all. The pro,
hibitlon question is both moral issue and
n political issue stable government
,nust rest ON sound moral principles. The
individual citizen is the unit of civil gov,
ernment The government itself can not
rise higher than the average OF us citlzens'
Given a moral Industrious. Intelligent clti-
-
Whatever degrades a citizenship directly
affects the foundations of the government
II Is the duty Of government not only 10
presnrve life ard property, but hrst ana
most Of ali % look to the perpetuity OF IT'S
oxvn Ufe To preserve the State and It's
moral and religious life is TO preserve
everything To degrade The standard OF
citizenship Is to endanger everything
THE legalized saloon Is school OF vice
and Iaylessness. Its influences are con-
stantly against public morals IL mas oeen
found utterly Impossible 10 hoth ncense
and control barroorns. Existing by per
miss,on of society, the liquor traffic Is IN
constant conspiracy against society, MOI
only this, but II Is perpetual waster ol
me resources Of the people. IL DESTROYS
manhood and gives back 10 society notni y, =
in H. nlare II drains into Its corners Ihe
ravenueg which should go TO every other
branch OF business. . .ons+ort
Moreover. the liqror saloon Is conStan'
foe 10 everything that Is good anu rigntI
aons both in society and government. a.
,epeot this statement In order 70 give !.
greater emphasis. not only ~ the s.'oi1
the greatest enemy OF society ~ W ~,
MT Il Is The most stupendous zoe that ths
oansas ~ religion and civilization ever hhu
80 nonfront N Is no wonder that our greu,
religious denominations have Win one ~ =. ov
rttered their protests against tnis inonsIy !,
W. TIVE great Methodist church has salo
,ho+ the nauor traffic can not be legaiIsu
rtsho,t sin The same utterance- IN SUI
starce has been made by each ChristinI
denomination In politics II is tne oale ~
slant and malignant foe 20 free s" s
ment The liquor traffic Is the plooupusss,,r ~
~ our political life. II has put an emu -, y
clean and fair elections, ana tne Sa'ooD
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Further contraots Awarded.

Austin, Texas, August 1o.--State Purchas
ing Agent Dodge today announced the
awarding OF contracts for furnishing sup.
plies for the State eleemosynary institn.
lions for twelve months, except where
otherwise noted, as follows:
Walter Tips OF Austin: Wagon axles,
chopplng axes carpenters house adze an
wills. wash basins, hand bells, leather belt
Ing, auger bits, glmlet bits. screwdriyer
bits, brace bits, kcybole blades, wood saw
blades, key blanks, carriage bolts for all
Institutions; stove bolts, tire bolts, pillow
bolts, for all institutions except the North
Texas insane esylum; washer bolts, plumb
hobs, bar pulls, QUITS Dabbitt metal tin
buckets, scraper blocks, socket hrmer
chisels, socket framing chisels, cupboard
locks, sash cord. awning cord, crowbars,
soldering coppers, rachel drills. oil filters,
garden forks, manure. forks, for ali institu-
tons: iles for all institutions except the
North Texas insane asylum; gauge glasses,
wire gauge, lubTicator glasses, machine
hammer handles, grindstones, axe handles,
heaters, claw nail hammers, machinIst ham
mers hatchets, handled hoes, round irons,
flat irons, smoothing irons, drawer knobs,
brass knobs, butcher knives, SHINING
knives, mortije locks, stnpladders, ianterns,
for all institutions; common wire nails, for
all institutions except the North Texas In
sane asylum; finishing nails and shingle
nails, for all Austin institutions; mattress
needles, oil cans. picks, pick mathooks,
polish metal, small awning pulieys. garden
rakes, lawn rases, razors, rope, hind
staples, shears, shave spoke, for all inst-
tutions: wood screws. hat and round head
for ali institutions except the North Texas
Insane asylum: Ice saws, circular saws,
panel saws dove saws, hand Jaws, butcher
sfeels, spades, shoyels, mason's trowels,
wrapping twine, bench wise, washboards,
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rs supporters are constantly the sources OF
the corruption of this ipalivnablc right OF
nee men, II there We're no other ground
tor my opposition to the liquor traffic |
would unalterHbly oppose II on this one
ground, that it has practically annihilatc1
me freedom and purity of our popular cleo
tons. All the cOnSpiracies against a fair
ballot are nested and spawned in the bar
rooms, which are also the breeding places
OF all classes of crime. Every saloon In
our country Is breeder of crime and crlmi-
nails Every form of vice and immortality
Is linked hand in hand with the liquor
trahic. So apparent is this fact that II Is
safe to say that the destruction of the Sa
loon Sonld put an end to threc-fourths of
the crimes committed In onr land.
| am a prohihltnnist in politics because
the saloon is in politics. IT is popular
cry in some quarters that the. liquor CUES
tion ought not 10 be taken into politics.
My answer is that the prohlbitionists did
not take IL into politics. Tho saloon took
1t into politics The saloonkeepers OF our
State are ouf chief political factors. they
succeed in politics by utilizing tbc doml-
nnnt political party, and no matter which
Of the leading political parties of our coun-
try is In powec. the saloon Is in power.
The prohibition party is the only recog-
nized force OF American fGeemen that Is
AT all times and everywhere against the
liquor traffic | believe that what Is NOR
ally wrong can never be politically right;
The saloon Is morally wrong and no KIND
of licensed legislation or political namely
erlng can 50 veneer its hOrrid train of eYl's
as to make them even look right to the
enlightened American citizen. For these
reasons as well as for many others that
could be assigned. | accept the nomination
rendered by the prohibition party OF Texas,
and on the platform recently adopted In
our State convention l enter this race con,
fdent Of the righteousness Of the cause ana
believing that whatever shall be the ONT
come Of the present campaign, our prll-
ciplcs shall ultimately triumph. The Issue
is the home against the saloon and the sa,
loon against the home. l stand with an
my heart with the American nome agalnsi
tbe American saloon, and here | shall stand
until Victory crowns our efforts and every
saloon. with all its blight OF evil aud death,
has been baushed from our land: yours
respectfully, Geo W. Culro''
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TAX ROLLS FILED.
An Increase in Values Shown in Mos,
OF the Counties.

An Increase in Values Shown in Most
OF the Counties.
Austin, Texas, August l9.-Thc comp.
troller's department today received the tax
rolls of the following counties showing the
taxable values for 1902 compared with
me previous year, majority showing an
increase In property valuations;
Hutchison couaty: Total valuation 1902
S9Sa' go, against $751; for IDOL increase
SlO2, i13.
Cottle county: Total valuation 1907
S1,o48, T3i against Sl,0ll.s77 for 1901 In.
crease SSl,S
ochiltrec county: Total valuation 1902
STD $40, against S6l4,6ss for 1901: increase
Haskell county: Total valuation 1902
crease SlS,0i7.
500 1856, against S2i0S47 for 1901; Increase
$40. 600.
Cochran county Total valuation 1902
$t930I5, against Si523o0 for 1901; increase
$4o655.
Lubbock county: Total valuation 1907
S1,2o3,5o2, against S9s7, IA for 1901; In.
crease S2l5,T 2S-
Lynn county: Total valuation 1902 S254-
oo4 against SlS3,24o for 1901; increase
$7O,S14.
shackelford county. Total valuation 1907
81, 299,S SO, against S2,243, 400 for 1901; in
crense 5000
Val Verde county: Total valuation 1902
49, 726, 1877, against $9,Sl6,sOo for 1901; de.
crease S00,113
Schleicher county: Total valuation 1907
Sl,5iS,694. against S1,ol4, 1857 for 1901; In
crease 1894 52T.
Duval county Total valuation 1902,
$i,9s4,s9 against SLAB, lilo for 1901; de-
crease SlhS,21o.
Floyd county; Total valuation 1902,
Si,527 900, against Sl,262,72 100 for 1901; tn
crease S265, $50.
Matagorda county; Total valuation 1907,
81, 07N3o0, against $3,41I.650 for 1901; in
crease S6S2, $50.
Randall county: Total valuation 1902,
S1,523, 61o, nganSt $l,42do42 for 1901: In
crease S9T
Hale county; Total valuation 1902, Si,68s.-
2S5, against Sl5o0,2io for 1901; increase
! S20.0l5
Johnson county: Total valuation 1902,
| SIS, 1855 $40, against Ss,o6os5o for 1901 de
| crease S229.si0
! Navarro county Total valuation 1902,
| Sli 2G0.090, against S13,96s, i35 Tor 1901; In
crease 1901 500.
Motley county: Total valuation 1902,
| S1,ss3,9l2, against si,s9s'995 for 1901; de-
| crease S15,0S3.
Sutton county: Total valuation 1907
| 81, sO6,470 against 81, s99,o1a for 1901; de-
| crcnse S93,4l4
winker ana Reeves counties: Total
! valuation 1902, 81, i9i .0o6. against 81, 422,
1903 for 1901; increase $71,si3.
| Brown county Total valuation 1902
| 50 $40. $40 against S4.0o5,026 for 1901; de-
| crease $40, 1876
Young county: Total valuation 1902,
| s.. S04, Al. against $8,O13 go for 1901; De
| crcRse St1S,s09.
! Jeff Davis county, Total valuation 1902.
! 81 coo 203 against Sl5s9,2ls for 1901; In
| crease Sl10015.
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BuRNTT TAKES A HAND.

Announces as a Candidate for Chairman
OF the Republican Committee.
Hon. G.. W. Burkitt of Palestine, who is
widely known over the State. has an.
nouncod as a candidate for the chairman
ship of the republican State executive com
mittee, the fifth aspirant FOR that place.
His letter of announcement is rs follows:
Mr.. j. V. Drydale.
Palestine Texas, August ls.-Dear Sir:
After securing letters from all parts Of the
state urging me TO become candidate
for State chairman Of the republican party,
! do l OF feel that / can refuse TO let my
name go before the convention. am not
an aspirant for The position. hut II my lame
can be OF any use toward harmony In the
party | will Of course accept, rs Yea
know | am in full accord with the present
National administration and hope to sec
our noble president succeed himself
G.. W. Burkitt.
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Bond Sales May Decide Contract.

Galveston, Texas, August 19.--when the
contract FOR the erection OF the sea wall is
finally awarded 1t is possible that the
amount OF bonds the contractor is willing
to take may cut some figure. BEFORE the
action Of the commi ssloutrs rejecting ali
the bids was taken yesterday afternoon j.
W Thompson of st. Louis, who was one
of the bidders, wired that in the event the
contract was awarded to him he would
take SiOo,OOO of the bonds and Contractor
Hebron Informed the court that he would
take $So.0O0 of the bonds u he received the
contract yesterday. The hid OF Mr.. Thomp.
son was IN excess of that of MIR, Henrou
being 81 ,26aUS4 n The bonds can not be
sold for less than par, aud they are not
very much In demand. II the contractor
took a quantity of the bonds II would re-
ieve the situation. and some OF the com
missioners are known to favor letting the
contract to a purchaser OF the bonds, other
things being equal.
The commissioners will meet tomorrow
afternoon aud will authorize the advertising
Of bids again for the construction of the
wall
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MAYOR MUST SIGN.
Wacos Executive Mandsmused When
He Refused to Give a Check.

Waco's Executive Mardamused When
He Refused to Give a Check.
Waco. Texas, August R--Judge G. 3.
Gerald, county judge of the county, this
morning issued writ of mandamus or
dering Mayor j. w higgins to sign a
check for $40 TO pay off 4 judgment
against the city in favor of D. l.. Nlchol
son The case Is one that has attracted
considerable local interest Nicholson Is
a secret officer of the Katy railroad In
this city and year ago the city coun-
ell agreed To give $50 per month for
services that nc should render the city.
This was vetoed by the mayor. but
fused to pay Mr.. Nicholson and has con
tlnued to refuse since that time. The
officer sued the city for $40 and the
city council instructed the city attorney
TO compromise the suit, which he did by
getting the costs knocked OFF The coun-
ell approved the attorneys action, but
the mayor vetoed IL and again the veto
was not sustained. The mayor refused
10 Sign tho check to settle the judgment
and mandamus proceedings were insti-
tuted with the above result. The mayor
claimed all along that Nicholson was not
appointed in the regular way and hence
was not entitled to pay. He claimed that
according to the city charter the mayor
must nominate all officers, and as he
did not do this that Nicholson had no
right to pay, The writ Will be served
at once.
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judicial convention. The business Of the
convention being to nominate a candidate
for district attorney of the seventh judicial
district, Judge w. J. Grces OF Van Zandt
county was placed IN nomination, and there
being no other candidates before the con
vention, his nomination was made maui-
nous.
The business of the judicial convention
completed, the senatorial convention was
called to order by w G., MClllwuync OF
Smith county. c. Il, Gilmore Of VAN Hanlt
county was made permanent chairman.
The business Of nominating n State senator
for the Seventh senatoriai district being
announced by the chairulau, .,,.,,.-
ton OF Smith county placed In nomination
Colonel r. y. stafford Of Wood county
for reelection In n few appropriate re
cratic principles and general worth OF the
candidate from Wood. M other nomiua-
tions, Colonel Statfords nomination was
made unanimous
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Oranae News Notes.

Orange Texas, August l9.-Preparations
are being made for a big time at the
Hoo-Hoo confederation to DE held here
next Saturday night. George Call has
received the trunk from the scrivenoter
and is now taking applications. com
mlttee of arrangements has been APP
pointed and the local Hoo-Hoo Will do
all In their power TO aid Vice Gerent
Bonner in making the affair grand
success.
The Orange Telephone company, the
new independent line, is preparing TO
make extensive additions 10 us system
here. which has grown beyond all ex-
pectations. Ten thousand feet OF new
cable is TO be strung at once 70 accom-
modate the large number or new phones;
w. b. Powell, district attorney, and
candidate for district judge Of the First
judicial district. was here today sizing
up the situation and looking after some
matters TO come up at the ensuing term
of district court.
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WORK AT THE STATE FARM.
Two Thousand acres OF Cane in Gooc
Condition.

Two thousand acres Of Cane in Good
Condition.
velasco, Texas, August 19.-Mr. ]. 70.
Campbell. manager of the State farm,
was IN town yesterday arranging for the
reception of forty more convicts to ar
rive for the State farm, making 24 men
now being used on this plantation. He
is now building new prison to obvlate
the overcrowded condition of the prison,
and for the present will not be able to
take any more. He is now building three
more lines of railway west to the Pleas
ant Grove place, which also belongs to
the State farm, He has about 20O0 acres
of cane and reports most OF It in good
condition. though rain Is now much
needed
Five new boilers have just arrived for
the sugar factory, and are being loaded
for transportation to the State farm.
The river having fallen the tug John
Z. Smith and the barge Welcome are
now busly engaged transporting lum-
Der and machinery to the State farm.
=. T. Ellis, chairman of the Brazorla
county republican committee, has called
the convention to meet at Brazoria on
the Goth instant to select delegates to the
State convention to meet at Fort Worth,
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LYONS FRIENDS IN CONFERENCE.
WILLING to Accept the Issue as Promu'-
GATED by i1awey.

WiIlino to Accept the Issue as Promu'-
gated by i7awley.
sherman. Texas August 10,-Rcpublican
politics are boiling here as well as In soutn
Texas. Today :. number of Lyon heuten-
ants from various parts of the state were
in consultation and the situation was as
cussed and plans laid for the Fort Worth
convention. The Post correspondent in
terviewed several of them and they say
LYON and his friends accept the issue as
mnde by Hawley In an interview with
the daily press in which he stated that
he had been for Kleberg against Burns III
the lnte contest for the judgesnlp' lhey
laugh Mt the idea of Kleberg : loyalty ana
sacrifices FOR the repnhllcan party unu S"S
that he never attended state convention
and never made but one speech Tor HAW-
ley against his brother ana that spegch
was made the night before the eiecuon
when ii could do his brother no harm; on
the other hand they say Hawley Endorsed
EIeherg a goldbug democrat Ihey point
10 Hawley's conduct at the waco conNeh-
ton when at Hawley mstigatlom LyT 1n
people and then Hawlcy. becoming right
ened addressed and recognized the holtlhS
Green convention as the real convention.
The Green convention sent Hnwley as
delegate TO the Philadelphia convention,
nu+ Instructed him 10 vote for Green as
National committeemani then and NOT uhtIi
then Hawley went back on tbe plten
people and came to Lyon and was seated
at Philadelphia, -.
Sneaking of harmony, the gentleman mere
today said that harmony was not poSslhe
MS long as Hawley IS National committee
man and as long as he wanted q man Tor
state chairman who would do his bidding
and Endorse democrats and lately conVerteu
renuhlIcnns for Federal offices, They sald
that Hawley had the gall to, say he was
speaking for the National administration
when It was not true and That Lyons was
ration and say that Lyons talk for Burns
against Kieberg to Mr.. Hawley's inexpress-
49,. ,......,,. ,,ns m evidence OF THIS fACt
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TARRANT COUNTY REPUBLICANS,
General Green Is Now Proposed fo'
Chairman.

Fort Worth, Texas August ls.-The re-
publicans Of this county are all at sea over
the State craftsmanship Of the party; some
want Terrell, others Hunt, Lyon and
Green. aud the division is so general thai It
Is matter OF doubt who will receive the
Endorsement of Tarrant county republicans.
AS a sort Of compromise, some Of the party
leaders here have mentioned IN connection
canrge Green Of Dallas. He is popular
Sarnsbcuts and would receive strong back
ing from the republicans in Fort Worth.
80 anong Federal office holders there Is
no one more deserving than Green.
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Monomox still Aground.

Galveston. Texas, August 19.-The British
steamship Monomoy is still stuck fast In
the channel. A considerable quantity OF
her cargo has been removed and It is be-
licved that she will be hoatcd tomorrow
morning with tho tide This has been eN-
pected for the last five mornings, how
ever, and she remains In the same position
still The time lost and expense of lighter
ing tho cargo and of the efforts being
mado to float the ship represents consid-
crnble loss TO her owners.
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Independent Ticket in Bexsr County.

san Antonio, Texas, August ia secret
political caucus was held In this city to-
night and the organization was perfected
looking To the putting out Of n county
holders Those who took part I'm the caucus
are men who opposed the recent proposed
bond issue by the city and it ~ said that
war has been declared by them against
all onceholders who favored the bond
issue.
Arthur w seeligson is the reported can
didate of the movement for district judge
against Hon J. H. Camp the present IN
cumbent in the Forty-nttn district.
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ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS
liibernians Put ia a Day in Consider,
alton of Reports.
AWARD OF THE SEA WALL CONTRACT
May Be Controlled TO Some Extent by
the Willingness OF the Contractor to
Take Bonds in Payment.

Galveston. Texas, August l9.-Today's
session Of the Ancient Order Of Hibsrnians
and Daughters OF Erin, who arc holding
an annual convention In this city, was
taken up with the reception of reports OF
the various committees and other matters
OF interest TO those belonging TO these
organizations. Following the adjournment
the vlg!to-s repaired TO the beach where
banquet. arranged tor by the local n,em
bers of the organization, was enjoyed.
Tomorrow the annual election of officers
Will take place and the next meeting point
selected
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a Good Pear Crop.

Galveston, Texas, August 19.-"rhe pear
crop Of the coast country this year." said
MIR David Cannon this morning. us the
finest that has ever been raised IN this see
tion He says that i Is. IN fact, the FIRST
crop that has been raised which can he
really called crop. The Kieter pears are
nov bong marketed and are bringing fair
prices Chicago is taking most Of them.
The crop in California has also been good
this year and considerable quantity of
pears have also been raised in Alabama
which are now being placed on the mar
kpts
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w. Il. MoeIIer Dead.

Galveston, Texas August 10 william II.
Moellcr aged 40 years, died at $3.50 O'Clock
this morning at his residence, 370d Avenue
l.. The deceased was druggist and con
Quoted a store at 1897 Broadway. HIS
funeral occurred AT o'clock this afternoon
and was conducted under the auspices of
the knights o. Honor, Of which organ,za-
ton the deceased was member.
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Younq Hunter Accidentally Killed.

San Antonio, Texas, August l3.-Alrred
Brann, aged 20 years, while hunting
doves near the line of Medina county to-
day. accidentally shot and killed himself
with shotgun loaded with bird shot HIS
body was brought 10 the city Ia wagon
by his companions this afternoon and VIII
be buried tomorrow.
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Headquarters transferred.

Galveston, Texas. August l9.--J. A. Nc
Euery, special agent of the treasury de-
par.mert Of the United States government,
has transferred his headquarters from hi
Paso to Galveston. MIR. McEnery was sta
toned here prior to going to Bl PAso, and
his friends here will be glad to learn that
he will he with them again