The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25
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(From the Washington Post ,

that ne can not tor the life Of him lei ~ suipp
OF music from another. Therein he h.. quo no'
upon his democratic colleague, Iudg r'' ! loG'
of Texas, soon to be governor of The ~sn y
State. ''e lone Ssl
Neither Of these estimable democrat. :.
his family to Washington this v,n,er V,Osstl
nave had lonesome existence at tber ba,.S
Come up in the parlor,' said Judge s ~.
who plays the piano and sings well to N. Cue
Carolnian' few evenings since II will t.0J.,
d selection for you va 'enu'l
The Judge seated himself at the piano IA !.
terpreted IN soulful manner Home, Sweet Eo,r.
finley remained all attention till the las, r,,l
sounded forth and the Texan turned 10 ~ :,
face expressive of the beautiful sen,;n... WY
that grand old tune ''"'H' 4
Judge exclaimed Finley. desiring - 5.
lite and complimentary to one who ia VI
formed so efficiently for his amusement awL.
you played the first chord I saw the elm ,,..l
in front of my house at Yorkvine. Wb.r ~
had played a little more ] saw the iron, 4 \
open, and the faces OF my three children s,n.,
and then your tuneful rendering made N, MI
from those dear little ones the words.
Hi, daddy There you are
am strongly IN favor Of cutting down n.
Southern representation in congress- said M
Edmund H. Smalley, well known lawvs, /,
Chicago. at the Arlington.
his IS merely a matter of justice, seeing N,
under the present laws of most of the sopth,,l
States they have strength IN the house Of ,,1l
resentatives wholly out OF proportion to the M
ing population. | have no ill-will to the SovtA.
crners, but | do not sec the Justice Of oiy;rl
them such manifest advantages over the peopl
Of the North.
Another thing I want to see IS the thorcurt
enforcement OF the Monroe doctrine, and vii
special reference to the existing situation \
Venezuela. If we do not check the rapacicuj
English and Germans right now, in the ncipien
stage OF this mbroglio we are going to lay d
trouble Tor ourselves. Look at the English coed
patton of Egypt. Once let these Old World pou:
ers get hold of the custom houses of that liuis
South American government who can say wh.i
they will let go. The safest way is to put curl
on their aggression from the outset
Z. L. Lampson. one Of the house reading r.rks
has a fund of unpublished stories about the atl
Thomas b. Reed Mr. Lampson began his sers
ice in the Fifty-fourth congress- atd had exc.i
tional opportunities to observe Mr. Reed when ths
latter was speaker.
AT times Mr.. Reed made comments seeniingI
to make the clerks laugh said Mr.. Lampson yss
terday, but in reality because he could not htl
expressing his keen appreciation OF humoTua
situation, or a weak argument One mofnini
after the reading OF the journal member trog
Kansas q populst arose 10 correct the recofa
and in hesitatins manner said: Mr., Speaker
want to call attention to an omssion-in y
mind. That is unnecessary said Mr. Reed
an undertone, You are Pop.
James Hamilton Lewis arose one mcrnlni
TO complain because a New York paper had calf
him a thing OF beauty and joy forever
should have said Jaw forever said Mr. Es7
in a whisper that halt the members present vel
able to hear.
when Bailey was the democratic Leader,
advised Jerry Simpson one day to go and I
form himself The gentleman from lap
should not make so unreasonable request ~
mented the speaker"
It was an accident that landed Repre'enepf
Henry of the Seventh Texas district in eons'sd
an accident that veteran democratic lesoeIs
the district always have resented. In 1899 ~
was threatened with a popuisuc tidal waVe'
few prominent democrats cared to aeceP
gressional nominations Mr.. Henry, y0ut
lawyer. had been resident of the district y
than eighteen months. He was anxious %
r
leaders were willing that he should.
He was nominated without oppositlo,aa' III
very much to the surprise Of the Po,itea
elected by all overwhelming plurality ie XII
leaders, however, were not willing ne sn0utl
joy the fruits of his victory for more 'I.g
single term Each time since 1890 he n'S ~ III
hard fight for the nomination, out nls
this year was so decisive II is concedeo j.
can stay in congress as long as he eafss
so. The anti-primary campaign was msD'' N
one, lasting for more than four non'ns
Henry was nominated by majority large
he had ever before received.
The auditor of the State of KENTUCKY,
Augustus g. Coulter, said last evening .
Riggs house: .,.,1ou 4
1--WE are to have our first primary e Tt.r.
State officers in Kentucky next May c,,,r
several candidates for governor oes'ueS I, hsA
Beckham, the present incumbent oul bs Il
10 say this far ahead who viii DC cnoseD "a
people. One thing certain-the ueln0. =. o,t
carry the State with ease. nous s.E tbdA
had serious troubles, beginning win .s,..,vsdd
it is reunited and has once more py eoNsd,nee
action and wise policies regsined inc ',..oubist
the vast majority of the people Nv Il Kst
party has about gone out OF pus'i''''
lucky"
Representative Burgess Of Texa: n d. sSus
the largest German constituencies N .r h
There are thousands Of German W.. write
district, and It often happens that NE rssH
him in their native tongue, M 5 Tho a
that situation nicely, as he has a ei' 90, Is. q
read the language, and translate "
OF the representative.
Real strsnuosity
Bryan Eagle .,,rass
President Roosevelt got in Close I'd sllosN
Sunday morning while it was fainins .,s inch
a man TO sit outside and drive % sA ;nsid. "a
act Of the president, who was on NJ ,ain) u