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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-31

From Mondays Daily Gazette.
w. H. Norton of Columbus is reg
Etered at the Grand.
4 A petition aASs circulating today
r.. J. Lord as candidate
for alderman OF me Third ward.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29
RoERs WISH TO REMAIN BoEHs.

Dr. Reitz, who is the chief representative
OF the Beers now In Texas, ostensibly for
the purpose of seeking a new home for those
of his countrymen who wish TO leave South
Africa says:
do think that those who will not and do not
live in South Africa should live together some
where, so that they may be able to preserve, az
least during the FIRST generation, their own church
their own ideas and 70 do things in general where
ever they live according to their own habits and
customs.
This is a frank statement which should be
considered In a frank manner.
It is natural that the sorrowing Beers
should wish to preserve their race identity
The Puritans who first fed from England to
Leyden found freedom of worship, but they
were strangers in a strange land. Although
they had their own separate little commun,
nifty. they realized that one generation would
probably be long enough to dissipate them
and merge them into the great mass of Ger
mans. They were Englishmen in language.
customs. pride OF race and love OF country,
though they were at war with the ruling gov.
ernment Consequently they moved to the
inhosptable wilds OF New England where
they hoped to perpetuate their identity as
Englishmen-as Puritans or separatists, but
still as Englishmen. Apparently some such
idea moves these unhappy Beers who can
not reconcile themselves to life under the
flag of Great Britain. They wish to find
some spot Of earth where they can retain
all their customs and habits without merger
or amalgamation with any other people
Unhappily as IL may appear to them,
but probably not as it will prove in the end
they can not find such conditions as the
PuFitans found. This is no longer a plastic,
primaval land, but a country Of fixed in.
stitutions. 1t has welcome for all honest
and Industrious folk who come with the
purpose OF becoming citizens. but for OBJ.
vious ressons It does not encourage allen
colonies. nor would such colonies dad the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29
IA PAGES TODAY.
SOUTH TEXAS uNpEsERveD BURDEN.


There is now pending in the senate
bill dealing with reforms in the conduct OF
the penitentary system of Texas. There
should be included in this bill q provision
reanirlng the State to return convicts to
the counties whence they were taken. Not
to do SO is to continue a heavy and most I'M
just burden on South Texas, one which is
constantly growing more onerous. Tho law
as IT stands simply provides for the release
Of the convicts when their terms have been
served or they have been pardoned, and they
are turned loose at penltenuary, farm or
camp as they happen to be located.
The policy of the penitentiary board is to
collect as many OF these couvicts as posi-
BILE on farms owned by the State or worked
on shares. Most Of these farms are located
in this section Of the State and the big farm
operated with convict labor is located only
few miles from Houston. When these con-
vcts are released they naturally gravitate
toward the nearest town, and that town Is
generally Houston, Galveston or Beaumont.
Richmond, Huntsville and one or two other
towns also get more than their share Of
them. Some OF the ex-convicts go across
the country while others go directly from
the point of release. But sooner or later
great majority of them find their way into
either one town or the other. The police rec
ords-that is, both the municipal police sys-
TENS and the sheriffs' offces--go to show
that many of the burglarias thefts and hold
ups are committed by eX-convcts As
class they are a menace to the people who
live in the communities affected by the pres
ent policy Of the state. Nearly every county
in the State contributes to the population OF
the States prisons, and It is not fair that
the people Of half dozen counties should
be made TO bear the burden of being preyed
upon by these persons after they have served
their terms or been pardoned.
Some of the convlcts go from the point Of
release to the counties whence they were
taken. but not majority. Most Of them
have no particular interest in the locality
where they are we'll known. and they nat.
urally select new fields for operation where
they viii have longer run for their money.
Those who return to their forme, homes in
most cases, it Is believed, are the ones who
do not intend to return % the prison. Those
who seek Houston Galveston, Beaumont or
other towns in this section expect to 90
back for another term as soon as they are
caught, and they bend their energies solely
TO keep from being caught, not to make an
honest living
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

happiness they seek. They would likely
feel the same Inconsistencies that the Puri.
tans felt at Leyden They would have no
power of initiative and could hope for no
progress except what they adopted from
their American neighbors, and that Of coursd
would be the beginning of Boer disintegra
ton. 1t would be cruel, therefore, for their
agents here to hold out hope which would
inevitably turn to ashes
If they wish to preserve their religion and
their social customs with the intention Of
conforming to American institutions of law
and with the expectation Of having their
children grow up into American citizenship
in short, If they hope merely to retain the
traditions and the household gods of the
passing generation--they will find in Amer
lea cordial welcome, keen sympathy and
fuller freedom than they ever enjoyed under
their own dead republic.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29
ROOSEVELT tllC IAlolit hammered mpuIsVe and Bs,

always accepted this distinction ~,
claimer. without 1.
Mr. Roosevelt as a presid.n..,
now dead without the possibility d s ss,aels
into semnianee OF life. He has hs.'s'list
sistent ofhoeholder, although never ussn y
two offces-vice president and sovs, ,.s's' y
York nc latter victory, even ,,4g ' n!
glamor OF a Carefully padded war Mua u
him, came near being defeat ia n ii'a
ried the State by plurality Of y or5 Il
$1,000 votes. And this in the f. ss.D'e,ai's
that his opponent, Van Wyck, was y 2,
Tammany and tool of the corr,,n, = e'tss l
that the previous republican aove,ns ss's'I d
his seat by a plurality of sone,bi,a aad VI
Our indignation is blended Win 7. in'
Roosevelt is young man Of r,,,t p'g "
many good qualities. In a suhorS;s.. HlS n
where his zeal would have been ou;5.s e''a's|
proper channels by the discretion y so1s n
thoughtful and judcious he wonlS as I'd
tinued TO make valuable public s.I Way N
filled the position of civil service ss. si
with intelligence, energy and hdelt, Y
whilom prompter, Luck, by sudden, n1
him into the center OF the stage wi,t Ip'sis|
all unlearned, has played him ~. ua n
Bufooneries that would have passed ua.' pH|
the actor Of minor part are thus r.v.s,.s as" /
limelight with cruel clearness. n. \
strength and industry Of the capabe ss.. n'.'s
can not etone for the wit and surenss. - 'a's
we demand Of him that plays tbe ls,S.H' s|
The costume OF the chief executive SIS N
a man in whom are strangely minolss I, +. ~
tried theories of the academician, the er,i.
ors Of the frontiersman the vanity Of n, m.
dilettante the impulsiveness Of the col.s,.
the obstinacy of the bigot Odd Nj, ps,'a "
and odder turn of fortunes wheel M, =.
where he is
And yet those who believe that ali r,.,a.
tons OF so-oalled luck are coptroll.d H. n
God who moves in a mysterious way N " U
ders to perform will see perhaps N d, ". NJ
of the policies of this singular msht An r,,..'
gain 1t has already been revealed N, 4
North and South are more In aeco,a !. !
negro question than they ever were h.,,. i
has been shown that the press and peoul, 4 \
North and the leaders OF the republe,o NJ
are, in very considerable majority. invita-, I
support any president in a radically nts,,E,
policy. The Northern republicans hav NJ
forced to choose between accepting the n,u, :
cially and politically and repudiatins him /
has shown them the logical conclusion n AZ
avowed color policy and they are shrnknU h,
it and eriticising the man who had cari.
to lis obnoxious extreme. The same Old V,,r
OF the bloody shirt will rally round the pt.,ar
and strive to reawaken the old sectional div
ences, but the saner, wiser and more PATHS.
men of the North forbear They are r,,Iy |,
ginning to study the negro question in ,,Ius
and more teachable spirit,
And so, along with the indignation t,aHh
stubborn misbehavior of this unfortunai. IlIss
tian cast suddenly into Brobdingnsg we ss
little charity for him. for perhaps he Ass 1
unwittngly, done a good turn.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29
lAtlanta. Ca, News)

n..ri,. his oyer-impulsive and irresponsible
temperament. his lack Of dignity his occasional
h.d ,ssts and his characteristic obstinaey, we
49,. siy,svs g;ver Theodore Roosevelt credit tor
. sort Of laundering sincerity OF purpose Whhe
-. b.ye beea few of his policies with whicn
,ve could eonscientiously agree, and many OF nis
m. co,sidered actions which have inspired US win
regret we have sought rather TO eXtol ms Visor
nan 10 condemn the mistakes into when MS CT
ratio personality has often led MIN IT.,
We can not grant him sincerity now. Inc
La, yvbi,e House incident can neither be eN-
oused nor explained on the ground OF an alleged
lovoltv 10 personal or party ideals. BY his STUD
horn insistence in carrying his negrophile poliey
IA such outrageous extremes Mr.. KooseVeit mas
demonstrated that 1t is rather a small STUBBORN
ness and the desire for a personal victory "hl.H
aetuates him than any sincere regard LOT 'ne
welfare Of the negro race.
On the carefully considered social recognition
NJ negro men and women by the president at
tir,s when the major part of the press and
people North and South, democratic and re-
nublican, partisan and independent we're joined
in denunciation and regret of his color policy can
be placed no other construction than a deliberate
insult and defiance Of the feelings OF the Cau-
casian race 1t was more than tdctless; II as
plaved a cynical disregard of the cooliy evolved
conclusions and warmly expressed prejudices OF d
people who never called him 20 govern thcm'
In the face of the wisdom and advice of the far
seeing Of his own party leaders he chose course
which could not but help feawaken sectional
feeling almost allayed by a wiser predecessor
He refused to listen TO the objections OF the
Southern or the warnings OF the Northern people.
He was deaf to logic and persisted In treating all
protests founded on a knowledge OF the negro
as merely the expression of whim that would
vanish ON the application Of discipline His ac-
I L. OBJ a
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Here is a suggestive paragraph from the Vienna
dispatch reporting the meeting of Austrian ex-
potters to consider the question OF making ex-
hibits at the St. Louis Worlds Fair:
The general feeling was expressed that only
such classes Of manufacturers should participate
in the exposition who reasonably could hope to
meet the tariff situation, thus avoiding a repti-
ton Of the disappointment which expert
enced by many OF the firms that exhibited at
Philadelphia and Chicago without the slightest
chance OF doing business in America
A Worlds Fair is in itself, says the Courier
Journal an eloquent protest against prohibitive
tariffs and a Worlds Fair in the United States
so far as those features which make it a Worlds
Fair are concerned, can only be partially success
ful, and that in spite OF our hostile tariff system
We can never have a real Worlds Fair nor profit
by such an undertaking fully while we maintain
that medieval system
y
Ring government in Houston cost the city $ss,-
63I. very expensive ring, and It will probably
be a very long time before Houston sports an
other like t.-.4uS!H Tribune.
And yet an afternoon paper is being conducted
by the rngsters in an effort to fool the people
into taking the ring hack into their confidence
But it won't succeed. The people won't be
fooled.
The New York Herald prints the following:
Twelve problems that worry the president:
Smoot candidacy in Utah
Wolcot candidacy in Colorado
8. Addicks candidacy in Delaware
4. Bracket rebellion in Albany.
s. Crum case ia Charleston,
lndianols heht IN Mississippi
=. Coal controversy
s. Trust question
o. lsthmian canal problem
To- Venezuelan imhroglio
a.. Cuban reciprocity, and
g Presidential nomination in 1909
It might says the indianapolis Sentinel have
added that the eleven problems are practically
comprised in the twelfth. We fancy, however
that there is thirteenth even more trouble
somehow to set elected If nominated in 1904.
H. says the Chattanooga Times, the United
States must consult the British cabinet before we
can negotiate reciprocal treaty of commerce
with another power then the United States is
mere suzerain OF Great Britain Whether or not
the trihing commercial assistance proposed to
be extended to Cuba by treaty would injuriously
affect Jamaieas sugar trade is no concern OF
ours. We are not Jamaica. keeper, though in
large sense we are the guardian and guide OF
Cuba. II is hardly more legitimate concern of
any European cabinet what we may do in or
about or IN conjunction with the Cuban republie
than would be National aid extended to the cot
ton planters of Texas or the sugar interest of
Louisiana; and Secretary Hay has probably so
informed the British government.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29
srArE PRESS ooMMeNr

- The GAINESVILLE News is four years old
and getting better every day.
- The Galveston Advocate IS new paper
just started at Galveston in the interests Of or
gani1ed labor.
J. n, Christensen has purchased J. NJ.
Adams interest in the Bells News and has taken
charge OF that paper
- The Center Champion is twenty-five yearJ
Of age and Jesse Padou has celebrated the everI
by selling half interest in the snappy little pA6
LEGATION 10 A. L, Pinkston
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29
ABOUT HOUSTON.

Houston paid $4,000 to expert accountants to
look at the books" The price paid for this
service seems exorbitant, but the experts gained
over 100000 for the city which errors, irregu-
larihes and carelessnsss, IL nothing worse. had
allowed to be lost, so the city is ahead The
Holt administration is clearing away the debris
Of former mismanagement and placing Houston
in working trim for better overument-Color
ado Citisen.
Since the Holt administration has taken charge
OF Houstou's affairs so much loose" money has
been found lying around that it has been decided
10 raise the mayors salary to $4,000 year
NaeogdoeheS Sslihas!,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29
gamperina Whk 9rifLeS
BABY FINGERS.
IN I "A LeNia. ]

BABY FlNGEko.
Oh, the pictures that are scattered on the floor.
Oh the little shoes and stockings by the door,
And the dainty little dress
Lying like q soft csress
Ger the chair arm in my study and conveying a
carcss
God watch DER the baby wcarer evermore
God watch DER the baby wesrer in her sleep,
And the lips that curve in laughter when / creep
Close beside the trundle bed,
Where the little tousle head,
With her blue eyes closed in slumber and hef
cherub limbs outspresd,
Dreams and murmurs, Dad, loves DOL dess
heap"
oh, the world holds many other things than
these
Shoes and stockings, dainty garments, dimpled
knees
Other things than baby's smile,
Than each loving little vile.
But the touch of baby fingers makes the rest
worth little while
God watch over where Our baby takes her ease |
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

The decision Of the court Of criminal appeals
in the babeas corpus case Of N. z. Foster, is
clear declaration Of the privileged character OF
court testimony and a timely definition of the
rights Of the press. When the case arose on the
order Of Judge Giliaspie prohibiting the pub
lieation Of testimony in the Williams murder
trial, ii will be recalled that The Post expressed
the opinion that the press had right TO publish
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29
Mr. JImps0n and the Father y IN

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Did you read abou. the test Of that rev ID,
teen-!nch gun, Mr.. Jimpson"
Yes, yes, did Wonderful gun bat i
Read the particulars :"
Some Of them. didn't understand them 4
Didn't you? What was it you don't uaas
stand'"
well. there were some terms used DIT
didn't quite catch onto. 1t says, for nssss
that the recoil after the gun was fred vii 81
feet What is a recoil?'
"A recoil Yes, yes; a recoi Why, isi
is well, it's technical term, that's what 5
It's noticeable in large guns quite EXCLUSIVE
The-that is, the builders Of these large guns ir'
certain forms of expressions, and the re'oll . =
of them Yes. But that doesn't bother Hsta
Its something else that puzzles me-
whats that, Mr. Iimpson|
"Why, I looked through the whole ban'
port and didn't see word about nov aa
the gun kicked
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29
VIII Be Of No Effect.
Rosten Post.

Boston Post
II any use Is made of Senator Hoaf's anti.
trust bill it viii be 10 stave of ali ANTITRUST
legislation. Not even Mr. Hears device Of post
poning the operation OF his bill nearly two years
can save Il. IN fact, the only way 10 reach The
trusts in time 70 do any good TO the public is 20
repeal the tariff protection which they aew en-.
Joy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

the testimony but waived It's privilege out Of re-
spect to the courts judgment that publication
at the time would hinder the cause Of justice.
Under the same circumstances again The Post
would pursue the same course but II is important
that the legal status Of the press should be de-
fined In this precise manner. The intelligent and
patriotic press may be depended upon not TO
abuse the privilege but it is we'll that its rights
are iudiciay declared, to the end that judges
less rational and discerning may not encroach
upon constitutional preserve IN cases that lack
the qualifying proprietes which we're patent in
this instance
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29
THE BOOK AGENT.

Madam" said the book agent as he insinu-
ated his foot in the crack Of the door, Il have
here most interesting work 30 which | desire 10
call your attention. q work which no family
should keep house without If you'd just per-
nit me TO push the door open a little further
thanks--I show it TO you and call your at
tention to its merits so much better. You no
doubt have handsome children growing up about
you and this book will give you tips on their
bringing up which it would be criminal for you
not to possess yourself Of"
He paused and the woman smiled encourag-
iugly.
AS was about to say. madam, when you
interrupted me this is a work which no mother
afford to be without. II is I may say. the
recognized authority on heredity, physiological
psychology and psychic phenomena, also on tine
facts and failacies Of mental therapeutics, teep-
athy hypnotsm, and so forth 1t IS the only
real authority on biology, chronology apology
and deuteronomy. Il teaches how TO build fire
in furnace, how to teach a sewing machine to
play Home. Sweet Home and how TO make a
servant girl love you so hard that she can nos
he separated from you with orowbar 1t tells
you how you can, with tub OF water and a few
other ingredients, such as are to be found in
every household manufacture tub OF root beer
or a barrel of soft soap worth alone far more
than the price OF the book. With this little
handy volume, madam, you can do away forever
with accidents to valuable help. II gives a recipe
for making kerosene, gasoline handolene, sooth-
ing syrup sweet oil absolutely noncxposive,
noncombusube and iuocuous. 1t will tell YOU
how to make your husband stay at home nights
or how to make him so away, how TO raise
hair bald head, how to
Say" interjectcd frecLde faced boy poking
his head around the edge OF the door. that lady $
my Ant Nance, and she's plum deef Ma allus
sends her to the door ter lissen ter book agents
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

The part played by Adams the negro treasury
official who presided at the meeting where a
negro agitator advocated miscegenation and a
resort by the blacks to the sword and torch, has
been reported to Secretary Shaw, who will doubt
less recommend his promotion.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

THERE was an old count named Won Quadt
who said I'VE can shoot quite a lodt. 1t takes
England and us to stir up muss but if Uncle
Sam shoots we will squadt"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

IT, as press reports say, Germany and England
arc in perfect accord, we must say we've got our
opinion OF England
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

The English authorities did not put Colonel
Lynch to death but in condemning him to penal
servitude for life they gave him something else
nearly as good.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

IT would be nice to be there and see how
Governor Taft acts when he learns that he is a
presidential candidntc
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

OFFICE OF PUBLICATION,
NOS tiot, iios. HOS. 10Y and 1909 trshN'"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

THE powers have got Uncle Sam busy watch
ing their hnggling at Washington while they keep
crowding and stepping on the Monroe doctrine in
Venezuela
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

Entered al the Postoffee at Houston, leFo'' o.
Sseond-Ci lass Mail Matter.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

Now that You'sey has confessed and told who
the murderers OF Gocbel are and implicated Tay-
lor, that gentleman will doubtless not care If he
never rncs hack
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-29

The fun we find in skating
In winter is not all
We often find amusement,
When we're skating, in the fall
st. Joseph Gdset.c
That's right, keep your skate on
AS the days 80 sliding by;
Better keep the same old skate on,
Till the Fourth Of next July