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ward monaTchlcaI form OF government
want Texas to be big enough to stand
alone, to once more be the republic Of
Texas, when the day of monarchy arrives
TO take the place of this Union Of states
Texas will some day have S0.000.000 more
people. at least. than are now in the state
There should be no division, but Texas
should remain large. strong and free The
hope of a free people and representative
republic is involved in this condition
A Realistic Picture.
In Everybody's Magazine T. p. O'Con-
nor draws this realistic picture of the
immortal Labby:
To understand the character Of Labou-
chere must know that this hooking
spirit who has broken more knaves and
more shams than almost any man. who
has figured in hundred fights to the
death in law courts and has never or
rarely been worsted, is human, like the
rest Of us. He is considerable to all those
around him; sometimes even he is shy and
timid 1t is said that when he rings
bell for servant with any Impotence he
runs out of the room before the servant
has time to appear. And 1 have often
seen this spirit of almost sardonic mock
cry blush like girl.
The face shows the contradiction of the
character. When first you look at it you
are conscious only Of its mock cry. The
eyes-blacix, cold, penetrating-are made
even more quizzically funny by eyebrows
that twist and turn as though they were
prepared by some theatrical coiffeur for a
baritone about to play Mephistopheles.
4 But the mouth reveals that other side of
the spirit. 1t reveals the man of iron res
olution. Of infiexible opinions. of enmities
that do not die. Napoleon used>to be call
4 ed Jupiter Scapin might sum up Labby
as Scapin- Cromwell.
Not For Joseph.
The Houston Post. in recent edi-
torial. made this astonishing statement
about Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey
of Texas:
There is nothing in the rumor about
Senator Joe Bailey retiring from public
life and taking up his residence in New
York. 1t is within the knowledge of the
Post that he was offered a position at
remuneration of $4,000 year or better
| and that he declined it without a mo-
1 ment's hesitation. The senator has no
idea of quitting Texas or of retiring from
/ public life.
New Nuisance Proposed.
The disposition of congress to abdi-
cate its constitutional functions by
creating commissions of all sorts APP
pears to be growing. The latest one
proposed. and the most astounding III
its character, is the monetary commits
sion The power and duty of dealing
with all financial questions constitute
the most important functions conferred
upon congress by the trainers of the
government. To basely abandon these
would prove the Fifty ighth congress
to be the most pusifianinous in histc-y.
It was bad enough and idiotic enough.
to send rowing commission over the
country to discover what the tariff
barons wanted done about the tariff,
but the suggestion for a monetary com
mission is incredible.
The reason assigned for this amazing
proposition is that it is considered the
best way of settling the differences as
to finance among Republicans. 4
Washington dispatch says inter ALA.
The president, it is well known. has given
more thought to financial questions in the
last six months than to any other SUBJ
ject, He has ascertained that there are
wide CULTS separating the different views
and that it will be next to impossible to
t reconcile the diversified views and settle
upon any one plan or bill. Consequently
lie proposition now Is 10 turn the WnOte
matter over to commission, whether of
congress or to be appointed By the presi-
dent from the outside has not been deter
mined. The work of the commission
would be to delve as deeply r;tn condi-
tions as possible and submit recornzne nda-
tons upon which the various Republican
elements might unite.
1t is strange and amusing to read of
wide CULTS separating the different
views Of Republicans when we re.
member all the wild talk there has
been lately about Republican harmony.
with a big, big 81. and of the irrecon.
cilable differences among Democrats.
4 If a commission can be established
by congress to run our finances why
not put the government into commits
sion. abolish congress and save the ex-
pense? What's the use of paying nine
~ senators and 486 representatives to
do thing that can be done by one
commission?
New Eruption.
The signs of the times indicate that
new eruption of the Delaware Re
publican scandal is at hand It smells
to heaven and is the saddest common
tary extant on barrel politics. There
appears to be no way of stopping or
squeIching it. They say that President
Roosevelt is threatening to do some
thing truly awful to all Of them by
reason of this newest outbreak He
will deserve the thanks Of all decent
men If he does. But will he? Can he?
4 Is the thing possible SO long as the Adj
dicks bank account holds out II
seems not But Mr.. Roosevelt as the
chief apostle OF Republican purity and
light should be encouraged to try.
Perilous.
/ The New York World Is great
newspaper and has tackled many diff
ficult questions and settled many Of
them but it has committed itself to a
/ perilous performance in adjusting the