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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-15
Democrats Favor Parker
Of seyeutyFour REPRESENTATIVES Interviewed ForFour Have
No Choice and twenty Three are for Judge Parker

Parker IA far ard away In the lead. But
the most Instructive feature OF the pou
ninde BY the Herald was that 2 very large
try had not ne yet made up their minds TO
support any candidate.
RESULT OF THE POLL.
OF nventy-tour democratic representa-
tives interviewed forty-four have no choice
and arr for the best man, twenty-three are
Tor Judge Parker, three are for Mr. Cor
usu. two for Mr. olnsy aud two for Mr..
Hill OF Atteen democratic senator's inter-
viewed twelve have no choice, being for
the most available candidate, and three are
Tor Judge Parker
Judge Psrkers strength IA widely scat
tered, indicating hat he stands ~ fay9T In IN
representatives. from NOrth Carolina want
him for president. -Four Tenhus go on rec-
ord IN bis favor
in indiana two Ia Alabama two in hen-
tucky two 10 South CurcilNa. two ~ VIZ
glnla, and one in eacn Of me states OF
senator favors Judge Parker p each Of the
Ststes OF colorado, Georgia and Idaho
| As 70 tho other candidates senator COR,
I man has one supporter In Alabama, one In
Georgia ana one IN Missouri. one repre-
sentative In Alabama aud one IN tennessee
want Mr. Oiuey. Mr. Hill has one supporter
J In Illinois and one Ia New YORK me New
: York supporter Of Mr. Etil Is Colonel Jacob
Ruppert Jr.
In NE poll n the house the States which
either have no democratic representatives.
or whose members would not express any
OPINION are California, Colorado, Connect
j. cut. Delaware. Idaho, Town. Kansas, Maine,
Maryland Michigan, Montana. Nebraska.
Nevada Sew Hampshire New jersey.
North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, south
DqEota Utah. Vermont. Washing on. West
Virginia, Wisconsin arid Wyoming.
POLL AMONG REPRESENTATIVES.
Hero Is table showing the result of tii'
T.oU ot democratic representatives.. with the
,s.t..,-. gI-eu f.~ oarht
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DOVE is IN TROUBLE
ror ADVISING Federal Employees Not to
Contribute to Campaign Funds.

~ TNIV.III 10 Ino TOStl
Washington, February 4.-Robert W
Dove collector OF customs at Eagle Pass.
rs M the city on business with the civil
service commission and the treasury de-
,-, some weeks ago. as was mentioned In
The Post az the time, a special agent from
,nne department. named was sent TO Eagle
tass TO Investigate certain charges against
Az Az on lclsI there. This Official was Collector
eharge against him seems 70 be 10 the III
nv that he sent circular letter to ali
w employees advising them not 10 con-
r r,nI.r 10 any campaign fund Tho law
hs"sI1es maj Federal employees shall not
% required 70 so contribute and II nnnears
~. bove vent beyond his AUTHORITY only
u tne language he used In the circular. Il
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We o0er one Hundred iona .ao not y
for any case of catarrn o sua'
cured by ! HAZE ssH 4EsSE5Y s or , TSlsa' !
IIs9o him nor perfectly nsg55saS1iesiy
carry carr out any obligations r.
Arm. x,,hoiesaie Drngs Mass
West 4 TruAx, Wno It,nnan & A
ledo. o, walding' Tnaisdo 0. -,ar.
Wholesale Druggists, q taken s..r,asi
.s dS; aS Gstiy's upon ss,s g. ss s3s
surfaces of the syste ale. sold y s
free price T5e per bow
druggists .r,. are the best
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early to indulge 10 speculation as TO preS.
Dental preferences,
FAvoRs puDGB PARKER.

FAVoRs FUDGE PARKER
Mr. Dubois Of Idaho-I regard Judge
Parker as the most available man now in
the field OF course | can not tell what
may develop when the nominating convert
lions meet
Mr. Coclcrcn Of Missouri ] am not en-
geged In picking presidential candidates for
the democratic party ] leave that duty 20
he performed 10y the nominating con
ventl0n
Mr. Bate Of Tennessee am for any man
the party may name
Mr. Martin Of Virginia. am not prepared
70 announce my preference now. | have
IN mind a man who, In my judgment nils
al the requirements Of democratic can.
didate FOR the presidency, but his name is
neither Oluey nor Parker
Mr. Mallory OF Florida--I have no choice
between oney And Parker,
Mr. blackburn ~ kentucky--lt Is too
early TO speculate 10 presidential futures
Mr. Clay Of Genrgia--I am for any man
who can carry the great state. 81 Kew
York.
Ar. Foster Gt IOuiSasn4--I have no choice.
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is not believed here that ~ matter =
made against him, although 'H'
not yet settled. s..a.d BY the q
A peculiar feature is so nredeccssoi, Z.
he Circulated a letter the P lrp ~ the Dos'
wns directly opposite 10 that - was dis
circular Subsequently praA'
missed
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cies "N'N@ pun
mere Is material for a dozen political
sermons In those few words The advice Of
the veteran Alabamian. n followed can
result IN nothing but good.
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-T0n Rn0N.n sAYs WcLrLTAN.


TOO SOON" SAYS MCCLELLAN.
Mr. Mcclellan Of New York It's too
soon to talk about the matter now The
time Is so far of that no one knows what
viii turn up.
Mr. Baukhead OF AlabamR-l nm Tor Cor
man. He is my man.
Mr. Bartlett of Gcorgia--The best man "a
Tor him in 1904.
Mr. Slayden of TerRs-r am for the man
who can command the most votes. Time
viii tell who he Is.
Mr. Dnsmore Of Arkansas--- It's too soon
70 Talk about a presidential possibility ut
this time,
Mr. Zcnor OF Ohlo-I think Mr.. Parker
Is the most available man and he Is nv
choice.
Mr. FITZGERALD OF New york--It's little
previous TO talk about presidential timber
now,
MT Shnucnberrer N Ncbrusks--I favor
a man from the West
Mr.. LINDSAY of New York Judge Parker
( rs the best man now mentioned
Mr.. Nilllnms ~ Illinois " ~ some time
! before election. ] do not know lust whom
shall support. I want the strongest man.
Mr.. Lever " South CRrolina-Judge Purk-
or scoms 20 be the hest presidential timber
I In tho held,
Mr. Rheu Of virginia Wait n little while.
/ Can't saw where I stand
Mr. GrigEs Of Georgia, chairman ~ tho
! democratic congressional commlttee-Time
/ we have found him I am FOR him.
RESULT IN THE SENATE.
frha IN hln ~ soma 70 rps,,Its ana tla ,.to,,g
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column / So choice vat and for hest
man. column g. Parker. column 3, Olneg;
column 4, German; column ., HIN.
Mr. Feeley OF Illinois, am for David b.
HiU He ia my fret and only love.
Mr. CodfoEle OF New Yor6--ludge Parker
Is an Ideal man. an able jurist and an able
statesman It's little too soon, how
ever. 10 commit ones self
Mr. Ball OF TcNas--TeEaB is FOR Parker.
tic has been my man for some dine He Is
the man who has the strength. nm fo'
him forever.
Mr. Bnrlesou OF rrKns-I am FOR Parker
We must have n man who II strong In the
New ENGLAND states and New York A
Inn as ! Know Judge Parker meets the re
, quircments and I nm Tor him
Mt Robinson ~ lndinna--Ruther think
Judge Parker Ia the most available man /
am FOR him
Mr. Patterson NJ Tenuesses-I am an
! Oluey man out and out.
Mr. Bupnert o. Now YORK; am for
I David y FIJI He is tho man
Mr. Williams ~ MisslsSinpi-l nm for
Tho man who As the strongest. although
Mr.. Wul'ams did NOT Vav that hN was q
Parker advocate he ntlulntcd Tint, I'm his
oplulon, tho lattcr was the likely caudl-
Mir. Finlev NJ south Carolina--Thcre's
oulv ono man 10 49, That is Judge Parker.
! 10 rs tho most available mNn.
Nr Underwood 81 Alabama am an
olucy man out and ovt oney forever.
The leader., 1903-07-08

Returning to his home at Monticel-
10, he obtained license to practice
law, and entered at once upon sue
cessful career in his chosen profess
sion. In 1888 he was appointed by
President Cleveland United States
attorney for the Southern District
of Mississippi. Retiring from his
office on the election Of President
Harrison, he left the piney woods
and cast his fortune with the people
of the Delta, whittier his reputation
as lawyer had preceded him. Three
years after he took up his abode in
Greenwood he was appointed by
Gov. Stone as chancellor of that
district, and at the expiration of his
four years term of office he was re-
appointed to the position by Gov.
McLaurin, on the unanimous en-
dorsement of both bar and people.
But before completing the first
year of his second term as chancel-
lor, he decided, upon the solicitation
of friends from all portions of the
State, to enter the race for governor
There were five other candidates,
all of whom were men of ability,
character and good repute, but Gov.
Longino came to the State conven-
ton with an overwhelming majority
of instructed votes over all five of
his opponents put together, and was
nominated by reclamation upon the
withdrawal of the other candidates
from the race. His inaugural adj
dress gave promise of a clean, strong,
progressive administration, and the
manner in which he has kept that
promise is now a matter of history
upon which the people of Mississip-
pi are now invited to pass judgment.
Gov. Longino is now candidate
for the United States senate, and
bases his claim to that high office
on the record which he has made as
governor.
The leader., 1903-07-08
BREvITIEs OF FUN.

''Marse Bill gone fishin' ag'in9"
eyes, l hear him say ter-day dat git
tin full at home wuz gittin' monot'n-
ousw-Atlanta Constitution.
''Does the razor hurt your" asked
the barber. 'No, the razor is all
right" replied the man in the chair,
''but the conversation gives me a
pain ~ onkers Statesman.
Holden-"Burget says he always
says what he thinks" Belden-
''That accounts for it. Saw him at
the club last night, and he didn't
utter word the whole evening. -
Boston Transcript.
Miss Quizzer-'And why, pray, do
you call that horse Nail?" Mr..
Kidder-"B Because no woman can
drive him without great danger of
personal injury to herself. "'-Balti-
more American.
Wonder why van Major is always
referring to his velvet lawn?' "
SHe's got right to. He told me that
with the grass seed he had sown and
the new sod he's bought it has cost
him $4.75 a yard Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
Miss Ann Teek-"Yes, Henry has
my wedding ring all ready, and it has
'Kismet' engraved inside it. Miss
Speltz = s'Kismet?9 Miss Ann
Teek-' Yes, don't you know what
that means?' Miss Speltz why
er-is it Latin for Better late than
neyer?' Philadelphia Press.
Would Not Sound Well.-Clara--
11The paper says that in Italy they
have begun to number the clocks
from to "a, beginning at one o'clock
in the morning" Dora That's hor-
rid. just imagine how pa would look
if we had to tell him that Arthur and
Gus stayed out till % o'clock.
The leader., 1903-07-08

Andrew Houston Longino was
born about forty-eight years ago in
Lawrence county, Mississippi, and
lived at the county seat, Monticello,
until 1890. By birth and rearing,
therefore, he belongs to the piney
woods section of the State, but in
1890 he moved to Greenwood, in
Lefore county, and later to Green
vile, in Washington county.
He is the youngest of eleven chill
dren, and though he was himself
but small boy at the close of the
war between the States, he had five
brothers in the Confederate service,
two of whom gave up their lives
for the cause. His father, John
Thomas Longino, died when the
subject of this sketch was an infant
and his mother when he was only
about eight years old. Inheriting
little Or no property from his par
ents, he lived for some years with
the older members of his family,
but as they, in this bankrupt period
of our States history, were able to
give him but little financial aid. he
early learned to earn his bread by
the sweat of his brow.
He attended public free schools
in Lawrence county, and afterwards
by teaching school himself he earned
sufficient money to send himself
through Mississippi College.
Almost Immediately after his
graduation from college he was
elected clerk of the Circuit and
Chancery Courts of his county. Be-
fore the end of his four-years' term
of office he was elected State sena-
tor from his district. Between the
sessions of the legislature to which
he was thus elected, he studied law
and took short special course there
in at the University of Virginia.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Roads by Contract.

The Kinds county grand jury, be-
fore adjournment last week, took a
vote on the subject and unanimously
recommended that the board of SUI
pervisors provide for the working of
the public roads by contract. This
recommendation was not incorpo-
rated in the report, having been
agreed upon after the report was
written, but it will be referred by
the foreman Of the jury to the board
at its next meeting.
The leader., 1903-07-08
McMuiIen in Trouble.

The smoothness of William Nc
Mullen in selling smoothing irons
has gotten him into trouble. Aft
davits were made against McMullen
in the mayors court at Jackson last
week by several negro washerwomen,
charging him with obtaining money
under false pretenses. They claim
that he made a canvassing tour of
the town with a sample smoothing
iron, collecting 81 each time he took
an order, and thus far he has not de-
livered the goods.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Killed His Father.

A fratricide with, unusual features
is reported from Holmes county,
near Lexington, the victim being
Calvin King, who was slain in self
defense by his son, Walter King.
1t appears from the evidence that
the son is an invalid and the father
inhumanly wanted to get rid of
him, and repeatedly attempted to
drive him from home. On the morn
ing of the tragedy a quarrel oc-
cured, which resulted in the father
reaching for a Ratchet with which
to attack the boy. The latter seized
his brothers pistol and fired, and
the old man fell dead at his feet.
The slayer has been admitted to bail
in the sum of 5000.
The leader., 1903-07-08
EducatlonaI carnpaian.

An educational campaign will be
instituted that will run right along
with the political campaign in sew
eral counties. Supt. Whitfield, Prof.
George Hurst, DR.. Brough and 9TH
ers will deliver addresses at num-
Der of picnics and barbecues where
the candidates most do congregate
and where there is assurance of
crowd. Their addresses will deal
chiefly with the steps necessary for a
general improvement Of school con-
difions
The leader., 1903-07-08
Something of an Eater.

There is young man at Charles
ton, Tallahatchie county, who bids
fair to divide honors with the worlds
famous gourmands. All that is nee
essary is for him to keep in prac-
tice. At a recent Commute sitting,
he got on the outside of 8 pounds
of tomatoes, 11a pounds of stick
candy, one pound of soda crackers,
3 boxes of American sardines, and
l box of deviled ham, with the con-
diments usually found about a coun-
try store, such as vinegar and pep
per sauce. He experienced no in
convenience whatever.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Ripe CockIeburs.

A citizen of Jackson last week ex-
hibited a curiosity for this season
of the year in the shape of a cock
lebur bush on which number of the
burs were fully matured. Usually
the cocklebur does not ripen until a
visitation of frost, and no satisfac-
tory reason has been assigned for
the phenomena. ~
The leader., 1903-07-08
A New Plant.

An Arkansas timber syndicate has
established a large sawmill on the
bank of the river about fifty miles
above Jackson, via the river route,
and twenty miles northward by land,
and the concern is now turning out
quartersawed oak at the rate of TO-
600 feet per day.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Alderman Gets Road.

Col. Merrill, president of the Mo
bile, Jackson & Kansas City rail
road, was in Alderman last week,
completing the arrangements for
bringing the road into Alderman.
It is now a certainty that the road
will come by Alderman, and Col.
Merrill stated that work south from
Alderman would begin by August l
and would be completed by January
The leader., 1903-07-08
Wants lower Rates.

A complaint was received by the
railroad commission last week from
K. G. Hall, of Laurel, who asks that
the town of Laurel be given better
coal rates from the Birmingham dis
trict. In his letter Mr.. Hall states
that Hattiesburg gets coal rate of
$1.90 per ton, and Laurel is charged
S2.15 ner ton.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Successful Summer Institute

Supt. Whitfield spent all of last
week at the University normal, at
oxford, where he conducted the
summer institute work. Over one
hundred teachers participated in this
branch Of study. BE reports that
nearly seven hundred teachers are
enrolled for the session, and the fac
lulty is composed Of some of the most
celebrated educators and specialists
in America, and are accomplishing
magnificent work.
The leader., 1903-07-08
The Public Roads.

In some portions of the State a
half-hearted desire to improve the
condition of the public roads is
shown, which generally manifests it
self in the adoption of the contract
road law. Several boards Of super
visors have recently taken this ac-
ton, and others are discussing it.
The leader., 1903-07-08
To Ralse $4,000.

President Merrel of the Mobile,
Jackson & Kansas City railroad, at
tended the meeting at Louisville last
week of the citizens of Winston
county. The meeting was called to
determine what the citizens would
give to bring the road by Louis
vile. President ALerrell stated that
he would bring the road by Louis
vile for $4,000, the right of way
through the county and depot site
in the town. A committee was APP
pointed to raise the amount.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Mill Shuts Down,

The Stonewall cotton mills, at
Stonewall, three miles south of En-
terprise, have shut down for ten
days on account of the high price
and scarcity of cotton. This corpo-
ration has $4,000 spindles, 5000
looms, employs 500 men, women and
children and consumes annually s.
600 bales of cotton.
The leader., 1903-07-08
A New Beverage.

i Mayor Hemingway, of Jackson,
has decided to have chemical an
alysis made of a beverage bearing
the suggestive name of "Beerine,"
which is being sold at several soda
pop stands in that city. The fluid
looks like beer and tastes like beer,
and it remains to be seen whether
it possesses a percentage of alcohol.
The leader., 1903-07-08
rerrlfie creosote ExpIoslon.

While several Louisville & Nash
vile railroad boilermakers were re-
pairing boiler at the depot in Pas
cagoula last week sparks fell into
nearby 5OO-barrel tank of creosote,
setting it on fire. Before anything
could be done the flames spread to
the south side of the railroad. The
big plant there, with tanks holding
1000 barrels, went up with a ter
rife explosion, scattering the flames
upon the piles of lumber nearby and
the railroad tracks, which imme-
diately caught fire. A freight en-
CINE was sent to Scranton for hose
and when this came the fire was
soon placed under control.
The railroad tracks were COM
pletely demolished for seventy-fve
! feet, stopping all traffic for twelve
hours. Fifteen cars of creosote on
the tracks and 1900 barrels of oil
miraculously escaped being explod-
ed.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
There was no insurance.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Bears and Wolves. Too.

Whitecappers and blind tigers are
not the only night providers in the
southwestern portion of the State,
according to the reports of the local
papers. The Franklin Advocate re-
ports big black bear as having been
seen in. its neck O the woods, and
for the determination of which a
general hunt is to be organized as
soon as crops are laid by. Its neigh
Dor, the Gloster Record, tells about
how a farmer of near the Rose Creek
school house had been losing lambs
every few nights, and having put
poison on the carcass of the last one
killed, was successful in bringing
down a great she-wolf which meas
ured three feet high and five feet
long. The neighborhood took hunt
for the yarmints young ones, but
failed to find their den.
The leader., 1903-07-08

The Democratic executive COM
mittee for Holmes county met last
week and appointed election officers
and assessed State and district can
didates so cents each; beat candi-
dates 81, and county candidates
$3.50 each.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Recruiting once Closed.

The naval recruiting Office which
has been conducted in Jackson for
the past week by Lieut.. Richardson
and a staff of six petty officers, has
been closed. Only two recruits were
secured by the party in Jackson,
and they have been sent to the ma
val training station at Newport.
Lieut.. Richardson states that the
work of recruiting in the South has
been rather slow for several months.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Saved Her Child.

The three-year-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. D. B. Mooney, living
three miles from Forest, had a mar
row escape from death by drowning
in an old cistern, and was saved on
ly through the heroism of the moth
er, who plunged into the well when
she heard the screams of her child.
The water was about three feet deep
and the mother held the child afioat
until assistance arrived.
The leader., 1903-07-08
LIGHTS for senatobia.

An election was held at Senatobia
last week for the issuance of bonds
not to exceed $500 for the erection
Of electric lights. 1t was carried
by vote of 104 to 30.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Killed in Self Defense.

As the result of a quarrel last
week between James Moseley and
Ike Milligan on the Jones place,
two miles south of Edwards, the
latter wasinstant ly killed and the
slayer claims that he shot in self
defense. He was admitted to bail
in the sum of $500, and his attor-
neys will endeavor to get the amount
reduced by Chancellor Mayes.
The leader., 1903-07-08

A Washington dispatch says
President Roosevelt has asked
Senator Hanna to remain as chair
man of the national republican
committee and manage the 1904
campaign.
The governor of Illinois declares
the parties who took part in the
lynching of a negro named Wyatt
at Belleville June 6, must be pun
ished, and that the state will aid
in their prosecution. No arrests
have been made.
T. J. Cornwall, the missing presi-
dent of the Bessemer Savings Bank,
Of Bessemer, Ala, was seen in Mexi-
co last week by an old acquaintance.
Cornwall defaulted for half a mil
lion.
Every union workman engaged in
the building trades in New York
city is out on strike, the main
contention being the recognition
OF the various unions by contractors.
Over 100000 men in the trades are
idle and building is at standstill.
A new French battleship, just
completed has been equipped to use
oil for fuel.
About $4,000 coal miners in the
Birmingham district are out on a
strike.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-06-20
LEONARD WOOD COUNTY
CAPTAIN J. G. CLANCEY DISCUSS
ES CONDITIONS, ARTIFICIAL
AND NATURAL
Stock in Prime Fettie-Ranges Could
Not be Bettered-Objects to the Po-
litical Football Method.

: Captain ]. G. Clancy. the wealthy
stock man of Puerto de Luna, who
came here TO attend the commence
| ment exercises of Loretto convent,
where his daughter is a%sstudent, re-
, ports excellent conditions in Leonard
! Wood county. That is. the natural
conditions please him immensely,
though he isn't impressed a particle
| with the artificial situation created by
the last legislature in connection with
the manufacture OF the county. MIR.
Clancy believes in self-goyernment,
and is incensed that the county has
been made. as he believes, a political
football. However. nature has this
year done much 10 atone for mans
remissness. The rains throughout the
county have been copions. and in no
case has damage been done. The
stock, in a large part, came through
- - II fooi Noiuitiou, oNlHS W
the cold, dry weather. Consequently,
The increase, especially Of lambs, has
not been as large as it has sometimes
been. Also there we're some losses
Of old stock, but the stock that lived
until June is now in the pink Of con
dition, and the ranges can't be bet
tered. Grass will be cut on the plains
Of Leonard Wood county in album
dance. There can be very little doubt
but the ranges will be in prime con-
dition in the fall, and stock will win
ter well.
Captain Clancy and daughter leave
for home Monday.