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HOUSTON SATTJItriAT Amili 8 1800
TEN PAGES TODAY
SOME SEW KRCONCDXTnADOS
Can It be possible that the Americans
are virtually creating conditions In the
sland of Luzon in the Philippines sim-
ilar to thoso that were found In Cuba
lust before American Intervention Is the
press censorship at Manila succeeding In
keeping back tho story ot the real or rapid-
ly developing situation near Manila
According to a letter recently published
in tho Seattle Times as quoted by tho
Indianapolis Sentinel tho inhabitants In
tho vicinity of Manila are rapidly being re-
duced to tbo condition of starving re
concentrados Tho writer ot the letter
one of tho Washington volunteers says
that the women and children in our neigh
borhood and beyond as well as the old
men and the sick are absolutely starving
to death The husbands and fathers or
mainstays of the family have been killed
or driven or dragged back with tha natlvo
army The fields have been ravaged and
the towns burned There is no suston
anco or resource in sight for thousands of
these helpless victims ot war They try
to pass into the American lines but only
Tilth partial success as thousands aro
turned back because we can not feed
them
This Is exactly such a report as we
would naturally expect in consequenco ot
the aetlva operations ot the past two
months by our army
But what a commentary on a war for
humanltyl What a step In the process ot
benevolent assimilation What an In-
troduction of American civilization and
republican methods to thus transform
thousands of noncombatants Into rccon
centrados1 It can not be urgod in ex-
tenuation that Agulnaldos troops nro
chiefly responsible for theso conditions
Tbo natives are fighting an Invader and
that Invader must assumo his full sharo
ot responsibility tor tho suffering entailed
by his attempts to overrun tho country as-
a conqueror against tho consent of the
people It is not matter for surprlao that
tha natives are reported as saying that
their experience with tho Americans Is
far moro disastrous and melancholy than
under tho worst days ot the Spanish re-
gime
The Indianapolis Sentinel suggests that
It Is about tlmo that some of our re-
ligious poople who have seen n provlden
tlul opening in tho Philippines for the
whlto mans burden should bo send
ing soma canned meat or other food to
tho unfortunato victims ot our conquests In
tho East and tberoby remove the condi-
tions for which wo blamed the Spanish in
Cuba and the Turks in Armenia
AS TO CHICAGOS aiATOnAITl CON-
TEST
The Washtnston correspondent of the News
referring to the divided National democracy
outlines aa follows
The Eastern democracy Is crylnR out
against proscription U wants tu tesume Its
nlnce aa a nnhtlntt aUsntlty In tho parts but
it wants to nclit with hope and It wants to
fight under a leadership that command tho
support of all tho natural democratic tlcmcuU
tie Not that
ot tiv
couptry with n view to victory
Kastern democrat object to dylnst for a prin-
ciple it necessary but they prefer to live and
establish If possible the principles for which
democrats havo always tousht ond to sustain
th newer policies brouxht forth by the events
ot ecent yiirs which are suecpsted by tho
coffltlons dt the tiroes
iatoverie aicntncaDcs of the defoat of
AltBld in qUrano It calls attention to the
facfllhat IllWols is the pivotal State In the
alleged conrtlct between the democracy of the
Best and that of the South and West nlonu
lines laid down by tho Chlcaso platform whose
candidate Altgeld was Galveston News
In the midst ot tho multiplying troubles
ot tho country and the serious embarrass-
ments of the republican party tho foes
to democracy aro attempting to entertain
their readers with comments on tho di-
vided democracy As no other division
exists among the democrats than that
which the Chicago convention deliberately
courted it can readily bo understood that
only the enemies of the party are worrying
over the schism
But by what authority does the Gal-
veston News travel out of ths way to an-
nounce that exGovernor Altgeld was tho
candidate ot the Chicago platform demo-
crats in the recent mayoralty contest In
Chicago Has the News lost Intelligence
to the extent that It imagines that a can
dldato of the Chicago platform demo-
crats could only poll about 45000 soles
out ot a total ot 300000 u Chicago Tho
tery ace ot the returns demonstrate tho
stpuldUy ot attempting to magnify Alt
gelds purely personal bolt ngalusj Car-
t JI rrison into a party split occasioned
IjntlU Chlcego platform democrats
Jr Mayor Harrisons preccrtlng rapo as
Ohlaago plifformdemocrat h > tho
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votes This week he Dolled 149000 In
round numbers Where did Altgelds Vote
come from As the republican candIdsto a
few days stuce failed by thousands to oh
T1IC aOVKUXOH ASU HIS VKTOKS
Governor Sayers vetoes ot the rallroid
consolidation bills passed by the legisla-
ture have raised this plain Issue Whether
or not constitutional provisions and other
great considerations against corporation
encroachments in Texas upon the public
of ho railroads
It begins to look now as it there were
a great rush ot the representatives and
friends of the railway corporations to Aus-
tin at the beginning ot the session with
tho determined purposo ot getting what-
ever they might want that tho legisla-
ture could grant Some of tbo measures
asked for may havo had merit in them
and of such a character as to benefit cer-
tain localities but Instead of going about
their business In tho proper way and with
duo regard to the constitutional provisions
relating to tho matter an aggrosslveness
and an nrroganco havo been exhibited by
this railroad lobby at the State eapltnl
that would it it could roughly override
oven popular Interest and beat down
officials daring to antagonize its schemes
It has been fortunato for the Stato that
it has had a governor on guard who was
brave enough and honest and strong
enough to call a halt to this arrogant spirit
and Invoke tho aid of tho veto power in
tho protection ot the publics interests
It is not singular In vlow of the power-
ful and resourceful corporations on the
other side eble to command talent and
manipulate public opinion to a large ox
tcnt that the governor has been subjected
to criticism from certain sources for bis
fearless action or that talk of passing the
bills over his veto has been plentiful and
defiant No official In these days can do
aught to thwart the purposes ot great cor-
porations or oppose their encroachments
without being marked tor ahuso from cer-
tain quarters Happily however In tho
Interest of honest government and tho peo-
ple such abuse only adds to the strength
of the official with the masses and renders
his career all the brighter in the end
The vetoes of the consolidation bills
should bo sustained because they announce
strong constitutional and other valid rea
sons against these various steps toward
railroad monopoly The efforts being made
by the roads to wipe out distinct lines
and concentrate their management have
tho tendency to place Texas in as unfor-
tunate and helpless position as the State
of California In a case here and there
tho bills may be safely reframed to meet
tho governors objections If any of thera
are to become laws It should only be after
thoy have been made perfectly satisfactory
to the executive To pass ft slnglo one
of theso measures over tho veto would b
not only to discredit and humiliate the
governor ot the Stato but to slap tho peo-
ple In tho fnco who put Governor Bayers
In office and still havo Implicit confidence
In his Intelligence his fidelity to the con-
stitution and his devotion to tho host In-
terests of Texas
Tho Tost has always maintained that tho
rnllrond and othei corporations In the
Stato should be treated with Justice but It
has nevor approved of tendencies toward
monopoly nor hesitated to denounce ef
forts to overrldo the constitution and tho
laws or the publics valid objections In
order to confer special privileges upon the
fow or render the corporations stronger
against tho masses
To discredit the States chief executive
and recklessly sweep away his constitu-
tional objections to these measures in bo
half of monopoly by passing the various
grants over his vetoes would be a costly
surrender to corporate Influences In Texas
and The Post does not doubt for a moment
that the peoplo would fittingly rehulte tha
surrender at the proper time
it ths people of this community properly
nppreclato their opportunities and are worthy
of the great future lust within t < jelr reich
they IU nut up that SMOW asked for by the
Houston deep water commlttie before the
month Ib out It lll
v bo an Investment prom
Islng a hundred dollars for one
Fortunately thst telltals letter from Ar
rnour Co which was read to ths beef in
oulry board had been preserved by the proper
process
Miles Is at last on top Irrespective ot the
icport that may bo made by tho beef Inquiry
beard Hrerything had been proved up to
Thursday thut ho had charged except the cm
balmlng ot refrigerated meat and Armour
Co s Utter fixes that point Truth sometimes
gets a showing even before government boards
ot inquiry
Those little Central America republics need
a dressing down by Uncle Sam At the police-
man of tho Western Hemisphere tho old man
must do his duty
Whatever elss may be said of Galveston It
must be admitted that her citizens go after
what they want with a vigor and unanimity
and disregard of the cost tbat constitute an
ollet lesson to some cher communities They
wanted Huntington and they have got blm
Tbty nerded tctioa In the premlaes by lh
legislature and ther hare got it A large
detirollth went to AUrtlrl Mil worked Ineu
ratily until Wry esrtled their bill through
thi hous In every Instance where somq big
thing for Ualvestou has bcat drrlred the men
and meter to obtain It hava leen ornmnllv
tain tha voto cast for the republican tun Uwi Sutl ft MmmunUy wl mh btft
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dldnte In 1897 It looks very much like ly nd hrnlqir j n dnxrr Us rival ftr nnv
the cxgoYcrnors voto vas mulnly se city and can only ho dlstated ty a pjoole
cured from republican rather than demo Jot KttMcr public spirit
cratlc Tho hkhly colored Imag
sources
Wd tatorein a8 l wottU 0fBN
Inatlnn of the antidemocratic nrcSs Utdt by be starlllns to ancertalit the exact num
It to some very silly conclusions at times tQr f deaths In th American army within
thi cttt year that tcto eauesl by reckless-
ness and Incomnclencv of the commltsarr
chiefs vbon Mr McKlnley has tailed to dis-
miss from the army
The talk ot another court martial tar Kaxan
forlunaUlr died out quickly The nssslblllty
of his obtaining futtber honors and Increased
pay was promptly icoxnlzed
Tha recent xeneral rain over Texas came
just at the rlcht Urn0 It Seems thus main
Interests shall bo maintained In behalf ot demonstrating tbat the Stlte la a saeclsl
1 i 1 f voilt with Providence ThtrSa nohln
the people at large or set
the matter with Tcxaj exctpt the apparent In-
disposition ot ber capttallts td make her
hum
The Indians who are lntendlnK to leae the
beautiful Indian Tirrltorv to trv a coloni-
zation experiment In Mctlco aro fortunately
used to long tramps and can find their wy
back home by a kind ot Instinct
The Boston Globe refers to tho phrato a
sloed hand of iron recently used by 01
of Bostons citizens as a very happy cue
as if It were new Down In this part ot the
country wo havo been for years rcferrlaK to
Diazs band ot Iron In a glova of velvet
Boston Isnt so original
Ileports from tho other Southern States con-
tinue to tell of the multiplication ot South-
ern cotton mills Texas will as usual this
year pay somebody else a good profit out
of her 5ccnt cotton to make It uo for hor for
family use
The absence of a cable at Apia Samoa Is
doing no little to keen down excitement over
tbo Samoan Incident and lead to an amicable
settlement of It by tho great powers Inter
ested Yellow Journalism cant create much
troublo with only a monthly mail service
Secretary Long denies that Admiral Samp-
son has been ordered to show off himself and
his ships In nurops Evidently Sampson did
not want to go or tho pet would havo cnloved
this further mark of the administrations dli
tlDKulehcd consideration
It Is said Gomez wants to become the whole
thins In Cuba Libre If the eld roan could
repeat Diazs career In Mexico with Diazs
ability and progrcsslveness a dictatorship
bv htm would bo about the best orlzo thiba
could draw for a few years yet
The danger about wireless telegraphy Is tbat
It may lead to a big monopoly of the air wo
breathe when It gets down to buslms
noth axd costaiuNfr
way to look upon this ac
Theres only one
tion Tho Houston exchange is opposed to tue
Iluntlnaton proposition In VS20 SI
fotm It Is rather lato In the day for tho un
than
masking but It Is better to know It now
tho
not at all No effort Is made to answer
arguments advanced as to the benefits to tlio
commorca ot the State nnd tho West by the
ctmlng ot tho Southern Pacific to Galveston
That apparently counts for nothing Gal-
veston Tribune
Galveston people hate had a great deal to
say about tho letter which tho Cotton Ex-
change of that city sent to Chairman
Burton ot the rivers and harbors committee
being the expreislon and sentiment ot two or
Ureo individuals only but It Is to be pre
sumed that the resolution passed by the di
rectors of tho Houston Cotton Exchange will
bo denounced as tho expression ot this whole
community
One ot tho first official acts et San An
touloa rcrorm city administration ns to
grant a huge franchise for the consolidation
of all tho street rallwnyn electric light and
gas corporations In the city into one big trust
The attorney general of the Stato has Pled
suit In tho district court ol Boxar county to
forfeit the charters of tho said prorations
on tho ground that their consolidation Is a
violation of tho antitrust law ot the Stato
These reform administrations are corkers
ElIasoTlmis
Aud tho esteemed Santono Express is giving
the attorney general and the governor hades
In the premises Hut tho aforesaid attorney
general and governor have not yet decided to
withdraw tho suits
+ + +
Tlio Herald falls to ses wherein cxGovcrnor
Hogg comes In as an Issue In the matter of
Governor SnyeM vetoes of the railroad con-
solidation bills Title Mr Hogg wrote n let
to arraigning the legislature for passing theso
bills but wo do not attribute tho uctlon of
Goentor Sajera to any liifluenco at Hone No
toulit Mr Hoggs letter tended rather to em
bDtrres Sayers than otherwise Greenville
Herald
And noiuo ot the criticisms of Governor
Sajcrs In this particular hnvo been very un
giaclous nnd out ot place Tho Tost docs not
btllcvo that any man or set ot men can con-
trol Joo Sayers to do anything that he thinks
Is cot right
Clean the City
Fort Worth MallTelegram
Manv of tho streets aud alleys of this
city aro In a filthy and unsanitary condi-
tion Tlio tlmo of year Is at haud whon
cleanliness In a city ot this size Is Im
perative would pestllontlal diseases be
avoided tho mattor baa been
Already
neglected too long nnd numerous deaths
are tho direct result This Is not moro
guesswork Tho best physicians say tho
great amount ot sickness prevailing In
tbo city la dua to tho dirty streets alleys
and premises Tho health dopartment
should go ptomptly to work and thorough-
ly clean ovory stteot alley and pleeo of
public ground and then ns promptly com-
pel every citizen to Keep their promises
clean Thoro was 11 visitation of yellow
fever In tho South last yea which sug
natcd business for three or four months
many believe that it gained such n foot-
hold tint If It has not been killed by tho
severe wlutor Us lavages this year will
ha greater than ever before There nre
cases of meningitis and diphtheria In
tho city caused directly by dirty streets
aud alleys As the Venther grows warm-
er Ihcso conditions will boiomu worse un-
less tho necessary precautions are taken
to clctn up Every good citizen owes It
to himself his family nnd his noighbsr to
A vew Vnrk View
New York Commercial
With every advance that the Port Ar-
thur Bhlp canal makes In tho way ot a
deeper channel It will bo nblo to make re-
ductions In the cost ot shipment via that
new Texas port Tho effect of that re-
duction will bo felt In every other sei
pcrt In tho United States on tho Atlantic
and gulf coasts Conversely every Im
provement In the port of Now York will
at every competing Atlantic and cult port
ot the United States
Miiy Cniiin tu Their Sen r Too Iute
Brownsville Herald
Maybe when the trusts have grabbed
everything they can got their hands on
the people wll begin to demand legisla
tion to check them It Is too often tho J but
rase that the stable door Is locked after
the borte is stolen Instead ot before
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SENATOR H0AIT8 PROPOSITION
Indianapolis Sentinel
Senator Hoar advances ten propositions
an to the invasion of tho rhlllpplucs
which ho says no man during this whole
discussion has successfully challenged and
no man will successfully challenge And
ho Is qulta right Tho imperialists try to
evade them and wrlgglo around them but
without success They are plain to all
menTho
Tho first Is that this government was
not established tor tho purposes ot con-
quest that the acaulsltlon of territory for
governing Its peoplo as subject nations la
foreign to the purposes of tho constitu-
tion No one can successfully challenge
this proposition Thcro l ita such pur-
pose cxprosscd or Implied In the consti-
tution On the contrary tho very cen-
tral object of our government was to frco
ourselves from foreign control nnd sc
euro tho blessings of selfgovernment Tho
Idea that our forefathers dreamed of Im-
posing on others a tyranny from which
tbey sought to tree themselves Is absurd
Tho second is that to leave our own
country to stand on foreign solt is
ogalnU tho warnings ot the fathers This
does not mean that we should not invado
a foreign country In tlmo of war but re-
fers directly to tho celebrated words of
Washington Why quit our owu to stand
upon foreign ground Why by Interweav-
ing our destiny with that of any part ot
Iuropc entangle our pcaco and prosperity
In tho tolls of European ambition rival
ship Interest humor or caprice In other
words we should confine our political ac-
tivity to our own domains or as Washing
ton cxpressod It Tbo great rulo of con-
duct for us In regard to foreign nations
is In extending our commercial relations
to havo with them as little political con-
nection as possible Peoplo may doubt
the wisdom ot tho forefathers but no one
can truthfully deny that our present policy
Is contrary to their counsel
Tho third proposition Is that no tropical
country was over successfully governed
without a system ot contract labor and
this Is true If tho words or slavery be
added The contract labor systems ot tho
tropical countries are not far removed
from Blavery but thcro Is a distinction
between them And this is true of nil
successful work In tho tropics whether It
be In Java Hawaii or Mexico There Is
no opening for the freo American work-
Ingman In tho Philippines He would bo-
as much out of placo as tho free negro was
In tho slave States before tho wnr
Tho fourth proposition Is tbat no money
profit Is to bo expected from tht > Philip-
pines Even If wo secured the full trade
ot the Islands for some of our syndicates
tho cost to the government would bo more
than thoie profits to Individuals It would
be cheaper for tho government to buy tho
syndicates nnd let tho Islands go But
we can not hnvo their full trade Senator
Hoar protectionist as ho Is lenllzes that
their trado must be thrown open to the
world From the mere moneymaking
standpoint there its nothing In the Imperial
policy
Tho fifth proposition is that military oc-
cupation of tho tropics means an immense
cost to both the souls and bodies of our
soldiers No sano man can doubt this Wo
havo seen our troopB In Cuba almost deci-
mated by a brief rush Into that country
from which thsy were as quickly hurried
back as possible It Is notorious that the
defenders of our army commlHsarUt claim
tbat a large portion ot the sickness of our
troops was from venoieal diseases aid It
is equally notorious tbat tho samo source
ot trouble Is openly treated as one of the
great problems ot British army llfo In In-
dia LIfo and moinls are cheap In the
tropics
The sixth proposition is that oua igZCal
declarations ns to Cuba aro equally ap
plicable to tho Philippines How can It
bo questioned In his message ot De-
cember 6 1807 President McKlnley said
I speak not of forcible annexation for
that can not be thought of That by our
codo ot mornllty would bo criminal ag-
gression In his message of March 4
1S97 President MoKlnley said We want
no wars of conquest wo must avoid tho
tomptatlon of territorial aggression
There was no latitude or longitude affixed
to theso statements Morality is not re-
stricted by geographical boundaries What
miserable quibbling It Is to any that wa
made n declaration as to Cuba and mado
none as to tho Philippines AVo will avoid
cilrilnallty In Cuba because we promised
to do so Wo will bo criminals In tho
Philippines becauso wo are uot pledged not
to be
Tho seventh proposition Is that Agul
naldo and his followers had conquered
tho Spanish and held tho Islands beforo wa
began war upon them That Is truo Agul
naldo returned to tho Islnnds virtually
as au ally of Dowey Wo brought him
back and ho nnd his men gained com
ploto possession ot tho Islands wbllo wo
simply held Manila There was no war
with tho Filipinos until ufter Spain had
agreed to sell us ber dishonored title to
tho Islands
Tho eighth proposition Is that tho Fill
pines aro fighting for liberty and Inde-
pendence whlln wo aro fighting to assert
n right to control another nation against
its will This Is clfovtdCnt Neither
party conceals its purpose Our tmpoial
Ista meroly claim that wo nrn JUBtificd lit
Imposing our will on the Filipinos be-
cause they aro not capablo ot selfgov
ernment
The ninth proposition is that tho argu-
ments of thoso who uphold our war of
conquest aro tho satna as thoqe of Gcorgo
see that his prcmlsM nre kept clean and UX and his supportors concerning tho re
It be will not do It willingly tho author
tics should compel him to do It The
streets and alleys aro the worst how-
ever and the city should clean them
united American colonics while tho argu
1 menta of tho opponents of tho war are
tho same as thoso used who opposed our
coercion during tho revolutionary war
This is rv stmplo truth of history The
arguments nre on parallel lines The
torlcs nil clnlmed that wo would be better
oft under British rule that wo wero rob
els that wo wore ungrateful that our
leadora woro animated by selfish motives
and all the rest ot tha rot now applied
to tho Filipinos
Tbo tenth proposition is that the sup-
porters of Imperialism do not dara to quote
tho great utterances of our statesmen
have itu effect upon the ports and exports jrOui Washington to Lincoln In favor of
1bcrty taA selfgovernment Of course
tbey daro not It would spsll their argu-
ment On tha contrary they tell us thst
times have changed that wq have out
grvwn tho constitutions that destiny
U b opened a new lino ot activity and duty
far us Wo havo n now mlBsloo not to
stand us exemplars and appstles ot liberty
to hammsr Americanism Into the
blasted hesytrrt
Senator Hear is right
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HOUSTON DATLT POST SATURDAY MORKlSTft APIUL 8 1899
Silver mill IJTpnimloii
Laredo Times
Under this caption tho San Antonfo Ex-
press of yesterday quotes from and com-
ments on tbo opposition to silver and favor
to expansion ot William Henry Thorne
editor of the Globo Quarterly Revlow tho
following being one paragraph In the ar-
ticle
Howevor Mr Thorno thinks tha sil-
ver question Is still very much alive
and open for discussion and tbat when
tho American masses get fairly hold of
the merits of It they will put some such
man as William J Bryan In tho presi-
dential chair Still he regrets that
Bryan so soon and so eagerly commit-
ted himself to nonexpansion becauso
he can nevor obtain or carry tho pres-
idential nomination on an antiexpan
sion platform Ho maintains that
the tacts and tho peoplo commuted
our government to expansion and It is
now no longer an opon Issue It
was practically closed baforo tho war
began and It Is clinched forover now
Wo have expanded and wo can not
go back until somo power greater than
ourselves sots us bick Mr Thorno
thinks It was Infamous to boln th
war but It would now be still mora
Infamous to retlro from any of the
provinces wo havo conquered or adopt-
ed until we havo provided them with
good and stable Government
It Is a good deal for a goldbug to nc
Itnowlcdgo that Btlver Is very much alhe
more Infamous to retire from any ot the
provinces we have conquered until we havo
provided them with good and stable gov-
ernment Was it Infamous that the Ameri-
cans rotlred from Mexico In 1S47 aud al
lowed tho Mexicans to govern themselves
Was It Infamous that the United States did
not pounco down on tho Texans in 1S3 <
principles aro as tho
prey and of courke
General Scott ordered
MISS ETHEL BLANCHARD
As announced In general orders No 11 current series from these headquar-
ters Mls3 Emma George Hemingway of Yazoo City Miss has been appointed de-
partment sponsor for and during tho current term at Charleston Her first
or chief maid ot honor Is hereby announced to be Miss Ethel Ulanchard of
New Orleans La
By order ot Stephen D Lee lieutenant general commanding Tennessee de-
partment U C V E E SYKES
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff
tlons havo not been successfully chal-
lenged aud they will not bo successfully
challenged
lose and as ltt mission Is to possess
nnd clvlllro aud Christianize tho earth
It was Infamous not to take advantage of
such a big step towards fulUllng the mis-
sion of the race Furthermore from the
standpoint of the republican party it Is
Infamous for tho democrats to believe that
brute force can exterminate a race of peo-
ple but not civilize or Christianize them
and It was Infamous In demociats to be-
lieve In Justice and kindness Instead ot
Injustice and bruto force
Toil II HullrtlllET
Dcnison Herald
It Is the llttlo things that count In tho
affairs of communities towns and States
ns well as in tho affairs of men It Is an
old adage that Save the dimes and tho
dollars will take care of themselves This
Is literally true It is the mlnutao of detail
in business tbat makes the successful mer-
chant So It is tho little things that make
great towns good live progressive towns
Dont try to build a town too fast dont
strive for many things for which you have
no especial need but see that all the little
arteries of trade are open alive active
and healthy See that the pulsation of
business Is normal healthy and strong
see that the trado ot your Immediate lo-
cality Is coming to your town and ou are
building a thriving healthy grow lug pro-
gressive city Tho nrterles ot trade ire
the country roads Tho great arteries of
commerce nro the railroads TaUo care of
tho small veins rad wtcries and tho
K
of the
ln the hext eongfcs3 though lthia
greater one will take cate ot tbamsplvr3 iraacne
s thnt all roads town
and the assertion that Bryan can not carry ee lead to your fee
that theso reads ave kept In iltstcla i
1 t i
tho election against the expansion advo
comlltlon for travel see nttt eycry ln
catod by tho goldbugs Is a case ot tho ducement is put out to bring trade to ycur
wish being father to the thought Bryan town ceo that your newspapers cairy
h business invitations ot buslttfsa
would not oppose such expansion as vh < yoitr
houses the farmer the
I to market girdcn
colved Texas Into tho Union tho territory 1 er > tho Iaboreri tho lauchuun to come to
bolug contiguous and the Toxans bolus your town to trado encourage tho produr
eaccr to get In but bo could not bo a tlcn of everything you need for common
democrat without opposing the Hind of ex1 use it there Is a demand for flour and
panslou that tho goldbugs arc seeking to local urge and encourage your farmers
fasten upon the country for this kind ot t ° raise corn and wheat If there Is n
oxranblon Is nothing less than Imperial demand for meat encourago them to
lsni It is not surprising that tho gold ratco cattle hop and sheep If there is
bugb tako such uutounblo ground as tbey a lleraDi f0 r encourago them to
do in suprort ot their positions for thoy ° L a nn d io Veg0t5ble3
have no other kind ot ground to stand upon f c afr ftem l ° lso vegetables Show
sS dXy ° rgumentrU aP Whet t °
U san a Pr l wf rft f
KE 2Li t ° Lal r V
dent McKinloy asked recently Who will J
haul the lag down It would seem that p CSa 51 ° T
ho thought that he was talking to a lot X > jT m vhnt UUm
ot numskulls Instead ot to Intelligent pec S
cs a low s he can buy anywhere
it a fn Ifef cSrv iskefl ha the fou atlon fo a
the highest office In tho country asked progressive thriftv town
that questlcn did he mean to insinuate that PT ic
CrB must no neglect of tho veins
thoso Americans who hauled down tho nnd artcrIe3 lh commmiUy agrlcl
American flag at the City o Mexico In tural and commercial but all must bo kept
1S wf rffraUorstl lrco un lry7 n0t ln a healthy well stimulated condition
what did he r ask for Intorma
mean We The farmer nU3t iaxc n a
tlou and would bo glad for any one of travel into town Ho must havo this road
President MoKlnloys supportors to send it > illlcr rnd summer spring and autumn
to us for publication Now let s return and It Is to the Interest of ths town to see
to Editor Thome He says tho war against that ho has It Go where vou may ecek
Spain was Infamous This Is a bare ns the utternwt corners of tho earth nnd
sertion without any attempt to show where find such conditions as these and thcro Is
tho Infamy comes in and there is not a permment thrift and there Is always cap
doubt that It Editor Thorno wero to ex ital seeking Investment and railroads
press his full sontimenta ho would assert hoadlng that way
that tho war George Washington wigel
against Great Britain was Infamous This A letter Twentyseven Ynri 1
goldbug editor contends that ti facts and New York J0U rnaf V
tho peoplo havo committed tho government
to tho expansion that the goldbugs ore Tna sniallest otter that ever went
seeking to fasten upon tho country and through the New York postofflco was sent
might aa woll contend that the facts and last week It Is Just the size of a cent
tho people have committed the government
inmt > nn th iir o n
to the gald standard might as well con 1 1 bUt the sma11
tend that any other palpable falsehood Is 1 fyl e ah = ut uveelgoths by threequarters
true and throw truth the winds ° nc n fHf
to Editor
Thorno says it was infamous to begin tha J mY Vlur1 np room on tho
war with Spain but It would now bo stillV ° ° l af l ° ° envelope for the ad
dr aV ° had 0 be ri en on the back
It Dears tho address of Miss Bessie
Myers 32o Amsterdam avenue and was
written by S D Lewis ot 12 West One
Hundred and Third street
When the envelope Is openod the little
letter that drops out la Just onehalt an
A TALK ABOUT JjfBlil
BY C A EDAtbs1
Washington Aprlt 1
I had a talk with a dlstlnguUh
man abdul Hen joe Bailey JS
glvo tho namo of tho
man because hv
not to do
me so Ho disagrees Lv
Bailey on a good many things
t y
on tho money question but he T
cere admirer ot tho brilliant youag iS
Ho said that ho sincerely tttttil
voluntary ictiroment
ot Mr BjjV
tho ccntcat for leadership
no surprise to him because he is
ho Understood the man and hlj m0ii
His combination of mild crltlcttai
laudation bt Bailey was very tatiA dls
point and I think It will ba apprtcli
by Baileys friends
He says that Bailey is
not a DiritiT
pollUcinn Ho is not
ft dltlpmaW
he His political methods are shdeaSd
Ho spta too mush store by theory M
makes too little allowance for iiiis
weakness Because of all this a j5
popular In the political sense ot ft BV
While often right In the abstract hs M
been wrong in his refusal to rlcoatif
modifying circumstances
This
m
lustratcd In his light
en GehtraV 1
Wheeler because bo hold an irmy cojfi
mlselon and a scat in cougress slmufuifi
ously Mr Bailey was right Int prljif
clplo which hs conlondcd for vn nf
constitutional Tho fact that Whteisrwif
the two posts constituted a denttrwJ 4
precedent which might and may je Jj
tended la tho future so as to benatfii
packing of concroso by a rallitary parff
thiaugh pushing popular
military raealt r
canciess S a
It may ctend to giving States in na
gross to tho friends of th > adrainhtfaifir
In tho bureaus and thus bud up a w
grcsslonal voto absolutely conlrolciSf
bureau chiefs yS
When Mr Bailey moved to < umw
General Wheeler ho went straight j ff
point Ha ignored tho fact that Wheeled
was a popular and successful maJX
array
that ho was ono of the tew hertj im
k
demccrats could put forward to appeaiM
patriotism that General Wheeler rclattlf
to accept salary as a congressaaa Alii
these circumstances mitigating lhtpjrllt
In which General Wheelers dual political
placed the constitution The strict Ma
structlon of the constitution In thli ci
seemed to Imply the Imposition of aa la >
dignity upon n gallant upright rnan ttd
tho spirit of making allowances fetcft
cumstanccs wus aroused In Mr
cwu party against his contention lid
Bailey devised some means of reglsterbf
nn act against tho simultaneous exerchtj
by one man ot faculties in two stpustt
nnd distinct departments of gwmiaS
without unseating General Wheeler
would have been supported
+ + +
Ho would not listen to the appellee
moderates He stood on his cold re 1
and scoffed sentiment and so he was it
feated To some ueonlo it would appw
that hla voluntary retirement from hr J
ther content for leadership Is evidencethi
he can not accept defeat with tho piM
of the leader who must have the facolty
of turning defeat to his partys adranUjei
That Is not so however as I happeauf
lnow Bailey Is tired ot the poslttoa ft
leader Ho wants to be free to i i if
do what he pieces as an IndlTlii
which ho can not do as leader cdil
parly Ho is too selfwilled to hold 111
place aud ho does well to step down l
his vBi
cut rather than try to Impose
upon hit partisan colleagues j
Mr Unlloy 13 a man of convIctlan Ht
ha3 the students love for the letter rt
thu law and also for tho spirit He ji
make a lino lecturer unan the copstltutlBl
from Iris own standpoint end < he < M
always be valuable as a volte againstWj
tendency ot the legislative and
ot givernment to depart tros
tho written law to make excepUoai U
hi fails as a party leader simply becijW
he Is not politic enough to bo a suprtiM
politician Ho mado n grave practlw
mistake in applying the strict cosln
Hon against a distinguished member eJ
own party and while I believe heif JL
warring against something that J
promise of becoming a grave evil
even a menace to the Independence of en-
gross I must say that he overestUMw
tho regard of his party for Its 0 fe
fosslons when directed against Ii l S-
he laid himself open to the accusation
being a prig from men who r j
finitely his inferiors In Intellect la P
clple nnd ln all tho qualities that Wg
I
mako the cultured gentleman
Bailey Is elected to the senate by Jf >
plo of Texas which I predict he wa
then ho will not be long ln codksHF
V >
He Is not ssrvlle enough l f
confreres or constituents He is tt
lectual aristocrat and therefore n
dalned to success ln crlnelng to li 5L
or ln trimming sail to every wlaA
blows He wants to pursue his lrict
structlonlst principles to ihel tt
logic without imperilling the Jjta
i
lot of fellows who have no prlnlp j
ln elevation a desire
surpasses
onto their Jobs All the time wvcr
that Bailey Is A fool Maybe he > y2
w V
ho is admirable ln his follr B
least It seems that ho is a tiiartir
crowd which regards government
game of offices aud not an applJJT4jJ
truth to tho measurement of to
the conduct of affairs
A Cure for McrtWirl
To the Editor The Post
of
Lockhart Texas April SSos t
ago in a communication I ga jjii
for that dread disease eninxiu
afraid I was not sufficiently txw j
I will bo more explicit The rem
whoa they wero so weak and set up a iTttn and nff wiff lWcMy d to thojknees laM
government for them Of course It was microaeooe perrectly c5hle > ut a cine should bo given MfVjt
from tho standpoint ot the controlling In it Sins lust int i forM h5 V hi from our p jJ
of
fluences tho republican party ass
KSas Srras SKJ Sjfrs
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