The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIITH YEAR, No. 252, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 12, 1901 Page: 1 of 14
fourteen pages : illus. ; page 17 x 22 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
jacity Double
i a the breaking of
Sri
hW
AGENT
Ay b
UANTEp
J
Phont331
jgUOlL METERS
L j Machine at Reasonable Price
ftrao Vn them at
Big Stock All sizes
Can make prompt
shipment
HOUSTON TEXAS
NOWLES p
ward Smith Co
=
21 YEARS
OF AGE
filers Special for XMAS
Also other fine things
Your orders appreciated
4ct44B < ae
Fine
ncy Oregon Apples
bushel boxes Large highly
ted ind carefully selected
eerier this fruit for immediate
future Aipment
UNDHORROW
r Ed Laiim
CtlUST AND AURI5T
r Eye EarNose and Throat
Pforerlj fitted with glasses ca-
n 1 treated Phone U8S 20a
BJlllnf Houtton Texas
MAILABLE EDITION
The Moment
Looks Favorable
for shipping cotton from the in-
terior to the Houston market
The outlook appears to favor
better prices
If your cotton is in our hands
we can catch the advances
when they occur or hold
against declines
Whatever yc tons >
we re preparea v a Jjjj
uoRWh
EED POTATI
December Delivery
January Delivery
GET OUR TRICES ON YOUR
REQUIREMENTS
State Representative
HAMILTON CORLISS ENGINES
BROWNELL AUTOMATIC EN-
GINES AND BOILERS
LAWRENCE CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS
WRirU A1U lOIJ QLOTAilONb Lock Box 112
P L WARD Houston
Doctors
GEO P HALL and
W L ROGERS
tformerlt of Galveston
Practices Limited to the Diseases of the
EYE EAR NOSE AND THROAT
Office Ulnz Ilutldlng
HOUSTON THXAS
MousfBi Boiler and
h mimm eosinEss ePEue
LH Vhe deiuVr
V ny d
I > 1 Southeast Texas and Is aWo fo offer Rood lndiicenent > to good men
The Mutual Life is the Largest Company in the World
Assets January 1 1901 Over 325 Millions of Dollars
j has Paid Policy Holders Over 540 Millions of Dollars
has Paid in Dividends Over 102 Millions of Dollars
HE GREATEST OF ALL THE SAFEST AND BEST
To time
rte for fun particulars to
hWAt
l i
> > 1 00
1 X
1 00
i m
75
ess We will furnish Instructions free
hWAtCHAjYIBERLAIN GILLETTE
AGENTS SAN ANTONIO TRXAS
SPECIAL EXCURSIONS TO HOUSTON
ty Southern Pacific on account NoTsuOhPageant
10 FJower Parade Dec is Look at the Rates
Pftonu
tS burif
Ittthmoud Jj
UUerty
Hour Lake
lleuumoiu 1 < < >
Oraiice S
Lake Charles 1 W
Tralns Arrive at Houston u a m Each Day
w ta on le Ditly December 8 to 12 irclusive from all Stations
lu btWMn DEL RIOindLAFAYETTE
fcWattaP 0 PlxnRer nepBttment Ilouoton Texn for cooy of
> rJfLt ° c lUc rool Cook ccntiUnlnc 1X > TccelptK
SsttftaSiS1 202 MAIN ST
rik < A4 i t
IRON
FENCES
We take contracts and erect same
complete If interested advise us
and our representative will call upon
you with catalogue
Estimates and all Necessary
Information
OIL TANKS
Machinery Castings
Architectural Iron Steel Works
HARTWELL IRON WORKS
HOUSTON TEXAS
tlEI
BARDEN
SELLS
GASOLINE ENGINES
To the Paint Trade of Texas
We ate agents foi Harrison Bros
Co Inc Paints and Varnishes also
leceivin itoung and forwarding
agents for the State of Texas
IIP McLaughlin Co
s
H H TOFTE Proprietor
Prompt attention given to patching ant repairing as
well as to new work 103 m Milam bt lhone4 76
urners
Hlahest in Efficiency Lowest
in Price
CONNELLEY CO
215 Main Street
ALPHA PORTLAND
The recoanteed Standard
American Brand
W L MACATEE Sons Texas
Correspondence Solicited
UVE OAK PORTLAND CEMENT
AND HYDRAULIC LIME
Of the highest quality for sale by
R McLAUGHLIN CO Houston Texas
LOW PRICES HIGH TQUALnTof goods and quick de
nejire Noitli
Abilene TcVas 10
Amuilllo TetlM Jh
Atbiuti Ieorsm 4S
foipuH CJiilsli Tpa Ijll
l > ltHi > oit lowi jo
Doill e City Mo JJ
Kl riso Icxus ot
Uihesion Tcxik
liu Uwintlllc rioridi
Kansas Iitt Mo
MeniphlH Teiiu
MoiitKompiT Ala
Niirilitlllo Toitu
New OileaiiM IH
llatlo Xoh
ouiilnin
QUr mottoes We guarantee to equal any fiistclass high < i q
Portland Cement or Hydraulic Lime made either at home or
Works Dallas Texas Portland Cement
Texas Address The
JhirS Q > ofce Linz Building Dallas Texas H P McLaughlin
KHpuston Tex or Wm Parr Co Genl Sales Agts Galveston
linalia Neb
IalpiMlne lexas
M IoilU Mo
SI l i ul Minn
VIlkHlllll Miss
3S
siVi
Vi
pit
18
rna n
ns
nsm
r > ii
00
ip
00
IK
IKU
U <
INno
nom <
M >
00
IKI
fiO
10
10r
f l
so
00
PATRICK CASE POSTPONtD
Argument on Motion to Discharge May
Be Heard Today
New Yoik December 11 Albeit T Par
rich the lawter who Is necucd of the
murder of Wlllliro Mnrsh nice tvo
broucht Into the supremo point today on
a writ of habeas covi > ut > The argument on
the motion to dUchiirse thus prisoner uis
postponed until tomorrow on the icpresen
tatlon that tho nssnUnnt dlatilet nttor
net who bus thiirffe l the ense was
otherwlso engiscd itnd could not attend
GENERAL ARBITRATION
6tate Department Will Not Be Drawn
Into PanAmerican Discussion
Wathlnpleii December II The stale dc
pattinent lmi dedbieil to bo drawn into i
discission of tho ptoJoetM fur genoinl nrbl
trtlou tow pending before lu coiutvhs of
Amerii an ri public In Moxlio Too Issue
pitbciited Is Louiptilsory irbltrutlou ts
t < iluuta > t aibltriltlon mid Chile Is bltiorly
0 po eu to the foiuiur which is belleted
to have Hit support of a luijmii of till
dil < ralts ula subject tbivuteiis to Us
rupt the ouprcsii and the iielcsittc eein
unable to icach in agreement iiiiouk theiu
seltts siteial uppia bate been made to
the government boro to cust the Influence
of the I eted S utit In a manner to de-
termine the Isfciic This hnwcici tile tjlitc
depitUKtit has ilelined to do tiMuc tho
round that liuvlic full nnd proparl ln
Btirttcd its delegutes lo the emigres It
cm uot inierfcre with them
Argument Was Deferred
New York Dc < < < iiuor 11 A motion to
quash tho Indictment against William H
Klmlsill formerly president of the Sev-
ern h National bank Uitiminlel W Unap and
lrank D Poo tbarged with tiolatlng tire
Nalonal banking laws conic up before
Judge Thomuu In the criminal branch of
the Inlled Staten circuit court today Vr
rumenl on the motion was poitpoDed until
December 3V
<
4
<
HOUSTON DAILY
XYUTH YEARNO 252
DISCUSSING TREATY
Sc alors Are Being Heard on the
New Canal Agreement
BACON FOUND OBJECTION
Proposed Canal Should Be Entirely
Under American Control
SOME INCONSISTENT RESTRICTIONS
Are Placed Upon the United States in
Its Management
CONVENTION IS DEFENDED BY CULLOM
Prospective Chairman of be Committee
op Foreign Relations Thinks the Hay
Pnuncefote Aorecment Is Good
Washington December II Two speeches
on the llajdauncofoto troatt were mail
In the cxeeutltc session or the senate to-
day one b Senator Ituon In utpodtlou
to ho Unity nml tlic other hy Scniitnr
Ciillom the piospcctlte ulialrinnii of the
committee 011 foreign relations lu sppport
of It
Mi Ilacon replied to the speech matte
3 est prill b Senator Lodge tie hhIiI lie
touhl not fieely accept uu treat which
does not plico the Isthmian cn l entlrel
uuriet Auieilenu auspices iilitl Aitieilcitu eoti
tml ihiK ho silil me penning ticniy tlocs
not do not docs It do itti tiling like it 1
did not In louj odds accomplish what had
liiMMi aeiompliMied 11 the Minute niuenil
incuts made to the last llayPauncefulc
tieutt the Davis aiuemlment he said
hint aluotratft all the objectionable pn >
visions 01 thf treat a negotiated aud It did
not matter what provisions thvire were In
the agreement so long ns the United States
were uutlioilzcd as tne were lty the prill
cljinl DntlB amendment o eeeurc the safety
nml maintenance of the canal l y their otvn
torce lliit nuicmlmeiit had elten thU
ooimtry a nee hand to do nhnt tns neeea
narj for the protectloh nnd tWt i e of th
prttiil nhereag the present J rent J cartltil
ill the itstrli tlnmi which Here original
ontnlncd In the old treat lcavlns out th
inodliKatlolis of the lntl cluendnieiit He
a o pointed out that the treaty repiodutps
ip trictloiih of the old Sitcr tnnal treat
Willi h had lieen lucoipornted In the original
contention Hie charged that the e le
I strlttlons had been copied terhillm from
I the old tieati the ouly uialeilil chmiKe
lielni 111 the omlnrion fjl the imjiIi III
tlinn of war jim In tltuc of peace which did
I not In hl opinion ihaiiKi I lie character
of the agreement Hie ou reply lie
nld which the adtorntns of the treaty
make no criticism 1 tlmtithp canal would
I he under the full control1 of the United
Htates In time of wm but this Ih no juoie
The person who cuts uut and brings true now than under the old treaty nml
to Ben Wilbushs Drug Store before 6 H1 traiisc thins that nil ttie nrot loiiK
n m on December 24 the arealeat num I r < > er 0 h < totllrol of tJlP chiilll 11 war
iiVl notw Itlislaudlup It If contended here that
1 h nt J VPtTon re ° eV8 a ln that i ontliiKcncy the rcwotal of thin
beautiful doll valued at 20 The ten
next highest numbers will each rejeeive a
small doll Post 121201
WEATHER INFORMATION
5
1 Probabilities
Wasliluelon December 1 insern TJcjas
llnln TlitlrMhi with lonei temperntuie
rildit fair In western probably rnln In
eastern portion fio h Koutheaittily winds
bccmnlnK uoitliurl
Oklahomn and Indian Territory Ilaln or
snow ind coldcn Tbir > lny Irltlay prol
nhl snow norlheil winds
General Observations
ObiciTatUms tiiUen by Untied Slates
Weather bureau ut p 111 7oth niorJdlan
time Teuiperj Italn
tuic fall
pltrasp places tbp canal underfour jibsolute
< ontol
Ie > aul the nar restrlclIouR ofihe treaty
wnre icjitlrclf Im onsjsteht Willi the claims
of Beuaior loiiRe that llils cnimtry should
rir who should urie the canal mud who
should hot In case of hostilities He < on
tpiided that the onl power slten to the
Inlted plates which was not Riven to reat
Itrltnlii was found In the protlslon that
the 1nltfd Stnteir shall be at liberty lo
maintain xucli inllltnr foce alone tin
canal as may he necessart to protect II
ncnlnst lawlessness and disorder This h
snid was not sufflclenl lo make the ninal
an American Institution and If tie Dntls
amendment had been ncicwart to render
the oiIbImiiI reity acieplnble It was eipuil
1 necessarv In this Instance Ho consld
eicd the pending tieatv evtrv whit n ob
jectlonaMe as the treai of list sesiwin
lie quoted the fouith aitlde of the pending
tieaty ts follows
It Is iifiecd thnt no change of lerrlto
ilal soverelgntt or of lnlcniiitloiiil rela
tlons of the i inn I it oi lomitrles liatersed
b the beforementloned canal shall affect
the geneial prim lple of nentrnlUation or
Ihe obligation or the high outinctlng par
tus under the present tieatt
Ihe cfTei t of this protlslon he said was
luetltabl lo Ninrendei inutrol of the coal
belt In case the ownership of the soil em-
braced in it should pasn from the Inlled
fetateH lie pointed out that this restrle
Hon had not been iniorpoiated lu the flint
ileal r nnd said It wus enlirojv out of
place In the retlsed agreement Indeed he
thought thrre nould be nliuost as ninth oh
Jectlon to glialanteelng neitrnllt on land
owned In I bo I nlled States on the Isth
niiiR of Panama as on land held hv n canal
crossing the penlnsuln of Tlorlds
Mr Hill mi announced that while he hid
no Intention of toting for the trcatv lio
would do nolhlug to olislruct Its ratlllta
Jen
Senator tullonr congrntuhted tlir fDlte
and the counln on the fact thnt theic are
two Ihlnps In cnnnectlop with the new
treaty upon wlilili he said practlcallv all
are agreedthe desirability of hr super
fesslon of the I lavton nuwer tipatr and
the iiicehslIt for the construction of an
Isthmlnu cannl He contended that the nm
treat radiesllt changes the condition pfp
feottd hi the first Hat Pauncefote treaty
cleaily rehetlng It of the npecsslty of the
Dntls amendment because the treaty
would permit tho InlteiJ brates unilf in
tornntloiral law to own manage and de
tend the canst In anv wnj thtt It tnar
choose In other words In a tvar with
freat Itrltaln or wth am other power the
tieatt would be suspended under the taw
which goterns nations until the war should
he concluded when It would he reUved Ami
again enforced He dwelt upon the Cad
it Tilth he said was the most Important
clriiiinstnncp trt he considered that Ihe
new treaty supereedes and nhiogatrp the
fbUtonDilnpr contention of KiO and for
this icnsnn would he of untold value to the
twntrv
lie admit led that the now treaty re
talus the general plncple of neutralisa
tion hut urged lb i It do s not reenact
or keep alive anr of the protlslnns of the
treaty of lS 4 Ncutrallzatlon nnnlled to
all lmllnns alike hut o none of them for
anr longer time than lh v observe the
< sculafloas piescrlhfd bv the Inlled Ktiltes
VTieji fhev should fall In this ohMotance
n could do e the canal under the terms
of the treat In short there was no pro
tlslon In the pending convention wltcli
would Interfere with our right n n nation
to close up the waterway to ip belligerent
power
lie contendeil lUat the nrotlslnn Ju re-
gard to ho polblng of the r im nonlKs
only to Us control In times ot pnm > Then
the Inlted States belnrf the owuer of tlu
piopertr under thi lenns of buv It could
control it tilth eltralr the ixillce or a mil
Itsrv power as It negbt plioosp
Keiintor fullom held that the provision
regarding the ehnn > p of sovereignty would
mafo no ical difference In the conditions
ns the same rul wpuli appjr If the sov
erelgntv of the country traversed bv the
cannl should enmp to the TlnUed Stnp
In this connection he iuoIpiI from Presi-
dent rtoosevelts njesfaee Haying that the
Tppit KnfPH t e not seeking to extend
their borders and adding thst tbp chances
weroV > i to oup that this country wo > ibl
nor seek lo sccr pew terrllo r In thst
direction M > matter of fact he said
the people do pot want more territory than
we now have Imt are content to l ve the
boundvlei they at preatat ezlit
W T
7 r IjTT V
Houston texas TirujtsiuY December 12 idol
14 PAGES TODAY
POST
CRUMPACKERS BILL
Us Author Claims that it Is to Be
Given Solid Support
DEMOCRATS UNALARiMED
They Attach No Particular Signifi-
cance to the Matter
THE SOUTH NOT ALONE AFFECTED
Many Northern and Western States lla > e
Restricted Suffrage
SOME OF THE OFFICIAL FIGURES GIYEN
To Show the Difference in the Effects
of the Voting Laws In Connecticut and
Massachusetts and in Alabama
Kprclal to Tlio Poet
Washington December 11 Only a com
paratlvcl wnall perrentago of the demo
ctatH In congress attach any partlculat slg
nlilcnncp to tbp effoits btjng made ht Hep
rcsenlatlte Crumpnclier and other rabid re-
publicans to cut down the lcpresentatlon
In congress of those Southern States which
have disfranchised the negro The steps
being taken In < the premises nip being
watched with Interest by the members of
the minority party but most of them
fall to sec nny danger In the sltuitlon and
< hlnk that there are a great many way a
by wMch the Crurapacker bill cau be ef
fectltely fourtit even though as Is claimed
by tome of the republicans the leductlou
Idea Is to be made a parly policy
II Is a little difficult to accmntrly outline
Just hosv the republicans feel about the
matter ht there Is reason to believe that
but few of them asld from trurnpacker
nd uls Imuitduirr followers believe that
It will be posslMs to pass the rumphncker
bill or nny measure which Is similar In IU
essential features Onpnpacker siys that
his collengues have prartlciill without ei
ceptieu encourcged hm lo the extent of
signing the potltlou which be circulated
asking for the holding of a caucus to de-
cide whether of not this Idea should be
nado n party policy nnd If so to arrive
at some dedsion regarding ways and means
Those who are keeping lotely up with the
situation however believe that the major
It of the republicans arc not In fat or of
trying to push the Orumpacker bill through
even though they ale perfectly willing to
have th > tnrlous questions presented by It
brought before it caucus However aK
lifore stntrd it Is not easy to say lust
what Is the Htntns of this particular phast
of the case It Rcems reasonable to be
lleye thnt Ilia republicans would be mote
Ihnn willing to combine thrtr forces In sup-
port of the measure If they could be shown
that ther wtis a probability of success tnr
If tbo stories concerning the Imminence of
seilous disagreement between the leaders
of the party lie tru It behooves the rnnu
nud file to lake even greater precautions
than usual in foitlfylng tho pirtv sgniust
the onslaughts of demociact llul II seems
that thero are the best rearons why tile ic
publicans should no make the Crumpskii
hobby it party policy and tthv thi should
not belrto that they enr piss the bill
In Ihe first place ll Is not pilte plain
why the lepresentntlen of the Southern
States which hate disfranchised the negro
> dinid be cut down and the representation
of those Northern and We tcm Slates
which have disfranchised a great many of
their citizens through educational quill
filiation lints and nlmllai mpiimhch be nl
lowed lo remain ns at prtsent t ndcr the
circumstances It would seem that the ro
publicans would in ike t serious blunder b
nctltely supporting Criimpncker for suih
an nrtlon on their pan would pive tbu way
for a trry agjiessltp nltnck op the part
of the democrats an attack which would
have for Its object the redurtlnn of the ipp
mentation of those republican States
which are Just ns amenable under the prcs
cnt condition of affairs as are the South-
ern Slates which hate taken the ballot
sway from the Ignorant hlark man
Take the case of California for Instance
1allfornla according to the census of last
ear ha < r7 i Cblw e Ibesc Chlwimcii
hate not the right of suffrage of course
but they are Counted Ift the population of
the State and the number of represenia
tlves Is based on the total population li
which the Chintse are Included Then too
the constitution of California provides tha
no persop unable to read the tonstltutloi
In the Kngllsh language and write Ms nam
shall have the right to exercise the prltl
lego of an elector Out of a total popu
latlon of 5MO0O moles over the voting age
only aisooo Toted at the last presidential
ejection and leaving out of the question
th probably smallpercentage of those who
did not > ote slinpl because they were nut
sufficiently Intelested oi did not feel so In
iIIiikI It appears that it large number of
nilttiatPH In the State are burred by the
c rttltutloiial protlslon referred to Yet II
Ih not on reiord that any of the repub
llcnns wsh to cut down the representation
of California
Then theie li Connecticut article 20 of
the constitution of which provides that no
person who Is unable to read in the Kugllsh
language any scctlou of the constitution
or any section of the SJate statutes shall
Imte the rlglit of suffrage Tho toting pop-
ulation ot the Stnlp according to the last
census Is 2W > atO yet at the lant presl
dentlal election only 181000 votes were
cast U might lie well to leinelnber In
thlv connection too that the political sit-
uation In Connecticut was nnd Is for that
matter of such a nature as Jo cause all
qualified Tolprs to wish to exercise their
rights This bejng the rase it is likely
that a Tcry large percentage of the 00t40
persona who fulled to vole failed because
they were barred b y the constitutional pro
vlalcai mentioned The census figures show
that neatly all of the Illiterates are white
there being In the State only 710 negroes
unable trt read and write Yet Connecticut
Is one of the oldest of the States and has
it common school astem of wJllcb Its ell
rn arc more than proud
la MtwacjtHttPs > I1 ol uK < > u
v a i y tt ls s e sw
SiXSSaWrJfJfteSaSS
IT
PRICE 5 CENTS
< S
COTTON SmD
HULL
i >
Q C STREET CC
OPPOSITION TO TREAT
Has Materially Cut Down Majority
Though It Will Be Ratified
SENATOR CULBERSON SUPPORTED SBNX
TOR BAILEY IN ANTAGONIZING IT
Report of Court of Inquiry in the Schley Case Will
Probably Be in Within a Week Says
Secretary Long
Special to The Tost
Washington December 11 While there la
practically no doubt that the ItayPaunre
foto canal treaty will he ratified by the
senate probably before adjournment Is had
for the holidays It Is safe to assert that
the number ot affirmative Totes cast will
he less thau Senator Lodge and the other
friends of the convention counted on as
late us fort eight hours ago The opposi-
tion of the democratic senators who do
not believe that the treaty In Its ptcscnt
shape should be ratified has had Its effect
nud while there seems to bo no chnnco
of pretcntliig the ratification tho negative
side has unquestionably been considerably
strengthened Tho stand taken by Scnntnr
ltalley In the mutter lias already been
touched on In theso dispatches Senator
Culberson agrees svlth him on allessential
fcatuica and todat riming the txecutlvn
session of the upper house the senior sena-
tor from Texas took Ihe floor lu opposition
to the treaty and made a shoit speech
which followed as It was by the dpeech ot
Senator IJacou materially weakened the
case of those who favor ratification
tiik RcnrrY couar nnroivr
Secretary Long said tonight that while
he had not received the report of tho
Sehlev com t of Inquiry and had no posi-
tive Information as to when It would be
forthcoming he had concluded that It was
about ready and might be presented to him
before the end ot the teeefc Pile repoit
he said would be given to the pres In full
as soon ns possible after lis receipt by
him Kttiamdlnary secrecy precautions
are being talen to guard against an pre-
mature announcement nnd there ts good
reason to believe that nothing authentic
will be made poblle through any but the
regular rhanncls
In tlew of the manner In which advance
proofs of the Isthmian canal commission
report wete sold to a noyspaper
age who are ahl to icad ami write Ihe
flguios allowing the proportion barred fropt
the polls by this cduratlpnn1 provision arp
not immediately available hut It Is reasons
able to suppose that the sttttatlnn there Ih
largel the same ns It Is In Connecticut
In Alabama one of the Southern States
which has most rpeeiill attraited Hie at-
tention of the lountiy on account of its
efforts to raise the plane of Ifs ballnt
theie was when the bile constllutinal
contention begun Its work a total p uln
lion of lR2flff17 lilts Is an Ineressi f Jl
per cent oter Ihe population of 161H irihe
elerlt the court has decided to emplernV
outside assistance and the Schley repert la
being written lu longhand uy one of tho
rticmbcrs t
TliXAS CHANClTs Ann ROOD
Iteprcscntatlvo Slayden called on the
president today with rcfeiento to the four
mllitaiy camps ot Instruction which have
been recommended hy the secretary of war
and for it preliminary survey and tho In
vostlgation of which a small appropriation
was made by tho last congress Commit-
tees from all parts ot tho countryhave
been liere seeking to Influence the location
of the ciitnps but the military board has
stpadfastly refused to grant any hearings
and all ot tho tarlous delegations Jiave
gone away disappointed
Having henrd that General Miles a dls
posed to regard Texas claims In the prcm
Ists In anything but a favorable light Mr
Slayden went directly to the president and
aslKd him uliout the matter lie nas In-
formed that the secrutary of war had been
directed by the president to consider front >
a stttctly mllltnty point ot view tho claim
of all places which ore seeking to stenro
the location ot the camps
Pursuant to n suggestion from Mr Boo e
velt Mr Slavden called on Mr Hoot wlti
a message to the effect that It was the de-
sire of the president that the department
of Texas be git en tho fullest and faJrcft
consideration possible Mr Slayden he
Iletcs that on account of location and nat-
ural strategic advantages Texas has a good
chance for securing one of the enmps even
In the face of the tecognlztd opposition
of General Miles Something HWo UOOpft
aerra of land will be wanted for eacu camp
ExSheriff Pat Garrett of Iaa Cruces X
M who Is one ot the many whow Hnt to i
be collector ot customs at Rl V J BSjOf
tho todev >
on
> o V li n 4 tr ia
extended only t those eren o volng TOP JuW M V
llnf
president
A j linfoM of sl >
hy v ticstatu Oheap
onnt of the disfranchising process fcud
Lthnt also similar at lion ibtmM be taktjn
with reference to the Northern and TffsV
ernirepiibllean States In width lnill5rd4i
dltlrins etlst It Is safe to sa however
that CrnmpHtkcr and his followers are not
among these
On the other hand It is possible hut
some of the demoirats would not resist
a mntcment that contemplated the rnikjng
of reductions In nil of the States afTeiftl
no matter what thelt location or political
complexion In ftel two democratic rep
resentntlveH one from Alabama hnd one
conTn > thnt t had i frmil Mississippi hnto said that thej Tnuld
SJ7 > f negroes to deal with an Itni ase of
about 2 per cent oter tho pieted ug de-
cade The white people number onl 1001
irJ an Increase of only JO vr cent over
18 Of the negroes 1R1WCI art malen
oter 21 years of age nnd thernforu quail
lied tolers under the old tonstltlltlon Of
this number 10fl < ii0 me Illiterate Tho
total voting population among the whllos
Is U12 0 U the last presidential elcitlon
the combined white and black tote wts
l2 00 or only about 0 per cent of tho
total vollng population of the State A
great many of the whites did not tote be-
cause probably they felt suie that the
Slate was safely demoeiatlc and that their
ballots were not needed to help swell the
mnjorlty
Prom tbc e figures It appears that ot thn
Illiterates over the voting ago 11000 nro
white and 140000 blaik Mut as showing
the fallacy of the republican argument that
the new regulations In Alabama nnd other
Southern Stntos Is iilmed at the rcpublban
party through the negroes It may be point-
ed out that llteraej is largely on the In-
crease nmong the hlacks as a lesult of
which fact In time the proportion of wblto
Illiterates and black Illiterates ma become
equil Instead of being 1 to 3 as It la at
present In fact literacy among the ns
groes entitled to vote that l those of a
toting age has Increased on a basis of pos-
sibly 60 per cent In the decade eudlng last
yeaiThp
Thp figures given here would seem to
present nn Irrefutable argument ngalnst the
claims of the republicans In the premise
In general nnd against tne Crumpacker hill
In pattlcular Under the i Ircurnslanccs It
Is not quite clcur how the gentleman from
Indiana expects to make a consistent cam-
paign for the pet Idea of which he icems
to be sp excessively fond Consistency has
never been n republican virtue but In this
case the lack of It may protc to Co a fault
the effect of which can not bo overcome
by any sort of specious argument similar
to that whlth Is being made by advocates
of the Crumpacker plan There may be
some republicans who bellovp that thobasis
of representation In the Southern demo
a
be willing to hittn the representation ot
their States reduced conditioned on the re-
peal of the fourteenth nnd tlfteetilh amend-
ments to the federal constitution It may-
be Unit Ihej weie not seilous In this state-
ment nud did not expect to be taken seri-
ously Hut Ihe st itements were niMrie
Those Individuals Who do not bcllcte In
eonslilcilng only the Immediate aspects oh
the case but who hnto looked Ihto Uhu
future and groped among lt possibilities
and pmbulillllles hao not jt decided
what the president would do shmibpsroit
gres pass the Ciuuipacker bill oi oneslmU
lar to It It seems lo be the general oplu v
Ion that the lain prerldrnt would hate op-
posed any such proposed action but the
deep cloud of uuceitalnty which envelop
the piesciit occupant of the executive chair
males It quite Impossible o do ioic thin
guess lion he stands oil the subJcet and
tvhiit he would do it the question were to
be pasoed up to him It Is the unexpected
that always luipptus so far a President
Hoosevelt is eonterned A great many te
pilhllcans sonic of them loidly JearlerJ
Jome of Ihem meek and owly followers
liate f mid this out to thel cost bndcr
the iliuinstancoK it srems that time oniy >
cau solve the problem
SENATE CONFIRMATIONS lt
Appointments That Were Forrnally A w
H proved Yesterday
Washington December llUo nrnjtJbai
by the senate a
William D Itldgely to bo coropfroner ol
the currency U K Perseu South Dakota
auditor for tjie Interior department HmJ
sou Allen North Dakota depdtr audltel
for the poatofllie department
To be collector of customs J B Stew-
art at lllchmond Vs
To be consul generair John JeoVlnj
Xebrasku at Ban Salvador William It
niugbam Kansas at Capetown Geprgj
Heimrod Nebraska ut Apia Samoa <
To 1 consuls Joseph J Lianger > e1
luasks at Sollugcu Germany II D Say
lom Pennsylvania at tiawson City
Pdntmastera P U Coyne at Chicago
Medical dlreitorsW K Van Reypen
United States navy to bo surgeon gen r4I
o f he navy Cptilln U rjdford Unit-
ed States navy to be chief of the bureau
of equipment and Captain Charles ONell
United States navy to be chief of the but
reau of ordnance
THE THROUGH OAR LINE
Far particulars let
GEO D HUNTER
Olty PB aonKor and TloKot Aeon1
i f rt
AS >
I <
IMllitj
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES
TO ALMOST EVERYWHERE
Doe 21 22 and 23 Qood 30 Days via
I < 5b G JN R R
217 nm
M
r
> i
It
1
m
nl
i
m
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIITH YEAR, No. 252, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 12, 1901, newspaper, December 12, 1901; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth85823/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .