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EbBEET EDWARD LIE.
The centenary of the birth of Robert
Edward Lee will be celebrated today In
all parts of a reualtedvcoantry. Hbwever
men's estimate of Jiis genius and char-
acter tuay differ It Is a universal con-
cession that Ms is one of the colossal
figures of all history and it is evident
today ' that aa time recedes from the
period to which he moved and the tremen-
dous events of "his career bis fame shines
' with brighter luster and his memory be-
comes a more precious heritage ot all
mankind.
To those whose lives are linked with
the life and achievements of Ae by the
sacrifices and sorrows and glories of war
. this 'day Is sacred and its celebration
throughout the land may be accepted by
all the world as a token that though the
centuries come and go even as the suns
of the completed centennlum have risen
and set his name and fame 'shall live tin-
dimmed throughout all recorded time.
'The world has never seen better sol-
diers than those who followed Lee; and
their leader will undoubtedly rank as
without any exception the very greatest
of all the great captains that the En
glish-speaking . peoples : have brought
forth and this although the last and
chief of Els antagonists may himself
claim to stand as the full equal of Marl-
borough and Wellington" writes Theo-
dore Roosevelt and such will be the ver-
dict of history.
Great he was in all the nobler elements
of character. In defeat aa in victory in
peace as in war. -Measured by all of vir-
tue's standards he was a man and the
world may never look upon his like again.
PASTY 1TOIIJJICATI0N.
- Judge Robertson raised an Interesting
question In . his speech in the house
Thursday afternoon. He expressly stated
that he regarded Senator Bailey as the
democratic nominee for senator and that
he would vote tor him but for the result
of the recent snap primary. Now we
ask what Is the attitude of the democ-
racy ot a county to the democracy ot the
Ctate? Wnon the democracy of the State
has named the party's candidates is not
the democracy of a county in rebellion
toward the party when it thus nullifies
aa far aa possible the action of the party
in the State? ' i .
Let us assume the case or the election
of governor where the parties are of prac-
tically equal strength. Suppose tor in-
stance that the parties had been nearly
ot equal strength in the recent State
election and that the democracy of Travis
county had held a rump primary after
the Dallas convention had nominated the
ticket and declared against Campbell
that the democratic voters of Travis
county had felt compelled to abide by the
decision of the rump primary and
gone to the polls tn November and had
voted for somebody else or had failed to
vote at all and because of this Governor
Campbell had been defeated. How would
Travis county stand In the next demo-
cratic convention? ..
Suppose after the next general election
!th Mr. Bryan as the nomlnf s the gen-
ii result would show 239 democratic
ctoral votes and 23J repibllcaa elec-
1 votes; that the democrats of a pro-
ion district should bold a primary and
-net the two electors who represent
i to vote against Mr'. Bryan and that
r should regard the Instruction as
3 and accordingly cast their votes
;he republican tandldate would or
1 It not be an unpardonable breach
ly faith? . .- .
j theerfully grant that a' local de-
y way Instruct Its local officials
.1 matters but In a matter which
: Lin the Jurisdiction of the party in
ate or nation has a local democracy
ral right to attempt to nullify the
.1 of the. party a whole?.'' '.f
T; ' county snap Wow clear-
t uts the question of nullification.
- party's mandate. ' We do not crltf
i position of Judge Robertson. He
- i f-or4 with his sense of duty.
t the snap primary partict
I'D pT cent of the par-
ty's strength has the right to instruct him
and that is all there is to it The 70 per
cent which did not vote bad the same
opportunity to vote that the 80 per cent
had. But the effort of the people to se-
cure as far as possible the election of
United Stales senators by a direct vote
of the people mutt fail If after the party
will hu been ascertained subsequent
primaries can be jumped up here and
there to nullify the party's will.
DEFEAT OF DTOCAH RISOLTJTIOBr.
The adoption of the substitute fot the '
Duncan resolution by the house was the
proper and sensible course. It guar-
antees every protection to the State's in-
terests and fair and decent treatment to
Senator Bailey. It provides for the wid-
est scope of Investigation without en-
abling those who are trying to create a
vacancy in the senator-ship to accomplish
their ends. The Post U well aware that
many ot Senator Bailey's friends voted
for the Duncan resolution merely be-
cause they deemed It better suited to the
purposes ot an investigation. They could
not see the covert purpose ot Senator Bai-
ley's enemies to drag the investigation
throughout the entire session by Junket
lng to distant States upon the flimsy pre-
text of getting testimony but after all
merely to preverfjt an election.
Under the substitute both house and
senate can expeditiously investigate every
charge worth investigating and proceed
to elect a United States senator accord-
ing to the instructions of the people.
There is nothing but malevolence hate
and slander la the charges against Sen-
ator Bailey. He has done nothing to
disqualify him from serving the people
in the senate nor to justify the relent
less warfare which his enemies have
waged against him. He is sound mental-
ly morally and politically and the great
democratic masses "know it and are stand-
ing behind him. ;
He will be returned to the senate and
in that great forum will continue to fight
the battles of his country faithfully
courageously and well. As for those who
have created .the diversion now drawing
to a close the democrats ot Texas will
attend to them In good time. .
SEiATOE BAILETS EXPLANATION
Senator Bailey's .address before the
house of representatives in explanation
of the documents In the possession of the
attorney general ' was both exhaustive
and conclusive.. Having at last been per-
mitted to see these documents he was
able to make their : triviality plain to
every' fair-mindeot man. Every one of
them that seems to Implicate him In the
slightest degree Is shown to have been
tampered with and to contain notations
plainly written at different times by some
one other than the person who originally
handled the documents. In different Ink
and evidently with a purpose to torture
the documents Into evidence. '
There can be no doubt that a man who
would steal papers is vile enough to tam-
per with them and it Is just what was
done. It is likewise perfectly true that
the man who stole these papers had ac-
cess to all the records and flies ot the
Waters Pierce Oil company and bad there
been la existence documents recording
Improper conduct on the part of Senator
Bailey such documents would not have
been overlooked The scoundrel took
what he could find and fixed them to
the best of his ability to serve a con
temptlble purpose.
It Is unfortunate indeed that the ef
fort to defeat Senator Bailey originat-
ing In personal and political hatred
should Include the assistance and crim
inal co-operation of a scoundrel like
Grnet and yet that is the best evidence
Senator Bailey's enemies have to offer
the tampered testimony of a thief. The
people ot this State are asked to destroy
one of the greatest men In the United
States because of suspicions founded
upon documents stolen by a thief and
doctored to suit his purposes which were
first to exact blackmail .from his for
mer employer and benefactor and falling
in that second to execute a thief's re
venge. W: :- ' ;v-' -v..' -
Such Is the flimsy fabric of falsehood
inuendo And slander. upon which this
unprecedented persecution rests. Even
the suspicious mind. If tt be emancipated
from personal bitterness can not nour
Ish a robust suspicion upon a diet of
stolen and doctored documents.
the only question In this controversy
when it-Is sifted to the bottom. Is whether
Senator Bailey represented the Waters
Pierce Oil company as an attorney and
knowingly attempted to get it back Into
the State fraudulently. Senator Bailey
hu frequently affirmed that he never
represented the Waters Pierce Oil com
pany as an attorney. Tho part he took
In the .readmlsslon ot the company was
trivial and afforded no basis for the fin
ancial transactions betw eon him ; and
Pierce. The documents considered fairly
do not indicate any connection with the
oil company as an attorney for the In
terllneations . and .indorsements made
upon them as an afterthought are not
worth the consideration ot any . fair
minded man.' ' (
Senator Bailey did borrow money from
Pierce and Pierce undoubtedly had his
corporation carry some of these loans
for him but that was a matter which
Senator Bailey could know nothing about
and the fact can sot impeach Bailey's
Kior&ilty or Integrity. The documents
doctored as they are show that the
moneys received from Pierce were loans
to be paid and as a matter of fact they
were paid.
Now we can admit that It was unfor
tunate that . Senator Bailey borrowed
money from Pierce certainly so In the
light of the later developments touch
ing the relation of the Waters Pierce
company to the Standard Oil company.
But at the time the money was borrowed
both Mr Pierce and his corporation were
clean so far as Senator Bailey or any
outsider knew 8enator Bailey Is a busi
ness man as well a a senator. He had
at the time and has now a large breed
ing farm. He. was constantly buying
higti-prlced animals "and borrowing the
money to conduct a legitimate business.
There was nothing unusual about. his
borrowing money and he borrowed and
paid tn the course ot his private busi-
ness.'. .. v-' : . ' "
It Is not contended that any ot these
financial transactions remotely touched
his public service. His record U without
flaw. Nor can tt be contended that his
friendly service to Pierce in the matter.
of the readmissloa ot the oil company
was a reasonable basis for the financial
transactions -wulch ' followed . between
Fair-minded members of the legislature
must not make the mistake of judging
these transactions tn the light of what
was ascertained a -few months ago as to
the connection between Standard Oil and
the Waters Bterce company but tn the
light of Pierce's standing at the time the
transactions took place. At that time.
nobody questioned his veracity. No busi-
ness man of the country had better stand-
ing and When he made representations
under oath about the business ot the
Waters Pierce Oil company he waa so
far as the world knew worthy of belief.
As has been amply shown there Is ab
solutely nothing in the whole record to
impeach Senator Bailey's morality his In
tegrity or his fidelity to the public The
clement of circumstantiality which at
taches to the Oruet documents Is pal
pably manufactured and It Is beneath the
gnlty of a Texas legislator to accept
thie bungled work ot a thief aa credible
evidence against one of the State's most
brilliant and faithful sons.
INEQUITABLE TAXATION.
The people" says the Kansas City
Times "should welcome the change of
plan proposed by the tax commission to
the general assembly yesterday. The rec-
ommendation to separate the .sources of
State and local revenue Is not a novelty.
The method has been tried in several of
the States and Its results have proved the
wisdom ot the theory. It has been urged
in this. State tor years and forms a lead
ing' theme of Governor Folk's message.
It must inevitably be the basis for a cor-
rect system of taxat'on. Confine the gen
eral property tax to the uses ot the local
governments the 'counties and cities.
This would not Interfere with the author
ity ot the locality to exact returns for
local privileges. Then provide for State
revenues by licenses and taxes on cor-
porations special franchises Inheritances
and kindred things of value."
Wherever the question ot equal taxa
tion Is seriously considered the plan to
separate the sources of State and local
taxation Is regarded as the ultimate solu-
tion and in time Texas will reach the
same conclusion". :
It- is Inconceivable that any State In
the Union has so inequitable and unsatis-
factory a system of State taxation as
Texas. There are many wealthy counties
that receive from the Stata In school
money alone more than they pay In State
and school taxes combined. There are
lands salable at 5100 an acre or more
rendered for State taxation at $12 an acre"
and there are lands scarcely saleable at
$12 an acre rendered at $10. There are
license counties which pay Into the State
treasury tens of thousands ot dollars and
dry counties which have all the liquor
they want without contributing a dollar
to the support of the State government
As It Is axiomatic that the consumer of
liquor pays the tax we have the spec-
tacle of consumers In one county being
taxed to the extent of nearly a hundred
thousand dollars a year while the con-
sumer In another county are privileged
to drink tree so far as the State Is con-
cerned. ' . j . .
- If the sources of State and local taxa-
tion were separated each county could
render its property at any rate it desired
without doing an injustice to any other
county. A county's local burdens de-
pends upon various conditions. For In-
stance the progressive citizenship of a
poor county may desire to incur a large
debt to construct good roads and durable
public buildings. The debt would require
a heavy rate of assessment becauso the
revenues must be sufficient to pay the
Interest on the debt and provide a sink-
ing fund.' Yet because a county has thus
burdened itself the State Is enabled to
exact more from It for State purposes..
It Is possible for large and populous coun-
ties to almost escape taxation by reduc-
ing its local requirements to a minimum
and Increasing tire county tax rate to the
constitutional limit . : :
Independent of what the present legis-
lature may do it is to be hoped that Gov-
ernor Campbell will appoint a commis-
sion composed of representative and
capable men to serve without pay to In-
vestigate the whole question and report
to him. It would be a good way to start
a movement for permanent tax reform.
Max Ihmsen has ri turned from Egypt fo
find that he has been deposed as the headof
the independence league. The league can 'get
alons without a. head so long as its leg; re
ler
mains in a pullable condition. "
The mildness of the winter In NewjYork
has started all tie
lng. .
st Inhabitants to t.uk-
Colonel Charles A. Edwards is now sure
that the democratic victory next year will
reverberate from TaJinor in the Wilderness
to Vubadam provided the democrats carry
New York Indiana New Jersey! Ohio and
Illinois and it looks like the colonel it right
about it : -. - '-
Judge Duncan should not entertain any
theories that he is not willing to try upon
himself. V;'':'
1 Dr. Felix Adler recently delivered a two-
hour address in Carnegie hail on "The Evils
of Surplus Wealth While confessing we
know nothing about than we would rather
learn through experience than to take Dr.
Adler's word.
This warm weather on the 19th of January
is a sign that it Is a bad time to shuck the
heavy undershirt. '.' ..."V ".
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'Maneour Mirta brother of the new shah
attempted to commit suicide by taking opium.
It is pretty hard fo be f second son of a royal
familjl when the throne carries with it the
privilege of having gray hairs pulled out by
loo wives. 1 j
Paradoxical as k may seem Mr. Cocke of
Bexar is not crowing but is braying against
Bailey with all his might '
t .Those people in Washington who are com-
plaining because the undertaken raised the
price might come to ilouston where the un-
dertakers are .witling to pay for the privilege
of burying paupers. . (
Among other thing! that the legislature
should do is to put some financial vitality
into the Texas pure food law.''"-
Marse Henry writes from Barcelona that
he bad mince pie and eggnog for Christmas.
If those two luxuries are properly made and
served in ample quantity there is doubt about
the results. . v .. . . .
An lows woman made her application for a
divorce in verse and if her husband has any
sense he will not fight the suit. : " :
Washington has aa anti-profanity Society
the members of which have taken a pledge
not to cuss oh the streets. With Major Syl-
vester's assistance this society ought to prove
a success r . -.. 1 .
Addicks of Delaware should not be- despon-
dent when it is so probable that the Delaware
peach crop will shortly' join him.
Part of Cincinnati is under water. Such
an awfulness for Cincinnati ; when' the dis-
aster might have been the bursting of some
beer tanks instead of an overflow of the
Ohio. - .
Despite what Secretary Shaw says the
only alarming prosperity that anybody can see
is that which somebody else enjoys. ' :
Lieutenant Pearaall who married young
Mrs. Jim Blaine will never be in danger of
having his predecessor's good qualities thrown
up to him. Jim was (imply all bad.
With 939 indictments hanging ever Stand-
ard Oil we would hateto l a. member of
young Rockefeller's Bibles class this year. v
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'Lillian Russell.' was1 fined for autoing be-
yond the speed (Srait ip Philadelphia.' Lillian
would be too fast' for Philadelphia even if
ahe were driving an .ice wagon.
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Young Hsrry Oelrichs has been fined in
New York for assaulting a waiter. You may
tip but not tap a waiter in the metropolis.
There are about 16000 men who reside
within the corporate limits.' of Houston but
less than 3000 are 'qualified to vote. Have
you paid your poll tax? . 1 ; j
We see nothing strange about Rev. Henty
Warren opening ; V all jtreet .with . prayer.
Everybody preys more or less in Wall street.
Luscious strawberries are abundant in
Houston at two boxes for a quarter and of
course it is hard to be pessimistic under
those circumstances. t
: It is reported that a New York physician
cured a patient of lockjaw by bleeding him
but the amount of which the patient was bled
is' not' stated."" ""' "" -T""-"""''-":i"""-
SOME POSTSCRIPTS.
In the counties of Matagorda Wharton and
Brazoria Texas are 40000 acres of red cedar
from which is cut a id shinned the wood of
which pencils are nude. Much of the wood
is exported to ucrmany after being cut into
strips. It is a very profitable Tjcas industry.
' The Chinese know how to 'tell the time of
day by the appearance of a cat's eyes. : The
pupils of a cat's eyes becomes .gradually nar-
rower up to u o'clock noon when- they are
scarcely perceptible lines drawn perpendicu
larly across the eye. After that the dilation
recommences.
New York city bought. Union Square park
In 1833 for $116051 Madison square in 1847
for $6.io2. Tompkins eouare in 18.14 for
$93339. and Washington square in 1827 for
177970. t ihese tout downtown parks cost'
"8 $3$i33 re now at ruling real estate
prices wortn 25000000.
From Bagdad a Bible society's agent re
norts that in the last consignment of British
Bibles which he received there all the maps
bad been torn- out which' showed anything
about Armenia. The dragoman of the Brit-
ish consulate at Bagdad explained that the
name of Armenia on a map is forbidden iq
1 urkey.
Nathan Hawk a veteran of the Mexican
war and the man who in 1848. f irst brought
East news of the California gold discoveries
is 8 hale and hearty citiien of Folsom. Cel.
Mr. Hawk who is 8a years eld left his Iowa
home for California in 1847. He lives a few
miles from the spot where James Marshall
aug up ine sirsi goia louna in uie state
" M. Mueller the newly elected president of
the Helvetic confederation was one of Swit-
terland's brilliant young tmen. Although he-
longing to a good Bernese family be was born
In Dresden and spent his youth in German
universities as a law student. Keturning to
his own country his rise was rapid. At 16 he
was president of the Berne Tribunal and for
twenty years he had represented that city in
the diet In 1805 he entered the federal min
istry and for three years bad the direction of
the military department. 1
The prince of Monaco is again afloat on
sciences bent. This time he has sailed for
Spitibergen to prosecute hi investigations as
to the currents of the unoer air. These.
in his previous experiments will be conducted
by means of specially constructed test sound
ing balloons fitted with automatically adjust
ing registering instruments. ' The tests will be
conducted to secure records of the currents
and temperature in the various strata through
which the balloons pass up to an altitude of
18000 feet. A Scottish scientist W. G.
Bruce late of the Antarctic expedition ac
companies me prince.
' Law.
i (From the Augusta Chronicle.)
These days with the "unwritten law" get
ting so strong and the other ones getting so
weak it might be a good plan to uuwrite the
written one
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ji; i'exc:::. ijervto ; j
modest yout-.tf women wilt sit
by side with yeun men at an opera and be-
now nun evident admiration tne twmtaing
feet shapely calves and tantalising skirts of
the danseuse. when at any ether place in the
world they would blush from the roots of
their hair to their dainty iinger tips is a
mystery. Limbs are not always boughs.-
Madam Editor T'mpton Timet.
The mystery to us is that "shapely calves
should provoke a blush from anyone any-
where. They were made to be admired. -.:
A HaUettsviile man armies that he doesn't
want to go to heaven because Only women
and children will be there and he will be
loncrome. HeHffw7J Herald.
If he clings to that idea he needn't worry
himself about getting there. What would
heaven be without women and children any-
way? Even Adam' was unhappy in. the Gar-
den of. Eden until the Creator gave him a
woman for company. As to the children-
well they both wanted them. '
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Senator Tillman made Quite a sensational
speech in reference to what Senator Foraker
pleased to incorrectly term "the affray
at Brownsville. The speech was luminous and
strong but we think in .bad taste. He
charged that the president's luncheon with
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vwkci TvMuiugiua wm uiv imiiBavc WUlCtt
produced the spirit among the negro soldiers
which rendered possible their murderous raid
oa the sleeping people of Brownsville; also
that the president did wrong in discharging
the whole battalion for the outrage of a
few." Southern people generally are of opin-
ion that the president did right and he. will
have the support of Southern senators.
Colorado Cittsen. .
And Southern senators do well to support
him when they think he is right. It is proof
of their statesmanship as well as their patriot"
ism. ' ...
The Waco Tribune says: ' ' "
Governor Campbell goes into office with the
confidence the moral support of the people
as a whole backed politically by a great and
nowerful party. May he make his adminis-
tration one this people will remember and
refer to in the years to come as an era to
be recalled in spirit of gratitude. .
To which all true democrats can heartily
respond "Amen."
And a great silence fell on Cone Johnson.
-Waco Times-Herali.
Why should Cone Johnson be expected to
give aid and comfort to the enemy by fight-
ing 'a democratic nominee Simply because he
resides in the same county with Judge Dun-
can? ' . .. ..
Never before have we known the farmers
of Liberty county to make such an early and
xealotis start with their work as they have
this year. Althouah there are but eighteen
days of the new year gone in many localities
the soil has been upturned and mother earth
made ready for the reception of the seed.
In other localities it is being gotten in con-
dition as rapidly as possible. . The men who
till the soil of Liberty county have learned
from experience from the Hardships they
have endured because of crop failures that
to make successful crops it is absolutely
necessary to start early and profiting by this
experience they have cheerfully gone to work
with a vim believing and having every rea-
son to believe that their efforts will be
crowned with success. Liberty Vindicator
Solomon says; "He that observeth the wind
shall not sow and he that regardeth the
clouds shall not reap"; and in this saying
the promise is implied that whoso prepareth
his ground well in season shall reap. wn
Tudare Duncan and Senator Senter are the
cap sheaves in the two houses of (he Texas .
legislature.-. Porte Chronieh. :
There is no law against republican news
papers admiring them and sounding tneir
praises for their course is evoking precious
little admiration from the democratic masses.
"Fools venture where angels fear to tread"
but the man who invests in Angelina county
dirt is not a fool. Luftin Tribune.
Neither do "angels" fear to tread Angelina
soil eh? !.:.'::'..'. -v;.'-.'
One of the best "saw we have seen this
year is this saws l4 You can't saw wood with
a hammer." This is a good one well tem-
pered and warranted to keep sharp. The
knocker should lay away bis hammer and try
it. Help Wills Point to be a better place to
live in. Wills Point Chronicle. ..
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The nrooosed law to send wife deserters to
the nenitentiarv for from two to five years
might lighten the tendency to make marriage
a failure.--tarwi j met '
It would certainly have a tendency to make
rattle-brained and lovesick youths think twice
before assuming the obligation of caring for
wife. . . . .
The Brownwood Bulletin says of the cot
ton situation in that county:
There will be some cotton in the fields in
1lrnwn rmmtv until the middle of February
because the crop has been' so large that it
haa heen rmnossioie 10 pick ii. vmiwu kww-
era have paid as high as $1.35 hundred to
cotton pickers are paying mis now ana sun
it is difficult to obtain the help necessary to
gather the large crop. If the acreage is
increased another year it is difficult to guess
how it will be gathered. : .
The chances are that there is more profit
in picking cotton already -made than to plow
it under and take the risk of picking cotton
not yet made. y ' n.
While our statesmen young snct old are
lying awake at night studying en tome mode
or means by which the whole country can
be ridden of trusts why not work out in-
their overburdened minds whether or not the
difficult problem could not ne solved by the
passage of a law declaring that only God and
His wisdom shall we poor mortals trust.
Laredo Tim"' '''' '''Vr' '
.i May be some of them . don't know much
about God.yrxVf jt:?"'-'
Among the good old stand-bys Which bob
up for near-appropriations might be mentioned
the San Jacinto battlefield. A one-man power
lawn mower is about the ! best that historic
spot has ever pulled down when the appro-
priation packages were being distributed.
Fort Worth Star. " ' ' '
It is sincerely to be hoped that the present
legislature will do a better pi ft fcy Kt'.
One Objection that it' being raised to the;
commission form of government it that the
commissioners in Houston increased the num-
ber of hours of labor and dee rested the price
per day. It does not went to dawn on those
making this objection that this is a purely
local condition and that similar action could
be taken under the system of government
which Denison now enjoys. f It docs no
necesssrily follow that a ten-hour day and a
decrease in the rate of pay Is attendant on
the adoption of a eommiwiou form of gov-
ernment. Deniion Herald. -
The objection referred to Is entitled to no
weight whatever tn influencing the action of
Denison voters as a commission form of gov-
ernment is just as responsive to the will of
the people as any other. . '
Justice Gaynor's Warning
- (From the Utica N. Y Press.)
Judge Gaynor's speech before the Buffalo
bar in which he warned ti e lawyers that in
their seal to live by t; .e 1 ' r if their craft
side
' 'it t- S t' ; ...:.. '
1 ; . .v. wi.l i.i i r v 1 1 1 . e
! t of any B-m v o 1 is 1 n !"
t . -ncies in corpi'snon law wnh nii(..-sv "g
and (orebodinr;. Inere u srwie or W ..-y
tik about a marl livimr lor rr y s -wan .s.
Well come down to- it no r in is in busi-
ness -for his smith bi t it does seem that
some of these defenders of corporate evils
are going beyond their proper bounds and
getting into the class of gratters.1 They earn
their money but in a verv questionable way.
The hope Is that the lawyers who draft our
laws will become skillful enough to outwit
themselves. ' . .
J ; TEXAS PRESS COMMENT.
Senator Bailey's enemies evidently want
him to issue an- encyclopedia ef his personal
affairs fot free distribution and. to keep t
up to date-Otono Kitker. v '
' Judge John M Duncan ot Tyler one of
the "elder statesmen of the present legis-
lature has about talked himself to death and
the legislature it only tea days old.
Tribune. I - ; 4- I i ;!
Taxable values of Texas now exceed a
billion dollars. It will be the fault of our
legislature if it does not wipe out the State's
deficit in short order and adopt. the "01
Alcalde's" excellent "pay-as-you-go" policyi
-Colorado Cilisen. : v '"".
Judge Duncan reared and snorted for three
hours and a . half last Saturday at Austin over
the Bailey matter. " Judge Duncan will see
hit finish befdre this session of the legisla-
ture it through witb.-rShintr Qasttte.
Perhaps Hon. Coo Johanna has the ton.
silitis.-HV Tim Herald No he hasn't
.in delivering si speech before the Dallas ofl
ventibn last summer be cracked hit voice;
but rest will restore it by tlie time (he clouds'
roll by. Tyler louri-ir. '.;
-; Never in the history of the world hat that
truitra "Better is a -tinner of hiit where
peace and Contentment rcignt than it a feast
On the fatted ox where discontent prevails"
better illustrated than di'ring the present era
of universal prosperity trr-Laredl J imaav .
Bailey It by far the braio'e.rt mart in the
democratic party in Texas and its recognized
leader at the National capital and why the
democracy of the State should try to injure
hit influence and damage hit character when
he is the nominee of this party and every
vote he hat ever cast in the.nation't congress
has been for the common people we can not
understand. Calvert Covrter CMqwcie ..y .
The establishing and maintaining of an In-
stitution by the State of Texas' for the treat-
ment of tuberculosis patients It a matter of
paramount interest and Is being so . widely
discussed and strongly urged thst the Vindi-
cator believes the legislature now in session
will take notict and wisely consider the ques-
tion. Liberty Vindicator.) i - :t
Pea 8oup and Electric Baths.
' (From the Louisville Courier-Journal.)
- Two savants have just announced the dis-
covery of a meant ef prolonging life in-
definitely A Frenchman says a certain sort
of electric bath solve the problem and a
Massachusetts man declares that pea soup is
the elixir so long searched for. 1 The French
physician is a comparatively young man who
employs the bright vocabulary of youth nr
which it it said there is no such word at
"can't". The New": England! fj yejui 4ld
and has been growing young to be asserts
since he discovered the rejuvenating quali-
ties of fcea soup Sad eschewed all other meat
and drink with view to turning beck tht
hands of Jlhe"clock . ' '
The tombs of the earth art cluttered with
the bones of wise men who have discovered
and applied the meant of defying Time and
"abode their little hour or two one by one
crept "silently 'to' rest" What Huckleberry
Finn would call "the remainders" of tome of
those who lived when mother earth wm
younger by the calendar but no less buxom
and youthful looking than the it today are
mummies. Upon their parchment feauret titt
the sardonic smile of disillusionment aa if
peering from the dusty sarcophagus into the
changeless twilight of . the forgotten tomb
they might be reflecting cynically upon the
folly of trying; to pen the spirit for a moment
or to beyond its allotted time in a temple that
lasts very well after it has passed the days
of its -usefulness. What't left of others re-
poses in sealed metal caskets which arrest
for a time the processes of decay at the point
at which it is no longer a matter of importance
whether they are arrested or allowed to pro-
ceed. The ancients and the moderns t who
have wrestled with the problem of providing
that the Psalmist's three-score years and ten
shall not mark approximately the limit of life
for the average man have achieved the tame
degree of success.; V .' ' . .
' The French savant's electric hatha may pa
refreshing and may cheat the ignorant for a
while into the belief that El Dorado hat been
stumbled upon in Paris after having been
vainly searched for in the "vasty wilds for
some centuries but upon the whole it it just
at well to pin our faith upon pea soup as
Upon electricity.-. The electric bath plant is
expensive. The black-eyed pea grows upon
soil that a poor man can Own. And if. ea
soup .neither proves elixir of life nor con-
duces greatly to longevity it is at least palat-
able and cheering and a great deal cheaper
than the electrie.hath. -
s- 1 i V The Farmers' Unions. . .
' (From -Bryan'! Commoner.) " l
. The growth of the. Farmers' Union in the
Southwest and of the American Society of
Equity in the Central- West it an indication
fhaj the fsrmtrl of the country are arousing
'to the point of realizing the need of concerted
action in ordet to protect their industrial in-
leresti jTjie'FarmersTJhions are being or-
"ganiied on the plans - of the modern trades
union! and In many- localities are affiliated
with the local Federation of Labor and have
delegates in alt ffleetin; of that body. The
union 'tradesman insists thai be be'allowed'
totae voice' In the matter cf deciding what
compensation he shall receive for hit labor
and the farmers who are joining in the union
movement are merely voicing the same de-
mand. Under present eonditirnt..the farmer
is compelled to tell hit produce at the prion
fixed by the buyer and at tho same time it
compelled to purchase at the price fixed by
the seller. This system like the colored man s.
Coon trap "catches (lie farmer comin' an' a-
gwine" It it very much the same system
as obtains la financial circles. - The bank
claims the option of paying you in whatever
form of money it elects and also claims the
option of telling you Whit cm of money
yon must pay the .bank when yon discharge
the obligation. ;.-"-.! .-.
.; Very naturally the interest that hav been
exploiting the farnv-rs for generations are be-
ginning to denounce ; the hew onion at I
8 farmers' trust but thit will deceive only
those who dearly love. to be Jtceived. Ths
-farmers who are joining it and they are join-
ing in large numbers are merely demanding
some voice in the matter of fixing the price
at which they Shall s ;il the product of their
labor and in order to make that demand ef-
fective they are organizing for mutual pro-
tection and benefit .. And si the worHnen in
the various trades have bei-n beneiif-d by
their- union organizations juit fo will the
farmert.be United I I a tly
shall make their er" 1 k . wuh-
out being tyrannical i siull n e m ly
thoe demands that f ."mrt'd 11 r ' n
just f. .TbeFf n Si i w 111
re- ih and fat 1 ' ';
t a 1 all those v. 1 t
...... '3
ltji 111.4 ...!..) - j . t
. t J dd .rix . R Lewis. .
. THE RARriUT. '
Talk bout your frosted pumpkins and your
fodder in the shock
Talk about the jams of boyhood and the
doughnuts in the crock
Talk about youth's mashed potato and the
beefsteak with a bone '
Talk about jam tarts and picklet that yon
-- ntcd to makclyour own
When the old folds were not looking and the
surreptitious joys ..
That yem revelled in bacVyonder little igirla
v.- and little' boyi. 1 - r ;'
They were none of them that come within a
city block I ween . .' tv
Of. the rarebit built at midnight in a chafing .
. ' j:.u ''"i. r.' -.-.v.--
tft .l.rt i-'jr1 1..- . 1 U till I
jrirps a lump vi www um.ioi uiw . .. .
tputtert tome . .
Tbaf the cheese have it well grated there's t
. a pound of that to come.
Then coax some man up to stir it tilt it melts -
' aa - easy stunt .
By the time his irms grow wooden and pis
-Christian spirit blunt " f '
Pour a glass ef alt in tlowly pour and pour
' and pour and pour. v
Then one good turn deserves another let
"' hi'm stir thejirew tome more
Then some egg and salt and pepper stirred .
well in and through .and .through '
Then pour it hot on tome crackers and the
rest is up to you.
Take a rarebit weH concocted drink with It a
foaming stem "... ". 1
Drink a cup of coffee alto eat tome olivet- ... y
'' .Jeight or nine- .
Eat a slab of good; rich. fruit cake and a .
.1" dainty maccaroon 1 ;'
And a kiss as crisp and dainty at a real lute
ia June . ' " 1 '
Then well say aa oyster cocktail in tabasco
! - good and hot 1 r-...- :
Then let half a doten bon-bons mingle in the
:midnightplot v :
Then S rich long thick perfecto and an easy
chair for you; . ' '
Later on a hiking homeward while the clocks v
..t are striking two. ' '
If you follow this plan fairly; no 'mysterious
" Eastern cults ..
That shake up departed spirit! could bring you -
'tuch rare results; . ... .
First the Universe is empty but for one tile s
leering face. .. . .. .... .' . .. it.
Then you're clinging to a spheroid dropping 1 .;
down through endless space
Then you're climbing a green lamp post where v
a sky blue monkey sits
Then . your wife is tinging ragtime and the
oaoy saving ma .- -
Then you' Sre a vraty comfort ripped and . '
stashed from end to end 1 7 ' '
Then you're shrieking over chaos while your
h; 'supports tag and bend. - ' .-
Later you're a headless armless legless hair
lest Teddy bear
And are searching grieving blindly here and '
there and everywhere ' ' - -
For your bead and arms and begging tome I
mad sprite to give them back '
Then to add to all your torture someone ripe
f i you up the back . .. . .1 . 1
And your inwardt leave their casement and '
- 1 are trailed across the floor; 1 ' . ' ; l. t . !
Then you shrieking start bolt - upright and . "
'!awaloa. to aleen no mnrmt .. .
And the world awakes with singing birds aro
- availing in ine rreet . ...
But why-thouldn't birda be tinging they havo .
ett-and here's tho- wnoder ef U-ntivm fa no I
(escape for you .. -s-'-n-n
Yon who at the hour of midnight have gorged
ion a rarebit brew . '. "'
And the olivet; beer and fruit eake' and the
.kits and maeearoons
r-.- r. .1. 1
.av iNi uian.icai Kisia mawn is lar on t
' youthful Junes i . ' - " 1
And cigars and oyster cocktails ; when a -
rarebit starts to stew .
In the future and you can be there expec
tent will be you : ;
Never fearing of the dreaming through which l
you jbut erst careened i
Fate has written on your forehead graved It
deep "Welsh Rarebit Fiend 1" -
TH FUNNIEST VALENTINES BV THE . '
; V FUNNIEST PEOPLE. ..:
There was a young fellow named Allen Tyne
Who proposed to the lovely Miss Bsllentyne. 1 ' -.-
When the lady said "Yet"
.' .He7 said "Well I guess I '
Mitt-Ballentyne'e'Allen Tyne't valentine I"' 1
.Pi.?1 it t:Z-'i "-Csrplyst Well.'. . .-.
"I'll send her a present said he .
"On the 'if oucteenth of Februareel" . - -
1 And but no j it it best 1 1 r '
To leave out the rest.
For that valentine came C.O.D.I 4
'.'' 'I .: s7 .Walter Pulitzer
A Scotchman whose name was Isbister .' '.'-
Had a maiden giraffe he called "Sister"
r When she atud. "Oh. be mine - -Be
my tweet valentine I" '
He jutt jumped up her long neck and kissed
' ' n'' ' Ellis Parker Butler.
Dear lady 1 can not" he1 said
"Make valentines out of my head " '
So I've licked and stamped good .- .
''' On my rival who could ;
He's mail and I tend him- though dead I" -.
t -' --Bnrge Johnson. ' " 1
Oh you would I fondly purloin
That our hands and our hearts we might joiat ' "
-. Oh maiden ef grace '
Smiles to tender and tweet On the coin. ' -
R. K. Munkittrick.
Said a Celt to hit colleen to fine ' -''
"BegOrry I'm your valentine."- '
j But the said "You're a liar-- v
. ' "You're Dwyer McGuire
D'ye think me dear sir that I'm blin'r . .
. . . ! 1 11. ...11 1 1-
..f .l-....:!'' ...."-- V4ir aiicu Miwiuia '
There once Wat a lovable taint
Who answered each amorous plainf; : .
' And I thought till today
V ' : ween your tmiie came my way
The old fellow was dead but he ain't. ' -t
V;--. y--v-i f ?''':''.; Gelett 'Burgess -;
A hlp-po-po-ta-mus named Amot ' -. - v. ' '
Wat loved by a chorut girl famous; -
All the Other girlt tighed; "
At they looked jon and eried ' :
"Fkaae tame us a.hip-po-po-ta-mus. . - .
Tom Massotv
He tent her a lovely design
A Cupid two hearts did entwign '1 '
She shrieked "I declare 1 "-'
' That Cupid it bare- -" s
Naked snd that isn't fignl". - . i
' . . POET AND POEMS.
.t ; (From the Polk County Enterprise.)
i We have received the two books ef poems c
Slng th South end "Lilts o'iLoye" by
Judd Mortimer Lewis of The Houston Post :.
:; While we had read most of these beatitjful
"songs" and "lovely lilts as they etme out
an ine rost yet tney are to sweet to soiac
In a aA anAthlntt tn tn annl - that '. thMr r
perusal U real enjoyment akin to celestial :
biist:.i.-7S. 4 : . i;' -
' Mr. Lewie isa poet of whom the Stat -with
tingle star and the whole Southland
should justly feel proud. "His every thought
reveals a character filled with purity a toui .
I close to nature and a heart enraptured With '
; home nd faved ones. ' Each 'line that he hat " '
' penned Is filled with a beautiful sentiment j
and each sentence radiates with an ennobling v
thoe'-'it ' May his life be as eontii.tioiw s ' !ng .
"d liitirg as his X 'r 00 diwa t a 1 s
fef t - -
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