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THEt HOUSTON DAILY POST
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HOUSTON WttDNUbllAl AUOl ST ill
TEN PAGEb 1UDAY
IAllTl DUOAY AM l > COVhlb fUNCV
What a change In republicanism In tho
past quarter of a century Back In tho
days at Charles Sumner thoro was some
reverence left In the party for tho consti
tution Such a thins nj Imperialism was
not dreamed of and the republic under
Grant was pursuing peacefully its ancient
policies although within the government
was corrupt as It tins always been under
republican rule
Tho present troubles lu San Domingo
and tho talk of our poslble seizure of tho
Island undor tho guise of a peacoinakor
recall the Eroat struggle botwoun Grant
and omlnent leadors of his party over tho
proposition to purchase Samana bay In
the island of San Domingo in the seven-
ties Grant did not want to branch nut
as tho good man McKlnlcy docs Ho did
not believe In putting people In subjection
tn us through a rockloss spirit of con
iiucst Ho was not attempting to go bo
joud our legitimate sphere of action Ho
simply as a military man iccognl7od thu
need of a naval and military station for
tho United States lu tho West Indies such
as we now have in Porto Itlco Samana
bay was largo and deep and well sheltered
There was a chanco to buy It from San Do-
mingo nnd the low negroes In tho vicinity
wore auxlous for the purchase to bo mado
It would bo an Ideal station peaceably
and honcatly acquired closo to our sboros
protective of our Interests In tho West
Indies and obtained without bloodshed
nnd with tho cousont of tho Inhabitants
Tho proposition was made too when Spain
was stronger on the sea than this country
and was pnitleularly aggressive and arro
gant toward us
But the great republican leaders said
no with Charles Sumner at their head
Grant with all bis power and prestlgo wib
insistent but his opponents In his own
party wero stubborn Tho proposal to
annex this new territory was greeted with
a porfect storm of indignation as one
paper in referring to this matter puts it
As tho samo authority suggests an in-
fluential portion of tho republican party
led by Sumnor went Into open rovolt and
tho attltudo of the remainder was such
that Grant man of iron that he was en-
tirely abandoned tho schome Tho argu-
ment was that thu wbolo ptoposltlon was
In contravention of republican principles
Think of the deterioration of the party
in twentyfive years Now tho dootriuo
not alone of peaceable annexation of
needed defenso stations In tho West In-
dies but of forcible conquest of nearby
and rctuoto Islands is openly advocated
by the president and bis party while those
aro denounced ns traitors and little
Americans who stand whore Charles
Sumner and his colleagues stood a fow
years ago
But thoro wero no sydtcatcs and trusts
seeking spoils and aggrandizement at tlin
expense of tho government In that former
time Tho presidency was not openly
bought la those days tho senate had not
become a club composed of millionaires
and corporation attorneys the shadow of
imperialism had not yet fallen upon tho
great republic
If there aro honest thoughtful slncoro
republicans left they might well pondor
these facts and mako a note of tho chnnges
oven slnco Grants time Possibly tho ovll
tendencies wero beginning thou but now
we are rapidly being driven upon tho
rocksI
TUB ItttlVlillSITY rilUSinKAGY
To the Udllor of The Post
Derclalr Toxas August 14 The writer
notes with pleasure The Posts mention of
the name of Mr C N Ousley in connec-
tion with tho presidency of tho Statu
tinlverttty It mob my good fortuno to
fijoy an Intimate acquaintance with Mr
OUbley when mofrssor In Marvin cotlego at
Waxnharlie and a more polished dignified
Christian gentleman or one better oqulppod
to tirufdo iter our belaud institution could
set ba found in tho State and would prove
t worthy successor to ho gifted Winston
Ills tirrtuthlo candidacy was enthusiastically
rocilvcrt here and It Is the universal wish
srnonr the friends of tho university at this
l co that ho bo honored with the exalted
position w A Hancock
It it a fact extremely complimentary to
Mr Ousloy that wherever the suggestion
of bin namo for tho presidency of the Uni-
versity of Texas has been discussed It
has evoked only pralao and good will
Innumerable ttef > tlmonla3 such as tho
one from Derclalr havo been volunteered
i la JMruOu py behalf it Is peculiarly
r tifjrlng to find that those who know
i hlabMt especially the gentlemen of the
tpru ofthe Stte upon whose jood will
nnd enthusiasm tho great university must
no largely depend tor Its success have
with singular unanimity indorsed Mr Ous
leys peculiar fltfioss nnd ripeness of expe-
rience for tho position
His selection would in this and other
ways preomlncntly popularize the great
school
When Tho Post first mentioned the name
of this excellent gentleman for tho selec-
tion In question It did It with tho utmost
confidence that no better could bo found
In all Texas for tho university presidency
In common with tho groat mass of Toxnns
Tho Post dcslros to see tho University of
TexaB grow until it shall becomo ono ot
tho greatest and most noted and most
popular educational Institutions in the
land
This consummation can never bo accom-
plished If politics or intrigue plays any
part in Its management To plnco sorao
ngod man whoso energies and enthusiasm
hnvo been wcltplgh exhausted nt tho
head of a youug Institution that has yet
to mnkc Its reputation nnd attain groat
ness to select somo politician for tho
charge because of his political pull
would bo scandalous and rulnoust
This Is a sacred trust that devolves
upon tho regents and they should dis-
charge It with an oyo single lo tho present
popularizing and future growth of tho unl
crslty Young blood intollcctual nnd
scholarly attainments of a credltnblo or-
der and nbovo all executive ability and
energy aro needed In tho president to bo
selected Tho mnnngors of tho Institution
must select a man who would enter upon
his duties with tho ambitious determina-
tion to make tho development of tho Unl
erslty of Toxob Into a Southern Yale or
Harvard his llfos work and his Imperish-
able monument
This Is tho policy now being pursued by
some of the great oducatlonal institutions
In tho Cast Men who wero senrccly
known of before beyond tho circles ot
their acquaintances bright energetic
young men aro being selected by theso
Important institutions on tholr merits
nlonc Tho greatest educational Institution
In the land mode such n soloctlon tho other
day for tho first tlmo In Ub history
Clarence N Ouslcy Is tho man for thu
position In Texas Ho has had 1 vnrlod
experience In educational matters Before
Mavln collcgo was merged In the Mothodlst
Unluirslty of Georgetown Mr Ouslcy went
to tho college ns n tutor wns soon mndo
full professor of chemistry and aubse
quently slated for tho presidency to suc-
ceed General Lewis when the college was
removed to Georgetown Ho was there-
upon elocted superintendent of the public
schools of Waxnhachlo and organized tho
syhlcm Ho voluntarily leslgned to en-
gage In prlvato buslnoss After a time In
ptlvato business he became tho editor ot
the Karra and Ranch then wan cnlled to
tho Dallas News and later made managing
editor of tho Galveston News Tho latter
position bo resigned to tnko hold of tho
Galveston Tribune of which ho has had
for somo years the full management
Ho Is particularly happy In managing
men and In liaimonllug nnd correlating
tho varied talents of those around him
Ho Is enthusiastic for Toxas and her In-
stitutions nt all times In tho very prlmo
of life with ardor nnd Intelligence In all
ho does ho believes that tho right sort of
cIToit inn not only populnilzo tho unlvor
slt > with thinking classes hut that diplo-
matic pi osculation of Its merits will draw
out endowments nnd bequests which will
luaKo It great In resources
If such a man were passed by becauso
he had not earned notoriety In politics
or failed to enjoy somo pull wl h poli-
tical or other forces and a man chosen
with not half his learning his tact or his
executive ability nnd popular manners tho
people of Texas would have Just occasion
to feel nggrloved Bnd tho University of
Texas would suffer I
Napoleon often selected his marshals
from tho ranks but ho saw tho genius
behind and they novor deceived him
given tho opportunity they soon won a
fame ot their own
Whenever a murder or a rapo Is committed
In this State tlio court having Jurisdiction
should bo called lu special session at once
technical or dilatory motions tor continuance
overruled anJ the criminal be tried Immedi-
ately nspoclnlly should this bo the enso lu
murder cases no matter who is tho defendant
The public generally look after tho rape fiend
but the rourts and public opinion must stop
our terrible homicide evil
Thcro Is talk ot a new railroad from Pert
Arthur to Houston Of courso all the spokes
wut connection with tho hub
In a war against tho Transvaal by England
American sympathy should all bo with Ung
liml There arc hundreds ot Americans In
Johannesburg and what Is known as tho Rand
who hnvo tho samo grievance against the
Peers that tho Dugllsh Ultlanders have but
our government baa ucver made a protest or
spoken a word In their behalf
That Otis Is holding back his casualty lists
b apparent from tho fact thnt the coblo of
tho 11th of August tells ot deaths occurring as
far back as July 201
Moro than 17000000 la put down as the loss
from tho Texas floods of a fow weoks slnco
No such catastrophe ns this has visited Toxas
lor years past Somo idea of the credit dua
the nnble people who bavo come to the assist
nnco ot the sufferers and In largo part re-
lieved their lmnudlato wants cau be bud from
this expert report ot the losses
Mr Crokcr bnt > evidently had his eye on tho
political weathercock ever since his return
borne and he seems to be able to tell pretty
accurately which way tho wind Is blowing
Wonder If General Mcrclcr who dreaded
getting on tho rack of M Laborls crossex
amination doesnt know something ot tho
fcieat advocates assassin A man who will
hound and torture ono mnn as Mcrcler has
Dreyfus would not hesitate to adopt any
means to get out ot his present miserable pre-
dicament
In Its slow march westwardtho dreaded bu-
bonic plague seems to have reached Portugal
This plague neither respects climates nor
seasons but Is a filth disease and gains little
headway rRnlust thorough sanitation Ameri-
can cities can not bo made too clean this
year
Mr Carnegie Is rroud to say that he is aq
American citizen ntthough he loves to visit
hit native heath in Sc tlsnd What a rebuke
from this sturdy Scotchman to little Willie
Waldorf Astor who Is even sneered at and de
B r t ygy
= iJSM If ri1 vsr
mmmmmg
t
sptscd In England tor his lunkcylsm to tho
KoRllshl
Tho Transvaal In tho event of war is going
to press every ablebodied man Into service
Somo of theso ablebodied men Itnowp as Utt
lindera are going tn He very low nnd do somo
disgracefully poor shooting In that event
It Is nothing startling to hear ot tho mutiny
on tho transport Warren the wonder Is that
noro mutinies at sea are not heard of No
autocratic sultan of Morocco was over a worso
or moro brutal tyrant than somo of these
bullies thnt wear a llttlo brief authority on
salps especially government ships
Somo woman says that some men are as
changeable as a 5 bill It Is very evident
thnt that woman has never undertaken lo get
a 5 bill changed on cither a dull or a busy
day
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS
Tho Denton News defends Its bar as fol-
lows
Tho charge of 0 Tort Worth woman thnt she
was robbed by two attorneys from Denton Is
tco ridiculous to bs noticed Tho very Idea
that It would take two of our nble law > crs to
rob one woman Is In Itself enough to brand
the story as fullo
Tho News Is right Tho idea of two law-
yers being necessary to got tho better of on
wonumt Its too preposterous a proposition
to think about
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The Palestine Visitor observes
At Waco tho water company put up tn >
trico of water so high that citizens use oil
Instead of wutcr to sprinkle with
What lluld do tho Wacoltes use for drinking
nnd culinary purposes On Sundays they can
get oxcurslon rates to Houston and batho lu
natatorlum3 supplied by pure artesian water
Hut then wnter Is not essential anyway
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Houston Is being pointed to as a progres
slvo city Tho Dallas TimesHerald says
Houston Is rejoicing oer her beautiful as-
phalted streets Waco is crying for at least
ouc and DnlhiR rejoices In tho hope of get-
ting others than the solitary ono sho has
Tuo smooth nsphnlt ruptures them all Juit as
tho Tltnesllcrnld predicted from tho start
that It wnubl
Houston la abreast of tho times Tho auto-
mobile will soon be In vogue nud It Is conse
quently necessary to prepnre for tho now
Riegntlon nroso and remained standing until
be had been seated Tills editor also ittended
for It
What else could Ibo burglar steal The
Idea of 11 n editor leaving his pocket book on
his office desk as a temptation to a burglar
POLITICAL POINTERS
The democrats forced tho Cuban war upon
this country and somo of them uro now
cursing Mr McKlnlev for it This paper at
tho outset thought the Cuban war was nono
of our nllalr Iorkhnrt Register
It was largiiv a political nuestlon through
which each of tho old parties was trjltig to
get thi advantago of tho other Bach was
bluffing and when war camo each was
shocked and surprised nnd the country
wholly unprepared for war The blood
spilled nnd tho taxation Imposed by It tan
bo laid nt thn door of tho nolltlclaiia whom
tho nowspapcrs iinv after day and week after
week extol to the skies Galveston News
As Charlie Edwards onco said to Bill
Ptcrctt Rot llkowlso Rats Conditions
had for years been leading up to this war
Tho blowing up of tho Mnlno uroclpltated
hostilities but thero Is not an Intelligent
man In tho country but knows that t was
only a question ot time when conditions
which tho president pronounced Intoler-
able must havo brought about war Add-
ed to tho Insults and barbarisms prnctlcod
by tho Spaniards It was abown by a state-
ment ot tho treasury department that this
country was paying something like three
million Cellars a year for police duty for
tho Cuban Island
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To the esteemed Houston Post The Kx
nrcss Is not a politician It Is not a candidate
for congress It contents Itself with tclir
n nuwdpapur an American newspaper nt that
not a Illlnlno organ As to tho congres-
sional campaign It the Express rcinunibers
rightly but a tew brief mouths havo elapsed
Blnco tho last diction in that election the
Kxprcss supported the Hon James 1 Slay
den deeming him entitled to a vindication
agalna tho assaults of Tho Post and othor
free traders because of his advocacy of pro
tectloii and support of the Dlnglcy bill In
congress if Mr Slav den hns resigned or n
vacancy been otter Lao created tho Express
has not heard ot It H might be well to
eivo Mr slaydcn a fair show lug by waiting
to see what ho docs during tho term for
which ho has Just been elected before con-
sidering tho matter of whether he should bs
replaced or again reelected San Antonio
Express
To tho esteemed Express Yours camo
duly to hand and contents carefully noted
Kverybody knows that tho Uxpross Is not
a politician of courso and wo nre not
surprised that you bhould resent the
wicked Imputation that you aro a Filipino
organ To bo sure wo will havo to ac-
cept tho statement that > ou aro not a
candldato for congress especially In view
of tbo fact that newspapers nro not eli-
gible to seats in that body but dear Bx
press ro you altogether nnd cntlrelr can-
did In this connection Are you candlcl
when you attempt to doludo the peo
plo away from tho fact that you are herd-
ing with a faction that Is for nny old can-
didate to beat Slaydcn next year Was t
candid In you was It honest to mako the
false statement in your editorial columns
a few days ago that Joe Bailey snubbed
the veterans of San Antonio on the 4th ot
July last It Is generally believed that
Jou nro attacking Thjlley with tho hope of
Injuring Slaydon and thorc may bo method
In your purpose but what reason enn you
suggest what excuso can you ofTer for tho
misstatement to keep within ultra polite
hounds that tho Houston Post rssaultcil
ho Inltor gentleman during the last
campaign Dont you know that It did
not that it did not assault him during
tho last campaign nor during any other
campaign You do know it And you
know further that Mr Slaydcn as tho
democratic nomluco In tho Twolfth district
received tho aid nnd support ot Tho Hous-
ton Post 0 course It Is well to give
Mr Slaydcn a fair showing nnd It mar
bo well for tho democrats of tho Twelfth
district to watch and see whether ho gats
It or not
Next to exQovornor Altgcld the most
vigorous opponent of Mr Gocbels condl
dacy for governor of Kentucky Is tho Hon
orablo W C P Breckinridge There Is
however suggests tho Chicago Chronicle
somo difference In the sentiments which
nctuato the two statesmen Governor Alt
gold opposes Mr Gocbcl upon political
grounds ho doesnt bellevo Goebol Is
regular Colonel Breckinridge of
courso bases his opposition upon high
moral giottnds Colonel Breckinridges
preeminence ns n moralist being widely
known Between tho two It really looks
black for Goebcl With Governor Altgcld
standing as tho champion ot party regular-
ity and Colonel Breckinridge upholding tho
standard of personal purity Gocbcl will
have bnrd sledding unless Indeed ho can
manage to knlfo a democratic candldato
somowhero nnd get himself mUeJ vp in
a nasty breach of promlso suit Nothlug
less will satisfy tho conscientious scruples
of Governor Altgeld and Colonel Breckin
ridge
Thcro Is beginning to be somo ttlk that
Governor jtaycrs will step In and take tho
senntorlnl toga from both Uallev and Chll
horselcss carriage down tho Hub > Jinn Travis Henderson It vill bo ro
trn Drop to
v niembered told tho Advocnto as much last
City of tho South nnd seo moro miles ot paved januarVi na tho representative from Lnmnr
streets than any other Texas city can boast
of And while admiring tho nsphalt streets
mnko n note ot tho handsomo brick buildings
going up
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Pleaso dont put It quite so strong Mr
Walker County Nows You aro a llttlo oft In
tho following
Thu Houston Post Imagines It sees Yellow
Jack stalking about In tho vicinity of that
ultyTho
Tho Tost advocated cleanliness as a pre-
ventive of contagious disease The experience
of 1S07 was costly to all Texas towns and Thu
Post has succeeded In having several leagues
organized In Texns towns with tho result
that thcro Is llttlo danger now of jollow fcvei
getting a foothold tn Texas
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Tho Terrell Index facetiously says
Ihc meat of tho billy goat which is be-
coming so popular is suld to bo a very good
substitute for butter
A substitute for tho butter of a Wm Goat
when In good working order would bo hard
to find Its a regular start factory Ono
good butter can make you seo tho whole stel-
lar constcllntlon
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Tho Nocona limes man wants us to bellevo
that lie Is a church attendant when he de-
clares
It will doubtless be pleasing to our renders
to know that President McKlnlcy attended
church last Sunday and tint the rntlro con
can seo an fnr ahead politically as any man
Paris Advocate
Governor Sayers has said most positively
that ho Is not and will not bo a candldato
for senator And The Post has good rea-
son for saying that It tho other candidates
will let htm alone he will tako no tart or
parcel in the senatorial scrap
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ThP fight between Bailey and Chilton tor
senatorial honors Involves Drlnclnle nnd Is
not simply i matter of cholco ot men as
nitinj suppose Chilton has been an advo
cnto of acquisition of territory while Ballcv
contends for tho Monroe doctrine nealnst n
largo standing armv and imperialism The
two also differ on the tariff nuestlon Chil
ton Is of the Mills fltrlpo of tariff reformers
placing tho duty on manufactured good3 nnd
not oci mw material II illoy says such policy
l null In favor of tho manufacturer and
Mil income to the nroduccrs who are forced
to rompeto with the rhcap farm labor of the
world If Ualley Is elected thero will be a
change In tho tariff views of the Texns sen
ntors ns Culberson ncrccs with Bailey while
Chlton nnd Mills held a different view
Bav City Visitor
The Post han stated several times that
In the senatorial nro next year In Texas
it will not as heretofore be a cholco
merely between Individuals but that pub-
lic Issues will present themselves as bo
tween the candidates
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Will Trank Andrews try to dlsplaco Tom
Ball In tho Houston district Or has Tom
tho call bv reason of that Buffalo bayou ap
church but tho congregation remained seated j Droprlatlon Aaco TlmesHcrnld
whllo wo were entering This is the difference
between tho reception of u president and u
newspaper man
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Says tho Tyler Courier
A burglar entered thn office of a dally paper
at Waxuhachlo and stolo all tho editor h copy
Now tho question Is what did tho thief do
with his booty and what uso did ho have
Jtov i
Vvfv
No ho will not In tho first placo Mr
Andrews does not dcslro to go to congress
at least not Just now nnd secondly It It
not at all probablo tint any man would
bo able to dlsplaco Tom Ball for somo tlmo
to come
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Tho fellows nbo are prating loudest about
tho consent of tho governed havo not ex-
hibited tho returns of tho election In which
the people of tho Iouslann purchase or
Ilorlda or California gave their ronsont to
their annexation to tho United States nor
have trcv been able to cite tho dates on
vvhli such elections wero held Cloburno
Rev lev
Possibly but can tho follows who nro
prating loudest for expansion show that
the people of Loulslana or Florida or Cali-
fornia even so much as opposed much less
took up arms against their Incorporation
Into the United Stnfes
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Isnt It about tlmo for Hoke Smith to npbl
ogbo for saving ho hoped tho Americans
would get licked In the Philippines Waco
TlmcsIIcrnld
As Hoko Smith nover said anything of
tho sort It Is not likely that ho will offer
nny apology
Thn Now York World says tho Van Wyck
democrats from tho South nro In a hlga
Btito of glee over the Interview of oxGov
ernor Altgeld In which ho favors dropnlng
JG to 1 ns tho chief party issue In the next
campaign Ono of them Judgo Ralph Walker
of Missouri speaking for tho Southern con-
tingent Bais I regard this as tho most
hopeful nnd significant fclgn that the pirty
is netting ttgether If any democrat lu my
State lad three months ago said what Gov-
ernor Alteeld has lust said bo would bavo
been called a traitor San Antonio Ex-
press
ExGovernor Altgcld moro than a week
ago published a card donotuulug the al-
leged Interview as false but wo havo
seen no rofcrenco to this nor nny nort of
correction in tho Express
i > oiits AnouT rnoPLR
General Dcdis who conducted the Da
homey campaign in 1S33 and 1833 has been
cromotcd to I he rnac of general of division
lu tho French army
Jcroino K Jtrotno takes bis vacation on a
farm where he beeomes one ot the day jab
orcrs Ho has slcdlcd agriculture both from
a theoretical and practical point of work
David Work the oldest momber of the Can-
adian tcuate who recently expressed the
opinion that thai body bad too llttlo to do
Is a physical v oil and has to bo carried In
nut out ot the senate chamber
Dr Knto Perry Cain of Covington Ky
Is called Tho Turnpike Queen sho owns
and operates tho Covington and Independent
turnpike which la ono ot the busiest high-
ways In Kentucky
Though William Astor Chnnler tho new
mllllumlio congressman from New York has
little In common with W J Bryan ho bears
sc striking a likeness to that person tlJat he
It ficquently mistaken for blm
Prof George Forbes ot London the well
known electrical expert Is at Niagara Fi
tho guest cr tho officials of the Niagara Palls
Power company Prct Forbes was connected
with the power company when the harness
ing of Niagaras energy was first undertaken
Mr Lantitiyfc racing establishment at
Regal Lodge Kentford Is only a small place
although most tenutlfully furnished and deel
orated Of all the racing boxes in ani
around Newuurktt there Is
not one that can
compurj In comfort and luxury with Mrs
Lsngtrya clacs
wv ft
CONTEMPORARY EDITORIALS
It 11 nl I llonmorallf
Washington Post
Tho Indianapolis News means to be fair
In Its treatment ot all quc3llons all par
tics and all factions It sets a high stand-
ard and generally lives up to It But Its
zeal in a good cnuso sometimes leads It
Into error Ono of the good things for
which tho News contends Is the gold
standard but the News Is often uncharlt
oblo to tho advocates ot free coinage In
speaking ot tho efforts of Hon W J Stone
democratic national
acting chairman ot tho
al committee to harmonize tho warring
factions in Kentucky tho Nows says
Thcro Is this to bo said and that is
nnd that
seltporpetuntlng
that schism Is
schism which has rent the
for tho great
democratic party In twain throughout the
country Mr Stuno nnd his friends aro
wholly responsible They forced on the
principle which was not demo
cratic party a made It tho test ot party loyilty
and by this action drovo out of the party
few cow
thousands ot men whounllko the
ards who Mincndcrcd their convictions
and abandoned the real party faith vvera
unwilling to support a doctrine that tnej
knew to bo both vicious and undem
0tn this tlmo when
n Is quite In order at
effortB are being made to reunite tho reg-
ulars and bolters of 1S3C to restudy the
history of tho great schism It Is nut
true that tho colnago plank ot the Chl
cigo platform of lSDtS was or Is undomp
cratlc It Is a fact that a declaration for
tho gold standard would have been un-
democratic Was tho flat money plank ot
tho democratic plaform of 186S undemo-
cratic Did it create schism On tho con-
tra y was It not accoptod as the faith and
policy of the party Who looking nt that
tenet of the democratic creed ot 1SCS will
ventuto to assort that free coinage of sil-
ver nt tho old ratio was heresy In 180C
For twenty years prior and up to 1SDG
tho democratic party In all the reliably
democratic States had been stoutly con-
tending for free coinage On every possi-
ble occasion a majority of democrats In
congress voted lor fteo coinage Thero
never was a mcro conslsten record of tho
fidelity of a party to a cause than Is pre-
sented by that long list of roll calls in
congress showing a majority of tho demo-
crats In both houses havo been uniformly
for the free nnd unlimited colnago of bath
gold and silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 In
nominating Mr Cleveland for a second
term In splto of his well known opposi-
tion to silver the democratic party made
a surrender of principle anil as Is usual
In such casestho punishment came In the
shapo of party demoralization and disrup
tion When the silver majority In 1S05
forced freo colnago Into tho platform It
simply declared for tho doctrine that had
succeeded tho giccnlnck tenet of 1SCS and
had been for twenty years growing In the
confidence of tho democratic masses It
thcro Is any use In parties If they aro not
n fraud nnd a menace they mu3t bo rep
lescntntlves ot the principles and policies
In which they believe When there ara
disputes tho majority must decide V r
tho majority In 1890 to have surrendereJ
to tho minority would have been a base
nbandonment of tho fundamental demo-
cratic Idea
Old Issues arc changing and new Issues
are arising from year to year Settlod ls
faties aro dropped and new ones aro taken
up in Natlonnl platforms The tribunal
that decides what Is democratic what Is
republican or what Is popullstlc doctrine
Is tho Nntlontl convention It therefore
the free coinage declaration of 1S96 had
been a now Issue instead of well estab-
lished democratic policy a majority vote
In tho Chicago convention would have suf-
ficed to put it into the creed and make It
democratic
No man Is bound to vote against his
convictions Tho egress of a political
homo Is br freo of access ns the Ingress
But a democrat or a republican or a
member of nny other party who bolts ma
Jot ity decisions has no right to charge
tho majority with Infidelity Whatever a
majoilty of the democratic convention putB
Into tho declaration of faith Is democratic
Tho Post has no doubt that many of tho
democratic bolters will return to tho fold
and It our Indianapolis contemporary will
watch tho returning wanderera we ven
turo to predict that It will find them hum-
bly accepting the dictates of the majority
against which they rebelled four years
ago
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IiiimiiiIIn < s Afler tilt Tress
Irish World
Tho Imperialists having captured tho
republican party are employing the re
eourccs of that polltlcnl organization for
tho purpose of famlllarUing tho public
with the policy of Imperialism Thoy
bavo begun by trying to capture tho press
by furnishing It with extremely cheap
reading matter Hero Is tho bait with which
they hopo to catch editors
To Editor
Republican Literary Bureau Wash
ington D C Room 6 Qlover Build-
ing Dear Sir Please And below col-
umn of political paragraphs which I
should bo pleased to have you ex-
amine and see If a regular weekly
servico would not bo useful to you
I wll supply you this matter at the
nominal rate of 25 cents per week
with the explicit agreoment not to
furnish It to any other paper in your
city
If you desire make a trial ot it for
ono month Very truly yours
Guy E Mitchell
These polltlcnl paragraphs that cost
only a quarter of a dollar a week aro in
tended to bolp on imperialism Tho
reader finding them in tho noivspapor ho
Is accustomed to read ha3 no suspicion
that they aro furnished by tho Republican
Literary Bureau On the princlplo that
n drop of wnter constantly falling on a
stone will wear it away It Is hoped that
this quarter of a dollar column read week
after week will liubuo tho minds of thou
sands of readers with Imperialistic views
It Is a olovor schemo to mould publlo
opinion in favor of tho most uuAraerlcan
policy that any political party has ever
attempted to foist upon tho country
+ + +
Dont Worrlc Alimit the Lr i Iiitors
Beaumont Journal
General mnnagers of Texas railroads are
lu Resslon nt Galveston today to consider
the freo pass feature of the antirebate
law Undor this law the railroads say
thoy nro prohibited from furnishing trans
portation except for value received This
will cut shippers from the dead head pas-
senger list and newspapers will bo fur
ulshed transportation only in exchange for
actual advertising The newspapers will
not complain of this arrnngomant hut
what about county commissioners county
officials city officials senators represen
tatives and Stato officials In what man
nor or method will they pay for free
passes Cortalnly tho railroads do not
lutond striking from the dead head list
this class of very lmportnnt citizens
Tito Devil Located
Uvaldo Loader
Tho nblo lawyer Is coming In for hit
share of abuse nnd Is probably nqt un-
deserving But tho press and the peoplo
go a little loo far In charging him up with
ail the criminals turned loose on a so
callod suffering public The lawyer would
p
s v
HOUSTON DAILY POST WEDNESDAY MORNING AUGUST 10 1899
Some KlRiircR thnt Tnlk
From the Verdict
It took nineteen millions to put
McKlnlcy where he Is They say
if uceds crowds ho can havo forty
millions eighty millions all ho
will to gain a second term Their
war plans are laid nndi raado
They will waste nolther tlmo nor
trcasuro on tho individual votor
But registration is to bo bought
for election day Judges are to bo
purchased Thoy will not chango a
Bryan vote With registration
wide enough as counts proceed
McKlnlcy ballots will bo furnished
by thousands to ovcrcrecp and top
tho utmost Bryan expression
Thats what was done In 90 Bry-
an was elected then Jor to de-
feat him did they count him out
The black Ilannnltcs won by tho
simpler system of counting McKln
ley In It mado less noise offered
a narrower foothold to attack Out
of curiosity it not for your Instruc-
tion look to this In 1S92 Cleve-
land won four years later Bryan
lost Yet bend a glance to theso
tables and somo glint nt tho frauds
which put McKlnlcy vvhero ho Is
may tbon be glimpsed Here nro
tables to show In sundry States the
Cleveland voto which succeeded
and tho Bryan vot03 which found
defeat
1S92 1S90
Illinois 420281 461523
Ohio 404115 477107
Indiana 262740 306200
Michigan 202296 237251
Iowa 196SC7 223741
California 11829S 141706
Kentucky 1754G1 217890
Minnesota 100920 139735
West Virginia S41C7 02927
Doesnt that apeak trumpet
tongued of fraud Tho samo sablo
plot In every lino which bore down
Bryan In 1S96 Is to be relied on In
1900 Thoro will bo a shoreless
ocean of money to bring McKlnloy
through Why shouldnt the money
go As mero Investment without
honor or conscience dollars could
not find a fatter richer destiny
bo foolish did ho not tako advantage of
every point of law In the interest of his
client Tho States nttornoy Is supposed
to know his business Como right down to
brass tncks and the Jury is responsible
for every guilty criminal that doc3 not
get his Just rowanl Tho Jury render
verdict according to law and ovidenco and
It they do tholr duty tho lawyer la holploss
Give tho devil his dues
TEVVS KYClIVNiJn GOSSI1
Terrell Index A publisher has offered
Rudyard Kipling 1000 for a poem of eight
lines Thero aro good ablebodied poets
In nearly every town in Texas who would
do tho work at a much smallor figure
Yoakum Herald If Texas can cot a fow
doses of lion tonic from ber mines sho
will bo nil tho better for It and Just think
ot tho peoplo it will give employment
provided State convicts are not employed
Nacogdoches Phone > We havo bad a
world ot solicitation from our country
friends to start a weekly paper We havb
the matter under consideration but It
takes a lot of money to start a good weekly
paper which the aforesaid article we halnt
got Just at this writing
El Paso Times Unless this threering
circus business is stopped we will become
a nation of rubbernecks Thero Is Otis in
the Philippines tho Dreyfus trial at
Rcnnes and tho Georgia populist circus all
going on at once Ring down the curtain
on Otis until tho continuous performance
In France and tho mtddlepftheroad act
In Georgia are over
Morgan News Whenever the Toxas leg
islature gets tired of routine busiucss It
goes on an excursion to Galveston or
amends the Sunday law It finds a great
pleasuro in closing little lemonade stands
Did anyone ever hear of the Austin law-
makers presenting a bill to prevent rail-
ways and street car lines from operating
on Sunday Of courso not Their pockets
aro full of passes
Goliad Guard Fortythreo years ago
Goliad had a city government and a fully
organized common council to look ntter
tho affalis of tho town a flourishing male
nnd female college at which wero edu-
cated many of our prominent citizens
Contrasted with present conditions wo
candidly admit that tho present inhabi-
tants do not show tho progressive spirit
of tholr honored sires
thxas iiusss CLiprixas
Cisco RoundUp Thoro wero days of
old that tried mens souls but these be
days less trying unless perchance ones
mind be afflicted with pessimism
Brcnhnm Banner Texas Is not so much
Interested nbout the qunntlty ot Immi-
grants that reach her shores as she Is
about the quality Sobo
Athens Review There has already been
more fruit sold in and shipped from Ath-
ens than wo thought In tho spring would
bo raised In tho county and stilt it comes
Alvctrado Bulletin Tho pistol toter Is
now up for discussion generally Ho has
dono n great deal of damage In a physical
way to say nothing of tho money ho has
cost tho Stato Ho should to Induced to
quit business
Alvin Sun Some men engage In tho
newspaper business to further their per-
sonal political aspirations somo to display
tholr verbosity and others to assist In
tho upbuilding of tho country Tho Sun
claims to be numbered among the lattur
wo havo no political ax to grind
PnrlB Advocate The threatened short-
ness of the cotton crop dont icaro tho
farmers and business men 1ko It did
formerly They have learned that Lamar
county can grow and sell other things
besides cotton
Qunnah Observer If It should be
deemed best to retlro Otis from tho Phil-
ippines on the Installment plan In order
to avoid tho creation ot an enormous hole
wo would respectfully suggost that his
head be removed first By this means his
legs which hnvo already acquired the
sprinting habit could be depended on to
save tho government for the transportation
cxpouso
A Jlvo XevvHiiniKT
Palestine Press
The Press greets Its readers this morn-
ing with an eightpago sevencolumn Sun-
day paper containing as good syndicate
servico as will bo found in any paper In
Texas Besides we havo a very Interest-
Ing Chicago letter that will ho enjoyed
hy all our readers a good local paper and
the important Associated Proas telegr
news ot the hour Othor Improvements
will bo mado as rapidly as experienced
newspaper help can be secured and our
new material arrives
Only Unit Molt
Blum Herald
The editor has a nice spotted pup bait
Pordon setter and half bull dog The
animal Is smart and lovable and will be
elvon to tho first one who applies for htm
who promises to treat him well Hu will
make a smart and useful dog to anybody
who needs him He Is a great lover ot
chickens First come first served
SOME VIEWS K
t 1L2
Washington Autut
The people
ot lb
I thought that ho S
longed to the linked
S that tho Filipino U
wet
Snndmanyotthe
I over there on that Xffiffi fl
ot fact tho Unltcd St
ony over J
1 to no right to U tiZJfflb
President McKlnlcy la SW
atltutlon every day I
gun to bo fired a mil
to light hcre that p >
department does not put ts
pretatlon on our treaty iiv
attitude toward tho Fiilpi
China on th0 assumption
refused to sell horse to thsM
on tho ground that vher Sl
of war is attributed to tbj
m
put by tho
state departtn Vi
terms ot our ncqult0a J
Spain If tho sovercljaly 0f IrJL
States over the Phll g
were held by this goveran
Pletoly established a th W
Pie have been led to belit vi
ta
to tho United States on tki Si
thoy were contraband otwrsSfl
tantamount to the recodtloa ffij
Hgcrency ot the FllpinM
over understands as certalictWjil
governments do that Us ottffil
Filipinos as recognized b7 uTs
partment IsnoiwhsttnsAtt l
generally regard It
+ + +
Tho American soverelntyomuJtij
pplncs according to thcJattqeaSJI
tho Spanish
peace treaty br theWi
partment is
not yet complet taR
not bo until
congress hiswtiiL
on that question By th > i Jl
treaty Spain ceded or rthSuAl
the United States hersovercLKj
Philippines but this So S
ng to official Interpretation Si
tho mero ratification ot the trearV tJ
nbsenco of further
action br
u
tnko completo possession of tthi
elgnty Article IX ot the treatr 1
makes cession of tho
Philippine b
Islands provides with nUmttii
assumption ot this Bovertliotj fi
United States that the ctrll M
political status ot the naths tim
of tho territories hereby ccJeTu
United
States shall be determlaidb
gresb This Is lnterpretedttoBeu
the United States does not aimsi t >
ploto sovereignty until conpea 1m
legislation taken tho PhlllpptoB ha
dominion of tho United SutettJt
should congress take other sctlu t
this tho sovereignty of theCnlWSa
would never be completely establtiheie
tho Islands
Under the rules of Intermtlotilltt
the decisions of tho highest courtiite
fer of sovereignty carries with Ittki
ginnco and citizenship ot all ulu > a
Inhabitants of the territory
+ + + if
But this government does notM
tho Filipinos have become citizens
United States and subject V > Its pti
for tho reason that the Eovertlptjl
torprcted to be Incomplete
In a circular letter to the CuMSi
consuls tho department lnetrcdeitkl
tlves of Porto Rico and Cull tfi
abroad be registered and that such
nltton bo given to them unoUcUSj
to American citizens This ww1
though their status wis etill ul
but even tho same sort ot protcctlm
not oxtended to tho natives ct tie f
pines the future determination < <
status being held to be morelafcsi
It Is known to China that this t
ment does not officially clslm a etw
established sovereignty over the JJ
pines nor the right to protect ft
natives while abroaa as citliem r
United States and it Is Interred W
mny bo Induced by this knoweJ
neutral attitude and cot to
sumo a
a gieattr degree ot authority to tli
eminent than Is officiallycIaImedlt
words wo did not take thePhliiJP
wo did Porto Rico and we live
to call tho natives of those
rebels when thoy have serer
undor the sovereignty of wiser
+ +
In that case what Is the shim
war over t
McKlnlcy in waging
against a people that we ourseltijH
tm
state department
opinion of tho
right to call citizens of this too
not under Its Jurisdiction or Jg
nnd therefore can not rebel sjvj
What right tbea I
authority
William McKlnloy to make g
strango and foreign PJjg ffl
consent of congress vvblchfU
declare war <
power that ran
The
In tho dispatch sent
It was stated that It toj
tho president to recommendti
messago to congress1 that WW prirW
given territorial rlghts snd
w W
Why
the
same rights In PWfjffi
outline to his cabinet nilaWww W
tho information was jobtalnel
Hon to ask the samo
Islands atelT iW
Pr M
Tho opinion VJb
grab China urM
events that dally occur n
this country ought to Im > rf w
true Inwardness of the bout
ministration very eooa
SOMEPOSTSCBIPT
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in England the ten bMiim
Parchment used on
from wolf skin
that o
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700000 u ZmV
Thero ore only W wj W
one to everv 3000 of tj
of an Jl
official Kccrd
proceedings The newest blllM ire rf
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and KZi
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