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HOUSTOV tVEDNDSDAY JAN 24
TWELVE PAGES
AS TO DRAINAGE
The coast country drainage convention
waa enlled together In Houston yesterday
resolutions were adopted a permanent or-
ganization perfected officers elected an
executive and a legislative committee
were provided for
Will the object desired be obtained No
work Is more important to South Texas
and the committees thus appointed should
realize that for the present at least the
work to be done and the results to be ob-
tained depend almost entirely on their
prompt and energotlc efforts
The laws which ara on tha statute bookn
hsvn not been tested and It remains for
the executlvo committee to promptlr act-
on the resolution adopted bv the conven-
tion rrovldlnic that an organiisil effort
bo made to Induce seme one county or
dlfitrlrt to proceed under the laws now
in effect with the construction of a drain
In order that the constitutionality of tho
law may be determined
It is decidedly uncertain that any more
affective measure can be adopted other
than a constitutional amendment and nt
best this is a matter that will require
considerable time If no contractor can
be found wllilnc to take tho risk those
In the district to be drained should con-
tract and do the work thus testing the
law and navlng to themselves tho profit
on the work Certainly this commlttrn by
actlvo effort can succeed In flndlns Home
one willing to undertake tho work on a
small acMle sufficient for the purpose
named
In tho meantime tho legislative comnitl
teo by carefnt study mty bo able to for-
mulate somn plan which through legis-
lative action will facilitate tho work
Nothlua can bo accomplished without
work and It Is not wlso to throw up our
hando awaiting romcthlnc that we hope
for In the dim future until wo have ct
haurted every effort under tho laws now
In effect
THR RtlHAT CANYIj
Th HepburnAIorgan Nicaragua canal
bill will certainly become a law during
the rraent session of congress Tho presi-
dent stands ready to sign it Speaker Hen
leraou Is strongly committed to it and a
poll of both homeB reveals a powerful ma
lority In Us behalf
This bill makes the construction and
swnershlp of the Nicaragua canal exclus-
ively a govcrnrnont affair There Is no
reason In good sense sound economics or
international law why It should bo other-
wise The proposition that this enter-
prise should fall to tho Joint ownership
of private or corporate concessionaires Is
dangerous and should not obtain Nor Is
tho proposition defensible on tho ground
that tho holdings of such concessionaires
would be so small as to preclude tho pos-
sibility of their having anything to do
with the control or operation of tho
canal The net proposition la simply that
tha government should be solo owner nnd
operator of the canal nnd sole recipient
of Its revenues This tho Hepburn bill
as already shown specifically provides for
Tho scope and oonsoquenco of tho canal
enterprise Is qulto apparent to our trans-
oceanic neighbors and they have oven
now nied a sort of quasi protest against its
exclusive control by tho United States
Not ono of these mild and prematura pro-
testors would assume tho responsibility
and outlay incident to the completion of
so stupendous an Undertaking except on
tho basis of unequivocal ownership and
control That they look with Jealousy
upon Ita prosecution by the world power
of the Western henilsphero Is quite na-
tural but that tbey can not find in tho
comity of cations any point upon
which to hang tenablo objection must be
as clear to them as it Is to tho American
Itepubllc
A nowspapers of most conservative tem-
perament and one which may be accepted
1 to voice British sentiment upon interna-
tional topics Is the London Morning Post
That paper says Wo shpuld deal In a
friendly way with the ministers at Wash-
ington with a view to securing equality
of access and use for he ships of all
powers We should ask for such form of
control as may be found necessary In or-
der to secure that equality ag3lnst all
chance of Infringement The principle of
frejf0 of accewi wi uly > ld down In
tbe Wayu > BrJ3ulwrtreat r and the Atner
V gsvernraent nd constructors no
t tt dj < ajit1sit tre < lrewn Interests in agreeing
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to general equality among all traders uh
ln tho canal
We have no objections to dealing with
our transatlantic cousin in a friendly way
in tho matter of tho Nicaragua canal
But while doing so our solicitous and af-
fectionate relative can hardly expect us
to build a canal connecting two oceans
at our own expense and then admit him
to lull partnership In Its commercial utili-
ties or to allow blm the use thereof at all
except Upon terms which we shall agree
upon to suit our own Interests
It Is rather late in the day to cite at
tentlon to the ClaytonIlutwer treaty
Great Britain has not been bound by ltj
provisions heretofore any more than Groat
Britain has been usually bound by any
treaty the Ignoring or abrogation of which
was deemed necessary to tho accomplish-
ment of National designs
If the BulwerClaylon treaty stands in
the way of government control of the
Nicaragua canal cancel it by mutual
agreement If possible It not possible
then abrogate it anyhow The Idea that
absolute control especially In time of war
of an enterprise llko this promoted and
pushed ta completion at stupendous cost
should not lodgo In the government that
constructs It is preposterous nnd will re-
ceive no favor In this country
THE KXTIlA SESSION MESVMSIO
The governors message to the extra scs
slon of tha Twentysixth legislature deal-
ing exclusively with tho tax commissions
report la a thoughtful earnest instruc-
tive state paper No Impartial mind can
leave Its perusal unimpressed with the
sincerity and honesty of purpose which
are the distinguishing quality of the doc-
ument and controlling motives of its
author
Legislative attention is called to the fact
that the legislature by way of redeeming
a party pledge created tho tax commis-
sion and definitely charged It to report a
bill designed to securo an exhaustive
and equitabla assessment of nil tuxes
This the message concludes was manda-
tory and thcreforo tho commissions re
port finished after months of patient
investigation is now eubmlttod with tho
recommendation that with such changes
as the legislative body may deem proper
It do pass
It Is quite clear that the tax commis-
sion is satisfied with the product of its
labor and that it It be not accorded gen-
erous treatment the penalties and respon-
sibilities therefor must fall exclusively on
the Jaw making branch
Th message deals at length with tho
necessity nnd difficulty attendant upon
the Imposition of an equitable and uniform
tax on personal properly tangible and
intangible and asks what peculiar quail
ties are possessed by notes bonds and
mortgages that they should be exempt
from th support of th government Tho
proposed measure attempts to reach thla
class of property If It shall do so with-
out going beyond th m to the hurt of in-
dividuals who do not own this claai of
personal property but that must deal
with the class thatdocs the commission
will have won a moU doslrablo icsult
and In that miccesi alone compensated
th StHtn for tho DOSt of a dozen axtri
session
llnllio4ds are treated to an exhaustive
review and the argument Is made thnt In
the rendition nt their physical properties
for luxation to tho State and countits
liferent penrtiatod or traversed b5 thnin
a reduced nnd uneven valuation Is resortod
to whllo In Injunction proceeding where
they undertake to vtlabllbh their rlphtful
earning they insist that their tariff
schedule should be adjusted so ns to nllow
auftlulMu returns to pay operating cx
penseet reasonable profilR on construction
txUlpm nt and fixed Interest on bonded In-
debtedness This featuro of the proposed
measure may bo accepted ns Its storm
conter The governor and his associates
of the lax commission are fortified with
Hutments made by the railroads ns to the
valtio of their properties when considered
with reforenco to tariff schedules an
against Hutments that appear on tho as-
sessment rolls when they coma to doat
with the State and counties as well as
by tha valuations put upon railroad mile-
age and equipment by the railway com-
mission On the other hand the railroads
may bo expected to fight upon the proposi-
tion that present tariffs uro Justifiable
because thero aro miles of road In the
State traversing unproductive territory
nnd that It would work a hardship on
trunk systoms carrying dead weight to bo
taxed In tho samo rntlo with systems thnt
do not contend ngalnst such drawbacks
Whntovcr properly Is worth for tho pur
poso of Incorao and sale It Is also worth
for taxation seems to bo tho rule by which
the tax commission has been controlled In
its departures from that part of Its roport
which does not dlroctly appertain to taxes
Imposed by existing laws and with whloh
the commission docs not interfere
It Is significant that the commission ad-
mits thnt by reason of constitutional In-
hibitions it could not attain a plan for
such equitable and uniform taxntion na tha
law creating it contemplated that It should
devise aud that It hoped to dovUe On
this subject the governor says
For myself I do not iKiltaie to say that
were It not for certain constitutional reatrlo
tlons as to the method of assessing nnd col
lecting taxes a much better bill could havn
been prepared oilo that would bavo most
probably been more sutlefactory to the leg
Iilaiure and to tha people As an amend-
ment to the constitution can not be submitted
at the orestnt session It will be necensary u
refer mare particularly to thoso rentrlctloos
But whatever obstacles the constitu-
tion has preseuted the fact rcmalue that
the commission if it has not produced a
fair Impartial and uniform tax bill has
made nn Invaluable contribution to State
economic literature and paved the way for
an eventual measure that will make cor-
poration and Individual bear their propor
tlouute and just share of the burdens of
government Inferring again to difficul-
ties In the way of a satisfactory system the
governor pertlnentlr adds
I slve to the bill an earnest indorsement
as the best that can probably b framed
under the constitution of the State The
resnenslbllltv is now with tho JexIMature to
dotermlnt whether It will Brcept It or wheth
r l will devise anotbef system thsi Mil
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HOUSTON DAILY POST WEDNESDAY CORNING JANUARY 24 1900
more Imuortaut work could not he under
taktn nor one tliat if wisely fesrtesily and
Impartially performed win bring more r > r
manrnt and substantial btnnt to alt II
nhoild bo dona and welt done
Th Chlraco Chronicle makes an Interest-
ing correction In the following statementof
fact
It baa been claimed that the Kuxilsh in
the Transvaal are righting for the rights for
which tbo Americans fought at Lexington
and Hunker Hill Nothing farther from
fact could be Invented The Americans
fought for separation of the colonics from
Great Britain that they might become self
governing The Ultlanders In the Trans
vaal claim that tbey bave tho right to a
vole In Us government without giving up
thoir British alleglsnce Tho difference Is
vital Had tho Dutch republicans yleldod
to the Insolent and unprecedented demand
of Chamberlain nnd the gold grabber the
domestic Independence of tbu republic would
hav been undermined and betrayed In a few
years Tbo Ultlanders want to rule tho
Transvasl not as citizens of a freo repub-
lic but ss subjects of irent Britain
Amcrlcsn who bav read tho history of
their own country who know the sacrifices
their forbears made to detach themselves
and their republic from the British crown
can not fall to admire and appreciate the
heroin struggle of the Boers for political and
civil liberty
The Boers heroic struggle for political
and civil liberty Is admired and appreciated
In this country and would find official ex-
pression but for th policy of militarism and
conquest born all of a sudden to the National
administration
Dont let that Ssmoan treaty get lest In
the shuffle
Of courie Secretary Cage cant be held
blamable for the simple1 act of having re-
ceived an epistle calling bis attention to tho
fact that a certain bank was possessed of
directors who bad very liberally contributed
to the republican campaign fund In 1806 and
that lbs bank would prefer not to bo for-
gotten In th distribution of any favors that
the government had to bestow in the way
of selecting depositories for government gold
Ob no The ugly feature of the transaction
is in the significant after consequence repre
tented In tho peculiar circumstance that the
bsnk submitting this little reminder was more
favored by tho secretary than was any other
bsnk chosen among the list of government
depositories
British progress towards Ladysmlth appears
to have quit progressing
The Tost will not engago In n war of vi-
tuperation and personnl abuso with tho
mayors organ The Post has never yet de-
scended to the level of such journalism and
never will but the mayors organ may us
well understand right now that Tho To < t-
will call It down upon questions of fact re-
lating to this campaign The mayors organ
tins long had Immunity In Its reckless state-
ments about men and things In this com-
munity because no 0110 has considered It
ns It Is understood to apeak for the city ml
ministration now It Is neccaiary tbat It
should be held to sirlct accountability In any
case where the Interests of the people are nt
stake
The Boers are In for It Iludysrd Kipling
has sailed for gouth Africa
Count Castcllane won notoriety In Amsrlea
by marrying nn American helrss Sinee
that lime on the occasion of the Grand Prix
In Patls he acquired Rome additional uotorlo
ty by a hysterical manifestation In favor of
n eertnln party who would lll < o to overthrow
Tho British linn officer presents a shining
mnrk to tho nnrr sharpshooter
Tho report of the Nlcaragunn ranil ron
striietton rommittco says In dlartissliiK the
canal finm n military standpoint Ioarl
hnrhor In Hawaii and the
Wonder If the leglslatute w ll he as rrompt
to adjourn as It was to assemble
Mr Clark Howell of thn Atlanta Constitu-
tion Is wasting a quantity of unnecessary
ammunition on these fellows who bavo per-
sisted in misinterpreting bis Buffalo speech
There la no use shooting lyddite shldls at n
gsng that bolsters up Ita cause by quoting
what somobody el has said or by ralsrepre
sentlng those who hno not spoken to suit
Its views
Even the English have come to experience
tome respect for Oom Pauls whiskers
The Duke of Marlborough la en route to
South Africa to assume Iho position of staff
captain of the Imperial yeomanry now being
recruited for service We have never be-
grudged au American holress to the duke
of Marlborough He is n Kallant gentleman
and wp hopo the Boer sharpshooters will miss
him
We dont object to a neutral Nicaragua
canal uuder absolute American control
The people of Houston know who It was
that put tho schools In rolltlcs and all ot
tho facta connected with tbat wretched trana
action will come out in good time
The mayors organ Is tearing Its hair snd
spitting venom which means that the galled
Jades continue to wluce
The city administration ought to feel rea
sonably happy now that the Mark Hanna
McKlnley organ ot this city has come valiant
ly to Ita rescue
AiiydiliiU to Atlwuifu n i
Pittsburg Dispatch
It is n remarkable fact that while tbu
special organ of iho navy department la
the attack on Schley la
persistently reit-
erating the charge that ho showed coward
ice In action and has committed false
hood n tho controversy and while Samp
son s assertion of reprvhennible conduct
published by tho department has never
been retracted the secretary ot the navy
proposes to congress to create two Vlte
admiral positions ono of which will bo
Riven to Schley provided It Is agreed
that Sampson shall havo the senior com
mission
In other words it appears that the
tiavy
department is willing not only as It has
done to advance from the rank of com
rnodore to that of rear admiral n man
against whom It has published the charge
ot reprehensible conduct and ajanst
iom Its organs are with Its connivance
repeating the charge of cowardice and
falsehood but to further advance him
from the rank ot rear admiral lo tbat
of vice admiral H n willing to Inflict
what according to the assertions of Its
mora completely conform to Hs i wt m > own Prll ns would be a dlsgrareVn th
positively d cleorh4 express In the act > I order that therehy It may ad
matins the tax rorflralsaton A oobler or vane Its own favorite l
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SOME VIEWS AT WASHINGTON
BY 0 A BDWARDS
Washington January 20 fStaff Special
rJtark Manna not mad the other day be-
cause tho newspaper men did not take him
as seriously ns he desired them lo and
made thr remark that as he was a sena-
tor of tho United States he ought lo bs
treated with more respect and considera-
tion by tho press of tho country If he is
really desirous of receiving that kind of
treatment then ho ought not to indulge in
Jokes Ho has announced that the re-
publican National committee Is In need of
funds simply because he Is after that
100000 promised o tho committee by the
people of the city of Philadelphia In order
to got that convention Everybody here
knows that air Hanna is merely indulg-
ing In a Joke when he says that the com-
mittee needs money They have all tbo
money they want anij can get an unlimited
supply so long as the republican partj
continues to give the Eastern peoplo and
the banks and the trusts what they want
In the way of legislation The fact how
ovor that Mr llnnna s pressing the peo-
ple of tho city of Philadelphia for that
little sum promised for the convention Is
causing tho people over there to do some
thinking on tho subject and they have
como to the conclusion tbat It tbo con-
vention la to be nothing more than a mere
ratification mooting that they will not bo
ablo to rcet their money back nnd they aro
not walking up to the captains desk and
paying ns promptly as they promised they
would do if they got the convention
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This fact is responsible for all the late
rumors concerning the candidate for vlc
president on the republican ticket Tha
republican managers saw that they would
have a hard time collecting this money
unless they gave It out tbat there was to
ho Home sort of a scrap In tho convention
over one of tho places and they have given
It out that some good Western man may-
be chosen ns McKlnloys runuing mate
This has been tho occasion for all sorts
of booms for all sortB of republican all-
over tho West Nearly every State has
come to tho front with a favorite son
which shows how farcical tho suggestion
is and also how transparent Is tho game
You can put It in your pipe that when the
tlmo comes Mr McKlnloy will name the
man who Is to go on tha ticket with him
nnd he will be n Now York mnn and his
name will be Bliss I got that tip from u
man who is as close to Hanna and Mc
Klnloy ns any mnn can possibly get nnd
ho told mo to play Bliss for a suro win
worth while to challenge such statements but i > er and 1 am Kolng to do It
The republican party needs New York
money and banks in Its business and It
is not overlooking any bets no matter
how small they may appear Piatt linn
managed to sidetrack Teddy Roosevelt nnd
Root and is now miking n bluff nt mip
porilng tho Hon Timothy Woodruff simply
beeatiFo ho bns < nowc work that he wunls
Tim to perform As noon as he has cinched
that work ho will throw Tim so hard ho
will pop like a now saddle and then ho
will come out for tho man who 1ms born
agreed on Play Bliss to win
When little gentle fighting Joe Wheeler
llll tho vacancy ills admitted thnt len
oral Wheeler wlllhavo no troubln In helntt
harbor ot 8m
limn In Puerto nico aro lhc true military j nB nml lp PMVlded ot rourso that he
defence of the rannl Bgnlnst attack by Kuro
penn or Aslntle paw ore nnd they istvr a-
more secure protection to It eastern and
Western outlets thun any fortresses however
utrong that < i bo located at or near Its con-
nection with tho sea
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF
Z From tho New York World
2 Have the republican leaders In congress lost their senses Have they
forgotten the hlttory of past scan dais that they think they cant drop the
Gege matter by stlfilng further investigation
Wo advise Speaker Henderson floorloadcr Payne and other congressmen
Babcock and Belknap and
remember
men who are pursuing this course to
Robeson and Landaulot Williams and Alger and Eagan Let them recall
i the hUtory of tho Credit Mobtller the whisky ring and the embalmed beef-
S contracts Did not the accused in all theio cases first deny then excuse then
court investigation then come lo trial and then gosomo to oblivion other
to tho penitentiary
J History Is now repeating itself with this difference Instead of denying 0
the charges of favoritism to nn odtou s and dangerous monopoly Mr Gago ad-
o mlts the fact and ingenuously furnl shes from his correspondence letters
2 which prove the case to be worse than charged
Yet when Mr Richardson after describing the custom house transaction
as an Impeachable offense asked Mr Hopkins if thl3 was dealing properly
2 with trust money of the United Sta tes the republicans rushed blindly to
the defense of tho Indefensible
campaign aud how It shall be conducted
and whether or not our scant money sup-
ply should bo squandered In a vain at-
tempt to perform tho Impossible
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It Is understood here that one of the
Iblngn that Bryan will discuss here today
with tho lenders of Iho party will bo a
chairman of the next National conven-
tion and the right man for the position
It Is believed that some man who has a
teutonic name will bo selected as a con-
cession to the GermanAmerican people
who aro all or nearly all in revolt against
th administrations expnnslon policy
This will presago nn attempt to sitnmpedo
the vote of the Oermnns as a whole to the
democratic party In the next clectlou on
the expansion Issue
If this Is done then the chances of thn
city of Milwaukee capturing tht next con-
vention will bo very much enhanced aa
that city Is looked upon as the typical
German city of tho cjuntry
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There Is every Indication hero that Sen-
ator Koraker Is preparing to cause tho
White House ging some morn sleepless
nights nnd a cinslderablo bunch of bother
The trouble is brewing over the Pom
Rlcan legislation that l now pending Mn
Klnley Is strenuously insisting on framing
a governmental structure In Iho Island
which will give him the distribution of
all the patrunagp from governor down la
tho very smallest office On tho other
the republic of France nnd relnaugurate the rflll l win the Philippine Islands lo hand Senator Kornkor Is Insisting on tbo
old monarchist regime Now hi bounds into ok his seat in congress he may run up 1 0Ptlim ot hls proposition to allow the
rVmerlean notice agdTn ns the loeer ot a paltry
four millions on thn French hourse The count
Mill Afford these little diversions slnco they
eost him nothing and rontrlbutr xn mucn
Iileiisur to tbo millionaire damsels of th
effete Kast whofe ambitious mammas have
not yet succeeded In rapturing 1 title for lal fnut lo lhc s H f cHon of every mom
thelr charming daughters
>
oro Rlcnns to rlert members both
against a blgsnog lfheean show that of
iramIM nt th > u ugisUt prescribing
ho resigned from tho army beforo the
fumbling of rongrcs tt on December I there
will probably he 110 opposition to hla talc
ing his scat but It ho can not demonstrate
brr of the house then tho speaker will re
fuse to swear him In anil tho governor of
Alabama will bn cqmprllcd to declare tjie
scat viicant nnd order a new election to
for tho voters an educational and prop
crty qualification In other wnrls all
votern must ho able lo n nd either Eng
lish or Spanish and niuM show that he
has paid as much nn Jlru In taxes It
Is understood that Governor General Da-
vis Is opposed to the preslrirnto plan ot
Appointing the members of the Porto
lllrin legislature also that Secretary Root
Is much ptrascd with Scnntor KorakerH
plan mill has so expressed himself 1
have before remarked Koraker is n light
er from Iho bend waters of hitter ernk
rrelcrttvl If ho vitnts to entno luck but J nn fining to have his way In this
that ho will have to do if ho wants lo sit T knock out the president s pi
lid not resign before congress met There
Ik no sort of disposition hero on the part
of the democrats to give tho little general
any unnecessary rouble They all love
him but tbey cun not afford to establish
tho kind of r precedent that would if fol
lowed give the president tho power nt any
tlmo to till the house full of volunteer
brigades and rarry through any measure ho
desires It Is believed hero that General
Wheeler has nt laRt scon through thn game
th administration haR been playing with
him and has concluded to takn out his
stack of chips and quit Thr general has
simply been nulling administration chest-
nuts out of the llro something that every
body but tho general snw months ngo and
It was really pathetic to see tho way this
bravo and gentlo soul was being used for
tfonagc plan or grt all bloody In be at
tempt He has no roanon to love tho ad
recently
said ho favored the acquisition ot desirable
terr tory they represent him ns wanting to
Malrt tbo Philippines neenuse he said h
would be Bind to cr any people anywhere
wbo are qualified for citizenship udmltted to
Iho westings of the American republic they
represent him ns favoring colonization There
nothing in Mr Bryans
expression that
tno
nn ndmiuls 1 r n be fairly construed a faintly approving
tratlon that Is rapidly becoming a stench I MB a < ulllon of far away icrrltory or the
In tho nostrils of all decent people The I 0rllhi < governing ot subject people He
friends of General Wheeler have Just cause 0JSJ JlFlV l lhr ministrations
iZi to lllM h iaS nt rcned his j E Trth l XrV X
ministration nnd when he gets on his feet
there will be some ground tore up in
tho hmalo
More power lo his elbow
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS
Republican papers aro alarmed and demo
cratic espansionlst papers are rejoiced at
what they Imaglno Is Mr llryan rhaug
> f front 011 the much > exed Philippine prob
lem Because the
democratic lender
eyes truth I thought ho will b < as far from It next No
would have to live a minute In the realm
ot Pluto This visit of Bryan
may fix matters up so that
very little opposition so far
carrying them can win 1 simply submit
this proposition for the d mr mt o t the
South and West to think over Tbey vtll
h v something to ay about th next
umber as ho Is today It is not yet dmon
If as stated former Governor Hogg is firatc tho l ta Philippine archinMtto op ny 5 fnlr deslrablo mind
to b0 tho traveling companion of Colontd j territory nor that the Filipinos ar pa
Bryan on his Eastern tour then ho may
have another chnnco to smnsh a Vuu
Wyck boom Thero Is every indication
that one ta again growing in Now York
Although Mr Croker has given out his
nllcglnuce to Bryan In newspaper inter-
views yet htj la absent now from New
York and thore seems to bo a disposition
on tho part ot many ot the Tammany peo-
ple to break loose from tho expressed
wishes of the boss and start another boom
for Van Wyck They dont like Bryan on
account ot his sliver views and 1 have
said so a great many times
They want another man if they can get
him nnd thoy want other Issues to domi-
nate the silver Issue In the next cam-
paign The first evidence of this lies in
the fact that they have relegated tho sllvor
man in tho New York delegation in con
gross to the rear nnd placed a gold man
on the congressional campaign ctuuinli
tee Amos Cummlngs was beaten nnd
young Jacob Uuppert a man who voted
with the gold men on the financial bill
tu the house was elected to the position
In direct opposition to the wishes of
Croker Thla means something and the
probability is tbat It means that the op
ble of American citizenship Ilut must tin
potlant of all Mr Bryan aud those who ante
vlb his vlow ii l
position to Bryan is open and boldly agl Tjler Courier
grcsslve in tho New York democracy Tq Yes if Governor Hogg cu
moans tbat the opposition to silver In the this soring there will be some on the stump w
Uast Is as strong as ever It wns and that I the governor will have no but
wo have about ns much show to carry New 1 tikiB wl ia the
York In the uext election as a snowball I
arc unnltatnblv oppoied lo
tho policy ot conquest and to the establish
mtnt of colonial government without tho
consent of the governed The ImprlaUtls
are grasping at straws Galveston Tribune
The attempt to make It appear that Mr
Bryan has changed front on the expansion
question Is of a piece with tbo persistent
effort to mlsconstruo and misrepresent everj
thing he says on public questions
4rf
Colonel James Stephen Hogg could aroku
some Interm in his proposed stumpspeaklni
tour over the State bv extending an lnvti
turn to the Hon Martin McNulty Crane of
Cleburne
to Join him It will be recalled
that Mr Crane shortly after his defeat for
the gubernatorial nomination In 189s was Ve
ported a declaring with significant eniqhsslS
that If ever lloga got before the public again
he would meet him on th stump aud show
up for tho delectation of the nubile a fw
of tho cxgovcrnors Inconsistences Mr
Crane a opportunity may shortly confront him
unless he has calrotd down In the meantime
and chnnaed hi ralndSan Antonio Dxpress
There you go trying to stir up a row among
the Texse democrats Is It Impossible to
appease your appetite for gore
ff +
If Governor Hogg gets on the tumn <
Texas In the campaign In the sprlrAt thS
nioole will hear some very plain
talk
+
hi L 0 TSffiv
ventjon is concerned In earrylng a the con Netv SSht tlV orTTtb hls m mus X S1 P
Jork delegation but what good will it do greyhounds The truth la the ener h0i sn Jhe
him or tbo democratic party Unless we
have a chance to carry the State next
November what Is the use ot spending
time and money trying to do m when we
have tt fighting chance to carry several of
the OentFal iv f SUte UH 1
rto
tunlty for bis own senatorial
What we want of these utemiPl
U owi
Idea as to how th ey ropist b
is Trl
1
W do know that the Trtnij
We1ern by iV opX bo Tuifi S tet
bad more the appearance of a rtoh 0i6 aIrllr
Herald
Ob Bailey said
yf tt dfi
Nicaragua canaL 1 lh
H sid Iht h
buildlst by th gorrrnment le i J
Tho World desired that this investigation bo made In a nonpartisan
0 way solely for the protection of tbo public welfare It preferred that the reso
J lutlon should be offered by an lnde Vendent republican rather than by a
Tammany man and a perslsteut self advortiser like Mr Sulzer But if tho
0republicans the disclosures
republicans after having Joined In bringing to light damning
already made not only defend Sccro tary Gage and his asjoclates but refuse
to pursue the Inquiry they can not blame tho democrats for making party
capital out of it
The matter is past hushing up There Is a whole arsenal of ammuni-
tion for a Bryan campaign In the fa cts already revealed The Evening Post
did not exaggerate In saying to tho gentlemen concerned in these painful af-
fairs that they could not have more directly contributed to Bryans election
If they had come out for him openly and given 100000 apiece to the demo-
cratic campaign fund Not all the democratic leaders combined eun do so
much to render nugatory the work of Mr McKlnleys secondterm syndicate
as tho republicans In congress are doing by their attitude toward this scandal
Whom the gods would dejtroy they first runko mad
pendent ot all contractors and every species
of Jobbery And by the way congress seems
to be aereelnc with Mr Ballev ns tho bill
whloh hn been reported and will pass Ig-
nores tho concessionaires whom Senator
Chilton In his Dallas speech said ought ta
be considered This showB at least ono
difference between Mr Bailey and Mr
Chilton
+ Tf
Houston is making an effort to securo thn
International nnd Orcnt Nortbrrn shdps and
will ask that they be removed from Palestine
Tyler Courier
Of iourse thev will ho removed Just for
tho asking Hut the fart Is there Is not n
urnln of truth In tho above lust becausi
Oeoree Gould during his reeent visit over
thn International snd firrat Northern con
descended to put his foot on Houston soil
a fart which he no doubt regrets a fool
reporter of Th Houston Post wrote a
wlndv about a possible contemplation of
tho removal of the shops from Palestine lo
Houston No doubt lher are some towns be
frides Houston who would tr pleased to seo
tlw rliaiigr hut teat easv brother the shops
are in Palestine to stav Palestine Visitor
Well The Post will nrorulso th Visitor
that Houston will not movo the shops hero
without the consent of the managers and
officers ot the road Now then Is that sat
isfactory
SOlllJ POSTJiCHIITS
The New York postofflee did a business
officers wives
nnd
strom has consented to sing
Br J vv Gregory
of the Natural Hlstorv
museum South Kensington has beep IZ
a
man
v < r K t V from Colby unl
° r WhCb SUtUton
PndVu a been
REJOINDER FROM fli
To the Editor of The Post 4
Washington D C JtnaJ
I have Just read in your >
Instant tho commuctcatioai
Chilton and It is a QUtsHsUi
with mo whether I ous l <
cause thers
are > thlrWV
do not seem to
be proper fi
public discussion between hr
for tbo UrtUd Stale
tormlned however to
revlj 1
part of tho senators camtmtlii
ing without any common MeJS
and conservative ataUmnVff
would have taken iiiaaUtfi
portunity to make
i
myself
and the equally graclou tsj J
norcd assertion that he
W
to make any reputation tJzH
Mr Balicy Nor will i ijffl
abore declaration that If L gg
ply that ho offered any MpS
he did not believe to be weVT
tho Insinuation Is absllutel < J
ther than to say that tbWa
denunciation aro
hardly
wo
aonators oxalted station p
sure Senator Chilton that
y < ht
teady Xo denunco one of aJ j
as false I will be ready Aj
an answer aa becomes a ifVi
man i
With thcao things aside I
main question which relates jj it
sago of tho bill approprfattn gjjfe
to out tho
carry treaty betwetaifit
Sacs and Spain The scaMp
an extract from tho i > p < m t ij
Worth debate in which I am lL
aa saying that the CongreM
j
shows
that bill passed bVaa
consent and he then pro ifb
mo iby saying itaat ivs
actually takcm
upon the questloaj jj
Chilton knows or it he < iocjiS
ho only man who has served t is
ate or In the house of repreies
during this generation who asei 31
that bills arc never passed by sni
ecmnent Tbey aro frcqueouyirij
by unanimous consent bureteSi
that Is done the veto IS alwaystsi
though in such cases there are g a
no negative votes Thlj prafjuVS
understood by every man hdbiii
served In congress and coaiefej >
wan reported with abssiuts twin
saying tha the bll wui passed By 1
rnsus consent Instead of utdt a
rrous consent evtrybody vtbctufii
with the pnccedlngj of csngmj li
that my statement meant tjndjfi
tho Record shows Senator CMm
tempted In the very debate from i
port ot which he quotes to maVIsi
that I was mistaken In tuyjog tjw
bill
passed by unanimous consist
I hero Interrupted him tide trl
actly tho ame explanation th ll
given above
Not only decs the senators cosm
Hon entirely fall to establish thefir
I was mlKttksii In tho statpmtn Ir
during our Kcrt Worth dsbalettfi
strongly emphasizes a sUttiaeii
of IHMfwflprt in l < j9an Incrcaso of S per mlAo jn my fler l ° Mr Hirdj
lent over 1S0S i in lhat lcttr that When a tcali
Inlted tinieo m 1 1 the hcuso or of the penatefjopjiii
1PIJ ° fMI bri bill which appropriates jm ond aI
horn fom Cub tho 1 bodies of
soldiers who
GOOOOO ho ought to say so in lAsi
fell in tho war with Spain 1
ncr as Xo lcaVo no roora cr j
The venerable
part of the Tower of Lon inlbld nbut ills action st lit
don known ns tho Bloodv Tower Is under not to compel himself to supplj i
going considcrablo tepalrs I testimony whn tho Rccora ooift
More than 3d applications for pensions should contain That I wa3 eni
havo ben filed by members of the Seventy rect inls vlcw s mio mi
first New York legiment tu fact tnnt Senator rpluoti p
The oldest consul of the United stHie in llls communication to The PmH >
J flcm Senator llison wh rejWa
rontinuoui service is im t J
who ikcW Z SnKUC b an charge of it In wtfei
if Tvl aar lu 1SIS nir republican scnato showj
1 on Health board computes tho population unable to remember how ScaalorOf
of New
Urk aa being 3S3O053 as against1 voted < 4
1131Sl in ISPS raln of 111151 j Another point ot importance Ufa
A steamship was loadlug at Philadelphia Chiltons communication Is tlsr sta
last week with ronl for Genoa This ta said that ha lld not obJ 1 < 8 WB
to be tho first coal shipment to Italy consent for the consideration olhi
About tOO acts of Christmas inrdsthat is
because ho know ho could not < d >
naced unoa markct J
overy year by om f
to Senator Chiltons ossertloatM
ilio number of men composing tho bands cculd not have prevented ths tW
In the British army exclusive of those In ot that bill because It was refW
the militia and veomanrv and volunteers Is ho committee as hts stales ta
upward of w < of March ar < i under the rules
Tho shipbuilding yords of Pan Francisco 1 at0 nn > H01 who wa siltMfM
and Paget Sound aro so crowded with work CInned in his opposition eoMM
tbat nianr owners have been forced to send icnle he IB8SaKe ot rS
0 X trs sga
TrorrTio
foLia 1 tn0nti rom Soutbcra CalU ° n not prepared to carry
fornla f0r the season ot lSOn1000 which H
r estt tjon to tho full extent
nt irooo carloads with a market valiio
to thn growers of phout J750OO0O
Au association ha been organized by tho
business
men of Ashevillc N C to pre
havo done his explanation thattS
many other measures lmportMt
Texas peoplo which ought toJ
of will not excuse him for wW
servca large part of tbat still wellforested I ho consideration of thatJf l
whit i
region from tho
ravages of the lumberman
ntor docs
tint specify
Itt
In Manila a Filipino was Identify S1 > P ° r T
asked to Identify he Vilj vi
e was anx ous to
m
some soldiers against whom charges had assuming that they were of the oWJ
Tho man couldnt do it All pnrwro to our State how < M
Jectlon lo the consideration otUw
them
000000 bill have delayed
is that required some moat
it
up the bill to read it nd to JP
had
whereas If tho senator TO
vinco tho bill would bave takw I W
UJ Ho is now almost the
only survivor in tho firs rank P ° n tho calendar and
of
Sohn the W
have without
proceeded
wwrali ot imi b
sle tbo consIder tl v J
Men Senator t is Hoars neckte KlnlnB a rcruta tineas ralnute thus to actually savin h
< rt ng U1 a arrowk one ot the losing ime for the consli W
M that Its wear measures Important to the
er can not get halt way through a speech Pi afterward this pa i
wttnout It coming untied at been renched in its r rular a
least tieo
0t Jn auc0 t0 5
been made
Americans
jook alike to mc ho said
POINTS ABOUT I > KOI > K
General Longstreetlio recently
celebrated
his nth birthday
ejt
senator couiu not
i
families minutrt of It in protesting
ruUapproprlation of S200000W
In conclusion I desire f0m
Senator v
analyzing and criticising
1
position upon public l
pointed to tho chair of geology in the Unlvcr carofully refrained from wjri J3
slty of Melbourne made vacant by the death thal could b personally oM
time J cC0y ls cMve foue
the salary he has been receiving and
Dt opporll
tor
search re
tatts 8 much J1 Wam DMn 1U die
of his
writings to a stenographer
° denei1
Z by the vell wtHays
im wuo
says
that he always
ev
thil
though the manuscript is
bv a tvpe
nubllehers
tromh V IIenlah LanKlv Whullan > tire
ZZ bUKtoa at the end of he
shall continue in the M i uxW
withstanding the fact
strongly provoked to resort w
method To say nothing ll l
Dallas and tieJffjjjl
ators speech
ture of his oomraunlcatlon t0 A
is n answer many of bs
porters are assailing me
rfthff
writes eVPrr wora hlmselt representation and contemptt
ve
sometimes coplei cities S3 far as I h
Jut at all I
Llr wnt to the m blends
t0 NV > ton in mi
KJ0KJ Tru Wreeke1
T
lexarkana
Texas January 3 v tr u
t ta coming south from Utile nock on fb
I
Mountain rarod W
mmlug near Boughton
about twenty
iltl we tmollshed ttl
freight and all < th
ru ned Th
from A ink in he Track 0ccwei
them to refrain from ai T M
Chlltcn in a similar wsy jsl
o s
>
to them that no question1
considered by the people 01 rt
nee t ion with thl
character ability
a ftag vy ar ocj
thTs contest j3b
and vtofrm
Senator Ohllton and > rjlB
trst r chorfully submit oJ At f
wtW bitterness or t LpC
decision of our people js
j
A Pe ull r f
Buckholts Texas January
dl eso Kf7ij
very
this part of tbo country t
wlilch is not thoroughly
J
some phy clnns <
The symptoms of f t
rla and mcislerare present i
No fatalities report
5 tl
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