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HOUSTON MONDAY NOV A 1901
TARIFF TRICKERY
Mr John W Gates of Chicago one o the
most prominent Iron end steel manufac-
turers lu the Kiustrj 1 quoted as saying
that tbe ttrltt on Iron and steel la no
longer > 1i < 1
Whether M Gales la correctly reported or
not to r position which he la credited
v > ith bivrag odranced Is tmdoubtedlr trtie
Uh ron and Fteel Industry In America
< 1 > n tot need any protection against tor
crgneiit on the contrary forelgnera engaged
In tt at bualnea seed protection agaluat
Amer can competition
Hfie jurethe flgures
lie steel trust can deliver steel billet
li England at J16B0 a ton Tbe price of
the Fngllsh manntaetnrer la 10 a ton In
America the price It 20 a ton That 1
tbe American manufacturer can uudcibld
the LngHshamn by i SO a ton Tbe Amcr
l < an mancfatturer gets the government to
praut him protection against the English
manntacturer who cant hold his own
a salt st him In his borne market Incident-
ally the American manufacturer charge
tits American purchaser t 00 a ton more
thin he charges the Ungllah purchaser a
ciUiilmUiallon against the bom parchaser
In siUIng him the home product consisting
o tbe addition of 54 per cent to the price
Ilic condition of affairs as to this Industry
I urongly brought to rlew by the scheme
successfully carried out by the English
contractor who had the contract to con
struct a street railroad In Itoston He
bought bis kUcl rails by correspondence
from England getting the American manu-
facturers English price and then when he
had tbe contract of sain binding In law he
wired at the Inst mlnuto that the rails
Khould be shipped to lloston Mass lustrad
of to Ungland By this ruse the Kngllsh
contractor sated the H4 per cent that
would have been added to the prl > e bad It
been known that tbe rails weie for Amer-
ican use
The state of the Iron and steel Imlustry
Is merely taken as sn example American
exporters of manufactured goods In a ery
great many Instances are doing the ume
thing as Amerlcau Iron and steel manufac-
turer They secure protection from con-
gress on the false plea of needing It us tbe
proprietor of a weak Industry and lueu
when foreign competition Ik walled out
they raise the pike to home consumers and
low r it to foreign consumers Thla Is the
praCtMl way lu which the systempf pio
tpctlon works The American mauufac
turcr profits and the European manufac-
ture lote bo far so good
Hot th fe la more of It The European
consumer profits and the American consumer
loses Jledpcod to Its lowest lerm the
proposition rasoHes Itself Into tlds The
American inanufaclurers gnln Is the Amer
lcau consumers los Or In other words
the classes are preying on the ma es Thst
Is exactly what the protective tariff of the
republican nnrty has brought about That
Is exactly what the tariff for menue only
of the democratic party will preent
I
There aro few It any thinking people who
do not believe In their hearts that the
world would be better off for the parti
tlon of Turkey among the powers and
tbe obliteration of Oalamlsm as a religion
It Is a religion nt once cruel and Inconsist-
ent with the progress of the world It Is
eternally at war with other religions and
the regular yearly massacre of tbe Arme
nlans Is an earnest of what tbey would
ah to the balance of the world were It
only In their power to do It But the
Turks are bravo warriors and go to their
deaths In a fanatical belief that to die In
btttlt with the Christians is to get a free
passport to paradise Whether or not
lrranco Is the David to bring this tlollath
low remains to bo seen but she has a lust
grievance and It hostilities ensue as a
result of the present strained relations
American sentiment will be a unit for the
bucccss of Johnny Crapaud
If the British were cv occasionally
winning a battle of nny consequence In
the struggle with the Boers the balance
of the world could understand the desper-
ate manner In which they hang on But
slqca tbo return of Bobs the Brltuh
have been conspicuously on tho defensive
being harried from pillar to post by a foe
who make up for tbelr lack of numerical
strength by their superior knowledge of
tho country their splendid bravery aud
dogged pertinacity combined with n rare
discretion which prevents their biting oft
o larger mouthful thau they can masti-
cate This discretion howeer ibry ore
rapid teaching to the British
Jn speaking of Great Britains foreign
possessions King Edward doesnt even sgy
our A great pirt of tbe world less
Africa Is bis own personal property ap
payeotly
It seems that we will also hm to reckon
with Nicaragua on a d treaty If vce
j wish to dig a ditch across her yard
it aetius thit In China alto there are
WfhlMP flea Motyto astussln
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Trie g and g however escaped and the
asatimln was edged out of th world with
a avreitl
riro joor decision
ready Dewey
whenever you are
If ctery available wan in Kngland Is to
be sent to Afilca and all the nlves of the
ltoera are to be slaughtered In concentta
lion ramps the surviving Boers will nave
to mnrry the surviving Kngllsh widens or
a good pan of the world la IILelj to be left
desolate
We all know that Unmia or Bryan
wouldn t bate doue tt
Ernest S tou Thompson now that he
baa had his uauie reversed v mild better
keep iiobci for awhile or be ont know
whether he U coming home or going the
Other f
This last regret to say of Kitcheners
was a big one sure enough
A water gtvsher has been struck near
Corpus Cbrlstl Vet pie who know the
Corpus Christiana will willingly concede
that It Isnt their fault
That huge bove recently unearthed at
Sherman probably belonged to a gobbletitn
When n crime ha been committed Isnt
there such a thing as boUHng a man on
suspicion of being an acceSaory after the
act
Tony Kolg bill poster should be an
editor He is certainly a ground and lofty
paster
The Kaiser seems to fear that Morgan or
another like him may purchase Harope
W ell we shouldnt wonder
A Boer colony is to be established In
Wyoming A great many Americans will
be glad to get Into tbelr laager
Koosevelt isnt going to skip Tbauks
gnlug but wed hate to accept an invi-
tation to dine with him
All anarchists who hereafter attempt to
land in this country will be held up and re-
turned This will make the reds feel blue
Kitchener seems inclined to ask for a
conrt of luqulry not about Africa but
about Birdie
The stockholders In the IanAm check-
up I3000OH shy but It wont be patriotic
of them If they complain
Senator Davis didnt care to be president
Of the PanAmerican congress Ho would
probably prefer sitting on a redhot griddle
Hall Calne tbe mncllst is now a mem-
ber of the House of Keys It Is to be
hoped that this fact will give him a turn
REMEDY FOR ANARCHY
An Oroan of Commercialism Called
to Time
To the Editor of Tbe Post
Ureenvllle Tests October 28 The Dal-
las News of Otober JL discussing the
remedy for anarchy In a lengthy editorial
among other things says
The remedy of the Chicago paper which
holds that to teach justice and practice It
Is the that step toward Immunity from
anarchy Is good The News would put
this in u moru spcclrJc way Let us as a
people rise shove a nartow party politics
tct press and peoplo respect the estab-
lished government
Then after deploring the reign of yellow
Journalism the caricaturing and vilification
of public men by thu press which in ef-
fect It holds responsible for tbe assassi-
nation of President McKlnlej it con-
tinues
This Is a more practlciil and cheerful
view to take than that or our Chicago
contemporary which rrles let us remote
injusticf from thu earth Tbe world Is
not so bad It Is gronlng better But one
thing U certain Injustice and iquallty
wlll never be banlnhed from thu wuth
undecthe telgn ot nmu Injustice began
with the slaying of Aliei or If you choose
In the deceit of Hyp but she wan tempted
and has thriven ever sluce Our 111 tlon
Is not going to do awn with injustice
neither Is our nation going to last forever
A auperftclnl study of tin history of
nations Is enough to coulmt one on that
subjci t
If the Chicago papei8 tlPW that to
teach jiwtUe and piactlic It In the first
step toward tmmunlt fiom anarchy is
not a chiorful view then how fur down
the scale of pessimism aie we to plxee
Tuft man who defiantly declares Uur
nation U not going to do away with In-
Justice neither is our nation going to last
forever With this outburst of anarchy
tmpatrlotlsm and uufatth In our lnslltu
tlons clinched with a whutbai > bccn si
wnyswlllbe argument he News Iihs the
presumption to lay the responsibility of
tbe assassination upon those whoso Inte
for justice aid our Institutions has caused
them to cry Out against the monarchal
tenderctes ot an administration the News
supports
If there ever m a paper that continually
taught the futility of trying to l > e good
the News Is uu exponent that ought to
receive tbe prise If there Is one ottered
this side the heieaftei Whenever the moral
question ot right Is raised and conflicts
with the rommetcinl tbe News takes the
back track and stops nowhere tbls aide
the C81 den of nden and the fall it man
Is the Isst It lemembers It does lot
know that trine was provided a cjaance
for bis reformation nud that such appeals
for Justice s those uuotvd from the Cnl
csgo paper Is but ewdeuce that tbe soa
Planted still lives
But to nil this the News Is blind
lhe world is mowing better It de-
clares In ouh breath sua in the next ex-
claims Our uatlou Is not going to do
awaj with Injustice neither Is our nation
golug to last foi i the meaning tie
hind this 1 + susceptible of hut one explana-
tion The world an not begiowlng belter
and at tbe same time 11 nation going to
decay uuloas the prluciples upon which
that natlou is governed are false Uau it
be that the Sews means that the prlu
clples ot n tenubllc are false That gov
erunicnt by the consent of the governed
la a myth ana that pcrfoTtf Injustice
must reign forever because an etuulro
will supercede our republic
The News bellovcs in tirolutlnn It be
lieve the world Is In couise of evolution
but it eonundlcts Its evolution theory on
every turn by Its what has ben nlvajs
willbe Argument as It whathas been
In the ruursp of time would not be elim
inated by the very process ot evolution
Because Injustice has lelgned Mtlll reigns
It always will reign I tUe jiet plen It
urges against the Attempt to establish
Justice It has faith lu palliative but
not in fundumentals it thinks by the
elimination of paitlssnshlp by some mjs
terlous iniani anurchv will subside It
aces nothing In tho lusaiie commercialism
of the times grown so Insane that It
subverts ever prluclpie of morals It sees
no menace lu the vn t holdings of wealth
on the one hand and the extreme poverty
and vrretchedness ml the other It wees
nothing of that Insto principle of Justice
Ood Implanted that rebels at tho disparity
of such Immeasurable extremes without
understanding b > what tnachlnstlons thev
have becu wrought but feeling only tho
oppression they have brought
L i > t surprising that one blind to
such1 conditions is also blind to the force
of his Illogical statements upon which
when called to time be has no other 0v
cuse thau that they were merely color
less deductions It Is not sutprlslng that
one hjjnd thus to his own anlrchnl atti
tude puts aside the discussion l
In hgu places and crunes right of anarchy dawn
as he says to plain talk
And what It this plain tlk Crolgosx
saw In vnany paper cartoons of the nr sl
dent The constant flaunting of such csr >
toons nnd the publication ot Inflammatory
Wty s + M j i
utterance were enough to Incite bis dp
rraved mind to anarchy In Inrlumnjn
tofr pre ami spleen was found the euief
cause nd In that line is tn l > e found the
chief reined How fmMtive tne New
1h lu staling n men opinion us a fact All
the fVidemi nud sxilgOKS own teml
iiimiv nfute everylhlng tor News ey
1 soigoss M1VN he thought of killing the
president never enteied bin nilml until two
day iMfiiiv he committed the deed o
cue toifl him JO do It N one helped
litm 1 An It Nohwly but hlmspif hnd
am thing to do with It and the Inspirit
uon < n It oul 1 sine upon 111 111 two days
licforc he did do It He snvs iiotMng about
littlsninitttnrs tnitoons and n vleotis
puss luiltitig him to the Itvil
jhc eu iliwlug Is a titling illinix 10
lis Illogical and Iraptrlsllatlc < om Inlon
lu whbb it again Jiintlfles its own net vein
IrsheH h trilling thcui bat k to he Tail
whbli ha1 become lis jiantincea f JiistlH
ntlen fm all evil Ill haven 1 it e
ilalms riven the Klllpluos turmoil con
fnm > discontent nnariby liquor sviop
piiitntlnn nd leinoralfsstloii These
tint nil tame with the fnll of man
i nutin rIiIhe rhnt lie bell his thnt
wi 1 > ilius Insxparablv and 1 teinnlh liomiiL
tn kIiouM make himself t tells nloiis
t > i KirtliiK Vefnim nf nv Kind and et
the News unabashed doses with
it Is tht dutv of the enlightened man
of this tlms to use hi powers In cour-
ageous and conscientious maimer tn cheer
his feilotVs sm to make the world bet-
ter The millennium will come In due
timeWhether
Whether this Is n bit of moral extra < tlon
all depends upon whether the News in-
terprets millennium and commercial-
Ism as synonymous terms
C H Ohcnchnln
TAXES CLAIM MUCH ATTENTION
From Property Owners in the City and
County
Cincinnati llnqulrer
Prior to 1890 the air was ailed with wan
dais relating to the valuations of property
for taxation In this city anil county A
profession had developed Itself ot filends
of members of the board ot equalisation
who made large Incomes by service ren-
dered In Keoplng largo valuations fron ic
ing placed upon the tar dnplloitf lively
large real estate owner felt tompelled to
employ In selfdefense sotno member of this
new profewdon lv n the powerful chant
ber of commerce Old not feel abe to trust
Its regular attorney wli n it came la tax
uiattors Hundreds of suits wer brou nt
every year to enjoin additions to tax vnna
tlons fortunately In 1880 1 n inyraile
legislature was elected in I Mil this legis-
lature passed h law providing n aiy neces-
sary reforms In the lootl g veai cot
TUB BOARD OV ItkHMUW
Anions other thlngu t provldol tha4 lhe
superior court of Clucliiit l should crjont
six persons not more than three of wLcm
should be ot oue political piriv to < 0u
ptse a hoard of review nhla should
n ve all the now era auJ dlsciiige all the
duties formerly conf ud upon tan InHid
of tax commissioners tbe Ootid of lel
slon and the annual and diounlal boards
ot equalization Tbls new boird vviih to
take the unusual oath n all tbeii oftlcial
actions aud Judgments to Hln on v to Miuie
and maintain an honest and efdcliit mnn
ageuient of their deiiineiit free lioni par-
tisan dlcr tlon and coifil
The superior < ourt tneu composed of a
majority of < lemo < us nppob tod iVk mem-
bers of this new board sin uf the l > c f mil
ness men of the ily llnvr Immeilittci
sat themselves ilowb to iird luti ifit
labor and preparul whnt Is known as the
decennial rnipfi ite ot IS i it povcd to
be such a duplicate as luchinttl In 1 never
known befoic as nt u iilfoim m hu-
man Inflroilty c Id v hive idc
Not a single scnnldl ha ailscn roticislu
It Based upon It sales and loans hnvo ever
slucu bei n made Kvery real estate dealer
tlnds It his readiest handbook During the
venrs that have followed this board con-
tinued uudei the nnme ot the board ot
supervisors has bron engaged In Intelli-
gently perfecting Its details
hOLYKD THK DIITICUMV
Ouo would have supposed that not a volco
would be raised against leaving the new
duplUate of 1000 to the same wise end Junt
prejtaratlon But uv 11 was evident to the
republican ofrlco borders of the city and
county as to every one else that since 1 ° U
there had been A great depreciation In the
value of Cincinnati real estate The now
decennial duplicate It boncbtly made must
show a great decrease ns compared with
that ot UK Tbe board ot supervisors
was certain to make a fair and houest du-
plicate lhe office holders could not unoiil
to have a reduction In the ng isite of
the diiplliute lmause that vvouil mean cs
levemies for them to expend or en lucre ised
rate of taxation of which people might
complain On the othei band the board of
supervisors was too strongly inn em hod In
the affei lions of the people to no openly
abolished
What should be done to meet lhe cucr
gencj V Some Ingenious mind found a solu-
tion of the difficulty and he subservient
lepubllcan legislature ot WOO pnssel 1 lew
which left the board of superisir tec to
dtaw theli salaries tit iltou ss hot do
tulvetl the board of all Its povvers ia a
decennial board of equalisation and cre-
ated 11 new boaid of equullsitloj fr t lu
ilnuatl modeled after the t 1 Ihkwus
nd now the oflbc lolJeis 110 patting
themselves with delight while he Ux
puvos mourn Although It Is n mutter of
common knowledge thnt tan ngirogite leiil
estate of Clnclnuatl wOtld not bring li the
market more than GO p > r cent of vvnnt
would have brought ten venrs ug > this
new board has m nag > lto create a now
duplicate which la 6000 sX greater than
the duplicate of 1S0O
THE OLDEST TEXAN
The Honor Now Claimed for a Lady in
San Auaustine County
To the Editor of Tho Post
I > ttcogdocheg Texas October 81 Tbe
Post n few weeks ago had several com-
munications concerning as to who was tho
oldest native Born Texan Trom a conver-
sation several years ago with an eld lady
In San Augustine county nnd a short bio-
graphical sketch of her Just received The
Post correspondent believes that he has
found the oldest native born jet reported
Mrs nilaabeih Thacker nee Bullock was
boui in San Augustine county July 0
1S23 Her father olonel John W Bullock
figured conspicuously In the early days of
Texas nud his headrlght certificate for
one league of land Is the noted Bullock
leago lu the oil fields of Jeffer on county
Sb la a niece of Colonel Alexander Mor-
ton who was aid de camp to J on oral Sam
Houston at tbe battle of San Jsclnlo
Mrs Thacker wan married to John B
ThacCer November 10 1813 and from
the union ten children were brrn to
them four girls and alx boys Two
git Is and three boya are yet living From
a wound received by her husband at the
Oripevlne flght with Bobs on the Ttln ty
river be vrna tin Invalid und did not walk
a step for thirty yevrs Texas granted
him a special pcuston ot 100 per J our for
lite
Ho dlod twentytlve years ago Mrs
S
Thacker now past yents ot age Is a
remarkable woman in many respects She
has flue practical sense its shown by her
management ot tbe farm and the raising
nf her chlldien during tho long und almost
helpless condition of her husband P1001
her earliest recollection until after she wus
grown nil of the meats used for the family
were taken from the wild animals of tho
forest Khc whb never out of the Statu
but once and thnt was in the runswa
when nearly all of the foreign inhabitants
ot Texas crossed the Sublno river to escape
ns tbev thought massacre from the Pre
doman trouble Rbe has never been out of
San Auguattue county but three times
two visits to Chlrcno In this county and
the runaway constitutes her tiavels Vet
she is happy being a conservative Chris
tian from early womanhood she has the
assurance ot peace In the great beyond
She never saw a railroad nor a steamboat
The Post correspondent told her soniu
law Mr Henry Horton yesterday when
he handed him the short sketch that If he
would Tiring Mrs Thacker to town that
she could make his house her home durlnir
5eE1lWBrt 8be c not only if
A rsUrrfad and the cars but he would give
her free ride on same
John B Doughtle
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THE POSTSLETTER BOX
This departm < nt la Intended to answer
questions that are of gem rnl luteicst U <
main object Is to supply outotlbewi
facts and enrious Information QocUous
of personal lnt risjt oni mil not be
answered No business or personal a l
dresses will lie given Questions ns to the
value etc nf old coin and stnmps will
not ie answered All correspondence
should be addressed to Th I <
iaro Houston Post nnd to rcelvc nllcu
tlon must be signed 1 > V the tn no in full
of the pnrty making the inmttrv as well
as that under which It Is desired that tbe I
question shall appear Owing to tue large j
number ot question received ansftrrs cnu 1
not always be glren protnptly
Judlclitry Q Please nfci n uu h r
msnv months on nn avenigc t following
ourts of Texas hold tbeii > l > is The
supreme court court of nlmnil iippenl
court of dvll Appeals First ilistrb t Seiond
district Third district fourth district and
Fifth district Also please state what
months those courts are usually In session
nnd tbeii location I WMolrt also Ilk to
learn the name of the Judges comprising
these courts
The supreme court holds one term etch
year beginning the first Mondav lu Octo-
ber and until the 11 Knturdav in the fol-
lowing Tune Judges It It Gslues chl t
Jdstlcej T J Itrown and 1 A Williams
ossoctatc Justices tho court of ciiminal
appeals convenoB t Tyler the first Mon-
day In October at Dallas nrst Monday In
January at Austin first Monday tn April
and holds session at each place for three
months Jndgea W I Davidson presid-
ing Justice M St Brooks nnd J N Hen
derson associate judges The court of
civil ppenht convenes nrst Monday In
October and adjourns the last Saturday In
July Plrst district nt Galveston C l
Unrrett chief Justice W H G auJ R
II Pleasants nssoelste Justices Second
district nt Port Worth T 11 Connor
chief Justlcu S J Hunter and I W
Stephens associate Justices Third dis-
trict at Austin II C Fisher chief Jus-
tice W M Kev nnd W R Collard asso-
ciate Justices Fourth district tt San
Antonio John 11 James chief justice W
< Fly and II It Nell associate Justices
Fifth district at Dallas Anson Rainey
chief Justice John Bookaout and Howard
Templeton associate Justices
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J B WQ 1 Whit relation If any
Is Itebecca Harding Davis to Richard
Harding Davis Please give a short sketch
of the latter 2 Is Winston Churchillj
author of The Crisis an Kngllshmtn
or an American Has he written any other
books besides the one mentioned ltlch
ard Carvel and The Celebrity What
Is his nresent Address
A 1 Uobeeea Harding DotIs It tbe
mother ot Illehard Harding Davis Tbe
latter was born In Philadelphia In 1S0I
and was married April 4 ISP1 at Marion
Miss to Miss Cecil Clark He was prom-
inent as a newspaper correspondent no-
tably In descriptions of the Csars coro-
nation the queens Jubilee nud the Span
ishAmerican war He Is also the author
of numerous books among which arc
Soldiers of Fortune Our Knglsli
Cousins Tbe Kings Jackal Van
Bibber and Others 2 Winston
Churchill author of The Crisis Is nn
American He v ns born lu St Touis
November 10 1R71 and was grndnited
lrora tbe linlled Stnles navnl academy In
1S01 Besides the three published works
which have made him famous ho has con-
tributed navnl and ther stories to the
magazines His address Is Windsor Vt
There Is also another Winston Churchill
sou of tho lute Lord Randolph Churchill of
England The former was born November
0 1874 nnd served ns an officer In the
Kngllsh nrmy He Is also n writer and cor-
respondent
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D Q 1 S states members of tho
lower house of eoogfc are elected for
tegular tnim In any year D claims thev
are elected except to fill vacancy only In
years ot general elections 180024 0 eti
etc Which Is correct S > Are any mem-
bers elected now In any State other than
November elections If so please tiame
StntiK aud month of elections
A 1 Members of the bouse of repre-
sentatives are elected for regular terms
ouly nt general elections which occur
every two years the next to take place In
Novemb r 100J They may be elected to
vacancies at any special election called un-
der tbe provisions of the law to UU an un
expired term 12 All States elect their
membcis at the general elactlou
+ t
T L Q Will you please Inform ras
what kind of soil is best to grov alfnlfa
and what time of the year Is most suit-
able to tow the seed
A Alfalfa medlcago satlvn likes a deep
Mill The deeper the soil the louger tne
Held will last It Is essential the soli be
not overflowed at any time Moist places
are unfavorable to Us growth The only
surface moisture required Is sufficient for
tho germination of the seed It line been
successfully grown on the bald spots on
our prairies Plant either In spring or tall
preferably the latter Twentyfive pounds
of seed will plant an acre The yield will
be from three tons up If town to save
seed twelve and n half pounds will plant
an acre
f + +
William Lowry Q What Is the true
Import ot tbe law relieving tbe people of
paying the Interest on school Und tor two
years In the storm district It It a dona-
tion If not when does It have to be paid
A It It not a donation but an extension
of lhe time for the payment of tbe dues
on these purchases The Import of the act
will bo shown by a roproductloa of sec-
tion 1 which It at follows
It enacted etc That the purchas-
ers of school lands located lu the cooutle
of Whartou Bratorla Waller Fort Bend
Harris nd Malagotda be and tbe same
are hereby gmnted an extension of two
jears on the payment of principal and in-
terest thereon now duo and to become
due and pr ble within said two ers
dating from Jauuary 1 1000
+ +
D CQ When does tbo Fiftyseventh
congress begin and end and how many
members has each party In It
A The Flftyeevewh congress liegan
March 4 1001 and euils March 4 1801 The
republicans btve 19S democrats trl
populists and tdlvcrltrs 8totui 3J7
+ +
K S neppQ 1 Hsvo Canjpbellltos
or Christian ministers of th gosji1 a iegli
right to solemnize the rights of roatrl
icony 2 if there has m a decision
of any of the higher courts o thlt State
upon the question please tat all hont
A Any regularly licensed or or
dained rulDUtee Of the gospel bat the right
to perform the aaxrlagi ceremony 2
Jf
HOUSTON IUTLY POST MONDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 41901
r Csrafl
We hnie no knowledge thst the question
was ever T lted
4f +
Hntiserlber Q Whfct is meant by rrc
fOTO < 1 BtOkM
H 1 1 < 111 hnrc In st k companies
on wi ih 11 3veil ilnlilrnd Is to be paid
hefor u > part f the inonts Is divided
unions the holders of the common stock
+
Sim 1 Im 1 1 Whit w I lie mmi of
tV Inn Ivinsitf teleph ne glil who
Si m Ihi Ci r ni 111 I lie ie Sllll
tun I lou 1 1 it 1 I ltcno 11 I
Mis Matte II Deal of Wichita
KniiMiis mis the seiond o mi lire it law
tnu 1 la nn In tbe di living
+ f +
Inquirer < J Wnrn ind where wail
Helen lould born
A Helen sillier Gould was bora June
30 1808 In New York Hu present I
dunces are at Irvingtfrfrho Hudwu and > 70
Fifth avenue New york
OIL TRANSPORTATION
One Who Thinks tho Shippers Are Not
Treated Right
To ln Editor of Tbe Pott
Beaumont Texas October HI Are the
shippers aud producers of crude petroleum
going tn sit Idly down and peimlt tbe
transportation oompaulcs ito assist the
trusts tud monopolies tn control thus field
Tbls Is a question to be considered > i
the producers nnd shippers of crude oil
In the Beaumont field
We would like to know why the oil pro
duccis are tequlred to furnish equipments
to market their product Is It Jnst auy
more than foi he lumber manufacturers
the cotton producersvthe cotton seed piod
uct prodiceis the ru > prodnceis the grain
producers the live stock prodticeis tin
coal barons or any other producer to fui
ntsh lils or their equipments Where is
cur > rent lalitoad coirmlssion thnt ras
strlnu so hard to equalise mau s priv-
ileges In tbe great State of Texas to put
tbj small toncern on the same luius as
the lujrc oie with mm tapltnl m tin
golug to sit dovn rnd peimtt this outrage
to go on unnoticed Here we have the
great systems with their only partial iquip
inents and taking snine from the use ot
the public to transport the pioduct tor
their own us leaving the small concerns
together with the larger ones with tbelr
interests Invested In Texas soil to perish
leaving them nt Hie mercy of the oil trusts
of the count ty with their contiolliug stock
In the tinnsportatlon companies who not
only dictate the equipments but go Into
the field filing their requisitions tor tbe
Incoming cars seeking privileges over the
small und kavmg them to secure iiieiely
enough to keep them from seeing tlnoiigh
the game
It Is time the consumers of not ouly
crude petroleum but the consumers of the
very bread that sustains life to look into
this matter We ask thst the very furm
crs who have been instrumental tn keep
ing the raitrcad commission of Texas from
being a thing of decomposition to awake
and make the Issue In tbe next campaign
In the coming election a live Issue < >
ask them to compare the class fieight
lutes of Teas the amount of tonnage
of the different railroads of Texas to those
of other States In the Union and sco It
there Is not quite a discrepancy We ask
them to take a hand In this matter and
extricate themselves from one of tho most
gigantic trusts that ever sucked the blood
from the throats of an oppressed people
Some saj dh we are prosperous et
how much more ware we to have our
rights and quit giving up to the transpor-
tation companies We ask them to tefer
to the giand old State of Georgia with
her railroad commission with hei methods
We are too loyul to the menibeig of our
great railroad commission to even Insin-
uate their dlshonestv no do not think that
Is the ease but they arc not enlightened
to the facts ah they exist Georgia has
three commissioners with powers supreme
oue member being an expert railroad ninu
who knows when the transportation com-
panies are receiving what Is due them nnd
what thev can afford to do business for
One bclug a good sound business man
who knows when the commercial us well
ns tbic agricultural manufacturing nnd
mlnlnc Interests lare properly adjusted
The third n competent lawyei who Luo vs
when tbe legal questions are correct pto
hlbltlng suits ncnlnst the tinnsportatlon
companies entailing great expense to the
State and counties We should emulate
them lu this tetpeet and follow In the
footsteps of n people governed as tbey are
If the rallioad commlsrlon does not know
bow to handle this question the wiltei
would suggest that as long as the crude
oil producer is lequlrod to furnish bis
equipments that he should be entitled to
a rate In proportion to the nmouut of his
Investment We will ssv thnt i tank car
iosta 760 tleliveied fiom the factors nt
tue oil fields Now this car can make 1
trip lu ten davs to any of the common
point towns of Tons This would make
tblrtyslx trips a vcar for this cur nnd
on tbe present freight rates this cur womd
earn at the rate of US per car which is
the piesent freight on a tank cm of oil
S172S or over 230 per cent Is tuoie auv
other business with like returns Take out
the opeiatlnsr tpenses of this amount and
von will still find there Is nothlug In tne
Slate of Tcxns In the way of an Invest-
ment thit will equal it
A fair minded business man would think
that with returus ns above the transpoi
tntlon companies Instead of throttling this
Industry would Jump ut the profits ac-
crued therefrom and would were It nm
for the fact that tbey are domluited by the
very oil trusts themselves from their head-
quarters In New York City We ask tho
commission to either force the transporta-
tion companies to furnish the tank cers or
to make a rale to sccuie the Investment
of money lu equipments by the different
companies who are now making these
equipments thereby relieving the tonslou
of tbe different manufacturing enterprises
of the great State of Texas Turn one
more wheel tn the right ditection for grand
Texas with her wondprful undeveloped re-
sources and throttle the would be stran
Slers to the growth of this groat and grand
tate Awake to the Interests that state
> oo In the face for joui suppoit and place
yourself on recoid of having looked Into
a matter that has gone unnoticed simply
fiom the fact that you were unawaie of
the chains that bound you but to awake
tome day looking around rinding that you
have gone along all tbe time giving up
the profits from your tell and sucking the
blood from your very throats
M W A
TRUCK GROWERS TO MEET
Important Session to Be Held at Alvio
This Week
To the Editor of The Post
Houston Texas November 2 The truck
glowers meeting to be held at Alvlu on
the 5th to 7fh should not be overlooked
by those Interested In and to be benefited
by the success of the fruit and truck
growing Industry of tbe State To fully
appreciate tbe truck growers of Texas It
l necessary to attend their meetings tuey
are business from start to finish
The Alvln people have set tho pace for
those of other truck growing communities
they have solved the market question
hence their success All Interested caa
profit by spending a day or two at Alvln
John Howard Iutgt Agent
To the Kdltor of The Post
Hock Island Texas November 2 Tho
next meeting of the South Texas Truck
and Fruit Growers association to meet
In Alvln November B promises to be the
most interesting of any of the fourteen
ever held First the place of meeting
being one ot the oldest and most pros-
perous will afford opportunities never be
fore offered Second the half day spent
In the flcM an rntlrelv new feature of
tbe association will afford very rare op
portunltles to witness practical flold vvorL
In all lines of truck and fruit growing
possible at tbls season of tbe vwr in cul
tivating harvtlnir and packing Tkero
Jitii never been a brighter prospect for a
full and Interesting meeting as on fills
occasion Very truly
Albert D Bust Secretary
Good Progress at Crowley
Crowley L November 2The Crowley
Oil and Mineral company oommenced drill
mJJH wSk n Pf location In Prairie
Uamou and
are making tDlendia pyosKsiT
A
THE CASE OF D A MFALL
Austin Texas November S Ptnff Sp
itnl IThe Post received the following from
Uon D A MeFall In answer to a reienllj
published staff special refuting th ehsrae
that he was nnfshlv tr ated bv Speaker
Prince In the nnkltg up during the rc u
Inr Session of the Twent seventh Icglsla
litu of the Untiey Investigation commit
re
to the Kdltor of lhe Fot
Austin i > sa O lobei II Dear Sir U
a iccent Issue of vnm n p > 1 joil have lu
box ear letters the heudliu fhe Case or
1 > A Mel all over n dlstusslnn as to lhe
merits ot Mr Prluce s position lu musing
to appoint me on the committee i Invest
gate the Wateis Pleic Oil eompuui s leinl
11111011 to this State after Judgment had
In n 1 n lei en enmelllng Its penult and
tnJolnln it p tpetonll fiom doing business
lu 1 hue watched the dl > nsslon
nf this mint 1 terween lhe Post out the
Whco Huiii lleinld with nn little Intent
jud 1 hivi been at a bs to unleistiuid
how n tuevnmsb v unblaed Jonrnnl could
npporr tin pioposltlon which voit uppoit
with so much iojl nud all appamnt sin
cerltv Ion ai that although I was the
author of the usolution nrovldug the coin
inlttee of liivCKtlgatlon I was not 11 proper
person to be appointed on that committee
Parliamentary law aud the Pro rlu < J1
l assert
precedents 0 deliberative assemblies
to the eontrarv Permit tne to give five
reasons which move mo to nsseit that the
rnle Is as I contend
1 The rules of the bouse themselves pro
vlded for my appointment on the cotntnll
l
± Precedent lu the house of representa-
tive Justified ni demand for a place on
that omralttee
3 Mr Ballcv by his own act aftetvvard
admitted thil mv demand for a place on I
that committee was justified
ri
4 Mi Pilnce bj his own act afterward
admitted that mv demand for a place on
that committee was Justified
6 General parliamentary law Justifies m >
demand for n place on that committee
l st us con lder these in the order named
1 The rules ot the Texas house of icp
lpscntatlves provide that where thev aie
silent or lneullelt Jrfersous Mauuil ami
the Digest of tin Rules and Practice or
tbe Vulted Mates House of lupieneiuatms
shall be contldMSsl as authority In the
above manual and digest nudei the head
of appointment of committees the follow-
ing will be found A select committee Is
created either by resolution or upon motion
to refer when the subject to be teferted Is
before the house the nunibci of which it
Is to consist being designated In the ipso
lutlon or motion tnder the parllsraentaty
lnw iJeffeisouH Manual none who speak
directly against the bodv of the bill are
to be on the committee to which It is ic
ferred lhe splilt uf this law has pre-
vailed In the house so fir as that In the
formation of a select committee in the
case of the reference of a bill a majority
ot tbe friends of the measure refened and
In esse of an Investigation a innjorlty of
tbo e fiivorabt to the proposed Investiga-
tion are usuallv appointed thereon nnd the
mpmber proposing the select committee Is
chairman
usually appointed
2 In the Twcntythlid legislature Mr
Oiloodv of Limestone Introduced a resolut on
te luvestlgnto tho official acts of the then
laud commissioner and he was appointed
Messrs Smith and
on the < oinniltiee with
Mirrlson See house Journal Twentythird
legislature page 510
8 In Thu Houston Post of February 22
1001 on the first page and under the head
Bslleyt Sensation you have
ing
Mr Bailey Texas charged outright that
for vcars cmploics of the house had been
compelled to divide their salaries with
those who did no work at all He Intto
duccd a resolution to Investigate the mat-
ter and In The Post ot February 24 1IW1
on page 0 column 1 vou will find that the
resolution was adopted and Mr Bailey was
appointed on the committee
4 On page 10 nf the house Journal of
the first called ses lou of the Twentyscv
cnth legislature vou will find that Messrs
Kennedv of Limestone Henderson of Ijiniar
and Bullock Introduced n resolution provid
ng for a committee to Invcstignte the ropoit
that thp State had fuuds In the First Na-
tional bnnk ot Austin and Mr Piliice ap-
pointed nil three of the signers of the reso-
lution on the committee
5 Mr Cushlng an admitted authority on
parliamentary lnw In speaking of the un
polntmcnt of committees says It is
customary In nil deliberative assemblies to
constitute a committee of such persons the
mover and seconder ot a measure being of
couise appointed a majority of whom at
least aie favorably Inclined to the meas-
ure pioposed
In a deliberative assembly a member has
the right to expect that well established
rules and precedents will be followed and
when they arc not followed It is because of
deliberate Intent to disregard them or
Ignorance of their existence
Tilisting that you will publish this I am
yours very tuily D A Mel all
The question of whether Mr McFall
should or should not have been placed upon
the committee thnt handled tbe Ballcy
muttcr Is really of no Importance nt this
time and would not have been discussed
In The Post had not the Waco Times
Herald levlvcd It lu an attempt to iujuie
Speaker Prince But having announced
as a candidate for attorney general Mr
Mernll no doubt feels that It Is In order
for blm to take a band in a discussion of
which he Is the principal subject without
having brought It about
As to the merits of Mr McFalls con
tentlon thu facts and circumstances sur-
rounding his connection with the Bailey
Investigation to say nothing of the facts
and circumstances attending tho part bn
played prior to the assembling of tho
1 vv enty seventh legislature are too much
for them
In tho first place the committee ap-
pointed to Investigate Mr Daller was
not appointed under tho McFall resolution
but under the Garner substitute
Tbe Mcrall resolution read as follows
Whereas It hag been charged that In
the accomplishment of their purpose and
tho perpetration of snld finud the officer
of said Waters Pierce Oil company had
the passive assistance of certain State
officials and the active assistance of Con
gtessman Joseph W Bailey who Is now
a candidate befoic the leglslntuie for the
high office of Vnlted States senator There-
fore be It resolved etc
The Garner substitute read as follows
Whereas It Is further charged by the
said D A McFall that In the accomplish-
ment of their purpose nnd the perpetrating
Of said fraud the officers of said Waters
Pierce Oil company hnd the passive as
slstsnee of certain State officials and the
active assistance ot Congressman Joseph
W Bailey who is now a candidate before
the legislature for the high otflco of
United States senator Theicforc be It
resolved etc
In rejecting the McFall resolution by
adopting tho Garner substitute the house
declined to be placed In the attitude of
accepting political gossip as tho basis of
proceedings to clear Mr Bailey of a charge
for which there wis no on to clatm re-
sponsibility Further than this It refused
to agree with Mr McFail thnt there was
good reason for on Investigation and placed
upon him the burden of furnishing ground
therefor Now then con Mr McFall con-
sistently claim that after the adoption of
the Garner Mibstltutc Ins was In an atti-
tude to appeal to the rules and precedents
ho cites Has ho the least reason to In
elst that ho was unjustly dealt with when
tho resolution that vvat actually adopted
and adopted over his vigorous protest was
the opposite In splilt and verbiage of the
resolution he bad Introduced and when
the house designedly took action to pro
elude his taklug putt In subsequent pro
feedings In this connection rjivo in the
capacity of prosecuting wltnesi
After the adoption ot the Garner sub-
stitute the speaker Mr Frlnce realizing
the position In which Mr McFall had been
Placed stated from bis stand that at
under the elrcumstsnces the gentleman
from Travis would hardly expect appoint-
ment on tho committee created be
would accord blm tbe privilege fM
two members thereof bnt he ttfgjr
represeutallon thereon This otterfiJjj
accepted Its icjeitlon having rak
dav furnished Mr McFall wlth lf
for an iirtsTsclonji speech Mf
Now a to precedents sun holaftSfl
In adopting the Garner substlftjfl
bouse deprived Mr McFall of thej
of precedents guiding when tho
relics upon apply the following
made precedent Is called to bill
tlon
hen J S Hogg was g r
Rohcir Mlluer wss speaker of ij
in 1 1 Judge Gprald of Waco
of the house
licr offered a c 0j
resolution authorl7lftg the apnotnfjjjS1
a committee to Investigtte the c W
Gould vs International and Great 1
eru rtillwiy In the dlstrli t roiirt tW
ounty and all the proceedings In lfn
other courts of the State affeotsi
intlway company nnd Its receivers
Journal page 70S whlih resolution fe
fprrcd to n spc < ial committee upoifti
Mr Gerald was named as to nbmJi
not the tcsolutlon should pass wtjy
clal committee brought In a reportfft
mending that the resolution da ijjSf
certain amendments House Jonrn rJ
7SS 1 he house und souae both ffi
tb resolution and In th appoiatajj
the committee to Investigate thtiv
announced Hip following ns the coaS
Bieltz
McKlnney and Orcslum
Judge Gernlcl ns one of tho comtafrj
Investigate House Journal page grn
Shavv offered a resolution ceeUnsfi
Judge Gerald to the
ci auiittee
Journal pego MO nnd whuh resolatlx
add Judge Gcrnld was defeated f
vote of 55 against to J In
favorfta
Journal page M i aud In additional
stated that Jul i ill r < jfc
to being placed on this commlttfe
ferrlng rather to nppe ir 11 tht ui
prosecuting witness be hid assume
Just why Mr McFall should hire
looktd this
precedent the reletaiq
which is plain enough anil
iroduccd others behind wllf
is Impossible for him to ni
comfort Is left for the rindcr to
mine But no matter what his motJi
have been for so doing The Fostfi
Intention of quarreling with him f i
scntlug tho best front possible ia iff
of the complete failure that atteoJSff
attempt to Injure Mr Ballej bat It ll
protest Against stiiUIng at Mr rrl us
his shoulder as that geallemaaWe
him no right or com tesy he was eauMs
1 gar i ra
Promised to Bo His
was born on
Sistwfi
Willis Index lb
Willis though situated away doii fU1
In Texas
In a land proverbial wltit
wickedness dispelled only by the hdj
birds and the pcimeating perfutl
woodland violets and the fragnitfj
nolla has but lltt wlnrof to bacUi
ccpt that a casu 11 observer ent hvlS
town may leave It with ut even Wl
piescd with th gtaudeui of oar m1
situation while a philosopher and R J
ognomlst and a man of tine taste itlrt
lettunl culture iri piuise upon ontr
street corners to lest his eve upcatiH
llcst stene of God s gicatest creltltilbr
this honest observer jou will not test
oral expression too noble Is his nanahr
reiined his seuscs to express nloadtkto
nobllng thoughts that insh upoaaliupii
rclnd He lulls realizes the loss tfrlr
to picture tho scene that Is so plat
befitting to his eyes His silent itlfh
picsseil thoughts arc 1 know hetti
mj slstci sue Is my fathers aatjUw
thu loveliest gift ever bestowed vmifZ
n goddess of ull earthlj perfealciuu
grcilan artist has been put to tf J
his model of beauty crumbles as fiei
ovv passes In The sparkling depth
cjo Is but the Index to a soul miir0
moi perfect and beautiful by tMMr
Impilnt of 11 mothers plastic tualBfl
facc which modistly fares tt jef
with 11 smile so Innocently pare thvt
nie hnpplei purer und nobler bf Urfl
seen her Her facp Is the plctura b
ana peace her checks nre the tf
ndormnents cf perfec Hon The taedftj
nnd gentle unassuming carriage if
own iodglvcn highness of step i
tie footleis pass and r pass each ia
If to court the cuth with a tetdds
rat now nnd then onlv to disclose 15
Ij II
cut
matchless
honcjert sv
The of sliver tl >
gold Ophlr tba
the cattle of 1 thousand bill it
naught compared with the one tatcj
lovely Even Koloiion s lllr ot thl i
pales Into Inslgnhlnn 0 when BKjff
with our girl of Willis ja
You should know her or MMsti
irany sisters jou will find themcM
city town und haulct yon will WJH
In the rural homes vou will fial fen
the roval courts Queen VlctorU1
of them You will rind them vrtejiuo
noss pain and death reigns yna rare
them wherp meicy weeps and wowot
ity calls They help the poor WPP
hungry and lend the blind they wrioil
shlue and gladness Into tbe bentUre
weary and tho heavy laden thev tMor
keVR of peace and good will tBjrjr4
loving hand she sows the seed c
petual glory Do you know M < iob
years the diadem of our Nation IMijij
our sister alji
Cameron Court Notes j
Cameron Texas NoNrmher j < ij
case of Crouch vs the Ioternat > jfii
Great Northern Railroad CompsajtWf
could not agree benie were dIstalssWj
case Involved 10000 damage Tea
Tho court has devoted the AVhi
to the case of W V Nibours et i > ar
Milam County Oil Mill CoffiP Hvd
case Is one of tbe greatest la JSS
before this court because of the P JOS
Ing residents the great amwia > r > er
and the eminent men employed tijeia
on both sides The argument S
yesterday evening tbe juiy 7
Judge Scott and Is now enae pmi
reach a decision
To
V
The Oldest Texan
St
fell
tT
the Editor ot The Post ben
2S > <
La Porte Texas October j
ago there was an article In The Tift
William Hodge claiming that J
ter was the oldest Irving Jff
Texan and thnt he William U Vf
older than William Rabb gnurtsK
That last
1
statement Is a
fffi5
the sum of Decw
and would therefore be four JefJiW
older than Mr Hodge I claim jjy
oldest native born Texan n
ottlaldo the limits ef my OttK1
was the second white boy born j
side of the Colorado fvcrvrllIl9Ep
Crowley Court New fcjj
Crowley La November 2 BjJ
the cane of the State v W l tte
on trial for the past three WJVrfi
with killing of Frank Cistnn l LflSIS
resort last February brought jMcj
this evening of not gollty Jhrfiv
A naw trial was today refnfj fj
Smith a n io lonvj d iiSrin
murder The ground of apP Wj
an affidavit of one of tho JiwWffilJ
at > Wi
stating that toad he known
fled verdict meant hanging M JCei
have agreed thereto > >
San Antonio Grand Jury A fjfifll
San Antonio Texas No n > gI
grand Jury adjourned today SJ
showing that the result of SK
121 Indictments for 1 naK rtVWIi
present term of tbe court PiURl
twentythree felony o ° t1c115IIs
twentyseven cases tried >
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