The Daily Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 216, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 4, 1909 Page: 4 of 14
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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST
wl(l«s ramification of the department, |
which porclutfes the possibility <>f
1 superior penitentiary officials he-1
Entered at the Postoffleo nt »«n.Anton o, w , ogn'.zant of the abuses of au- |
bv suhorillnatec.
(E1)C Doilll ®3CptC6!
Texas, as gexjond-Class Mutter. ins
IZmw. ,horlty p'apt«ce(I
By The Express publishing
telephones:
The Rangers io (ialtesloo.
•
The State Rangers who visited Oal-
\c8ton last week and raided kuIooiu
anil gambling halls appear to have
120 i
fiactotynEiM^ I I'roclRlmed for the first tiuio by The , ,y 0qUlpped with gambling parapher I
Express months ago, are not to be ) nulla as any gambling house In a;
The cruelties which the committee J four., very rlch pickings. One gaming ]
has unearthed, some o( which were | establishment was as comprehensive
AMERICA IN THE PHILIPPINES
III.-Everyday Llic In Manila.
BY FREDERIC J. HASUIM.
THE MEXICAN SITUATION
| An editorial which appeared in the
Mexican Herald ot »• nnd wlllch
I we produce below, nets forth clearly our
SPIRIT OF TIE TEXAS PRESS
Consider yourself a part of the Texas
Prosperity Club whqther you take out a
certificate of membership or not.—Boll
County Democrat.
Business Office, Both...
...621
Manilla, l*. I., Auk 4
•HE Amerlcanlsutbai of .Manila ban rc-
AGENTS and CORRESPONDENTS: (considered tho chief objectionable ( state in which gambling Is not un-1 A suited In radical changes In tint
present.
lug brutalities bo likely to occur
Monterey. Mexico K <5. Atlee,
7iaragoia, a Rent and Correspondent.
C. V. Holland, General Traveling Agent
J. C. Oslin. Traveling Agent.
M M Osborne, "I raveling Agent. ^ ^ ^ of m#nl.
bers of the army of subordidate of-
7fi fleers which tho system Is compelled
4.25 to employ. There might, come a
.. 8.00' » wh( n ovory c»xponpnt of an ad-
t oo | ministration would he .1 humanitarian
! trained in the principles of objective
everyday Ufa of the people of the Phil-
Of the saloons visited duudsy ull ! 'PP'ne metropolis, yet the Americans wh .
— - i . . i„,uin«im I "vo hero have In turn yielded much to
loogoncss of its structure. As long as but. three were found doing business, i|w 8pan|sh Bhd Fl„p)11„ customs s.i well
Iho system Is maintained upon lis | and the Hangers must lave supposedly,, to (.x.ictl„ns „f ,|i. iiintate. TI
New York Office- Room 62". 150 Nassau] j ^ 0j. {jl0 KystCm, bllt should be I lawful.
8w5£i,ln°Jimf Oa.es. „R u natural ,ncidon. of th.
Room 45, Tost Building
Austin, Tex, G. Waverly Brlggs.
K Atlee, 2. Calls,
buais, just so long will revolt j that, the Oalvostoplans knew nothing i
subscription rates:
Daily, city."carrier, 1 month
Dally, mail, 1 month
Pally, in all, S months
Dally, mall, 6 months
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Semi-Weekly. 1 year
Terms Strictly In Advance.
POSTAGE RATES:
The postage rates for mailing The Kx-
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reform, but such u condlltion Is
hardly probable. Then, again, there
might eomo a time when stp'h an
administration would be succeeded by
men to whom the finer ideas of the
treatment of criminals would bu tin
known. As a result tho convict popu-
Through published reports of the latlon would suffer. Tho time hu3
proceedings of Iho penitentiary It.- passed that sanctions tho making of
v estimating committee, tho public has the penitentiary system the plaything
The Achievement of Victory.
whatever of tho Robertson-Fitz-
gerald law, but they seem to have
thought that the saloontsts and sport-
ing men might be susceptible to edu-
cation.
American population of Manila i» only
about fiOOO, out of a tntnl of more than
h quarto; o i n million, hut tholf Influence
I. manliest t-vory where.
In tlie <Iuvh oi* th*- Spanish regime Hi
iKrd now. It probably will have a grofu
Ini'luenee upon the course of affalrw In the
ihIhikIr hi it will bring Americana and ■ * , il.
edurnted Killplnoa together In ft relation : fully understood by everybody a*
which la now unknwvn^ j policy governing us in the public^ion of
a dopted* in any "o denial *11 nil Hpan^h cui- | ^ -ns.Itutlon of Mexico is broad and
toinH 10very man htia .i peraonal ! liberal and guarantee* to ull liberty arid
o pursue their avocatloni of
imn views We reproduce the editorial
in both the Engliih and Spanish editions
o! tho Monterey News with tlve ,
knowledge, and desire, thst the views nnd | grdW,_gun Angela Press-News.
sent intents therein expressed may on ♦ ♦ ♦
It Is ton bad that the great State of
Peanut politicians flourish better on
a picnic primary campaign than any-
where else In the world. Let Texas
who looks out for hN
right
nnifort. The "hoy i t|
Is paid ti salary of ten P**"!t liel'oof an honorable character in pursuit of a
a month and in consideration tlieieoT •
lie In inlet, messetig'r, hody-nervant and . livelihood, without fear so long as they
general factotum. Hverybodv '"^V.*!....* I do n>. clolenco to ti>e lawi. of the nation,
Texas has to send to Chicago to have a
little printing done. The amount of tlie
hill iix wo figure it is 14171.DO,—llalletts-
vilie Herald.
♦ ♦ ♦
Kor once the Legislature was too lib-
eral There are not enough claimants
to taU• - up the money set aside to repay
the liquor men for unexpired license*.—
Galveston Tribune,
«- ♦ ♦
p.' 10 i ni m« I.'t'liii, ■ III I U " ' • ' ■**•* i 1.'
Hlertu. .-.nd Ju*t after the iuliloa\ lunf'n OJ. q.i11out ils morale.
, - . nrai'tl« nl!\ nil of M'»nila I" aaleep oniw home of oa have dedicated the better
city re«'lird a iiolnt where It was almost lJ)r, am«-rl^nn *1orr.« in«l p.hopa ,'Pe,TJ part of • ur llvoa, with *ich talent*, and i . J."'*xJhcn "lie"eonm* 10 Texaa, but
iih great in j opulatlon and fonimerce a,j ( ft|j r]| thf other* are tioaed from U i pj<nnH Up wn pcaseHa, not only in the pin- * - .....j—
it it. now, but the condition* of life were , !o o o'rloeh. At the lunch hour, when ' - -
... ,n,,r' , 1 I suit of fc<rtune, but in the development
vciy different. There wore no •ewer*, no ,hl, ,,f Amerh .tn cltleH are alway* ( ului upbuilding of tho'country. The most
Some of the Oalvcatoniaufi who ga*. and but few electric lights. Until1 .. .. «Ml
. . is* .1, , aill.A,,uv 1^94 the Htrecta were lighted with oil
were not clothed with tho autnon > lamp*. There wn* one abort horae-car
tn ferret out or to BUDproKH liny vio-l line, am] tho various aeetione of the city
to ienci out ui »ufi * alnin„l out ,(f communication with
lat.iona of the moral lawa nre atld to erc^ other.
thu cvi«toncr> ami Th« Amgrhan* have ron*tructed *ew-
have been uwure of thn existence snu | prs hftvc |(jh)ud aU |h(j >lrePt„ havi,
operation of tho Rambling retorti, ! hunt forty-five miles of good street car
. ... «.»w> in h.* I line*, and have knitted the varioua *«■•-
but they probahl) did not care to Dl ) (({|n# g[ |1(n (1. . )n(ii one one-fifth of
regarded «b "informers"
obtained confirmation of the preseucu
in our prison system of glaring in-
adequacies which it became the pur-
pose of The Express last fall to dls-
clos". The committee has completed
of chance and politics. It Is a groat
department of the government that
d"p-3nds for Its success upon the per-
manence of the policies that control
It, and It Is much more Imperative
but a meager portion of Its stupendous j to accord Iho prisons this reccgnltion
task. In fact, for the most part, its i than ether branches of the govern-
deliberations liavo been confined to | inert, betauso they aro charged with
an effort to acquire definite apprecla-j the welfare, of thousands of unfor-
tion of the magnitude of the penal dc- ! tunaies that are exiled from society—
or to meil- I Manila city la enclosed In the anctcnt
, , ... . | walls, yet io the Spaniard and thn tfptiu-
dle with matters that did not concern j iMh-triilned Filipino onlv tin- walled city
them '1 he police found otll about -"Iniraimirjs" is Munfla. Othcf sections
'.'i I arc dealgnaled by other name*. In the
these violations as soor as tho Stato j ^punish days 11,• moat around the wall
,, i.„j «t,urn ir» aKslKt in was filled with water and at night, the
Hangers called on them to at.sitt in w hrl(,B<H Wf.rp ,mllleiJ u() anU',hn
escorting tho prisoners they had up-1 nates shut. Tho Spanish families pre-
, . „0 in the leered to live within t'10 walls, as they
irehendeu to places ol saTcty in tii do, hut oilier Buropenus and the
cltv's or county's keeping, and both I wealthier Kllllplnoii sought homes outside.
' Klvs years he to re the Spanlsh-Anterl-
clty and county officials got busy as
soon as their attention was called to
th« matter.
How did the State Hungers hap-
pen to drop onto these gaming places
with various devices for luring the
coin from the pocUets of the unwary
the ascendancy.
The majority of "lie people, the Fili-
pino* depend for amuftment upon their
own VocU-flghta, their religious fiesta*,
the ublqultouH moving i»l«ture machine
and the nmuaement nnra At Palomar
Park, the Amerlnin ha« net himself up
ns entertainer «»f the multitude. It Is Just
llk«* the Luna Park or White <!ity attrac-
tlon* of any other American elty. T ho
roller-coaater, the slide*, the games nnd
shows, the fortune teller and the dancing
pavilion are all then. And tho barker-
engaged for the sake of his boiler fne-
can war the total American population I tory yoke tu ie|| tl...j n^e"-'
of Manila «vaH four a lone rjuartette of j „?li. |^n,j Tago'log -I* a fea-
the efforts of
Kuropeans nnd
I Filipinos, the best patrons an* the amusc-
ment-loving Chinese, who like to play and
hiiHV. the Manila t borough fares are | |»rftlllant example of thl* honorable ant
us quiet and deserted a* If it were into- , j,r.|w«*rthy course is the illu*triou«
night. , . | editor of the Mexican Herald, whose ripe
The theater doenn t amount t«» muen m . rare talenta ard high attain-
Manila because It Is so far awn>. a fi icstly reccrd him a commanding
grand opera company eonie* out r | p|rtoe rn.«.ng the great, editors of the age.
Spain or Italy every winter, .lust a w^,0 nr^ j(.ES talented, and have ha4
has been doln,; for half a cownu > , anu lpf K f rlcnee, aro ever willing to fol-
fot a season the city t«kes on It* old ap- 1>W ||v footlitep8 and profit by hi*
pearanee and the Hpanlsh element Is In Bn(1 r,„dence.
partment and to acquaint itself with
the basic principles upon which tho
structure of its practical operation
has been erected; yet. concomitant
developments of this general Inquiry
into the broad fabric of the system
men and women who are- without so-
dal or legal standing—that ara utter-
ly dependent for their destiny upon
I he ability of the Stato to conduct
its prisons properly.
There is no sentimentality in the
have lieen' sufficiently spor-lfic nnd ! jdea of penal reformation or proper
significant to establish not only thi
verity of The Express" indictment of
the use nf prison nut hods incompat-
ible with modern ideas of the peno-
logical science, but also to acquit it
of the specious charge of yielding to
an emotion of jolitical hostility which
the spirit of an occasional politician
has been small enough to voice.
Tho Express projected Its campaign
in behalf of the sjtato penitentiaries
with a single object in view: The ele-
vation of our penal institutions to
that exalted plane of management
upon which they may adequately ful-
fil their purpose. This paper main-
tains that a penitential y is not pri-
four a lone <|iiartctt« "f 'st show on em
American burlness men There was n Kngllsh. Spaniel
large American huvlnes* house there, but. Jure of the ' ''"f'1'
its clerks were nearly all Kngllsh. The | the park to int- -est
English colony was comparatively largo
and Influential, as it Is now. and the KnR-
llnh Club was the center of that portion
of social life w hMi was not purely Span-
leh.
, .. .. i , The Manila Club, sometimes called the
}low did they happen to know mat tliu Knitllsh Club, continue* to he tho renter
liquor law was being violated In the | oMhe ~e;ci.l ar^busi|„e«
gf-apcrt City and become wltuesses , niuch business Is transacted nt the clubs
sport and don't
their money
rare how they sjiend
It, the quarter of a century we have
lived lr. this country we are unconscious
of ever violating; tne laws, or of having
fulled to devoto our energies to the beat
interest of the people n,d countl v.
In a Miinll way we have accumulate-J
property and pr.y surh taxes as the uu-
th< ritlf* direct It Is iherefore natural
that we sHuld be corcerned u'oout the
welfare of the country: and, as publish-
ers of two dally newspapers, we are
obligated to the public io publish fairly
all news which Io an> way has a bear-
Ing on the development and forward
march of I his country, ®nd have the right
to express our views *s long an we no
ho within the limits of our right* as
law-abiding foreigners.
We claim that we have tho right to
|iub)ist what la news, when it is not
*< dltlous <ir against the nation's dignity
management of prisons; it. in above
sentimentality. The principle of ref-
ormation is oT ti substance superior
even to sentiment without which the
world would be au uninviting abode,
for it. Is founded at. tho same time
upon the economic value to society
of good citizenship. Reformation is
not only right, but it pays; and the
State that ignores this responsibility
Is not. only recreant to its obligation
to the criminal, but Is short-sighted
economically. The criminal is a tax
upon the country no matter how his
maintenance may be provided for; the
honest man Is a blessing and a con-
trlbutor to Its mutual benefits. It Is
to the fact? On one occasion not ft
great while ago the State Hangers
dropped Into another Texas city and
happtned to discover that gambling
was going on within lis limits con-
trary to law. It just happened so, It
at the lunchcon hour, and tho Kngllsh
Club has retained Its ascendancy from the
old days.
Cltib llfo means much more tn the
iirlent than It d"es at home. The Amer-
ican In the United Slates is of all men
the lenst dependent upon club life. If
he belongs to a club II Is for pleasure
only nnd II Is usually 1 iokod upon as a
thing apsrt from Ids serious interests
In tho orient, cluhs nr,' the centers li
was said at the time, but there were
...... _„,i B,,n.,, indictments I which men of Kuropenu and American
some arrest.-? and some indictments, Mr(|) 1|p.lrt 1 from ,h„ Aglattc,
and thai city Is presumed to have
been free of gambling resorts ever
since.
nmmic whom ihey live Tho <lub (ui-
nishes not only amusement and social
dlvertlsement, hut it is i.Isi the enflno
through which tho pressure' of die opin-
, , , . Ions of the white colony Is Impressed
Of course, the laws ought to be en- , Up0n ruling powers.
maintenance of a penal Institution
chiefly as an instrument to facilitate
the administration of retributive jus-
tice is on obsolete doctrine that had
Its genesis in the beclouded ages of
barbarity; that It. should be conducted
as an asylum where moral defectives
might find opportunity and encourage-
ment to procure ethical healthfulness
is a thought that had its Inspiration
in the glory of Mount Calvary, and
is cherished now as an Integral con-
sideration of that broad fraternalisin
which is the world's most priceless
gem.
Whatever may be the cause, the
State that fails to make of its peni-
tentiaries institutions of objective ref-
ormation is derelict In a sacred duty,
imposed by the inherent obligations
of government. Through Investiga-
tion this paper reached a conclusion
adverse to the Texas system In so
far as the conservation of its primal
and ultimate purposes are concerned,
and that judgment has been sustained
already by developments ineiatmt to
the legislative inquiry. It appears
from an analysis of the disclosures of
the coma-iittee Ihat the fundamental
error in the Texas system is its sub-
servience to commercialism. The
dominanca of this force has blasted
whatever vestige of reform the peni-
tentiary idea entertained' at the time
of its application to the penal condi-
tions ot this State. The peniten-
tiaries have been conducted solely
as a means to a, commercial end.
Rivalry not only as between respec-
tive management but likewise as
between the lesser officers of each
administration has forced into promi-
nence the object of commercial suc-
cess and blighted the hope of achiev-
ing the reformatory purpose for
which the institutions were created.
The system has placed the dollar
above the man. and has made the con-
vict's labor the first consideration of
lis operation ra..ier than a matter in-
cidental to the conservation of the
prisons' fundamental conception. Kef-
forced rigidly and impartially, but i
Galveston must know that It does not
look well for a city that has set tip a
model of municipal government for
the admiration of the world to
have her effective local policing done
by 8tate Rangers, even If these were
merely chance visitors c.ctlng'upon an
accidental clue.
marily punitive, but reformative. The 1 required of the State to reform Its
criminals because it is right. Crime
is the excrescence of a diseased
moral nature that can be removed
only by treatment of the underlying
cause. To administer to this de-
ficiency is tho State's duty; to reap
the benefit, of the activities of the
cured, reformed citizen is its; reward.
The Express tfoubts not that the
penitentiaries of Texas are approach-
ing a new era when the idea of ref-
ormation and not commercialism will
be paramount. It believes that the
work of the legislative committee
will tend toward this end, and that
it will be perpetuated In the jtnnals
of the state as one of the signal ac-
complishments of tho times. When
this consummation lakes places the
full triumph of The Express' campaign
will have been realized. The start
has been made, for which this paper
is thankful and of which it Is proud;
complete attainment must come by
evolution.
The chill stands on Alamo Plaza
are not to .be expatriated, but thfc
Board of Health may require that
the utmost cleanliness shall be ob-
served.
I and tranquility.
+ + + We art- animated by feollngs of pro-
The Filipinos lake their pleasures quite I found respect for the mHon, Ms law;s nd
seriously, and In the dancing pavilion at i its people, end shal in th> f' tut _ in» iin
the park the couples move about to the | the past, labor for the fid\an' emcnt anl
The cclton gins throughout South-
west Texas are getting busy now,
and the new crop Is pulling il. an
appearance everywhere in tblr. sec-
tion.
As to the Joker In the tariff bill
it seems to be a case of now you
see It and now you don't,
Count Zeppeiin failed to reach
Cologne in his flight from Frankfort
because of stormy weather «icounter-
ecl and a. defect In his motor, but he
cruised about Bonne until "ae was
ready to return <o Frankfort, where
he landed In good order. The Intrepid
count will succeed ip his attempts
after awhile if he continues to show
r-uch energy and determination, and
both ho and Herbert Latham deserve
the success which everybody hopes
will be theirs. V
From a recent article In the col-
umns of the Post it would appear
that ihey still have mosquitoes that
serenade, bite and otherwise annoy
the people of the Bayou City. And
yet tha Post has endeavored to creatov-
"the Impression that Houston is a
modern, progressive city.
Tfie< man who goes up In a lalloon
is not so much afraid that he will
he afraid as that, he will not he able
to prevent others from seeing that
he is afraid. But it is getting so
now ihat the airship is considered
quite as was the automobile less than
a Qozen years ago.
Tie Western Senators appear to
r,r.r,,7nnr, 'nf criminals in Texas h'is have some apprehension that ngree-
ornation of ciiminals in Texas has mon( wj(h (he free raw materlal fea-
been accidental, solely because the (urp of ,he new tarlff bill would ro-
modea and policies of each penlten- ; M,it jn the tanning of their hides
tiary administration have been an- when irate constituents get hold of
tagonistic to a program of operation there
whereby reformation could be regard
ed as a certain incident
.ae system is wholly —
«-»*.r tz ss. . To ax ws
months ago, the developments of l.i visionlsls have made a mess of it.
committee's inquiry have confirmed | ■
the accuracy of this diagnosis, and Now if Commissioner Colquitt and
ncreelves, the i ('one Johnson should arrange for x
the committee, itself percehes the j of jo|nt debatcs lt mlght add
Immediate need of radical change ,n (,omewhat to the gayety of the gtiber-
principles, methods an I policies Siatorial c ampaign.
Brutalities have been necessarily i
. ,. . . ; The conference report on the tarirr
incident to prevailing condition, of ]m wHJ bp on )a thp gcnat)3
the penitentiary system, ihey ha»e {!„n |Ji«» probability is that fine
not been due to the neglect of prison ,j|0 adjournment will follow lm-
cffici&ls, they have been due to tho J mediately after.
To a Lawn Hoae.
Insensate thin*, thou stretchest out thy
length
As treacherous as Laocoon of old.
And we, suspectini? not thy tralt'rous
strength,
Approach theo smUlngly while thou'rt
outrolled.
Betimes thou'rt gentle as the sklpful
lamb.
And do our biddlnw with a silent charm.
Again thou'rt fiercei than the risky ram
And fill our souls with terror and alarm.
When In our Sundt-v best wc near thy
nozzle.
Thou whlrlest to our breast and wildly
suzzle!
Hadst thou a face, 'twould smile In mild-
est peace;
Like to a wildcat purring in Its den,
Thou'dst wait the fateful moment for re-
lease
Anr then makes us as triad as a wet hen.
Aye, after thou hast squirted all our garb
Thou llest In the grasB where Ihou art
flung—
And like a searing scorching, poisoned
barb
Are gurgling chuckles which thou glvest
tongue!
Compound of kindness and of wrath ab-
horrent.
E'en then thou sputter us a farewell tor-
rent! —Chicago Evening Post.
«C>
Pointed Paragraphs.
Selfishness Is the seed and sin Is the
harvest.
Self-adulation is rne thing and self-
respect Is quite another.
The ^levator Is n boon for men who
are in a hurry to reach the top.
Most people wish a newly married cou-
ple happiness as If they meant It.
Somehow When a man gets Into a
crowd he thinks ho is the only one In a
hurry.
There I* no hope for the old bachelor
who can't Induce even a widow to marry
him.—Chicago News
Dog Gives Himself Up.
roltceman William F. Mertz, of
Bloomfleld, N. J., heard a scratching
sound coming fro . the rear of tho
Conner Street police station Sunday after-
noon. Thinking that a prisoner wns try-
♦ ♦ ♦
Coming to Manila the Americana reod-
ily fell Into the club-life habit. Tho Army
nnd Navy Club v»a.s tho flret American
club to be organized. It soon lo«t all re-
Rttnblance to tho ordinary army post of-
ficers' club and becHini! an important fea-
ture in Manila life, including officer* of
tho civil government n* well a* of the
military In ltn make-up.
Nowaday* the civil government in more
niimcroUHly represented "t Hi* University
f'lub, where "everybody" gather* for the
cocktail hour which immediately precedes
dinner. Dinner i« usually served at S
o'clock, so that the late afternoon gather-
ings take place after people have had
their drive, the ride, the walk or tho
game of nolo which comes as soon as the
heat of the day declines.
Younger Americans find their recreation
and social life nt th«' Columbia Club, an
institution fathered by Bishop Brent, of
tho Episcopal Church. There is no cock-
tail hour at the Columbia Club, for It is
a teetotal institution, but there is a beau-
tiful clubhouse, a fine gymnasium, a
swimming p< ol and other attractions of
the same ord"r. As a rule the club habit
In tho Orient is not calculated to make
for Intemperance. Thn combination of
good-fellowship, exile from home and the
"chit" system has been known to be the
undoing of many a young man. To
guard against that evil and at the same
time to furnish the features of a club
which are necessary, Bishop Brent organ-
ized the Columbia Club.
The Klks, the German*, the Spanish
nnd the Filipinos also have clubs of their
own. The Klks are building a new home
which will be the handsomest club in
Manila A new club, to be made up of
Americans and Filipinos, is being organ-
music with as much solemnity as If It
were a wedding or .1 funeral. The whole
dance presents an appearance of even
greater dignity than a season hop in
(!airo, where everv man is a prince and
every woman a duchess.
In the Interchange between the Ameri-
cans and their predecessors here, the
Americans have accepted much of the
pleasure and leisure of the old regime,
and give up far more daylight to purely
social enjoyment than they would do at
home. On the oth«r hand, they have
taught the older Manila to insist on rap-
id transit nnd upon municipal cleanli-
ness.
The American has cut his business
hours to the short schedule of the old
regime, but he has introduced new sys-
tems and methods which have greatly
expedited the transaction of business.
For Instance, it require* something like
eight or ten minutes to ^et a "heck
cashed in an English bank In the Orient,
and It used t«> take the Hpanlsh bank In
Manila at least twenty minutes to per-
form a like function. The American
bank here consumes about two seconds
in such a transaction. The system has
been adopted bv the Spanish bank—but
not by the English.
The banks suffered greatly when the
American Government gave the Philip-
pine* a staple currency. I11 tho old days
the only money In tho Island* was tho
Mexican dollar, which was heavy, un-
wieldy, nnd. worst of all, subject to vio-
lent fluctuations In value. Today one
might have enough money to discharge
a big debt across tho water--such debts
were always in gold—and tomorrow the.
same amount of dollars wouldn't go half
so far. The same thing still goes on In
China, and the banks wax fat on the
mysterious and baffling "exchange ", busi-
ness. The Manila bankers said it -would
be impossible for the United States to es-
tablish a staple currency for the Philip-
pines. But it was done and now one peso
is worty 50 cents gold and the sliver cer-
tificates and other Philippine currency
is Just as good as gold. But the banks
mourn.
American business methods are being
introduced extensively in tho retail trade,
but not 00 rapidly into larger commercial
enterprises. American habits and cus-
toms are being reflected In the street*
and among all classes of people. The
Americans here have adopted some
strange customs, but for all that they are
the controlling factor in the actual every
benefit of both.
Tho coltorlal cf the Mexican Herald
Is as follows: s
"We certainly owe no explanation <-r
our course to newspapers, which, com-
pJainlnc of Intemperate language In their
contemporaries, commit the Inconsistency
of opening their columns to writers
whore stock In trade is vulgar abuse
"But as a mere questlcn of principle,
It is desirable for us or.ee more to state
our attitude as to the treatment of local
public creation*.
•'We demand for ourcelves in this re-
aped t the amplest freed* rn. and we shall
ure it not appologetically nor as a con-
ctsfion, but as a right.
"We demand the same freedom as 1
accorded to newspaper* printed tn for-
eign language in any of the other great
capitals or civilisation.
Mind, it is rot the authorities her'}
who seek to restrict that freedom; quite
the contrary. It is certain sheets whose
mission teems largely to criticise the
:.uiborit;es, .And It may be added th.it
even those sheets ere not consistent
Their 1 utory is directed only against
th'11-e fnrflcrii newspapers which are sup-
posed to hold Vie*?, or to harbor sympa-
thies contrary to theirs. Foreign new«-
I a per s vl.it'll siiHte their views are pri\l
1<:;We observe thai newspapers printed In
English at Huenos Ayres discuss public
questions and the internal affalia of^Ar
pentina with the utmost freedom
Taft may make the rabbits take to the
iail grass when he comes 10 lexas, but
will h" rout the standpatters who are
now holding forth In tho National l apl-
tal?~Oalve»ton Tribune.
♦ ♦- ♦
The first annual carnival preparations
are going 011 with ardor Jn Oalveston,
and It bids fair to be tha greatest event
of the kind ever held in the South. Ihey
have not only a courageous but a car-
nival spirit In them.—Corpus < hrnti Htm.
♦ ♦
Texas rats. « one-fourth of tha cotlOn of
the world and Is entitled to as low freight
rates as the other cotton Mates. Texas
farmers have not been getting them, but
the Kailway Commission, after eighteen
years ot existence, Is going to have a
^hearing" on the matter.—Beevllle i.ee.
♦ ♦ ♦
The recent enactment providing for a
Htate bagging and 'twine factory under
the supervision of the State Penitentiary
Board may prove ' the beginning of an
immense industry in Texas, which will
eventually provide a home market for
the bulk of the cotton grown In Texaa.—
Piano Star-Courier.
♦ ♦ ♦•
Colorado'* women voter* are said^ to
be planning to elect a woman to con-
gress. In the event of her election, the
House rule* will have to be amended to
prohibit hats being worn by member* on
the floor, so long as the lmmenie hats
now worn continue to be the fashion, at
any rate. Brownsville Herald.
♦ ♦ ♦
Just what caused Governor Tom Camp-
bell to dislike tho Texas Commercial Sec-
retaries Association is hard to ».cJ, but it
is barely possible he ha"
grained because this association is doing
so much good for the whole State, while
some people aro criticising him for doing
ao much against their material Interest*.
--Laredo Times.
Num-
l.erUss journals printed in dlferrent for-
eiffn tongues at New York, give their
views as to passing political interests,
loea 1 ard national, in the United States
•tnd canvass American public men una
the various candidates for office without
anv one taking offense or
generality of Americans even
caring. Why ure we to be denkd he
tn™hv8shnn!dCtt be supposed that w!
who have identified our Interests w th
the country, and our thousands of K. *-
lish-speaking readers who have nh.o
thrownln their lot with the country,
cliould be Indifferent or silent as to ques-
tions which intlmr.tely effect the coun-
try s welfare and our welfare Into the
1,akvhat is to be said of the consistency
or those who, claiming the amplest llb-
e ty for themselves, and constantly com-
il-i'mlng when It is restricted or when
they fancy that It Is. restricted ongoing
plaining when it is restricted or
thev fancy that it is restricted or if
day life of the city, no matter what the I t<i be restricted, deny that liberty to
census or the balance sheet!! may say. | other* try, deny to them wen one ot
the fundamental rights of man—the ex-
Tomorrow: "America In the Philippines, j rrcsfon of opinion?
IV—The Philippine peoples." k ■ y.hBt estimate are we to form of the
THE CAMEL A DELICATE ANIMAL
Ingenious Veterinary Recipes of the
Natives of Southern Algeria.
Although human therapeutics in North-
ern Africa have remained both rudimen-
tary and summary, the case is not the
same with the veterinary art, which com-
prise^ an incalculable number of diverse
prescriptions, often most, ingenious and in
any case generally very curious. Most of
them, of course, concern the camel, the
renowned "ship of the desert.'
Contrary to a widespread but erroneous
opinion, the camel is a very delicate ani-
mal. A camel that has worked fifteen
days in succession needs a month s pas-
turage to recuperate. It is liable to a
host of ailments and accidents. When
a caravan crosses a rebkha or <^ry salt
lake It Is rare that some of the animals
thcnupper°part oMhe limb there"is noth-
ing for it hut to slaughter the ■ulnm11 and
mearbs ot Ifplhtts madl^o" palm Ranches
I. ,.1 .villi small cords. II no
TO REFORM "DRUNKS."
Cologne Plan Advocated to Keep Them
Out of Police Court.
street "drunks" and whether they
should be arrested and tried for being
drunk and Incapable or drunk and dis-
orderly is a subject which has been
strenuously debated at the antlalcoholic
empress this week. The opinion of the
majority seems to be to keop them out
of the police courts as much as possible.
The principle has been tried at Cologne,
and 1 as been attended with considerable
ti ceess.
Then the method Is for the police to
wirk In co-operation with Salvation
Army officers. The latter go around In
(lie night hours with an ambulance
wo got,, and either wheel the "drunks'
heme as 4 preliminary to a course of re-
forming influence, or they remove them
to a special shelter for. first, physical,
ami tl-eu moral treatment. The police,
for their part, when they find a "drunk"
In the streets, telephone to the army shel-
ter for the ambulance, which ' takes
fr'endly charge of him. Even a "fighting
drunk Is often dealt with In this way and
a. "Mind drunk" almost always.
London has 110 counterpart of this sys-
tela, except In a spasmodic, unofficial
m.'.nner. On Saturday nights in some of
the Injured j the svburbs a "drunk" who fails by the
which are bound with small cot
complications ensue st the ,
month the fracture is redmea. vvnen u
n«?tTsSPca\f|terIzed wl^ a' red1 hot iron, j wayside usually appears before a niagis-
fhen routed with elav and bandaged with | trntc In the mornlg. with little moral
\ « Vm or loth Fifteen days afterwards bent fit to himself and to the great htn-
li,« Animal Is generally cured. drar.ee or ordinary police court procedure,
it f.tt??. tapwsn" that the camel having l.ondon Dispatch to the New York
been clumsily or too heavily loaded o„„ tteraId.
Of its ribs is broken. In tills case an
incision' is" made'in'the skin above the
fracture and continued along the rib to
iu end and the rib Is then aken out
This is expeditious. But If the 1id
not come out easily, some fat is incited
FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(f-an Antonio Pally 1'xpress, Aug. t. lSfiP 1
Senator Cole of California has no fean
, „ „„ - °r 'b« consequence of Chinese immigra-
tone After a few'davs the rib comes ! lien. Theif is room for them- they are
tone Mirr _ — | ne»,!ert The distance across the Pacific
around the fracture 'by^tr.oaM of _ add-
ing to saw his way iut, he Investigated I bot stone After o few dayj^t
and found the only one In the cells sound j on the animal catches cold and ha- | Is Ice great and the outlet on this side
asleep. Going outside to the dog pound
in thte rear of the station, Mertz raw
a St. Bernard scratching at the door. Jj^l'he is °ftlso"'a practice highly j and they will find""it Tn due season. Thev
You get out of here before Ihat dog "erommended. Still nothing equals milk- possess just th
ring to ! ing a goat above the camel s nostrils , ^ 1hetr_hu
drive the dog away.
gins to cough the favorite remedy is to iro extensive. They will be apt to find
oauterize the hollow of the neck. But j ilieir way lino Mexico, and there. In h'r
letting blood from the vein at the base | ,judgment, is the proper home for them
find it in due season. Thev
the virtues the Mexicans
* t . *c «a<ri Mnrty trvlnir to I iiicr a roit above the camel h nwu.ifl ; mc-K. ineir lu.blts of labor and thrift
catcher gets jou. "a1tlI1 Kept ! In^s'ch'a way that the milk on leaving , would convert the fertile wastes of that
the
udder fails directly to the bottom cenntry into gardens
scratching away at the door. Finally | |)f t1ie .,„=trll. This method never fails, t 4 4
Mertz realized what the beast wanted, save for ,^-emlon that proves tne , ^ ,n.9j« names who pay an In-
T1lp fRluire. '* -'y performed and 1 come tax In New York. A. T. Stewart,
detract from the who heads the list, is. as everybody
v. All Arabs will l'.now! an Irish Immigrant. Henry Keep
". — .• r _u„ 1 .... ' i beasts thai be was a graduate from th> ... ......
town ot a dog going \olun rininied A disease verv frequent in camels Is pi,or house of Jefferson County, and Jay ! proup here f^els hurt, we leave It
P1], L tiSi,, hnnra1» will^lie chloro- ' scabies To cure the enlms! thus af- Could drove a herd of cattle from Delhi, draw Its own conclusions. " j" Vhe"two newspapers In an up-
within forij-eljht hours It. will be chi ro | .■■ah . viKorously rubbed with wood Delaware County, when a lad at 50 irnN • The conclusions which it should draw j u1lU'u,n,_, lionirable way.—Monterey
,Lr nr'toh'icco iuice bulled in water. As | per ,;ay, and it Is scarce a dozen years will lie obvious to every one else." r.gnt ana
- • '"—i" I ,.jnc0 Henry Clews was an errand bov I it is but just to the public as well as?
trj tne of tiie banking houses downtown, to ourrelves to say that the Monterey
+ - - I News, both English and Spanish, is
—■ Mertz reauzeu wnai me iwhw"- waiw«. hh". mm sumr >« •
ottld bp regard- s«nator Bailey Is so iconoclastic is | He got the key. opened the door and then ; rule The . ILS.'v '^t>e
t io prison life. to lhreaten expL.re of mock herolca | the ft. Bernard entered the pound eM- operation Mm clumall^ r;
f wronK Thf; in what he calls the sham battle that j, t|ie f|rs, • rRgr, on record in the j>ffieien"y of the remedy. A
fairness of writers who, In the name of
publicity, justify every expedient, yet
would curtail our :-lght even to handle
news features according to our judgment
of their interest and Importance?
"For, It may be observed, one of the
counts of the Indictment against us is
tho prominence recently given by us to
certain cren letters which wore the. sen-
fation of the hour. All wc can say is that
those who were shocked by our handling
of tint matter are likely to experience
other (iliocks in the fjltre, for we de-
mand the fullest freedom not only to
print the news, but to display It accord-
ing to its claims or. the attention of the
public. Those letters vera essentlady
news features. Yet apparently some lo-
cal exponents of advancod democracy
would wish us, as a newspaper, to abdi-
< at>* our essential function as such and
to sacrifice to their prejudices our pro-
fessional or expert judgment of the value
of the matter wl.tcT we serve up to our
readers.
"ironic of r.ur more enlightened col-
leagues have pointed out that Ihe carp-
ing sheels would restrict articles 6 and
7 or t lie Mexican constitution, which
guarantee the expression of thought and
the freedom of the press. Hut does It
nor seem that they would restrict arti-
cle 4 aleo? If Journalism or the publica-
llon of a. newspaper Is an 'useful and
honest' rccupatlon or profession, ny
which 'a livelihood can be made.' on
what ground Is it sought in our case to
curtail Its most elementary and neces-
sarv feature?
"Wf would dwell for a moment on a
phase of our spcclal mission here 11s an
American rewspaper. The United States
r.ml Mex'co are neighbors, and yet Mexl-
00 and Mexican affairs are imperfectly
understood tn the northern republic.
This country Is at times misrepresented
in American newspapers and its politics,
are a chronic theme of mistaken com-
ment.
"The false and alarmist reports recent-
ly telegitphed to the world from the bor-
der as to the Mexican political situation,
exemplify our meaning.
"Now, It is eminently proper that w»
should seek to correct such errors, and
though it might be maintained that wa
rould do It by simply contradicting them,
that Is not the esse. The American news
paper reader Is not made that way. H'>
is not satisfied with a mere denial; he
warts reasons and wants to be told what
the true posture of affairs really "Is. To
i.atisfy that want among others informa-
tior must be given In our columns as to
the trend of public affairs here, with
such comment as circumstances seem to
-.vat rant.
"Such is our mission as »n Interpreter
: letv.eer the minds cf thq two nations
f. in its Impartial discharge, any local
Fresident W'incheU of tho Rock Island
Itallroad not many days ago mada the
assertion that Galveston needed another
Storm of the 190" variety In order to re-
move nil doubt of Its permanency. Hard-
lv had tha great railroad man uttered, the
words when It happened. HI* assertion
will prove true, watch Oalveston grow.
—I,ockhart Courier.
♦ ♦ ♦
Taft sayH the country must have free
hl-les This Is a blow to the cattlemen
and the butchers. At the same time lie
favors a high protective tariff on boots
and shoes. This Is »2(W.OuO,OOD per year In
Iho pockets of the millionaire "
turer. Vet thero are Democrats In Texas
who are standing with Taft to destroy
the stockman and benefit the manufac-
turer. -Georgetown Conwnerclal.
♦ ♦- *■
Governor Campbell declares that all
those "Who disobey Instructions should
be driven from the party." Who l« go ng
to play tho overseer act and crack the
whip? It Is the duty of the Democrat to
obey the constitution of his !?tate and to
voice tho wishes of his Immediate con-
stituents- the men who elect him to of-
fice Country and constitution first and
party last.--Dallas Times-Herald.
♦
The vote In the late bond election doe4
not mean that Tarrant CoOnty Is opposed
to good roads, for this county has tha
b* -t svstem of public roads in the State.
Tiie vote on tho bond Issue simply
that a majority of those voting In that
election preferred to continue to Increase
the mileage of good roads year by year
rather than issue bonds and flnisn tn®
Job nt once;—Port Worth Record.
♦ ♦ ♦
Cone Johnson seems to be yet canter-
\ny about on the "Bailey issue. Mr.
Johnson should forget It. It should not
be an issue this year or next year- The
gentleman from Tyler undoubtedly has
Jiailey on his mind. The candidate who
seeks to ride Into office 011 the sins or
vtrtifes of Senator Bailey may findfol-
lowing the primary next > ear that he
rode the wrong animal around the track.
—Grccnvillo Banner.
President Taft is reputed, by a San An-
tonio dato line, to be eager for a wildcat
hunt Iri Southwest Texas, when he visits
Brother Charlie's big ranch next fall-
llunting wildcats in that country may be
more strenuous, but it is nothing like as
well patroniied a sport as trailing blind
tigers in North Texas. Somebody should
see to it that the President is shown
some real hunting, with a reward at tha
end of the chase. -Dallas News.
Tn all the "rbg-chewing" over tha
tariff no one seems specially bent on
saving the common people—the consumers
—anything. The President, who wants a
revision down, only wants it on the raw
material produced mostly 111 the South,
but says not a jv°rd about taking any of
the velvet from the trust goods. The
common people have no rights any more.
They are only useful to provide a mar-
keteer the trusts.—Palestine Herald.
♦ ♦ ♦-
If the people of Texas want a business
administration for Texas to follow the
next election they need give the. most
patient investigation Into the business
capacities of those who present them-
selves as candidates for the Governor 9
office. The voter has a whole year for
the consideration of candidates. Don t
make Jt a hurry job. Take your tlme.
A wise selection means the Protein,?nt£.
property and Industrial rlghts and the
awakening of better times by.the confi-
dence of outside capital in the seennt.
of the State from the domination of
treme radicallsm.-Brownwood News.
There will come a time "ben we will
be like England-no longer able to ma
off our own prosperity, but dependent
upon outside demands for
of our factories. Then we will be de-
manding free trade. Tor a tariff would be
useless The premium system has ruined
business by stimulation unttl the greedy
have acquired all our natural resources
and formed combines to rob everybodj\
Millionaires have become common
the poor are as numerous as eie.
Millionaires have become common and
the poor are as numerous as eiei-
much for a high tariff that, wh"e J'
makes times good sometimes, eventually
aifd not so far In the future. will reach
and almost force a revolution, If not
among men in hand to hand conflict.
lea>st Industrially, when the rich will wa\
richer and the poor poorer.-Guadalupe
Gazette.
other motive or desire tbsn to serve both
to the lest of Ms ability with other profit
and emoluments than the legiUma'"
scurros of income, derived from^the^puj ^
formed.—New York World.
—
A Pioneer Motor Trip.
Arabia ha* for the llrst lime been trav-
ersed ov a motor <nr The party con-
torted if an Englishman, Dnvld Forces;
his English driver, an Assyrian mechan-
ic, a Baghdadl cook, and an Arab eulde,
the car carrying la sedition to her pas-
sergers a supalv of (irnetl loods. an al-
lowance of o.%ddlng fcr er-ch. and fifty ■ f, u . ... . .
-Vo«ua°f P0!'01 a 8PCC,r"V i
the animal lias been previously cl nped
ami scrsned. the liquid penetrate- direct-
ly into the sores, which tt often succeeds
'"o'nlv bare mention ran tie mnd» of the
whole gamut of wounds, tumors and ab-
„-,..Bes from whlcli almost all ctm«ls
suffer, snd which the Arabs treat with
hot Irons, a pulled with the greatest liber-
ality tt Is worth noting, however, tha'
pounded glass Is used as a dressing n-jd
that It appears to work man-els. especial!*
right an.1
News.
O-
Mr Pentenrider leaves for New York
Ifdiy on mercantile business.
wntfi and publlsned by an American,
8arcasm In tne Box.
with no stockholders and no partners. Judge—Then when your wife seiied tha
i and that l oth publications are Tree of wfapon you ran from the house?
all entangling alliances, have never re- j F,iaint|f(_Tes. sir.
The assessment of city property has cfived any subvent.i n I j,1(1-._But she might not have used It
hoe-i completed. Thirty days will he al- from any government, whether Federal. Judge mil sne m.gi M.vh, ,)lt
lowed for Ihe Inspection of the roll, then State or inuitclprl. cr frt.m an> ccipora- j plaintiff—True. >ouf h n
ejllettlon will begin. Tiie city needs the lion or individual, »hatsoever or ' picked up the flat iron Just to smooth
■mcney very ba,jiy to carrj out some : ntever. That the- o»ner Is loyal to tu , . . . .»—. — Tranu^ini
much needed repairs and improvements. I ge-v«
:vera"ment° amT' the* people and l^°. no ; thing. ov.r-Bo.ton Transcript.
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