The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. Fourteenth Year, No. 80, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 21, 1898 Page: 6 of 12
twelve pages : illus. ; page 20 x 26 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
M
If
Si
v
1
Tt
a >
u
tjWWHJSfdN DAILY POST
ttafttt PriBtitiK Company
M JOHNSTON r
President
YlCBPRkSIDLNT
THB PAILV P T II TMB MJNDAV POST
to iH n fl 140 to 191 Col
fiMIWEEKLY POST m Col par Wek
wfiMDATWifOSTOrriCB AT HOUSTON TBXAS
AS StCOKD CUSS MATTER
rif > tten fey Mall Dally and Sunday Post on
ear 8oo tit months Sjoo threa ttontlu
iooi one month lloo
THB SUNDAY POST one year Sigo
THB SUMlWrBKlv POST Mondays and Thursdays
on ratr llooi six months go vents threa
tiontlis a cents
rNrtlgn Olflcea Enttrn business office B Trlbun
building New York Tho S C Reckwlth Spe-
cial Agency Western i4o The Rookery Chi-
cago The S C Backwllh Special Agency
Travellnr Agents C S E Holland Traveling
Auditor E K Holland and D U Throop Trav-
eling Agents
Telephone Numbers Jglfc tffc
The City The Post Is delivered to any pill of the
city by carriers per month Jlooj three months
13001 six months 0oo one jear 1100
Mr Theodore Miring hat charge ot the ell
circulation and collecting Messrs Theodore
telng Charles Lottand Tom South are the au >
tnorlied collectors of all city bills bothadvertli
Ing and subscription and no money should b
paid to any one other than those named unlet
special written authority signed by the business
sger Is
should be paid by check In favor of The Hous-
ton Printing Company
Subscribers falling to receive The Post regularlyi
will please notify the office promptly Every
paper Is expected to bo delivered not later than
Cjo oclock a m
Under no circumstances will orders given by
employes on the office be recognised and
paid or accepted In payment of accounts
HOUSTON MOSOAV HIM 21 lMiN
mriiiiiKMJKS ix timi
Washington Noon
Houston 1050 a m
Havana 1135 n in
Klo Janeiro 2S0 p in
Madrid 135 p in
Jjouilon b SS p m
Constantinople 7oo pm
Calcutta 1100 n n
Hong Kong 1230 n in
tAflnn t q0 m
NoV of ono ilny at Washington before
noon saii e day ftt Houston 1 a in or n i
lay tit Mafilja
sovimity ojf viMintirw ships
Two months rrtjo 1I10 elllxen of onllniiry
Intelligence wodid luvo Imagined that tlic
United States JwouM havo huil no troublo
whatever In Rc < turlng transports capable of
moving a hundred thousand or uvn two
htmtlred thousand nicn from our coasts to
any part of tho World Iteccnt oxpoiieticov
ottho Roverumotit however hao dispelled
nv such lllusioiX
We cxhouatpd oljrrosourcb In th dlioc
Hon Indirultd ltKom on tho Atlantic
aide whtii na 6htnlmil tho required ves-
sels for ronvcylnrj tho army ot 15000 imm
to Santiago unless Ihwo transports can
bs brougbl back to Klorlila and utilized
for tho Porta mean expedition th latter
will Mvtv to Mt until wo can admit iv
lot of cTelK vrsaula to American rcfilatry
rvrmprcES a lled t us dclnylns tho movo
ogalnel Porto ltlco tor many wceka On
tho Iacllo sldo sv havo had to admit for-
eign vepscls to Amerlfap rculstry and itr
yet to short on tnuiRpnrta that ho thttd
division of troops for tho 1hUlpplma U
not likely to reach Manila for a couple
of months after the 11ml contingent ot only
2500 men Railed
With nil our vast cotnmcrco and among
all tho ships that > ialt American porta It
bas been Impossible to obtain euftlclcnt
tranrporla for 30000 men without buying
veeMls at exorbitant prices or granting
them tho privileges ot our flag In addition
to enormous rculflls or forcibly selilng
thorn and leaving tho futtiro to assess tho
datnacest
Could any circumstance speak more
strikingly of the decay of our American
tnercfcnnt marlno Is thero another llrst
elass nullon on enrth vjherc such trotihlu
In tho transportation of a comparatively
smoll army to points across the sea would
bo experienced
Tho navigation laws for which tho high
protection republican party Is responsible
in drlvtug tho American merchant Hag off
the ocm except as It Is en In coaatwlcu
trade have also deprlcd us of two Im-
portant resources In war transports for
troops nnd reasoned recruits far tho navy
Tho majority of tho ship companies havo
aotol outrageouely fn their attempts nt
extortion and tho delays tho confusion
and the final figures for ohips lmyo en-
tailed art enormous expenso u > on the gov-
ernment that It ought not to have had to
BUffCT
The veraels admitted to American regis-
try can engage In tho coastwise trade if
they deslro and ll la probable hat wo shall
see tbp foreigners drlvlnt American from
this last field of
operations of bur onco
ttreat merchant marine Wo have nursed
and protected7 this Industry lo death and
noiv In a critical fcrod of our history
to our confusion arid humiliation Great
ti he protefrllve policy
ItfelCKIUSH liOXD ISSUK
efvTh treat Americao public wu be iln
Wlarly tridirferentioihe handling of our
N tlon hfa ncei f efoUi lnqurf art
not instituted in the pending political
c mpaign andip lsoo aj to the repub
t IJcan adminlsfratlons excuse fof naklhg
for ft ttpoOopioo loan nt hU ilmc under
ih8 u < horlxatlon to Itsile JIOOOQOCOO In
boaas o t1 war purpos ps
1200000000 will be necessary In addition
lo the available cash In tho treasury and
tho 138000000 additional revenue which
Mr Dlnglcy estimates will bo received
from the special war taxes Tho Interest
on 1200000000 wilt amount to 1500009 a
month for tho next ten years at any rale
Why Incur this expense until It has Icon
clearly demonstrated that It is nocesiary
Why add 200000000 to our publle debt
when possibly 50DO000O would be suffi-
cient Tho Springfield Mass Republican
puts tho ease In this form
The secretary appears to bo exhibiting ex
truordlnory haste and eagerness lo Increase
the bobded debt of tho gomnrooitt Ho cun
not Know for n certainty ns yet whether any
bona need bo sold The war tuny not l > o
pruloi Md Tho Issue of l > W00Otf Or IIIW
twnOOil ot the tomporary certificates of ludout
edticsi might sufllco with tlio now tlixou Tho
eouilnry now holds In the treasury JMOOOOOo
Of avallnblo rash abovo the minimum gold
rwene ot which JTAOOOOun nld bo spared
fo war oxponses pending the advance ot the
wur taxes to a state of full effectiveness How
murli revenuo these taxes will yield can not
bo foretold but they promise a largo amount
and may very ponilbly suffice with tho aid of
the sparo cash In hand and the temporary
bet rowings on treasury certificates to meet
the rmenuo demands of the situation Tho
secretary can not bo ot all certain that this
might not l > o tho case And yet the bill had
not been adopted In Its final form In either
branch of congress before his preparations
bad boon mado to add JiW000000 to tho bond-
ed debt This will stilt the banks which are
desirous ot an enlarged basis for tho present
umlrtlrabln system of bnnk unto Issues but
It does nut appear nt the moment lu suit the
larger unite fnt lcU
Tho war rovenuo bill provides for coin-
ing tho seigniorage nnd for the Issuance
of short tlmo certificates The govern-
ment during the year can havo tho use
of about 100000000 for war purpotei
without touching money derheJ from bind
sales Is the sum not sufficient to brliu
Spain to terms a bankrupt country al-
ready piactlcally nt our feet Can the ad-
ministration not win this fight In ninety
days longer
Ono of two things Is certain Klther
there will bo no need for 200000000 from
bond sales or tho government will be
grossly tneompotent In the conduct of tho
warl
Thero wne no neecsslly In tho fitst place
for fojigrcss to provide nt this early stage
of tho slrugglo fur a bond Issue but It
having been nulhoiired there appearH no
good reason why tho administration
should ho so reckless In fastening it upon
tho country unless Mr Oago dcilrrs
simply to give hi 11 banking tiirnrin a
choke investment at thu publics expense
While tho flmt bonds aro lo bo put up
ns a popular loan only the uninitiated ex-
pect tho tnnssca to absorb these 200 0u
0001 And wo inn rest assurod that If this
sum Ik taken by tho pcoplo thcte will bo
another chance for the syndicates
as Tti m4v iTo7ti
The influences that havo for so long op-
posed tho Nlauaugo canal projoct 1110 be-
coming aetivo again uluco the expoilcucts
of the war seem In havo given n new Im-
petus lo tho eanul action 0 Hack of the
own opposition lo tho canal aro undoubt-
edly to bo found tho grtat tratuKimtlncntal
lines and Kastrm ngenclea that now enjoy
a trade that would largely bo controlled by
the lulf States after the completion of this
uuiiectlng link bctweeu tho Atlantic and
Pacific
Tho fnvorlto mode ot attack Is to question
tho profllablnncBs of tho undertaking or
Hi convenience or utility Its ftoalblllty la
bejond dispute Tho llaltlmore Sun re-
cently contained the following tdltorial
As lo tho point that tho Nicaragua cnnal If
low eomplettd would bo of great uso In
reaching Mnlillu Mr lofeph NImmo nhows in
a leeiiit letter tpnt It Is tlOin miles from New
York to Manila Uu the Suez en mil and I7lf
mllea la tho Nicaragua canal From Manllt
to Loudon It l liOOi miles via the Suei canal
and IIIM mllen via the Nlctrugua cuunl Tho
utility tit tho latter Is not therefore so clear
The fact that tho Nicaragua canal Involves
220 feet ot loekitgo and tolls a surloiis Im-
pediment for largo veanels adda In effect SWO
miles In tho dlxtnuce via the Nicaragua canal
from New York to Manila Tor military pur-
poses tho canal would bo useless unless wo
protect It from damnge by large fleets nt both
ends and with soldiers distributed all along
Its length Kor trado It Is not much needed
In view ot tho many lines nt railway we huo
irosstpg from tho Atlantic to tho Parlflo Snlt
lng vwsols could not teach It for want of
wind nnd but 300000 tons ot steam tonnage
Mr Klmtno says would bo likely lo uso It
Tho Sues cannl being at tho sea lovel will
bo a successful conipenltor
Vivo fact seems to bo ovet looked that tho
cllot reason for building this canal nt gov-
ernment oNpouse Is Ha strategic value In
eniic or war and to nbvlato tho necessity of
constuictlng a gnat fleet for the Pacific
and nnothcr for tlJsl Atlantic Of what two
lo us h tho Suez cannl lu tho event of war
with one of tho European governments
It it wcro 5000 miles nearer by the Mediter-
ranean from New York to Manila than by
the Nicaragua cnnal we should still need
tho latter lo cut off tho 11000 miles wo
now have to make around tho continent of
South America In dlsciiHsltig tho posslblo
benodts of thin American route the correct
business comparison Is not with tho Suox
route controlled by our enemies but with
tho Cnpo Horn route now entailing upon
us such a nst evpeiiso nlid occasioning so
much delay In our naval movements It
may ho 200 miles nearer by the ISuropenn
canal rrom Now York to Manila than bv
way of Nicaragua but It Is 11000 to 151H10
nearer by tho latter route than around tho
Hern Thla la the point lo Veep In mind
and this la tho point tho war has empha
slted bo strongly
Tho Nicaragua canal would create now
commerce for ub add to present ocean ton
nago and enable us to defend our Interests
with half tho pnvnl force that will other-
wise bo required These things are worth
till tlio millions tho canal will cost What
tho Suez canal has done for Europe the
Nicaragua canal will do for tho Western
Hemisphere and selfish interests should not
bo allowed to defeat Its construction
irrn it rtitMsiiis v iusmiv
A correspondent of tho Indianapolis
Scntlnol who appeared to bo quite Indlg
nant propounded this query to that paper
Have wo no laws In tins country to hang a
fsiiiMIng shark like leitcr who with the
hop 0 his fathers millions raised tho ptlee
of thu staff of life
double Iti real worth
thetrty causing mil Ions of his fellow trert
tvrc lu America and Eulopo to 89 hungry
To this The Sentinel makes bold to reply
nnd Thli Post le glad to reproduce th
tamo ttat we have uo such laws nnd that
wo could not consistently havo nny laws o
Inflict the Mlghtrst punishment ou Mr Ui
ler o long as wo maintain a tariff for pro
teptjon and a gold standard In act Mr
will
u < t
far more a public benefactor and
anthroplsl than either tho tarirf
the advocate of Bound money
vwr r jii
because tho benefits ot thendvnnco In
prices which hd causd ottend lo a far
greater number of pcifplo than the benefits
of either of the other systems
The agricultural population of this toun
try Is nearly onehalf of the total popula-
tion and while there were a largo number
of farmers who h d no wheat to sell nt
Jcltcr prices there were nlso many who
did havo more or low whent and Who had
other frtrm product which advanced In
sympathy with whea it Is a reasonable
certainty that the beneficiaries of tho rise
of wheat aro at least ton to ono moro nu-
merous In proportion than the actual bene
nclaftca ot ho other system and what Is
moro they aro ot tho very class that has
been systematically pillaged for the otheis
In the second place the number Injured
by tho advance In Wheat Is far loss In pro-
portion than those injured by the other
systems It Is hut one article and while
11 is a sfnplo It Is one for which hiiIhUuUm
can be had by any who desire thom No-
body nocd go hungry on account of tho
price of wheat while corn bread and rye
bread can bo had at customary prices On
the other hand the tariff extends to thou-
sands of articles of dally use Increasing
their price to the consumer In many cases
moro than double and tho gold standard
has extended Its blighting offects Into
every household In the land becttuso Ha
effect as money roaches to every com-
modity If tho prlco ot wheat were kept
up to 185 for a quarter of a century It
could not poeslhly do a tenth part of the
harm that hns been done by artificially
doubling the purchasing power of the gold
dollnr Any person who will simply loolt
back over tho history of tho paat twenty
five years with Its panics and industrial
depressions must confess the truth of this
proposition
Moreover Tho Sentinel denies absolutely
that wheat was advanced to doublo Us
true worth It was not ndvnuccd above
Its real worth at any time but by the
operations uf Mr Letter It was advanced
for a brief time to about tho quality of tho
appreciated gold standnrd nnd tho holders
of wheat fj > r that short tlmo got tho actual
worth of their commodity It may seem
that this was a tllsadvantngo to those who
consumod wheat but It would not havo
been any dllstdvnntngo if the equality had
been reached bv taking the Inflated value
oUt of tho gold dollnr and causing tho prlco
of nil commodities to rise In the same pro-
portion ns wheat If the consumer of
wheat were getting the same advance lu
price on tho commodities ho produced he
would not be Injured nt nil On tho whole
wo regard Mr Loiter ns n public benefac-
tor Ho Is the groatest educalor ot this
generation Ho Is tho head profe ror ot a
Chicago university that ha3 given tho
American people a lesson that ought to be
worth hundreds of millions ot dollers to
them
The Hun would llko to ki ow what tho Ana
tin Statesman Rati Antonio rtpresH nnd Cal
Dul Nvs havo to do with democratic nomi-
nations anyhow All of them supported Mc
Ki tj Williamson County Sun
They appear to havo had u good deal to do
with them thla year They knew what they
were doing when they advocated the socalled
literal test Dont you think so Houston
Post
Yrs and when Sayors la nominated they
will claim tho honor for It Then what will cni now <
be the feeling ef Tlio Post and other ilemn LT
ffctlc paper that aro now dancing to the mul on u
A lcderal judge In Goor la has been doing
a little target practlco on tho Interstate com
nierio commission remarks tho Ioillsvilto
WuiHtih llo tired a thlrteenliieh moiinpuly
shil Into tho roir ot he leaking craft tear
In cut tho long nnd ihoit haul clause and
ill Plug it up from stem to stern Kvcry nl
to > h of tlio Federal courts on tlio Intrencb
meuts of tho hoi 10II0I prues tlio ability ot
tho uonopoly cruiser to batter down popular
dotciiucii at will
The Omiiha evposltlon nust bo a wonderful
urtair thero has been no wrangling up to dato
lu ouj ill the womens onxtllary boatd3l
Mlsu Helen Gould haa deilluod to join tho
Daughters of tho Involution for Iho reason
that she Is already connected with too many
cluha and guilds It enn readily bo seen that
body with 20 con get uuo of tho ubllgu
and they beat the savings bark
HOUSTON DAILY POST TUESDAY MORNING JUNE 21 1898
siino itumTSherinnn HcRlster Sweetwater Weekly Kcvluw Can any
lbc Post It not dancing to that tune or good tomo out of a man when In his dally
an other tunoUi fact Tlio Post Is not walk ho Is 11 living He
iluiclng nt nil As to tho feeling of The Sherman Dally Register What has be
Pnst after Saycrs Is nominated and the imti im > f lls la who blew up the Maine
democratic press claim the credit therefor JiJL 0 A 0 News S Mf eLl 5
JuiMuent Is hereby reserved We do not caro
to con tnlt ourselves Just now
Mr Armour has now resumed his orlgltnl
rolo of tho fainiirs frleul
tbo Amulcnns Well they will accomplish
their tUtposo Washlngtsn ha a new lit of
buck ague every time anybody cries Spanish
fleet
Heat lit the Country
Cherokco Wade
It Is an undeniable fact recognized bv
those who receive all papers th t The
Houston Posts war Bervloe Is tho best In
the Houth and Us State political news
o from two to three days earllsr aud also
much more complcto thnn nny Texas pa-
per
Our C11I11111 Allien
New York Herald
Wo aro now getting some practical ex-
perience of tho effectiveness of our Cuban
allies the people wt > went to war for
Upon the wholo they present an agree-
able surprise Wo were prepared to f ud
them untrained and undisciplined and so
they nro to tho lntnentnblo extent Of
handling rifles In n manner dangerous lo
tho lives ot their American friends and
filling tho ground full of holes
On the other hand tho Cubans soem
fully sonslblo of what we aro doing for
thorn are nmcnablo to discipline eager to
fight sufficiently bravo ami have such a
wholesouled hatred for tho Spanish as to
compensate for tho many lacking qualltc
of tho Ideal tolder ll muit be remem-
bered too that for tho first Ipio In ycais
theso lefugccs nro now proporly fed aud
tnoroughly equipped
Taking all this Into consideration there
seems a good prospect that In fighting sldo
by side or nt least In haimony and sym-
pathy with steady well seasoned troops
nnd with a knowledge that power and
Wealth nro at last actually behind Ihcm
tho Insurgont force may prove to be
very valuable adjunct to our conquest ot
Cuba
IlNOIlvr THVAS THtHHSHTS
Greenville Kvenlng Manner Great dceis
are to bo expected only from a great peo-
ple Cuba Porto Itlco and tho far aw y
Philippines will soon feci tho Invigorating
nflucntiu ot a great progressive raco
Then will they throw off tho lethargy of
centuries and leap upwatd Tho cause
of humanity Is the cause ot God
Illnneo News It doesnt matter what
Texas goes Into she gets there Kll In
I In lead
Palo Pinto County Star Palo Iinto has
not patriotism enough to hoist flag
Victoria Advocate Mark the prediction
Tho SpanishAmerican war la a turning
point In tho worlds history Let Germany
Interfere nnd nsldo from England thoie
will not bo two monarchies left in all Kit
rope
Mndlsnnvlllr Meteor A war with Spain
Is not much moro to tho Unite 1 States
than n washday to n small famly Come
to think nhout It wo aro lots of potatoes
lu n few hills any way
Wyllo Hustler An exchnngo a lts
What Is a Ilrynn democrat That Is
easy A Bryan democrat is a democrat
who votes tho democratic ticket nom-
inated by a democratic convention and
placed on n democratic platform A Ilryan
democint Is a democrat with no yellow
streaks In him and no affinity for the re-
publican party on election day or any
other day In the year
Deevlllo Plcayutio Dewey and Samp-
son aro by nil oddi tho ablest and most
trustworthy war correspondents now at
tho front and when they havo no news
they make some
Del Klo Kami and Stoolt Record We
couldnt lick the Yankees Ui 1S01 and we
aint goln to let anybody else lick em
now says an old granger Wo couldnt
lick cm In 177C or 1812 and no one can lick
John Hull Thats about
cagn If the could catch him again
now It might furnish nnothor diversion
Llauo Nowi Tho Washington corro
spondent of Tho Houston Post sa > s James
Li 9la > den Is ono of the best and inosj
useful members ot congress ever elected
to tcpresetit a Texas district tluite right
Palestine Dally Press No matter whore
tho Texas soldier boy goes ho will ho
heard from when It eotnes to a show down
Seguln Dally Anchor An xchangc asks
Why do tho girls wear red white and
blue gartors Why to hold their hot
up of course
WltlTTIUlt TO A TllUMllT
IiIiicn He Wrote In tlio Album of 11
Viuiim Wniiinii Win Teased Him
New York Sun
When Whlttler was 30 years old some-
what trained In newspaper work by edit-
ing thu Haverhill Mass Gazette ho was
ulfcted secretary ot tho American Autl
Sltvery oocluty The next > ear he removed
to Philadelphia where ho edited vho Ieuu
a youiif woman who donate hundred thousand nylvnma tueomnn during tho jeuri lbdaUJ
doinr checks to the National treasury would Whilo living lu a bourding housu In thlla
b a desirable member of any collection uf dolphin a joung woman fellowbcardjr was
patriots and It might pay some ot the Sons ft lrl Wilt lu him btuauae ho was
of tho Revolution to try their pcuuaelve
pavcis on Miss Gould
If Seuctnry ot War Alger does not spoil
tho pieparntlons the coming Kourtb of July
will bo ouc of tho greatest lu rur history
Pectrtary Oago Is expediting tho war half-
way llo offer JM0iK 00 In bonds for sale
llo could end tho war In halt the tlmo and
save many million dollars by turning loosa
the wholo four hundred millions at onco
When all tho bonds shall have been IsMied
tho mala object ot Wall street will have been
achieved nnd tho war will ho speedily ended
Latest reports from Hawaii Indicate that the
ollgauhy out there has been braieuly playlnn
to the American gallery ever slnco tho war
comtrenccd
Few men havo Leen nioio laughed at and
abend ly the bnidcru piragrapiiers than
Governor Lecdy of Kansas Wonder how
much this hid to do wlli his reauminallnn
the other day by Kansas fusloutsls It U In
tcmillpg to remember in this connection that
tho same course Ins been followed toward
Mr nt > nn by the rastcru gcldbug pru
Texas Is too big for whlteenpplng A tlr t
class lynching bee Is lul enough but pcttv
It llmldrtlou or cutrage is too tciitcmptiblo to
be tele rlied
Tho yield ot wheat in this country this sea
soa promises to beat alt records It is barely
possible that the republicans will eeaSo to com
rcctt on the prevailing prices with the ontlin
poibcssod of an exceedingly shy und bcnsl
llvu temperament viicn sho went away
Whlttler compiled with tho request to
write In her album A friend of tho woman
who owned the album has transcribed tno
linos from memory
Thou art going hence God blcs tbcol
Thou art going hence farewell
May tho devil nuer distress thee
May the wide world uso thee well
Thou art gotng henco forever
And thou hheddest not a tear
TIs well for tears shall never
Lament thy louWug hure
Yet some will forgot thee
A torment as thou art
Aud some will octi regret thee
Who do not wood to part
They will miss thy merry laughter
As ho schoolboy does hl3 rod
And tho Jokes which followed after
Thy visiting abroad
Farewell tho Lord bo with tho
In thy future goings on
And Hie pious shun and fenr thee
As thy Quaker friend hath donol
Thy life may nothing vex It
Thy tears bo not a few
And thv ftn l exit
May the devil miss his duo
Illllvllle Wnr llrlcfs
Atlanta Constitution
Secretary Alger calls for J53S7035S We
believe Alger Is a good man bit we really
cAot tills
ilitun that has shatncterlred their lemarku tor oblige him time We are short
some turn past The republictus know
cnoimh oursclvis
to dtcp a hot brick at the pioper time
frptal er lteedH atieviice from the house due
Itig the llawallsii vote vvds duo to Illness add
not dlsgtisl tbo reports say Uut did his din
gilat itiako Mm stek
Ve wonder If tho press censor will take
a holiday on th Kourth of July and en
able us to got but enough cttras to
pay for firecracker T
Jf jHllvlllo war chaplain wrlto thu
he is doing 11 grcalovork nt the front
1I Preaches to 1000
men and takei tin
Tluso piople who were so Anxious to have collection after each hymn
postal savings banks In order that the masses We always wld that our local hoys
intislit find a sate depository for their small would bo heard from In the army They
enriiiigs should Jump at the new bonds
hadn
w t been there a week beforo they drew
tW on or nl we could stand
umis Tmnk tno kp
lh6 wvernment m
nvn o much property when the wars
over
It Is said that the mancuwis 0f the Calls Lk11 ° Ir ofls v can run for Rovrrnor
squadron are deslgntd to ft8htB and myVutr Ung there haV ChnnCe of Rct
T
cp
HAWAII ITS PEOPLE PRODUCTS ANDJJi
There aro twelve Islands In the Ha-
waiian group of which tho largest are
Hawaii Maul Oahlt Kauai Molokal
Until Nllhau Kahoolawe
Total area of tho Islands Is C0IO
Bquare miles Of this 1 lawallalonc oc-
cupies 1210 square miles The others
are necessarily very Bmall
in 18S1 the poulatlon was S058 In
lSDO It was SH9M In 18 6 according
to tho census the population had In-
creased to 100020 Of tho population
In 1M6 31i01 > wore natives 123 wcro
halfcastes 21JIO Chinese 21107 Jap-
anese 15191 Porttfgese 3dSfl Ameri-
cans 2250 Hrltlsh 1132 Germans 378
Norwegians 101 French M35 Polyne-
sians and 600 other foreigners
Tho hlands were discovered by Cap-
tain Cook more than a cenury ago
At that tlmo they had a native popu-
lation of 200000 These natUcB aro
closely allied to tho Maorlcii of New
Zealand
Tho capital of the country Is Hono-
lulu with a population of 2P020 It Is
situated on tho Island ot Oahu
Dxports from the islands In 1S06
were Sugar J 1493 000 rice 195
000 bananas J125O00 Tho Imports
nro chiefly groceries nnd provisions
clothing grain timber machinery
hardware and cotton goods
Ninetytwo per cent of all tho trado
of tho Islands Is with tho United
States
Revenues of the government of Ha-
waii In 18ifi aggregated 1 7818 nnd
the expenditures 1904191
Steamship navigation connects tho
Islands with the American continents
Australasia and China In tho Islands
ot Hawaii Maul and Oahh there aro
seventyone miles ot railroad and 250
miles of telegrnph
Nearly every private house In Hon-
olulu has tolephone
Unll 1SS1 gold nnd sliver coins ot
all nations passed current After that
year only gold money of tho United
States has been legal tender for sums
more than 10 Paper money Is not
In use
Under King Knmchnmchi 1 during
tho end ot last century and the early
part of 1 Ills all tbo Islands wore united
In one kingdom The ceond King
Kamehninchn and his ciuccn died In
Diigland in 1823 Under Kamehnmehi
111 the kingdom was rcco nzied by
AS TO ASSESSING RAILROADS
To tho Ddltor of Tho Tost
Ytur Austin lorrespotident on tho subject of
railroad assessments draws loncluslons that
aro misleading and calculated to do lnjtittlcn
to both railroad eompanles and assessors Ho
dwells particularly upon tho Irregularities of
valuation by the dlrtertnt counties which Is
only partially true hut his malu statement Is
liiaieiiiatn and shows want of proper knowl-
edge on his part
Tho mlleogo value of a railroad Includes
right of way roadbed superstructure sidings
depots and grounds upon which depots are
situated aud all shops and fixtures of every
kind used In operating tho road Property
used fur those purposes In tho Clly ot Hous-
ton by tho Houston and Texas Central Rail-
road company would of course bo more vul
uablo than In nnj other county on the lino
and of course flxo3 the valuation of that road
in this county a valuation which the road
certainly could not aflord nor could It bo
expected to pay in counties where with tho
exception of u few Inexpensive depots anj
sidings nothing Is to bo assessed but tho
irnln line
Ho quotes an a sample of Irregularity the
valuation of the Galveston llarrlfbtirg and
Pan Antonio Hallway company In this rounty
on twentysix mile of railroad but does not
statu In connection therewith that of the
twentysix inllm seven or eight miles are
dead track between Harrlsburg and Plerea
Junction from which tho company derives
no revenue
As to tho railroad commission being a moro
competent body to make such assessments
doubt that plan very much and even If that
power wns conferred upon It its valuations
could not bo mado uniform on account ot
dlffercnco In tho valuo of lands on which tho
roads aro built
Your correspondent also make an error by
stating tho list of asFccsnicnts furnished by
him aro for tho yoir 1S3S ho probably In
tended to write 1807
E A Holmes
Houston June 1C 180
The Hiply
Austin Texas Juno IS Staff Special
Mr Holmes so successfully convicts himself
of Ignorance ot his subject In the abovo
tbnt It Is hardly worth the whilo to wasto
tm In answering him It Is a selfevident
preposition that tho Hoiston and Texas
Central can stnnd a higher assessment in
Harris county than In any other county on
Its line becausio ot the valuo of the ter-
minals shops sidings depots and the llko
it owns there henco the pertinency of tho
comparison mado of the valuation placed
upon Its property In that county with that
placed upon It In other counties In tho cor-
respondence he updertakes to answer if
a little over 10000 per mllo Is a fair ns
fcousment for tho Centrals property in Har-
ris rounty 11000 per mile at which It is
assessed lu Waller and Llniestono counties
and 10000 per mile at which it assessed
In Grlmce wont do And to enrry tho
comparison still further there must he
something wrong with tlio above figures
lc nntl rills l0 ltltle3 assessment of
S000 per mile of this same property 13
correct
With regard to the Galveston Harrlsburg
and San Antonio railroads afssssment It is
certainly worth as much per mile dead
track and all In Harris county as It u in
Colorado Gonrales Guadalupe and Rexar
ccuiitlcs and in counties west of the latter
whole it Is vnlucil at
a little over S000 per
tulle In Harris county It Is assessed at
nnti m C aUhou < h it owua over Jtul
7 h ° f WcrV 0 Houston vhlch
Mr i
DoIticB
may not lcow about which
more than offeets the six wiles of den
ruck to which he Is particular to call at
tuition
ln h0 ctmnlles hetwecn Hcxar
11 Pa o in iwa
seme of which It dots not ram
axle grease hardly it s valued at utm
per mile nnd over
Tho most striking example ot InenultiLln
ment is furnished by the TexasTnd
New orlwiw railroad bewever jTumh
county although It owns about scontan
wor h of property In Houston It A j
The figures used
ma king ihc3e compar
Isons arc taken from
tho rolls tit 189798
n making them to do at tju tle either
to a t rs or railroads but It
t0 p aln
ha Injustice is being
dene in the promise
that the
necessity or a chao
method ot assessing nttmi
property
for
Tl ° C ln0t i b BU ftlly denltd
eury Inch of AllroaTSr rt
well a detailed 11 Tlyc V oi
the United States France England
and other governments Hawaii this
namo atanding for all tho islands be-
came constitutional In 1840 Kame
hameha IV died In 1S03 and his
brother the fifth monarch ot tho
name died In 1S72 Prince lunulll6
succeeded and died In 1S72 and Knla
katia was elected king He win suc-
ceeded In 1S91 by his sister Lllluoku
lanl Since that year Hawaiian history
is familiar to Americans
On July 4 1894 tho present republic
was proclaimed and last year tho Ha-
waiian legislature voted for annexa-
tion to tho United States
Sanford II Dole wa3 elected prc3t
dent In 1831 for a term ot six yenrs
Tho climate of Hawaii Is ono of tho
mildest and most healthful In the
world So tquablo Is It that thero la
no word for weather In the native lan-
guage Tho mean temporatutio Is 75
degrees Fahrenheit
Tho origin of the Islands is volcanic
They aro very mountainous and the
valleys are extremely fertile The up-
lands arc better adapted for shqop
raising than for tillage The moun-
tains nro covered with dense forests
Our wintor Is the rainy season In
Hawaii A moro bracing ellmnto may
bo found up In the mountains An
hours rldo from the capital will glvo
a lower tcmrcrature
Three mountains tower nbovo the
sea from the Island of Hawaii They
nro Maunt Ken 13953 feet Maunn
Loa an active volcano 13700 feet nnd
Mnuna Hunlalnl 7S22 feet Vegetation
extends to a height ot 12000 feet on
Mnuna Kca
Havyall tho Island Is subject to
earthquakes but they aro slight nnd
seldom do any damage Tho volca-
noes spouting for ages havo covered
largo areas of the land with lava
upon which tho natives ralso a fine
quality of sweet pototo Atauna Loa
has had numerous eruptions tho last
In 1873 During tho eruptions nt 1855
and 1843 more than 55000000000 cubic
feet ot lava was poured from Loas
craters
Herds of wild cattlo roam In the
forests ot this Island
There was never better hunting than
In tho Sandwich Islands Wild swine
snipe plover and ducks aro found In
abundance
railroad equipment in use In tho State
which wcro propared by its own engineers
who mado a personal inspection of said
property and equipment nnd placed up to
dato valuations thereon The value ot this
data is almost Inestimable nnd assessoie
and boards of equalization and railroad of-
ficials nro rapidly beginning to avail them-
selves thereof aH scarcely a day passes navv
but what requests are received for Informa-
tion derivable therefrom
This being tho case there is no room
for any ono to find fault with the sugges-
tion that the commission might bo hotter
ablo to bring about a uniformity of assess
merit fair alike to the railroads and tho
public than ts secured under tibe system
in vogue unless It be some ono who might
scent a loss In fees or opportunities to
work tho roads in caso the change wcro
made v LAP
m
THB FI3KLINC IX MEXICO
Hotter Cliijm of Intiiililtiintit Are In
Sympathy nidi I niuil State
To tho Kdltor ot The Post
Monterey Mexico June 18 As showing
tho feeling of the Mexican officials toward
tho United States In our altercation with
Spain the following is copied from yester-
days Issue of the Two Republics a paper
printed In English in tho City of Mexico
During the passing of the mounted
soldiers yesterday those who were fortu-
nate enough to bo In the neighborhood of
the United States consulate building saw a
sight that to all Americans is very dear
that of the soldiery saluting tho Stars and
Stripes As the head ot the column was
nearly opposite the building tho consul
general Mr Ilarlovvi gave the signal and
the flag of the American nation was hoisted
to the mast head ot tho building Imme
diately the buglers sounded present arms
ami first by tho officers and then by tho
sodlers tho grand Stars and Stripes re
ceived the high military salute showing
the great courtesy that this flag always
receives from tho Mexican army
The Intelligent Mexicans who understand
the Monroo doctrine who know of thn
° f FUn K0 ° r Melean indepen
f r0ne fwnjhtyrony who know the
sttmd of the
United States during the
Invasion ot tholr country by Muxlmlllrfn
ThV X 1 the UnltedstTs
ml Inm t LT cr 5f th0 iKnorant who
Spanish by Spanish priests and
employers aro In sympathy with
bpaln However loyal
Americans every
thcmwhout thought l U
o
Tlutl Main Street Ilisment
To tho Kdltor ot Tim Post
It Saturdays Post exClty Engineer
Gucrlnger says At McGowan avenue
hero ww constructed two catch basins lead
ing Into an elghtlnchsowcr
besides a gutter
two feet wide on each side of tho street
leading into tho McGowan avenue ditch
After a heavy rain this ditch Is always full
of water and takes a long tlmo to run off
contcquently keeps tho water backed up
on tho pavement As soon as this ditch
cleans itself the water
leaves the paVo
the 1 nt street tho ro Was BU Proper grade to
water would never leavo
fT1 0 i6 Pavement Indefinitely or
u
uu 11
absorbed
by evaporation As It Is It
takes several hours for It to disappear
Jm on thU sroot f0Ir tlm a day The
grade is mpronor and water from last
weeks rain now stands on the new b lck
Pivcment and can only escape by absorp
tion mainly under tho new pavement and to
us detriment If not early ruin
ny e580n UvlK owond tho Auditorium
can substantiate these facts
Tho water now standln lacks fifty fnet
of the catch basln3 and would have to re
verse the law of nature and rim up hill to
reach them
This Is without prejudice but In tho
interest of an outraged people as well as
truth and Justice XXX
m
Southern Tnlilr Farc
Atlanta Constitution
Congressman J M GrlgBS made the
Georgia delegation elgh for home cue day
recently when in reply to the taunt of
some New England
congressman who re
leeted upon tho faro of Southern tables
he Incidentally expatlatod upon tho typteJl
abundance of savory good things which
were dally et beforo his constituents in
the Scccnd district
In the graphic and picturesque style for
which he has
acquired no mean celebrlty
M cntPrln1 t5 ° a na in which ho now
y 8 C0nsr0 18man
niii n i h a Soutl Karaens bloom from
iuDetn a8 ChrUimM and e n ces ary
iuDet l0 v
them growa cvrrs homo hEh or lovv In
everything ca
Cocoanuta bsnaJ i
arp and kalo Sffija
the last named la T
Pol tho rarorttaiSft
Productions are vi
cotton ndaCr
root corn wheat irW
emons
banana
fruit guavns potafoe
wooh1dcstaCWaS
Years ago the ori
were all cannlbal
abandoned early in iI < W
f
berChrs ana1i
m
Nobody ever think Jt
Hawaii Doom J
Property Is perfectlyaaffS1
Uor from clrtilied 5 1
afraid his effects win C A
puzzlo to the HavyX
PfOf Wallace s y
wallans nre more akln T w
than to the MalaVa
family of the brown p iL
which Inhabits theXo ft
Friendly nd SameMfc
Now Zcalandcr and th iT4
though SOW mCVMS
stan
a
Tho original
i
Hawaiian
color with black SL
full 11
fiat
atlvo
largo cyos M J1H
cllncd to bo nw S
KentltjL Imitative and yuij
have
slpnr Islands been very sucewbTt
nil tho Islands Tl
Palm trees grow to a tguU
Some samples of thera In S3
fortyflve feet high and a SgJj
4lA
Somo of tho Islands are ml
by great sea birds that itmli
eggs by tho million ThJi
used to manufacture albunnTJ
merclal product but the mSj
parcntly Inexhaustible yU
Hawaii has been called ttrjL
dlso of thu Pacific and SLk
doubt Its climate and wiSbl
equals in tho world It Uw2
weeks Journey ot San TVanS
t
hunger or delight the paltte h
Chairman I would not cxciinafj
ncr to which many of my coeiaM
today sitting while I addrestili
for nny dinner that the UH lalta
o the chief of WfishinKtead
devise I would not Incite mj Hi
Ibis sldo of tho housa to not hi
say that a dlntinr or hogjo lwi
collaids or bacon and teal < f j
nlpu or fried chlckn aul lm
with tho Inseparable accoin sla
surpr yams Rmioklng corapow
cult and cold buttermilk Is betttfl
the pork and beans and ccratdk
pickled cabbage pumpkin piu itH
and elder that can be spread care
blu In New England Mr Mai
tlemen from New Englaadttal
their acquaintance with totittet
nnd Southern customs
This eloquent outburst of fertfll
Trom tho Georgia tongresimitiltii
patriotic to tho core and Wifii
prised to hear that In addltiw U
the Georgia dclcgatioasliafafb
also brought down the lwBe71r >
England or any other sectlw tjti
try ns for that matter underlliti
Its representatives in eOnperfl
where to give Instruction to thI
tho score ot what It takwlisn
dining room savory it la time te 1
Ing altogether
Wo congratulate Conjresraw
upon the rlnlrg defense trtici
mado of thu Souths unsarpasiJ
fare Ho has added another W
laurels > A
4 V
Vlint F If a eaii
Now York Times J
P H n aro the cabstlitte
which aro to bo heard la certtli
upon certain occasions at tie tiS
a family which lsreasonjllrfw
good things of life that is loftt
members know when thliejt
cooked and tho best of their IUJ1
Is what they have upon theirji
reasonable variety and In ttiMM
tlty as a family of good bitty
occasionally there wlllbs
thing perhaps a fresh Tejrt f
which every member wltl M
eyes and thero Is a promise d
that particular dish ThcnttJ
visitor chances to hear the
nounco In soft loncs thote mtW
teres P H B sm
Now wont you tell mewl
by those few letters you prcB0 f
nor asked a privileged vUlWf <
day ot the Jolly mamms wJJ
Woll answered roammaJW
I dont know that I mind teliat
find that my family has goal w
healthy appotlto that sonwtlmMt
straining when there Is cewpw
I merely say P H B M
Family How 1
derstood to mean
ivy
WW
Club
Pro erlm for
New York Rvcnlng Sun a
W
Club provetbs are the
penS
ment among a certain
men Here aro some exaaM
Its 11 poor Stato that if
this
Js better
Half a bonnet
v
Dont cross the executive
ycure a member of It s
Hitch your bonnet to j J
Its a long cxltnipowaeoM J
has no ending jaSt
Vote for others as you wow
vote for ou
2
A binckballed raemher
Ono moment this < 1CM
then u ZM
I crossed over the rexm
again
My hand to my forohCM
seemed lost
I was troubled hewlWfrwja
And I said to rayscjj
But a truth was ripe1
die
U V
When tho spirit
at grace K
Conception with he y
t
appj se Houjtoa June >
t
>
T
f
ui
A scattering vote
Sho who votes the PffW
to fill the chair some d f
SAI > T EluOU
For Tho Post Pa
Dedicated o Mri
Saint BlolS sat by the tiled nr J
In ono of her hands was tn v
Tho other wae pressed to Jj
Tbat bho was a saint r0 Ty
You could tell by tho 1ub J
And hclghtothcr C tertipi
fair
Elolse related these1 JVi
I rapidly crossed the roo
By a window that tj AM
bea n <
When down from
It came and my U S
rartook In delight 0 J S
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. Fourteenth Year, No. 80, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 21, 1898, newspaper, June 21, 1898; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth82924/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .