The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. Thirteenth Year, No. 99, Ed. 1, Monday, July 12, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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A STANDING MENACE TO THE SOUTH
Tho ravages of yellow fever and small
I > ox ami a number of diseases thai eprlng
from want of Rood food and the presenco
of bad sanitary conditions are said to be
unusually vldefurratl ami disastrous In
Cuba this summer And the ugly featuro
for us is that the inteirounct between tho
gulf coasts and the island is consUnt thus
threatening tho health of thu Southern
Spates
The Chl tio Itcinrd says that the sani-
tary qiifsaloa Is ono of the most vital to
us of any involved In tho continued oc-
cupancy and control of Cuba by the Span
lards Mr Otnoy i HaUi to have callid the
attention of Sjaln to the danger in which
till country uas rdaced by thf absence
of modern sanitary precautions and pro
firnss In Havana and other Cuban ports
and to havo fornarded to Madrid a strong
protest from Surpeon General Wymaa
against the continuance of such a menaco
to th h ith of the Southern jortlon of tho
l nlt I State
Tho ourKeon gentral has estimated a
th r sult of on investigation eitecdlnK
over a Ions series nf yars that over 93
lr cent of the danger of eontaslon to
this rountry from yellow fever and other
onardou diseases originate In Cuba The
rrmeily Is only a question of the expendi-
ture of money and that In Havana prin-
cipally It is tho conclusion of experts In-
cluding several Spanish iommUslons ap-
pointed to examine into tho conditions
that the same retard for sanitary laws
raanlfent l n the cllea of the Inited
SUtes and Hurope will atamp out yellow
fevtr in Cuba where
the ravages are con-
tinuous every month in the year The last
lnva lon of this dlseas fom Cuba Into the-
M n ipl valley
so the Ilerord says
< u d lSfn0
deaths
and naled ft rom
mrdnl bi f fluOtVr n
Wo Imvb not only e imlffd to in
dlKn > s and rutrarT p n ir ritlx ns In
> id < h < Ion of r nmw anj pr0j
ery but no rontlnue to allow ths Isnor
ant asd b < tjy Spanish nation in main
tali a i Ingue pot within eay reach of our
cvist and hrn lmHT t tho health and
lives of our HCiena Ir the Gulf States
Only a short time
ago the European pow-
er notified tho
Turkish
government that
the piJgTimagrs to Mecca must bo better
regulated and that plapio bredrr be purl
fl l In some way by the Turkish authorities
or the lowers wouW forcibly take charge
and put an end tn the menace We slopped
It sceinci with callinc Spains attention
to the Cuban mniare we alway stop half-
way The Southern States of tho Union
should demand of the government at
Washington that it prosecute this mtitter
TJsoroueJy to e tatlsfactory conclusion
When the ni minr Htrlkc began li
was d that the uunlua utok of coil
w i imttw and
tluit the mine owners
wvre mora ttuaii pl wtl at tho euspcn on
of work In order that this stock might be
utfpiacd of ftdvantaueiusly This state
mont now att wrs to iavi > lirul no founda
tion In fact nd to Imvo been n mere
Muff Thu aurply of coal Is already ex
haustid at many loits nrd rnnny tif
of buln f < r rtUaHtrou romequwees
If the Mrike Is rrelonged to any extent
Tho mlnort iirobably know what ihcy
ivrro dolns
It 1 hoiml that lhn senate nnd Tom
R l will noon agree on nTia
The rwd mtrn owiienv are ticking ne
tlKT friends ror money nor polvtienl enp
Ittl for lht < r frlendn Hannn and MeKln
ley iy ixfuslriK to orbttrito the pro4 nt
dfftrcr < es with their men To rob u man
nnd then allow him no opportunity to
present his ca to n liliititivstr < d tri
bunal Is a double outrage
Cant wmebody gtt AVeyler to visit
Chicago or Ht Ioul ilumu the liealol
BfU
An cnlhtikla tle Kaslern iiatrxit remtirkg
that our immortal Heelaratlon of Indo
I > endenc roid a well oJay a It did JJ1
year ago The dUfenmcn is tht tip to
rlalB r > orlf < I n llleve everythlnjr they
read at thooH f < v hi < inel folk uiifcl to do
Oormany eeems lncllnod to glvo lmt re-
taliatory clau > of tho Urift bill its Jlr t
x relse
Tho Syrticuco 1ost thinks thai Ilia next
generation will bo antvnliht4 wln It
loams that this Kuneratlcui acliiaUy pqvo
cw y yaluable public frunclilisea Ttiero
tre noma paonlo In these lmos that uro
Hajtseitd by this kind ot business
ExOovernoT Campbell of Ohio confl
jttntly pr Jlcla domocrotlo aucccsa In that
Slate thSa fall Ills fingers fir u u lly
on tho Ohio political pul i vnd he dotsn t
balk at random lka a calt kcklng at yet
lowJackets
Th roving of Wajflilnston street will
depths tho mltwtrcl end men next wit
son of ono of their choicest lovol gags
RvMently Ic Young secrelnn of thi
Galveston Cotton Exchange Is < v f ir
reaehlne iuhI Iridescent failure as an auc-
tioneer
It Is now announced that AnvsKei lthw
Is strong tnough again to prtveol with
her work on n new novel The prellmt
n ir adverUstng was done through tho
medium of a hospfttl a few weeks since
Colonel Mlltonlus Tark threatens to dla
memlwr tho democratic party and ncnt
ter tho ivmnlns We hoiw ho will recall
Iortlaa pe ch on mercy
E nperor William of Germony is contin-
ually trylns to pick a quarrel with his
grandma Victora It Is unfortunate that
the old lady has become too feeble to np
ply her flipper to this young man
That Mittlea il Tho Idg cxgoveronr
will not enter tho MiKitorlal race but It-
t rate to say he w II be on tho quarter
rtrntch wfren thn otMru start
They nre rejoicing ovor ot Caldwell
Texivs betcLuso they now have plfnty of
good pure wnter This Item will roul
In Kentucky with f llngs equally dlvltlej
bctv < en pity and Incredulity
The twwers have sent a worm noto to
Turkey to tho dLsjuitchos say but the
sultan ts not easily melted ho doesnt
feiMn to think the iwwers are < w vvamt
If Colonel James Hampton Sullivan of
tiro Express wll agreo to don his regi-
mental rvgnlia Hnd rollick along tlie rlalto
this week he will Incroaao tho drill crowd
In Santoro materially
The generotw pieces of republican pie
for Texua distribution will not b cut un-
til oftiT con ros adjourns and the gang
will continue to do the Dr Tanner act
Colonel Eddy Green oeems to be having
a turd time Somebody Iels evidently
given I > r Grant one of those hnlve which
will ml a ule out without leavirg any
3Uckln to the pan
The demmyreps k e goldbug detno
cratd havo a atwism now evry time they
think of that demooralc conference at
Waco where they will be strictly In It
lilt
Thero are eeveral people on earth
whoee tuisecf < iulckenel when they read
the public announcement of txGov nior
HogK that he would not be u caivdidate
for the senate
LUTTIIKS IKOM THI5 Il OIM
Tli ltattN of 11110
To tho Kdltor of The Tost
San Marcos Texas July I There Is
a great deal said now about the
issues and leaders etc of the political
battle of 11UO Hut to say that the demo-
cratic party will go bnck upon the prlncl
pltn laid down In tho Chicago platform is
Baying iomethini that is untrue Democ-
racy U very broad In Its meaning and
alms It does not embrace any one tcetlou
or any one party but It embraces ibtf en
ttro country and all parties It is a govern-
ment ol tbo people for the people and by
tho people anil us such it standn today
Tho battle of 1S00 will bu fought upon
the lines laid down In tho Chicago plat-
form nd the stundurd bearer will be Will-
iam j Hryan
The failure of the republican party to
bring prosperity to the iiiaMrn of the peo-
ple has catiFed a reaction to set in whli I
will result In the overthrow of the re-
publican party and the placing in power of
the silver party The masses of the peo-
ple will eupiort the democratic party In
the next campaign the decided stand of
the democratic wrty to stay by tho Chi-
cago platform has caused this
The proof of this can be found In the
conditions now prevalent In Ohio The
ilemotrattc party met In convention and
unanimously reatflrmed their undying al-
legiance to the prim Ipka laid down In the
thbago platform the consequence Is thut
Ihe peoplo of Ohio now feeling sure that
the democratic party will take no back-
ward eteps In Us rtfnrm movement have
d < Hidv < l to support Us iinmlnits all along
the line the result will le iu overwhelm-
ing democratic vlrtory
As I raid before democracy 8 broad In
lis meaning nnd alms It slgnltlet a gov-
ernment of the people for the people and
by the KopIe and as such It appeals to
every voter of whatever party who be
llrvf a In Justice and equality Ilqual rights
10 nil special privileges to none 1 Its
motto Some renegade socalled demo-
cratic paper want the plnnk thrown out
of the platform which relates to tho ett
preme courts ns they claim It Is an at-
tack upon the courts and tho courts must
bo protected
Now who needs protection the ninet the
pfiiple or the rnurla Are the courta tho
sen aula of the ptople or are the people
the servants of the otitis Protect the
rotutH uml the courts will enslave the peo
pie but protect tho people and the people
will protect the courts These renegade
papers ay that the courts are superior to
the jveople 1 nay that the people are su-
perior to tho courts Is It posslblo for
anything created to rle euperlor to its
creator The courts were created by the
people and the courts cm never bo itreater
than their creator the people It the
court are not carrying out the wishes nf
the manes then the niafscn have a right
lo remodel them
It Is net the courts who need protection
It Is not rsuuufarturcr trusts and torpor
aliens who uecd protection It Is the people
who need It
Overproduction Is a blebslng from tiod
nnd can never bo a curse to the people
yet you hear nomo men say that over-
production Is the ciuto of nil our misery
and starvation
Ut me rhow you that they are wrong
Suppose we worn to raise WO bushels of
wheut In 1897 nnd there was JSno in cir-
culation with which In buy this wheat
well the natural cnntequciirbs would lie
that wo would get a dollar a bushel for
our wheat Hut siipposo that our popula-
tion Increase and we plant more whriv
next year nd In 1SSS wo raise 1000 bushels
of wheat nnd tho volume of our circulat
ing medium has not Increased nnd again
thero Is only JDOO with which to buy this
wheat the natural rnnxiiuonro Is that
wo only get CO rents a hushol for otir wheat
nnd It could go on until wheat would get
oven Ipwor than that and misery and star-
vation would follow lint suppose In 1597
we raise 600 htmhols ofwheat and have
J50O with which to buy It and wo get a
dollar a bushel for It nnd In 1S98 wo raise
1000 bushel and we Imvs Ilia free coinage
of silver with gold whlcn doubles our cir-
culating medium and we hen havo 1000
with which to buy this wheat and wo get
n dollar a bushel for II
The above value Is only nn Illustration
of course and simply meant to show
yon that be Increaso in nup circulating
medium must keep paco with tho liicrcaao
HOUSTON DAILY POST MONDAY MORNING JULY 12 1S9T
to Increaso our circulating medium On tho
contrary they propose to decrease It by
further legislation against It In favor ol
the single gold standard thereby caus-
ing untold millions lo suffer for food and
clothing The democratic party propw a
to Inrreaso our circulating medium On the
Ing silver on an equality with gold there-
by Insuring a return of proaperlty Tho
campaign of 1 00 will find the people under
tho democratic banner of victory
II I Oatet
Aunlii t the Atnrmltnrtit
To the Kdltor of The 1ost
San Angelo Texas Juno 23 Your cor-
respondent who favorrt the Irrigation
amendment In your Issue ot June II says
The Idea for the district syetem Is ob-
tained from our right of local selfgovern
ment and Is based on the right ot every
community to manage Its own affairs
In matters ot government wo must agree
to allow the majority to rule although the
minorities frequently suffer as for In-
stance seven million oters wanted money
enough coined to do the business of the
country but were overruled by the ma
jority
We who oppose the amendments deny the
right of tho government to go into busi-
ness or the right of a majority to force
a mortgage on a mans property against
his will That is what tho Irrigation
amendment would do
It Is Just as logical to say any majority
In any community should have the right to
voto a mortgage on all tho property owned
In tho community to build a cotton mill
or for any other buslncts enterprise aa
to tay It is within the power of the ma-
jority to force a mortgage on the pcoplos
property to dig ditches and build dsms
He says No matter what happens each
acre pays its pro rata part and the failure
of others to pay In no wise increases the
lax On the contrary If bonds are ls
BUfil by a district for a million dollars or
any other eum each nnd every acre is
boend for the whole film and there Is no
way for a man to escape tho mortgage
until every dollar ot all tho bonds Is paid
Ho nays the objection to tho amendment
comes from a few parties who irrigate
in a small way etc All liberty loving
citlxotm who understand the details cf the
amendment will oppose It when they rrnl
lee that the people do not wish It and that
II can only result in attempts to monopo
lism the water of Texas streams and send
the products of the lands away In pay
ment of Interest on bonds nd debts
Wr veteil out here up to the limit for
our present governor land commissioner
nnd attorney general and bellevo they nre
all right and have plenty to do but that
Is no reason why mb in uncommon nnd
tiwelcome duty should be forced upon
them as the making ot laws vtould entail
It Is remarkablo how many friends of
the struggling farmer show up whenever
there Is a ehauce to get In a mortgage on
his land and how scarce they are when it
comes to paying that mortitago This l >
a scheme to load every man who would
buy a farm In WcstlVxaa with a mortgage
tieyond what he could jiossluly pay and
th < e happy homes are a myth with a
million dollar debt on every acre
Tho false boom In West Texas land
which we are now recovering from ruined
a largo proportion of the stock men of
W t Texas nnd thereby deprived the State
school fund of revenue This is n fresh
attempt to boom credit land prices and
if successful will again drive the stock
raisers to tho wall and cut off the school
revenue
We piople nre In favor of legitimate and
reasonable Irrigation enterprises but we
are emphatlrally opposed to mortgaging
by force of a bare majority all the good
land In West Texas and sending all the
Income out of the country to pay Interest
on debt We maintain that one dime pro-
duced and kept in Texas Is better for us
and for Texas than one dollar produced by
us and sent to New York or London to
svvcll the millions already plied up there
not that wo are not glad to see capital
legitimately invested hf re but that we are
opposed to tbo i > coplo being forced to bor-
row it
It would pleazo us greatly to seo West
Texas blossom as the rose but we do
not w Ish to see thoBe who labor to pro-
duce that happy result only have a bondJ
manx interest In the laud they plow No
one opposes irrigation In Went Texas but
this attempted method is what wo hope
to sec defeated ltespectfully jours
C 11 Metcalfe
A SiiliHtltule for IIokks Motion
To the idllor of The Pest
League city Tcxaf July 4 I rise to
olfer the following miliritltute for Governor
Hoggs motion In regatil to lynching
Itcsclved That We the People quit
letting Hie lawyers and saloons run our
politic
If through the grace of these who arc
undoubtedly in the majority and who claim
to be the good iwoplo of Texas this motion
prevails it will not only stop lynching but
will alto Htop the enormous Increase in
crime and taxation of which the aforesaid
good ixoplo are orteusly alarmed and
burdened
Tho absurdities ot Governor Hoggs pro-
posed remedlcn have been shown and the
delun of tho law havo bceu plainly
pointed out as ciinrs of lynchltig
The wrllciM have generally reasoned from
tho eiTcct towards the cause but they havo
um yet failed to rraoon far enough and get
back to Hio primary anises of lynching
Tho men so very appropriately called
criminal lawyers are of uotin0 serious
ly opK ed to lynching Tlw principal
cause ot their oppctltlnn Is because Hie
are deliarreil from practice lit Judge
lyncha court
If the old Judge would amend his rtilra
and allow these learned lecchm to make
a few big fus by practicing their system
ot antiquated nonsense In his court they
wou l soon be praising the majesty of tho
iilylier law ns administered by Ih Hon-
or Judge Lynch The rr > cct of a lawyer
for a court is usually governed by the ulzo
and mimbtr of the ficn be tveclvis in that
unin
The delays of tho law are of course
a frullful sotirre of lynching but what
causes lluse delajs of tho law
Law Is said to be u rule of action to
sveurn Justice and Is the foundation upon
which nil govuinmetit nsls Tho people
are taught to have
tho incut profound re
srert for law uud they have that inspect
us Ions ns law secune Justice but when
law j cdiwlantly used to defeat Justice tho
people gradually l a their respect tor law
and tlna ihe very government Itself Is en
dangered
Lawn are but the ImagcH of tho men who
make thent Just men will make Just lawo
Just men will execute the laws in the
beat iwtwlblo way to curo Justice The
Jiltm who makes lit living by preventing
JUBtlro certainly can not be considered a
Just man uni would not bu liable to make
lawn that would Injure his business Vet
stringo to say these are tho very men
usually cheseu to make our laws
A young lawyer of only twelvo months
pnvctlci reocintly remarked that In that
time ho had defended twentyone criminal
hea and had oloared olgiateen of his
ellcnta and that not ono of the throe con-
victed onca Dad been punished yet
We taught
uro to respect tho majtwly of
the law aa thus executed and to uphold
tho honor of tho kanguroo outrage mill
called a court which In this caso either
turned loose eighteen criminals cxtnvlclcd
la our population or else price will go tiirro and punlshod none or It w tho
down to starvation point and want and moan ot assisting the lawyer io fleece
misery will follow eighteen Innocent men without punching
Tho republican party doca not propose a alnglo criminal All la grlat that cornea
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fa ri Jf t
Into thin lawyers mill The taxpayer r
fleeced to keep It going and o tempera
O mores the figure of the flodd < tw ot Jus-
tly la actually crowntag tho building In
hich this mill is grinding
This rising young attorney above men-
tioned will soon have quite a retinue ot
friends around tho oourt houso and mloons
and by a liberal Uto of beer whiskey ci-
gars and hypocrisy Ire can mKe other
frlcaOH very rapidly He will eoon be-
spoken of as a favorable candidate for
tfco legislature He will then proceed to
square himself with the saloons the court-
house crowd the rednoW ward heelers
and tho party bosses some of whom will
now begin to go with him to the Sunday
school picnics to tell the old farmers what
a brilliant young la > cr he is find what
an able man he would bo to represent them
in the lfglslliture
The wse old farmers who are rarely
ever huniburgtd more than 117 times per
annum will through the Indisputable evl
duire of fifteen minutes flattery and half
ft pint of red liquor each bo fully convinc-
ed of tho wonderful ability of the young
orator and will go to the convention anl
Sell like a lunaUr at the mention ot his
name He will have by Uiw time have evo
luted Into the ailvertoagutxl orator ot
tho court and will of course be nominated
ami elected In the leglrfature he will like-
ly be put on the Judiciary committee where
hn tottether with s vtral otheiH of h
tribe ran cosily prevent any legislation
thut would Interfere with ttelr profes
sion of clearing the guilty nnd fleecing
the innocent
Tho delays of the law together with
nil it expensive technicalities red tape
and nonsense will certainly continue to
arfllct our courts ns long a we the peo-
ple allow thn lawjers to ensume the mak-
ing Interpreting and execution of the laws
They moke Interpret and execute for those
who pay mot for their stvIcis They
aro In full vomro cf all departments of our
government They have removed all bur
dens e > f government from thcr bost clleits
the moneyed Interests
Law Is for the law ver and Justice is for
sa at the highest bid The whole covern
ment re run In the Intenst of money and
property Unman life is of but licle con
seiiueuco The Inifl ai is of the law are
now so numerotd that one lawyer on each
side Is not enough If the uase Is of mu h
importance n wlnlo gang of them are
usually employed on each side
Mty on tho slate nf sociv called civil
ised where the heartbroken wllow of a
murdered huslund has to ttke br ji from
the mouJlfl of hnr ophans to employ bu
yers to prosecute the murderer o the hiis
lund and father and then ojer th usual
motions continuances mistrials coruii
tlons new trials appeals etc the case is
carrl xi a huralrcd
and fiftv mtlu avrav on
a change cf venue Of course by this ime
and at th dKtance most of the eviden e
can not be obtain nnd th wllow nnl
murderer both bring nut of menv the
case Is tried on whit little evidence Is in
court and the raurdcrer Is aent up two
yiMts for manslaughter
In a few wnko tho murdersr Is pinioned
tiy the governor who Is so much oppesod to
lynching becauso Ihe evidence was not suf
ficient to sustain the convfetion
Liwyers whose blood U as cold as that
of a snake and wouldbe philanthropists
und fanntlis who try to r Kct a farce be
cause It Is carried on wyth soiemnltv may
exhort against lyntihlng till doom la v but
good people will resort to It in selfdefense
Just as long a so much barbarism Is prac
tice In the name of the law
M M Oouch
fnt Vonc luit lcnHrniis
on Guard
To tv Kdltor of The Post
Helton Texas July in History tells us
that luring the darkest and most critical
period of the revolutionary war General
Washington l sttcd the ollowlug order
Put none but Americans on guard to-
night The democracy ot this country has
arrived at as critical a period in ihe history
of our country as that in which the 1ather
of Ills Country Issued th order above
quoted During tho levolulonary war
there were tories ami traltorv Thero wero
those who advocated tho crown und the
sutrcmacy of the mother ccuutry t tlen
thero ate now two great poiltlal irtcs In
our country The one the Mjutlicin ad-
vocating a centralh d government the
othe < r a guvernmeut of the people by the
pople and for the people The epubllcJu
party bus Us sentinels un guard lliu aemo
criets ought io ha e their ieitliiels on
guard It Is a Mfo aid d ati stri eie
Ihe National dcinoc ttlo couvcitlua tnut
met at Chicago in July lvni u now a put
of the history of the country and of the
National party Wo < uuie to say iut
no National eeinvenilon was ever eonrocd
of demorats coming more illr itly from the
voice nf the rank and file ns expresses
through thu various deiii0cirl > c piiiuarlej
than the convention that convened at t hl
cago In 18M The great leading ques1 n
that of the currency vvn fully ami freely
diseuised In almost every hamlet town and
city In Ihe country Able alvocaies wcrj
arrayed on either tide Wo do not Hunk
It would be too much lo ray that a fairer
or mar icprcMtituuvei body was ever held
In this country by any great political pir
ty The humblest democratic voice was dlc
tinrily heard from ibe likes lo the gulf
fiom lnlno to California It Is iuc that
a few of our former trusted lea > rs desert
id the platform deserted tho party nud
deserted the great lender ot the party and
10H It MLKAN
Columbus Ohio June 30 John 1U y MrLean whose work In the Ohio demo-
cratic convention has been done with a view of making himself Marcus A Hannas
successor in the Inited States senate i9 reputed lo be worth J30flu00n Mr Mc
Lean went into the convention favoring Hobcrt T Hough for governor but was
met with such adroit opposition that he was compelled to throw his forces td
Horace 1 chapman the successful candidate Mr McLean has been a power In
Ohio politics for many years but he became prominent In National affairs last
summer through his candidacy for the vice presidency at the Chicago democratic
convention Much of his fortune has been made out of bis famous paper the Cin-
cinnati Enquirer which he Inherited from his father He has added to his wealth
by shrewd speculation In Cinclnantl real estate and by his dealings In polities
He was bern In the year lMi Yottns M elcan was educated at Harvard and fin-
ished his studies while spending a 5etr or two abroad In Saxony and Trance On
his return his father emploved him In t he Knqitlrer office When he lad lenrred
th > d tails of the business his fither sold him the paper His tlrst prominent ap-
pearance in politic wes as a bitr en my of rlvil servire reform On that Issue
h caused George H IVnilleton to be de featrd for the United states senate In
lvSi at the chieaco ctmventiun Mr Me l enn was a warm supporter of Grover
Cleveland Mt McLean devotes most of his time to his paper He has a charming
home in Cincinnati and another In Washington in which latter city ho owns more
real estate than any other man
upon which he slood We pause for a re-
ply It any officer or an private had
deserted tbo Confelerie flaj on anv of ihe
battlefields of the Sate civil war and
did nl In their either dlrectlv
any of our generals have ccnleiict on aim
psltlons ot honor or trust The return-
ing deserter might not have b cr cour i
inarUalcd and shot out I U site to say
that plait of honor an iiit v ould not
have been thrucl upon bin The dcierters
from the democratic rxtks ac > as
thae from exofficial iclailons to the pat-
ty ought to be moro than satisfied to le
turn and take their plaj in the rear ranle
of the great democratic pntv without Hik-
ing foil places of honor much s presum
ing to counsel advise or clletute to th
faithful democrats who during lie trying
odcal In W sloe to their guns ena
made every shot an 1 sVll count liut no
premiums should be iffered Ur the rciirn
of any traitor to his party raid his coumiv
Let the prodigal return and we fflc him
to return confessing in s keioth and
ashes his sin against ne principles ot the
democratic party We want Mm to return
but not under the cloak of deceit and
hyprerisy A few havo cxpiessel a will-
ingness to return uch have akucwl
edged their errors Hut there ate otheie
who have never taken back what they slid
ot the Chicago platform and its nori nee
and yet they have expriwed willrgurss
to return U the dcinoeriHc fold Has the
National platform been champ < 1 tlnce it3
adoption If tho platform was a good
democratic platform In July ISM Is It rot
a good platform today f < he platform
was n popullstlc utterance In 1S Is It
net a popullstlc utterance today Mr
Uryan indorrecl the platform of lS fi and
he Indorses the same platform to lay Is
Mr Ilrynn a better demorit now ilin lie
was when he made the spen that elec-
trified the world mil Pnmortalired bis own
name Why then have a few of these
who fought the platform of l K 03 a pop
ullitle uttcranre and W l v llryan as ft
populist so bitterly during the late cam-
paign expressed a willingness to support
both In 11100 Have such clnnged or modi-
fied their views Have they gln nny evi-
dence of having nbnndanvl the socalled
National democratic party headed by
drover Cleveland If so when and wlure
These same boilers and deserters from His
edd democratic faith these iref si lenn
crats who abandoned the dcmocratii r
form and slandered ml vlnricJ Mr r > rin
these traitors to tho party 0 their tatbtr
wh did all In llielr power to elect Wlllpcm
McKlnley tho cmlndlmeit of a I1UI1 rro
tectlve tariff and the advocate of the llrlt
Ish single gold standard th te men v tn
deserted the democratic Ihg In Its ho it
of sunreuiist peril now fiy they will sup-
port both the platform nnd Mr Uryan in
What lias come over the spirit cf
power or
lndltectly to thwart tile win of the 1 lr7 7 Wml1 Il not li > V
Joiliy b > the election of the republican I wiClcm rtr t1 te democracyo look w
nnmlree Wllllim McKlnley llxl rcf le nt Mon lltiK ueh men 11 office or s id
Cleveland nnd his recrttay John 1 Cjir IR Mh lcn aH icl ° 3cs to any of our
lisle wero conspicuous cxititiles of this emncrntlc conventions Will such men do
cla > Tho bolteis became ot Ihe1 0 l18 Can we ° l0un c ° llch
republican party having dcseited the V ° i31 1
party 1
and enieied tho camps if the eiieny Wei rr of nJ < > t < J > e not leatn
ty Iheso bolteis from and traltorj to tbo
democralle party ImlKil v itli joy the defeut
of the Chicago platform anI In distin
guished standard bevirr WIILain J Iirvnn
They rclntreil nt the election of llio ad
yanii ngent of prosperity ir William
Mclxinley la this not a fact And yet vva
have heard tho unblushing btttnmiit nude
that such deserters and traitors have never
seviinl tludr connection wlln the dmo
crallii party When men iieiiouiueil lre
Nailnal doinociutlc nliiMrii ns Icing a
populist utteiance when men e enoiiiicn
thu nominee as being a populist when
111111 turn from tho ileiuociuie plaifoiii
and support Ihe republican platform vvlicri
men abandon Hie ilrmaeriie ncminee rnd
give their hearty supnirt to the leniib
llean nominee when men torsade tho rrln
clplcs of the regularly organised National
democratic party and mippirt the principle
of the republlian party if stpn men bbvu
11 t prartlrally severed their cotitiectiun
with the democralle party we would like
to know what steps tbev could Inko In or
der to tree themselves from inch tnnntc
Hon Jan such profevased demecrats be
trusted in the future Can a deserter be
again relied upon Can the democracy
afford to give uch raen placet of honor
and trust Would not Mark Hannu bo-
a ptoro fit custodian of their democracy
Can the democracy nffod u select surli
men lo office or ehd ath men aa delr
sate from cair democratic rrlmarltta lo any
of our democratlo ionvciitliijj
To bo sure while tho lemp holds rvt to
burn tho yllttst democrat nmy roturn ntn
such ought to bring fruit of worthy ie
pentancol Havo any of the boltere or de
sorters oxprv 4 any aorrow or regret
or having fnrtaken detnceralln principle a
and ileeHrlcd Ihe dcatovtntlo flag In lu
hour of danger and rrcvteat need lie
any great man or any grant dally recanted
what Ihry silel durlne the last canvas j In
regard to Mr llrya and the pUtfonn
eeedliigly near plaving tin devil and
Tem Walker with the oremlri ileiiva
racy IM we not have another object Irs
son at tbo Chicago con emion when ihe
minority led by Hon Iinvil II Hill did
all In Its power to thwirt tlin oprcssid
will of the mijirllv We reoeit Can still
men he again trivslrl Can such nun >
again placid en guard It our primaries hnd
conventions Wo do not IpMlMte 10 answer
nn If tb democracy ovpe s to occm
pllsli anything ftosd fur lte parv anJ
rountry let P select nr elect agens vbo
nro In sympathy with Ihe objecs to hi i < p
eoinnlllied If the Ofinirry vould wIn
In IMS and again In 1900 no one iliould
be phoseii ns a dcdegale front Ihe tmn lest
to the greites convention or elerid lo
any prllllrnl oflce of homr or trust ulonit
whom lingers the least wall groundod sus
plrlon ns to whether lie has > e n nr Is
now a true lellevrr In tho fllc110 list
form The Chicnge plntfarm of 100 W
1 lityrn tor IWM snd frcoiVild an frea ill
ver nt ltl to 1 will bo the billtrrv from
now on
It has been too ottfn tho case that dele-
gates have been selected through mere
friendship or as a compliment lo tho mln
orlty when such delegate havo proven
themselves faithless nnd unworthy of the
sacred trust reposed by doing nil In th lr
power to carry thei counly or tho district
or tho State against tho expressed will of
the majority Therefore It seems to us
that the only wise course to pursue In the
future la to tslpct such delegates at ape
known lo be In hearty sympathy and ac-
cord with the objects alma purpose nhd
wishes of the majority ot tho party Doubt
less many democrats were led astray In
18S6 cither through Ignorance false prom
laes Intimidation or coercion Such may
return through Kroner Influences Other
were led alray by hatrcl ami prejudice
These will be apt to remain with Clove
land ct al If tho goldbug democrat
could not or would not stand on the plat
foim of ISM because of its popullstlc ut-
terances what has changed their minds
slnre Neither tho principles laid down In
oTmv a lfa ° haJm 0f i h tonal platform or the view a of the
on m > and returned wltaln
onlines would great Nebraskan have been changed or
modified in the least Oil those who pro
fetsed lo be brass collar democrats before
the last Nntlmial convention sever their
connection with the democratic parly when
they denounces ami refused lo support
either its platform or its nominee
It Is to be hoped that all democrats will
return to the houses of their fathers but
it can not be expected that they presume
to dictate and control the action and policy
of the party they so recently deserted
Le there be Jus is few traitors In our
democratic primaries and convenlions ire
possible Let democrats stick tn tho consti-
tution of tho party Let none be placed on
guard but democrats true and trleel It
this be done we will have a democratic
congress and a dcmocraic speaker in lsliS
and In liOO the Chicago platform will be
again lneorye > d and W 1 Hryan l innl
mously nominated nnel triumphantly elect-
ed president of ihe United States Then
will be lnauguratesl a season ot confidence
ami prosperity the like of which has
never been witnessed under the adminis
tration of a high protective tariff and a
single gold standarel party To accomplish
this desirable end we emphasize the sent-
ence Put none but democrats on guard
II C Ghent M D
PVelenil unit Mute Courts
To the Editor of The Post
Houston Texas July 7 In your article
Government by Injunction In tho dally
of July 7 sou call attention to the growing
abuse of the Federal Judiciary assuralns
to exercise Jurisdiction over Stato laws
State courts and matters ot purely State
concern and you rightly suggest that the
Icsleral courts have been so freely exer-
cising authority to enjoin tbo opeiallous of
Statu laws and tho encroachments in that
direction havo been so marked and so
steadily < n tho lucrease In lato years that
those who dread the tendency towards cen
trnllzation of power lu tho hands of the
lcderal government may well feel
alnrmisl
It Is uot generally known and may have
escaped your observation that tho people
through congress havu power to correct
this evil without the necessity of an
amendment to tho Federal constitution
The constitution of the United States
prnviiies The Judicial power of the
united states shall be vcsicd In our su
preme court and m such Inferior courts as
the congress may from time to time ordain
aWlal1 I a cases at
lictlng 1 ambassadors other publlu minis
ters and consuls and thoao In which a
tail shall be party the
supremo court
than have original Jurisdiction In all other
elate V ° s uru eiurt shall have ap
Jurisdiction etc Constitution nr
tlclo 3 section 1
It has been heM by tho supreme court
h n V0 < h t no court of
ourt jKissesses nny Jurisdiction not given
by the legislative power 7 Couch 32
8 Pr0m h0 alKvo looted
pro islon of the constitution
It will be
L f c oo lilKhly
iph stig
lleVif0 ymour I Thompson of
St Louis In his able and scholarly address
fore tho Texas liar association lst
It the year
people should
ever conclude with
Jefferson that tho Federal
Judiciary
a at
lie liberty they can by n mere act of
urTaa b ° leh > frior 1Vdera
i siurt all being mere creatures nf con
Br if In addition to this they should
onclii 0 that tho Federal
supreme court
u ell ng aside the laws of the sfatcs Is
Infringing upon their reserved rights they
ean deprive ho court of that power I y ro
Piallng tho twentyflflh section of the lu
dlclary act which allocs a writ of error
rroin the stipre > mo court of the United
Ktatces CO American Law ncvlevv
l se
Mlis
is it not tlmo that ibe people should Me
nformeI of ihelr power and for nglatlon
draM1 01 h lll > n ot thl remedy
drattic though it may bo
T O Shlnn
HerilBlnM Celelirntloii
llefuglo Texas July HItefu6lo cele
bratlon and barbecue Is over after three
from frUiUV fi f ndjolnlng A llr rountes ° trwd cvervhod attcndf1
deeming well plenscl Nothing oceifrr t I
mar the peasuro of b vWto flLi
1 i
A cKro Killed
acoge oche Texns July a dlftl
cully occurred last nlfjht between vVash
Iortcr and Henry Swanaon which resulted
til Cr ° rmr r kl ln be l4Uer Tho par
am brothersinlaw
Jlie and colored
Ior
grjM admitted to bm which he readily
WHOS A EIWO
New York July 9
rcntup enlhuslasrt u
Knickerbocker
1 nilll
day may be construed n J1
Klorlfleatlon over various
ilonal <
congratulation
hlch may bo JJ
aonHoaM
National democratic
organization wearing tnc L
democrat Thu
dead and tho Indlanapoli J
Platform but a fast fading
Cockratt luts
said so and p
echoed
It This may bow
unlucky thirteen
who
to
discouraging
attempt at aVZ
vlval ot National elcaocria
tucky
It will bo
recalled that Ha
Coekran
was the most clcW
of the Palmerlluckner pan i
ent statements on that mSJui
ally regarded as aulhorltr
has Just returned from 1 wf
and with line dramatic eBNtlV
through the local press to
M 1
carefully iltcd and p Isoi
tlful and etrectlvo ngll f
h
logic In which
Mr
Among a grnat many clhtr t
things true and false Sir r <
he Is a man
wlihoutapams
sollUirv and hcmeless Win
self It he wll
have
isirty he says Oh 1 dont ktetv
Following on the next j
nreaches the funeral overttecm
National democracy xrhiclt
large enough to entitle u i t
whoso demise Ujond reinrat
Coekran has proclaimed eu
refers to its associates la tiev
Aid society with reproach Lire
little clique calling lteelt tic
democracy only seems to trlt
rlslcn the
title It has ussuerIi
shallow of authority and o firi
assurance to the nryan demxni
alliis with tl 10000 votes at1
their movements Tho NjUa
crats havi nothing at their lu
paltry array of voles of lut I
rnly enough to give them a ncr
pnpianee about ns great as ttitt
Ically hopeless prohibitionist ten
are without an idea and huei
principles or pilpy dcserilajK
slderation
What can a little party do is
all Its adherents except the DUi
perate but pitied coniernporirln
to tho Inevitable and quit baa
third party out of thewarili
is slmpllflesl It will be a tall
tween the two old parties ttli
between two flnamiil pollcleithe
tending for 1 dearer dollir u
products making the rich rile
l ir pocrer and he other aJror
money better prices for thf ja
labor and a triumph of numuJti
tcrlal wealth the results of sld
accented as a correct orrciil
gressloual elections cf 1S9S
Continuing the Sun tells iJJ
In tho Indlannpols revolt tie ill
however distasteful It maybe
It Is useless for any democnt
his eyes to the plain and obrtaal
the political situation wblcaiai
the fare The combination ii
Hryan last November more > lul
votes has now absolute controli
gnnlzatlon of the democratic ri
the authority of technical rfsilti
holding closely together fir
populists and silver rcpubllueis
In firm alliance wlh democrat
Icil allies move as one body I
and are united and ngsttisln
Stale and district They art o
the conventions ot iho demom
thev occur successively inert
crcanlzed democracy ncrliuft
slide in the absence of any
foslng Idea or dlstlngtiliolif I
nbotit which to cryslallze Ttft
of the Chicago platform hasatr
to unify It nnd Inspire It
lasm
Under the Influence ot Se W
plutocracy and sham arlttocrilr
has como out nnd avowed iuilv
the republican party and nurtM
as n fair and open enemy of the
party The Sun views the tts
rectly and tells the truth iW
Cochran says ns the Sun
everybody knows there areW
leal parties and ran be but Wr
political results of 10i K
Iow of the big dallies nw
nro devoting much space l r
are waiting to seo which <
Jump and others are tooliJif
claiming credit for tho vsrl
development of the great mwfj
to devoto a thought to sucbW3
tors 115 National poll
I
Brent
GAIVI > TtV CltOWDl
ItlKT nsciirslml from
Over the Crntl
Galveston Texas July H fim
morn exeninslonlKia In town toto1
Imps nt any time this scassn W1
nrmight In n special tali W1
trom S00 to 1000 visitors ml
Iralna woro all well pa011
been fearful hot In the eli7e >
brcezo from eho southnost
drlshtfully coo on the beocb i
tuislnntals from along theUae
Midland aro silil here
All told there about
are
WfckendeiK hero today TMJ
IhliigB lively along tb bfarl
r
prletors of tho various
Kept liusy attending to < 3
sljaugciis
The Old I-
To the Kdltor of The Post
I seo in Tho Pest of > sthS
Mr Is Iiitcr stinB al
Gray i
N0
history and will visit
gathering data fcr his lOTto
I am glad of this as 1 M i
>
help to stir the citizens upl
Hie eternal Itncsa of
of tb <
In tho very heart
old stone fort ono ot th9 oI <
ot thin great Stnle wp
Am I quixotic In w Zfi
use sslonn will IHkJV
stlncl cf Mr Gray a > > J
ot 0 as something incowr
Familiarity breeds tfn Si
n yf
pcoplo of Nacogdoches g
accustomed to U > e pntrit l
that they Ihlnk little ° j3i
Toxa has so many m01
cSf
wlili which th w bJl
Hint pefhapa they
tiro pewslbllltis of their taj
iho old fort
Arouse ye priye J
Let TVx flag bo > 01H M 1
Consicrato lo noMettv fj
The iitvr old w Ul LcJPSr
llecelyo your sanction ° f ° 5
Its door lo thrift and HJStfTa
Upy NvUfvj
Garrison Texas f
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