The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. THIRTEENTH YEAR, No. 252, Ed. 1, Sunday, December 12, 1897 Page: 4 of 28
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tfty By carriers ter oonth Jiooj three months
fioo six months 6001 one yesr Si 100
Mr Theolore Berlns his Otugt of the tlly
circulation and collecting Messrs Theodore
Bering ana Chatles tntt ere the authorized cot
lectors of all city bills both advertising anl
ubsCilptlon and no money should re paid to
any one other thin thos named unless special
written tathorlty slpiei by the business msmeef
It shown All ifcountt of iny slie shouU b
till by check In ftvor of Ths Houston Prlntlnu
Coariny
bscelbtrsfilllnrh receive Th Post retulsrly
will pleise nntlfy Utt orfict promptly tvet
pirer Is expected to be delivered not liter trcii
6jo Oclock 1 in-
Do Orders for coois etc re Riven by the rain
eemenlindnone will be accepted In piymenl
f of ce accounts
HIHftTOX StDNUAY UiC 1 1 H7
A BAYOU CHANNELS 1 > 0S3UUE SAV
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Tlw Now Orlcnna TlnlMiDemocrat nnil
ricayuno fell into error In reporting the
figure named by the Buffalo bajou board
of eurvcy at U10 ounuil savings In freights
to the export trado of thU cectlon which
would bo secured through deep water at
Houston
The probablo sum lo stnled at JPOOOOO
rtr year In the report and not 1000 as
the New OrlcanA paxr have It Whether
thcli mMako was typo Mphlcfll cr Iho
icsult of Ifinojanco on Iho part of reporl
terF It Is calculated to belittle tho Im
rcrtance of this great Improvemrnt which
h detlgncd fo add anohnr deep-
water port to the export facilities or tho
West and Southwest
And In this connection 11 Is well to re-
member that this calculation of an mniiiil
raving to Western shippers through this
imposed channel of < 0O < 00 per venr In
frclRhle la bwed upon prcsoit trndo only
Tho benrd could not and loes nut under-
take to foretell tho future Who in
tloed rnu eitlnato the growth nf our suit
port exports within tho nest ten > cnrs
imd particularly of Texas port exports n
much nearer Wen tern nhtppors tbnii any
other porlH In th j country Already Gal
vestons Rraln exports havo doubled pud
Houston and Oalveotoa combined woulil
with de p water In a few ycir etpitl In
such shipments nnd In general cxttort trade
any port In the country
Tho 600000 per annum In < nvlnis now
would rami oinnimt to million nnd im
Ibaslto beyond tho possibility of riucttlun
Iho wisdom of a National conatructo of
our ship channel to tho Jetties
HONOR WIIKRi HONOU Ifi 1HI3
Abusod and Illtreated by wrap liiiiRbcd
at by others and met with Indllferonco
by many In Its homely mothols of cariylng
tho gospel of peace hope nnd Roodwill to
the masses the Salvntlon Army Is yot nc
ompllshlng unqucstlonibly noblo wnk
and provlns Itself ono of tho tiost utilve
nnd useful of mortem agencies In the alle-
viation of tho suffering and waul 01 the
poor and lowly
Wo are told that Coinmviiler iU < th
TucKcr of 0110 hrnnrh of ho army rrrorts
fiOOOO conveiblons slnco at Jtrunry
Grunted that halt of these converts re-
turn to tholr old ways there a o tttll left
thousands of humbla nouls Inspired with
a new hopo and placed in thn pith of
decency and rectitude nut this Is
said by tbo commander is not nil tho
gcod tho nrmy has done Mure fjan a
million of poor men nnd roor womui lava
been given food and clothing an J rutter
ond a number of rescue homes o > vrtor
tunJtlo women havo tieon establlnhcd Cbor
Uy Is cno of tbo cardinal virtue nnd in
Joined practices of tho nrmy a d tho re-
ligion which they offer in 01a hand to
omo poor wretch without home tr fcod
or hope Is accompanied by material relict
which Is distributed with tha othjr lard
Tho tliuo has long alnco uaiuel ncng
rightthinking pcoplo for s oifs or Jco < s for
the Salvation Array Its mission is to teach
o class that highsalaried ministers and
Tampered missionaries pass by is the Hiar
fseo passed the beggar In tho ktr > rs Its
1 street service reaches an audleuo tat
vexvr is seen In palatial eliurones and
would not ba welcomed there it t should
sk for ndmlltanco aud the renuli of Its
labors tell whero orgaitUcd tulu moat
ntlfds good Influcncesln the sluiui and
tho breeding beds ct crmo and ce Fig-
ures llko thoso Jttst ineml j d not only
rtevato tho work of this novel auay In
public estlmaUon bul should couuiutid a-
more generous public asslrtaitw
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A QllEAT LEADKR
Just whea tho Spaniards aro beginning
to announce again that tho Cuboa Insur-
rection b weakening the Havana dis
patchta to American Journals tfll of an
ether great movement by tho patriots to-
ward Havana province and tho alarm of
the Spanish authorities In consequence
A tbtt war progresses ont can not but
adnilro the splendid tuctb of tho Cuban
rmy now making a boll rild and ftrlklns
terror1 Info come Spanish E ° rrUoa now
making a bloody stand and Inflicting lass
upon some Spanish column then retiring
teyrad tto reach oi pursuit until tho tim
fcwarrived for nonio othor ttratcglo move
calculated to harass tho enemy nnd in
aplre hopo and confidence la tho insurgent
AaA who U entitled to tho credit for
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s > Ws Mt lM riMocrraa n < i deslroy
100 h4MSf4i 7 Ily ommon con
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mtim tiifiiU wWUiitirta
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soldtr of fortune who at 79 years of age
is still leading on paper put It
Tlgoroua and irrcaUtibla reroltitlon
lo the days of our revolution anl again
In tho dark days nf our tlvll etnfe we
aro told how It required all tb greatneM
aod flrmncM of Washington in the one
taae and of Uo and hi noblo lieutenants
In the other to ke p hungry and Illdad
men In the racks and impart to them a
> lgor ana bruvery that withstood all trials
Cuba Is fighting without resource alrtoft
without arm Her soldiers are pUto
against overwhelming numbera and re-
sources and yet the fire of patriotism Is
kept alive and the ragged cotumna held
to the grand work In hanl largely by tho
mngrtnlsm tho skill tho energy and on
thuflasra of h aged but Indomitable
Comer
When the renter of the grout generals
and great heroes of the century 1 made
up for history the namo of Cnmcx should
bo high upon tho list and whether Cuba
hal lose or win he will remain one of
tho new worlds most honored champtons
of liberty and of tho rlgMt of man
nUFPAtc IUYo t lMPriOVRMENT
Thero In a tldo In thn affairs of men
which taken at tho flood leads to for-
tune
Tho familiar maxim of the great dramat-
ist In as Into with reforenco to cities and
communities as to Individuals That tldo
In tbo affairs of Houston Is at hand nnd
miiat ha taken nt tho flood It tho long
nursed hope of this city becoming a sea-
port and entrepot of commerco Is to bo
realized
This Is a matter of profound Importance
not only to Houston but to all the terri-
tory of tho grent West
It In not a matter of narrow and neldsh
localism but a question of far reaching
Imporlnnco destined to affect the present
generation and generations yet unborn
Houston must rise to meet tho Issue as
becomes Its rnagnltudo
The report of tho commission la moat
encouraging and what Is now not only Im-
portant but absolutely essential Is to back-
up tho efforts of our representatives aud
eepeclally tboso of tho member from this
district Uo l able vigilant energetic and
tactful but no man li ablo unaided to ac-
complish all ho Is expected to do Mem-
bers from other States must bo ieen and
convinced data must bo complied reliable
statistics furnlohed and tho value of thu
proposed Improvements must be demon-
strated as a plain profltnblo business
proposition To this end representative
of Houston must lie scut to Washington
nnd bo kept there To do this will lako
money and that money Houston must fur-
nish Kvory property owner ought to con
tribute necordlng to his ability and tho
commercial men > f Houston must ungrudg-
ingly do their part
It Ih not a tlmo for niggardly or parsi-
monious action but
for contributions pro-
portional to tho ability of thoBo Interested
nnd to tho Importuuco of tho object lu
view
Tho Tost deems It scarcely necessary to
ay that it mlvocatcj the ralsini of fundi
for no Illegitimate or Improper use No
sinister or umlerbamlei efforts aro needed
or should bo tolerated Tha purposo Is to
place in a business way before business-
men an cntierprlso that should command
their support upon lu oiorlts and It uhoull
bo understood that neither our official nor
personal representatives at Washington will
stoop to any unworthy act to accomplish
that end
Houstons destluy Is now In tho hands of
her own people and for tho result they
nlono must ho responsible Action should
be taken now nnd nt once
MONEYS HIDINO PLACES <
In his advocacy of postal ktvlnga tanks
In connection with postal order olflrts See
rotary Clary furnishes some Intorcstlni llg
ures ns to tho number of Imtks in th < dif-
ferent sections of tho tountry and tho
amount of deposits per capita
Theso figures aro chiefly significant as
Indicating where what Is called uv n me
tho surplus money ot tho Nation is to he
found rather than as a lemnnitritlon ot
tho necctslty for more and Bicr miens
for deposits as tho secretary would havo
them used Tho tablio prepared by tin
postmaster general aro us follows unilttlnc
tbo column relating to money order ofiecs
nanka Deposit
of ull Ier
Kinds capita
Maine Wl JUtwj
N w Uamiuihlro 117 ISO tnj
Vvrnicjit si rjyui
Morrai hUKotlR 4S7 sil 00
Ithcdti lH utid IM JM nj
Count ctkMit 1W U > 1 > J
NVw York 723 0 t
Nivv Jcrsoy 17U t Uu
ronnsylvanlu 0AS aw
2CTT
Virginia ii
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Theso tables show that In the East hero
aro fourtoea time mora money locked up
In deposils than wo havo la our Southern
banks Of courso UrgsJ portions of these
depoalta to placM In clrcuUtlort t ln by
the bank but a goodly part remains In
tho vault The degreo or extent of d
posits Indlcataa U docrot or extont rt tha
surplus funds of the respective sections
and It It easy therefor to ieo why te East
should continue to talk of a plethora ft
rufflclancy of money or of too much
money In tho country
Ono of our chief flnanclnl Ilia 1 this
unequal distribution of tha circulation no
dlsrtim Wo were assured by tho MeKtilcy
following last year that a goldblig suets
would result In largo enterprMea and In-
vestments of Eastern capital la the Ecuth
and West and consequently l o Wider dls
trlbutlon pkmoncy but theao br bt and
eeducllvo promises havo net Uut kept
Tho rclcaso of tho funds has not < ot oc-
curred Nor will thc equal oiptlbutlon
ever occur under a system tbrt permits and
encourages tho accumtliulJn of fuccls In
the hands of thoso who hold money icr big
speculations roidcrcd pssslblo and ptoflt
nblo by tho conditions of n trustridden
trade and an embarrassed treasury Under
the present financial syotom and industrial
status of tho Nntlon money as raturally
seeks Eastern vaults as water ruoa down-
hill Tho postmaster generals lurcs aro
another demonstration of this truth
The p t5t week tea lieon a glorious ono
f r Hointon and ihaa more than Justified
tho expectations and enterprise of the
origlnntora ami promoters of th great
Pruit Ktowor and Vctjotublo Fostlvnl Tho
exhibits wore largo uml beautiful th pa-
rades cre tSt ibl < ciTld ono of thun nt
least lirllltaRt tho crotvORvlaCUns tbo city
wore Immense and thtt unjinlmoua opinion
of tho strangers wan that tho affair wis a
csoniploto BuecrwH and that tho week has
afforded n kevn enjoyment a d prontahlo
cTDcrlcrico to all Houston and the gen-
erous ami pitbllenplrltcd citizens who con
trtloited of lioth tlmo owi money to tho
cnterprlso aro subject to warm congratu-
lations upon the gtjncrnj rcnutt
Mexican Justlco la as quick aa oun Is
< llatory and can hardly mako many more
mistakes
A deep wnter clianntel from Houston to
tlio Galveston Jetties wxnrld tnonn a i pu
latlon of 300ifO it ten yearn at thts point
liank clearings of JOOtX000 a month a
rlsa In valuw of from 25 to 100 per cent
and In somo cases more the quadrupling
of lecal trado and to InUsrtor Texas and
tho Mlddln Western Htnteo tho nearest
choaptst and snf < t port on the American
coopw
Whllo flnplring to greatfiT horw > r In tn
future Spenlcer neol should roiwsnbcr
tUit tho rxwplo rccognlae r lm as tno
FlftyflfUi congress
It Is understood that one or two moro
tiRrnaclefl will turn tho Kertcnil supremo
court rooi In tho nxt year or so Fert
nrul udK < tiuscht to ha appaintt l for ten
year term and the ge limit for wrvlc
ouRht to bo CO or reforms of about that
kind ourht to bo ndoptjd bo os o Iiojp
the Federal Judiciary In touch with Im
times and tho people
Official Mexico will reoelvn Mr Bryan
wtch marked uourteslv This lis nlmply
anticipatory of tho honors whtoh will bo
Mr HryanH duo niter lOV
New York City Is said to contain now
from 120n > to A0 > Cuban refuser A
voluntary malo r fi > svo from Cuba In the
hour when nho rwetU all her sons Is en-
titled to ISttlo conilduratlon or rospcot
Tho Stttth hail lv lot ot aach fooivs in
Canada oivl Durorm during our civil wur
Tho sixday bicycle race threatens to
rob football of somo of Its brutal honor
They go crazy about football but not
from overcxnrtlon tr the game
Tho natlvo ItawitSlan delegation n
Washtrcton ask to be consulted beforo
bclns gobbled up In Uie interest of ad
venturers oral speculators It Is well to
ratwember that tbo womt criminals aro
permitted to state their co e and enjoy
tho benefit ot a renftonablo doubt
It Is said than Tom Rood Is prepartne to
rlso upon tho mistakes ot McKluley Mr
Reed is a cfooid man weighing over nM
potndb and Is naturally picklns an easy
staircase to go to tho top
It It snlrt Mr Croker nf Now York ts
llguifm on Roln to tha Untied Htntos stn
nte New York hns given sufficient evt
dMoo of Its lntlltTerenet > as to tho charac-
ter of lt poniutortal lepreserttiatlon to Jiii <
tlfi Mr Croker or any other man up
thero In npplniT f ° tho Job
There Is nothing so rcfrrrltlng as party
optimism In tho Uivttcd States Mr 1Ins
ley nnd lifs friends r making the llttlo
deficit of JWOOiOOil In live moattlte look Kite
rt tly speek on a Ferris wheel
Up in Northern oltles mo cry hcis com-
menced for fltavcu liv the strfleit oars
SeiHhcrn towns think they nro being
served wtth luxuries If thi can only ert
clo in curs In winterall ot which almply
shows thut somo peoplo never know whei
they are In clover
Everything pointsto the fact that Judt i
Pay Ih tvolrs to become tne brlgnt ptr
tlcular lnmi durlns this adnilnlsttMtton
for innumerable cabinet and suprt nc
court rumors nt the usual spaco rates
11 la xiId that up to date KM pr > oni
havn applletl to Mr MoKlnley for appoint-
ment to otfletv Tho democrats can hopo
for immense gulns In some of tho elo o
Staler next > var This country lm t no
fury I ko tin ofilee tveker seorntvl
Fniperor William thinks tliit he has
been called to the throne by vllvinn de-
cree but lie mak s the mistake of forget-
ting that tho representatives ot Germany
were colled to naelst uni watch him
Brooklyn now has un clectrlo railway
malt service This will Insure tho llnxiK
lyn ttolley a sufftolently uninlr > rruiit < M
right of way to do up Its victims with
oven mbro jvewtness and aunuteit thau
ever
Wenr the T P A llutton
News Letter
Every member of the Travelers Protec
tive Association should wear tho button
ot the asioclatlon It is a means ot identi-
fication among members and tends to the
making ot many valuable acquaintances
and It is a vnluablo advertlsrniou for the
association Many a member liss been
made through an Inquiry as to what tho
button stands for Members should wear
the button rcsu e It I sometblnc to be
proud ot and It will obtain all throughout
the United State courtesies and privileges
which frequently prove of groat advantage
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS
From the Clevehtrcd Plain Dealer
THE LOVERINO VERDICT While the
verdict of tho Loverlng courtmartlal will
not lo officially promulgated until after It
has bcon passed upon by President McKln
ley nml may by hire bo modtflcd or set
asldo altogether Its character has been
made public property by one ot tbo Chi-
cago newspapers 11 Is hardly nccceisary
to remark that this Is cot surprising aa
the uecrtt verdicts of courtraartlals gen-
erally find their way to tho public with
substantial accuracy before they officially
rtoch tho reviewing nnd revising authority
The court Is reported as atandlog sovtn
for conviction and five for acquittal but
ns in courtmartlals a unanlmouA verdict
lo not required the Judgment of the court
was guilty as charged and one of the
chargtei was that ho used cruelty and bru-
tality in kicking and stabbing the prostrate
and helpless private The sentence Is ex-
traordinarily lonlent being that Captain
Lovcrlcs be reprimanded by tho review-
ing authority
This leniency Is Attributed to the good
military record of tho officer and the bad
record of the private eoldier Without
question both those facts aro entitled to
tonslderntlorv At tho same tlmo neither
Is an excuse for tho cruelty and bru-
tality displayed in tho treatment ot the
private by tho officer and thero will be a
miscarriage of Justice If Captain lbvfrms
Is not told so In unmistakable language by
the revrovtlng authority In tho course of
tho official reprimand There arp no
doubt other officers without the Ions fccd
Btrvlco record of Captain Loverlng and
wlthout tho bad record of tho private eol
dier to excuse them who stand In need rf
the slern warning which tho official repri-
mand to Captain Loverlng should convey
to them The colonel la rommand who
unqualifiedly approved the cruelty and
brutality In the case of Private Ham-
mond should take tho reprimand as apply-
ing to himself as well ait to his con learned
subordinate
From tho Indlannpolla Sentinel
THE PEOPLE PAY The discussion of
tho principle of municipal franchises Is
turning more and moro to tho point that
tho masses of tho pcoplo pay the enor-
mous profits derived from their operations
and that this payment Is unnecessary be-
cause tho same service can by proper ef-
fort bo secured without It A striking
presentation ot thla truth Is made by Mr
Clnronco S Darrow of Chlcigo In reply
to a request for his views from the Illinois
bureau ot labor statlatico as follows
Tho gas companies Ktrect car compa-
nies tckphonc compaules and othtr Hue
coriOrntloos which nro doing business m
Chicago through tho use of tho streets
and other public proptrty have issued
stocks and bonds which havo a par value
ot not leas than 15000000 Much of thla
slock ficlls abovo par and probably the
market value of tho whole amount is
about tho amo as tho par value The
stocks and bonds represent a property
which ccst not moro thun J50000000 there-
fore tlo 100000000 worth of these stocks
and bonds owned by private Individuals
are issucd upon tho property of tho wholo
people of Chicago And tho dlvldoal r d
to the private individuals who own tbo
stock Issued on this public property re >
not less than 0000000 1 year or moo
than tho wholo coU of supporting ihe rub
llc schools of tho city
No person Is Ingenious enough tc give
any honest rearon why tlio people of Cnl
cngo should give to private Individuals
this vast ntnount of property without any
recompenso whatever This 6000000
which Is taken by prlvnto Individuals each
year from thw total property ot Chicago
ropreBcuts an annual tax ot about C3 cr
30 on every family in tho city 1 ta
which is not expended tor public pur-
poses and is submittal to by tho peer
for tho purpose of enriching a fow
This is practically tho situailwi lu many
other tltiis and Indianapolis is no < xce
ton to them Tho Citizens strset railvcy
company paid 3250000 for Its property
and In tho transaction tho plant was valuod
at 2000000 and tho unexpired franchise
at 1250000 Tbo only thing that gives
such value to thu franchise is tho proilt
wrnlng powier of tho plant And the com-
pany did not overestimate the value ot the
trauchlbo when It proceeded to reorauze
on tho bnsls of a forty 5ears frinchac
with a capitalization of li000000 That
meant of course that they expected to
mako tho surplus 7000000 together with
Interen nnd dlvldouds out of the people
ot Indianapolis through the operation of
tho plant and they couM have done ft
If they could havo succeeded In gttlng a
dotation of tho franchise
The ludlanapolls gas company Is oper-
ated by a New York syndicate which pad
2000000 for its properly It issued 2
tiOOOOtf of bonds and paid for tho plant It
also livucd 2000000 of stock on which it
has been paying 12 per c nt dividends In
other words It extracts a protlt of over
24OCO a year In addition to all expenses ot
every kind and good Intercut on Its In
ostmotit As a matter of necessity ths
mosey cornea out of the pockets of tho
people In the form of extra prleo paid fur
gas If tho proposition were put bluntly
SAlfc lMbllu whethtr a special tax ot
10000 per year should bo levied and tho
pweeds donated to a syndicate of Now
York capitalists everybody would hoot nt
tho suggestion and yel that Is exactly
whnt Is being done and thero aro peoplo
helpers to pay tho money who aro blind
enough to be deceived as to tho folly ot
GOVERNOR JOHN W GRIGGS 01 NEW JERSEY
He has accepted the offer of Attorney General McKonnas present place Tho
change will not be made until after the Now Jersey legislature meets In January
This Is one ot the conditions under which Governor Griggs accepts the office
Under the Constitution of New Jersey tho president of tho Statessenate becomes
acting governor there being no lieutenant governor The present president of tho
Stato senate la Robert Williams of Taterson but his term expires January 1
When the new leglsjnturo meets the republicans think they will be ablo to elect
Foster M Voorhecs senator from Union county ns successor to Mr Williams and
Governor Griggs does not wish to resign until the new president ot the senate Is
chosen
form valuo A rystem of Stato banks 0M0
to give thrso requisite qualities to lis cur-
rency would be the beat that could be oe
vtesd because in addition to tho security
of tho notes they would poj > s tlw l x
iblo quality of responding to locil de-
mands
In connection with the proposed reform
of tho currency therefore tho proposition
t > remove tho tax on State bank nm > i
tion should have duo consMe itlon
MKINLEY AND hlS IKOMISES
New York Journal
The government of Spain having lost
centred ot Cuba and belnj unable to pro-
tect tho property or lives of resident Amer-
ican citizens or to comply with Its treatv
obligations wo believe thai tho govern-
ment of tho United States should actively
use 1U Influences nnd goo1 offices to re
etore peace and give lndei > endenco to tho
Island Republican platform on which
William McIClnley was elected to the creal
dency
Tho platform adopted by the republican
Natloual convention has received my care-
ful consideration and has my unqualified
approval William MeKlnleys speech of
acceptance June 29 lSW
It Is hontistly due to Spain and to our
friendly relations with Spain that she
should be given a reasonable chance ti
icalle her expectations and to prove thu
clflcaey of the new order of things to which
feho fitandH irrevocably committed Wil-
liam MeKlnleys message to congrers D °
ccmber C 1M7
Eighteen months ago tho republican Na-
tional convention declared that Spain hart
lost control of Cuba and that It was the
duty of our gwerument to exert Its In-
fluence actively to teatoro peace and glv
Independence to the island Yesterday the
president elected on that platform to
which ho had personally pledged his fi-
delity Informed congress that wo ought
to give Spain a reasonable chance to real-
ize hor expectations cf cuuiitiertttR tho peo-
ple to whose support he was committed
by every consideration cf National pari
end Individual honor
The apology offered for this amazlns
broach of fnith Is that there Is a new min
istry In Spain and that thw ministry ha
undertaken 10 mitigate the Inhuman meth-
ods by which the war ban been carried
en heretofore as well as 10 Introiuco
scheme ot home rule In Cuba under Span
ish sovereignty The president unifortnlv
speaks of this cabinet ns Spain Spain
does this Spain Is committed to that Spain
has chanced her methods and her charac
ttrOf
Of course Mr McKlnloy knows that tho
It Every cent of profit that Is taken by Sagasta ministry Is not r eaVl y spainthat shewed i Is swollen
these companies In cxccr of a fair return It Is not oven a stable SpmUh government fra uds e compl
on the actual investment Is a tUnaton
them by the people who grant the unwise
franchises This Is th essential point
which ought to be thoroughly understood
by every citizen and when it Is fuliv tin
derstocd there will bo little difficulty In
the regulation of such franchises
From the Nashville American
STATE IJANKS Hon Nicholas V Cox
representative from tha Seventh Tennessee
district wns tho author ot a bfSl In the
Fiftythird congrtts to abolish tho prohlb
Itory tnx Imposed upon the circulation cf
Stato banks Mr Cox was then as now
a member of tho banking and currency
committee of tho h3use ot representa-
tives and gavo a very earnest study to
quistlo a of thiat uature The bill was
much discussed at tho time and met gen-
erally with very strong opposition In tho
Last Now that schemes of currenoy re
form are being generally discussed tha
proposition to abolish tho tix on State
baaik circulation Is revived and seems to
attract moro favorable attention from
1astcrn publications devoted to thi spe
cialty of finance than It formerly did
There Is no good leason why Stato
luuks should not bo allowed to issue
npttvs provided sufficient guaranteo eon be
given of their security to make ihcee
notes ot uniform valuo over the entire
country A State bank circulation would
respond more directly to local needs than
any other form ot credit money ana ti10
system would comport with tlio general
plan of local selfgovernment accorded
the State under the Federal constitution
ili ° tinV4 vH w bQ s < tlr In accord
with the principles to which tho demo
cratic party has always held
No one would consent now lo a reurn
to the old style of wildcat nankins hat
oneo served to fluid the country with
worthies paper and raad r all formS of
credrt money Insecure Money now must
b absolutely note and it must be of uul
J oa > Parliamentary ma financial La bk difficulties n
Jority Shastas title to office Is tho bullet
of n arsissln The present cortcs is con
trolled by men elected s supporters of
Canova5 and It Is SagaMVs announced In
tentlon to dissolve It ks roon as he is reas
Hired about rrrsldeut MeKlnleys nvmage
and order new electlonn How the new ir io >
mny feel about Cuban autoromy nobody
can tell It is pretty certain tint tho pre
cnt ono would hive nothing to do with it
The president furnishes the interesting
Information that tho trumpeted Spanish
reforms In Cuba far from having any
corstltutlonal or legislative sanction aro
not even embodied la a stMfexocutlng ad-
ministrative decree Tho scheme of au
tonomy Is formulated In a decree to he
eratlon thn Cubans would romalSTowHr
lfss to do anything ot Importance under
t y tho appointive character cf hilt of
the upper house of tho proposed Cuban
legislature by the right reserved to tha
hpanlsh cortes to Interfere in the settle
ment of the debt and In tho regulation of
all duties In which Spain Is lntcrstcd and
by tho power of tho captain gcnrral to sua
pend the wholo charter at his pleasure and
introduce martial law the Spanish gov
ernment would continue to hold Cuba lu
a vise
Will President McKinley or any of tha
apologists of the policy of Inaction candid
bans to Induce thorn to submit to tho rule
of the people among whom Wcylcr Is
still a hero He asks them to accept Ra
gastas note Is ho prepared to write tho
IndcTsement of tho United States across
tho back of It
If not why should thei bloodshed and
starvation and misery In Cuba bo allowed
to go on when wo could stop It vith a
blow The president does not e rn prem-
ise to end tho war In a year From LIb
approving references to our failure to In-
tervene in tho Tun tears War wc might
gather that ho thought it ouat to be al-
lowed to last at least scvju yeas lo frr
He says that If wo ever < 5o Intervene It
will be only because iho ncccssfy for
such action will be to clear as lo command
the support and approval of the civilized
world That Is wo must wait until the
emperors of Gnmany and Austria apprcne
cr as the Evening Post loaMngly ttts it
until Spain tarself Is willing to bavo us
Interfere And this is tho fill ilm nt ct
the bravo prcmlsss of the 3t Louis con-
vention
After tho Cuban collnpso tho rfst of tho
message is of llttlo Importance Tor a
wonder tho promises ot the republican plat
form with rgUTd to Hawaii aro kept Hut
the president wanders bvipljjjly nnd In-
terminably around tho currency and tariff
questions oblivious of the fact that the
convention that nominated him di nojecing
tho unparalleled incapacity or the diino
cratiu party said In admlnls itve
management It has ruthlc3sly sacrificed In
dlspenstiblu revenue entailed nn iinti rsins
deficit eked out ordinary current cxielites
with borrowed money nnd piled up the
public debt by 262000000 m time of
peace
Mr McKinley has bean In office
nine months ho called an extra sestlcn of
congress In tho first month to rats an
urgent revenue bill ho finds that bill
producing smaller revenues nnd greutor de-
ficits than tho measure hts platform de-
nounced ever did his idralntitritlon is liv-
ing on the proceeds ot tho bond issues his
party condemned and yet he has no better
suggestion than to ben iho peonle to give
the new tariff like Spanish reform more
time For tho monlfeat nvlls ot iho pres-
ent currency ccnfuslon thu only rcoiMlics
ho ventures to propose aro thut National
banks shall be permitted to Issue units to
tho fuco valuo of thn bonds they h ve de-
posited for circulation tind tbr In the
remote and hazy future when the revenues
aro qultel sufficient to pay all the ex-
penses ot tho government United Elates
neitca redeemed In gold sliall no be paid
out except for gold He tires tconcrcy
but ho has not a word to say of rm nwful
pension drain that is responsible for al our
financial troubles and which as 11 Wash
ington dispatches In yestarlays Journal
by he most np ailing
ains of the grerimmti
powers to hrlp Itself ever
nnl Ignores his ooit
mister generals reconmcnMticn 0 tctlsl
savings banks that would mcei the entire
difficulty
President MeKlnleys message Is about
fifteen columns long Thi e w o do rot
caie to Indulge to heavily In that firm
of literature can find the onMro productli n
summarized with perfect ae urioy In the
Journal of a week nge yesterda
< rnii postscripts
An oner tho natives of Mexico thorw aro
nccoti tiiK to Ltimhoius about liOOOO tur
vlvors of iho Altec raci
A woman la Hope Knox county Maine
still wears a common wire hairpin which
sho has worn for forty years
A teachers Institute In Weit Virrlnli
hat adopted B resdutlon nrotcftrng iigaln
como effectlvo uron ratification b u
lb
mm tm i Hithabit of mile teachers parUtu their
cones Thus to maintain despotism In hair In tho mkldle
cllellinIr
t
Cuba It will not bo necessary even forLThe secretary of the State of Nebraska
the cortes to voto to cancl the decres It ha leen arrested for butchering hogs In
will merely bavo to do nothlag and tho I ri luc k yari1 at Unooln ami still > vt call
bagosta reforms will fall stillborn And tWs n frce countrJ
oven If tho tctcine should bo put Into on Frtfldent McKluley has decapifcMccktho
revenue collector nt New YOrk for tnklnr
twenlyfoiir drinks m fortyclffht hours
This was nt least four too many
A llttlo boy was fishlntr and druwlnsr In
his line foend that tlio ball had been
taker off without rcvmlt whereupen he
burnt into tears and said Its
An ordlnawso in Cleveland permits
a
lib billiard w1 10 cV < rv l tno Sabbath to keep
saloon open on Sunday but
nM nonHebrews who may play Uiilards
T TiJinv whlclJ lre ent governs tn
practice of tnetllcltus n France
forbid
Ihe simultaneous pruotlco ot medicine and
ohsruAcy oven bv a person who rmy Vc
lly uKgest a reason why the gallant troops I iKs ctslon of diploma on Mth sun
hP itcl
Siub n republic should lay down
movement Is on foot en PL Lous to
f
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tm
GOSSIP OF QAfyJJ
New York DecemberT n H
aglno that this town iittTB
open their eyes when thti B
lots wore sotd at audio B
Hundred and Bintffiejj
Third avenue The sale aSiB
an average ot nearly lztMJH
corners went as high as1 M M
The Stock Exchange amiM
veto down tho amendment iM
bets nnd offers to brt oa JUvB
became the law of th AijB
bulls and bean who
game by laying cold ttah2 B
will merely step outside t SB
ility Is scarcely skin
deep a JB
Early next year Ccjiinipit tvM
open her new BO0OO0 gjttWB
said to be tho bout cohlr TB
The exercise hall Is 17o f a
feet broad nnd 35 feet hlth tM
fttet nbovo the floor Is aV 7B
feet broad which cxtenas M
building making nine UM
Everything is on tho stani ibtM
erspeclally tho swimming UiTH
large enough lo be used bvfl
boat crow for indoor training
J Waldero Kirk the culsdriB
who canio out ot the wild wl J
tint spaco writers by J3iti > S
thing in dudedom and tbtfl
spread head by gunnlogilS
pcarcd today In gorgeous im > 9
wey He wore a suit et >
box coat of a light drah lulortM
er shoes fawncolored galUnfl
red Ho and a d > rby hat Witiioal
flat brim in Ihe button tiAltifl
wa a white carnation HtitS
prosecute m
There must be a safe usltn l
to Cuba The 20Q00 approprtiij
by Tammany Hall tor the relld9
wounded Cubans Is being aoplbjl
ly by the Cuban Junto heret iJM
which couslst largoly ot roedbiaB
terlals needed on battUaiUsJ
pltals are being forwardeo kfH
roilto to tho Insurgents YiB
Is SpJln would Ilka to lno inH
reasptt the Junta Is keephijM
American sympathizers whattfl
cret aro satisfied with the
An old womnn who haitsl
around town with a tcarstlliril
run in today for begging Tttrl
tho court that she was 1 viJ
was too much She went LhrcipH
and produced a paper bagftcaB
took n roll ot money an1 i HyM
face of tho law Then she i H
bank books and offered lo >
but the Judge Justly sent her bl
for twenty days This sort djl
certainly a crime
Tho favorite pracd for beefsttifl
is tho Morgue on West FlftyisJ
It Is a big room rather plilifl
with its sides made larger otfl
Joining a liquor store It hil
years tho meeting place of till
club an organization that repl
no limit to membership itn
no lnw Its ftirnlshmentt cttfl
sheet iron stovo and a ow olJ
Here gluttons of both seiM tm
every night and gorgo th sel
choice cuts that fairly meltUfiB
Heros n now trap for Jnyivtsl
ago a countryman saw an iltxtkl
a clyy newspaper which stUeUM
would be loaned on life InsunaB
Ho had n policy of tha tcnye Uj
ten for 2000 with five year J
was a trlflo shy and hd ope l
spondenco with the advcrHJerW
he was induced to comeieftisl
man The man took htmtapsj
which now seems to be h f
ciJntcr Tho thousand toUWBIl
of tho realm was counted outt
at tho little desk Then1tii J J
tho money rn brown paper uUi
policy Thil mnn told vie pw
that the loan would costMa F
Jay forked over the cold pl j
got on tho train curiosity rtW4
slzo up tho package Hi f
contained 11 Today lefjn1
to identify a man in the Ii
not do It Teoplo who te P
shifter Is a back nutiW
to sate business channel r
this sort
POINTS AHOUT PB0
Mrs Annie Ij DIrrs hu W
Stato librarian of Kansas
United States Senator M j
Ida has returned to S
health almost restored ssac w
las 1 summer
The shah of Persia hasPjJ
eenco for cats He lias MV
each one has an attendant
with a special room for ro i
shar travels tho cats go J WT
carried by men on Uorseeaw
Sir Herbert Maxwell I Jg
memoir of tho lute Hon ° XZ
rav fcrmcrly muster of n TC
hold and some time Brld 5
tho > courts ot rersla for
anl Denmark tho tntUnaf
Samuel nosers and his set
The unfortunate death of W
Watson In the Indian frortj
matter of trreat regret o S
interested In the sclenUtle w
the study of insects CaptsW
well krown to entomo ogis3
of huttertlles and his enn
knowledso were highly ostt
A New Zealand author rft <
to Mr Kipling for adylcV
tho followrnsr note wh 5J
roieldered encouraclng v
vice is ot tho least benefit to
and I Him a very bury res
fall or i
either
try nr till you
Major Ceotro B Harries f
appeiited brigadier gen j
tlona Guard of he PiHJct °
to succeed tho late UnetJt
h
w iy Is 11 native of Walef
when he mis boy saw
the Indians on the plan j B
years was a newspaper m
ton v
fact that t Tot
In view ot the
ot Holland will I attainiK
August Jl next the rww i
have been for months JulI e >
as to what sort of P f Jj
proper to make her on thu > y
favored a natidinl P Vre
1
ents from each of tbe pro
frotn societies corporations
private DoracKs bavo S Mf
about Queen ivllhelmlna
sure regulator
James C
Just put a summary Rton
sloi that she > l
liy declaring
no sift of any kind
Patented by Tex
Gcorgo G Clark Galveston
Crltchett Clint l
Edgar Callaway Marel
carriage tops yX
c
OwcJi K Harry Dall >
Ins and hinting fur1 e
Ilcrro Lclardoux lcn ° fW
for extracting 11 from v
Schofield Wet < J
Schollfld
k B
Tayle clothe Qi
am AlPhort Ba Tlwl
R Turlcy Murph U
AVIlllam
John
Wm II Wilson N < ° fVjftr
Pfimlnu for TS
Issue ot November 23 j 3il
Orlgiral William T c
12 Leander Patlim Lareo0
Crlglral wldono e0
San Antonio 12
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