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IIOUSTOV Illlim llU 17 IWI7
ltEFUTATION OF A HIANDElt
Tho report published In yoslordnis
Tost of Nov England manufacturers
on tho special ndvnutiges which the
Bauth enjoys contains 0110 Horn to which
publlo attention In tliu Noith should Iki
especially lti llcrt tho stnlemunt that ro
strlctlvo legislation Is not likely to Iroulilo
manufacturer In tho fciotitli for years to
como
Thorn are other admissions lit tho re-
port which firo gratifying to tho South
but tlila matter of legislation hi 0110 lhit
particularly ltitorcstn oiitnldo capital and
ouri about which many fnleo iiiipriisslong
havo been entertained lending In grofl
slander of tlui Hon 1 ti It lias been sought
in the East ti Injure Ibis section iiml
prevent Investments < > f Not them capital in
tho South by doobtrltig that Southern law-
makers were n nnsilerccdoKt lot of deuia
gognes bent on handle applng capital in
every possible way I eoplo familiar with
legislation In Ihu dltTeiont sections of tlio
country know theto wins no banla for mich
1 bulges against Kotithetn legislators but
unfortunately the mam of Eastern e itl
shiiiu are wholly Ignorant of conditions oilt
olilo of llielr own iniulliUh
It has iiiott n waste of Unto and cflint
nlmc to attempt to refute thmo Hlatt
iktn otid to show that In Now IhiKlind
the Tdttrlctlvn IcrIsI ttlntt wim lur nlpml
of anytltlttK over contentphtled In tliu
South It U pneullurly RrallfslnK thetu
fore to hear this Impoilant mil scrluiM
declaration by New rtnjlnnd cotton man
lifactuivifi hat chinp labor and froilnm
from loKlslatho handicipa nro tho < lite C
advantaRM of tho South In intintifftLtiiilnK
itntl that tompared with lliest oilier ton
BlderatlotiK mich ut pitnitnlty 10 tbo raw
material for Instance nro unimportant
and of llttlo vuluo
Capllal could not tisk for any bolter
denco of the lttltudo Given It in the
South If the difference io to marked In
tlilH dlreetlim butween New Hiiglitinl mil
thu South ih to drive Kastorn iu > tuufiic
turerB tu laino leductlona In wiikiii and
othcnvlto etlpplo their buslnwm wo uliould
hear no moro tbo objection ot l > tstcrn
moneyed men to ImcktuieniR In the South
that Southern toden uml lawuhem nin
too Inimical tunmds eapltul U wiib al
wa > H a hilly objection born either ot 1k
nornnio or of prJucllt > but tbo Miifbiv
clniMtts cotton mttuufnclureta havo left
no oocuslon nor tixctiio for 3uch n cry aialii
from any quarter
iaiOriTTN TtTiTaNlTFIHlld
Thoro oiiRltt to bo moro sttiinr uroducud
by Texas in Fori llcnd llrniorla IlarrlH
and StataKorda counties thcto uro its lino
cano prodticltiB lands as can bo found
nuywhtro In tho wotld and > et the aero
ko In cano Is tilmost InslKnlflcHtit eom
pared with tho ncrea o which is left un
uncultivated
Tho prom is full of advlco to tho Ameri-
can funncra to ralsu suisar heottt and elab
ornto calculations nro Induced an to tho
possible and even osNuiud uroiltnlileues
of tho crop Wo ato tuld that for J cars
to come consumption mum bo hrtrelj In
excess ot th homo suonlv of sitKar that
wa uro tmlUK 100000000 per yoar for
fortMgu sugars and that the Rovmnmont
can bo depended upon to protect tho homo
planter elUior by a tailtf or by 11 bounty
As a result ho susar boel la nttmctlmt
moro and mora attomlon and lit many
toctlona thousands of acrcu nro belnL
devoted to that product
Tbo foanon that Has been Klvon for tbo
want Cf cultivation
of our coast country
fuEar lands is tho absonco 0f mills and
the larco amount of capital require to
erect ono of them This is nn objection
that has applied with equal forco to tho
ralsliiK of tho Micar bcot elsewhere but
tho mill follows tho
production 0f tho mw
material u seems in the Ktut and West
And them ORatn tho sucar mill causes
a demand that stimulates tho cultlatlon
of tho raw product It would bo so hero
with cano
Tho sucar mills In < hw section nlready
wautall tho cano they can net and a llttlo
cooperatlou on tho part of plantors would
Boon eroato a ready marliot for all tho
cane they could raise Tho beet sugar
mills cost as much an any other sugar
mills and if Interior sections of tho coun-
try can ko Into tho beet ralslw tmalneaa
with profit as It is demonstrated they
ro doing thero Is creator promise In cano
trowing for several reasons otileliy be-
cause thero is moro ond bettor sugar lu
tho cano ana consoauently more proflt
to the acre
The old cano lands In tbo Texas coast
PH wl wboro were largo nnd flourishing
P nttlona before tho war con bo bought
< > t rAl tu money than tho lands In tho East
nnd > MldcJIO States which It is now pro
bo Inducements and possible profll for
sugar plantcru tho most attractive and
cheapest Held today In tbo United States
swithin a few hours rldo of thl city
Houston Is an Ideal location for n largo
refinery A combination nnd coopcratlon
between capital and a half hundred or bo
of wldoawoko planters could revive and
expand wlrh lento profit a great sugar
making industry in tho Texas coast re-
gion
OOMlTz IRON HAND
Tho report from Cuba that tho Ouban
generals are hanging emiisarlcs from tho
Spaniards who attempt to carry tidings of
autonomy or pardon and nro studiously
keeping tho rank nnd fllo of tho Insurgents
In Ignorance of Spanish promises of ro
form Is calculated at first reading to
arouse much criticism of aomes nnd liltt
lletitenanbt
Many of tho Cuban soldiers nro said to
bo tired of tho war and ready to Ihtcn to
Spanish offers and it would naturally rprm
that tho Cuban nrmy should bo permitted
to express Itself on tho proposition for au-
tonomy It appears to amuck ot tyranny
In one sense to deny the aoldtcm tho right
lo en expression of their preference In tho
premlres When however lt U remem-
bered ttint the vant majority of these Insur-
gent soldiers uro Ignorant nnd credulous
and Ineapablo of fathoming skillfully laid
plots to entrap them It will bo admitted
that It Is bettcp for them that they should
not bo subjected to temptations Tho
patriot generals who so much better know
tho wealutons of Sttiln and tho hnllowncss
of Its ptttiiilMs ot reform ro more capable
of Judging of what Is lo tho premnl Inter-
ests of Cuba Iban are tbo < amnion soldiers
at heir command dome knows that
Cuba Inn virtually won Its fight bill ho
knows too that It is easy to how dissen-
sion In tho ranks of worn nnd hungry sol-
diers nnd that extremo meiistircH nro Jm
tlfled by tho great prlzo nt slako And tho
peculiar exigentles of tho situation
No grenl battle for freedom baa ever
been won without finding among tho pit
rlots II10MJ who like tho hoots that fol-
lowed Mo < es through the wlldetnest sigh
continually for tho flesh pots of their old
maulers Tho greatntns ot tho leader 11
such times is displayed In his steadfast ad-
herence to his eitise nnd In Urn fltiniiesn
with whli he puts down mutinous multei
Ings and holds his followers to the great
work lu band It lookn harsh on the part
ot those Cuban genernln lo refuse lo allow
the Cuban musses under their control even
lo hear ot Spinlnh offeis of utltiiiinmy but
In weaken tho cnthunlnHm of tho Cuban
army now would be to loao nil for which
It has been fighting for nearly three jcnr3
past To guard tigalimt sueli a blow Oome
la light In adopting tho severest measures
Having failed In reconquer Cubi by arms
Spain must not bo allowed to win at last
by fraud and btlbery nnd specloui prom-
ises
UNIFORM NATURALIZATION
Tbo Wnsittngibn Post calls altentloit to
the long timet tugleet by congress to eter
iln nn Important pawed lonfertid upon It
by thocotihlltutUm and thu ronsequtnt tou
fuslon which has resulted It not Indeed
> i pcsltlwi Injury to Ameileiin gowiomenta
and Koclely This tir lca Is the ralluro
lo emu I an uniform tutu or imtumlli
tlon
Worso even nnd nirue dincsrous than
the Indlseiimlnnto ndinlsilou of vlelotm ttnl
llllteiato Immlgtiints from all patts of tho
inrtli has been the custom of confciring tho
voting ftanehlie upon raieh people befntn
they lino learnt d lo lcud or speak ingll < ib
or nriiualnt thdnselves with out forms o
Kuwirnnu nt 01 publlo questions The In-
telligent ffittlgnor who bus bpcnmo nioi
ougbly Ameilrunlxed makes u progtvssivo
nnd uiieptnbln clllien hut tho lower aril
Ignorant data who know nothing of tho
Mtluo nnd responsibility of cltlrcitahp bo
eomo a menace to free Institutions tml
hoiieuit goernniiMit when clothed with Mif
ftige NnturnlUntlou thuieforo which
ejiitles with it tho voting fmnehlso after
ho lit si papers have been l < tmd Mioild
bo cniefiilly tonBldoied uml only pormltud
under Mvnto tinlfoim rule nnel b > moetltig
iomo u cvsHuy eiuallflcallons net now te
liilied
Tho Washington Tost says In the com so-
ot Its comment
Tho luwt Hne thei ino tlon of tho llt
US nf uiMillontitH for intutnluntlon wlln
ooirit mil whll nme Judsi nukf u
utsicttei of nilmltlng nil w tin npiilv to
imiVlli H ot tit 11 eimlllle vtlunei tot the
iUmimivu of tliu duti iiid iN9iiurisli > llt >
tlc3 of i otoi ether Indges go n tut lu
tho otipoidte dlroloii In scino localities
w n of the ittost ijrnorunt and eU rudetl
men who hnvo left tticr oountr tor
llec ountrjs eiotKi ueMi who uelthor
utdetstrun1 our gov rrinivnl nrul iintlm
lions nor evuo for them ait IniHittM
thiougli tbo inittiraUsutlon tiilli bj ward
l > e In other ptac < s the sludnd I
tlxtil nt 10 hiuh an altitude that ttuuy
vvorlhv applicants e < en not f tU It in
only n Tew of the stati > ivans wlien a
t < nl to isAluriliratkii is iho it metlon
with vvliicH they lire ototbcit rtsthUy eer
CtVCll
Th votistttntlan cmtfeis upon congress
tho power to ottnbllsh an uniform rule of
naturalization but congress ips allowed
State and Federnl courts nllko to litue
imturallziitlon papetn according to tho
pleasure ot tho Judges Tho present con-
gress might ptotltably nddrew Itself to
this que > 9tlon In connection with te mill
Immlgtatlou bill and while waiting or
cuo for useful legislation
wiram smaiIj sviNfis wouiD go
Tho Houston lost svnd Ondve laii Trib-
une nro eenguRtM in n contmversy over
tbo tKatal Ravings Kink question in which
Tho Post makes io startling HtatenicU
that thero aro novr several hundredsuit
lloni < ot deposits to tho eieMit of Havings
brnks In thla country nnel tho mousey
tttnilil imiwinilly bo wfthJraw tv mvl ro
keeplrt iuch nn Ulcv probably never
ocxurre < l to anybody except Tho Post
SV ivVX 0 0 n > y rtWcato of the > pe t
uS i W < ro dlseustd
1u r
ir Umlf h6 W10 which ono de
revltor may lotto wllh tho Postal bank
n Js infndd for those mall savings
which do not now find their way into any
In competition with regular bank ti in
nt an ban Antonio Ecprcw
It would never havo oceurrexl to any
body except tho Express to answer Tho
IVKfs Btntementa in such a silly
manner
Tho Express can not dispute tho propoiil
tlon that tho sums deposited in prlvato
savings banks In this country amount to
hundreds of millions of dollars No Intel
gent paper will deny that tho bulk of such
deposits Is made up of small sums do
HOUSTON DAILY FOSTV FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 17 1897
posited by pcoplo ot moderate moans Tbo
very Idea of savings banks Is to furnish a
place of deposit for mall savings sums bo
low tbo amounts usually deposited In other
banks They usually run from Jl to 100
Now tho postal savings banks would
tako tho Bamo kind of deposits Tho Lar
imer bill proposes to allow deposits of sum3
from 1 to M0 How then Is the postal
plan Intended for thOhO tunall fnvlngs
which do not find their way Into any
banks without nt tho eivmo tlmo coming
In competition with tho private savings
bankn
Docs tho Express Imagine that tbo owner
of n deposit ot 100 In ti prlvato bank would
feel that his money was s safe as If ho had
It In the keeping of tho government lttlt
Hnidly Dors It nol follow therefore that
ho would dcslrn to wlthdrnw his funds
fom tho ono bank and redeposit It In tho
other Would this nol work to the Injury
of the prlvato banking bunlncss of tho coun-
try
Was tho Express Just talking to bo
talking
A lieet sugar factory well flrdshrl at
llt < n 5 N Y not tie tlmo ago at a cot f
Jivtnoo Jt ban received 15000 tons of
beets this sexemoii arxl tho output will be
12W liirrteW of granulated sugar Eight
liiiirrod fnrinerfl In the mirrotntdlnrc roun
trv am rtilwlne the bo > tti K5Ulli Texas
could diipMiutes thin work two or throo
tlituM over Willi tho euno Kiigur Industry
In addition to wbnt Ih ulti iily tlone wllh
tho lght klml of gel ut i wt
Anollief howlliu bllzard i ropoited up
In Iowa and tbs Jikotajs Futfottoor Fos
teri hloiin wnves mn 011 almost hcbodtilo
tinio lately
The vetv getmrnt approval of Stctitaty
AlgetH ftovcrn inprriuwt of Viptain lov
erlnsr In rredltublo to tbo tjotmtiy n tep
rehtnled by tbo pi < eiH iirml ought to be nn
mtlitratlon to tho ofllcors ot tho nrmy
tbot lt wouldnt tako much to get the
miblle ncllvelv JiontHf tovvurd tbo otnn
tntntal inllltmy oru f tbo gi > voinuient
About tho mrwt pronoiineeel coinpllmout
to inc prciiklenlB meHHigo ycjt noieel Is
tho fnrt that tbo N vv York Sun jumpa
on It vigorously
TI10 cinltmnl crlmlnolonlit PnofOBSOr
farivie boinbioho save Hat while tins
wlelee In tbo Itille l StntOB tioiniiilt oivly
elieht homicide to the 100000 ot itoptno
tlon the ne rroefl cfennilt moro than flvo
tlnioi an mum or fortyllvi tu lbi > 10 > 0rv >
Thin ought to havo tbo tfreet ot eonct n
tnitlnt our refnrmntory 1 ftortB In 01110
thing liko nn effoctlvo manner
To judge f 1 run comment hero and there
Mr llrvnns big duck hunt in tills Stat
me neor Biibleitlng him to tho clmrgo
of itnlorslng flevalondliin
littlo frexji ullver Mexicos surplui ot
tnnte limn 2000000 tho past jeyir la an
object levwon bv tho nlde of tho threut
ened 75t W0O0 elellclt of big gohl stemrt
nrl Atncrlcn for ISrf Mexico and Mexi-
can 1 nro im p iy clrcmruUiineef while wo
nie b utglng on tho rnggeil esitye of ellstrust
an 1 urrest
Attnour Is Btifal to have been biutly
i > iiiie7ed In tho tceont whevit rlfo Con
mimeiH of beef may pieparo lo frotllo up
M Aiinouirt lOhHOs
Mr Dunant of Kan Fmncl io haw been
oentenwil for llis fourth time to be bung
As the sentience H not to bo Instantly oao
itntocl Durrani Is r < port l as null eool
nnd cnlle > ete > il hid lawjors fear riothm
X Hiv can only get 1 wnlc or two lor
tin elscoverv of Home new MvhnlinllUpH
MilKr the winner of the sik ebijH W
cvclo nice In tin linjt nihil on eurth to-
m ike tho twentlotb eenlury inn two
volts nnel more iilieeul < > lline
Sluoo Jnnnniv 1 e HiIb viir New York
death rito btw b cu the lowe t in ihe li
torv Of tin oHy nnollwr ttibuto lo than
utleetH ant tbo effkiej of hiiiiuUoin
Iluiv eloilar put In cl inniicvs by man-
or n ciinvd f men Id a dllat vvell in-
c leil
Illiterate thousands nro said ti ha
crow ding into thB eotinAiy to avohl ami
Itiiiilaiiitton leglhlnUewi it wraeildnt bo
a bid lilea to eiowd th ponding but
1011eiwhllt
Hv tho wuv the joirmils that woro
ioinineivtlng ho eleiiuemlv upon the leson
tntigbt bv Mr Oanld when ho io tori > el
wtBon em tho Gould roads havo not yot
dlstcovciod tho beautiful moial in tho re
duetioiiM or wuges up In tho Now Hug
hunl tullls
Tho PennsylvMtili unlvoMrityci football
te im ucelvoil l > 0000 from thlrtoon gnmns
thlB vear Thero could hardly bo a more
convincing argument Hint higher oduea
tlon pais
F ur < dont le bo the Btory goes
but the republican apologist for tne
Plisley bill are taking uuivarrnnte1 m
ertlet the nguus mi un attempt to
deduce thetn from the puth of toctltude
Mi iirynn le flndln In Mexico nnother
IlluhlrtiUon of tho trutin tnat a leilow leo
lurr nmkea us wondrous kind Mr llrjui
Is deworvfiK < vf nil the honors and atten
tion ho In tiKedvlng
Geireral Oouiw very pioporly reeosrnlKCKi
tlu obligations s > f tho Cubans to lewral
Wile < r Joiner iilinnoif has hardly djno
moie tor tho oftiin of eubcin liberty tliun
tlio illtitliigulsliid fpajilate butcher
Mr AlcKlitlSVH ouirtMuy suggestions
will bo cmlKHlled in a bill by thu aotao
bunking nnel euriviioy eommiUco We can
begin to koo now 1iow fur tho houso Is ul
ea lu llniuiolal nitiVlern
Al In llniliitkK leieirne
Alvln TeMis December If t a meet-
ing cf tho Atvln HuNltuos Ijeajue last itght
the following gcntlemeii woro p01 ted
by President A W Wllkcrsou as delegates
to tho Oulf Count Cano Irovcra isiccls
tlon called by the dalvetiton Canmber ot
COmrnorvo tor Satunlay December IS
Mayor John Wllhurn A J lllrchfleld lt
11 King O b Cummlngs I W Mudouk
Also tho following delegates wero selected
by tho Fruit < ruwt rs ttssoIntlon to at
tend tho same meeting u W liurrant
S N Klehurdson W K liivls W II
llarrall W W Jennings A grftit deal
of Interest Is being maulfested by tto 1 eo
plo ot this section In tho cano Industry and
several hundred acres will bo plauted rot
tewson
Mssii > feir Tiim
Texas Pick and Fun News
Tho llouston IostB Sunday edition was
a hummer Only forty pages Tho Post
is u groat jvapor and is always round on
llio sldo that represents tho best Interests
ot Texaa In every w y
STATE POLITICAL GOSSIP
Uallns Texas December If Staff Cor
rcspondencc Tho big cnrnlval which last
week packed Houston with visitors and
attracted tho attention of nil Toxns brought
together us Imposing an array ot political
talent as I over eavv outsldo a State con-
vention There wero aa many prominent
lolltlclarm domiciled in Dallas during tho
big fair In October but that uvent laited
longer than tho Houston festival and tho
visitors camo and went thus not appearing
so uuuivroiiB aa they Becmtel when one
looker In on llio throngs that Jostled about
In thu corridors of tho Ilayou Citys hotels
whllo tho lower show was In progress
Much political hay was inado whllo those
visitors were In Houston I never sivv more
electloneotlng when tho primaries wero
yet afar off or moro lobbying when tho
convention placo had not even been chojon
Tho aiwl I elates nnd tho friends of candi-
dates buttonholed everybody How that
man st < tnds and how this county will con-
duct herself nett spring occupleel a great
deal moro of thMr attention than Mont-
gomery countys tobacco or Harris countys
roots
They wero a distinguished looking not of
men too Most of thoso who planned and
devlhed for tho building of political fences
In Houston last week would havo attracted
attention lu tiny place t stood In the lobby
of tho Capitol lasl Thurelay with n cul-
tured Now Yorker looking 03 tho buoy
scenes around us for two hours It vviis hU
flrt1 eight of a body of piomlneut Texans
Ho wu amazed Ocmmor Culhcit > onN
elneslc reiiturii infetesttd him is much
ns 11 hlght of ChnutMoy Depow or Klchard
Croker would Intel cat an educated Texan
Ho wanted lo seo Judge Itcagan of whom
ho hod heaid much After a erjttcal survey
nt tho entlte crowd ho gavo lt ab tho opin
ion of 11 man who has seen po11tie il guth
ctlngM in which IIopcoo Conkllng and
Thomas O Phut nnd David II Hill nnd
Itoswcll P Flower moved and miteil lint
tho men beforo him would pua muster
any whole
I wan forcibly Improved with tho almost
unanlmous sentiment that seemed to pre
vail among tbo legion of South East and
Wost Texas democrats that 1 Interviewed
In llouston in favor of fending Ooveinor
Culberfron to tho United States senate I
knew tho cuthusl uni anil Btrcngth of his
followers up lu this section where dem
ocratio majorities often exceed tho op
position vote but I hail supposed that IiIb
sIlBtlngitlahid opponents would measuio
lancei with him In other parts of tho
State If they hivo any formidable follow
lug however 1 failed to ascertain It and
and I certainly attempted to dJscjover
whether
this wero trtio Tho man ftenn
the ecocullws olTIco at Austin keeps Jcil
011s watch and faithful waul over all
Tovis boemed to bo its strong In ono part
of Texas ns In anotlnr Ho has won tho
fccnUorlal mantle nlieady was an ex
pression 1 hoard more than once It came
fium jomig men middleaged men old
men many of whom wero In the Confed-
erate army Alt this In highly grntliylng
0 bis friends at home I dont think there
I a mm In all America who will weer
Ihe loga or a colleague of Senator Horace
Ohllton moro worthily than Charles A
Culberson
John W Hobblns of Vernon one of the
oblost men In tho Twentyfifth legislature
ami the administration leader upon thu
floor of tho house was very much in 011
denco at tho lower show Ho is already
An actlvo candidate for Slato ti clamor
and I nm already convinced that hes going
to lie n hard man to down Hob hustling
with the same vim and cnetgv that placed
him at tho front In his legislative woik
All that Panhandle crowd ate working for
him with ns gteat an enthuslnMil as Dal
las democrats are supporting Governor Cul
berson They elnlm that they have never
hail Hipresontallon on the State ticket and
say Its time democratic convention were
beginning to leeogulzo the Justice of their
cause ftobblna Is a splendid fellow tal-
ented and popular and if Captain T S
tlnirlson eif Nacogdoches menus to defeat
him fur tho democratic nomination he hail
belter never rest In the sense that a law
jer means 11 when all his evidenco Is in
t
Tho withdrawn of Stato Chairman lllako
as a Ktibeinalorlil
possibility
was very
galling to alt his North Texas friends 1
have heaid a thousand legiels because ot
It Tho Moxli man would undoubtedly
havo mixed It with all the other candi
dates Tho Idea among hit friends now ie
to keep him at the head ot tho Stale com-
mittee until circumstances
penult him tu
enter a rnnvnra Tor governor They say tho
Texas democracy never hul an abler or a
betierflited head than J v Iilnko and
that they will not permit hltn to retire
Tho open nnnonncement of tho candi
dacy ot Mann Trice for tho office of attor-
ney general has aroused
i Brent lca of en-
thusiasm lu Dallas This Is his homo and
tho Dallas democrats will take much pleas-
ure in milling to his support Ho has
been fltst nsolstant attorney general uuder
tiovcrnor Culbersons
administrations atm
nerved In tho same department whllo tho
governor woh atorucv general Ho has
made an enviable record Covernor Cul
Krson bns said that Mntm Trlco was
finely fitted for the position ho now balds
as mi man ho had ever known He re
ewilj weiMeHl one of be fairest voting Uillts
tu North Tofus nnd is now looking Tor
other laurels He will prove a considerable
factor In tho
attorney generals race
m
Tho friends of Lieutenant Governor Jes-
ter nil of whom greatly admlro Chairman
ninhe regretted the conditions that forceei
tho latter out of the race for governor but
aro now Jubilant nt the enhanced prospects
of tho former for receiving the guberna-
torial nomination They claim that Blake s
retirement from the fight mil greatly
benefit the Corslcatui man Thoy sny thai
such counties as Ieon limestone Free-
stone Milam and others which wouiu
havo Instructed for lllakc will now cer
tainly go for Governor Jester The latter
fools greatly encouraged since his visit to
Houston and a genera bitrvey of the field
After a week spent p mixing with tho
democratic elans gathered nt llouston aim
nuothcr careful look at North Texas I am
moie fully persuaded than ever that this
struggto for governor is going to bo a
mighty warm and long drawn out af-
fair Aa Colonel Frank P Holland re-
marked tho Indications so far aro only on
the surface nut enough can bo BccnHu
fully warrant tho belief that nobody has a
elnch when ho attempts to pick tho win-
ner Wero jester and Wynne out of tho
fight 1 bellevo Cruio would win Hut
they lack u great deal or being out and
have no desire to get out Doth havo
strength that would go to cruno wero thoy
to retire Tho form ot tho man from Pas
trop looms up on tho canvas lite Blzc He
Is coming toward the utre at a strong rp
Ho has to keep abreast the field Every
entry Is a thorouKhori > dvaud tho beat jock-
eys that can bo found nro up Tho dust
they havo raised almost obscures thorn The
strongest glnuj will not tell which has tho
pole Ono of the biggest prltes within the
gift of three million pcoplo awaits tho
winner It U no small wotider that whips
and spurs aro being gotten ready for use
fv hm s r igVin 1
TAIKBD OP AS COL WILLIAM K MORRISONS SUCCESSOR
Philadelphia Doe ember 15 Edward M Paxson mentioned as tho successor of
Colonel William U Morrison for chairman of tho Interstate commereo eomtnli
hlon wim until lately the chief Justieo ot th utpivme court of Pennsylvania Ho
was boin In Ducks county Beventylhrco jears ago nnd his family lived in nuck
Inghnm England In nntercvolutlonnry days Tho American branch of the family
camo to this country about lfiS2 ns 1 put or die colony ot Friends founded by
Penn The patents ot Jiulgo Paxson vcie Thomas nnd Ann Pnxton Ho iceelvcel
bis eilncAtinn In tho schools of tho Friends society nnd later cstubllsbtsl n news-
paper lu bis natlto county Ho learned tbo art of printing and founded the New-
ton Journal at Novvton Ducks county conducting and cdltim lt with considerable
success In lSt7 ho soM tho Journal and going to Phlotlelphln founded tho Dally
News This paper was also sold nftcr It was a jenr oM and young Paxson tum
ed his attention to tho Etudy ot Itiw His ntudlcs weio conducted utider Homy
Chapman of Dojlebtown and unded on April 21 1850 v Ith his admission to tho bor
After a few joarB ot practice at Doybstown ho removed to Philadelphia and lu a
few > ears acquired for himself a lorge and lucrative practice In ISC he was se-
lected by Governor Irny to fill the vacancy on the bench ot tho Philadelphia eourt
of common pieis ounrdened by the appointment of Judge F Carroll lltevsler to
the post of attorney general of tho State At tho clcwo ot the term he received tho
unanimous nomination for tho olllce und a few yearn later bib party contorted
upon him a still greater honor In lbTl he received the nomination for justieo ot
the supremo couit ot tho State of Pennsylvania raid was elected tho election
being the first held under tbo new constitution of tho Stnte In lb0 ho became by
seniority chief Juitico of tho State In 3SJ he resigned his hUh Judicial oitico to
accept that of receiver ot tbo Philadelphia and Heading Hallioad company
Every inhabitant of tho greatest common-
wealth In the Union Is interested Fair
women and gallant men trann ready lo
Bhowor tho victor with thu ee > neuorors gar-
lands ot glory Tho eml bcctus near but
its jtiht as uncertain us beforo th flag
fell Who will win lo ask tho sphinx
It is be > ond tbo ken ot mortals
CJDA
mimi piivnscmpiss
Paper flower pots are In demand
iirmnny bu mado a street laid with
lubber
To every 1000 men lu l ondoti thoro are
1123 women
The unexplored area ot Canada te 1000
000 taiinro miles
Twuuty words per minute Is tho averag1
at wliich longhand Is written
Tho tall hat woin by men first appeared
in Franco nearly f > 00 joars ago
A Philadelphia Chinaman glotles In
pigtail f > feet 11 Inches in length
In tbo onrly English plays a board with
u mimo on it indicated the localltv of tb
scene
A Hussion can plead Infancy foi a long
lime as bo does not como of ago until 2ti
J ears old
Stockings weio flrnt used In tho eleventh
eenturj beforo that cloth bandacts weia
used on tho feet
The number of certificatedschoolmasters
emplojcd In England last year was 10103
and mlstrc3os JSC2I
Tho two llttlo Islands ot Zanzibar and
Pemba furnish fourfifths ot the cloves
consumed by tho world
Tho tatitawa a nlnelnchlong lUard of
New Zealand Is said to bo tho mokt slus
glsh uniniil in tho world
It Is estimated that fully twothirds uf
tho whole amount ot public money held by
tho London banks does not bear Interest
In almost overy school In tho mikados
empire it la tho custom one day In the au-
tumn to take the pupils out rabbit hunting
Tho Turks bollcvo amber an Infallible
guaid against tho lnjuilous effects of nlcu
tine hence Its extensive U30 for tho mnutb
pieces of pipes
Washing tho face with a white flannel
iinshtxrg thoroughly removes dint and
gilme and nlda materhlly In keeping the
skin soft and velvety
It is said that it tho voice ot an ele-
phant were as loud lu proportion as that ot-
a nightingale his trumpeting could hi >
heard aiound tho world
The jellyfish ius no teethbut uses him-
self as If he were a plceo of papor when lie
Is hungry getting his food and then wrap-
ping hltreelt about lt
Ioivrs AiuitiT pnopia
Mr lladstonos library contains l000n
volumes
The poet Hums spelledhis name Hur
ncss his family name until tho publica
tion of his poems in 17SG
Henry Eabouehere nlivuvs dictates his
work to a obortluuid secretary Although
be has to a great extent gtven up the actlvu
editorial work In connection with Truth
lie makes a point of passing all tho proofn
each week
Mts Mareellno Aldrlch who died In San
Frahctsco last teck urfulcsl the first
American flag when the capltol ot Cilltoi
nits vvsis built In Pan Jose Her father was
also tliu first to affix his namo to tho Con
stitution of California
Alexander McDonald the former minister
to Persia like nil his predecessors
ni the
Hhahs court Is a bachelor Tho United
States he
says eloes not send married men
to the court of Teheran becauie the Jour
ney Is almost too rough for a woman
VY F Draper United Suif ambassador
to Italy wrllea to Postmaster Thomas of
Hoston about tho very pleasant life of for
clgn ambassadorsin Rome He remarks
Wo have us the ecrlpturo saja high
places In tho syilevgoguet nnd principal
scats at feasts
Jamis MeShaUe known ns tha Silk
King ot Japan died In BerUcleyj Ca last
week from accidental BUffocntlon by gas
For eight years ho was conspicuous in tho
silk trado In Japan and his shipments
worn the largest on locord Rome of his
putchnsts involved half a million dollars
Henry Stacy Marks tho artist bird fan
cier ns ho nas been called flr > t becamo
an Academy student In 1831 and In the
following j ear he went to Paris whero ho
remained flvo months Ho always mado
bltd3 a Rnparato study and even now he
spoiidti n good ileal of lib spare linui
ttudylng tho feathered bipeds at tho 700
Monslgnor Caspari professor of canon
law in the Catholic Institute of Paris hni
been appointed apostolic dedegale In Peru
Holivla and the Equatorial Hepublics In
place of MnnMgnor Mncrhl who goes tu
Ilrazll He will receive his titular arch
bishopric at the next consistory which
will not in all probability be hold before
Iobi 1111
Lady Hentv Somerset has given tho
town of Ueigale England Miftlclent land
for the erection of ten almshoifos This
gift Is In touncttloti with the sehemo for
the erection of almshouses nt Helgato in
commemoration of the dlumond Jubilee
One of the conditions of he gift Is that on
the governing bods of the almshouses thero
than be not less than thrco women
The Hurl Will rN
Waco Texas December tu Tho rcn
tcst over the will of Edmund 1 Hart de-
ceased report of which was wired fiom
hero last night does not involves 1lio dig
trlbutlon or Intmttnneo of the nromrty
but wtib precipitated by allegd creditors
0tato Tne Mittemont tluu 1 new
will bad hccn Hied
wns error and trew
out cf the tact that a copy of tile wll Pled
in November accompanied tho papers 11ed
yestcrdty asking for tho renuvil ot the
administrator misleading tho clerc nnd
tho lopoitor Tho eourt Is asked lo re-
scind lis nelioti In granting lettvs of ad
inlnUtratlcn to II J Hudson aud iat ho
bo removed and that he be r trvned end
enjoined from paying any jlanns whatever
ngaiiist tho estate The application was
granted temporarily
North IVxjis Amorlmiein
Dallas Texas December IS Ono hint
dred and fifty physicInns attended todays
session of the annual meeting of the North
Texas Medical association Tho routine
work of tho meeting wts takon up by ecY
tUis nnd mimi Interesting titers wero
rend each being followed by animated ilis
ciuBlon Among these were Strablfauns
in r V C7llllcm 0 Iallas l laln >
i
cation ot tho Lens by s E icrrcll 01
Dallas Twentyflvo now members have
been admitted since ihe mewling eom
luenceel A buftct banquet
was given tho
at tho Oriental
hotel this vou
ltlj mis lux Jtalr
Bryan Texas Dccembfr 15Tho city
council met In
special WlMim Ml ut
lews Twenty cents nf tho 100 valuation
lAC nl cly P n w bo eVnts for
bchcol purposes lo cents for Intei st aiul
Elullng fund oa city hall bands n 1
cents for
Interest and rlnMng find tii
water works bonds I 12 enuTfo
ml Milking fund to finish
bonds for city hall street WprVcmralB
etc f cents for street
purposes r
u n
the total levy 1 on each ioo valim Ion
l convcul
1ort Worth Texas ccoujor
11Tbi
following members ot tho Fort Worth Elvo
Stock Exchange huvo beon eho
11 i ui
mtM to attend the NntloM wnVt iitol
aseocMtlon
JV to be held t Denve
aM
uary 2U mid 27 E U Gardner
JcLi i
Jacobs J C Lovlcc Wntt w V
rlcttu E 11 Comer San Angslo Marion
Sunsom Alvaiudo T C llUbop Da8tein
11 Ilusli Colorato A C Uoy o riimnimV
Jth ventlou wlfll io a
GOSSIP OP
Now York December
n Illnck
whfch JiUam
in Cnniegla Unll foriJISM
York Athletic dub M
entertainment Tho iU W
Piossly of members 0f S B
and
represents a ffl
000000 and WouS
any trouble f0r thl
Archbishop Corrlgar jB
that will hereafter i M
St Oabrlols church gLV
r l It Is a wuroJfjM
hy tho archbishop SM
and
tlmrch Ulshop KRj M
Our Lady of QuVfe
years ago Tlio M tiii > B
A
pounds nnd H In tht
was nainod with the rMB
thouutionalp Zt M-
An elaborate spwiacU
churity early in January ImS
Hit 11 ojicra hoUic CitiieiW
produced on a scale tTH
never
B
> erc hMl Bni
children who have B
volunt
aro being thoroughly driifJB
of sifpornumoranes
thiough their paces iitB
fsarj to state th it a < i > 7iB
thlH big nffalr The hgftB
will li all prolMbUliy g < B-
lights 80nlcs Md vStm
Mr and Mro Ii7 n O M
tho other day at heir bout 1
drcd and Tenth street the J
vorsary of their wedding 9
grandchildren and sixty rtjM
tendtel tho celebration nTM
pels DO ycais old who vWaM
which took placo In ltollssiiB
tigti was alro piestnt anduiH
lng and dancing The old 2M
tho wnlu to show that iSH
J curs they aro still > oung bTH
All who wonder rim 1J
West street nowadays qul
ChilBlmas is not far aviar 9
mosplioio Is redolent of pnic9
dr So far 103 car load
trees havo been receive br ufl
wholetulo dealers win tatka
who pay as high as SIS lo ilB
imrtment for the privilege vhM
selling them on a small m M
pier bulkheads Tho dor cfl
forest Btrlkcs iho liabituVaotifl
as being a bit peculiar but tbifl
up their noses at lt
A unique department w J
Wuuamakers huge martyeiterM
sists of an Invoice of 100 ciueI
canaries 1uiblo Is housedlaiB
box of Ilbetnl dlliienslc ris Ttttl
In cages beyond the reaca oifl
puvv and mitw The kltteniiS
meat part Angoras They lenfl
n woman in Maine who bis tsM
crossing tho tamo and the Um
us to piodttco an animal npsffl
genuine Angora I priced cat J
llo Thomas and tho BalestiajoH
Twentylive dollars The IM
still Uicir when I left Somepefl
not glvo 23 for a barn fuU dm
Marias
Tho Now York Life peoplAB
ting up a twelvestory prlntiil
their own uso at Elm andLe95i
havo made a etriufie dlstcmctl
depth ot sixteen feet the uatm
eluded that they bad reached 11M
elation Then tho timbers axil
up tho adjoining building bepil
and tho contractor ordered maul
and duel out what tho beams fl
on At a depth of three foettM
pent bog Then tho big bolem
Bunk nearly twelve feet msnM
workmen found treo trunfaiifl
an unilirgruiind cieck ThepeeB
will cost the Insurance peoJ9i
but tho diggers nro burning
their hiunblo homes and uvm
dollars I
IIOISTONW I tin cVtRsntl
KnrucB County Tlnus Hoarl
Flower and Vegetable slitwwrj
unusually great neordlig t m
roportfl Hut then Houston neidsj
thing ley halves I
Galveston Opera Cass JtoTm
er nnd Vcgetablo show nt fl j
week provcsl a griid stitus ft
tors being present from all
bcsldcu tho Vcbrnslm ile S ti
ton bent her portion of vlsw
Cnnado Geuette was
cveiy particular and Urge f5
nearly overy rectlon of the P1
Houston Is running over vrin
and Is to be cominenled Jf
traction at this time of uk
Weimar Mercury The
huge bucoess Large fliwj
tendnnco th show was WJ
everybody had a gool time
pie generally score A suoWlJ
undoi takings for wnlch tnff
praise
Dallas TimeHerald W9
biggest port of a turnout
Flower and Veg nale r1
dcMrvrd It And the
profit by It ns well
a flno buslntbs as well > x
coptlon
rt W
The Port Lovacan
fat f
nnd from nil over Tex
at largo nro in ho I J s
aro learning muth about
about tbo coist nuion YsitS
houn county is rePjjw X t
a big oxhlblt and t f U
sho Is not suirerlns h f
her sister counlles
Tt
Texns Coast Pronirf j
°
crcded tho expo sl
rlv
stravbe
ment Ulpo
varieties nnd nil Hlna
were to bo found tlicro je
09
Houslii and the < 09nlllt
hard to make this V itP
Texns ohoild Iw r ij r
colloctlnn of n 1 in l ° Xf > r
all actual produls Ot wt
at Texas row R iIKJJV
nt thla senbon of tt J W
Angleton Times rS i
Vegclabie Festival a l0
cl 1
sueceES und attn
plo to South Texaa al V Vj
rCiOH i 1
with pleasant t
whom will ioon novc
rens of the suit Vfr <
that Northern i ° Vl hjl
the wondetuUl P iiLV
nnd flow pis fn th > JJ4V
putting it mllIfi
to
kin
somuihing of tho
even of South To W
of
try jvally is capahlo
toay that there ff LB
to Houston but wh0 K
better opinion of toe f JXW
Is 10 doubt obout lt iJ5
duco tb stuff
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