The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-14
VIEW AT AUSTIN.
Au.,ln. Texas. January Il KS.

SStt a. political center.
Barney Gibbs has opened populls,
-rnsdlrile" factory there; the chairman
~ tire Dallas frcsEa; bureau has deye,.
ossed insa a .sil-eiowu candidate for rail-
rad commissioner; Jerome Kearby. the
loEirai popuhsi ean1idate for governor.
lives thcre. the bong. he-aiaed daily rcpu-
list organ q the state will set up shop
within is eaias II FEW days and. under
toe majority rals. Il has becorne the plvo,
on which swings the radius OF the con
tr2cged circumference encarcilng CONTROL.
ting intIueaces IA Democratic councils,
Tyler and Waco have lost their grin.
The city 4: the head OF Trinity river nav
Iration las STOLEN their RABBIT, Zee. and
captured their alec" If she could tus,
pocket The railroad commission now, she'd
be happy.
Hon J. VI. Moore Of For, Worth. phn.
osopher. professional patriot and principal
lesates aaie. Judge NUsents unprotected
political Tili. has oeen IN the city for
several days hence the lengthy inter.
Views with "a prominent popaisst' which
have been showing ap from here
John Is candidate for railroad COM
missioner.
He IS getting tired Of doing the Diogenes
act fer glory, and has about reached the
conclusion that fellow ought 20 ge, a
sa'ary for packing 4 lantern around all
t.y IN search % az honest railroad man.
hIayte he knows something about rail-
;saa iats--al6 maybe he don't But
ina 4l4 Right. lie knows that the rail-
rpa1 commission IS a failures h. says
wis ducS-to-vs4,=- propensity OF rouulist
politicians ter taking charge Of failures?
Briet mention Is made In the railroad
commissions forthcoming report 70 the
Kentucky plan Of assessing railroad prop
erty for taxation.
IN that State the railroad commission
attends 20 suca matters.
Although The report says nothing either
f9s or aEa.pst the Kentucky plan, the
presumption IS that as It is referred 20
IN a chapter devoted 20 calling attention
20 NC seeming Inconsistencies in asses.
@ors I-surce in This state, where they re-
late 81 railroad property. the Texas com
iuissicoecY are disposed to lony. uf,on the
ti.t'nif.E over u th- business Of estIuatin,,
runway nr.elr-s tlF TAXATION 90 the COM
iHHsicn WIKI favor No doubt Il wouli
se . question were aA-i-
iateu tnstt the commission was seeking
IN telitr : tfn"at of its poWer--it might be
So inat that bureau was chasing down
authority 10 False ttxes judging from
what l.-'le has hoeu said about Il. how
ever, TIE objection would not come from
t1- railroad people. for some OF them have
already expressed themselves in favor OF
inc tian. without knowing that the COM
ui-slen nd preached the subject. They
So i-"t Trey would much prefer dealing
Mitn Hf s''; ~ men. whose purpose would
~ l'sl. si.d IN the matter ~ as
'~e-sfaerfs go having to wrcstis with nu-
rner1as contty and city boards. more or
.Dss -giigen.t3 hy local circuus tances and
fr.aaea,iy governed by personal inter,
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in spite Of tho fact that the aggregate
appropriations made by the Twenty
fourth legislature for 1895 and 1896 were
St1o1 Jess ,tau the appropriations made
fog inc pre- dug two years by the Twcn-
ty-thiri legislature, and although the de-
friercy bA which the Twonty-fourth leg
slatlro bad o. take care OF was much
larger taea fhe one which confronted the
lW"lfF-tuIr. legislature, the stare instl-
LOTIONS are entering the second year Of
Nr cui 0-I-ogs admin istraiiOn with bal
afges n1 'ta right si1o Of the ledger,
ane th" iu-oations arc that the usual
deficiency ~ the judiciary appropriation
which me Tweuty-.ifth legislature will
have ~ provide for win he appreciably
A1d I'D Dis In the face Of the p-odic-
,iT's rhe rroakcrs that the aplropr1a-
u1n DID was cut down hy the Twenty
fp-rt4 iUEs. lturc for political offo"t and
tislt a bigger deficiency than ever would
be- We Tc>lli. In N msant.me It must
tho Soto government have been reduced
about NAonN during the past year.
haJ he mats politics tool
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While Chairman Grant Of the republ!-
cam Stnts executive committee IS exertinr
himself 70 further the interests OF No
kE1er iU this state. Il Is worry plain tina,
,to Tex.s deleratinn IN the rcnnblicn,
, ~,
national convention Wall DC either Tor
Harrison or Reed.
r0ro f,r4.- Ga tho fayo.rite ,,.ith tho r,rl,
80 -" ~" go" ''''"
ana i.le; out me olu otllce h9iqlhg BOSSES
~ Ap NIE 10 iiai lHoH, ma IL thc nan
lTPlp iu1,alR ~ fclol's Any stItHElu ~
~ t" WIZ get inc Np.s OF ieAhs on mo
i!iHi mii"t- anyhow AFTER that II All %
pyuds on circumstances, ana - wen -
dlian.
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nc as oe'a''oh 70 DC n''' at sc" "