The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-04
THE STATE CAPITAL WEN.

have figured themselves. while trying TO
disson, nate third party 'pizen.' is truly
pitable. -
Here they have for weeks heon wearing
/ themselves ont calculi,ing upon another
treasury deficit, supposed to I've que aoo''
lnlv / and racking their brains for null
tiplcs and divsors sufficiently caracious
Ito do Justice to that governmental ex-
travagancc about which they pirate so
lpuch, vet the anticipated shortage retuscs
TO natcralizc and credit balances persist
In accommodating where oehciehc'cs "e'c
predicted In the appropriations FOR the
maintenance of the official machinery
No. the treasury isn't SO nE TO DUST o''
july |. much 10 the sorrow OF the oppo-
siton campaign thunder manufactures
10 their surprise. Bill ot'ha'" mas fss
icf cash on hand with which to meet all
1.-The states obligations without s'ra ming
himself. and TO their dlsmay the tax
,,,crs,, haven't licked the platter dry 1t
was positively cruel of the gang TO dis
,nno'nt The sure-jugglors that way and
riiin Inc effect of their astonishing COM
Nasty, mean old gang
When Governor Culherson tried 10 m
press the Twen,y-fcurth legislature Win
the necessity of retrcnchmcnt In pubic
expenditures and efforts were made TO
carry ont his recommendations, the
economists we're mercilessly ridiculcd by
the ant administration press.
Now. it's different.
Tie oxirencies Of the situation demand
that the governor he eXcoriated for some
, thing no matter what. and the convenient
fact that al valorem and school taxes
have been raised is seized upon and work
. Cd for all 1t is worth. The iiGurors have
, grabbed 1t and are twisting it into all
sorts OF shapes and revealing in comparl-
sons and deductions that are calculated
to hcwlder the average statist'can. They
are singing millions OF the peoples dol
lars around with sublime reckicssness--
on paper--aud rounding off periods of
r ponderous completely and awful density.
. with dire prosnosticaions and verbose
: nimtamifcaiions 1t never occurs to
T. them 10 explain that the revenue derived
from the increased tax rate III fnrcn AT
present goes toward wiring out s nemvt
Which Texas enjoyed n lower lax rate
, than any other state in the Union II IS
not IN the play Tor them TO tel mat NOT
a cent Of The money broush; in by the
raise Is tec,iod to lake care Of Obligations
. incurred by the culherson administrator.
. 1t i. part OF their business to conceal
$ that under he present regime the cost OF
$ oflicialisln is less proportiona.cly than II
} has ever been IN this state not excepting
:, under the old Alcalde, for whom ihey
profess to st.n entertain great admira-
@ ton-for purposes % comparison
a It's 10 trick at al! to charge extrava-
=. gancc by innuendo. or 20 transpose fig
uros in such q way as to deprive them
Of their proverb.al ,ru;h-teli ng Quai..es,
but its something else is point out speci-
: lie Instances OF official turptudc and
! breach OF trust. The books are accessible
g and he records are open. yet not single
: case OF violation OF public obligations has
+. beon made out against the present admin
:. sirstion. neither has single open chargS
:. Of corruption or dishonesty been hazarded.
, Mods and winks, moan insinuatians and
i meaner vituperatons have been INDUCED
l. in bur the line has never been crossed
: beyond hich nothing hut proof conclusive
alone goes net viii j, II, be b for here ~
administration that will warrant 1t.
y Soma Of the populis; members of the
a. Twen,y-fourih Legislature have written
& ard published and are circulating little
/. books devoted to turning the light upon
% thoir democratic colleagues.
= A great deal 3 said In those hooks about
d contingent legislative expenses. hut their
authors have omitted ,horefrom the popu-
ne listic record for drawing postage stamps
/. and Sch
\, FREQUENT reference * made to demo-
l. cratic friendship for corporations. but a
yocifcrous silence is ma ntaned with re-
;, gard to the friendly relations and delight
- full "cntcntc" which existed between pop
scat-warmers in the Twenty-fourth ana
tho accredited representative of the lar.-
a est individual owner Of IA lroad stock II,
l. tho United States neither is the recor
..t.tt,,
~ given.
is Tie democrats are charged in these lit
s. Tie books with having been easy marks
y for artiul lobbyists yet one may look II
n vain through their pages Tor an account
= Of the banquet L ven by. certain san An
h tonic interests nj II swell. Austin hotel cx-
eiusively 20 lobbyists during me regular
= oysters" ard Spanish iuackerel, Sautcrnl
lie aud 81. Julien. Pomery Sec and Mumn
r. wee dispensed with a lavish hand on that
~ occas on and the memories thereof ear
" MOI be anything but pheasant. stil nc
n reference thereto is made in the campo gr
al pamphlets Of tns lucky, pa3puls's VIII,
ic the brethren thought ...at he piums had
H. heon soaked IN coal oil when they tackled
~ the olives. and others exclaimed that tho
e. 'puddcn'' was on fire when the rum
d. olnelet was brought H. yet allusion TO sucl
n. little breaks could have been omitted
od without spelling the story
:, 1t is noticeable also that Rhodes of Var
III Iandts celebrated Interview anent the
quality and quantity of Galveston beer
given TO The press while that gentleman
was in the high state Of oxhileration which
follows "A soa bath and revcing in tn,
IN luNuries annexed to Colonel Holmes Cum
"a! IN ms celebrated legisla,vc excursions
he "s he'h oini''en from these latest con
of tribut ons 20 porulisi literature
ny The little books quote approvingly from
,s Governor Culhcrson's messages calling nj
nd teniion to needed legislation and pointing
W. out abuses thai ought to have hcol
checked. vet they fail 10 call up "A sinel,
instance Of ropulisiic effort in the droc
ten Indicated by his eNc,lency II thor,
Is any record. OF good for tho country de.
49, rived from the course pursued by til,
no nnpulist contingent In the Twenty fourth
ey hey have ignored IT,
of or me twenty-five platform demand.
n sprung by the p.opuisis two years ago