The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-06
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The Galveston Dallas News urgent de
| mand upon congress to take steps 10 re
| duce the number of congressman nnc
| electoral votes In Southern States In pro
| portion TO voters. Is the most grossly ig
norant as well as the most mniiclousiS
| vicious that has been suggested since the
worst days of reconstruction. The News
should hang us head In shame AZ the re-
coption that It's radical rartsanship has
met with even In such extreme papers as
| the New York Evening Post
| The defense OF the trusts by. republican
newspapers, ike the refusal OF Mckinley
| cvc.i 70 mention them, ~ a gloomy indi-
cation OF the course OF the next admins
tration Kansas city Times.
What would you have The major must
10 slow in denouncinc the trusts. He Is
| more indeb;ol to them for his election
probably than to any other one agency.
Captain W. A. Fields. Representatives
elect from HIN county and an experienced
| legislator, calls for public Discussion of
the proposal to prohibit preferences In as
s;gnments that VIII enable the legislature
TO proceed advsedy IN the matter II is
a question of great moment to ;he business
interests OF Texas. ana CAPTAIN Ficlds'
suggestion ought 10 bring out true re-
Election of the general scntiment.
Tho Galveston News L. SO h.ttc, against
the silver men Il has taken to ahu'lns ana
nAckeninr the precious memory OF Il At
pure an abb, at atcsmln President Jcffcr.
son DECENTRALIZATION N. O. Messenger.
1t Is only Justice to say tina, the refer
ence 10 Mr. Davis WAS not written IN tn"
News office. 1t was part of the Northern
syndicate stun with witch the News
makes UP It's SUNDAY Editions.
Henry Watterson need not have, tray
clcl all the way from Europe 10 make the
declaration that the democratic party
must he recognized. on the basis OF tho
l!iiiai,dpoEs pilrosn. There Were not
enough men who stood on that platform
In the last campaign 10 make dr.ll ser
geanto for the G00u.0'n of dcmocrlfs who
voted for Bryan, AMI they VIII have a
lonesome time trying to organize. Nash
Vile sun.
Certain politicians and newspapers
rnigh, save much time and breath by ceas-
INK their talk about "rcrrgan!zIag" tho
democratic party The democratic party
needs nothing of that kind. 1t IL in good
shape and viii win the next night IT Pocs
into. Cunt scare people next trip with
b"gy talk about anarchy" Reputation"
etc.
Newspaper gossip continues to speculate
sound money democrats will hc i1vitcd to
hiGh Offices urdor Mr.. Mcliin,cys admin
istration. Tho sound money democrats CT
tered tn campaign with n distinct dis
Ci1lmcr of al, desire or expect ltion Of
office, ana they have no Intention of ahan-
donng this ground of principle by seokin.
or accepting polltC1l faNolg. The accept
ance OF office by few would tend TO bring
teprolch upon The whole holy of ther:i-
Ph.ladelphi- Record tholt dem.).
an on a very high phuo doubtless. but
DO not tempt the Sound money" con-
tingent too darlngly Human nature Is
about the 'ame in Sound money" DEM
ocr@t 'is a trust-oving republican.
The Atlanta Constitution in the follow.
ing, calls arton'ion to the falslty of some
claims made 10y such papers as the New
York World:
some of the newspapers of the East
nave been loudly claiming since fh, re.
cont presidential contest that tho nom
iudlon OF MIR; HrNnn was a great blow 10
we demoCrHuc party In the South |, j.
Claimed that IN COMPARISON with the vofa
of 1879 the democratic lose in the rercni
e.ection WIS s!gna,ly heavy OF course
II IS not inicndcl by these organs to re-
I ,' upon the personal character Of Nh
lFyah. hut rather upon the platform
adopted Ivy the chicago convention So
lar rs the qunli0cflo1s of Mir Hrv1n ma
a. sreat leader drr concerned. every fair
manding. genius br even With rcSpoct to
lht platform on which he stood, the wis.
lpln o. ne convention has been over
"A"ihnSiy approved by Southern demo.
Won u is shown by the returns that 3rN 0or
MolH vo,es were cast for the d,mocr,tir
Ticket n the last election than in lSl5
, Inc fol!o"hs table gives the exact fig