The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-24
LESSON IN CARTOONS.

The Houston Pos, has a so-callcd car
toon with the Austin Statesman and the
Galveston News dressed ia the giib and
cap of an old woman throwing mud at
noyernoi Culberson The strength of II
OF It's truthfulncss. II there is no fact
10 base 1t upon il Is a failure That IS
the condition of this cartoon in The Post
The Statesman has never thrown mud
nj Governor Culbrrson. In fact. 1t has
refused positively to make a personal at
tack upon hun to crafty Tho malice Of his
personal enemies We have charged Gov
crnor Culberson with bollng the plat
form upon which he was nominated and
which platform the convention sent him
The Post has not vcnturcd to deny that
charge. We have also attributed TO
Governor Culherson aud hts political fam
~ the. disruption of the democracy OF
state politics. hut the Statesman has
never said Il word against Governor Cul-
hcrson's intellect or his personal integrity.
We have thought that he has been guilty
OF poor and undemocratic. politics. bu,
We have said very little about that.
When The Post attempts to cartoon a
contemporary II Ought to be careful not
to attempt TO cnricatur" the truth, for the
truth is the ono thing that can not he
caricatured. If the Statesman had said
of Governor Culbeison just what The Post
has sad of Governor Roberts. then The
cartoon Of The Post. nv changing the
Statesman In IL to The Post AID Governor
'ulb'lThl 10 'ttNtfihi ttNifii-t M0illHl
h. Il good and snoo' ssful cartoon. for
ON the face of II would he recognized
its truthfurcss. hrt as 1t II. tho cartoon
is Illustrative al thr inability of any artist
to paraphra,e the trnth Ten your artist
OF this principle IN car,oOhlng: tell lin
nothing but "A fact can b" cart ounrl. ard
II he Is lust natural born liaf. dis
charge him and got an artist who rn-
d"rstaras tho tirs, rlincipl" Of carte M
ing. and that =. Il uarapiirasc Of Facts.
Since We have given this Instruction. you
taat D. N.. Ns.IH =
yourself ana YOU IAN prevent your hrtiSt
from rakii you ridiculous. At any ihic.
wash the mud thAt has stuck 80 your hands
on 'hat you hav. been throwing about
iromiscuouslN before You try To muddy
other fellows hands or N other words
get the henm out Of your own eye nei're
YOU Try 10 nick the mate uut OF your
ncighbor's Austin statesman.
No one worid think OF taking The
statesman's cartoon editorial seriously.
but Just at HE cleaning. whom the day 8
work is Over and II Is too carly to lsnt
lamps. ccngeuial party can find relaNa-
tion and much innocent amusement hy
guessing what it means It begins by
calling Tho Posts cartoon "so-called
ca>r.oon.n instead of nm "aiie.ei' cartoon.
This shows that ;he terrible editorial
had been most carefully aud thought
fully prepared
Although many persons might read II
hastily and fail TO $40 lis beauties, TO
one who is familiar with the Statements
every day style thcre can he no doubt
that the demuneiAWon clitor wrote 1t with
a Vet towel around Ms head while drink
ing large quantities of green tea.
\ few DAYS uso tac Statesman com
rlaineI tina, The Posts remarks seemed
to have personal application, and said
that that sort OF thing Wasn't nice at all.
Then The Post replied in a digniiied piece
vita large five sad six-syllable words
selected from tbs dictionary for the o.
casion, stating that personal rcmarks
had nothing to do with the case not
adding The ira la, from motives of deli
cacy and respect.
Now. the Statesman comes back and
savagely attacks the veracity of The
Tost's cartoon man, a young man whose
chief aim in life Is to tell truth md
shame the devil.
Ihore is Il fearful. mystery about the
Statesman's remarks For instance. take
the following sentence: III tho States
man Tad said OF Governor Culbersou
just what Tho Post has said Of Governor
Roberts then the cartoon Of The Post
~ changing the Statesman in 1t to The
POST ana Governor Cuiberson 10 Governor
Roberts would he u good and successful
cartoon
The man Who reads this sentence three
times VIII he impellod to vote the pop
ulist ticket straight. This reminds ono
of the Keclv motor explanations with
Just a slight dash of the pigs In clover
puzzle. If the Statesman objects Ia the
pictorial gislsa IL which it Is represent
ed, it's STRUCTURES may be construed rs art
criticism. In that respect the cartoon
man may have been al fault. hut. If no.
II WINS a faui, Of the head and not the
heart or, to pu, II more ,iayfully, the
fault of the ART and not the IA The
Statesman is asked 10 excuse his levi'y.
/, is quite painful 10 be Joshing when
the heart Is so fun.
There Is a whole lot OF instruction in
the above editorial about making car
,oons The gentle reader is asked to
press hts hand to bis brow and try and
follow them in his or her mind. Whichever
is proper
It is feared that the Statesman has
gotten its recipes mixed, aud is giving US
one for ur4wing a Btardsley poster. sup
pose you tell your cartoon man mat MS
oh]ecti. nablc cartoon ms II is, is mus
,ratNa of tho inability Of any artist 70
paraphrase the truth" and then fire the
axiom into him that "rhe strength OF a
cartoon IS In thc immediate recognition
of its truihfuluess. Then tell him
gently that the truth is the one
thing that can not be carica'ured,
and while he is digesilns this bowl HIM
over with this: "Tell your artist of the