The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-28
VIEW AT AUSTIN.


Somebody has changed the cylinders In
the Gibbs phonoeraphs.
Last week they were splitting out cooked
statistics, prepared for the purpose of
making 1t appear that the administration
had been decelving the people by con-
cealng the aggregate of the treasury de-
ficit or else that 1t was collecting
greater amount Of taxes than necessary
with the intention OF setting aside nest
egg for It's fsvorites.
Now tho tcnw of the photographic
song is different
The governor Is no longer to blame for
the increased rate of taxation--anterior
democratic "extravagance" Is RESPONSE
BILE for the present SIC of the tax gather
ors' demands. Governor Culberson rs all
rght--he manfully sought to redeem par
~ pledges--but the democracy IL at fault.
Tie deficiency Is democratic deficiency,
and that's enough.
1t makes no difference that Il was
brought about by tho expenditure of rev.
enue In the erection of necessary State
asylums and In the Improvement of state
institutions at n time when the tax rate
was very low and when the assessments
were based upon inflated and chlngeable
auatons-the straight of the matter e.
not what Is wanted. The deficiency is
there. and It must be charged up to demo-
cratic recklessness to make n point. There
would be no populst medicine In 1t other
wise.
However. 1t appears that the phono-
graphs arc about to have Il new speech
altogether tnlked into them, Judging from
tho pcroration Of the effort they are now
retailing. The changes are from now on
to he rung on Chairman .)udley's call for
nm expression from the people on the sill
yer question at the primaries this
the one of state administration. The
latter has become too hot for
dropped hereafter. The fact that the
taxes for 1893 foot mp Si,5Sj,2 SS. as against
S@05Ili9 for 1904 has been exploited for
/ bring out moro clearly the necessity of
| the rake and to demonstrate that 1t was
based upon a business proposition, so that
! there * no further room there for left
| handed iusinuAt lion, The exigencies of the
| moment demand change OF tune hence
| tho foreshadowed switch In tactics by
| figure 1ugglcrs and political monograph
| operators
Judging from what is going on in re-
publican ranks in this section of the State
| just now # is evident that at the fall
election anlates Of the q. o. L. in
| Texas will be expected to vote the rcpub-
lican ticket straight.
Tho word Is being passed around that
plenty of campaign funds viii be forth
coming with which to grease the party
machinery, and a great show of contempt
for corruptible leaders and privates is
being made.
Republican clubs are being organized In
! every direction for the oatcuEihio purpose
| of shutting out vote brokers, and a deter
imitation is being manifested 20 poll the
l9Il rayfy vote ms year Tor the ppurpotie
counter IN view of an anticipated Ma
tional victory Republican candidate
VIII be put out for every office IN sight
| from alderman up, and fusion OF any
kind with other parties WIN be uniformly
avoided.
lists ia this congressional district espe-
| ciAlly. and IN u loser degree throughout
the state. In lSi Major Hutchinson, the
populist candidate, ran Joe savers a close
race for congress because of having Sc
cured republican endorsement, ana loi
the same reason the Travis county popu'
list ticket did well at the polls.
In other districts various and sundry
dlckora between populisis and republicans
4, operated 9s I'D the deal made mere anI
incidentally helped to increase the Vot'
lor tho populist state ticket With repib
lean party lines cl1sely drawn however
ANA with republican tickets IN the iielc
ptfpo-es as may be expected this year
there will bc a perceptiblc shrinkaFe II
= the vote which the populist candidate
= viii poll.
Notwithstanding that Comptroller Fin
leg has taken great pains to make plail
the changos made In the manner OF co!
lectiug taxes by the CoIquitt act, 1t Seems
$ that there exists II conspiracy to defea
' his purpose and 10 confuse taxpayers II
, the matter to the extent Of inducing larg'
q numbers Of them to become delin9uents'
In the latter part OF December Mr.. FIN