The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-04
VIEW AT AUSTIN.
Au,,,n. rexa,. Janu.ry !. isss

The occasional gusts OF snAphitic air
which comes from the direction OF the po-
| litical ossuary OF Texas are no doubt IN
dlcaiiva of determination on the part
| OF the cabal which ha- Tor six years been
| underwriting 10 substitute partisan cum
ninS and Individual ,rsincerity for states
manship and love Of country IN this State
| TO keep UP It's fght
| Having failed TO convince the ptonle
that their low standard OF motive was tn,
offspring OF patriotism. thc conspirat3 RS
| now seek TO puli ev ryihiug "a every ne
down 10 their own level. hor3ng In this
way TO breed discoNteut and excite dis
| trust Of democrats les ierS eV though
( by SO. doing they assis' In reGaivan!zing
the dropping p1puhsi tph'mero.d d.
Their method is 10 discover politics in
every &C, of the official family.
| Let trust be assaiied In the courts
and cornered. and forlhw tn tn J lis yer
that partyism is at the bottom OF the
7 prosecution, In the course Of events two
suits IN which The STATE In inisrestsd and
In which railroad corporations are raspec-
! lively ria ntiffs and defendant are set for
Z trial during the same month, Forthwith
! thy sight an masinary chip AMI turn II
\ over with a great to do II LIT a treman1-
Gus political bug crawl from urder. After
| listening 10 vooiferous kicks from a lusty
! Aggregation OF ship agents the raIlr a 4
! commission concludes TO inquire into tho
matter Of export cotton rates.
Hist.
The cabal Is on the alert.
!, tumbles.
The commission is going into politics!
! -,--.-
| II matters little that one of the railroad
suits referred TO (the one in which largo
amount ~ school fund is inv lyedi has
! from time tn time been postponed at the
| reques, Of the defendant, neither docs 1t
4 matter that the state is the defendant In
. ~ lob Tt7..f Ia
! sion's authority 70 regulS," compress age
J Is involved. The G o-g1os are no, lcoSing
for facts; It's pol, les they are after. a d
I By stralnlrg n point ana cutting truth
/ ACQUAINTANCE they expect to jolly ih' pro
! plc into believing tina 1t turks some where
about the coinclcsntal trial Of two cases
! AMI tho cont nua I'm invest ga
ton during The present month.
! Until quite rec ntly 1t WAS .na governor
| VIII, was the targ for hose "horrah re-"
Their shafts fell harmless at his feet.
| however and whom a. the cos Of TIE
first twelve months OF his adm # tration
II dawn j upon them that thr Sate vas
getting along splendillv under his guild
! ance and that h was sa'i~E the > ate
mon at the rate OF $4,000 per year With
out de,r ment % the n cheney Of the gov
cram n. they qrit him cid.
1t wouldn't 10 to abandon TIE a Id. how
ever, 80 the railroad comm ssion was
pick d out as be- mr. sup' os dly good
mark to shoot at. The old che tnut abon;
the .lire Of railroad regulation was re-
varnishs d ard rc-cxhih ted y W fairy
{ tales about the vast amount % capt. II
ready to b. Inv sted IN 7 xas ra lroads
had II not been for said IN Miss IN. were
Z invented But thrir RIM was short, for
scarcely had the ffst edition ma te its ap-
pohrance when In hguring UP results for
| The past twelve months il was discovered
that with but per cent Of the railroad
mileage in tho United States Texas W $
to %. credited with IL per cent of the n W
mileage built during that pertoi. It b.
came apparent also that owing to the new
commodity tariffs promulgated by the
comm ssion during tho Y Il" t. v''u M
of business done by the distributing cen
ters Of the State had materially Increased
so that in spite q reduction OF rates
the earnings Of the railroads had ex'
banded
what Is there left for the cnhal to kich
att
Nothing 1T all except that tho 1900 mi'e
OF railroad IN the state are lad wher
there is p 'pulation and business enough 'C
tuetify. II II waan't fr til commission
and the bond laws possihly some suck
of n capiials might com his way n I
build a double track railroad or two acr s:
the arid VEST or project trunk line II
connect the rrairie villages Of h
Panhandle and float h-nds enough sf {
character 10 give Texas railroad go uri
tics n Hack eve for zen years Z satisfy
thu cnbars craving for development"
Too Tad about he commission ard th
bond laws, isn't It? LA T.