The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-16
WHY HE TAX ES THE NEWS.

W II ! III. AN bS i II IL NE WS.
The following letter, addressed to the
Dallas News. was refused publication by
said paper, but Is such good reading that
the editor of the Pecan Valley News re-
quested tho copy and gives it to the public
this week:
To the Dallas News.
brentwood. July 10, ls96-Your late
postal requesting me to continue my sub
sscuption to the News in place of the kate
Gazette IS at hand.
From IL business standpoint this Is char
actcrisuc of the energy and enterprise of
the News.
have been a constant reader OF the
Galveston News from 1853 Except during
the war; until the Dallas office was open
ed. and since that time ! have read the
Dallns News. AS a rews gathercr II Is
the best paper in the State and | will
News agent here. Botn the people and
myself Understand the News and uppreci-
ate ne glorlons victory II gained i9r or
bdniZtd democracy In twice clectlng Colo
mel Hogg' governor of reNas and its con-
tlnutng on the same line for Culherscn.
Since the people learned the irony and
practical Joking qualities of the News. It
mas been tho greatest hnd most successful
iactor that W. have had for tho organized
Democracy of Texas.
When Warwick bolted the regular demo-
cratic convention at Houston and courted
the votes Of the g ,rmans l3ohemians. and
tuheN and the coons, the News, by way Of
iAVs4S hih. IlttNlNil IthtS, was inc III 81
pnper In TsSas to support the great
Warwick In his puerilc efforts to lead
ana control the democratic party. It's
| daily Jokes pcrpctrlted by its editors aud
| correspondents were well understood and
| appreciated by tho good people of Texas,
and 1t was It's grand ana truthful efforts
that secured the election Of Colonel
! llosg" over the Warwick of Waco; then,
as n regular democrat how can he 20
unsrateful as to quit reading the News?
| again. its able defense Of the present
| State admins and tho hs r
| by It's Austin correspondent will add many
thousands Of Vctss t. swell the DINO
can not give II up; will read it. Again,
Its saying so often that 1.-The silver cfaze
| 10 dying out, tile silver craze IS dead
| assures me that the News has prophetic
| guide In the darkest hours OF National
| adversely. Yes, / want to read the News.
| / want / TO continue Its peculiar line Of
practical Joking on the regular democracy,
and | want 1t to praise the populist and
| the gold bugs; and help poor little War
wick organize gold standard party. 50
| by so doing it win hereafter as hereto
fore help us gain grand democratic
victory. both State and National next
November AS democrat / know that
the News wants victory for organized
democracy and | feel sure that It will
| continue its past course, for by so doing
silver craze" Don't say anything in IA
vor of Bryan or Culberson. All the p. O.
pie are watching and will voto
| almost solidly from the cue given by the
| News. and as Il wants those men TO
win. keep on Joking about them and the
l6 to 1-ers and this viii be the one cue
for all the people to vote by In November.
Some years ago the irony and Jokes OF
the News were not understood and | was
somewhat down on II. but myself and eall
the people have long since caught on and
have duly APPRECIATED the fun ever since.
Yes, we entered within Its inner circle
and like the Di1ks of Borneo we saw It
had the heads Of Coke, Hubbard Roberts
Ireland Ross. Hogg and Culbors1n dang
ling from Its belt and then We know how
to read and understand its brilliant Ell
tor!als and truthful correspondents In be-
half of pure democracy.
| have read the Practical Joker" BE
Bear Of Arkansas" Georgia Scenes.
Baron Munchausen" and Don Quiz
otto" and like the jokes fun and truth
ghting qualities of the Don and his SAN
cho ran2a too well to give up reading the
News. | also Ike truth. and tho News
has preserved and kept Its political truths
securely nclcsed In the walls Of Its
bosom. and has not on any political oc-
caslon, either by word or in writing.
emitted one truth from its large original
stock, so II can be truthfully said that It
has never lost any part Of Z. Yes ! IN
tend to read the News and wien It ceases
its mortal career let us write It's ep.taph
thus:
Here lies political truth. In life i, mover
used Il,
In death MS buried here. Let none now
abuse It,"
G.. 7. Goodwin.