The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-29
A SANDER UPON TArRIs COUNTY.

n SLANDEH tPON uhEHis SOtNIh I.
II is a proposition which intelligent men
will not question, that the great bulk o!
the wealth and business and the over
whelming volume OF intelligence In South .
ern communities are found in the domi-
nant democracy II is no reflection upon
or disparagement Of many good men who
are republicans TO say this. 1t is equally
true that the people OF all other sections
know this fact.
II is as well recognized In the North.
for example, as in the South that repub-
lican rule in Southern communities would
be but another name for negro domination.
with all its attendant evils IT Is with no
little surprise. therefore. under these cir
cumstances, that the people OF this com
munty Will read the following editorial
extract from the Houston Evening Times,
the republican paper recently started in
this city:
The election OF the county republican
TICKET In Harris county would be an invita-
tion TO the capitalist, the homeHecker. the
artisan and the mechanic which would not
pass unnotced. The success OF the repub-
Hear Ticket In Harris county next November
would mean the inflow of millions of capital
into Houston and the addition OF thousands
Of desirable citizens to her present slowly In
croasing population.
The insult to the community can best be
appreciated when we reflect that this is
an intimation that negro domination would
be entitled to more confidence than an
administration selected by the majority
white vote and representing the greater
degree of the wealth and intelligence OF
the county! 1t is direct attack upon the
integrity of tho dominant sentiment OF
Harris county, n yelled Islander OF every
administration which the people have
chosen for years past. a reflection upon
the business standing and progress OF the
city. aud calls for an emphatic rebuke by
every democrat in Harris county.
The assumption that everything beyond
us is republican is as silly as it is impu-
don't The idea that capitalists are only
seeking republican communities for inyest-
ment is d remarkably original one! Th'
conclusion that money will hunt iocali'iei
where the bulk OF tho ignorant and non
property holding element controls public
affairs is unique, to say the least
The Post is not in the habit OF rakini
over old ashes, but since the Times has re
opened the question Of iinencial adyanthg
10 be derived from local republican domi
nation. It is permissible 10 direct the At
tention OF The editor OF that paper to th
fact that Houston lis not without an *
perience 90 repubicAa administration. W,
learned some years ago how helpful I; wa
TO pu, this elemen; ia power here' Th'
city is tied down with 81 600 600 debt 4
consequence Of that experiment. and tn
only thing withiu her limits that she IA
20 SHOW for that debt, is the old city build
ing on Market Square!
!, may be- urged mat the republicans her,
today are quite different from those re
sponslbie for the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of loca
affairs in the past. Let this be granted
and let It be granted further that the per
sonnet Of tbs republican ticket Is Nil thu
could he desired In this instance still re
pubican success in county or city to
day would mean the same dominant in
,uences as OF old, The overwhelming ma
jority back OF the administration woul,
he the ignorant, non-tsxpadng citizens
And the Times has the eftron,ery 10 ga
that such an element would be preferabl
to the representatives of the white ma
ierlty OF Harris county aud would commal
more respect and confidence beyond tn,
county or Statel
Close up. democrats!