The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-30
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Congressman Balls majority continues to
grow. u VIII take a man OF nerve to run
against tho FIRST district brunette two years
hence. Houston Herald.
Congressman Ball has indeed gone back to
congress with a flnttcrlng vote Of confidence.
The ono vital and overshaiowing purpose for
Which he has been returned is To secure deep
water Tor Houston. Mr.. Ball has the backing
of u united democracy. He had the backing
of,The Hotston Post. which Is the most pow
etiul and influential oil the party newspapers
In Texas. and probably the most widely read
newspaper IN the South. lie has the backing
OF tho cntirc congressional delegation OF the
state. ard Ike entire party machinery Of the
banner den'9cratic STATIC Of the Union. lie
has tho faehtag of the entire citizenship OF
lie nus tho backing of all the business or
.anizatlops. whose work to aid him Is UNI
los tie mas the good wishes even of his
y ttrHt epponentx. who hope he viii gain
for thiz ti.y tho coveted object. lie has fur
ther INC backing of q good cause. strong in
cinI development. aud he has tho backing
even OF the governments own engineers, who
recommend the improvements, and an appro-
ri!ation OF 1900. 0o0 to carry them out. Now
comes The test for CONGRESSMAN Ball With
sIiln powerful agencies behind him, and a JUS
tilted cause. he should have no trouble In
40 hring the success OF The deep water move
iuent. ana earning the regard of tho people he
Is Sont to represent,
II nc fpiis. Congressman Ball will have chi,
nave to he n candidate two years hence. and
% n.k the people for an Observation-Disclosures
ton Times.
49, - ~ pANNlNB ~ lulIlY. IN tlG
first rlnec. II Is not true that Mr., Balls nomi-
nation ana election hinged on Houston's deep
water enterprise, II is true that his favored
position on the rivers and harbors committee
ensbles him probably. to be of unusual serv-
ice to the enterprlsc. aud as "A consequence he
"hS mere especially favored by most OF our
PROGRESSIVE citizens, yet he would have been
nominated and elected without this considern-
tioA. lie has already proven his value as A
congressman, md should he fail to secure
the much desired appropriation It will not
weaken him IN the public estimation. because
such failure viii not DO for the lack OF In
~tellisent. earnest and energetic effort on his
part.
The usual business boom followed ropuh-
lican success In the elections. and It was
oven more marked than usuai. Globe Demo-
Crut.
If YOU doubt the correctness OF the above
statement. ask tho syndicates and trusts.
There is very likely a universal Wish that
cient 10 improve Buffalo bayou and make that
ctty n deep water port; but 70 long as ono
deer water port having the same freight ratio
~ Galveston and with ample dock room and
shipping facilities remains unused by the
alippeis IL is absurd for. The Post TO con-
tend that the cotton blockade IA due to Nthc
States lack of deep harbors.
Journal.
ppl.e come railroads. old man. and get the
ships and then you'll hear from the cotton
men. But by tho way, we thought Sabine
Pass was getting a pretty xood hunk OF tho
ToNas business.
The Southern gentlemen striko hands
With Boss Croker and his corrupt, degraded
Eung sooner than ~nfilliate with u party which
put dow, the rebellion ard saved the Union,
Chicago Tribune.
oh. yes. YOU would have him ''strikc hands
with Hanna and Plat and the idiot who
wrote the foregoing paragraph. Not much.
II is n pity TO SEQ such a paper rs Tho
Houston Post carrying TWO columns Of prize
lsht rot, aud giving so much OF Its valuable
10 Corbelt. s~harsey. Fitzsimmoas and
others OF that class Signal.
The Post is a newspaper and carries what is
readers want.
One Of the oddities OF tho era is that the
opinion OF tho great West should be
By The administration as infailibie
IN the eAI hnsion question but very unsafe on
.e money question, Ths East,s opinion on I
,iamped IN; G. win some one explain?-
springfield Republican. c
1t is a little singular. TO be sure. y
Several newspapers aocusa the World OF +
that Tildon was once presldent in or :
Ter 10 establish, the historic fact that tho /
asst seven presidential elections have baen q
'hriied alternately, with the regularity OF Il :
our year clock. by each Of the two great Y
.,ollricai parties We only claimed, II will A
70 observed, that tho democrats carried the 4
'leciion ia 1876. The republicans carried the n
boards and the electoral commits. :
iona distinction with a dineronco.-New q
FORK World. Y
You would hayo been truthfully exact IL you p
laa said that Mr.. Tilden was elected and had /"
rs office stolen from him. !
1t would seem that, however enbarrassina a
he cciored vote may have been In some see q
Ions OF the country, II has done elective I,
work TOR the republicans IN Delaware. Our =
In that State trace the late re- D
ubliean ylctory there directly 10 II. Il was ;
veil organized IN the State by Mr.. iAddiphs "
nd others. and It fought v~aiiantly for tho n
epublicnn ticket, The results Of the work .
aid out for AZ originally in the southern
and which have been thwartcd In that
pgion. Mere FUZZY reAlizNd in this commons
'eallh TO tho north OF them, There are saw
raj thousands " cologed voters IN Delaware, :.
nd they voted In q body. choosing a renub- y
member Of the National house OF repre- y