The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-24

frauds. Both the discovery OF the frauds and
the passage Of tho law to prevent them are
due TO democratic effort, and this critic must
PC aware of this fact, DEFY him. or any OF
his ilk, To point on, single Instance where
such discoveries or the passage Of any law
10 avoid further frauds. is due 10 tho pop
ulists.' And further, II this critic does not
know 1t, he ought tn, and by reference 10 the
house journal OF the special session OF the
last legislature he will hnd 1t to be fact
that. when motion was made by demo-
crat to suspend the constitutional rule re-
curing bills TO be read ON three several days
~ each hot Sc. and 10 put the bill 70 regulate
the taking Of the school census upon it's third
read'ng and final passage, OF me seven pop
ultsts' in that body. two were absent without
excuse three voted for t. and two tMnndlns
and siokes) voted against II. The public can
draw their own inference.
D. This critic Is not satisfied with the above
ntmed good things" 90 which the popn-
lists" have done but goes further and yebe-
nitntly disclnims against what he chooses 10
call high taxes" 1t mas been pointed out
lime and again by democratic speakers aud a
democratic press that taxes ara lower In Texas
than In any other State In the Union, ana
that Texas has less per capita expense tnan
any OF her sister States except one. 10 81.
fort has ever been made by "the populists.
o. anyone else, 10 disproVe these statements,
and the reasonable presumption Is mat ,hey
know they can not be dlsproyed. There 10
no discounting their correctness. aud yet
there are few Of these ''goody -goody Tel.
lows" who jump into print every now ana
then. make assertions to the contrary without
a particle Of proof to back them and thea
have the gall TO expect the public 10 believe
them. They seem to have an idea that the
people of Texas are lot OF unsophlg,icated
suckers" ready TO nibble at any sort Of bait
that Is thrown out 10 them. The ides OF No
ytmber' VIII disclose who the suckers are.
But he says the popuists should be elected
because they promised reforms Ia the gov
cfninent expenditures Tho word 'promisen
is good, and WAS no doubt Used deSigncdly.
.'Th. populists are long and loud on prom
ises,' but short on executing them. II might
be edifying TO the people Of Texas u this
critic would explain why II II that In each OF
the States OF Kansas, Colorado and North
Carolina, where "the populsts' are IN control,
both the tax rate and the per capita expenses
are much higher than In Texas. He might DO
~lcle lot OF explaining II he were so dis.
possf He could try 10 explain why 1t Is that
with seven members IN the last house and
two IN the senate, they only introduced about
fifteen ti5) bills. and not one OF these can be
properly called n reform measure. why II
Is that, II all their amendments 10 the appro-
priltton bill in the Twenty fourth legislature
bad been adopted. the expenses OF the state
government would have bean increased there
by over quarter OF a million dollars; why II
Is that many OF tine populistE' In Texas.
while claiming TO fnver the free coinage Of
the nominee OF their National party for presi-
dent IN 1896; why II is that, II all the measures
offered by. them In congress making appro-
prihtions, had been adopted, this government
In almost every state where they have as
sumed control. their "lease OF life Is linz
ited to one term only. and they are hurled
from power by an indigl ant people ut tine
next succeeding election n fact. there are
to explain away. but nc knows he cant DO II
and will not undertake II. But. concluding, he
says: These reasons viii compel me TO vote