The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-01
THE MUDSlLLEk ANSWERED
(BY l.. A. PETTY


Special mir. Gibbs in the following letter
to The Post seems to take exceptions to a
certain expression in recent correspondence
from here:
To the Editor of The Post
Dallas. Texas. September 4-In your issue
OF September 20 your Austin correspondent
says:
His latest assault upon the creduity OF the
public is a charge that ths State text hook
board was for consideration, influenced 10
ADOPT certain school book by well known
East Texas gentleman who represented, in q
legal capacity. the firm publishing It,"
This is not true. | have not charged that
the text book board was Influenced for con
sideration." but that II permitted itself to be
influenced BY attorneys who did the inaur
encing for the publishers OF the contested
book for big fat fec And, by the way, the
State government seems to be running to big
fat fees. The public Is left to draw its own
Inference. | do not object to just criticism.
but insist that my critics shall stick strictly
TO the truth. So far. | have made no charge
that Is not sustained by the record. ! am
making my own hght without campaign funds
and am not looking for sympathy from any
quarter. IL the people believe | am telling
tho truth. invite their support. for equally
with myself are they concerned in good non
est government This State is too large. its
interests too great to be subordnatad to the
designs of "a little cOterie OF politicians down
az Austin who haven't dimes inv sted in
Texas securities where other men have dollars
invested, Never mind making false charges
against me- unsupported by the record. hut
let us discuss the issues presented ny Major
Savers In his Tyler speech The people OF the
state want to know II he Is elect d, whether
the sacred" school fund is to be loaned to
other states. and dollars in Texas made as
dear as diamonds by concentrating all the
taxes on tho evidences OF commercial thrift
MIR. Savers is one Bryan democrat who is on
pcstd to cheap money in Texas who would
drive capital out of the State by taxing notes
STOCKS ahd Dcuds and then leave Texas with
out dollar by Investing the school fund in
the boNCs Of ether States. The Pests Austin
corTespoudent should stick TO the truth and
take his PAPERS advice to rise above tho
methods of the peanut" politician in dis
cuhAlng men and measures.
In the Dallas News Of September IS Mr..
Gibbs is reported to ave used the ftllcw-
Ing language in speech delivered on the
night before in the Dallas city hau:
In the uniform school book scramble
one on the pets got in on the sacred school
ehlldren of Texas geography that IS Il
slander on geographical knowledge and
credits the South with only two things
negroes ana cotton. Tho pet paid so much
per book to work the 'ins maae mo
poard break series Of readers and sick
IN ms fourth reader, and now thu school
chtCren of Texas only have Il crazy nuiIt
series Of readers. Savers broad i,idorsns
ment at Tyler Of the ms covers this and |
the $40 100. 1t Is neither good business nor
soou noiltics' There is more OF this 10
come later
Reference to the above was by The Post |
correspondent avoided until MIR Gibbs
had had emple Nme to DEM its accuracy
in case he had been misquoted therein but |
there has to this day some nothing from
MIN to indicate that he did not use the |
attributed to him
The pet paid so much per book TO work
the ms Is that NOT direct charge o.
DH berry? If Mr.. Gibbs did not mean that
the pet had ''coughed up" consdera.
tom to get his books in why did he in 8,
many words say so?
There is no issue of veracIty hers Mr.
GinSe IS In hole and that's all there Is
about Il. II in the future he will himself
suck TO the truth" and keen his mouth
from going off at random so ofiea he will
not find 1t necessary to again make such
IN expansion that does not explain az
the one given above
AS 10 making false charges against Mr.
hlppS' The Post correspondents yle,ds ma,
guilty False charge making is thu chic,
nhuuS'iier own dear specially. and he
need nave no fears CT beng robbed Of the
liS'ihotion Of surprising all competl,ors
iheFein' Any man who can boast Of b,vt,,
oeen sustained by the record in every nm
i'lesl iaiseaood he has told. and in tho
ame breath charge by inference thai Major t
sayers IS committed to the Concentration
d all the taxes on the evidences of com
h4F''ai thrift, need have no fear Of losin,
-'ie reputation he has acquired for reck-
sss , OF assertion and boldness of pre-
FABRICATION The man don't live in Texas
VINO can hold candle to him In that re-
spect 1850 ~ |