The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-11
NOTE AND COMMENT.

According to tho Wednesday morning Hans
lon fost the directors OF the Cotton Exchange
showed their hand In opposition to the 5 ate
granting anything In the Huntington matt or
IA tho cnSo brought up In tho legislature
rms looks IN bad taste coming from bust
ness men In a city that will receive as much
y not more. benefit from granting same as
galveston or any other place In Texas Gal
weston Opera Glass.
According to you Galveston people II Is al
ways wrong and In bad taste for Houston to
oppose any Galveston schsmc but. OF the
other hand for Galveston to oppose Houston
is REGARDED down there as simply cute. a kind
OF sunerior business enterprise as 1T were.
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II gives us that tired feeling" to see little
country papers that couldn't mag a bread
wagon tearing their hair" over the unjust
libel laws OF Texas. What difference Is II
TO them on what fi.insy grounds a newspaper
II. NO alarm need be felt by such sheets
some OF them would do well to ret their ut
,eIances noticed; much less bowling about
being restricted In exposing the truth by the
libel laws.-Whitney Messenger.
1t depends upon what view one NAV take
OF the duties OF o newspaper. and its rela-
tlonship to the public replies the Blum Her
aid Some newspapers have convictions and
aspire to something higher than the eagles
wing on the silver dollar. They feel that
they owe 1t to their readers to denounce fraud
and corruption. 1t is this class OF papers
that are gagged by the Texas libel law and
while the law can not niure very many coun-
try weeklles. it is nevertheless a VIGOROUSLY
unjust law and as such should be denounced
by every man who loves fair play The
little poverty stricken. crossroads weeSlY
IL In no danger. but such papers as The lIots-
son Post that mould public opinion and con-
tend for the rights OF the people should rot be
robbed By tho workings of a law thst serves
only to conceal official corruption and rascal
lily in high places.
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Houston has arrived at the dignity OF hay-
Ing FIAT" building. AS consequences the
old town is 30 puffed IN with pride that she
won't recognize Cypress, Wallisville. KATY,
Sandy Point and the other 9onri hing cities
in her immediate neiShboraooI Galveston
Tribune.
Don't be in too big hurry about Rettnr
gay. Wait until your grab bill IS finally
passed and the governor sigus 1t.
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that used by Mr.. Bryan who re,crrei to the
sound money democrats a. "trGi.o,s," e is
fair TO presume that at least 9,p00.uul Of SQUAD
money democrats voted Tor Mr.. BRYAN t,r
president, should he 30 nominated agaiu. ara
he will he the prospects are that many thou
ssncs OF these same men will In the next
election stand aside and let Mr.. BRYAN pass
without their vote There is enc thlns aS
certain as tho fact tina, the san do siile,"
unless there is some Kind OF nol i'al up-
heavsl that no prophet can now foresse Mr.
Bryan can not be elected president without
the vote OF the men whom h, referred IN
his Belmont letter TO rs deseItcrs and trait
tors. --Clsburne Chronicle.
While The Chrcnicc Is welded to its IDOLS
lit can afford to be fair. Mr.. BNan has MOI
denounced any man who voted tho ticke, IN
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