The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-19

tention to politics and more TO industrial
Il progress and the announcement OF the estab-
iishment OF manufactures.
i You are right. Industrial progress nrst
politics afterwards.
The Pleasanton Monitor wants TO see our
coast harbors developed. and remarks:
Hon. Rudolph Kleberg talks very enthusiast
icallv about the prospects for deep water at
Arkansas Pass Suppose, lust suppose that
ARKANSAS Pass should get deep water? What
a grand new era would dawn upon Texas7
The occurring OF an ocean outlet at Arkansas
Pass. while commercial blessing to the
whole State. would be the salvation OF South
west Texas.
The Beaumont Daily Journal takes a very
practical view OF things IN the following:
railroad from Beaumont to Sour Lake
docs not, of itself. appear OF much conse-
ouence. 1t would however. make Sour Lake
! the TEMPORARY abiding place of hundreds OF
iayllias, many Of whom would srcnd inuch
/ Of their time in this city Thon. too. 1t would
be SO casv to convert the Sour Lake road Into
the Waco and Sabine Pass and add another
trunk line to Besumont's railroad facilities.
Texas needs resorts like Sour Lake. and
any movement looking to their DEVELOPMENT
ought to receive the hearty cooperation OF
the public.
The Huntsville Daily Post thinks Texas will
be heard from at the next democratic National
convention. 1t says.
Here's prediction: II the democratic
party comes south OF the Ohio river for
wee presidential candidate. his name will be
James stephen Hoeg. What say YOU?
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Tho Colorado Citizen voices a very general
sentiment when 1t AYERS that:
Since Judge Wells Thompson has knocked
out the ''hlD pocket defense" in criminal
cases. the gang OF murderers must look up
some otber mode Of evadins the law. Judge
THOMPSON has established precedent In
CRIMINAL jurisprudence and heine sustained
by the higher courts. has been OF valued SER
vice to tie whole State The bad man from
Bitter Greek" must move on. and all Texas
is thereby benefited
1t is too late in the dsy to practice the
customs of the frontier In Texas We have
long since passed that stage. and the sooner
the pistol toters realize this fact the better
for all concerned. especlally themselves.
The Lulins Signal has taken to mcralizing
and In answer to the question. When will
times he better?" It voluminousy asseverates:
When we raise at home what we consume.
when we live within our income when we
reach the point where we can trust mankind
when we learn to do all we can to elevate
ehGH ptiler Wnen we learn 10 quit Thinking we
have the worst town or county in the State, |
wher we learn TO place more stress on edu |
cation, when we 20 to church on Sunday in |
stead of to the towns lettering place. when |
we make an honest effort to pay our debts |
when we learn to serve the devil less and
God more.
The Pittsburg tTexas) Gazette refers to
Texan In this vein:
After twenty-six years in congress Senator
Inns M
port SAYS he has an income from his oil
wells at Corsicana far in excess OF his salary
as congressman or senator.
1t is to be hoped the report Is true. SEN
ator Mills is man in whose prosperity the
state will gladly rejoice.
The populst party. in the opinion of many
newspapers. is slowly but sure
" Joining the great armv of 'has-beens.
rhis is how some OF exchanges now
speak of It:
Tom Napier of the wide-Awake wants to
ihow what les become of the poDulist party
IT Wood county. About all of it that we have
heard ANYTHING Of lately, Tom, was in Kansas
| few days ago. attending populist DOW
vow. -Qutman Democrat
After the now-wow that party was sent to
Mir cola and piled up in the singular pronoun
I: and 1t has scarcely been heard from since.
-1ylet Courier.
AS Captain Philip would say. Don't cheer.
,oys. the poor devils are dying" Besides,
he pop party of Wood county Is our own
special dish of fish, and propose to con-
luct the obseouies in our own way Wood
Iounty News.
There is no need to chuckle cheer over
he discontinue of the populists as a party.
lost of them were sincere IL not practical In
heir beliefs and nearly all of them-thoso ,
n Texas Mt least-will be found working and
'otinE with the democrats In the coming cleo {
ion s
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The Yoakum Daily Times has come to ths
conclusion that:
Galveston's police officials are after the
lot machine men and pistol toters" and
lain that both must go.
Yes, and the same measures credited to Gal {
eston in this regard might be enforced with {
toht in all other communities