The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-24
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.
rhe waco rlmee Herald commits:

The Waco Times Herald remarks:
All the cities in Texas aud elsewhere which
are succeeding are backed up by the boards
OF trade and commercial clubs. organ alton
has always been necessary and II Il doubly
so in these times Of close competition be
tween cities
Commercial bodies are today building up
Texas. The organized bodies OF business mon
spend thousands OF dollars annually for tho
good of the community. While returns may
not be directly felt there Is no denying the
fact that good results and that every dollar
expended in behalf OF public enterprise event
uRiy comes back and with a whole lot of
interest, too
Yestar-
The Beaumont Journal man has turned
TOM his evil ways. He says;
Colonel Tom Bowors OF the Tenaha Now
Era asks II the editor of the Journal was no,
III The George Clark ranks in 1872. aud the
journal editor pleads guilty. But that was
seven years ago, colonel. The journal editor
was yourg---N ms Just sproutinE his political
pin fcathers-and was easily led asttay. Tho
Journal editor regards his vote for George
Clark as his ore serious political mistake.
Such open confession is gratifying and the
Journal editor is welcome back into the
ranks of the party.
Says tho Ennis News
Bcoket 7. washington is the greatest liv-
Ing colored man In Ameri,l. and " his
people will heed his counsels they will h.
benefited. He refused 10 turn aside from his
calling as an educator to enter the held OF
pclitics
Prof. Washington has earned aud is en-
titled to the respect OF both races, However.
he is not alone. There are several colored
educators in Texas who are working for the
elevation OF the race and are being assisted
by the whites.
| The Yoakum Times is wagng vigorous
war against murderers and pistol toters. Il
has this 10 say:
| Break the necks OF a few hundred murder
ers and there will be fewer homicldes In
Toxas. The remedy is a severe one, but II
is no, severer than the crime warrants,
hreakng the necks is all right but it is
to be hoped that there will be tower causes
COR neektie parties in the future.
The Sabine Pass News says:
Houston is glad TO sec SABINE Pass prosper
Everything that benefits any part of the
coast country helps Houston. Houston Post.
Correct' Notwithstanding the little noise
MADE about IT, Houston nov has deep water
outlet here, via the Southern Pacific road.
The line from mere % Beaumont has lately
been made equally as good as that fIor
Beaumont TO Houston: aud when the matter
| OF harbor wharves and terminals Is con-
sidered. Sabine takes FIRST place on the gulf
coast for up-to-date improvements. Sabine
is now ready to handle outgoing freshts from
Houston.
When II comes to deep water outlets Hous-
ton is strictly In H. There's our own Buffalo
bayou, Sabine Pass, Port Arthur. velasco
and the entire Texas coast
~
II is evidently rather suitry up in North
Texas. AS he monped Precipitation frcm his
brow the Montague Democrat editor wrote;
The past week has certainly been scorcher
and the wind didn't blow through our
whiskers. The thermometer registered los In
the shade here Monday.
We haven't had frost down this way yet
hut there's delightful breeze from the gulf
which oools the atmosphere at all times
| II the thermometer registered los in Hous-
ton-well we'd think 1t was hot as--where
lngsTsoll didn't believe IN.