The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-14
THE NEWS GETS A COMPLIMENTS,


Editor Edmoads of the Baltimore Manu-
facturcrs' Record and Mr., John y, searles'
nprr. are travelling In Texas eiaureiy' MI:
searles. who Is by many accounted one OF
the greatest business organizers OF tnls cen
Grafton. Is u stalwart believer in. tho future
OF Texas. and. in fact, OF the whoie south south
and looks for steady and rapid ADVANCE
ment OF tho agricultural ana ndhstfis, ha Nv,
ought TO be closer coming In touch one
with the other between the undeveloped riches
e the , sSut ana Eas the e
good work OF thu News TO this end and said
its efforts are felt and appreciated IA, Az o oTet
ion highly II ,s the desire of the News 10
improve tho material and pol!ttcsl conalno ,a
OF tho people. of Texas such tss'im nn,;r, 90
that Of Mr. Searlea IL thorouShy eneou' AK
ing--Galveston Newg
such testimony as that OF Mr. searles
Ia thoroughly encouraging!" 1t must be-
H. Ia possibly the first and only testimony
that has ever been adduced on the point
In questionable News efforts to bring the
undeveloped riches OF Texas and tho I'M
employed capital of tho North together!
1t is not surprising. therefore, that the
News feels like congratulating itself upon
1.-The good work that 1t has done TOT
Texas" since 1t has at last found Wit
ness who can testify to tho effects!
Tho ,nsolublc mystery to the Texas read
ers OF the News, however, will be the no.
cus-pocus by which the News people I'M
pressed Mr.. Searles with the idea that the
News had been pulling for Eastern cap
| ital for Texas. II Mr.. Searles made the
statements attributed to him, or compli-
| mented the News in the direction indi-
Gated. that very fact is proof positive that
Mr.. Searles has not been a close reader Of
the News for some years past. Either
that. or Mr.. Searles was good natured
enough to 90 out Of his way to present
tho News with a large package OF unde-
served taffy.
| For the Galveston News. whatever else
Il may lay claim to. can not, without an
exhibition Of the purest impudence. Insist
that 1t has done anything within the past
| few years to encourage the investment of
Northern capital In Texas or to Improve
the political condition" In this State. II
! any one agency In this section on the other
hand, has contributed chiefly to scare cap
ital away from Texas that agency has been
the Ncws
| II to insist that our laws we're inimcal
to capital and that our legislation was in
the hands of hair-b Drained demagogues who
| were inspired by no other motive than to
hamper capital and annoy investors; II to
contend that the dominant party was an
! archistic and soclalistic and in consc-
| quonce give its support to gangs of political
FREQ lances and adventurers; II TO charge
| that the affairs OF State and the great In
| tercsts of the people were being selfshy
and corruptly administered by q great
| State ring. entailing extruyaganee in gov
ernment affairs and imposing unnecessary
burdens upon the people--if Co publish
criticisms such as these repeatedly upon
men and conditions in Texas be to invite
outside capital into the State, and bring
the 'undeveloped riches OF the section
into touch with unemployed Northern
money" then Mr.. Senrles Compliment"
to the News was we'll placed and the News
is entitled to feel thoroughly encour-
aged,n
! II is not uncommon to md newspapers
making extravagant claims as to what they
have done, but II Is rare to see n paper
deliberately siapping the intelligence OF Its
readers In tho face. SO to speak. rs does
the Galveston News when II stultifcs itself
| BY insisting that Il has been working for
the material interests OF Texas while Will
| flying the State and slandcring its Admin
| istration!