The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-08
THE GOVERNOR AND HIS vEToEs.

1t to some very silly conclusions at times /
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THE GOVERNOR AND HIS vErOEs.
Governor sayers' vetoes Of the railroad |
consolidation bills passed by the legisla-
ture have raised this plain issue-whsther
or not constitutional provisions and other
great considerations against corporation I
Entertainments in Texas upon the public I
interests, shall be maintained in behalf OF ,
the people at large. or set aside In favor
of the railroads?
1t begins TO look now as II there we're
great rush Of the representatives and
friends OF the railway corporations to Aus
tin at the beginning of the session with
the determined purpose Of getting what
ever they might want that the legisla-
ture could grant Some OF the measures
asked for may have had merit In them,
and OF such character as to benefit GER
tain localities, but instead OF going about
their business in the proper way and with
due regard to the constitutional provisions
relating to the matter, an aggressiveness
and an arrogance have been exhibited by
this railroad lobby at the State capital
that would, II it could, roughly override
even popular interest and beat down
~. a,,ta nntg he cob
1t has been fortunate for the State that
Il has had a governor on guard who was
brave enough and honest and strong
enough to call halt to this arrogant spirit
and invoke the aid OF the veto power in
the protection OF the publlc's interests.
1t is not singular. In view OF the power
full and resourceful corporations on the
other side. eble to command talent and
manipulate public opinion to a large ex-
| tent. that the governor has been subjected
TO criticism from certain sources for his
| fearless action, or that talk OF passing the
| bills over his veto has been plentiful and
defiant No official In these days can do
aught to thwart the purposes of great cor
porations or oppose their Entertainments
without being marked for abuse from GER
tain quarters. Happily. however, In the
interest OF honest government and the peo-
ple such abuse only adds TO the strength
of the official with the masses and renders
his career all the brighter in the end.
!. The vetoes OF the consolidation bills
should be sustained because they announce
strong constitutional and other valid rea-
sons against these various steps toward
, railroad monopoly. The efforts being made
by the roads to wipe out distinct line!
q and concentrate their management. have
tho tendency to place Texas in as unfor
tunate and helpless position as the Stat
OF California In a case here and there
the bills may be safely reframed to NEE
: are to become laws It should only be afte
they have been made perfectly satisfactor!
e TO the executive. To pass single on
t of these measures over the veto would b.
! not only to discredit aud humiliate tn
governor OF the State. but to slap the peo
pie In the face who put Governor Sayer
In office and still have implicit confidence
i in his intelligence, his fidelity to the con
stitutlon and his devotion to the bcst In
. terests of Texas.
: The Post has always maintained that tn
o railroad and other corporations in tn
n State should be treated with justice. but |
has never approved OF tendencies towar
monopoly, nor hesitated to denounce OF
forts to override the constitution and tn
i laws. or the publlc's valid objections. 4
5. order to confer special privileges upon til
: few or render the corporations stronge
= against the masses,
! To discredlt the States chief executiv
e and rccglcssly sweep away his coustltu
1t tionai objections to these measures in be
d half of monopoly, by passing the variou
h
in grants over his vetoes, would be a costl
!, "a surrender to corporate influences in Texa,
=, and The Post does not doubt for moner
ne that the people would httinEly rehukc IN
be '''"N0 :"
ne surrender at the proper time
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