The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-07

tioui This view o. President Hute5insou
Conforms strictly to hose o. VT. Huntrstoh
aad Mr. Hubbard As expTtssed ia recent les-
terH aud interTirwf i, "a not the southern
Pactne basinc8s and concentration Of later
erts that Galseston has obtained. but proper
ton OF them This II Inc bottom fact. AFTER
al. !, has bsen put simply on an equal root
l-s IN the future. so far as the Southern fa-
cinc is concerned with Sabine. Aransas and
Houston in Bidding for the business OF the
Texas lines OF the system. II u subject 10
CONGRATULATIONS TO that extent. but It has no
crcasior 10 crow over others. nor is II time
tc talk of reducing other points 70 "whistllns
sts,ions:''
The charge SO freely made IN Galveston That
Houston and The Post were Fighting Hunting
tons going 10 Galveston is based on mis-
representation OF the sentiment here 10 the
premises Il was the way Of his going tia;
Was objected To- II the Huntington grant bill
bad been properly amended so as TO allow
railway and wharf competition at Galveston.
rc one would have said. nor could have said,
word in opposition. Houston has felt the
effect Of wharf monopoly. 10 which the city
OF Galveston Is financially interested, at Gal
weston. The harges which the Houston people
used TO send down the bayou with cargoes
which were transferred at the ships side IN
Galveston bay were denied that privilege
| without paying eSofhitant charges to tbs
wharf monopoly. The special terms OF the
grant 10 Huntington have not broken bu,
strengthened the monopoly. and il was this
tie perpctuation OF monopoly, against which
Houston protested. II was an objection based
upon the general publcs interests as against
Special privileges TO one road. Galveston can
for time enjoy whatever 1t imagines II has
obtained by this acquisition. but when 1t dis
covers. after few years as the great com
merce OF tho West comes In constantly in
tc;easing volume this way. tha, It has com
peiled competing railways to seek other terini-
Eals in the Texas coast country. and utilize
the deep water OF Houston. Texas City, We
lasco, Port Arthur and Arkansas. It will begin
10 dawn upon It that 1t acted with a good
deal Of haste only TO repent at leisure.
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The Houston Post advocates the building
/ OF factories. railroads and the projection ol
| other enterprises In Texas and at tiia same
1 time Il favors legislation which so hampers
! large enterprises they can not do business in
the State.
| The above hoary old chestnut is from the
] AEAh5 fftoIkiHHu anu winch pubul ~
be ashamed to perpetrate such palpablt
! gag on its intelligent readers. Clap-trar
dtuuuciatlon OF Texas laws by Texas papers
AID politicians has done more to keep capital
/ out OF Texas than all the fool Jaws ever passed
| by the State legislature-and that is saying q
| good deal The laws referred to by these
calamity howlers are not objected to by hon
est capital, as the owners OF II recognize that
/ Trey are for their protection. They may keep
out scalawags with robbing schemes. but that
it Just what they were intended to do and
the room Of these gentry is greatly preferred
to their company by the people of Texas
Karnes County News
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The bill TO create libel law is stiIl hung
up In the Texas legislature, with small pros
poets OF its final enactment. There VIII be no
fair and just libel law passed by any Texas
( legislature as long as the democrats control.
| They have neither appetite nor inclination to
4 have the calcium turned on their siuuous
methods; ergo they NAY be depended on to
| defeat any measure when promises TO give to
the press free utterance and honest express
sion.-San Antonio Light
The above Is the republican view of the
situation,