The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-01
NOTE AND COMMENT.


NOTE AND COMMENT.
Tbs administration eapanstol policy
.nIeatens TO cause as serious a division In
tna republican party as wac, created IN the
scr2 OF the ahIcst republican leaders In beth
mousse OF couEres, are u opcl hostility 70
,ae prf ,.d s on tais issue and fl ts hard
TO be recoueiled. Speaker Reed. In his con-
Sertaiicn with his fellow men,ters does not
Wit and ,ssrcasm upon the iinperialists and
senator Hosr grows more aud mere severe
In, his attacks upon them. YESTERDAY Mr..
brightest republican on the floor OF the house.
made very bitter attack upon the president
and created such scene is is rcIaom wit
messed in congress. There are MANY Other
prominent republicans In congress and out
Of It who arc hostile TO the Standardization
and appear to be In no mood fer pagacaton
| The republicans used to teunt President
Cleveland with having team OF wild h rises
TO drive 1t seenrs that President Mckinley
is afflicted with similar. II not a worse.
misfortune. II the republicans are 20 10
iLto next years campaign with Il solid front
end united purpose. they wlll have 1ooi
dta! OF making up to do In the meantime.
atlanta journal.
And what is worrying tho administration
MANAGERS worse than anything else is tho fact
that many OF the vealthy class. these whom
Mark Hanna blcd for funds with which to
dcbauoh the country in 1895. are liable to
Re oil the other side" That Is the alarm
ing featurs OF the situation to Mr.. Hanna
| and his associates-and well 1t may be.
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Thsre is considerable talk Of constitu.
t!onal convention to revise the State GO ,gti-
SoSsh Of Of a hs state Is Thih the WIT H.
sen s Of the Subject whsa tie esdsne e1 Is
all presented tho people can be reli d on
for their best interasfs -RoyyiB
Gross Timbers.
This Is in line with what The Post has
been suggesttng--a calm and fair discussion
and then leave IL to the psople. But there
BIO those who think the people can not be
trusted to say what they do or do not want.
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Governor Culberson. the outgoing governor
OF Texas. has sent to tho legislature OF that
State document which may be termed u
review of his administration. Briefly. 1t is that
| in four years prize fighting has been abolished
b. Texas: the antl-tasss Law has bs s s,,s-
roads s has Ersatly reduced the burdens OF
hsPs At eG sr ssnss ar S G IN q h. sSa
| treasury. the appropriations have been cut
down more than sl,ooo.o09 below those Of four
years ago. and the total bonded debt is but
s.. Soi, $500 ell of which. save sT3o,9e0 Is held
by the, permanent school fnnd. To, university
and other special funds. -S Grsat State is that
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Yes. great Is Texas; but what Is best about
It Is that the State has been blessed with
good government and wise executive drec-
ton.
Come Texas newspapers say the State IS
without libel law. Fact Is. they don't know
| what they arc telbing about The Houston
What purports 70 be libel law. What the
! Tezas press really wants e a law that gives
Il protection for telling the truth.-MerSaT.
I News.
| Now you've got it right. You state the
! whole thing in a very few lines when you
say that what tho responsible newspapers
| ant is law to protect then, when they
tell the truth In good faith aud without NAL
ice Just this. and rothing moro.
This Houston Post as paper for the people
Is one OF the best In tho South but the make
" sometimes become tter VIZ tbe gaS
ernor's message. an advertisement OF Cham-
bsrloln's collie cure. etc. OF course The Post
don't mean to infer that these remedies would
BIZ needed after reading the governors mes
pagc--Hcarro Democrat.
OF course II don't. The truth is. the bust
ness manager has got into tho habit of help
| Ing to edit Tho Post.
Ilghty-one pages of Tbs. Houston Post of
last Wednesday were filled with1the delln-
qJent tax list of Harris county. That tells
rad story OF exploited booms. Calhoun County
News,
Not at ALL Houston has never had boom
to DO exploded, The advertisements referred
10 were for unpaid taxes running back some
thirteen years. II they indicate any particular
tbng II is a fatty system or collecting taxes.
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II Savers will give us as good an admins
tratlon as Culberson did we will have no room
ter complaints Herald.
II matters not how good an executive man
may make there Is always room for Improve.
ment by his successor which opportunity
comes with the experience OF time aud prog
ress.
The Post will do exceedingly we'll II II
should decide TO hereafter hlus pencil air. Ed
WARDS disparasing remarks concerning the
iuol OF the great masses OF the American
people, Colonial William Jennings Bryan.
BEING aeknowitdged by the heaviest and best
men on both sides TO be one Of the most con-
kn3wn, Mr. Bryan can probably be depended
Oh TO know and do that which Is best for his
party and himself. Lsts help hinl--not try 10
pull him down.--Caldwell News Chronicle.
IN noting tho fac. that some democrats al
Washington disagree with Mr. Bryan In the
matter OF confirming the Paris treaty, Tue
Post correspondent Is not attempting TO pull
MI Bryan down. He would BIO the last man
TO engage In such an effort. Our Caldwell
contemporary mistakes the man and bis pur-
ptse.
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