The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-21

whipped OF the law is the criminal recogni
ton OF idiotic technlcalites and the general
tendency Of the courts to yIcarIous hair-split-
ting. Tine statutes need a great deal OF prun-
Ing, the practice requires wholesale modihco-
ton. and the general character Of the Judi
ciary demands healthy elevation. Lawyers
rather than politicians should be placed upon
the bench. ard a Judges tenure OF office. Just
as In any other business matter. should de-
pend upon his honesty and ability In the dis
charge OF his duties.
II is so seldom that our bloated contem-
poraries OF the East find time TO pay even a
qualified compliment to Texas. that It makes
The Post feel good to copy the following from
Lcslie's Weekly.
! The State OF Texas. through its legislature,
is putting m record, once and for all, It's I'M
utterable opposition 20 division OF that mag
niheent commonwealth. u y the Lone ssar
ana capable OF sustaining I5,VOO,OOO persvns
without tho slightest difficulty 1t is the
largest State and II proposes TO retain that
diatinctlon to the end.
/ We congratulate Texas! May It ever remain
great and glorious. one and indlvislble the
htate Of fighters and Of square feet; Of his
I tory and hogs Of courage aud cattle; of
whisky and wheat: Of live men and Hive stock
OF good law and hard lauor OF brave men and
noble women; Of fresh air and free farms
Of statesmen aud Etockmen. nf sorghum and
snakes of preachers and prairie dogs o.
politics and pecans; of hsrbo-s and health.
( Imperial Texas, Tho greatest gateway to
the greatest gulf. and the widest open door
to tho emGrant and the capitalist on the
face OF Code earth. One of the Youngest and
one Of the greatest OF commemorative. an en-
Dire in itself with farm for every toller
and welcome for every honest man.
I Long may the noble flag Of the Lone Star
State curl in the balmy breezos of the gulf
/ We all take off our hats TO Texas!
The Rosiyn Sentinel has sent a reporter to
Washington State, and this is the picture he
draws Of editors everyday life In that
booming territory:
There are always those who will kick For
I instance, II you publish jokes with whiskers
on them. some VIII say you ought to be in a
lunatic JOINT. If you don't print something
TO smile at, they say you are a pessimistic
fossil. III you spread yourself and write q
good, original article, they will say 1t Is
stolen. II you reprint an article, they say
! you cant write. II you say a deserving word
/ for man, you pre partial. If you compliment
/ the ladies. the men are Jealous. and II you
don't the verdict of the ladies is to the effect
/ that your paper Is not fit to use in the con-
/ struction Of a hustle, II you stay in your
! office, you ale afraid to remain on the streets
| If you don't. you are lazy. II you look seedy
! you are squanderlpg your money; II you wear
good clothes, you are dude and don't pay
\
I Kind and got stuck. you are FISH; II you win
you are tiuhorn; and so 1t goes through one
continual round of pleasant complications
~
/ The Luling Signal has passed into the edi-
torial hands of Mr., c. p. Walker and in Its
last issue 1t squarely takes tho bull by the
horns in the following logical deduction:
The extent to which trusts are growing is
becoming alarming indeed We can scarcely
PICK up newspaper without noticing an adj
vance in price along many lines, and when
wo begin to Investigate the cause we hnd that
a combne is the cause. Wealth is n good
thing when rightly used but when our men
Of wealth Sta eonspire kana combine to ,opptess
raising our voice in protest Give us William
jennings Bryan for president and some pru-
dent lawmakers and we will stop these com
bines.
Tho San DIEGO Sun, practical Texas pub
llction. ventures the opinion that:
Some OF the rest Of us might afford to be
! thumpcd mud knocked out ii by so doing we
could get sS55Sl as did Fitzsimmons, or even
a pittance Of sZ7,054, such as 1eifries received
Tor his mart in the mill II viii he noticed
incidentally that these brulsors do not follow
their profession solely for their health ana
fame.
! The Waco Times-H Herald puts on its think
ing cap and expresses the belief that:
I If the railway men Of Texas win lend rea-
sonable support to Misunderstanding Industries,
the progress OF the State will be marvellous
Dear sister, YOU can count upon the railway
men every time doing their level best for the
material interests of the State. 1t paws them
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