The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-08
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

| am persuaded that no constitution was ever
before so we'll calculated as ours for eSteasye
were hers today ho would be told that he
could not participate in democratic primary,
For there are young men ~ TINS country
I who know much more about the meaning
and intentions of the constitution than Madi-
son and tho men who made 1t knew Dallas
News.
No man hss been rend out Of the demo
cratic party. nor in any way ostracized. be
cause OF his views on expansion, and the
News constant federation along this line Ia
simply foolish. 1t ia not certain that Mr..
Madison used the language put In his mouth
by tho News but II he did it is reasonably
sure that he had in contemplation no such
conditions aa those now confronting the
American people.
Somebody said Senator Chiffon refused to
meet Congressman Bailey because there was
no issue between them. But what n change
has now come over the spirit of their dreams.
Mr.. Chiffon may have been sensible from
personal standpoint In declaring there were
no issues between them, but he was forced
TO net into tho ight by his friends at Fort
Worth He did this. too before his news
papers had got done prasing him for re-
fuslng 10 meet Bailey. II looks as II there
are issues between them Of vital Importance,
and the people must decide between issues
and not men Georgetown Commercial
After reading Senator Chllton's Dallas
speech one win conclude that there nre quite
n number of differences between the two dis
tinguishd gentlemen; or, at any rate, that
Senator Chiffon thought SO when he was max
ing that speech
Bailoy's rehearsal of his woes at Galveston
would he pathetic N 1t was not so funny. In
TO two Then he claimed that they voted
down tho Declaration OF independence and
the constitution. According TO Bailey, only
himself and Congressman Cooper, out of
the seven. believed In tho Declaration of In
dependence ana tho constitution. It's really
/ funny Bailey can't seemingly understand
! that II was himself and his gau2y motives
tho committee voted down.-Texas Farmer.
! 1t was charged at the time, and has been
since, that there was combination gotten
I'M among certain politicians chiefly to hu.
initiate and down" Bailey rather than to
get a correct expression of the convention,
and tho closing sentence of tho above from
Texas Farmer gives at least some color TO
the charge.
The candidates who aspire to public honors
on the anti expansion plea next year VIII
be running on dead issue We have already
expanded az Old Dave Culberson says, and
! tho only question open now is what sort OF
government congress proposes TO devise for
the Philippines. They should be given the
accorded other Territories of tho United
States, pending their ultimate fitness to be
admitted MS States.-San Antonio EXPRESS.
Tho Express is n trihe holder than Its inn
rerialistic contemporaries. 1t will he noted
from the above that the Express advocates
taking in the Eiilpinos as full hcdged cti.
zens of this country.
~
Tho East Texas News, which was published
at Palestine for so long. and then discon-
tinued for time. has been revived at that
place. Mr.. T. w. Trelford is the publisher
of tho News
| The time has now arrived for the country
press to begin spoutinE "dversihcation. and
advising the farmers what TO plant, how 10
farm etc, The farmer will 90 on, however,
and plant lust much cotton as he wants
10. Some of these or-farmers are handles
and could not tell you which is the mother
OF the chicken-the hon that laid the egg,
or the ono that Matched lt.-Bryan Pilot.
| OF course. the farmer is not bound to
follow the advice given by the newspapers to
diversity crops. and any number OF them will
not do so. but will so on in the same old
'oue crop" rut knowledge of the minute
details Of farming is not necessary in order
to know that 1t is best for the farmer to
practice diyerslhcation. but common sense
/
enough TO convince them that tho farmer
who dverslhes is the successful one. and
they are doing what they consider their duty
in preaching diversihcation.
~
The Eagle Lake Advertiser is working for
an exhibit for Eagle Lake and Colorado
county ut the Festival in this city next week
| The Advertiser says
| Nothing so far has been accomplished to-
wards having this section of Colorado county
rerresenttd at tho Houston Fruit. Flower
ton. December II to l6. 1899. In the mean
| time other adjacent counties are collecting
their exhibits and arranging 10 have them
forwarded TO Houston, where by being at
Iuaotively displayed they will invite the at
tention OF all visitors to the section In which
they were grown.
And again that:
There, is absolutely no reason why the
lottdtable exhibit at the Houston Fruit
Flower and Vegetable Festival This seq
ton will produce prolticslly greater variety
OF products than any other portion of Texas
but capitalists seeking Investments are not
supposed 10 have an intuitive knowledge Of
this condition
Eagle Lake and Colorado county should
certainly be represented at the Festival. II
this section can do all that the Advertiser
claims for 1t. the outside world should know
'ut anu al tNuiolt at the FESTIVAL Is
about thu best possible method OF advertis-
ing Its pos sbilities.
~
The American people would not tolerate
the idea OF forobe annexation in violation
| of distinct and we'll understood pledge and
any contrary opinion is utterly absurd San
Antonio Express.
| What the people will do and what the
present Federal administration is aiming to
do. may be two different propositions. but
| 1t can be remarked right here that the Es-
press is earnestly and persstently support
| ing the administration policy II may be
| remembered. too. In this connection, that it
| has been hut a few months since President
Mckinley was preaching eloauently about
'foreible annexation" of the Philippines beug
"criminal aggression" not to bs tolerated, -
| etc.
| Nearly four years ago the Times, Herald
warned the democratic party that II II mad
| the l6 to idea an issue aud Incorporated
| IL into ITS platform, II would be overwnelm-
| ingly defeated And that is Just what did
happen. The Times Herald now again warns
| the democratic party that II II fights expan-
| sion and under tho Bryan aud Bailey lead
| II will be beaten next year more disastfousiy
Than i was three years ago.-Dallas Times
| Herald.
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