The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-22

was adopted the people OF the State had
thought very little about the matter OF OK
pansion. They have been dcins great deal
of thinking since that time.
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The editor OF the Orange Leader. Mr.. Chas.
NJ. Rein. Ia somewhat OF poet and his writ
Inss show that he Is the posscssor OF a, CON
siderable amount OF talent In this direction
MIR. Ren's effusions are always read Win
a great deal Of Interest. and his poems on the
different seasons are particularly looked for
ward TO with pleasure. The public has been
patiently waiting for tho Orange mans poem
on winter and at last 1t has made It's ap-
pearance. It is short and sweet. and The
Post reproduces IL below;
The colds Winds OF winter move dismaiiy on
with q whistling moan through tine PINE as,rs
As chill sneaks along up our spine
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The holiday number Of the San Antonio
Light was issued last Sunday and. not unlike
similar editions OF this enterpr!sns afternoon
paper. was splendid publication. There are
twenty pnges OF choice reading matter and
attractive ads, and the two outside cover
pages are beautiful creations OF art color
work.
What n pity 1t is that Congressman Bailey
is teetotally opposed to both expansion ana
needed in the south's business and the early
and big development OF Texas.-Dallas Timos-
Herald.
Tho Times Herald knows very we'll that y
misrepresents Mr.. Bailey in the above. Mr..
Bailey is not opposed TO the building of the
Nicaragua canal, but he ia opposed to any
jobbery in the transaction.
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Galveston and Houston, In their quarreling.
should remember that while shipping point
is indispensable 10 the world commerce,
ply something to ship. That Kansas cry
and st. Louis are interior towns does noI
detract from their value as mnnufacturins
and packing places With Houston the In
dustral center she deserves to be, owing TO
her location and Galveston the port Houston's
enlargement would make her we see no rea-
son why the Ratchet should not be burieu.--
Calvert Chronicle.
Bless you we've buried the Ratchet. some
time ago. But The Post reprints the above
and offers IT as quiet tip to the thoughtful
men of Houston. 1t is going to require some
thing besides deep water to make Houston
great city. Our people have an object
Galveston has had deep water for two years
or more.
Representative Bynum of Indiana was
hero in the estimation Of his democratic asso-
cates in congress in the Reed campaign. when
he calmly accepted the reprimand which the
republican house visited upon him as badge
of honor. But Bynum has been out OF CON
gress and out OF harmony with the dominant
element of his party for several years anu
"a, kln fn NIL rte n
jibes from the democratic press. Recently
he was appointed appraiser at New YORK with
a salary of 1880 a year and is presumed to
be feeling quite comfortable.-San Antonio
Express.
Thus another wall! Bynum betrayed his
party In ls96-sold 1t out--and has received
his pay in an appointment from the republi-
can president Whether he feels comfortable
or not is another question. The senate has
to pass on his case.
The Houston Posts sarcastic attack upon
the mosquito feet" as 1t designates the
country press, has been manly and ably
answered by the Livingston Local, the paper
that The Post singled out as target As
little as The Post thinks about 1t, the
mosquito fleet" will have blamed sight
more weight in politics next year thnn Tho
Post VIII. since that sheet has set itself up as
dictator and no longer serves the good pur-
pose of factor or an organ OF democracy
Nooogdoches Phone.
Editor Haltom Is too intelligent 10 believe
that The Post has cast any slur on the coun-
try press. Because The Post occasionally
takes occasion to resent misrepresentation
by individual newspapers is no good ground
upon which TO charge this paper with eyinc-
ing any disrespect for the country press as
whole. No daily newspaper in the country
appreciates it's country contemporaries more
than The Post, and Its record Will show that
no paper has treated them with more consider
alton. And the idea that The Post has at
tempted to play the role of dictator" is
ridiculous.