The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-30
the RETIRING STATE oFficI
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AuatiD. Texas, january % o.. s
ago today there retired from a. 81.
vice Ave or tAe most efficient o,cs~Ss
ever managed the affairs ~ N.
Foremost among these md ocou,r,-
highest position was Governor f,h..,
| culbersou. Endowed with a 60.
.ality, polished by education.
frank, positive and quick u 49,
his whole ambition that Of do,,s
beneficial service 10 his peon,n ~
behind record for clcan. econo,rs.
mlristrat,op, niateri-i accpmnissr.
and ssryice worthily performed =.
by none OF his predecessors. II y. ~
! The Clarlssvillc Times recehtjv ~.
that when Culbersou walked dov vsr
granite steps OF the capitol iptn y
lite tho hest. sovcrnor Texas evsr
went ont OF office. In every detail \
manifold duties OF his position IL
| painstukins 70 a degree, and whencr
made an Official decision he was rssH5|
| defend the correctness of n m .s
of tho ground. Bold and fearIcss "'
expression or his policies thew ~. ~
neutrality-suspicious. approval bv tss = e.
He scemed not to await the ,cnssa!zRz
| the populace. but to formulate MI ~
upon correct ideas and so,ipd ,,,ss w.
and trust the good sense OF tho 49,
accept or reject them. III
| Equally fearless in the discharss Y
official duties was NJ. M. Crane. ,.,sss1}
general. Incorraptihle. Of tlne lessi
Ing and sound judicial discernns Z, ~
made the state an admirable attors.3 q;
/ eral. He, too, is hard worker. Z
| strong thinker. and In the sdmin,cj
| of his office showed himself the ~ n.
| any OF the legal fraternity OF III,
| His four years of service has bsSs zS|
| pleted with honor to himself ~ ~
benefit to the commonwealth which n D.
i resented. 4 AZ
Retiring from the administrator \, 4
school affairs of the State, Prof. ], II
Carlisle leaves most enviable recoft e
hind him. Familiar with every Az
the numerous duties of liis Office ~ 4
ly conyersant with the school systSS 4
the State, and possessing natural ~
fication for tho work his position entilId
he succeeded in bringing the public h ~
State to the highest point of.efadspts r.
obtained. s;$
| The land office of the State IL = y
been more efficiently Administered
under tho guidance OF CommissioSf
ker. or different mould from M
Cnlberson or Crane, ~ he had " r
pacity for hard and efficient work, NJ H
lieyed with them that the most scfd11
honesty should prevail in the adnl1f1
tion Of the peoples business n -
ficiently, rapidly and fairly and ubt1
known since the department sreW III 4
present Importance.
The other and fifth retiring oiftlf =
| W. B. Wortham-Bil Workman, smlj =
calls him. For eight years hs ke)f
States cash, and II a dollar Of thS ~
funds was ever misappropriated & II
verified from its proper fund 1t ~ ~
been discovered, and 1t is safe y +
WORKMAN never knew 1t. He dr.
his duties with rare fidelity, and u r
times when other States are lnot11
thousands OF the peoples money 4 + n
freshing to recall that under deue1
administration In this State for mon
twenty years not a dollar Of ~
funds have been stolen by-aer otat(u
trusted with their keeping.
It should be matter Of pride ~ 81
CIRCULATION to Texans that thsy - N
the citizenship of such men. Eea
ruptible officials. who with .ndeb9
form their public duties and witpeg
tentation or remorseful regrets r
private life and again take up tee4
as citizens, content in the knowieen
they have done their best and ~
work is approved by the people NJ l.!
have served. The acknowledgements
equals in point of ability. fidelity ~ la n
accomplished that Of the one retiu1{ -
Tuesday will merit the plaudits q
constituency and leave bright peea.
the history of tho State. ~ w