The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-26
THERE WAS NO TAvoRrTIsM.


1t may have been true that the msgnl-
tude Of the catastrophe at Galveston
caused the suffering and necessities Of
other points TO be for time overlooked
by the relief committees, but it is ALSO
d fact that the committees we're always
prompt TO send add to these outside locali-
ties when their claims were directly pre-
scented and the means OF reaching them
We're at hand.
In recent issue of the Beaumont Jour-
nal something like a public expression
was given to reflections and CRITICISMS
that have been heard in this city and
elsewhere n private for a week or so past.
The journal says;
An lnconspicuous dispatch In this morning 5
Post says: 1T Is impossible to describe the
destruction wrought by the storm In the Vi
entity Of Rosenberg. and no ono can imagine
the suffering the people there have had to 80
through with. Hundreds are homeless and are
forced 20 lay out on the prairie on "A little
straw. Notwithstanding they are manned aud
bruised and In many instances racked with
burning fevers. II is Known that owing to tn,
impossible condition Of the roads and other
drawbacks several families had 10 20 from the
night OF the storm until last Sunday, one
week, without food other than a few raw
potatoes. In the same Issue Of The pos
there are eulogies and vivid descriptoss oil
the relief that is pouring into Galv4 on
Train loads and ship loads OF food medicine
and dsinfectants are being hurled to Tia,
sufferers on the island while Physicians ant
sraintd nurses are volunteering to dress
wounds and nurse the sick. why Is thi;
thus? Are the people Of Galveston more hui
man than those living elsewhere
II can not be justly said that the pres
or the relief forces felt that Galveston
was entitled to precedence in the dis
trib@lon OF charity, or the extension o
aid, because the people were worthle
there than elsewhere. or more human.
The horror was so much greater there
the number Of sufferers 50 much la -ge
and the threatening conditions so mucl
worse, that naturally the public atten
ton was more directly fixed upon tina
quarter The larger calamity for tn,
moment overshadowed the lesser ones.
Recognizing that this would be tn
case, The Post, as it's files Will show
on two or three occasions in leading cd!
torials urged the relief workers TO lool
after the Small towns" and farms
that had been stricken by the storm
and not to allaw Galveston to monopoll
attention. On one occasion, at least
these warnings and appeals by The Pos
were directly called to the attention o
the general committee and were immed
lately needed, The Post feels espec all
gratified in looking back over the con
fusion and excitement OF tho past tn,
weeks that 1t Id not forget these out
side sufferers nor fail to print every ap
peal in their behalf which came to II.
But any criticism OF the general com
mittee that they discrlmlnated in the s
trlbutlon OF relief where their attenu
was called TO suffering, or that they wer
disposed to overlook tho isolated CTS
except in the hurry and excitment O
the moment, would undoubtedly he un
just The helping hand was extende
promptly IN every direction as soon as n
cry for help was located That man
have been passed is possible but II /.
it was an error OF the head and not
the heart and was simply an uuayo!dasl
incident OF existing conditions.