The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-10
THE PASSING THRONG.

Mr.. George Matthews, an attorney mt
Nacogdoches and former mayor of the
town, is in the city. Mr.. Matthews has
many friends in Houston and when ne
comes to the city they usually take a
day off to show him good time.
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Colonel /. d. Polk of Beaumont was
visitor in Houston yesterday. Colonel
Polk. who is Interested in Southeast Texas
rice lands. says the splendid rice crop
of this season will be a great factor in
bringing Eastern and Northern people
into the rice region of Texas. I'm tact,
they are already coming" said Colonel
Polk. land look for considerable num-
Der of them later. The rice industry Is
prosperous and is rapily becoming one
Of the States big money making crops.
Judge N. A. Cravens Of Austin, pri .
waite secretary to Governor Sayers, spent
last night in the city. The Judge was
impressed with the lively aspect of bus
mess in Houston. remarking to Post
reporter that Houston has liselier air
than any town visited by him recently
Speaking OF the late election, Judge
Crayens said the result was not a great
surprise to him, but he was rather sur
prised at the way Lhe election went N
New York City. since the democratic
leaders had confidently claimed that they
would carry the city for Bryan by $4,000
TO 90, 600 plurality. He believed, however,
that Tammany did not really support
Bryan. "ls has been frequently charged
in New York" said Judge Cravens, that
there was collision between Croker and
Plat 10 the end that the republicans
should have all the pie this time. in
! consideration for which the democrats
will fall heir to the patronage OF New
York City again--or rather, that Tam
many will dispense the patronage"
"of all the absurd rot that has been
printed about the Galveston storm" said
Mr.. II. c. Alton at the Bristol hotel
yesterday, II am inclined to think that
the very worst is volume which has
recently made it appearance and which
bears the title The Complete Story o.
the Galveston Disaster. Written by the
Survivors, 1t would be difficult Il
imagine how more inaccurate collec'
hiion of pipe dreams could have been got
ten together. People who were never
heard of In Houston or Galveston are
quoted as authorities and the inagina
tion OF the individual responsible fol
the volume has been called on to fur
nsh the rest Of the slush with which
the book Is filled. Even the pictures ar
the worst sort OF absuTdities. Notwth.
standing the fact that there have beer
taken and placed on the market mum
Der Of read photographs sufficient to fl
several volumes, the pictures used in tn
book | speak of are nothing more nor les
than drawings made by persons who IN
doubtedly never saw Galveston and VIII
had absolutely no conception Of the con
ditions existing there, The book Is sim
ply filled with silly misstatements an
II Is evident that no one who had an
knowledge of the happenings in Calves
ton during and after .he storm had any
thing 10 do with its publication.
The worst of It IS ttat this boo
in only one OF many None Of thos
! which have yet appeared so far have an
real merit to recommend them but thai
of course, will not prevent their bein
disposed OF in large numbers to unsus
, pecting innocents in other parts of Tn
3 country"