The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-16
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

The Beers love of liberty is as strong as
that of our own revolutionary tathers whose
deeds OF vaor and suffering challenged the
admiration of the world and made the name
american" tho symbol everywhere for free
dom ana equality OF rights. This cruel and
unjust war in South Africa will soon be
stopped, for the American people are too lib
crty loving, too patriotic to see an unjust war
waRed on a weak nation Smithylle Trans
cript
This Is decidedly too complimentary to the
modern article OF American patriotism" and
love" Of liberty. BY what authority or In
what degree of consistency could the United
States order England to halt in South Africa
while our armed egions are carrying the flag
OF pure conquest through the Philippines?
Let Ms first pull the beam out of our own
eye, brother
For the big dniles not to notice us Is all
right. That's their business Hut when they
get to taking our thunder and giving some
We propose to kick Does The Houston Post
get the idea ?--McGrogor Weekly Herald
The idea is lucidly enough expressed but
The Post fails to recall the occasion Justify
ing It's application. The Post has long since
learned that with our interior friends such
nh ofense as Indicated is regarded as u crime
without beneht OF clergy, and has grown
cautions accordingly. Don't apply the Texas
libel law to us and convict us upon the mere
fact OF publication.
The great State of Texas has made no APP
propriGton for state eucpmpment OF its vol
unteer guards, and the adjutant general has
sent out circular letters to the officers urging
them to hold, w possible, reglmentAl or bat
talon encempments in such towns where the
citizens of the towns will pay the freight. Is
the state Of Texas a heGgar?-el Paso Times
No, only very rich old mossback.
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The ridiculous claim that 1.-THE democracy
has ropudiated the Galveston plank on eN-
pansion" when only twelve counties out of
maries is n bold ATTEMPT to hulldozo the op-
position to Mr., Bailey's uudemocratic. anti
expansion views and capture the State con-
vention on false pretenses.-Waco Times
Herald.
Each succeeding list Of primaries or county
conventions continues to demonstrate the
rocklessness OF such premature conclusions as
the Tlmes-Herald INDUCES It might PROVE
profitable for the Times. Herald to revise it's
figures every Sabbath morning before speak
ink Of ridiculous claims
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Don't attempt to put any obstacles in the
put your shoulder TO the wheel and help
push, remembering that anything which helps
the town helps you.--Rockport New Era.
There is class unfortunately in nearly
every community that appears to act on the
theory that anything that helps the town
robs them. Any town VIII grow rapidly
where all the people are intelligent and llb-
eral enough TO appreciate the fact that com
munity progress means general individual
progress
A carload of Texas axe handles were shipped
last week from Tcxarkana 10 Germany The
same Arm Is preparing 70 ship the same
amount 10 Sweden. Such things as this are
OF vast more Importance to Texas than the
kind OF platforms TO be adopted by the next
State conventions. johnson County Review.
TIE platforms arc necessary in their way
but It is undoubtedly true that VIC put good
deal OF time on them that ought to be ex
pendce on the making of axe handles and
Various other articles for which we have
the raw material at hand In wood work Of