The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-05
EXCHANGE INTERvIE VS..

EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.
No town is ever beyond he help Of It's clti-
zens.--Terrell Transcript.
This statement must be taken with some
caution. II Is possible for citizens Of com
| munity to sleep over their chances and de.
PEND on natural advantages and wait for
things TO come their way" while wide
awake hustlins rivals in other towns arc
forging ahead until at last there is no help
for the aforesaid parties OF the frst partl
There is such thing as town SHINING away
Its days Of grace
The Advocate has solenmly assaulted the
democracy OF The Houston Post. That set
| ties the whole matter Tho Post will no
| doubt quietly fold Its tents and silently
| steal away II can never survive the shock.
Palestine Visitor
The Posts democracy needs no defense in
this good state Of Texas. where II is known
of all men. but there are people IN every
4 community. you know who feel that they
are the elect and that all who may fail to
agree with them or refuse to advocate the
same men for office are auathcma matanatha !
Some Of this class sometimes amuse them
selves attacking The Post. but the diversion
is harmless.
| How is the idea Of bee culture looked upon
In Burleson county? In other words. how
many men have bee hives ana raise honey
| for their use? Only few. 1t must be ad-
mitted. and yet there is no reasonable eS-
| cuse for such n condition. Caldwell News
| Chronicle.
Few things can beat good honey. and the
Texas farmer can Just as well have all OF II
he needs and and ready sale for the sur
plus. It is in these little by-products, or
side lines." that tho ready money is OBJ
talned by the farmer and his profits really
| made
It's the young men OF the country who are
vitality interested in the outcome OF cleo
| TONS State and National, and the young men
should study the leading issues and platforms
Of tho coming campaign from selfish stand
point. The legislation OF tho next few years
can affect but little the men past the merd-
ian OF life. but II can make or mar the careers
that arc vet In their incancy.--Dallas iimea-
Herald.
litcal issues In this country and tho prac-
teal management Of our great interests are
determined at last by a mass OF men who
are little vcrsed in the theories OF govern
ment. the history of nations. or the prob
lens of political economy. What the ma
iority OF our people know In a political way
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sorpton." We are coming to that enlarged
National life where II politics in its higher
and better sense is not taught the rising
generation OF tho Nation. We must grad
ually surrender the practical determination
) Of our domestic and foreign policies to the
: few. as is the case in Europe. Education. In
political science as otherwise is the safest
dependence for the perpetuity of democratic
government.
In the opinion of the supreme court. Texn,
manages to manage the. trusts without any
particular difficulty. Yet the republicans
tel US that the United States Is powerless to
do so without an amendment to the con
sttution-which with postpone all real con-
sideraton OF the question until after the eloc-
ton this fall. Taylor Tribune.
What We need Ia not so much an amend.
ment to the constitution nor even additional
United States statutes, as an attorney gen.
| oral In Washington and president who have
not been bought and paid for by the pluto.
: cratic interests OF the Nation. We have go
the laws II we had the men to execute them
/ Griggs' administration OF the department o
Justice has been by turns farce and
stencil
The little towns Of West and Itasca. enrl
about half tho size OF Marlin. have sub
scribcd enough to build cotton mill al
2 each place with cotton mill and this
other enterprises already secured Marlin
would be right in it.-Marlin Democrat.
The cotton mill IS all rignt--thc more o
them tho merrier--but there has been nj
better place than here, nor time than now
TO remark that thoro are other industrial en-.
terprises demanded by the situation in Texa,
than big cotton or wooden mills, Every coun-
! u, 81 = Ia
B go into the small Industries" aud make NJ
raw material from adjacent territory int
articles of common use Then we ought tC
have n large number of canning factories. L
YOU can't get cotton mill go after some
thing else in an industrial way
~
A large delegation of Boer agents are com
ing to the United States carrying q nloa from
o President Kruger TO President Mckinley II
the interest of the Transyaal republic. Thi'
will determine how much domination the
English government has upon the present re-
, publican administration, Bowie Blade.
Not exactly that rcrhaps. hut rather thu
supreme Indifference toward and utter alb
Z sence OF sympathy OF the republican admin
= istration with people struggling for inde
g pendence, As We are putting down some AS
y pirations for National existence aud indie
e pendenco in the far East we could hardly
. receive the Boer agents without lot o
cheeky Inconsistencies
y
When the people have reached the position
: that they positively refuse TO rebuke officials
{ for misdeeds they shave passed the plac'
whore the danger signal will do any pood
They are too near the cataract TO reach then
, with life line. They are flying TO slavery
and I'VE st forWs ot mc~nrchV Tn V car
be amused, but not instruetcd,-Tompl
! Times,
0 The American peoplo stand more misgov
= eminent than even the citizens OF Euro.eai
: monarchies. There usurpatlon or disregard
of nopular rights means revolutions; here VI
are beginning 20 Wow almost any violation
of tho constitution with complacency. Tn
Post said in 1896 that TO indorse Hannaisn
would ombolden the republicans 10 reckless
ness and the administration policies sine
have justified that warning. To refuse 4
rebuke" the marty in power this fail viii
come very close 10 abandoning our OLE
forms and traditions 81 government!
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SOME POsTsCRtPTs.