The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-01

(BY C. A. EDwARDs3

Washington, July 2o.-(staff special.)-
l note with some satisfaction that the
Philadelphia Inquirer has hoped gaily
astride OF my celluloid collar and proceeds
to give me sound 'cussin' out" for my
recent letter on the city OF Philadelphia
That was to have been expected II
had not heard the yelp OF the Inquirer
would have been woefully disappointed
and chagrined. 1t is the hit dog that al
ways gives vent to the howl. The balance
Of the pack simply get out OF the way ST.
lently.
The Inquirer is the personal organ OF
Quay and the machine that showed up
In my letter. 1t was to be expected that
It would come to the rescue of the people
who keep 1t on the face of the earth. The
editorial In question was written by man
who draws a salary of $500 a year as
member of the board of health, aud ne
also gets good salary as an editorial
writer on Quays organ. Why shouldn't
the paper and the man deny everything
that l charged in my letter? That's all
they did do Simply entered a general
denial Of few OF the specific charges
and dismissed the balance by calling me
an ass and driveler. That's easy. Any
body can come back at you with the
assertion that you are liar and an ass,
but that proves nothing
1t quotes a number of the charges that
made, but it does not answer them and
does not deny them. 1t says, for instance,
that the Pennsylvania railroad does not
mine "a single ton of anthracite COAL
Perhaps not, but what about the charge
as TO bituminous coal? 1t says nothing
on that score. The only reason that the
'Pensy' does not mine single ton OF
anthracite coal" is because 1t does not
run through the anthracite regions of that
State Those regions are the peculiar
property of the Reading railroad but ii
takes good care to make every ton of the
soft coal mined in that State pay tribute
to it, But l have no fight to make on the
| Pennsylvania railroad or any other rail
! road / merely stated facts as | saw
them and got them from the best informed
| people in the city OF Philadelphia.
II those people over there prefer to be
bossed by the railroads or by Mr.. Quay
it is none Of my affair. l merely wanted
the people of the State OF Texas TO know
how much better off they were than the
people of the boss ridden East,
~
The Inquirer tries to deny that Mr.. Qua!
has anything to do with any Of those bi.
city monopolies that are conducted by the
machine that has for years kept him ana
his henchmen In office. Well that Ii
what 1t is there for. II it did not come
to the rescue of the machine every time
it is attacked 1t would have to quit bust
ness 1t lives by the machine and is
therefore, compelled to hght the machine
battles. 1t Is the machine organ an'
spokesman in every fight that the machine
enters to grab franchise or put tn
screws down little tighter on the people
IL Mr., Quay does not own any OF the sto2l
! In any of these gigantic trusts that contro
the city, then why Is the paper OF MI
Wanamaker, which is snti-Quay cles
through, eternally fighting them all? Wh
l does this paper, the North American
! jump on this city machine and hamme
the eternal life out of ii and send som
of its henchmen to the penitentiary 70
fraudulent voting. If Mr.. Quay. its arch
4 enemy, is not interested in it? That pa
s per Is simply interested in killing Quayisr
in the city and the State, and one Of II
methods is to ascertain what the machin
Is doing and then hammer it to death 70
= the simple reason that the machine is
n Quay machine and MIR. Quay does not ru
u IL LOT MS nedlln.
My critic says that the charge tina
there Is a water trust Is very funny, an
r then goes ahead and admits all that
. said concerning it. said that there ha
: been bill passed by the city council I
appropriate the immense sum of $4,000
600 for the purpose Of putting in hltrat.o
S basins to cstensibly make better the pres
y ent vile water supply OF the city, Tn
e Inquirer admits 1t, but 1t does not say
word as to the charge that it is the ger
eral belief in the city of Philadelphia thu
}, the cost OF the filtration basins will
h only third of this sum and that tn
o balance of the money thus appropriate
will go into the pockets OF the gang.
see nothing very ludlcrous in that.
y 1t also lodges the charge that the pre-
y ent water system has already cost IL
Is people of that city over $20,000.00O ar
is now wholly inadequate to supply t.
city with the proper quantity and quali
s. of water. 1t also ignores the charge IN
III when the bill to get this huge ste
20 through was pending in the city coune
that the water supply was constant
growing worse, made so by the use o. hui
drcdges at work near the intake pipes
the water supply constantly stirring
=. to make it as vile as possible until q
cs people were ready to vote any old thiI
he in order to get half way decent waite
ne Yes. that's all very funny.
y, Neither does the Inquirer deny that q
'' the methods of the machine and OF Il
80 big industrial establishments in that ci
~ are conducted on the sweat shop" pri
-. ciple. In fact IL is the weakest defen
OF the gang that | ever saw an organ MAX
Oh 1t was up against hard game and 1t d
u the best Il could in the circumstances,
h" did exactly as does any man who
Is worsted in an argument, gets mad al
he calls his opponent a liar and an ass
81 The Inquirer has my sympathy Deten
hs ing Quaysm is the hardest work in 4
world
Ut The actions OF Mr.. WI Ting Fang, t
er Chinese minister 10 this country, are
- distinct compliment to the intelligen
.e- and the civilization he finds in this cou
ee try also the forbearance of the Peep
all Notwithstanding all The excitement tn
has ensued over the alleged outrages ii
u.s. have been perpetrated by the Chinese