The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-24
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The Houston Post for months on the sly
and hnallv In the omen administered stab
and blow 10 Horace Chiffon. and now that
IT'S, purpose is ACCOMPLISHED It resumes its
nld gulse Of neacemakcr u cause the Times
Hrrald In advance Of the announcement thai
chiffon had withdrawn said that Baileys
triumph would be Hogs updong, The Post
says the Times-Herald evidently wished 20
stir IN ioulousies and conflicts. oh, the dear
rnocent Postl Factionalsm is In
eyitabe in n PARTY without opposition. The
ToNas democracy has always had its fac
Wher George Clark was IN he was the tar
get but when NJ dropped out tho old proce IS
OF dslntegratton set IN In the majority, and
this nght between Bailey and Chiffon was
Its manifestation. The Post took sides with
the Bailey faction.-waco Tlmes-Herald
As matter of fact The Post months ago
expressed its dlsapproval of efforts to stir
up tnmity between Hogg and Bailey. 1t
Is not true that "only now It is deprecatlns
such an attempt Of assuming the role OF
"peacemaker' and tho Times-Herald ought
to know this fact II II keeps M with current
politics as real newspaper should The
Post never stabbed" or fought Senator Chill
ton ION. the sly" The open and covert en-
nifty toward Mr.. Bailey on the part of many
papers and the utterly unjust things said
about him caused The Post to open It's coli
umns in his defense--that was the extent OF
the blow administered to Senator Chiffon.
Such Sly" enemies OF Mr.. Bailey as the
Times Herald were chiefly responsible for this
action by The Post II there be bitter"
enmty between Messrs Hogg and Bailey The
Post does not know lt-no evidences of such
hostilitS have come to tho public's knowl
edEe. and it is the Times Herald's effort to
no INN I'll, hat
tagonlsm exists and arouse factional dscord
in the democratic party. that The Post now
deprecates. 1t is poor policy and poor party
service TO "fan such enmities" and parade
them before the people--if indeed, thty
really exist. But tho Times Herald has
seemed to have such a mission" while pro-
Tossing fealty to the democratic party. II
the purpose is to become sensational merely
It IS equally renrshensIblo, "of course" thu
Times Herald's management is aware OF the
tactona fsht in the old George Clark days
It was with the Clark faction. md. In spite
Of It's present protestatlons and ostenta-
tious concern for regularity, the suspicion
will creep in that II would stll rather see
iactonal struggle in the party. that before
| ulumphed over it's opposition. than that COM
plete harmony and perfect accord among the
leaders which alone bring peace and success
As party" PAPER. now. the Times Herald
should rather pour oil on any troubled party
waters which it may discover than fan them
into atempeste
~
| Tho announcement has been made that
line OF steamers is TO be put on the Red Sea
! as business venture, No casualties are eX-
pected frcm vessels sinking Exchange
! Tho old saving that nothing can sink In
f.the Red Sea. because II is so strongly Inn
fnrcgnsted with salt has recently been proven
bv travellers In that country 20 be untrue
Fioresville Chronicle.
| Does our Floresyille contemporary forget
that impressive spectacle OF ancient times
when Pharaoh and his hosts took plunge
TO the bottom Of the Red Sea? Or is il a
| fact that the editors chirography is so bad
that the Intelligent compostor" got Red
for "pead?" sim salt oughtn't to be able to
save the composltor
~
The business men OF cuero, Yoakum and
Victoria are taking moro interest Ia the
road question than ever before. They see
that without good road connections they can
not command trade,--Port Lavaoaen.
Not second even to the industrial move
ment" in Importance is this subject Of good
roads, Let US hone the public will practically
recognize this fact at once To the farmer
this matter is OF esneeial interest.
49,
We received a cony OF the Houston Daily
Herald this week which contained a lengthy
editorial blue penciled.h wherein IL accused
The Houston Post OF being the leader OF the
boilers in tho recent city election at Hous.
ton. We failed to see anything noteworthy
In the Herald's editorial except jealousy.
What on earth do the ptope OF Texas care
about the municipal AFFAIRS OF Houston?--
Wharton Spectator
Tbs idea OF foolng the sharp Texas press
would only occur to somebody who was either
not in touch. Enthusiastically or otherwise.
with The reputable state pspers. or was des-
aerate. When these blue peneiied" marked
copies appear in democratic sanctums IL Is