The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-03
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS,

A Massachusetts, member OF congress wants
hides placed on the free list He represents
manufacturing district. OF course, ana wants
FREQ raw material The members of con
gross from tho West aud South should see
that raw material which goes into protected
articles ia kept on tho dutiable list The
hettor plan would be TO take the tariG off
the manufactured article, hut as that Is al
most impossible the equitable plan is to keep
the raw material on the protected list. Vic
torlh Advocate.
That was the position taken by Governor
Culberson In his candidacy tor the senator
ship and It is the position of Mr.. Bailey
now. They are both opposed to the free raw
material faliacy, and both believe that as
long as a tariff is to be levied it should be
eduitably distributed.
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The coast country press should not be too
sensitive. When The Houston Post referred
to the country press as the mosquito fleet
no onenso was Intended The Post knows
the power of the country press, and is too
shrew1 to make such reference VIII evil in
| tent. even 10 II was 40 disposed but IL Is
not so disposed Tho Post is the leading
democratic daily of Texas and r. NJ. John
ston. its chief editor, is wheel horse OF
democracy. Tho mosquito fleet goes--t tho
Commoner likes the name and is pleased TO
| be numbered as one OF them. The mosquitu
ueft OF Texas democracy VIII ho a power
| In the land In 1900, and ought to, and viii
he too glad to, honor the great hattleship
Post and that gallant little cruiser the NJ
| Paso Times flagship, when the mosquito
Meet ~ lined M aud cleared tor action, ~
Alvin Commoner
The Post made no reference to tho country
press as whole, II took occasion 30 spot
one or two papers which are no moro renrc-
sentative OF the intelligent, broad gagged
country press than is John l.. sullivan Of
the priesthood.
~
In addition to its Bailey bureaus a. Dallas
and Washlngton, The Houston Post has es
tablished branches at lIillsboro and Taylor
for the boosting OF Its candidate, Hut that's
all right, Newspaper bureaus do not elect
men to Office. -WaSahachle Enterprise
And OF course, there is no "boosting'' DO
ing done for MIR. chilton--of course not,
| ~
The Galveston Dallas News. with tho CO.
operation OF many Texas newspaper, has
made a desperate effort 20 stay the county
ana state campaigns. but OF no avail The
candidate will 'pop up against every IN.
huence Exchange.
The News has not tried 70 keep mon from
running for office. but II has been moved
by sympathy FOR the busy people OF the
state to try to keep them from besinnus
70 run eisht or nine months before the cleo.
tier. Galveston News
Yes, and there s more notifies. daily. IN
your editorial page than IN any two othe,
newspapers In Texas You are simply sreat
when it comes to telling ether people what
TO do.
80
, In his DALLAS speech Senator Chiffon tool
Congressman Bailey to task for oppostng th,
platform OF the Galveston convention las
year, and arraigned him as an enemy al
, democracy for SO doing. u all democrat,
Who oppose the expansion plank OF that Mat.
form are 10 be read out OF the party. thos,
left viii ma themselves about the slse Of IN,
George Clark party OF past years II mus
/ ha remembered that when that convention
met the rank and file OF the PARTY, thos. Nh,
do the voting, had not been heard from
Delegates went uninstrrcted on that ouestior
and we remember one county In which ever,
delegate voted for that plank and every mar
I OF them Is now opposed to IT, Are thew no,,
q enemies % democracy No. They had nni
studded the question then. but we're carried
on their feet by the Nations wonderful Vic,
: tories The fact ~, tho party Was not nre.
Z pared 20 speak on the subject and the dele
gates not authorized TO do so. Mr. Chiffon
nas made mistake In putting himself h
inc attitude he has.--weatherford Democrat
More than that there was a good deal q,
'mansayerinsr in tina, convention. the Do
tahs Of which would not sound very well n
print. -