The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-19
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.


flciais are maintaining In South Africa comes
very near being absolutely perfect Practical
ly no news at all is allowed to leak out The
Lopdon press doesn't llko II aud neither do
the people There does not seem TO be any
relief IN sight ms Lord Kitchener is reported
to have made II even more stringent imme-
dtetely upon his arrival at Capetown.-Deui-
son Herald
We have known something OF this kind OF
censorship for the past twelve or more
months. with all our boasted Anglo Saxon
freedom We arc held down in the most Inn
portant item Of human freedom--freodom OF
expression. and In no state is this imposition
greater upon the public than In Texas
~
Senator Charles A, Culberson Is being quite
prominently mentioned as successor to
! Jones Of the National democratic executive
| committee. Cuherson Ia one Of the smoothost
politicians in the United states and superb
organizer. He is Internationally well fitted
for the nlace and all Texas Will be delighted
With hls olection.--Marlln Democrat.
There ID no question that Senator Culberson
Is one OF the first organizers in the United
states, and n he will accept the position
which II seems is to be offered him he may
make great character as a political general.
but after all, the senate chamber has its OPP
portunihes for a man like Culberson that are
not surpassed In the mere incidents of poll
tics as a passing campaign.
49,
Andrew Carnegie. the philauthropist has
offered to donate $50, 900 to tho city OF Hous-
ton for a public library. provided tho city
would contribute $4,000 annually for It's main
teuance. Houston will certainly take advan.
tege OF this opportunity Her
| aid
Houston will eventually take advantage of
this offer, but has been a little slow about
taking hold Of e, The mossbscks have been
80 thick here that enterprise has often tripped
M In moving about.
49,
The Galveston News is trying to make IT.
self believe that the silver question is dead.
We are afraid that 1t will wake up some time
during the coming campaign aud find tina,
| question one Of the llyelest corpses that II
has seen for long tmeLuflSn Press.
Tho silver question dead why, 1t is the
l'fe and essence Of the democratic faith II
will live when all other issues have faded
into tho insisnhcspce of the past
49,
Dallas congratulates san Marcos upon her
prospective cotton mill aud especially upon
Tue tact that u Is to be built With 100000 OF
| her own money, Dallas is a very much larger
| place than san Marcos, with u great deal
! more capital, railway transportation facilities
etc, and yet Dallas has but ono mill She
!
are now some twelve or fifteen young cities
aud towns that have organized for the cotton
| null II Us sincerely to be hoped that they
VIII all realize their plans and many new
ones found In tho list before the year shall
be ouL~Dallas Times Herald.
such remarks are absolute rebukes to this
city Just think OF twelve or fifteen" young
cities that have organized factories within
them and nothingin the way of such enter.
prise IN this big, prosperous city, 1t is a
scandal
| The half hundred cotton mills erected In
me south last year arc fifty new arguments
for expansion. --ClarksYille Times
| II these mills had been erected In Texas
the price OF cotton would unauestionably have
been raised IN this State a half or nossiblv a
cent more. When We get 10 manufacturing as
we'll as raising our raw stun OF all kinds. our
ors.
The Houston Post not content with trvirr
20 run the democratic party Ia Texas As try.
snk ts nana on the party at large. Don't
YOU remember the fable about the frog p
Lufkin Press.
No, we don't remember that story about the
frog" What is the old chronicle anyway :
But The Houston Post is trying to run moth
Ing except ITS own business, and all these
people who get IL so far OF the track as ia
imagine that IL is running somebody else's
business will learn their mistake ey soins
down to the business office