The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-14
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

There have heen several pictures of
Crazy Snake printed. Somebody ought
10 print the pictures of the people VINO
made the snake crazy Denlson Herald.
Two bottles of "hittahs." manufactured
la territorial, would tell the story clio.
quently and succlnctly.
The Fort Worth Register sees nothing
but rocks in sambos path up in sunaow
dom. 1t says;
A Kansas stotesman's proposal of bin
TO make chicken steniing n felony gives
evidence that the bitter feeling In that
state against the colored man was not
exhausted by the burning of one of them
at the stake.
Our splendid diplomacy" must ha,o
run mp against something very unexpected
In venezuela: IT was about to send an
ultimatum when-it didn't Wonder why
not2- Marshall Messenger.
While waiting on Secretary Hay for an
answer, you might turn your OPTICS in
the direction of the asphalt trust and see
what you shall see.
Of manufactures in Texas Woe TO the
nan VINO attempts to put clamps OH 1T
Az Stln Statesman.
his is Il very good time for the clamp
rcrs to stand from under, and il they dc
not do SO they viii soon be In much tho
sane condition as the young bovine that
disputed the rlght-o'-way with an unruly
freight train.
Lets wait until the legislature adjourns.
Mt any rate before we slip the bride on
of the gubernatorial candidates and bid
them 20, Austin Statesman.
IL Is pretty safe to say all these guber-
Material candidates will walt great deal
longer than that before they walk into the
executive pastures green. Texas has gov
crnors enough to last it for two more
years, and when 1t wants others 1t knows
where TO got them.
~
President Mckinley congratulated tho
queen of the Netherlands on her marriage
and received q message In reply. Therc
mistakcit was Prince Henry who should
have been congra tulatcd.- DentSon Herald
here is no reason for contention about
the congratulators message, but Mr. Nc
Klpley Is always gallant when ladies arc
concerned and he probably wanted TO make
the fair queen feel good as long as pos
sible.
The newspaper paragraphcrs are saying
cute things about Alfred Austin and decry-
ing his efforts mt poetry. II they don't like
IT, they should write something better
Austin may not be a Shakespeare, nor a
1emnyson but he is no souch of poet,
all right, all right -Deuison Herald.
From the way Brer Austin mixes dac-
tyls, spondces brGyuras and uses the mas
culine, feminine and neutcr gender In the
same verse in referring TO the same sub
ject II strikes the average person that he
missed his calling in dropping into poe
Try" He would no doubt have made a
successful mixologist of some other kind.
However, he may not yet be 'slouch OF
a poet"
The Houston Post thinks David Bennett
llil was scared of by the party reorgan-
i2VYS and that Is the reason why he ,l'dn't
accept the invitation 10 address the Texas
legislature nc this particular time. But
nov about Mr.. BryanY is he scared, tool
SAN Antonio Express.
The esteemed Express knows very we'll
that neither Mr. hin nor Mr.. Bryan were
scared. and further that The Post never
said they were. Both gentlemen doubtless
declined to come TO Texas because of the
cackle of some peculiar people who for
some lneSpicable reason undertook to
make both of these distinguished demo.
Gratis appear in the ridiculous role of presl-
dental candidatee-fo four years in the flu
turel The Express undoubtedly knows these