The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-09
DEFENSE OF THE NEW WORKERS

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-" -, VA, ALLEGATIONS which recently visited leN4s'
~ her III. assumption that they need defense OF ula
their impotent detraetors are entitled 70 'ne 'e'''
ton ,t - ,b his people can
~, a;,s, ether the gentlemen from New YORK VINO
80 ~ e,csts of Texas or the mission in the dsenarge "
which they came. Certainly no Texan worthy o. "'
~ lie co,,n,rymen would undertake to prevent the eA''
lts which must inevitably flow from the recent
ion az representatives Of the two greatest business
.,io,s Of New York City and State, into leHas
In The full light and comprehension OF the premises sun
mitted proceed -, ,o,ns,
o,,sens the gaun specter Of popuism i;on W. A. 9hsw
80 ,.,sraner IS more personal organ than newspaper
whose editorial utersnces more diatroe tnan usu
son sort OF political misanthrope IN whose hys'eiiou
composition there yet fingers just enough optimism ~ ~,
.t n,elanchoia and enough to quite eliminate the sn
eiite Hon Dudley G. Wooten brilliant arrogant ana OF
monumental conce destined in his own imagination 10 a
epline and direct the public thought oil ms 0t Wv
doomed by that very public to sway no part oil II oy |
restricted confines of his inflated personality ana as
49,, uogg the alert and eephantine advance agent OF
vulgar extravaganza . - ,o,.
os Il one takes into consideration that heretofore some
~ them have pulled apart and rent each other 1t is not
I rr;,ics that make strange bedfellows he ercum-
c that Governor Savers invited these New lork gentle
men TO Texas and that they were entertained by the oya
and intelligent people the State in such way as to plunge
This motley and assorted gang of low caste fakirs aceus
toned TO thrive the misfortunes and pejudioes oil e
hour into spasms OF hydrophoba has surpassed even poll
tics in the manufacture OF common bed for strange ami
mails not ordinarily held together by ties OF affinity
They saw do these indictments who see their power TO
longer tram the thought of the Texas public in the ways OF
confusion and anarchy slowly but surely slipping away from
them that these New York delegations indecorous that
they went beyond The privileges of the guest and ha ey
we're unduly severe in their criticisms of our laws ana IN
trtions The New Workers entertained IN thlryone
towns Of the State representing its every section and cond
ton of life and though There is not single town OF
all the list that will hesitate to negative these Slanderous
and false charges
B,t here is what Governor Sayers says the subject
The New Workers invited here to investigate our
and laws and to crtcise whatever of nstitu
tons and laws they found Objectionable Every member OF
the party conducted himself gentleman should ana thei
criticisms if they have made any were made IN the per
torrance OF the duty which called them here.
u regret that seeking to make political
capital for themselves by censuring those who were OH
guests by special invitation So lar as trusts are concerned
nice that the politician who deees them the most never
fails get them when opportunity presents ITSELF
Certainly the governor regrets does other
citizen that seeking political capital
out Of the visit OF the ewNoers These makers Of po
tica capital about theiv however in Texas
II and this will undoubtedly haste
that desirable cousunraon One % these so desperate
" he that All Texas does back into the old habit
n hong against capital corporations RAILROADS and progress
&c shames memory of the magnificent AtAenan, Demos
themes convng through process OF reasoniu: pred
~ Gated upon his exclusive knowledge of "phlooey" tina
worthy OF being the type of political den,aseq
which obains Texas today Who in all this gang OF tr'
ducers dare lay the fatterns JUNCTION his conceed sol
n that Demosthenes OF Texas Athens? Is h
Cd Hon Dudley G. Wooten adpose who d
once bestride our narrow world? If OF these the
er who is it,
80 But it is because the deectabe antitrust law farce HI
r. been criticised that turbulent claqpcrs grow hot
muzze and 30 amucE with their red tongues olng out III
H law was criticised others because invites CRITICS
and because Of invitation critcise from the
N the State guests FIT to do But in
this privilege there syllable uttered which
bo man not an ass TOOL could take exception Moreovc
as there did uanspre upon the trip circumstance
u.s. justify the contemplate statement made in
m quarters that these New York gentlemen going abo
over Texas denouncing laws Judge J. b Dill, wi
spoke for the delegation the Dallas banquet
it'll these words
10 In conclusion permit say to you that you ha
his only invited point out matters relating your la,
which adversely criticised beyond the limits OF 20
nv State 1t would have been much pleasant duty
OF speak many which the State al
i've its system of legislation entitled unqualified pra
ace In many fundamental and important respects Texas
the foremost States Of the Union in her legislac
lip Her educational laws perhaps without peer Her C
poraon laws much open objection by reason
the matter contained therein by absence
certain details but they will in time be modified amer
ey- ed, until a complete code adopted"
Just how this could have inspired such a TRADE aqa,
the New Workers and the Texas committee found its
her via New Orleans newspaper into the State none but
our gentleman who establish similarity between Denosher
and Texas politician the prevailing type can poss
lite comprehend.
ion But this phase Of the up and come
that which really interests Texas and intelligent peor
As has been happily said Governor Sayers invitation to
chamber of and the Merchants association TO Sc
visiting delegations Texas inspiration Nau
and but good from IT, The Merchants assooiat
alone say nothing OF the chamber OF commerce will .
out hundred aud hy fhosdnd COPIES Of fs rebo,
Is TEXAS. That report will be favorable 1t will enb
the every known of the State II will put our ri
lands our agricultural and pastoral lands before capa
age homeseekers everywhere Not an industry Of annr
ian mention viii be overlooked Our laws our nstitt,o
and educational sysemeverythng that conduces 70 b ~
X ness the wealth and the strength OF great peonle ~
to mighty State-wrl be paraded with painsaline and %
was tia hand This report will he distributed v;,h
,rist Texas TO one hundred and fifty thousand p.ol -
rist whom will have rating Of less than $1,000 in the
lean eal world 1t will be the effective practical ,n w.
nihcent advertisement that Texas in all its bi ', M