The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-10


hs ndmlrers ore falkine Of him ns csn.
dlNaie Tor tho democratic NOMINATION. ior
governor next year
=, we have no disposition to bellttle Nr
" upon himself. Without uPromlng pravi.
I cation, TO discipline gentlemen In thclr SER
sie's 70 iexas and 10 the states CUES ;,
/ ne can not hope 10 hncK enectudlly w1en
! ridden about the public arena with cratl
| Sutp ana SHARP spurs Again we ask whvie
nu the Iimea-DcmOcrat get all thls inlor'
| PViiAnce of Mr.. Wooten. his distinguished
| services 20 the public and All these rs
snrAncek mat his congressional district
| vas longing With CONSUMING ilnpatlence TO
send him INTO thu Nat ohaI congress pr
I thAt me .heope ~ Tpxas were clamorols
/ 10 mRbe MN soyeinorf Il It possible init
J Aif Nootrh tipFed hlH concerted hand ~
me Sngs- Democrat In seNmcparrd
| eDnrt OF Ills own consequence. IN order ,h1t
%, nt might attgch his feiiow eiii2ens 81
! lained through foreign newspaberl
Mi Npoten WAS not the auihor Of the
! ahtl trust 81, however, much we would NE
I 40 give MN credit Tor Its authorship sine
| ~ Is lht only man responsible ~ any
7 sense for lts existence wac now seeks that
I questionable honor This antitrust law.
ny Tue way. was the only law c1nEpie
uoiisy criticised by inc New York dete.
gaiions, ana that WAS criticised by Judge
{ Nih VINO Nns inrited 10 do So ana wio
XII iSTi"S.m US ti1lenents, which We're clh.
niu, slralghilol ward and sincere, With the
/ ohsfration that TeSns hd perfect dgnt
/ 70 pass antitrust lnws To- suit herself, aud
that u outsiders ia not choose TO do busl-
ness under them, they had tho privilege
( 0t staying away Hnt il was not lIis
thnt Put Mr. Wootcn and his ili IN the Hir.
I m IhIew them into grrntiDns that would
Wsg"uul the executions Of whirling Der
/ Nsn or the griinaces oi a Chinese ACTOR
/ MIN tom-tom Accompaniment ihat whlrh
/ people, VINO do nor seek their y rvicps. into
/ volcanic disturbance. was the declaration
/ u me grcat corporation lawyer II ,ou
! on9ose, mat Y Texas did not intend 10
thioFct us antitrust law Il should take
/ down the sign" This was swivel gun
shot that routed from the swamps of l-iu
| agnHy au the horde of ambitious gentry
! WHO assume 10 do the peoples thinking
/ without invitation to do So ana set them
! iipn cIf once more upon The trail Of Iba
/ Vow this antitrust law was p1sse m
/ ISM tp-becomr efrectivn Jmuu a. 1900
/ an an trust bin. No 500 was Intro luce i
IN -" house by Smith Of Grniso1. Woutcn
/ Of Dallas aud Henderson Of Lau,ir. no isn
( l,ill No. 2o2 had bc'u previously Intro
I dncgd by smith o. Cnllin anl II dealt
"llh the sumo subject WIcu bill SOi
"ine up, for conh lcrAiion Mr. Wooien
| attempted 30 put In substitut but fali'd
. ger majority vote In IT, tivor. IN.
was serhtc bin Nc 3s3 So mucl 'fag dis
( appropriation OF authorship. Bur to tha
ihW, lself No suits have ever been
AWotlcnn Cotton company ana tho Assu
I cated lrcss are denounced almost II terms
81. accurate Is inc deSprtUtluu NNI IL
I ms pil the American Cotton coup M
eAcapc because JGme~ X Ioupf. VIII was
chalrman of the Nutiouul democratic eN
! tcutvp committee. thr official head OF the
! tho 'matohlves" BRYAN. was a stcckhollcr
md ofhcer in L.? Let some of tues howl
/ ing medicine men o. the antitrust tribes
! IN 'FeXns com out In the honest open and
/ give IA the truth about this cowurdlv aud
/ Infamous transaction
Why did 10 somebody get after the
Assuclntctl~ pfcss? Was n because thcs'
eelf-s1mc politicians who have Professionally
refused W take tn" muzzlc on tn re
Iutnhle newspapers Of th' state feared
10 incur the indignant criticisms ot the
only fHctor Ia the though; development
o. lhc horr which mas Kept them from
dragging Texas hound victim to thel"
lnits3 why do not these mcndaclous mar
{ plots and mouthing mouutohauks who con.
siantly offend with thcir vulgnrisns ana
Texas use this antitrust law 10 plt the
fire Insurance compAnirs against elch other
tn rNte wary This gang political
wolves thut turks In the shadows o. de-
celt and Is every ready On make sheep
~ the gnlilhir pecnl, mus chang lbs
thrive III Texas Tho pepple have leqrne
something. ~ an rHtt, they refuse to
he nRecp to thesr g}yGn"" RohUncc9o' Loves Loves
THESE politicians that clamorcd for II have
not caught with u one single trust, and
aUl about ny. They ala run down the poor,
tlmld standard OIL trust but under a law
that was on the statute books before the
farcitai act Of lS39 found Ms cumbersome
way to the statutes They had the terri
/ led octopus ia tbs tclsc CORNER and hog
I tied. II could rot possibly got away. All
[ OF sudden, however i slipped It's skin,
I put ON new raincni and walked back into
The old pastures
! We are not discussing the economic or
governmental necessity or lack NJ necessity
/ for an antitrust law Mark Won this. 1t
/ rs to this particular autitrusr law ON
/ the Texas hooks. put Of which these pseudo
! political patriots anA seh-ordaiped hel
! priests Of the democratic temple are busy
making SO much capital, that we address
I our criticism II Is gigantic but I'm
/ beetle furce AN It's trieuds admit that II
cent money out of the State because con-
( pnnies with cheap money 20 lend, that
uaahcc industrial trusts elsewhere, VIII
not subscribe TO the AFFIDAVIT which TINS
anti-trust HhsurdlN demands Even Mr..
( Nootcn 10 his Times Democrat assault up
/ Un Texas ana rs recent New YORK guests,
declares that the formation of trust and
/ Investment companies Is permissible under
car laws. ihcu where's the rub? In
, the fact apparently that the Texas anti
I trust law s. a monument to the Industry
aud Ingenuity ~ the professional poll
tlcian, rather than the enduring work OF
! the statesman who lah0rs tor mis- touu
/ try's progress and welfare with honest
conscience and fearless thought In which
not considerations OF self, bur those con
/ corning the advancement. happiness and
I prosperity OF his cuuutrympn, are the
] eternal mAinSpungs 10 noble public ser.
! vice.
MIR Din hit the mark when he said Of
/ nothing, tnFc 1t down. Il means nothing.
| THAT much stand, admitted The law lays
/ IDLE and lttvleSe upon HE statute books.
/ These urld political gentry know IT, Then
I WhN nos take 10 down: Recourse to 10 so
would be 70 yield up thely vocation, which
I Is "a deceive on the one hand, and 10
/ cultivate their ambitious In the rank
other They must have hetc NOR with