The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-01

can Officer assssated They employed q a;s,sns
spread death and terror in their wake"
Such are citizens been added to the re-
public to increase its grandeur in the view Of this army Off
Ger. But for what these men fighting? Fof what arc
says:
They organzed and were the active members Of secret
jees we're advance the OF ndepndenea in any and
use OF every means forbidden TO them by the laws OF war
lndependcneia And Americans wonder that these peo-
pie should be fighting they have hathshng so des-
peratey fighting eacherously They could not night 9th
erwse Their nfcrority in open conflict was manifest
that they must fight by eachery or not a And all for
dream called independence Major Glenn they can
be su9jusaed only by cruelty and torture and that even
then they will always be enemies Why should they not
be What has there been in our Conquest leave
pleasant memories with them;
New York paper thus quotes a who has just re-
turned from en- cNtended Southern trip;
Cotton obviously the staple consideration the South
and have learned interesting facts about it. The cot
half Of this viii remain il the country for home consumption
n's onAa at least IS per cent will r. to Southern ae
en- years hi ago IS per cent was shipped to Nortne
soon meet the greater percentage OF home demand.
The size Of this years yield yet all specula-
ton adds the CourerJouna but there is speculation
about the great development manufacturing in the
south And this is but the beginning What is true Of cot
ton manufacturing is destined be Of many other in
dustres.
me eulor OF ms attended state democratic
convention at galveston last week delegate from this
county and while there was honored by being made
Der OF the platform committee and also member OF the Sub
committee we worked hard to get platform reported that
would reject the sentiment of the people Just how well
succeeded the platform will but from the view
take OF IT the platform taken whole is very good one
ana very conservative Some things in the plat
form we would have liked have trimmed up little and
some things omitted That we would have liked 70 put in but
every ms we would go to trimming up or adding in we
would ma that there hirtyonc the darndcst
rest fellows ever went up against There were FIVE
OF the eleven on the subcommittee who railroad
neys and taking 1t all together did the best could
and hope the public will be satisfied -PiaHo star.
II is pleasant to observe that the Star takes his med
cine gracefully 1t would be difficult find thryone men
who could agree position that
now and then the editor of the Star found his opposed
But doesn't the Star think about time singing
these citizens who railroad attorucs The law is great
profession and its members must be employed times by all
classes OF people The railroads and other corporations
poy the best lawyers to be had merely perform honorable
and legitimate service and the acceptance OF such employ
men does necessarily that lawyers enemies
OF tic State-DdIdS NeuS
The editor of the Star is mistaken. There FIVE
railway attorneys the Subcommittee II he will examine
the list OF again he will find that eleven
members have no connection whatsoever with any railway