The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-26
With Prominent Visitors
to and Citizens Of Houston
Who Have Something In
terestIng to Say.

| OH him. When ! employ q man and he
| tells me he doesn't drink I'll discharge him
| II catch him In a lie. If he tells me he
| does drink, but not TO excess, Ill employ
him. IN he comes properly recommended, as
quickly as | Will the fellow who says he
doesn't indulge Now. hope you see the
point | was trying to make the other day.
J appreciate the value Of The Posts want
columns c.lu, an, and IN take advantage OF it
Hon. George W. Mcknight, one OF the
editors and proprietors of the Wharton
Eagle, arrived in the city yesterday and
left for Dallas last night. In speaking
OF Houston. he said: lyon would be sur
prised to see the interest the people over
the State are taking In your local politics.
This place is fast becoming to Texas what
the large cities Of the East and North
are TO their respective states. This place,
II you will pardon the slang. Is the pace
setter, ard We all have in abiding Interest
IN It. We are anxious to see you have a
clean anu hcalth1ul city administration and
the opinion has spread out that your people
have determined to have IT, With one con
sent apparently they have called upon
colonel Holt to serve MS their mayor and
has consented n the proper support and
assistance Is given to him he will not
.SappOint his friends IN this ely or In
the State. lie Is recognized as one Of our
ahlcSt men, and the day Is not distant
when Texas viii demand his services. with
such man 10 the head or affairs Houston
VIII rapidly assume and maintain her lcgiu.
mate place as the metropolis Of Texas. The
people must never forge. however, that
he can do nothing alone. He must he sus.
tanned In every one OF his official acts and
he VIII leave a record of which the citizen.
ship viii be rs proud as he is himself In
making thlS statement ] ana only voicing
Texas"
~
Hon C.. J. Drew, eS.mayor OF Topeka,
Kan, is in the city IA guest Of the Law
lor. Mr. Drew Is a land owner IN Harris
county, and has made several visits to
Houston and IS interested In our municipal
affairs In the course Of Conversation
he was heard to speak substantially as fol
lows: He has been watching the progress
OF Houston IN the way OF paving and other
improvements, as he had 30 deul with such
questions while he was mayor OF Topeka,
which Is n place nearly as large rs Huuy.
ton. The movement that is now here will
IN MS opinion, give this place grcut i'm.
pctus forward and facilitate tho granting
Oh appropriations ny congress this winter
g." make this u deep water port. cousum-
nation earnestly desired by tho whole
Northwest, aud especially tho great ship
ping state of Kansas. He says the sen.
ntors and congressman from his State can
be counted on TO aid I'm that grsat work.
a work That VIII, when accomplished, short.
On the route for millions Of tuus OF freight
az least 500 miles from the Northwest All
they need Is 10 be ndyiscd 10y the Houston
deep water committee Of what Is required
10 ald mus enterprise. They will be found
voting the right way. lie says 1t seems
to be In the air here that there must he
4 radical change Ia city government, which
fact VIII help the future OF Houston With
the outside world,
~
Er1
cd and well educated gentleman yesterday
In conversation with a party OF friends,
that moral courage is a much rarer virtue
than physical courage. Almost any man
Will GEht--that's the animal In him; but
there are really very few who can make n
resolution and stick to It In the face OF
temptation, especially IL the resolve is to
abandon some pcrulci0us habit from which
temporary physical pleasure Is derived, 1t
* very seldom, too, that you see q man
possessed % surlclcnt moral courage TO
make MIN walk into the presence OF danger
TO himself There are such men, however,
aud they are always heroes. They Udy
/ never have an opportunity TO make a grand
stand display of IT, but they nre heroes
Just the same. one OF thC most stirling
examples OF II OF which ever ben was
IN the answer OF lieutenant ~ Bona.
parties army TO his captain at the battle
OF AuStHll,A Tho company to which he
belonged was In the midst OF the hatdOst
part OF the battle aud the dying lrllcls
We're moving great Swoths tn the ranks
OF his company. The lieutenant was abso.
lutclN scared 80 bad that he coull hardly
SGT on his horse His captain came riding
by. lie looked Hike statue as hs rode up.
Not n muscle In his face was moving his
nerve was as steady rs iron, and the COW
ara color had not from his red cheeks
flown When he observed the frightened
looking condition Of his lieutenant. who
was faithfully disch0reing all tho duties
Incumbent ON him, he remarked; why,
lieutenant what IN the world IS -he mat
tor with your Are YOU scared 10 de9thg
YES, sir, nm scared II you were scared
half ns had ms | am you would run Ike
turkey, That subaltern had sufficient
moral courage TO make him do his duty
in the face OF almost certain death, while
the captain was possessed OF n physical
courage that prevented him from roCosniZ-
ing hts danger. For this reason he de
served no commcudOtion for playing his
part In the battle-the other man did"
4 y
ar you have time to listen TO me-" re-
marked another gentleman OF the party,
81 viii tell you llttle chapter from real
life that will IN IN Illustrate thnt moral