The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-08
ATTAeK "a eossoPHonlA.


Under the above caption the Washington
Post. avery independent newspaper. makes
a complete diagnosis Of the complaint OF
our esteemed Texas contemporary. The
Post says:
Another attack 81 bossophohia has. we rcsret "a
perceive seized the Galveston News in its pititss
grasp Fortunately Tor our valued contemporary
ard the wcrthy interests which ig worthly serves
tins allmeut IS seldom or never fatal although
there can be no Doubt of Us extreme paiHiulness.
one ot iis most pronounced symptoms is the
seeing by the patient Of dangers thai are invisible
80 anybody clsc--uaugers us uon-cNtsteut as the
s2akes that curl their slny folds around the
ot another class ot The afflicted. he boss or
parry manage as 1hc News sees him. is the
r1oSi dangerous man in America. be IS So
sWiuliy eaagerous because as the News puts
%, ne makes or refuses % rHakl laws fur the
whole cosntry, and NO candidate darcs TO ignore
hls eaApa'sH contrasts or his orders rcgardins
1t it were true that any ore man. mere
psrusln. had the icklsiaurn ui thc country in
rs control Che situation would hc very grave.
mat single TACT would be q complete condemns
ton ot our plan of government hccause 81 the
iacapacity ut the people Or maintain it II w0uld
ee jus; rs complete yindJcsHou of absoutsu.
our contemporary saFs 90 tle boss were true
4 q were not q htel on the American people
aud their achieyemcuts-t should logically, and
e wouid inevitably ring out The republic aud
rang ~ The unlimited monarchy
But there Is not fact am incident In the
present situation or in our history that affords
Aiy excuse or apology ior our contemporary
sad conclusion or gives The slightest warrant
Tor the fears that rcnd lis tempest-tossed soul.
no one man ever has controlled, aud there is
% reason 70 lear that any one man ever will
control The legislation of the country Per-
haps thc most strenuous and certainly the most
successtu exercise OF the Wipower Gf ono man
m awmakine was given by President Cleveland
~ the ifst year az his second tenn No boss OF
any party OF 10 any office or nostiou TO leader
q men or manager 90 campaigns has ever
dominated any situation 10 our political annals
putting through congress over the heads OF wanv
81 has previously devoted followers the repeal
q me sliycr-purohase law We remember
correctly, the Galveston News, instead of being
alarmed or shocked by that magnificent displav
OF the power which 10 attributes TO the boss
stood boy President Cleveland ON THE great oc-
;asion ana did not utter single vail even when
5husua means We're employed 10 secure votes for
the repeating bill We are not RECURRING ia
nat chapter OF history in order 20 thrash over
HE old straw about cNecutive interference h,
legislation, our purpose being simnlv 10 present
70 our Texas contemporary object lesson thai
may teuq 70 mitigate the stress oi il present
attack OF bossophobia
There always have been and always must be
leaders OF parties and leaders in churches and
" al other associations and movements Some
Of those leaders have been corrupt others honest
hut NOT one of them has dictated or controlled
National legislation. In the case OF President
cleveland there was a failure to fully contro
sts VWii parry, aNu ne would nave Jailed utterly
republican statesmen had not assisted Ia car.
rying through measure which he aud thew re.
garded as an Imperative and great necessity.
The trouble with the News has alway.
been that i preferred to be ugin the goy
ernment0 IN State politics. and, being SC
disposed, has continually conlured up strouu
Gus ILLS in current local affairs such as nc
one else was able TO discover 1t Is mover "a
happy as when directing It's batteries at IN,
state ring but has never youchsafed The
least Information to It's readers as to tht
identity Of such ring, where Il Is located OF
OF whom it is composed
But tho point made by the Washington
contemporary quite snugly FITS tho case
There never was such a political dictator
and arrogant boss as Grover Cleveland
certainly nothing like him in the state Of
TeHas--and yet the News In tho case OF
Cleveland always seemed to act in a man
ner TO indicate les firm allegiance to the doc
trine that THE king can do no wrong