The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-21

republican and civil service reformer he has
become to be the stretest Of partisans and spoils
men. He has already aenated the greater part
of this vote, and at the gait he Is going he will
drive off the rest of it long before election day.
The appointment Of Governor Savers to a place
on the isthmian canal commission would he ycr,,
gratifying TO the people of Texas. without dis
tinction 70 party. Governor Saycrs will retire
from public Office next January after having
served his people for the best part Of his life
| iaithiuy and efficiently in every position to
which he had been called. Texas should GER
| tainly have a representative on the canal com.
mission and President Roosevelt could not name
one whose appointment would give greater salts
faction 10 Texans who is better quail
fed to fulfill the requirements of the position
San dTtonto Express.
While his name has been mentioned in that
connection, it is understood that Governor Sayers
has not filed any application and in all proba-
bility will not do 1t is, however, not too
much to say that it would be hard for the presi-
dent to find a man better equipped for position
on the commission. The kind of work which
will be required will be both to the taste and
in line with the recognized special ability of
Major Sayers.
MIR b. R. Burow, late republican nominee for
congress, was pleasant caller at our office
today and was in fine spirits, though he did not
promised help from higher republican authorities
vanished like dream and with the exception Of
r. B. Allen, ESQ., who did telling work in his
own county he played lone hand Every dollar
that was spent to further his interests was put
up by himself. He naturally very much
grained at carrying his own county and his
| neighbor county of Goliad. There can be no
doubt that Mr.. Burow was fed on false promises
and given cold deal by the party leaders for
! he IS a man of too good to enter a contest
| with no more support vouchsafed than his people
! q tod the
negro as a party factor in this district since
Host OF them refused to vote at all and others
who did vote, as was the case in Cuero cast demo-
cratic ballots.-Cueyo Star
Wonder if Mr. Scott over in the Fifteenth,
hasn't something OF the same kind of story to
tell? The whole truth is. Texas is democratic,
and Mr. Roosevelt is making it more so every
day
| Even the New York Sun admits that if Hon.
Alton B. Parker, had been nominated for governor,
| instead of MIR Coler he would have been elected
Now that Hill is out Of the way. why should not
| the democrats nominate Judge Parker Tor presi-
dent in 1904 He represents all that is highest
| and best in the democratic party he carried
! New York in 1907 by 10000 majority, and he
could carry it again-HcmPhis Commercial 4p-
The Post does not want to go into the predict
ing business, but will be candid enough to say
that it believes the democratic nominee will be
one of three men--Parker, Olney or German,
The president in his address to the New York
Chamber of Commerce said:
II is pleasure to address body whose mem
hers possesses to eminent degree the tradi-
tona selt-reance OF spirit which makes them
soorn to ask from the government whether of
State or of nation anything but a fair field and
no favor; who contide not in being helped by
others, but in their own skill, energy and business
capacity to achieve success.