The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-04
NOTE AND COMMENT.


The election of Teller is not democratic
victory, for Teller is not and never was dem
ocrat Nashville american (dem(.
The American is one of those newspapers
which, claiming to be democratic, did all in its
power to elect republican president Replying
TO the above paragraph the Washington Post, a
strictly independent paper, asks What is a
dcmocrati And by what authority does our
Nashville contemporary undertake to pass judg
ment on Senator Telers political career and
classification, Neither the American nor any
other OF dozen or more influential journals
that We arc accustomed to refer to as democratic
could 50 into a court Of law and set up half as
strong title 70 that name as Mr.. Teller could.
II a judge or jury were called upon to decide
whether OF not newspaper a man were
democratic or otherwise the test would he fidelity
recreaney TO the party's creed The creed
would not he sought for in the writings OF JET.
terson, Jackson, Tilden and Cleveland The only
authority competent to lay down the faith and
doctrine OF a party Is its National convention.
Whatever that authority says is democracy is, for
all practical PURPOSES, democracy, even though il
offend the majority The creed adopted at Chi.
easo in 1896 and reafSrmed at Kansas City in
1900, is the democratic creed, in that 1t is the
only authorized version. The fact that its reaf.
senting srea, majority Of the party renders it
none the less the National democratic PLATFORM
the creed Of the democratic party--and until II
is superseded by another declaration, by the Aext
National convention, il must stand as such.
Judged by that creed, Senator Teller Is, and the
American is not democratic, Judged BY that
test--and that would be the test il judicial
decision were in ordsr--Senator Teller is and
Grover Cleveland is not A democrat
Taking the expressions Of the two leading
papers Of San Antonio seriously, The Post has
about decided that whether Campbell or Terrell
be elected mayor, the Alamo City is sure 10 get
q thief and seoundrel for chief executives.
Locthavi Post,
We have had entirely too much of that kind
Of campaigning in Texas cities Houston has
had more than its full share, and it is to be
hoped that we may have reform in this respect
in the future,
| The citizens of Gainesville, Fla, have refused
| the use of their auditorium for an address by
| Booker Washington before convention Of school
superintendents which he was invited TO deliver
| by the State superintendent OF education Tbs
reason given by the local superintendent was Tho,
he believes social equality inconsistent with tbr
ideas, customs and institutions OF the South ),
Which goes to show that all of the radcalism
IS not on the side Of the ignorant negroes. The
New York World says, and quite approximately
| The idea that the question Of social eouali,n
is involved IN listening TO an address by the ablest
most successful and most famous educator OF Inc
| South because he happens 10 be ecolored" can
! hardly be understood az the North Booker Wash.
ingion has spoken IN this city FROM the same Mat
form with Bshop Potter and other eminent eiti.
/ zens, % the edihCatiou OF large and c,IG,sta1
| audiences, Colonel Henry Watterson HAS i,s,
charged that the president is muddyine The
waters which Booker T. Washington IS seekins
J 10 elafi ana he Is reported as saving thai
you that Booker Washington Is the hest friend
q he Tessl AZ well a. one Of the wise., and
Stssistt black msn that sysr lived That ! hsdss
| Of ens-haTss ieAool afhoias IL Florida eeua N,
| eenpremised In sta dignity o. is stlHdiaK BY