The Twice-a-Week Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 51, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 26, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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TVVICE-A-WEEK HERALD JUNE 26 19o6.
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MAKES A PUIN STATEMENT OF FACTS
John W. Veale and Leading Citizens of Amarillo
Reply to the "Childress Post" His
Record on Prohibition.
Amarillo Texas June 20 1906.
To the people of the 29th Senator-
ial district:
It having been made known to
us that some person unfriendly to
the candidacy of Hon. Jno. W.
Veale of this city for the office of
State Senator has been and is now
circulating a newspaper called the
"Childress Post" containing what
purports to be an excerpt from a
speech delivered by Judge Veale at
Giles Texas on May 30th 1906
and in which said newspaper the
fact is attempted to be conveyed
that although Judge Veale claims
to be in favor of local option on the
liquor question and has been all
along that still in 1901 after pro-
hibition was adopted in Potter coun
ty Judge Veale voluntarily and
for a money consideration engaged
himself as an attorney of the saloon
element of our town for the pur
pose of defeating the operation of
the law. '
We who have known Judge
Veale for the past fourteen years in
his daily walk and life in our city
take pleasure in saying publicly
that we were in Amarillo at the
time of the prohibition election in
1 901 and were for the most part on
the side of prohibition in that elec
tion; that Judge Veale was active
on the side of prohibition in said
election; that at the time he was
associated professionally with the
late Judge W. B. Plemons who
was not in sympathy with the local
option movement then on but was
on the anti side of the question;
that on the day before the election
Judge Plemons died from a stroke
of apoplexy; that the liquor dealers
of Amarillo after prohibition was
adopted claimed Judge Veales serv
ices as the surving member of the
firm of Plemons & Veale in their
efforts to make void said election
on the ground that through the pay
ment to Judge Plemons of a retain
tag fee they were entitled to the
services of his surviving partner;
under this status of affairs Judge
Veale together with a Mr. Brown
of Cleburne Texas became the at-
torneys for the liquor deal-
ers of this city and represented
them faithfully as attorneys unti
the litigation was ended. Judge
Veale was not censured by the good
people of this town and county but
was and is commended for his ad'
herence and loyalty to his duty as
an honorable and conscientious law
yer. As an evidence of the coufi
dence and esteem in which he is
held by the good people of this
city and county he was after the
local option law went into effect
employed by the best citizenship of
our town who desired to see said
law enforced to prosecute in the
courts of our county offenders
against said law and as ia charac
teristic 01 tne man. conducted an
able and vigorous prosecution 0
'such cases; again and as a further
evidence of the confidence and es-
teem in which Judge Veale is and
ever has been held by the law abid
ing element of Amarillo he togeth
er with his then partner in law the
Hon. H. G. Hendricks now of Mi
ami Texas was employed by the
prohibition element of our city in
an action to remove the then sheriff
of Potter county from office on var
ious charges of alleegd incompe
tency and misconduct among oth
ers being his alleged failure and re
f usal to enforce the local option law
theu in force in Potter county; that
through the efforts of Judge Veale
and his then associate an order was
procured suspending said sheri
temporarily from his office; that
throughout this litigation lasting
over a year and through two hard
' fought trials in which was engaged
the best legal talent of this section
of Texas Judge Veale stood as the
advocate and representative of the
prohibition element of this city and
c6unty faithfully and fearlessly
performing his duty and since his
reputation as a faithful upright
voted for it all my life and would
continue to do so. In making this
statement I was expressing my own
personal views on the subject and
did not directly or indirectly refer
to Senator Decker personally nor
to his position on. the question of
local option. I believed that if he
was on the anti side of that ques-
tion he had a perfect right to be
and that it was no concern of mine-
honest Christian gentleman cou-
pled with the implied charge of dis
honesty and insincerity on his part I knew then that he voted for the
1. f LiUIiiAH 1.1 I urMi. . it aa.i v 1 t
as an advocate 01 pronioiuwu wwacy diu mine zotn J-egisiaiure
called in question it becomes1 a (Senate Journal pp. 228-229)
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oleasure to us his neighbors and which had for its object the de-
riends to bear witness to the fact struction of the efficacy of the local
that his standing for integrity of option law in Texas and supposed
purpose his fidelity to the cause of every intelligent observer of cur
prohibition his reputation and rent legislative affairs was cogni
tanding as a reputable and able zant of such fact.
awyer and his standing as an lion- In reply to my address after he
orable gentleman stand unimpaired reached the prohibition question
and unimpeachable. and said "John Veale nor I have
Very respectfully any right to throw stones at each
M. C. Nobles Wholesale Grocer other" on the prohibition question
Pres. Nobles Bros. Gro. Co. arj(j seemingly in explanation of the
E.W.White President wmte esc statement said in substance that
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Kirk Dry Goods Co.
M. Donaldson Merchant.
L. Smith. President National
Bank of Commerce.
M. W. Cunningham. Real Estate.
0. M. Eakle Furniture.
D. W. Owen; Dry Goods Etc.
E. L. Dohoney. Jr.. Insurance and
Real Estate.
W. W. Gowin County Attorney.
I. A. Nobles of Nobles Bros. Gro-
cery Company.
f. S. Franklin Ranchman.
R. H McAlpine Real Estate.
Thos. F. Turner Lawyer.
T. Ware Banker.
J. M. Clayton Merchant.
C. D. Bynum Cashier National
Bank of Commerce.
C. M. Hardin Lumber Dealer.
J. E. Montgomery Salesman.
T. F. McGee. Physician and Sur
geon.!
0. G. Roquemore Architect.
C. P. Coble Farmer.
in 1901 after local option was
adopted in Amarillo I didn't "let the
ink get dry on the Daper before I
was busy with an injunction to stop
its going into effect" etc. Ire-
plied in rejoinder that at the time
referred to by him I was and had
been for years associated with the
late Judge W. B. Plemons former-
ly of Henrietta Texas in the prac-
tice of law under the firm name of
Plemons & Veale; I said that Judge
Plemons was not in sympathy with
local option and was an anti on that
question; I said that on the day be-
fore our local option election in
Potter county Judge Plemons was
ssricken and died; I said that be-
fore his death he had accepted
from the liquor dealers of Amarillo
a retainer engaging the firm of
Plemons & Veale to represent them
in any litigation they might have
growing out of the approaching pro
hibition election. I explained that
1. 1 after his death and after the elec
tion. these men came to me and
We the undersigned citizens of demanded a fulfillment of Judge
Amarmo who did not resiae m piemon8' contract with them by
Amarillo prior to and at the da.te my8plf a8 hia surviving partner
of the local option election reierrea complaining that the election was
to in the foregoing document but unfair to them Under the circum
who have known Judge veale inti- stances I could see nothing left for
mately since said date desire to me t0 $0 but to carry out the
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concur in ail mans saia 01 mm ocreement of mv deceased Dartner
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above as a gentleman wno sianas ln eood faith j did B0 to tne best
for civic righteousness and cleanli- of my ability a8 a iawyer. Such
Will A. Miller Jr. Attorney.
W. W. Kidd J. P. Precinct No.
St.
of
ness on moral issues.
L. C. Kirkes. Pastor Fillmore
Presbyterian Church.
W. M. Lay Capitalist.
J. F. Sadler Manufacturer.
L. A. Wells Superintendent
Schools.
C. C. Brady Bookkeeper.
W. A. Smith. Assistant Cashier
First National Bank.
C. N. N. Ferguson Pastor M. h.
Church South.
briefly stated was my connection
with this matter; I can see nothing
discreditable in my conduct and
that the public may judge of how
my friends and neighbors viewed
the situation then and now and
who were here in 1901 and thor-
oughly in touch with the situation
in all its details reference is here
made to the accompanying state
ment this day prepared and handed
E. P. Alldridge Pastor of Baptist me by them for thepublic along
Church. with this communication. It will
be observed that this statement is
Amarillo Texas June 20 1906. Li(rned by 80me of the leading bank
To the People of the 29th benator- ar. business men. farmers and min
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tai uistnci. i8ter8 0f tne Gospel in this city
There is now going the rounds a
sheet known as the Childress
Post" with the usual blue pencil
marks over an article containing
who for the most part were and are
leading prohibitionists in our city
Senator Decker's statement that
"John Veale nor I have any right
what purports to be a report (?) to throw 8t0nes (on the prohibition
of a picnic at uues in uoniey coun- aue8tion at each other." I Dresume
ty on the 30th of May last among wa8 meant &8 a confession on his
other events of the day written up part tnat n8 differed with me on
by the versatile editor of this paper tnat S8U0 and wa8 on tnQ anti 8ide
or ty someone lor mm is wnat pur- of that Question. I certainly have
ports to be an excerpt from a speech no .quarrel to make with him' be
aenvereo. oy me on mas occa- ...1 ha la not In harmonv with
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sion -the exaggerated reply by Sen- our locai option iaw. nor do de
ator uecicer ana my rejoinder. I ne nv hi8 rffht to suDDort and vote the
manifest object of this remarkable antl ticket in local ODtion elections
production is to besmirch my pri- nor nave I impugned his motive in
vate character attack the truth of voting for the Willacy bill in the
my statements and ridicule my po- Senate of 1903; although I would
sitlon on the local option issue now not have voted for such a bill my
being injected into the campaign bv Seif had I been in the Senate
my opponent senator uecner. couid not therefore understand why
When tne paper containing this ar- ne referred to the question at Giles
tide was first published I conclud- hn the manner he did and why his
ed to Ignore it but since the Sena-1 friend the "Childress Post" assails
tor or his friends have thought it me so viciously when I had no
of sufficient importance to become even referred to him.
a circulating medium unfair gar- Personal matters and the exploit
Diea.so maniiesuy oiasea.i nave ng 0f the private business affairs
thought proper t reply. of men aspiring to public position
In my opening address at Giles I Ere matters of no interest whateve
said in reference to the local option to the public and should be elimi
question that I did not regard in as nated in passing on the fitness 0
an issue in state politics but since men for public office; it is there
a la.
inaasoorten oeen asxea tne ques- fore to be regretted that Senator
tion as to how I stood on It I Decker has felt himself justified In
thought proper to say that I was In the course he has pursued. Such
favor of local option; that I had methods of vote-getting aro undig
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DARK SANDY LOAM ON LIME STONE FORMATION VERY SIMILAR TO THE FAMOUS
BLUEGRASS BELT OF KENTUCKY; FULL OF HUMUS AND EASILY TILLED.
We own 05000 acres 100 Sections of this choice level Prairie land in a solid body located in 1'armer County within 11
miles of Hovina Texas a station on the through line of the Snnta Ke Ky. from Chicuuo to l Alleles Calif. The Santa
l'"e has recently surveyed and been granted a charter to build a cui-otf from Teuio to Uiownwood Texas which when
completed will give the shortest route from the 1'acifie to the Gulf San r'ranj'isco to. Galveston. It is expected this road
will be completed and trains running within two years. The final survey has been made and runs through this land for
seven miles making it contiguous to two great trunk lines of railway.
This land has grown too valuable for ranching purposes although we have about 0000 steers on it at preseut time.
After much thought and deliberation we have decided to oiler one-halt of it for sale believing that the value of the remain-
ing half will be more than doubled by the influx of population. Not less than one quarter section or 100 acres will le
sold to one buyer. There is no choice between different pans of thin land; one acre is just as good and no better than
any other acre. It is all cream and considered the very choicest location in the Panhandle.
Good farming has already demonstrated that this land will produce 10 U ."tO lm. of Indian corn ; 20 to 3." bu. of wheat;
HO to as high as 1)0 bu. of oats per acre favorable years ; kafiir corn :!" to "0 lm.; German millet a to 4 tons per acre ; milo
mai.e 25 to 40 bu.; sorghum 3 to 5 tons per acre; cow peas 20 to 'M bu. and 2 toll tons of hay per acre; alfalfa 2 to 4 tons
per acre and cotton from to bale per acre. Johnson g-as mid ail other Image plants yield enormous returns. We
believe it is the coining fruit country of America : pi-.n hcs pears plums apricots apples cherries raspberries dewberries
blackberries strawberries grapes and many other varieties ot fruits ami berries grow to perfection. Apples grown in this
climate have a delicacy of flavor not found elsewhere livery variety of vegetable that grows in the Middlewest thrives
here. Said to be the finest watermelon and cantcloupe country on earth Kinky lord Golo. not excepted.
i An unexcelled stock country for cattle hogs sheep and hois-s. I'eculiaily adapted to stock fanning. This land can be
made to pay from 8 to 10 interest net on $100 per acre valuation one year with another by simply raising alfalfa kaffir
corn and hogs or sheep all of which thrive hogs being pructically immune from cholera in this climate.
Never failing veins of the finest water from 100 to 150 feet from the surface pumped by wind-mills. Native grasses
grow luxuriantly and are very nutritious and fattening. All kinds of live stock thrive on them the year around without
other feed.
The land owner will be the monopolist of the future for no more is being made and population is increasing by leaps
and lxmnds.
This country offers unrivaled opportunites to investors who w ish to double trelile and possibly quadruple their money
within the next few years. A net work of new railroads now building and being surveyed insures a large increase in popu-
lation. A rush of immigration has already set in very similar to the wave which settled Smith I akota a few years ago.
TOPOGRAPHY A beautiful level plain gently undulating in places sometimes called "The Grassy Wilderness."
The last cheap level rich land left in this country is in North West Texas.
We unhesitatingly aflirm that this sale oilers the chance of a lifetime to those wanting choice level rich land for
home for investment or for speculation. Price 10.0O 1 1.00 ami $12.00 per acre according to location improvements
and distance from railroad of which l.'.OO per acre cash balance on 25 years time; 't'e annual interest notes to read
"on or before" and can be paid oil and taken up at any time.
"Opportunity knocks once at every man's door." A hint to the wise ought to be sullicient. Huy a section of this
land make the small paymeut necessary nud keep the interest paid up a few years and it will likely make you independent
for life. Excursion rates over all railroads every first and thiid Tuesday in each mouth round trip ticket from Chicago
to Hovina Texas only $25.00 very low rates from all points in the Middle West. We will arrange for a private car from
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