The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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""I TEXAS MESQUITER
One Dollar Per Year.
John E. Davis, Ed. and Pub.
Published Every Friday At
Texas.
Mesquite,
Entered In the postoffico M*
quite, Texas, as second class matter
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Friday September 8, 1911
Bring your cotton to Mesquite
and trade with Mesquite mer
chants. They will treat you
right.
All things look good or bad
by comparison. Hence the peo-
ple are coming more and more
to appreciate the administration
of ex-Governor Campbell.
Col. Jake Wolters says he
had no desire'for any elective of-
fice. Recent events would indi-
cate that Col. Wolters' ambitions
Hn along another line.
Dallas baseball fans can find
consolation in the fact that the
home team finished ahead of
Houston and that Fort-Worth
didn't win the pennant.
Fight shy of the candidate
whose friends fight shy of the
Presidential primary. The man
who is afraid of the people is the
man the people ought to be afraid
of.
The announcement that wo-
men's hats will be smaller this
winter is good news but not so
good as would be the announce-
ment that the price was to be
smaller.
The Saturday Review is the
name of a new publication in
Dallas, the first issue of which
has reached our exchange table.
It is printed in magazine form,
deals largely with political sub-
jects and shows strong editorial
force.
Tiie Dallas News very appro
priately remarks that it is fortu-
nate that President Taft and
Uncle Joe Cannon are getting
chummy, or words to that effect,
since the probabilities are that
they will soon be associated as
members of the down and out
club. ' :V"' ■
When it was announced that
the Governor would veto the part
of the appropriation for the sup-
port of the Attorney General's
department it was said by the
Governor's friends that it was
his purpose to make General
Lightfoot eat out of the Gover-
nor's hand, but those who know
the Attorney General knew that
he would not do it.
All the people who favor the
primary plan of expressing the
choice for Presidential nominee
are nut for Woodrow Wilson, but
practically all the supporters of
Gov. Wilson favor the plan for
the reason that they believe that
if the rank and file of the voters
are given an opportunity to ex-
press their choice at the ballot
box it will result in a solid Wil-
son delegation to the next nat-
ional Democratic convention.
When Hon. T. M. Campbell
was governor he gave his person-
al and official aid to every other
state official, to the end that the
state's best interests might be
served by a wise administration
of all departments of the govern-
ment. Gov. Colquitt seems de-
termined not only to refuse to
co operate with the other elected
officials, but to throw every pos-
sible obstacle in their path. Ii.
is an unfortunate condition of
affairs, to say the least, and one
that ought to be remedied next
year.
Gossip About The Legislature
Politics and Politicians
By The Editor. 7
Just as I predicted some time
ago in one of my Austin letters,
the Congressional re-districting
bill failed to pass. The bill sought
to be put through was a gerry-
mander, pure and simple—not
on the Bailey or anti-Bailey, pro-
hibition or anti prohibition basis,
but to enable certain members
of the House and Senate to grati-
fy their ambition to hold down a
seat in the halls of Congress. In
the Senate, the antis lined up
solidly for a bill to create dis-
tricts favorable to Lieut. Gover-
nor Davidson and Senator Hud-
speth and in order to get a ma-
jority of the Senate behind the
bill, they mapped out districts
that corresponded with the ambi*
tions of Senator W ard, Sturgeon,
Mayfleld and one or two others,
and thus they formed a combi-
nation to pass the bill at all haz-
ards. In the House the men
sought to be cared for were
Speaker Rayburn and Repre-
senative Buchanan. Incidently
it may be remarked that the two
new districts and the districts in
which the present Congressman
will not seek re election would
not make enough districts for the
would-be Congressman, but they
sought to obviate this difficulty
by placing several of the present
Congressmen in the same dis-
tricts, which would, of course,
have forced the retirement of all
but one of them in such districts.
But there was a conflict in fche
ambitions of speaker Rayburn
and Senator Sturgeon, becahse
they both hail from the same sec-
gressmen than either Davidson,
Hudspeth or Rayburn, though as
I see it, neither of these men,
and especially the latter, had any
"cinch" on being elected even if
the districts were carved out to
suit them.
Whenever I meet an honest
man, whatever his opinions are,
I take off my hat to him. Judge
Thos. McNeal, (hat off), Repre
sentative from Caldwell county
is a member of that rare species
of humanity. Not only is he
honest, but be has the courage
of his convictions and he is al
ways ready to stand up and fight
for what he believes" to be right
and to oppose whatever seems to
him to be wrong. He is an anti-
prohibitionist as applied to state,
county or precinct. He believes
that it is a wrong principle and
so believing, he cannot figure it
out that the size of the territory
affected makes any difference.
I'm not saying that there are not
men who believe in local option
who oppose statewide prohibition!
but 1 do believe that there aro
men who in opposing* statewide
prohibition in the recent cam-
paign, praised local option, when
at heart they were no more in
favor of county or precinct pro-
hibition than is Judge McNeal.
Whenever any question came up
in the House where the prohibi-
tion question was involved, Judge
McNeal, voted as an anti because
he is an anti. But he has a mind
of his own and he never permitted
himself to be led around by the
nose by a few anti leaders like a
tion ot the state, and it was this few others did. I've seen men
conflict rather than the breaking
of & quorum by the eight or nine
vote in matters where there was
no pro or anti question involved
Senators, not in the combination 1 and then change their vote when
that finally defeated the bill, as Col. Ike Standifer or some other
the free conferee committee anti leader told them they had
never agreed on the bill and re- voted wrong. Nobody tells "the
ported to both bodies of the Leg "the gentleman from Caldwell"
islature just before sine die ad-
journment that they were unable
to agree. It was then too late
for'the bill to have been agreed
upon and passed had every Repre
sentative and Senator been in his
seat. And if a bill like either the
House or Senate bill, or one em-
bodying the principal features of
each, had been passed it would
have been worse than nothing.
As it is we will get two extra
Congressmen anyway, only they
will be elected by the State at
large instead of from two new
distridts. I do not know who
will run for Congressmen at
large, but I think it is safe to
presume that the two men elect-
ed will be equal in ability to the
men who would have been chos-
en in the new districts. Certain-
ly, I think we will get better Con-
how to vote, because everybody
knows that he is going to vote
his honest convictions whether he
is alone, with the minority or
in the majority. **•
Judge McNeal is one of the
most valiant champions of econ-
omy in the Legislature, especial-
ly when it is proposed to raise
the salary of a public official or
to hire clerks or stenographers
to lighten the work of an official.
He has drawn a few hundred
dollars in mileage and per diem
and he has taken up some of the
time of the Legislature in making
speeches, but he has saved the
state dollars where it paid him
dimes. If South Texas insists
on sending antis to the Legisla-
ture, I hope they will send some
more men like Judge McNeal.
EMU
TEXAS
We have bought the New Hope gin and
have installed a
COMPLETE NEW MURRAY OUTFIT
Including four 80-saw stands. We are
prepared to handle your cotton and
will buy cotton in the seed and will also be
in the market for your seed
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
guaranteed. We solicit your patronage.
Respectfully,
J. I
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Dallas Oil & Refining Co.
New Hope,
G. P. Worthington, Manager
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announced in a stentorian voice1
that he would reply to the bad
accusations that had been made
against him by Uncle David at
his next appointment, which was
two days hence. The news of
Uncle David's speech spread like
wild fire and people from all
parts of the county came to the
Willow Springs picnic, the place
where Rev. Halford was to reply
to the charges made by Uncle
David, but they were doomed to
disappointment, as the reverend
gentleman failed to put in an ap-
pearance.
Lav. Cartwright lost a fine
hors* last week.
Mrs. Neva Wilhoit and Miss
Jessie Nelson of Forney, spent a
few days with Miss Neppie Cart-
wright this week.
D. C. Landess and daughter,
Miss Dona, were in Dallas Wed-
nesday.
Miss Jennie Haney and broth-
er of Mesquite, were here a few
days ago.
Miss Annie Harvey, a daugh-
ter of C. C. Harvey, and former-
ly of this place, was married re-
cently to a Mr. Ames of Amar-
illo.
We think the people of Dallas
county are highly pleased with
the work of the last Legislature,
which will, we are sure, make
our Representative, Mr. Daivs
feel complimented.
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The country will applaud the
victory of Frank Gotch, the
champion wrestler, over Hacken-
smidt, "the Russian lion," on
Labor Day, first because Gotch
is an American, and then because
he is a clean, healthy, temperate
man, a man who does not drink
or gamble or indulge in the other
vises so common among men who
attain fame in atneletic contests.
Gotch lives on a farm, leads the
simple life and saves his money.
UNCLE DAVID'S FIRST
AND LAST SPEECH
Continued from Page One.
The Mesquiter is glad to
know that Senator Bailey has
read the handwriting on the wall
and will not be a candidate for
re-election. If there was in us
any bitterness toward .Senator
Bailey, himself, we would rather
he would stay in the race and go
down in defeat, in order that he
might be further humiliated.
But we have no hatred for Bailey.
It is "Baileyism" that we object
to. Whatever he or his loyal
friends may say, the world will
know tne troth—that he realized
his course was run. This lesson
will serve; the same useful par-
pose to other men and to the
country that defeat of Bailey
would have served. A man ban-
not serve two masters.
till I git through.
If Bill Stokes had node about
that speech you made to the nig-'
gers at Abiline, Kansas, a few
years ago in which you told 'em
that they were as good as .any
northern white man and much
better than the pore white trash
of the south, its jist possibul
that he wouldn't have throde his
hat in the air when you called me
an old whiskey buzzard in yoar
speech this tnornen. Bill knows
that I carried his pa off the bat-
tle field in the thick of the fight
at the battle of Chickamaugee
notwithstandin I was badly
wounded myself.
Dont deny that speech parson
fur I am a holden a clippen uv it
right here in my fist. Now par-
don, I'm gwine to yield the floor
to ye if ye feel like adressen this
crowd any further on the issues
uv the day, but let me warn ye
that if you attempt to beesmirch
my good name agin I'll tell the
other things I know agin ye. 1
thank ye all fur the kind attention
you paid me."
At the conclusion of Uncle
David's speech many came for
ward and shook hands with him
and warmly congratulated him.
While the handshaking was go-
ing on the reverend Mr. Halford
I believe everybody this week
is feeling well doing well and try-
ing to look well.
Mrs. Edna Rogers and child-
ren of the Edwards community,
were shopping in Lawson one
day last week.
J. E. B. Gott of Mesquite, is
building a furnace over- the big
boiler at the new gin at this place.
J. M. Dozier and family were
visitors in Dallas Wednesday.
The Tuesday night singing is
on a boom. Quite a crowd of the
Markout singing class were over
last Tuesday night. The class
at this place will go to Markout
to sing Friday.
Leslie Landess has resigned
his position with Colliers' Maga-
zine and is now at home. He
says the next trip he makes over
the country will be for the sole
purpose of looking up a wife.
The Rebecca ladies will give a
play and box supper at Lawson
Saturday night. The play is
free, but the snpper will cost a
small sum and the proceeds will
go toward purchasing a piano for
the hall. Remember the date—
Saturday, Sept. 9.
Miss Hattie Parnell is attend-
ing the teachers institute at Dal-
las, this week.
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1911, newspaper, September 8, 1911; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400768/m1/4/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.