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CRIME STOPPERS
547-1111
Help Us Put It Together”
Former Gov.,
Senator
refuses to go
quietly
Texans from every corner of the state
met at Waco on May 16, 1897 to pay their
last respects to Richard Coke, but the
revered former governor and three-term
U.S. Senator refused to go quietly.
Coke will always be remembered for
his key role in ridding Texas of the carpet-
baggers. Only by keeping his head in the
midst of an explosive crisis did the first
popularly elected governor since the Civil
War prevent the return of the Yankee army.
The 44 year old Democrat beat incum-
bent Edmund J. Davis fair and square in
the fall of 1873. Although he more than
doubled the vote total of the Radical
Republican, Coke did not expect his stub-
born opponent to give up the highest
office in the state without a fight.
Sure enough, long before the sched-
uled changing of the guard in January
1874, Davis defiantly vowed to stay put, at
least until the April anniversary of his own
inauguration four
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years earlier. In
fact, he planned
on nullifying
Coke’s election
and remaining
indefinitely as the
ringmaster of
Reconstruction.
Davis
knew, of course,
that the over-
whelming majori-
ty of Texans
would not stand
for such shame-
less shenanigans.
Push was bound
to come to shove,
and thousands of
troops would be needed to silence the pub-
lic uproar.
With that in mind, Davis secretly
appealed in advance to his fellow Republi-
can in the White House for the military
reoccupation of Texas. Even though
Ulysses S. Grant turned down his original
request, the lame-duck governor was con-
vinced the president would come through
for him in the end.
The incoming Democratic legislators
met in Austin on Jan. 12, 1874, the day
before they were to assume control. Tak-
ing their cue from Davis, the defeated
Radicals announced their intention to
remain in office and occupied the lower
level of the capitol with the support of an
armed militia.
During the night, two fearless Democ-
rats slipped past the Radical sentries and
crept upstairs to the House and Senate
chambers. The daring duo secured the
seat of government for their side by bar-
ring the heavy doors.
Meanwhile, Davis again asked for aid,
and Grant again refused to intervene. But
the eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation con-
tinued with the Radical determined not to
be the first to blink.
On Jan. 15, Davis did, however, hand
over the official election returns, and later
that day Richard Coke was sworn in as
governor. “Let the heart of the patriot
throb with joy,” he proclaimed, “for the
old landmarks of constitutional representa-
tive government, so long lost, are this day
restored, and the ancient liberties of the
people of Texas reestablished.”
But that was not exactly the case, as
Davis and his cronies held on for dear life.
Everyone’s nerves were stretched to the
breaking point as the stand-off at the capi-
tol dragged on for another 48 hours. A
pillar of calm resolve, Coke worked
around the clock to keep his followers in
line and to stop reckless retaliation against
the detested Radicals.
A blunt reply from President Grant to
Davis’ third and final appeal decided the
issue. The attorney general stated flatly
no soldiers would be sent to Texas and
that the time had come for the Radicals to
step aside. Davis accepted his fate, vacat-
ed the official premises and led his sub-
dued supporters into political exile.
As the man of the hour, a second term
was Gov. Coke’s for the asking. His serv-
ices were in such demand, however, that
just ten days after his April 1876 inaugura-
tion state lawmakers selected him for a
seat in the United States Senate.
Like any politician, Coke had his crit-
ics, including an outspoken detractor who
groused, “I don’t like any man like Coke
that wears a flop hat and hollers when he
speaks.”
To this an admirer answered, “I like
See HISTORY, Page 5A
A Pretty ackage
In my bathroom drawer, I have about
every type of cosmetic product you can imag-
ine. There is lipstick, lip liner, eyeshadow,
eyeliner, blush, mascara . . . even some spark-
ly, glittery stuff to give me that fairy-talish
quality. Then, there is the stuff that removes
all the aforementioned stuff: cold cream,
cleanser, astringent. . . Finally, there are
lotions and creams and moisturizers to put
back what the cleansers and astringents took
away.
And that’s just for my face! I also have
hair products galore. Hairspray. Gel. Mousse.
Shiny spray stuff to give my hair that fairy-tal-
ish quality, so my hair will match my face. Of
course, with all that, I need an assortment of
shampoos and conditioners to remove the hair-
spray, gel, mousse, and shiny stuff.
The sad thing is, much of it only gets used
a few times. Then, I discover that it doesn’t do
what it promises to do. No matter how much
stuff I put on my face and hair, I still look like
me. Not Julia Roberts. Not Cinderella.
The word “cosmetic” actually comes from
the Greek word, “cos-
mos,” meaning worldly.
It refers to a skin-deep
beauty. It’s all about the
packaging. Funny, if
we spent more time
working on what’s
inside our packages,
instead of spending
thousands of dollars
and hours trying to
make the wrapping
look great, we’d sure
get a lot more from our
investment.
Oh, don’t get me
wrong. I love a pretty
package as much as
anybody. I like a pretty
house. But if there
isn’t love in that house,
it’s no more than a box. I like a pretty face. But
if there’s not a kind, generous, loving spirit
behind that face, well ... I’d rather move on to
another face. It’s kind of like getting a gigantic,
sparkly, beautifully wrapped bag of fertilizer. It
may be pretty on the outside. But after a while,
it’s gonna stink. It’s not worth any more than a
pile of rubbish.
In the end, this package - my body, is
going to be discarded like wrapping paper and
ribbons. I don’t want that to be all there is -
just a big ol’ box of nothing special. When all
the glitter and sparkles and packaging are
removed, I want what’s inside to be so lovely
that the packaging looks like what it is -
worthless. I want the real value to be inside the
box, not outside.
God’s Word, His wisdom shows us how to
increase the value inside our package. He teaches
us to be kind and generous. He teaches us to be
humble and compassionate. He shows us how to
really love others, and to make every single per-
son feel important. And when we spend time
learning His ways, it’s kind of like He takes a cos-
metic bmsh and makes our spirits lovelier and
See BRUMBAUGH, Page 5A
Renae
Brumbaugh
Coffee
Talk
Rich
Lowry
column
The Euphemism mperative
President Barack Obama was
proud to become the first sitting presi-
dent to address Planned Parenthood
the other week. But not proud enough
to utter the word "abortion."
The right to abortion is the
sneakiest, most shamefaced of all
American rights. It hides behind eva-
sion and euphemism and cant.
So President Obama sang a hymn
of praise to Planned Parenthood at the
organization's annual conference with-
out mentioning what makes it so dis-
tinctive and controversial. He said its
core principle is "that women should
be allowed to make their own deci-
sions about their own health." He
excoriated opponents involved "in an
orchestrated and historic effort to roll
back basic rights when it comes to
women's health."
Listening to him, you could be
forgiven for thinking that the country
is riven by a fierce dispute over
whether women should be allowed to
choose their own OB-GYNs or to get
cancer screenings. In his speech, the
president said the word "cancer"
seven times. About that he is happy to
be forthright.
Imagine if he had been similarly
frank about the core of Planned Par-
enthood's work: "In 2011, according
to your annual report, your clinics or
affiliates performed 330,000 abor-
tions. That's a lot of abortion. Over 10
years more than 3 million. Thank you,
Planned Parenthood. Think of all
those women who wanted to terminate
their pregnancies, and you were there
See LOWRY, Page 5A
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