The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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IT THURSDAY
me Race of Knotitrlt.
The rase that Theodor© Romm volt
A* for the presidency of 4Jba
hat been thararteirisftLc of
Teddy <*t hM had all the
f 1.00 "etrenouaity hie nature demando and
•60 has been characterised by all the
headline
Rataa of flabscription.
One Copy, One Year,
One Copy, Ri Month#, -
at th. .» 0r^;^rtou* »°rU h«d,to* J«t now U» .»!, ,«u,
ham. Texan, an second-class mall that has marked hie course Oo#r wh9 ^ authority to lanue
U# And Unmewaiw Bob 1
We are reliably informed
there are a few mop la out
who aay they are going to au
Rob Barker for Controller of the
state against W. P. Lane and
tact leads ua toremark a few re-
marks r:." I
la the flrat place the state con-
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tatter.
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FRANK H. BOWhON. Kdltor
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Th. wbM«r Orpntyli*-
"There la no department of life,
s ■ . .
domestic, moral, social, or polltl- start to finish.
... JT f or withhold the granting of License
“ cS££Sr ,w,uor ,n ”* 'ou“u*',b *•
( ’ . , . _ _. .. ' state. He la the man who cancels
1' “ SSL i*— »*e u» wo*™
bjr U.« l.rrtfel. Itaivtdu.Mur 6» IS*jV ^ ,n<J ^ w ,,22
n>M klJMeU. for be bu bad to f)*ht V |b ,(r ~J* H„*
the organisation of the party from■ “ “
h. au.th‘M^.Tn '\r ■&
cal. that the present whiskey or-
ganisation la Texas does not Invade.
upon
the
1 tte
leaX
people at large'and not
lWf» \»uder the Robertson FltxhuRh
and he has
been vic-
torious lit wfbty instance where the
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It is not with the lleeneo prlmary exp»eealon got the seatimeii
granted It to do business in the state ^ ths masses.
but seche; to auboiAfnate the govern-J At this late day the republicans
ment of the State to its popular uses loader* would nominate a dark
It is compact, practical, thorough.
Statewide in Its organization; and
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liquor law.
Consequently the saloons of the
etste want a man In this office
i ■■Ri-Vlonit suM. them a little bit
He has put on the Sunday lid in
Galveston and Beaumont and <
Sour Lake he has put every saloon
out of business for violating the
horse If they dared do ltNgnd yet
defeat him; YFuJ they know full well
u b, .u „<>«, „bctts* z /r ^
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to project its plane and aggressively
carry on He work. It has In its
'.Support enough leading men to
manage its politics and to make i
blind behind which Its saloon agen-
cies can hide, and these m*^ can
create Its issues and carry out'Ua
schemes. Hence through such In
fltienoe it manages to combine with
Us aims certain ‘‘special interests'
and for the time being the liquor
business Is placed aa far as pos-
eibel out of public view.*’—Tsxjes
Christian Advocate.
The truth of the above extract la
apparent to the most causal oth
server of political affairs In Texas.
It has been able to meet victoriously
all the assaults of its enemies so
far by some hook dr crook. It has
named a- governor of the state and
seeks to rename him. It has out
a man for Senator and a man for
every state office that affects its
business. It wants a controRer^sub-
servient to its will and has named
Bob Barker. It la backing Walters
and Colquitt and every saloon in
the state la a chib-room for these
three and such leaser lights as the
liquor men think they need In their
business. It has no more political
principles than a razor back Mi oat.
In republican states the whiskey
ring Is republican; in Texas It claim
to be democratic in order to hold,
the balance of power in the party
In control. It shifts from one to
the other as occasion demands. It
enters into the election of every of-
ficer in the state from the lowest to
lb# highest. No* that primary ©1-
eeUoB tlase draws olgh Ha candidate
are runqjpg around oyer the state
filing the people that “there la no
of prohibition or antl-pro-
iy»* (witness. Colquitt.
Wolters etkal) and there are some
prohibitionist^La the state who act-
ually believe thfcm.
But with the whlbkey organisation
there is no mistake. '"hey know
who to vote tor and they will de-
liver the goods. How many saloon
men 'or wholesale liquor men v
beer manufacturers think you will
vote for Moris Sheppard, W. F.
Ramsey or W. P. Lane? Not one.
They will preach a doctrine of
liberality but they will not practice
It at the polls no July 27th next.
And the prohibitionist who gets
fooled by their syren song of “poli-
tical peace" will be rewarded by
the spectacle he makes of himself
when he wakes up and finds that
they have used him for political pur
poses alone.
an independent candidate, for ‘.’Ter-
rible Ted” is a ghost that will not
down.
And It-remains to be seen whether
the democrats can find a*xnau strong
enough, ts defeat him; the only hope
now la to elect a democrat. If the
democratic party could and would
get together and put out a strong
conservative mai they would win;
but .If they do aa they have done a
few times in the past, (put out a
man* who stands for nothing In par
ticular and has no individuality),
Roosevelt will run rough-shod over
him and get the presidency again
The great mass of the American
pedpie admire a man who-stands for
something and don’t earn who
knows It. Thousands of men* who
who haver votpd for Roosevelt do
not agree with hit policies but . they
want a man who has some poYfl^Sb
of. his own whether they are right
or wrong.
The day of the time-server and
the fence rider in politics has been
passed by. _ No longer can the “gum
ahok" politician-'hope to win out
anywhere. The people have a right
to know and they will know Just
Of course they don’t waqj
by the same
they do want Bob Barker.
Bob barked for them over the stato
during the- prohibition campaign
last year, and, in the employ cEhe
liquor interests he made a trip to uuoag progressive democrats,
Tennessee and was exposed by Dr.
Rankin, nosing around to find
something he could say Injurious to
Konkin.. .
He played detective for WoMera
and his gang, and the role was per
haps the most contemptible part
played In the whole campaign.
Now we recognise to 4 fact that
Lane is far from bein^ja Solomon
for wisdom, but he Is A clean white
man and he has done his duty In
the very teeth of all opposition that
Colquitt and his ad minis-radon
could throw against him and it will
be a shame for the people of Tex-
as to throw him down for a
Wke Bob Barker.
Sheppard’s Campaign.
. Morris Shephard is making one of
the strongest eaiVrpaiRns ever made
In Texas. His speeches through-
out the Panhandle drew In^mensd
crowds of people and everywhere h*
left the people eathuastir to his *up-
. _ port. Jake Woilers has challenged
«!«».■« M,nd. on .n, for » Joint dotal, upon the
And Teddy has never yet hesitat-
them
n-iiioi
.
wh^re he
stands,
the
I to tell
That’s the reahon thejr, admire
man and that’s the reason why ihe
machine politicians fear and * dread
him so. s ’ v
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The Bat And Bull Whip.
Whea Judge Ramsey gave hia open
ing speech to the press he announce
It an one of hia policies to abolish
the use of the whip in the peniten-
tiaries of the state. In lens than
twenty-four hours after his speech
was given out. Gov. Colquitt hod
given orders to atop its use in the
state penal institution. He hod been
Governor for eighteen months and
had never thought of. it until he got
the Idea from hia opponent And
now we have thj interesting spec-
tacle of little Osder running around
over the state exhibit! g a bat to tb
people and telling them that h4 has
abolished its use. “Just look whst
1 have done" says he but he never
gives the people the truth that he
got the Idea from the speech of hM
great opponent. ,
It is strange Just how “little “aome
men can be even when occupying
high positions.
Playing Tlie (lame Hafe. •s
We note that the Dallins News of
last Sunday tail|es Speaker - Clark
vsry aaverely to task for announc-
ing for Congress*^ Missouri #hlle
hia friends are so loudly proclaim-
ing that he will be nominated and
elected to the presidency.
We do not blame Ghamp one bit
for hedging this way; he Is merely
playing the game safe. He has a
sure thing for congress and the nom
Lnation and election for the presi-
dency is about as for away as the
proverbial two birds “in the bush.”
Jt is true that hia announcement for
iC-election, to congress may show
some «f hl» friends that he hs not
as confident as they seem to be and
coming at this time dt may . some-
what “cool the ardor”- of hts cam-
paign, managers, but to our opinion,
it proves that Champ Is a man of
fine sense and one who knows the
value of h “pat hand ’’ and a “cinch
amd is toe old to the game to throw
down, a sure thing in the hope of
“filling” to a “bob-tail flush to the
shape of a doubtful notaination, by
the democracy.
Yee, Champ is k conservative play-
er and Young county did not mhke
much of a mistake when. It Instruct-
ed for him.
man
tarrMf question but K Is not likely
that Sheppard will agrge to confine
hig#elf to Ibis one and Woltera
wilt not • debate all the differences
between them. As all orator, neith-
er Woltera nor Randell are to the
same class with Bftepp&rd. r”
At Wichita Falls an immense crowd
gneeied Sheppard, at^he Opera house
last Saturday night, ^tbe reception
committee going out to Iowa .Park
£d meet him In automobiles. r ^
It is generally conceded that Shop
pord will carry Wichita County, al-
though It la an anti-prohibition
county. He bos a strong following
there of a personal nature.
Public Education. * ,
One of the most Important ques-
tions which wiU ever engage the
attention of the patriotic citizens is
the matter of public education. Thf
development of the rural schools Is
indispensably necessary to the promo
L<ttle Oscar says he will beat
Judge Ramsey 100.000 votes to the
coming primary election. This same
little governor said that prohibition
would be defeated by that some
number of votes, but he missed It by
about 04,000. He will miss his pre
diction this year by equally as many
votes. In foot the way' things look
now he wBl be the first one term
governor of Texas since E. J. Davis’
time. The people have said that
they don’t want the whiskey elemei 1 J the people of Texas are to
lo
" Kheb William** Hi * Gracefully.
State Chairman Sheb WIIlianiK
na)w the Harmon and Clark for* e*
1c Texas #f!l‘surrender gracefully
at the Houston Convention and will
make no effort to embarrass the Wfl
spa men in reaping the full fry Us
victory. He is sefedy for
the steam -roller and baa already
laid down iriq arms. ..Rlieb put up
a good fight for the old machine in
Teas* but they beat him in hia own
precinct and cotiniy and now he is
ready to* come down* In fine style
run the affairs of Texas any
longer and sto?e the highest officer
g'H shown himself to be a direct
tool for the whiskey ring the peo-
ple have decided to tenderly place
him in a seat in thi boat that de-
parts up Salt river on, July , 28th,
next,—Italy News Herald.
Could IHfNo More.
.An old confederate soldier receiv-
ed a letter a few days ago . from
^olqu^tt.asking what if anything the
’governor could do for them as a
<-law*. 7 We understand that he re-
plied “you can, do no more that I
tan now think-of. You turned out
or« of our comrades to make place]
for a yftung man, of your sort
Huai, of the state. Ours la an Miri-
cultural skate, and seventy-five per
cent or more of our scholastic popu-
lations to be found in rural dis-
tricts. Ij is perfectly obvious, ther *»
fore that any system of education
which may obtain to this State is
scarcely worthy of the name, unless
first-clase educational privileges be
enjoyed by the youth who lives to
the country. There Is no doubt
that so far as ability and deposition
are concerned boys and girls - who
llveHn the rural districts do not suf-
fer by comparison with children in
urban communities. Unfortunately,
up to this time, lor the most part
in this State, high school advantages
are not found outside of cities towns
and vlliiagee. Perhaps the great-
est task which now lies before the
people of Texas is to establish upon |
a firtn foundation, a system of high
schools which shall be largeiy cor-
related Into an efficient system of
seooodary schools and with our high
er institutions of learning, Knowl-
edge will govern ignorance, and
be
their own, governors and are to be
free from the rule of political boss-
es, the liquor interests and other
special ' interests, they seventy-five
per cent of our. population who live
on the farms and ranches must have
the opportunity to obtain at least
a high School education. Again vhg
country schools of our state, aa in-
deed our public schools everywhere,
need a closer and more etpert super-
vision. We are today every year
iavestlrg more money In our publk
schools tjiatt all other functions' o:
our government It is toexopeabt
knd unhusimesHlik© io carry on no
colossal and | Important au> enterprise
without providing for competent
supervision of thA funds expended
i^c-
a»r.„ ta - ... ..
can he deluded Into tbs '
it would be party policy to nominate
a. reactionary. While the division
in the^ republican ranks seems; to
insure success, unless the Baltimore
convention makes some egregious
mistake, still ^he party ’• chancq,
of sueppsg' rests entirely upon the
nomination of progressive democrats
ups^ a progressive platform. Id
no po9slbie'*eontingehcy would it be
politic to nominate a man suspect-'
>d of reactionary tendencies. /? ' v 'f
The republican national oonventlo
may do one of three things, and no
one at this time can say which
it may rdnomlnate President Taft, *.
out If It does so it will be through
the influence of southern delegates,
for Mr. Taft is not likely to have a
majority of the delegates from the
northern, states. In* case Mr. Taft
is nominated, the progressive repub-
licans—that Is. the rank and
"—would be likely to support any
Jemocrai known to be progressive; '
*ut as between Mr. Taft and a re-
actionary democrat they would |
laturally per for Mr. Taft, and thus,
[with the tphimp that would folio?
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insure Mr. Toft’s election. , , •.
But the Chicago convention may]
minate Mr. Roosevelt tor a third
*m, in which case the nomination1
jf a reactionary democrat would'
ue equally fatal, because Mr. Roose-
/eit would draw .enough progress-1
ive democrats to oXXset his loss
.im<yng the etandpst republicans ss
hat his election would be insured,
rig nomination of a progressive
democrat on the other hand would
inmire the defeat of Mr. Roosevelt,
because a progreslve democrat
would hold the progressive vote
republicans who oppose Mr. Roose-
velt would have no where alas to
go and would vote. the democratic
ticket from necessity. |
But a thlfo contingency is possi-
ble. The tight between Toft 'and
Roosevelt has become so hitter, that
they may be put aside and a dark
horse nominated. If LaFollette
should happen to be the lucky man,
it would take a very strong progress
ive deurocrat to hold all of the demo
cratlc.JutliA. A reactionary demo-
cljtt would be defeated before the
battle was begun. If the dark
horse proved to be a man satlsfac-
s DigestioftCheerful-
ness and Rest Contains neither
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Worms .Convulsions Jeveri sh-
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element, democratic chances would
be' very much lessened* amd no one
could hope for sucoes* unless he was
in a* position to take advantage > of
tbs progressive sentiment of ...the
country—a reactionary would have
no possible show' of election. This
is the situation, as anyone must
clearly see who will give a moment
time to the serious consideration of
politics. ;
Why, then, ore the democrats will-
ing to invite defeat by encouraging
toe candidacy of a reactionary?- It
«s easy enough to understood the
tactics of Wall street, because Wall
atrqet has no politics. It , does
not matter to Wall street whether
the president is a democrat or a
republican, provided he goes to Wall
street for tdvioe. What whll Street
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Newly equipped throughout. First-class Rigs, up-
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always ON TIME and meet all trains. Your patron-
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Graham,
Texas.
wuntEoMuinE
{Aonom.
tlon of the welfare material and splr wants l*4p nominate both tickets.
«*ind then elecj the republican ticket
tor It Is beyond Wall street’s power
elect the democraUc ticket even
if It wanted tt>.' It cannot throw Its
entire Influence • to the democratic
“cket for however satisfactory the
candidate himself may be to Wall
jireet. Wall Streets afraid of the*
democratic party, arid it knows a
democratic president could » not
KOtry out Wall street’s policies, even
.f he used all the patronage
„a his effoi-t to do so.
i ne most that Wall streek could
do Is to nominate a democrat who
would be esoiiy defeated;and hav-
■iig nominated a man whom the rs.k
md file of the party would nok sup-
port, it would then abandon him
vo bds fate, and leave the party
where It left It in 1904.
Con It he possible that the detno-
* a
I represent Cisco and Stamford
Marble Works, and oan flU your
orders for Tombstones sod Iron
Fencing promptly and satisfactorily.
W E. BAKER.
Graham. Texas.
, OR. fl 0. CARTWRIGHT
VETERINARY SURGEON
and DENTIST
TREATS DISEASES OF AU ANIMALS
Office at
HENDERSON’S WAGON YARD
Calls answered day or night
Residence Phone ISO Ind.
OR AH AM. TEXAS
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Dr. W. A. MORRIS,
DENTIST,
Office over Graham National/Bank
GRAHAM, TEiXAS.
K.AY A AKIN
LAWYSB3
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Qraham, :
V»4
J. E. SIMPSON,
LAWYER
O RAH AM. TEXAS
Office Over Peat Office.
G* Drummond Hunt
Attorney at Lair*'* i*
Slaughter Building.
Dallaa, - Texas.
i£
orats, who have fought f*>r twenky en,ter into the unseem
/ears against the predatory inter- ^ ^ they are now,en-
view of sec unto* the overwhelming
defeat of 'that party, a democratic
committee could not have advised
all of the mistakes that the ropubli-'
can leaders hove mode, and the dem-
ocrats would have been ashamed | Will practice in the Court* of Younp
the president and the ex- and adjoining counties.
Office West Side Square.
C. W. JOHNSON,
Attorney - at - Law
GRAHAM, TEXAS.
usts, can he duped at |fcto time ^ Surely the %olrctiimikancen
jod are they willing to throw away fAYOr democrats, umiese the dean
vne beet chance tlioy have had of | themselves destroy
/lctory, merely to please the ele-jhppe ^ democratic victory;... ~
meat that hue brought defeat to (they can, dentroy U In buk one
-i'itod
way,
ARNOLD & ARNOLD.
Attorneys - at-Law
Will proolloe In all Stote and Federal
•’ \
vne party for sixteen years? Will by surrender to the Intereets Courts, loan money upon lands.buj
.be democrats risk the election of by retreat from the high position and sell vendor’s lien notes, etc. Have
Mr. Roosevelt for a third term. wlth'that thejr haTti occupied, by com- ot titles andoon
corn-
ill that than means in the overthrow promise with those who are exploit-
er tne traditions ot the nations? [ng tbn massen.—fhe Commoner.
«Vill they, by nominating a reaction-1 ii—Ti . ■. w.
iry, unable Mr., Taft to regain,the | u ^rv nrAhaOilMv that
will
urnfsh tame on short notice.
and supfwi*M;n or tna runes expo
he turned out another to make rodcl therefor, an all. of the arUvltmi
bartender., Pleeae don’t do usaary to the tltghest efficiency
jtnything more for us." j srrvdc*.—W. F. Ramoey.
« „. , There Is every probability
.onfidence of the peopl^-qpnfldwce . Fort Worth grand Juhr
^hlch he ha. lost a. few prteddeats t C^9W» Ouwly for dlvulg-
•iave lost irt? ing the secret proceedings of the
The road would seem to be a plain grgnd Jury ^ plIbllehti^ the indtot-
>ne leading to victory, with all me>t ^ NorrU before the “ same
that victory would mean, to ietUined to the clerk. It would
jarty. Both prlmiple a*id policy ^ ^ troubi« to convict him *; for
point the way. > The party need# n^iy every body In Fort Worth
only to “have fadth In the readme article, and he the tore man
>f doing right,” U needs only to 0j ^,0 grand tur> as well as ed’t^r
Hand fLrm and retain the confidence of the paper. It would the Irony
bat IU splendid fight hoe won. ' & fate to iwt OueVey to the penl-
If the^ republicans had authofiaqd tentiary. We don’t blame him for
the demor/Ms to map out a course being *nadV*nd worried.—Hall Colla-
tor the reguhli* on party with . ‘ the ty Herald.
Dr. M. H. CHISM,
Dentist3Dd Photographer,
GRAHAM, TEXAS.
West Side of Square, two doors^fouth*
of Pythian Hall. , ^
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