The Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 9, 1912 Page: 2 of 6
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THE BRYAN DAILY EAGLE
TUESDAY JANUARY 9 1912.
ijjatt Qatlg EagW
AND PILOT
hd Every Day Except 8unday
THE EAGLE PRINTING CO.
::er op associated press.
V Carnaa........ Editor
Z. Wallace Manager
). Buchanan City Editor
land Carnea 1.... Circulation
ntsred as second-class matter April
1 1910 at the poatofflce at Bryan
:s under the Act of March 3 1879.
Rates of Subscription:
Month I .40
t Months 1-00
i Tear 4.00
.dvortlslnr rates on Application i
:ubscrlbers will confer a favor on
management by telephoning the
oe promptly when carriers fall to
lver the paper or when change of
idence occurs. . 1
BRYAN AND THE PRESIDENCY
A number of prominent democrati
ive calld on the editor during the
1st few;.daya and requested that The
igle ..advocate the nomination of
illiam f.- Bryan as the democratic
.ndidate ' for president In the ap-I-oachlng
campaign. If . a nation-wide
The Houston Chronicle says: "The
high financiers on the (Carnegie) pen-
sion fund board of trustees who
turned his (Governor Wilson's) appli-
cation down revealed their despicable
littleness by making it public after
Wilson had become a formidable can-
didate for the presidency." If there
was no harm In the application where
was the harm In making It public?
Governor Woodrow Wilson refer
ring to the Joline letter In which be
advocated knocking Bryan Into a
cocked hat said: "Even ir a man
changes his mind it ought not to em-
barrass him." Certainly not if one
has good reason as The Eagle had
in the ase of Governor Wilson.
The Herald says the shadow of the
tax collector causes sorrow In Penuri-
ous Palestine. Not so in Beatific and
Bounteous Bryan where taxpaying is
a delight to all except a few tightwads
who are tolerated only as frightful ex-
amples to warn the rising generation
Tho enty essential point of differ-
ence between a progressive democrat
and a progressive republican is that
th latter believes In "preserving the
principle of protection" while the for-
mer Is opposed to protectionism. This
however Is an important difference.
mocratlc presidential primary were
:ld there Is no room for doubt that
.r. Bryan would be the nominee by a
Irge majority. But the fact that he
I so strong with the people is an
lenient of weakness with the politi-
cs. They know that more money
;ou!d be put up to defeat Bryan than
?ould be used agaln3t any other man;
nd It might accomplish Its purpose
js it has in each of bis former cum-
ialgns. Knowing this as he does
.here is doubt whether Mr. Bryan can
e Induced to consent to be a candi-
date again. But blind indeed is he
vho can not see that no man can be
on th rtpmrwrntlp Mrkpt with
out his hearty approval.
Everybody la requested to read the
'card of Mr. L. M. Hwit elsewhere in
khls paper. The editor of The Eagle
.feels that be was fully justified by
the facts and circumstances for all
jthal has been said In this paper in
I regard to the matters at Issue and has
I no apology or explanation to make
and no comment except that it is re-
grettable that Mr. Hewlt's statement
was not made earlier. The facts so
far as it Is possible to ascertain them
are now before the public and each
one can form or revise his opinion as
to the merits of the case always re-
membering that "charity thinketh no
evil."
While medical science has not yet
achieved a complete mastery cf men-
ingitis it has greatly lessened its ter-
rors. Time was when an attack was
considered equivalent to a death sen
tence but now medical men say about
eight per cent recover. When con
fronted with a dangerous situation the
main thing is not to lose your bead
but to exercise both courage and cau-
tion. It behooves everybody to be
careful of their health to consult ph-
The one-sldednesa of the Houston
land show speakers' program Justifies
the suspicion that it is to be a political
powwow in disguise. The star orators
are Judson Harmon O. B. Colquitt and
Jake Wolters all of whom are of the
same ilk.
The temperature at Araarlllo took
a plunge from forty-five above to six
below in a few hour3. From the view-
point of Balmy and Beatific Bryan it
looks like Amarlllo is a good place to
move away from.
Perhaps President Taft was so ex-
cited at his inauguration that he
mistook -the oath of office for a mar-
riage vow and got the Idea that It con-
tained the phrase "till death do us
part."
Some men are too doggoned stingy
to pay their poll tax and others are
too confounded lazy. Which cla3s do
you belong to you son-of-a-gun who
haven't paid yours?
Colquitt's cotton convention has
"gone glimmering like a dream of . nrobablv be the end of this month be-
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION OPENS
Columbus Ohio Jan. 9. The one
hundred and nineteen delegates se-
lected at the November election to
frame a new constitution for the state
of Ohio assembled today to organize
In preparation for the important taBk
before them. The preliminary work of
the clerks and committees will oc-
cupy considerable time and It will
things that were a schoolboy's tale
the wonder of an hour."
Convict Banker Morse finding that
he couldn't secure a pardon by threat-
ening to die Is reported to be con
valescent
Several of Colonel . Roosevelt'3
friends have said that he. 's not a
candidate but the colonel himself re-
fuses to confirm the statement.
The doctors -say measles Is bad to
put one in condition to take menin-
gitis. This may be so but hysteria
is worse.
Card from Secretary Hewit
fore the real business of the conven-
tion is taken up. It is expected that
four or five months perhaps more
will be required to complete the con-
stitution. Three i big issues will occupy much
of the fettention of the convention.
These are liquor legislation taxation
and the Initiative and referendum.
The last mentioned probably wilL be
subjected to an even more severe
fire than either of the other two ow-
ing to th feeling that has already been
manifested by both sides.
A determined effort will be made
to get the liquor question out of the
way. in advance of the other Important
matters that will come before the con-
vention. The course that will be pur.
sued in regard to the liquor question
can not be forecasted accurately.
When the constitutional delegates
To the Editor of The Bryan Eagle:
I was astonished tonight to read the
sicians upon the first indications of editop!al commnt nno mv .. n i were elected in November there were
anything unusual In the physical con j today's Eagle and especially the ref-! few .candidates who pledged them-
dltion.
erence to the Brazos County Fair As
sociation. So far as the Aero Club if
selves.-on either side and in souk
counties- the voters found it Impassl-
The country-people: may rely upon concerned that club held a meeting ble to indicate . their choice of dele-
it that if . meningitis -or any- other today and Its statement was furnished gate wlth the 10-uor Iasue ln mind-
dreaded epidemic should come to- The Eaele but I am told it wn too Wayne B. Wheeler suier!ntendent
Bryan The Eagle will not misrepre- late.for..todav'a !bsh. That statement nf t s'ate Anti-Saloon League as.
8enuje racta; in:.oraeroavoia injury shows fqr.lttself hqw much "graft''
to Duaine38. it is witn perfect sin- there was for anyone. Nearly all of;
cerity that the assurance Is given now the expenses going to The Eagle it l
that t one la In. reasonably .good the. onjx qn wh.p can take that stingy
health and will ercls ordinary pru- As;fprrthfalnassQciatlon Mr. Gam-
dence there is no good reason to be mill and myself are the most inter-
alawned.-.The-editorrof-.Tb.Eagle.haa eefced.A we have paid out over $80.00
serts that the majority of the dele-
gates favors the. temperance caust.
The majority he asserts will oi pose
any. suhroislson of the liquor question
hlch .will destroy . existing terapen
ance Jaws or take away from the pen-
eral -assembly its present power to
: . i v.
Foot for tloket sold -and a donation
from the Italian Agricultural Soclet?
of $40.00. and Mr. Gammlll and I were
talking the matter over less than a
month ago and we decided that we
would personally pay this money back
to these two sources and I so notified
each party. You oan see from this
that the "smell of graft" is still on
the other side of the balance sheet so
far as I am concerned. -
I have always believed that a fair
would have been of great benefit to
Brazos county but when the time
came for pushing it and for the rais-
ing of the funds our merchants were
simply snowed under with business
and could not be got to. However
some came to the front as they al-
ways do and subscribed as follows:
Parker-Astin Hardware Co. $150.00
E. F. Parks ;.. 150.00
A. M Waldrop & Co.. 150.00
Bryan-College Interurban R. R. 150.00
Eagle Printing Co 50.00
And a few ten-dollar subscriptions
all in the- way of advertising space
but as the amount to be raised was
not sufficient to furnish a fund to
guarantee the payment of premiums
neither Mr. Gammill nor myself felt
Justified in going any farther In the
matter and not one dollar of these
subscriptions was ever asked for or
collected.
I am sure that The Eagle has !n
some way been led into a misunder
standing of this matter or the unfair
comment never would have been
made. No statement has ever been
asked for ln any way or refused as
all parties Interested knew the exact
situation. Respectfully
L. M. HEWIT.
Bryan Texas Jan. 8 1912.
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
And May the New Year Bring You
MUCH PROSPERITY
The First National Bank
Of Bryan
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $200000.00
Suffragists Work for Cause.
Montclair N. J. Jan. 9. Society
women of this fashionable suburb to
the number of about two hundred have
enlisted under the banner of "equal
rightB" and wfll hold a public meeting
tonight. In order to raise money to
maintain . headquarters and bring
prominent speakers here many of the
members of the league have engaged
in tutoring embroidering cake mak
ing and millinery giving the proceeds
of their toil to the cause.
THE AUSTIN NURSERY.
W. J. Patterson salesman la at the
Glenn Hotel and carries a full line of
shade trees fruit trees and shrubbery.
Call him up and give him your num-
ber and street
BIDS WANTED.
To Contractors and Carpenters:
Notice is hereby given that I will
receive sealed bids up to January 13
1912 for the Improvement of the court-
house roof according to plans and
specifications' now on file in tho
county ' clerk's office reserving the
right to reject any and all bids. All
bids to be filed with county clerk.
A. O. BOARD.
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twice-had opportunities tp. observe the (.the.. larger share to The Eagle) and Prohibit the liquor traffic
di3ease1inAta.Wflr.stfo.r.rq at close have never received a dollar from any-
range and. knowa- whereof. b Bpeaka. qn.eecept W5.Q0cfronj .Misa Marion
I
Sunttflif atXiglitf
Electric Light
A LIGHT WITHOU HEAT
4 A LIGHT WITHOUT SMELL
A LIGHT WITHOUT HEADACHE
ALIGHT THAT DOES NOT BLOW OUT WHEN THE COOL BREEZE COMES IN
" YOU WILL COME TO IT '
WHY NOT NOW?.
The Bryan Power Co.
Hate i Complete Lice 'of' Fixtures Ready For Examination
li.it 'nf MittRs ?r.r t-caM-'.itf
Sixty-one of the one hundred and
nlnteendelcgateare:pledged;in( writ-
ing for the Initiative and referendum
with the following percentages: Not
more than 12 pen cent of the electors
for the. submission of constitutional
amendments; not more than 10' per
cent 'or the submission of other lnl-
JtlAtivo measures and not- more than
S rer rart for referendum petitions
jfevrrl 3 the. delegates are pledged
jt- v - rrh?'.i.Je? of the Initiative and
n ferer 'urn w tl.out psecific percen-
tages. '. . !
The tarat'on problem promises to
be' a botheiairce ono fcr- the conven-
tion to solve. Many students of the
subject of taxation have been trying
for years to provide for the classifica-
tion of property for purposes of taxa-
tion. The matter came up during the
last constitutional convention and
after extended discussion and many
compromises it was left in substan-
tially its old form. .
Carnival . Coming.
The Eagle was informed today that
the Rice & Woods Alamo Shows would
exhibit in this city all next week un-:
der the auspices of Protection Fire
Engine Company No. 1... Under the
contract the Are company will receive I
and for this reason no doubt the shows
will receive a. liberal patronage. The
carnival .company will pitch itstents
at the usual place near the Houston
&' Texas Central station. " "
Big Cut k Ptim
For lOjDays From
January
6 to January 16
We have had a nice business from
our CLOTHING PARLOR on Men's
and Boys' Clothes bur we. still have
a good assortment left. We now
make a cut of
Per
n
Cent
On all our Stein-Bloch
following cut prices .
brands of Men's Suits:
Suits and the
on all other
S15.CC Suits at
S13.C0 Suits at
$2eXQt Suits at
SXQ Suits at
$10.50
$12.50
$13:50
Big Cut Also in Prices on Boys' Suits
Following Cut Frices on Ladies'. Coat Suits
ladies' Coats Ladies' Dresses:
S10.GO Qualities at - - $ 6.75
$15.0(I!Qua!ities at . - - S 9.75
$18.00. Qualiaies at - - $11.75
$20.00 Qualities at - - $12.75
$25.00 Qualities at - - $16.75
.
CALL EARLY BEFORE THE; STOCK
IS TOO BADLY BROKEN.' . .' .'
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Carnes, J. M. The Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 9, 1912, newspaper, January 9, 1912; Bryan, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth324025/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .