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. HOUSTON DAILY POST FHIPAY MORNING: 31. 1912.'
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Do you liko a really
"comfortable"' smoke?
TUXEDO TODACCO win
make you glad. Of course
it won't "bite" if stheWig-
inal stingless tobacco aid
its fragrance is famous
wherever pipes flourish. In
the curved green tin 10c
PATTERSON'S TUXEDO TOBACCO
"Tim Pip SmohJot CcntUmem"
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CITY PROGRESS
IS PROPOSED
Beaumont Chamber of Com-
merce to Co-operate.
Changes in City's Charter Is First
Step Toward Realization of
Numerous Progressive Insti-
tutions in the Oil City.
(Houston Post Special.)
BEAUMONT. Texas May 30. The di-
rectors of the Chamber of Commerce met
this morning and enacted much business
of Importance fop the welfare of the city.
Among these matters the chamber of
commerce went on record as indorsing
changes in the city charter to meet pres-
ent needs.
A committee was named to consider
proposed amendments to the city's or-
ganic law such as provision for a tree
warden; authorizing the city to provide
band concerts for tne city park ; author-
izing the creation of a fund to promote
public welfare enabling the city to own
and control frontage on the Neciies river
and adoption of a comprehensive plan for
the construction and maintenance of
wharves and modern terminal facilities
to be controlled by the municipality
through sonic .such ngertcy as a dock and
wharf commission.
It was also decided that Beaumont
should have rural free delivery routes out
of Hoaumnnt and a eomihittee was named
to take? the mutter up with the postal au-
thorities. A committee was also named
to co-operate with the commissioners'
court in the mattrr of putting the roads
In a condition acceptable to the postal
authorities for rural routes.
TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON.
Beaumont Negro Found Guilty of Killing
His Mother.
(Houston Post .Sr end.)
BKAPMONT. Texas. May 30 Guilty of
murder in t he second degree and with
his punishment assessed at a term of
twenty years in tiie penitentiary was the
verdict the liu-y returned in the Kly-
eighth dlslrlct Tourt this afternoon In
the case of rharlte I'rat. r. negro charged
with shooting nm! killing his mother
Molly Cotton on c'lristmas night. J ; 1 1 .
Prater became ln.l.d in a rilfflcoliv
at the homo of A.inrn sink' negro. In
the north end if Kci.imoiit and while
firing at Stokes whom I..- shot In th"
mouth and wounded a I .n iim Lis re-
volver took effect ill Ills mother's mouth
killing her instantly. Prater who aside
from one character witius was tin1 only
witness for the de fense admilt. d shoot-
ing at tile nthor negroes biit declared the
shooting of his mother was accidental.
He is also under two indictments charg-
ing him with assault to murder In two
cases.
COLONIZATION PLANNED.
Tract Near Beaumont to Bs Utilized In
Near Future.
(Associated Press Report.)
BEAUMONT. Texas. May 30. The
Beaumont Real Estate Kxehango held a
regular meeting and considered plans
which have been under contemplation for
some time providing for the colonization
and settlement of farmers on small tracts
of land near lleaurnont.
Two tracts are under consideration and
It Is probable that each will be inspected
and a location selected in tho near future.
The exchange adopted a resolution favor-
ing Waco as the place for holding tne
next meeting of the State exchange. If
Waco is chosen the IVaumonters will
seek to make the meeting a celebration of
the nuptials of Waco and Beaumont
through the rteaumont-Waco railroad.
Mother of Thirteen Children Dead.
f Houston Post Special.)
BEAUMONT Texas. May 30 Mrs. L.
C. Bason aged 61 years an old resident
of Beaumont died at the family residence
930 Cottonwood street. She had been
in apparent good health until yesterday
when she was stricken with apoplexy.
She was the mother of thirteen children
twelve of whom are living. Interment
1 as been deferred pending the arrival in
the city of absent relatives.
H0N0EED WAR HEROES.
Blue and Gray Joined in Memorial
at Port Arthur.
Houston Post Special.)
FORT ARTHUR Texas May 30. Sev-
eral automobiles filled with old veterans
of both the blue and the gray went to the
city cemetery this morning asid observed
Pecoralion Day placing flowers on the
graves of old soldiers. Tiiere are only
about a dozen of the veterans resting in
this cemetery some of each the blue and
the gray and without discrimination the
tokens of memory we're tenderly placed
upon their graves by their comrades of
Irish andSpanishLinen
Suits
Are the coolest wearing apparels you can secure. They
mean comfort and pleasure. Made gf g ff
to order and tp X OiUv
Don't Forget Your Shirts
The hundreds of patterns to select from among the different cool
fabrics makes selecting pleasant Six made-to-order are cheaper In
the- long run and there is comfort In the fit.
Hamilton Brothers
Haberdashers. Tailors and Shlrtmakers
W 'v- to New
r
y... -
half century ago all of whom by sil-
ver locks and Infirmities of age show the
marks of time and the beginning of the
end when the last one will have answered
the final cause.
INVENTOR OF THE
AEROPLANE IS DEAD
(Continued from Page One.)
heavier than air machine. The story
reached the world but the brothers
characteristically silent kept mum until
two years later when at I'ayton Ohio
Orvllle made the first long distance
flight.
This was the beginning of the end of
their struggles. The machine was pat-
ented throughout Europe and both
brothers were forced to tour the conti-
nent hobnobbing with kings.
The United States government bought
a few and in the few years since then
the industry lias grown to such large
proportions that the Federal government
maintains a special bureau to gather
statistics on manufactures and export.
Mr Wright was born In Mlllvllle Ind..
In 1867. He was educated In the high
schools In that section but declined to
attend college. He said he preferred to
hurry to "real work."
Ilo never married.
SORROW AT WASHINGTON.
Officials Expressed Regret Over
In.
ventor'i untimely Death.
(Associated Press Retort.
WASHINGTON May 30 In govern-
ment circles especially In the signal
corps of the army profound sorrow was
expressed at the news of the death of
Wilbur Wright. His connection with tho
government in the early days of aero-
plane development was particularly close.
It was Wilbur Wright who negotiated
the first contract with the war depart-
ment for an aeroplane. That was in
February 1U08.
Prior to tho Issuance of specifications
for this first heavler-than-air Hying ma-
chine. Wilbur Wright was a frequent vis-
itor to the army signal corps headquar-
ters. During those visits Brigadier Gen-
eral James Allen chief signal officer of
the army said today there never vai
a time when Wilbur Wright showed any
doubt of his ability to do exactly what
he had undertaken.
The first aeroplane In the world which
was the Wright brothers built for the
United States was brought to Fort Meyer
Virginia in 1!08. In It Orvllle Wright
on September 9 1908 maintained a con-
tinuous flight of one hour and the same
day carried a passenger on a short flight.
Soon afterward Wilbur Wright went to
France where he made better records in
a duplicate machine.
General Allen today paid a high
tribute to Wilbur and Orville Wright.
"To them" he said "is due the great
credit of first publicly demonstrating to
il." world the practicability of tho dyna-
mic Hying. The success of the Wright
brothers was not due to chance or to any
ucrhlenlal discovery but to their
tenacity daring and Intelligence on sci-
entifically working out the different parts
which go to make up their machines and
practically testing them In flight."
ENGLAND PAID TRIBUTE.
Wright's Life Declared Among
the
World's Great Wonders.
(Associated Press Report.)
LONDON May 31. The death of Wil-
bur Wright is mourned universally as the
passing of a great man who was recog-
nized as a pioneer in tho science of avia-
tion. Tne newspapers review the roman-
tic story of t lie Wright brothers' achieve-
ments as among the most wonderful In
the world's history.
It Is pointed out that Wilbur Wright Is
the first prominent airman to die a nat-
ural death.
All the London papers print long obitu-
aries and pictures and the history of the
Wrights and tributes of the leading aviat-
ors and dwell upon tho fact that the world
probably has suffered an irreparable loss
through his death as he still might have
made most important discoveries.
TAUGHT THE WORLD TO FLY.
Leading Paper of France Paid Tribute
to Wright.
(Associated Press Report.)
PARIS May 30 The Tempes says:
"Wilbur Wright's death Is an Irrepara-
ble loss to aviation. It was he who
showed mankind how to fly. He was a
wonderful Inventor the lirst and great-
est of all aeroplane pilots who astound-
ed France and the entire world by dem-
onstrating the possibility of flight with
a mechanical apparatus."
The Tempes continues by deploring
the attempts that have been made to rob
Wright of material benefits of bis In-
vention. .
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FRANCE 80R ROWING.
American Inventor Wat a Popular Idol
of that Republic.
(Associated Press Report.)
PARIS. May 30. The death of Wilbur
Wright the American aviator has caused
profound sorrow ' throughout France
where he was everywhere popular.
The newspapers contain eulogistlo
sketches recounting his first flights In
France at the beginning of 1908. They
generally agree that France's supremacy
in aviation Is due to the fact that the
Wrights showed the way.
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C0LQUITTDREW
LARGE CROWD
Approximately 900 Heard
Him In Brady.
Special Train From Menard Brought
Crowd-From That Place for
Speech Long Line of Antos
Welcomed Him.
(Henston Post Special.)
BRADT Texas May SO. Governor Col-
quitt reached Brady today over an hour
behind schedule due to the long trip by
auto from Eden and spoke for two hours
to a crowd of approximately 900 people.
A long train of automobiles laden with
men and women accompanied by the
Brady band went out four miles to meet
the governor while hundreds assembled
at Dutton park before the hour set for
his address. But despite the heat all re-
mained. A special train from Menard
brought over 200 visitors.
Being Introduced by Hon. R K. .Rowe
of Menard In an eloquent speech of fif-
teen minutes the governor arose amid
applause and opened bis address by dis-
cussing bis campaign of two years ago
and said that though opposed to State-
wide prohibition he refused to sanction
an effort on the part of some members
of the legislature to defeat submission
last year at a time when members wno
were committed to prohibition had ab-
sented themselves from the house.
He said that Ramsey had been connect-
ed with the management of the peniten-
tiary which prescribed the rules permit -tins
the use of the "bat" and that after
he as governor had abolished It. Ramsey
made hla Gonzales speech declaring
against Its use.
Charging Ramsey with misrepresentat-
lng him relative to the pension clerk he
said that a lady had occupied the position
since 1910. denying that prohibition was
an Issue In the campaign.
The governor said that when Cone
Johnson Polndexter and others were In
the campaign for prohibition Ramsey was
In South Texas fishing and that he hart
been brought out by Tom Campbell and
his election: would bring a repetition of
the Campbell administration.
At the close of his address Governor
Colquitt was taken by auto to Richland
Springs. .
AN OLD-FASHIONED WELCOME
Was Accorded Governor by Over 700 Peo-
ple In Paint Rock.
(Houston Post Special.)
PAINT .ROCK Texas. May SO. Ac-
cording to previous announcement Gov-
ernor O. B. Colquitt was escorted by a
committee In several cars of citizens of
Ban Angelo to this place arriving here
promptly on the scheduled hour. He was
greeted at this place by a large honorary
committee consisting of citizens of all
parts of the county and given an old-
fashioned welcome at the proper hour.
He was escorted to the court house
where a crowd of seven hundred and
fifty people. Including a large number of
ladles had assembled to meet and hear
him. Hon. S. V. Roach one of the lead-
ing prohibitionists introduced Judge D.
E. Sims to the audience. Jude Sims
after making a very complimentary
speech In the governor's favor stated
that he had the honor of Introducing to
the audience the first governor of the
State who had ever visited Concho coun-
ty. The governor took ud and discussed the
Issues of the day and replied in a great
number of cases .to the speeches made by
Judge Ramsey criticising him. He dis-
cussed the work that had been done dur-
ing his administration .and staled If
nothing had been done eTccept the abol-
ishment of the "bat." that lie believed
It alone was a great thing. He stated
also that Judge Ramsey had an oppor-
tunity to abolish the whip In the peni-
tentiary system hut had not done so.
Replying to Judge Ramsey's criticism
of his action In the matter of the pen-
sion commissioner an old Confederate
veteran Governor Colquitt said that
Captln Bolmes the pension commission-
er had been willing to retire and that
he had been requested to appoint a young
man to -the place which ho did upon
petitions of Confederate veterans
throughout the State. Governor Colquitt
appealed to his audience to support him
fur another term on the ground that he
had fulfilled so far as possible all his
pledges to the people. He Btated that he
was now ajralnst and had always been
against. Statewide prohibition but was
in favor of local option. He said he was
in favor of allowing capital to come in
and that he believed the only proper way
to develop West Texas was to build rail-
roads and all the people work together.
The governor was greeted upon frequent
Intervals with a round of applause. A
significant feature of ills audience was a
largo number of ladies present.
He was escorted to lunch by the local
committee after which accompanied by
an escort from Paint Rock and from
Brady he left for Brady where he Is
scheduled to speak.
VICTORIA HEARD RANDELL.
Mere Mention Made of Houston Platform
In Speech There.
(Houston Post Special.)
VICTORIA Texas May 3f. Hon. C. B.
Randell member of congress from Sher-
man Texas arrived In this city at 12:40
p. m. and was met at the depot by a re-
ception committee composed of Hon. A. B.
Petlcolas of Victoria and many other
representative citizens. He was driven
to the court house in an automobile at
1:20 p. m. where he Immediately began
his speech.
Owing to the extremely hot weather the
crowd was not as large as expected but
It listened very attentively to the speech
of the man from North Texas. Congress-
man Randell was Introduced by Hon. A.
B. Petlcolas who lauded him for his po-
litical views and the record he had made
In congress.
In the course of his remarks Congress-
man Randell declared ho would not .de-
grade "either the prohibition or antl-pro-hibltlon
party by dragging them Into the
Issues of the campaign and that his op-
ponents were trying to Infuse the prin-
ciples of pro and anti-prohibition Into the
senatorial fight to draw the attention of
the voter from the main Issues. He
stated that these are moral Issues and
should not be used to divert the minds
of the people at the polls
The Houston platform was not discussed
at all mere mention being made of It.
Senator J. W. Bailey came In for his
share of sarcasm which brought frequent
applause.
It was evident at the close of the speech
of Congressman Randell that he had made
friends during his short stay In the city.
His speech was brought to an abrupt
close and he was hurried to the train In
an automobile where he left for Beevllle
to speak tonight.
SHEPPARD'S VIEW OF PLATFORM.
Gave Unqualified Indorsement of One
Adopted In Houston.
(From the Dallas News.)
Hon. Morris Sheppard promptly replied
to a question as to bow be liked the
platform:
"I give my unqualified adherence to
the platform adopted by the democratic
convention in Houston today. I believe
that obedience to party platforms is one
of the vital principles of democracy. I
have always favored a complete separa-
tion of public servants from the services
of the trusts and corporations and as far
as I know I am the only candidate an-
nouncing that be would go still further
alone this line and pronounce It bad pol-
icy to take a man from the Immediate
service of trusts and monopolies and
transfer him to high position with power
to control and destroy trusts and monop-
olies." He said ha was glad to note that tne
platform had taken a Arm stand on the
subject of publicity of campaign funds.
"I want the time to come .when the
mere fact of the use of enormous sums
of money by a candidate to farther hie
claims would be considered conclusive
I evldenee.avaelieajsie Axeeee lee Ueef-
1 floe aoWnt?T!y. w - t c - - tt
R. R. SMITH
FOR CONGRESS
Has Views" Upon Questions
Affected by Federal Laws.
Il Not in Favor of Free Raw Ma-
terial and II Opposed to the Al-
drich Plan lor Revising
Currency System.
R. R. Smith of Atasmsa county aspi-
rant to the democratic nomination for
congressman at large was in Houston
last night for a brief s ay uftcr a trip
to Beaumont.
In discussing his candidacy Mr Smith
said:
It seems to me. In offering myself as
a candidatefor the office of congressman
from the State at large that the first
address of thafcampnii'i should he de-
livered in Floresvllle. ihe capital and
metropolis as It were of the enmity in
which I first beheld the light of .lay -the
county In which my father and
mother have made their homo for more
than half a century the county out of
which my grandsire tu irched. In lmil.
to serve his country In a more heroic and
less remunerative cap.i uy and 1 nm
glad to see In the audience betore me
the faces of my frlendn and then fnanus
and his friends.
1 shall not attempt to arrogate unto
myself the sum of human virtue or hu-
L. man wisdom as some candidates seem to
think they ought. 1 am but a plain
country boy. taken out of the country hy
circumstances which could not t.me the
country entirely out of nv. .or four
years I have represent.' 1 this district In
the lower house of the Texas legisla-
ture. Whether that service has been
characterised by efficiency I leave for
my record and my colleigu.-s to say But
If there be any question as to whether
or not that service wa- characterized by
faithfulness to my St te and my con-
stituents. I take it upon myself to an-
swer that It was.
During that four years some of you
have disagreed with me and some of the
rest of you upon mat cra which we all
conceived to tie of vl'al Importance to
the public weal. But i trust that your
opposition to me. like my opposition to
you. has been characters .1 by earnest-
ness rather than by bitterness and that.
If niy platform of principles ni ets with
your approval you tan lay asid.t all rec-
ollection of that difference and make of
me In Wilson county its Hoy say In
presidential preference campaigns a "fa-
vorite son."
With t he completion of the Panama
canal the gulf coast of Texas will be-
come the greatest snipping point In
America. The development of the ports
along fhe coast mi an-- much to Texas
and to the whole west -central portion of
the United States. At the lest session
of the legislature I supported a bill to
prevent the monopoly bv special inter-
ests of tho water front in Aransas Pass
harbor which the government of the
Cnlted States required to ! paused be-
fore It would permit lite expenditure of
Federal money in the Improvement of
that harbor. And when that Federal
work Is completed the average reduction
in freight rates on ocean -hauled ship-
ments to Floresvllle will be 16 cents I
am in favor of the government develop-
ing all the ports aloiis' the Texas coast
and. if elected to eoi gress will do my
utmost to secure proper appropriations
for the work.
There are being proposed two new cur-
rency bills. One h an organization
which styles Itself tie citizens' league
or something of that .lnd and tho other
by Nelson V. Aldrli h. w hom we have
all heard of as the author of a recent
tarlfT bill. I am not familiar with the
details of either mm sure. Wo need a
more elastic currency under the control
of the government a' all times and I
would favor any meir tire reasonably cal-
culated to bring that about but I would
look with suspicion upon any measure
for which Nelson w. Aldrlch would
sponsor.
So long as we maintain the present
method of raising rev. title I am in favor
of ihe levy of tin' leaf tax possible for
the support of the gov. rnni.-i.t. econom
ically administered wi ll the highest
rates on t lie luxuries oi life and goods
produced entirely abroad and the lowest
rates on the necessities of lit.- and goods
largely produced at home and an equita-
ble division of the tariff lad w een the
manufactured article and the raw mate
rial.
I am nware that some good men who
stand higher In party than I prob
able ever will advocate free raw ma-
terials. Itut so long as a lax Is main-
tained on tho manufactured article 1
shall never cast my vote to pot mi the
free list ihe farmer's raw material out
of which that manufactured product Is
made. Hut there are circumstances un-
der which I would vote to put certain
classes of raw materials on tho free list.
I believe tin; Sherman law should be
strongt honed not repealed the "rule of
reason" .l.ared up by legislation until a
man can have no excuse for misinter-
preting the meaning of the law and two
mandatory provb ems added to It -the
ono to make a positive prison sentence
for a lone term of years a part of the
penalty to inflict upon every officer
agent and director of a convicted trust
ami the other a ninndatory provision re-
quiring the attorney general when ho
has evidence enough on which to base a
civil suit for dissolution to Institute
simultaneous criminal proceedings
against the offlci rs. agents and direct-
ors of the offending trust.
FOR THE SUPREME COURT.
William E. Hawkins Requested
Name Be Placed on Ticket.
that
William K. Hawkins of Brownsville
who has been attending the State demo-
crats convention here remained over
on business He yesterday mailed to
Hon. Sheb Williams chairman of tho
State demouratic executive committee of
Paris his formal request that his name
be placed uism the official ballot for tho
general primary election to be held the
27th of July. A.'Ii. 1912. as a candidate
for the nomination of tho democratic
party" of Texas for associate Justice of
the supreme court of Texas (term end-
ing A. I). PiHl.
Before starting home last night Mr.
Hawkins s'lvo out the following state-
ment :
"For the first time In many years if
ffot since the supreme court of Texas
was established all three of Its members
are filling out unexpired terms under
executive appointment and each is a can-
didate to succeed himself This has pro-
duced confusion in the- minds of the pub-
lic. Including many nawyers.
"Chief Justice Brown of Grayson coun
ty who was appointed by Governor.
Campbell to succeed Jtnlgo Gaines re-
signed Is a candidate for tho term ex-
piring in llilS. and has no opponent.
"Judge 1'hllllps of Pallas county who
was appointed by Governor Colquitt 'to
succeed Judge Ramsey resigned Is a
candidate for the term expiring 16U and
has four opponents.
"Judge nn.rell of Guadalupe county
who was appointed by Governor Colquitt
to succeed Judge Williams resigned Is
a candidate for the term ending 1914 and
I am his only opponent."
PROS PLAN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN.
State Chairman Page to Visit South and
Central Texas.
(From the Dallas News.)
State Chairman Phil F. Paige of the
prohibition party executive committee
left last night for Bryan. In carrying
out the financial plans outlined by the
committee In Its meeting In Dallas Tues-
day he will visit several places lrf South
and Central Texas before he returns to
this city. Mr. Paige said that thefe will
be an active campaign In Texas: that It
was shown In the last election that every
county where a ticket was put Into the
field had a good gain In the Tote and
thaf the experiment will be made wider
this year.
Mr. Paige said that a meeting of the
Dallas county prohibitionists In mass
convention will be called shortly for the
selection of a new county executive com-
mittee and for the outlining of plans for
a county campaign. Primaries are not
to he held. but. s convention in July will
attend to the nominations. Ia August
l.e convention wll be: held I to nominate
I j40 wl BtT naidta ? I
W0LTERS ON
SPEAKING-TRIP
Senatorial Candidate Left Last
Night Confident of Success.
Declared That He Believes He Ii
Warranted in Expecting- Not
Mere Pluralty bnt a Clear
Cut Majority.
Colonel Jake Wolters after spending
this week In Houston attending the dem-
ocratic convention left last night for
North Texas to resume his speaking cam-
paign. Notwithstanding the strenuous
campaign he has conducted he looks
strong and healthy. He Is In fine humor
and appears confident of success. Just
before he departed on the train last night
he said:
"I am feeling fine. I have talked to
thousands of democrats throughout West
North and Central Texas and I shall talk
to many thousands more before July 11.
I have got this race won. not by a mere
Flurallty but by a clear cut majority
am not overconfident and I certainly
do not want my friends to become over-
confident but I do want my friends
throughout South Southeast and South-
west Texas to bestir themselves to the
end that every democrat will come out to
vote. It Is because I beneve they wfll do
that that I claim I shall have a clear cut
majority. Unlens South Texas does poll
a full vote I may not procure the ma-
jority. I have spent my life working for the
Interest of the people of South Texas.
They have never called that 1 have not
answered. I am now making the su-
preme effort of my life among people who
do not personally know me and where It
Is necessary that I should spend my time.
I shall not be able to make many speeches
in South Texas but I want to make a
personal appeal to every democrat In
South Texas to use their best efforts
every day between now and the election
to bring out a full vote.
There wllr be a large vote polled In
North Central and East Texas because
of the many contests for district coanty
and precinct offices while in South Texas
my Information Is that there will be very
few of such local contests. Therefore It
Is especially Important that Interest be
manifested In the campaign In 8outh
Texas In order that I may get the vote
which J am sure the democrats of South
Texas are generous enough to want to
give me."
ORANGE CITIZENS
HEARD RAMSEY
Judge Took Occasion to Emphasize
His Advocacy of the Daylight
Closing Law.
(Houston Post Special.)
ORANGE Texas May SO. Judge Wil-
liam F. Ramsey candidate for governor
addressed an audience of about 400 peo
ple at tli Alrdome theater in Orange
beginning at 1 o clock and ending one
hour and twenty-flVe minutes later. Judge
Ramsey was met at the station by a rep
rxsentatlve delegation of citizens and on
the platform with him besides a number
of avowed supporters were members of
the local bar. Confederate veterans and
ministers the Introduction 'Of the speaker
being made by Judge George K. Holland.
Judge Ramsey's Orange speech differed
but Utile from the line of arguments pre-
sented at various points In the State ex
cept that he condensed his remarks owing
to tho limited time In which he nan
speak.
He declared In unmistakable terms to
his favoring a daylight closing bill fur the
saloons and said that he advocated rais
lug the scholastic aged to 20 years. He
scored Governor Colquitt repeatedly al-
though admitting that he Is In the midst
of many of his friends but expected to
carry the county by at least 200.
He asked that the Orange county voters
send a man to the legislature who would
favor him and said that he might open
his campaign for re-election for governor
In Orange in l'JM.
Ilo closed with the remark that If the
women could vote It would require thres;
weeks to count hla majority over Colquitt
Comptroller W. P. Lane addressed the
audience for a few minutes after the clos
ing of Judge Ramsey's speech and at
o'clock a party composed of Judge Ram
sev. Mr. Lane and others left on the yacht
Lone Star for Port Arthur where the
Cleburne candidate will speak tonight.
RAMSEY AND LANE THE BILL
Judge Made Hurried Speech at Port Ar
tur Then Comptroller Had Turn.
Houston Post Sptcull.)
PORT AitTI 11 ' R Texas May 10.
Judge Ramsey after his speech In Or
ange came by launch down the canal
reaching here at 6 o'clock and made a
thlrty-mlmitn address beginning at 7:16.
A wagon at the curb was his sostrum and
several hundred people were soon collect
ed although there was but a few hours'
time to publish his coming. Having only
t tiirty minutes' time the Judge could only
skim over matters and but briefly out
line his platform.
The attention and applause he received
shoved tiie appreciation of his audience
After the liiiirlcS departure of Judgo
Ramsey to catch a train. Comptroller
Lane enter'alned the audience with
sketches of family troubles In the oanl-
tol at Austin outlining the duties of the
comptroller of the State of Texas and
showing htrw great were the resoonslbll
Ities devolving upon him and how much
ho had saved the Slate during his in
cumbency. His remarks were brief as
he was due In iiaoumunt and an automo
bllo was waiting for him.
Randell to Speak In Williamson.
(Houston Post Special.)
GEORGETOWN Texas May SO. Con
grrfsman Cholro B. Randell of Orayson
county candidate for United 8tates sen
ator will make a whirlwind campaign In
Williamson county Wednesday June 6.
Mr. RandoH will speak at Granger at ID
o'clock in the morning at Taylor at 1:30
in the afternoon closing the day at
Georgetown at H n clock that night.
Ramsey Club Organized.
IHouston Post SpecM.)
TRINITY Texas. May SO. A email
crowd mot hero Wednesday evening and
organized a Ramsey club. John Y. Ren
fro was elected permanent chairman and
John A Werner secretary. The secre-
tary was instructed to invite Judge Ram-
sey to address the citizens of Trinity at
an early date. .
FIRE LOSS WAS $90000.
On This Temple Citizens Had $65
000 Insurance.
(Houston Post Special.'
TEMPLE Texas. May 30. Later es
tl mates of the losses sustained In the fire
that visited the business district Wednes
day morning reduce the figures to $90000
and on this approximately 165 000 In
eurance was In effect. Among the losers
were Dr. E. u. Maloy whose office lur
nlture library and equipment was totally
destroyed the loss being (2000 Insured
for $500; Dr. J. R Potndexter dentist
suffered a complete loss with no Insur
ance; the soutn rexas Mortgage com
nanv lost S250 In office furniture no In
a ranee rtilbortson A Oftfdcnhlre. real
estate were also losers. f
Two 400-palr cables belonging tr
the Southwestern Telephone ' eompar r
were destroyed putting all the telephones
In South Temple out of commission. ''tK
fire wreckage la - being cleared oet ""
the streets and as soon as Insurance?
eets ana es soon as insuranorr-
are .adjusted work of rebulldmsZ
adsra struct uree wlU oommenoo.
.
matters
with cnodsn
A BSOLUTE coolness
and comfort while
choosing your Clothe;
and "Fix ins " i s a V
"secret" to you until
you've learned to dp
your buying at the
Kiam Store.
SHEPPARD SPOKE
IN BAILEY'S TOWN
Senatorial Aspirant Bitterly Assail
ed Colonel J. F. Wolters in Ad-
dress in Gainesville.
(Houston Poet SfcUl.)
GAINESVILLE. Texas. May 80 Hon.
Morris Sheppard arrived in Gainesville
this rooming at 10 o'clock from Houston
where he attended the State convention.
He was met at the train by about 100
admirers headed by tha Majestic band
and was accompanied by them to the
Lindsay hotel.
At S o'clock the opera house was
packed with men and women a majority
of whom had come In from the country.
J. C Murrell was chairman of the meet
ing and he Introduced County Attorney
Ijewfs Rogers head consul of the
Woodmen of the World of Texas who
Introduced Mr. Sheppard. Mr. Rogers
was loudly cheered when he said he was
Introducing the man who will fill a seat
In the United States senate when the leg-
islature meets to elect hlin. Immediately
prior to the beginning of the address ten
little girls dressed in white passed across
the stage and presented Mr. Sheppard
with bounuets of flowers.
Mr. Sliepnrd said he was especially
pleased to speak here because It Is the
home of Senator Halley whose seat he
Is seeking to fill. Mr. Sheppard dis-
cussed at length his opposition to fhe
use of money In campaigns believing It
one of the most corrupt practices In ex-
istence. He said he favored making a
law specifying the amount of money
which can be used saying some men
spend more to be elected than they ever
would make out of tho office and he
used this argument that they must have
other motives for wanting to be elected.
He censured the custom of candidates
having election bureaus saying a poor
man has little chance to run for office in
Texas this State not offering the former
the opportunities for such. In order to
fight against this he is managing his
own campaign. He would rather make
the race as a poor man nnd be defeated
he said than win a dozen senatorshlps
corruptly.
He said If a mnn had to he managed
during his campaign ho might easily be
managed after election. 11" promised
that he would be one that could not be
managed by special or private Interests.
Mr. Sheppard said he hoped to see the
time when a man with a largo amount
of money can not run for office.
He paid his respects to Jucob Wolters
reading a part of the Denver platform
which specified that nil campaign efon-
trlbutions and expenditures should be
published saying Wolters as manager of
tho antl-prohlbltlon campaign refused to
give such information when confronted
by tho legislature.
Mr. Sheppard said that the fact that
so many laws are not respected was not
the fault of the laws but of the men
elected to execute them.
Ho said republican platforms and the
tarirf are responsible for trusts and there
Is no chanco to destroy monopolies unless
the servants of the people bio free from
their Influence.
He declared that Wolters represented
the Pullman company one of the largest
trusts having for years used his Influ-
ence With the legislature for It.
Mr. Sheppard went at length Into tho
prohibition question saying Wolters rep-
resented tho llciuor elcmont and Is thu
hero and Idol In their eyea because tho
sntls won the Statewide victory last
year Hi said If Wolters Is elected tho
chief rejoicing will be In the barrooms
and breweries and that hut for Ids purl
In the Statewide campaign his iiiiino
would not be mentioned in this campaign.
Mr. Sheppard said "Kven the soiiatnr-
ship could not cause me to conceal my
undying opposition to the Ihpior traf-
fic." He discussed tho Initiative referen-
dum and recall and also said the tariff
platform adopted at Houston meets with
his approval. .
Mr Sheppard left for Whltesboro
where he will speak tonight.
RAMSEY HAS NO PLATFORM.
C. C. McDonald Challenged Burnet Audi-
ence to Cite It.
(Houston Pi't Sfr. ial.)
BI'RNKT. Texas May 2'i. C C. Mr-
Iionald secretary of slate spoke hero
at 8:30 p. in. yesterday to 100 men and
ten women In the district court room.
Ho was Introduced by District Attorney
Ia'ton Moses with a firt.cn-mlnuto
speech.
Mr. McDonald went over c olqultl s ca-
reer from a poor boy working "t M a
month up to ihe responsible position h
now holds as governor of the Stale.
referred to Ramsey's speech nt leimiiio
mudo two years ago In Introducing t.ov-
ernor Campbell for a second term l i.it
Kaniaey suid nl that tune that ho be-
lieved tho two term custom was greater
and more binding on the democracy of
Texas than th" platform which is calla-
ble of being and sometimes is changed
every two years to suit tho changed con-
ditions ami minds of the people.
He said that Kamsey had no platform
Biol asked any one In the niidlenco lo
slate what It was If ho could do so. -No
one responded.
In discussing the question of tho dis-
placement of Commissioner Holmes and
putting in l slead another person ie-
tmriuld said that Colquitt hud nu.ro Hum
60K letters from old soldiers over th
Slate regarding their pensions or those
desiring pensions hut that they could gel
no response nor service through Holmes
and he was therefore replaced by a
younger and better man and one who
could attend to the arduous duties of tha
wrk In that Important olflce. That Uih
was the right and proper tiling to do. as
they needed service and not sentiment
though It was to work a hardship upon
the old soldier who waa removed and
to this Is added he said tiie fact that
Holmes was not an applicant for -that
position and that he had stated he would
not serve under Colquitt.
In discussing the matter of the Waco
Normal school he said for Cohtuilt mat
there were at that time four normal
schools In this Stte and that the JlHI.-
000 that Kamsey said the governor Had
rofused to accept for the stale was in
the n filV of land tint those representing
the 4 "No'.'hment of the normal claimed
wav's arms 1 amount of money. That
heck. Proper thtnn was as did
She said tha normal should not ba
eCarter her fall1' HtaiH's expense wnea.
and that he w"- mcrn tmJ .oo..c
tha .wedding. buH ? - s"pplh9
V couraged It. She "''h " ""eYiWlon
Soon after tjie blrtH h .upointmcn
she wss divorced from thi thin
to Kansas City. Her fal ee-and th
there frequently. She sail y any nian
known Mr. Townsend prfer he
her life end that they .that when es-.
Colorado springs tjot. . Jfouid be filled
Toemsend was at thai
loea in the
L. . : i- 1 t
. " I t
ED KIAM
WHEII YOU WAIil
GLASS
DONT FORGET
v.
IHE JAS. BUTE i
work and thus arrest the progress -of ttej
great white plague.
He explained the veto of the davtlgrit
bill on the constitutional grounds that
this was more than one subject submit-
ted to the legislature at the session. .
and waa therefore unconstitutional.
He further declared that Ramsey tad
done nothing In all his life except ae
testified to at a banquet of lawyers in '
Waco when he said he had given the-
sanctity of the law to baseball playing"
and country clubs tha right to sell
whisky on the Sabbath day. '
It was a Colquitt crowd and the BPSo
was favorably received.
ACID IN SOOTHING SYRUP
FED TO TWO CHILDREN
Father Made Sure They Were Dead
and Then Swallowed Sose of
Deadly Concoction.
Vc
Si'.
(Associated Press Report.)
ANNISTON. Ala May SO. Aftef tasi f
WINDOW
tng his two children aged and fj
spectlvely to a lonely spot near his homt
at Chocolocco twelve miles east of here v
Whltt Scarborough a well-to-do planter i tx
looay aaminisicr eu 10 eucn a uoao oi
hollo acid In soothing syrup. : ! o
11'li.n h iviiu aorn ihav WAN timaei hat
swallowed a Jarge doso of the mixture.;
Tho three bodies were found late WIS .
afternoon. Scarborough left a note that j
nin ai l was me reauu oi ueaiJuiiuviivy ; .
over his wife's death four months age.
i -yy.-.
THOUSANDS AT PICNIC.
Port Arthur Peonle T.ninveii fTharlea .
Gates' Hosnitftlitv ' si;
J rf . .
(Houston Post Special.) . "'!'?:' '
POUT ARTHUR. Texas. May SO. More
than 4000 people attended Charles Oates '
free plcnlo at the new artesian wells aeaf V
Port Arthur today. Seventeen hundred';;'
pounds of redsnapper were ordered but ';
a supplemental order for 1000 peceids
more was made and all ate up. The flsh
frlng was under tho experienced hand ''
of "Smokoy" a noted chef and was c
browned nml done to u torn The Kansas .
1 1 V Southern railway turnisnea ine v
transportation and made five round trips i
carrying according to count. 3000 people
mill 1000 more came by auto and other-t
wise. While Ihis outing was Intended for . "
the school children tho liars were let
down and everybody invited to see the -:-c
wells the future water supply for the f.:
city. The expenses of transportation end".-'
eatables were all borne hy Charlie QateS;'i';Si
and everybody was his guest. The City '
council bus set apurt this date. May 19 vl
as (iates dny in memory of John Wi A
ilnteH and hereafter the day will be a '
letf.il li.iloh.v Tlte flowlni wmIIh tM wan. '
derfiil with the van volume of pure aof t
water and It In estimated 7.000000 sal-f
Ions can be taken from them by pump-..
log each twenty-four hours or S.OOO.OOOf :: '
on natural Mow. The city will ownthe.'
wells and 200 acres surrounding Ittd
cite nark will lie made in the beautiful .";:
grove ndloinlng the wells and the Inter-j .J
urban between lleaumont and Port AT"
tluir mav be built lo nags near this narSL M '
- '
Jury Failed to Agree. .Jf :
(Houston Pvst Special.) ' Vi
VICTORIA. Texas. May 30. The Jury :.
In the Lizzie (?umptx'll case fa'led to agree
and was discharged yesterday evening;;'
The Jury stood six for nlncty-nlne-ysaref "'
and six for acquittal. !';
l.lz.lo Campbell a white woman was"
charged with and tried for the killing of.
a negress hero about two years ago. lf. ci v
.s. . ';?3y
Engineer Bailey Seriously Injured.:
(Houston Post Special.) .'.'4'!' 1
PAI.KflTINK. Texas May 30. Engineer
Halley . was brought to this city KJtOday:
being badly injured as a result of - a.
freight engine turning over near VfHey;
Junction. Ills fireman was also sllgauy
Injured. Hnlley's condition Is serious. v
Tom Morris a former Palestine citizen.' v
was shot and killed during an alterca-
tion wiih Ir. c. M. Huckaby at Vivian
La. morns was
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coauerarue. . ' lor Jo cents .
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