Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 9, No. 78, Ed. 1, Monday, November 7, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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Entered In the Palestine Texas PostofHce as SecondClass MalFMatter
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON SUNDAY EXCEPTED
W M AND H V HAMILTON JR Editors and Proprietors
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The Hamilton Boys Tou Know
SUBSCRIPTION 15 CENTS THE WEEK BY THE YEAR 600
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon the character standing or reputation of any
person firm or corporation which may appear In the columns ofThe Herald
will be gladly corrected upon It being brought to attention of the publishers
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MONDAY NOVEMBER 7 1910
WEATHER FORECAST
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For Palestine and vicinity
Tonight and Tuesday fair
Warmer tonight
NOVEMBER 7 IN HISTORY
1629 John Mason procured a patent
granting him the territory
afterward called New Hamp-
shire i
1775 Joseph Wanton deposed as gov-
ernor of Rhode Island
1782 John Dickinson became presi-
dent of the supreme executive
council of Pennsylvania
1800 Piatt R Spencer who created
the Spencerian system of pen-
manship born at East Fishkill
N T Died at Geneva 1 O May
16 1864
1805 The expedition of Xewis and
Clarke reached the Pacific
v coast
1811 General Harrison defeated the
Indians at the battle of Tippe
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canoe
1835 Texas resolved to form a state
government
1867 The Blanchard ministry in
Nova Scotia resigned and was
replaced by that of William Ar
mand
1873 Captain Fry and crew of the
Virglnius executed by Span-
iards
1876 The famous HayesTilden presi-
dential Selection
1885 Last spike of the Canadian
Pacific Railway driven in Eagle
Pass B C
1900 The Dominion
resulted in a victory for the
Laurier administration
general elections
THE TRUTH ABOUT MEXICO
The author of the following edito-
rial Mr T A McNeal of the Farmers
Mail and Breeze of Topeka Kas has
evidently been there and knows what
he is talking about for no man who
has not could so conciselysum up
conditions as they actually exist in
the misnamed republic of Mexico
The Herald men know because they
learned through two years of experi-
ence and as the fruit of that experi-
ence left a printing plant and other
property there as the toll of greed
avarice and corruption and from
which they never realized acent or
ever got a hearing in court The last
heard of the plant the deposed despot
and tool of Diaz Governor Reyes
banished from the country through
the acts of his fool friends in trying
to urge him for the presidency was
using it in printing political propa
ganda
The editorial is so true to actual
conditions prevailing in Mexico that
we give it space because the truth
TIE NEW LYRIC THEATRE
ON MAIN STREET
TM OCONNELL MANAGER
PHOTOGRAPHS
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HOUSE WITH CLOSED SHUTTERS
Blograph Feature
THE LAW OF THE WEST
Selig Western Drama
MUSIC FROM START TO FINISH BY
TRIECES ORCHESTRA
Rendering Latest HighClass Musical
Selections
Two Shows Daily 730 and 9 P M
PRICES
Adfllts 15 Cents
Children 4 to 12 Years 10 Cents
MATINEES
Wednesday and Saturday 4 to 6 P
Prices 5 and 10 Cents
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> about Mexico should be known by
< Americans
> l A bunch of editors have been visit-
< ing Mexico They were elegantly en
s tertained by the Mexican government
at public expense of course Its said
that on the thirtytwo editors the Mex
ican government spent 25000
It is plain enough why this was
done During the past year or two
there has been considerable talk
about the government of Mexico The
infamous tyranny the suppression of
public opinion the cruel eviction of
the people from their lands the mur
der of men and women the enforced
slavery of the Yaquis the corruption
of the few leaders who with the con-
sent of Diaz run the finances of the
country
These publications were creating a
tremendous prejudice against the gov
ernment of Diaz in the United States
andsomething had to be done Hence
the editorial excursion and the enter-
tainment
The editors had a splendid time
They were fed on the best that money
could buy and shown every courtesy
that the smart men who surround
Diaz could think of and they are
mighty shrewd able men Care was
taken that nothing should be seen by
the visitors that would give them an
unfavorable impression
What is expected is that these
editors with their inards filled with
the choicest that Mexico and all other
parts of the world can furnish will
give Diaz and his government a clean
bill of health It is expected that
they will say that he is the most mar-
velous ruler the last century has pro-
duced and that he is giving Mexico
the best possible government that
can be given in the present state of
intelligence of the people
I have not yet seen any of the edi-
torial comments but it will be re
niarljableif someoMhenfdo notsgiiah
over Diaz and his government Nev-
ertheless the comments will not
change the facts
The government of Diaz is the most
tyrannical the most cruel and the
ruling cabal is the most corrupt
among the socalled civilized govern
ments Russia has been anathema-
tized and it has deserved ail the crit-
icism that hasffieen leveled against it
but the ruling powers of Russia make
no pretense that it is a free govern
ment It is an acknowledged despot-
ism Mexico pretends to be a repub-
lic and the rulers of it acUially have
Hie nerve to boast that it is a land
of liberty
Itsjelections are a farce Freedom
of speech is unknown and the poverty
stricken peasants are plundered to the
limit of their endurance If a man
dares to oppose the continued rule of
the aged despot he is promptly im-
prisoned and is lucky to escape with
his life
At the recent election of president
a Mexican had the hardihood to de-
clare himself a candidate against
Diaz His campaign was of short
duration It was to the jail for him
and when a man gets a taste of the
Mexican jail he doesnt want any-
more of that in his
The governors of the various states
of Mexico who of course are mem-
bers of the cabal that surrounds Diaz
have grown immensely wealthy A
large part of their wealth has been
acquired by a system of land grab-
bing that is perhaps without parallel
in the civilized world during the past
century Laws were passed at the
instance of the ruling class permitting
the taking up of lands to which the
occupant could not furnish a clear
legal title Before the reign of Diaz
occupancy had been considered suffi-
cient title where it had been long
continued
The simpleminded Mexicans who
had livedal their lives on lands that
bad been occupied by their fatners
and fathers fathers before them sup-
posed that the lands were theirs
They of course knew nothing about
legal titles They knew that the
lands had been their homes and the
homes of their ancestors for genera-
tions Suddenly they were met with
the demand to show legal title or va-
cate and naturally they were un-
willing to vacate
The armed bandits of Diaz were
directed to drive them off They
were driven to the mountains where
they wandered until driven by star-
vation they came back and begged
mercy of the despoilers
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Two Mexican governors have each
fifteen million acres of land a larger
area than all of the New England
states put together The soil of Mex-
ico is red with the blood of the
feeble ignorant folk who offered some
little objection to being robbed of
what little they had of being driven
from the homes they loved
I have wondered how it is possible
for a son of the impetuous fighting
Joe Hudson to run a paper in Mexico
where he is forbidden to have a sin-
gle independent idea where he is
compelled to wear a government muz-
zle
In the dominion of William of Ger-
many the papers do even dare to
criticize the emperor and express
their honest opinions aboutrmost im-
portant policies of government but in
the socalled republic of Mexico there
is no such thing as freedom of the
press A hundred men might be shot
down in cold blood by order of the
government for refusal to pay their
taxes and nothing would appear about
the occurrencein the Mexican Herald
Not the slightest Indication of crit
icism is allowed to appear in the
press of Mexico Cooper Jackson a
bright Kansas boy and a reporter on
the Herald tried getting uptodate
and giving the news There was a
story that reflected on the government
that was a good news story and it
occurred to Cooper to show enter
prise It was his last attempt of that
kind It was only with the liveliest
sort of action that he managed to
get out of Mexico until the matter
had blown over
When concessions are asked for the
party asking has to bribe certain of-
ficials who have become immensely
wealthy out of the spoil The paid
and fawning flatterers of Diaz have
published broadcast the statement
that he has established a system of
free schools among the people There
is in fact about one schoool to every
two thousand inhabitants
The tryranny and corruption of the
few in Mexico is without doubt known
to Paul Hudson but it would never be
suspected from a reading of the
Mexican Herald That is utterly In-
sane and colorless except in tfraise
of Diaz and his advisers Of course
any other course would mean the sup-
pression of the paper and the sudden
flight of the editor if he was for-
tunate enough to escape the jail f 1
Diaz is SO years old Still wondeij
fully strong andmentally alert for a
man of his extreme age his term of
life is necessarily nearly run At his
death there will be a revolution yri
less the United States steps in
att3afflryarnr keepi > uider nil
pretense of protecting the hundreds of
millions of property owned by citizens
of this countrj
The financial powers of this country
will insist that whoever Diaz names
as his successor shall be upheld no
matter liowjnuch of a tyrant and no
matter how corrupt Corral the pres-
ent vice president and a man slated
to succeed Diaz is an unprincipled
debauchee and hated by a majority
of the people of Mexico but if the
financial interests of the United
States will stay with him as they
will and if they have power enough
to make the government at Washing-
ton come to his assistance he will
continue in power indefinitely The
love of money is stronger than the
love of justice and so Corral will be
sustained
Vill the editors who were wined
and dined and carried about just
wheie the government wanted them
to go speak the truth Of course not
for they did not find out the truth
The last thing that Diaz wanted was
for them to find out the truth In
my opinion they really had no busi-
ness to go to Mexico under such con-
ditions They had no right to accept
such hospitality when they knew that
it was an attempt to buy their favor
and editorial opinions
VOTE FOR THE ROAD TAX
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A good number of people who have
talked to the writer have expressed
themselves as being opposed to the
proposed special road tax and favor-
ing something else many of them a
bond issue On every public question
people hold different opinions but
just now this is the only road propo-
sition before us for a vote We are
all convinced that the old plan of
road making is a dismal falluic and
we should all be wiling to tiy some
new plan or some plan different from
the one now in vogue And on this
basis at least we should support the
proposed tax levy If Judge Funder
burk and his court can make good we
will all benefit to the extent that the
roads are improved If the plan does
not work satisfactorily we can vote
it off and try something else The
Herald gives the county officials
credit for wanting to do the right
tiling and believes in giving them a
fair try at the road question If the
increased tax will lead the way to
improved county roads It will be
money well spent Go to the polls
tomorrow and vote for the tax and
then give your cooperation In making
the plan work successfully
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A PAPER WITH A BACKING
One paper more especially than
any other that comes to the Herahi
exchange desk excites the envy of
this office The paper refened toMs
published in a town even smaller
than Palestine but it shows on the
face of it that it has the solid backing
of its town and people In its col-
umns the year round will be found
the advertisements of all the banks
of the town all of the wholesale
houses and it carries eight or ten
grocery firm ads a number of drug-
store ads and the dry goods and
clothing people use its columns con-
stantly It is a well patronized solid-
ly backed paper and as a lesult goes
out as a strong advertisement for the
town If the Herald enjoyed such a
universal patronage from all branches
of business in this town it would give
Palestine a real city paper and make
a much better showing for the town
This is not a complaint nor a plea
for charity patronage but justTa long-
ing to be able to give the town such
a paper as it could easily support
The Herald has no personal knowlj
edge of the case of Lieutenant Manley
of the National Guard sentenced to
life imprisonment at Dallas for killing
a man while on duty in that city The
only phase of the question that inter
ests the state as a whole is as to
how much authority a member of the
guard has If he has no police power
then he has no business with a gun
and if he is not the kind of soldier
that needs a gun for defense he js not
needed in the scheme of things in
any way If the sentence is correct
in law then the volunteer soldier has
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no place
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Tylers city council is now planning
to buy a city park site and a com-
mittee has been named by the coun-
cil for that purpose Tyler is not
slow to follow examples set by Pales-
tine and it is considered up there
that what is good for Palestine is
good for Tyler Palestine was first
pe streets sas pRt strget
lights parks Tyler has all these
now but the parks and she is after
them Also Tyler is contemplating
adopting the commission form of gov
ernment such as Palestine now en-
joys
The Austin Statesman says there
are very few
in the world
to his opinion It depends on the
viewpoint and the definition If you
mean dollfaced beauties with perfect
features possibly there is something
in the remark of the Austin brother
But the world is full of beautiful wo-
men when we mean beautiful in char
acter and life It is an old saying
that beauty is as beauty does and
that is the truth
really beautiful women
Every man has a right
The Herald men will go to the polls
tomorrow and vote theirs straight
from the top of the ticket to the bot-
tom Not because they believe the
best men have been selected in all
cases on the democratic ticket but
because they obligated themselves to
vote the ticket and recognize that or-
ganization and fidelity are necessary
to political life A free lance cannot
accomplish much
Go to the polls tomorrow and vote
Our political representation for the
next two years is based on the vote
cast at this general election Two
propositions deserve your special con-
sideration namely the amendment
providing for the widows of Confed-
erate soldiers and the special road
tax
Governor Campbell opened the In-
ternational Fair at San Antonio Sat-
urday and the fact that the gover
nor had closed some shows in that
town on previous occasions seems to
have made no difference in the recep
tion accorded him
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Tomorrow tells the tale as to wheth
er this is a democratic year or not
The outlook lb most promising and
if the right brand of democrats are
sent to congress the country may get
some relief from the present tariff
burdens
The Waco Cotton Palace had an
auspicious opening Saturday with a
large number of people in attendance
Governorelect Colquitt opened the
show and Senator Bailey was the big
gun of the day with a speech
Tomorrow is the day Brother Ran
kin goes to the polls and holds his
nose for a brief spell and votes it
straight
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Childrens Fur Sets
We have leceived last week a ship-
ment of Mens and Childrens Fur
Sets containing a large selection in
solid white grey brown and white
and black brown and white mixtures
etc We would be glad to have you
come and look them over we know
that you will admire them very much
and even more so the lowness of
their prices ranging per set from
550 to 135
Ladies Furs
We arc also showing a Ood dependa-
ble line of Ladies Furs in sep rate
collars and muffs or complete sets
made of Cooney Japanese Mink or
Black Lynx We would be glad to
hive you examine them and their
prices You will find the best values
in the city at 1150 to 250 per set
or per piece g5o to 135
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Royal Worcester Corsets
If you are a reader of any of the
larger cities Sunday papers you have
probably noticed that the largest
stores handle the Royal Worcester
Corsets We handle this line
Palestine
and are showing the best
in
fall styles > If you need a new Corset
it will pay you to buy it here Range
of prices 150 Sioo 69c and 0c
its Susi
The Photoplay Theatre
288 OAK STREET
MOTION PICTURES AND
TRATED SONGS
ILLUS
TONIGHT
HIS LAST GAME
Imp Picture
THE TELEPHONE CALL
THE SAILORS DOG
THE GOLD MANIA
ILLUSTRATED SONG
When I Fell In Love With You
Doors Open at 7 P M for the Night
Show Matinee Every Friday and
Saturday 3 to 6 P M
ADMISSION
Adults 10 Cents
Children Under 12 Years 5 Cents
The Season is rw on for
FRUITS
And in addition to our nice
Candies Refresments and In-
vigorating Drinks we have
just put in a Dandy Line of
Fresh Luscious California
Fruits
PalestineCandy Kitchen
Royal Bank Building Main Street
JOE WELBORN
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BELCHER SFAM LAUNDRY
WE DO I RIGHT
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Cut Glass and Fine Funutaa e
Pasked for Shipment
Upholsfe Ing and Repaying
We frame pictures
Ed Kingsboy
SAWING WOOD
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Yes but not laying low Busy all
the day See me as I saw foresaw
as I see Long wood made short big
wood made small Phone 1091 and
see me saw Best power machine in
town Prices right
JOHN COTTON
SOCIETY
RlftlTING
It is a matter or practical impossi-
bility to get better society printing
than that offered you by the Herald
If it is a program or an invitation
or a calling card It is all the same
The printing is highclass or If you
want engraved lithographed or em-
bossed work of any kind you couldnt
get better anywhere in the world Our
styles shown in the line of samples
are of the very highest order and the
latest Give us your order and feel
sure you are getting something cor-
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Hamilton, W. M. & Hamilton, H. V., Jr. Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 9, No. 78, Ed. 1, Monday, November 7, 1910, newspaper, November 7, 1910; Palestine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth68937/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .