The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1925 Page: 2 of 8
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« CLIFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS, OCTOBER 9, 1M5
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These Stocks consists of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, underwear, also Groceries,
Enamel Ware, Aluminum Ware. Dishes. Harness—everything in general merchandise
YOU ROB YOURSELF IF YOU DO NOT DO YOUR BUYING NOW
Gilliam Wrecking House
REA BUILDING. CLIFTON. TEXAS
Current Comments
By J. H. Lewrjr
Before attempting a discussion of
political idols 1 desire to retract a
statement made last month in the
magazine section. At that time I said
the issue in Texas politics next year
would be evolution, and that candi-
dates for the many offices would be
elected or defeated on account of their
views on this paramount issue. I had
good reasons at that time to believe
evolution would be pararoounted in
Texas politics next year, but it’s dan-
gerous to attempt to forecast issues
two months ahead, for already evolu-
tion, like the cross-word puzzle, has
been dropped in favor of questions of
STOP THAT ITCHING
If you suffer from any form ot
Ain diseases such as Itch. Eczema,
Tetter or Cracked Hands, Poison Oak,
Ring Worm, Old Sores or Sores on
Children We will sell you a Jar of
BLUE STAR REMEDY on a guar-
antee. It will not stain your clothing
and has a pleasant odor.
CARPENTER BROTHERS
J. C. Carpenter
Physician and Surgeon
Calk Answered Day And
Office in
Night
greater import. 1 erred last month,
and I take this occasion to retract.
The political issue next year in Texas
and other States, will be Col. Mitchell
and his attack on ’the navy depart-
ment. If you become a candidate and
guess correctly the sentiment of the
people on the Col. Mitchell issue, you
will make a safe landing at the pie
counter; otherwise, your banner will
trail in the dust of defeat.
My first political idol was Grover
Cleveland. When he was nominated,
in 1884 I had not the slightest doubt
that if he should be elected all the
country’s troubles would soon disap-
pear and prosperity’s lights gleam in
every section of our great nation. Mr.
Cleveland was strong in his opposi-
tion to the tariff, and 1 waa confident
he would hunt down the fellow who
started the tariff and slay him on the
spot, following which the pockets of
the poor would begin to fill with coin
and the thieving tariff barons would
have to go to work. Soon after his
nomination there were whisperings
that Mr. Cleveland had slightly shat-
tered the moral code, but these whis-
perings 1 denounced as slanderous
lies. Mr. Cleveland, however, faced
the charges made against him, ad-
mitted them, and said a person should
always tell the truth. For this 1 ap-
plauded him and gave even more en
as declaring that 1 would never sup-
port any man' guilty of such miscon-
duct. Cleveland waa elected^ but so
far as I could learn he never went
gunning for the tariff barons, and
the golden lights of prosperity failed
to appear..In truth (and 1 tell it
with shaiye-facedness), cotton went
down to 6 and 6 cents. 1 stayed with
my idol through the time of depres-
sion, however, and told the people it
was very unkind and foolish to blame
a president for the low price of cotton
explaining to them that the mice of
all commodities was regulated by the
laws of supply and demand. But Mr.
Cleveland did not last long as a po-
litical idol. Before the close of his
second term a goodly number of dem-
ocrats made the discovery that it was
not tariff that was ruining the coun-
try, and enslaving the people, but the
cruel demonetization of silver and the
enthronement of the gold standard,
Cleveland came out strong against
free silver, and like Achilles, sulked
in his tent through the campa.gn, ahd
actually refused to support the Dem-
and shake them to pieces. At this time
was heard the voice of one crying in
the .wilderness, warning the people
that there could be no real prosperity
until halters and muzzles were placed
on the railroads. It was the voice of
James S. Hogg, one of the noblest
men our commonwealth ever pro-
duced. I saw him and heard him, and
he became my political idol. He want-
ed to establish a railroad commission,
and 1 was with him. I believe I would
have been with him if he had advo-
cated tearing up half the railroads,
or had had in his platform a plank
requiring the railroads to make a j
round-trip rate of one cent a mile and
furnish ' Pullmans free. 1 knew he
was too good to do wrong and too l
wise to make mistakes. I argued for j
the Old Commoner on the curbs and in
the public prints and even went out
to the school houses on the hillsides
preaching “Hogg ar.d Commission” as
the cure for all our ills. This 1 did
for two campaigns, reaping as my
reward the. hatred of many who saw-
in James Stephen Hogg the prince
CULBERSON LAW LIBRARY
IS GIVEN TO S. M.
Dallas. Texas, Oct. 3.—The dona-
tion of the law library of the late
Charles A. Culberson, former United
States Senator from Texas, to the
law school of Southern Methodist
University through Judge Charles A.
Ra«bury. Judge Barry Miller and
Murrell Buckner was announced Fri-
day by Judge Joseph E. Cockrell, dean
of the law school.
There are several hundred volumes
in the library, which is now stored
in the Dallas county court house. The
| library will be unpacked about Janu-
ary 1 and placed in the new McFarlin
auditorium at the univerSityj^Awich
will be formally opened about Janu-
ary 3, it was said. The law school
will be housed in the auditorium.
Many new books have been pur- ,
chased for the law library of the*
school. All of the walls of the rooms
have well-filled book-bases.
speaker asking if he was a Democrat,
and if a man could be a Democrat and
not support the ticket. This anger-
ed the Old Commoner and he literally
cussed out the Democratic nominee,
declaring him to be a “lock-jawed
judge," and other things. Right there
and then 1 lost another political idol,
Felix Long, an Oklahoma farmed
who raises Angora goats, values a
two-year-old growth of hair on six-
teen of the animals at fl,600, the
price Long declared he will receive
from the clip. Two and three inches
of hair on each goat drag the ground.
ocratic nominee. This was the shat- j of demagogues, and in the railway
taring of my first political idol, and J commission a useless and expensive
ihe shattering was complete. 1 boldly ; State bureau. But even the immortal
charged that he had sold out to Wall James Stephen Hogg, whose memory
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thusiastk support than I had given
CARPENTER BROS. DRUG STORB him before he made the admission,
Clifton, Texas i notwithstanding 1 had gone on record
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Street, and denounced him as a
drunkard and other things that would
not look well in print.
1 have had other political idols, but
never one that endured. In 1830 one
of the most memorable campaigns in
the history of Texas was staged.
There is always something wrong
with our government—some powerful
interest running rough shod over the
country and impoverishing the peo-
ple. In 1890 every wrong, Aave one,
had been righted, everything had be-
come religious and was living up-
rightly except the railroads. The ex-
press companies, oil mills, packers
and manufacturers were behaving
seemly and taking no unjust tolls
from the public but the railroads were
running rough shod over everybody.
It is a fact that frej^aad ps^en-
ger rates were lower then than now,
and very low-rate aspersion* were
given frequently to ebable people to
visit places of interest, but the rail-
roads were not doing right. We all
knew something was wrong, because
times were hard, and we betame con-
vinced that our poverty was due to
robbery by the railroads. To me the
railroads were monsters hiding be-
hind walls to catch poor men una-
wares, seize them by the nape of the
neck and the looseness of the pants
we all revere, could not endure as a
political idol.
In 1902, if memory serves me right,
the Democratic party, after fighting
two losing battles under the leader-
ship of William J. Bryan, nominated.
Judge Alton B. Parker for President.
The nomination did not please Mr.
Hogg. The Texas State • convention
met in Houston that year. After the
saviors of their country had com-
pleted the 4work of naming a State-
ticket and building a platform of
principles, several of the leaders
were called on for speeches. 3everal
noted orators tTaeed the history of
our grand old party and its glorious
work from Jefferson up to the time
of that meeting, and aftrir pointing
with pride to what we had done for
the f country and lambasting the
wicked republicans to a finish, they
reached their perorations, which were
glowing tribute* to our standard
bearer, Judge Parker. Late in the af-
ternoon Ex-Governor Hogg was
called. It was known that he had not
favored the nomination of Judge Par-
ker and that he was not enthusiastic
in his support of the nominee. As he
proceeded with his address, several
in the audience, who probably were
urged on by liberal draughts of pre-
Volstead stuff, began to heckle the
A SPLENDID FEELING
, ■ , , , That tired, half-sick, discouraged Icel-
and went away mourning the fall oi i jn(, ,uuf*d py a torpid liver and consti-
the mighty. 1 still believed (he Old j pa ted bowels can lie gotten rid of with
Commoner a great and good man. but j surprising promptnea* W using Herbinc.
iti . , .. . You feel its beneficial fffect with the nnt
never again would 1 cast a ballot xur dwp „ itg purif ing and rating effect
him or applaud at one of his meet- ! * thorough and complete. It not only
ings. I drives out bile and impurities but it im-
parts a splendid feeling of exhilaration,
, I strength, vim, and buoyancy of spirits-
Yes; I will have another political j Price 60c. Sold by - »
idol next year. I have no idea what! AH Druggists
his or her name is, but 1 know I will J
believe him or her the savior of
our country, and that I will get mad
at folks who talk against him or her.
And I am reasonably sure that if 1
live long, and my new idol lives long,
I will see him or her fall and shatter.
Iva S. Phinney
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1925, newspaper, October 9, 1925; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth775810/m1/2/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.