Val Verde County Herald and Del Rio Record-News (Del Rio, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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DEL RIO, VAL VERDE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY. APRIL 20. 1006.
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High Quality and Low Price Go Hand in Hand at the BUSY' SPORE of
Norvell & flarch Bros
We lend every effort combining skill and money to first get the best in quality, then we figure and
make every turn possible to see how low we can make the price. You can buy from us and have
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properly fashioned, substantially yet
dainty made, and made by clean healthy
American girls in light and well venti-
lated factories. You will find STER-
LING muslin underwear an interesting
study and a most welcome addition to
your wardrobe.
“Where did you get *
that Tailor Made Skirt?”
at Norvell & March Bro’s
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The place for High Quality and
Low Prices. What have they?
Everything you want.
TOPSY
HOSIERY
Loustrous Moliair shirty, blue, grey, white,
and checks . . $1.50 to $15.00
.Skeleton and Eyelet embroidered dress pat-
terns . . : $7.50 to $15.00
Persian mull waists . $1.00 to $5.50
Printed Organdies 30c tp 65c per yard
Mercerized waist patterns . $125 to $2.50
Printed and checked mulls. Polka dots
Embroidered voiles. Mercerized Cordaretta
French Gingham suiting. Foulards
Venetian veiling. Aliceenes. Pigues
Persian Zeyphrs French Lawns. Duck
Mercerized Bateste. Dotted Swiss Muslin
Dimities, embroideries moulines, Silkmulls
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have your hosiery guaranteed
stainless & fast call for TOPSY.
TOPSY is the best out and is
warranted not to fade or crock
or money refunded 25c to $1.50
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WMS THE CONSTITUTION act a promise from the members ' ecutive from the members of the
Vim AT&nu jof Legislature that they will | Legislature, is the first step to-
MULAICUS ! pass a certain law if he will agree ' Ward a dictatorial from of gov-
The second called session of to call a special session of the ornment, which is more infamous
the Twenty-ninth Legislature, • Legislature. It is also quite cer- „nd moredistastelul to Americans
which adjourned last Tuesday, tain that he did all this designed- than a monarchy. If, whenever
gave the most remarkable ex- ly, because when certain members the Governor of this State, for
hibition of puerile imbecility that of the Senate wrote him a letter reasons of his own, claims the
it is possible to imagine as the asking that he release the mem- , right to hold out as a bait the
act of any supposed-intelligent bers from the promise that they calling of an extra session, if the
body of men. The most charita- had made him, he very promptly members will promise him that
and peremptorily refused to do ; they will enact a certain law and
so, thereby showing that he had then adjourn, how much of a
purposely and designedly enter- constitutional form of government
ble construction that can be
plaoed on the action of a legisla-
tive body that will undertake to
pledge themselves nearly a year
in advanoe of a session what kind
of a law they will pass, is that of
ignoranoe—only this and nothing
more.
The amazing and most alarm-
ing part of the whole thing is that
in a government where the Con-
stitution provides that the exec-
utive and legislative branches
shall be separate and distinct,
and every precaution to prevent
ed into an illegal agreement with
certain members by promising
that he would call a special sea-
have the people of Texas got left?
Of course, it would be useless
to expect a Legislature, a ma
sion of the Legislature if they jority of whose members had
pledged away their rights as rep-
resentatives of the people, to
right the grievous wrong that
has been done the people of
Texas. Men who are incapable
of understanding that the Con-
stitution is superior to an illegal
agreement that they claim to
would agree to pass the kind of
law he wished—indicating the
law as that whioh is alleged to
have been passed by the last
Legislature as a part of the elec-
tion law.
Surely such an agreement
could have no legal force, as it
the undue influence of one over j is not only in direct violation of i have made with the executive of
the other, that the executive j the Constitution, but is also in | this State, are not men of the
should undertake to exact from1 positive violation of the spirit of caliber to worry over the viola-
the legislative branch what kind'the statute laws of the State re-jtion of the Constitution of the
of a law it shall enact if he shall • garding conspiracy. Of course, j State of Texas, or any of its laws,
agree to call a special session of' it makes no sort of difference! so long as they are not personally
the Legislature. I that the illegal agreement or J injured or inconvenienced. That’s
That Governor Lanham has1 conspiracy was made without about the breadth of their ment-
violated the letter and spirit of any efforts or attempt at secrecy.
Constitution there is no sort doubt, The effect of it upon good gov-
and it is equally oertain that he ernment is just the same as if it
has made himself the object of had been made at the solemn
censure for a willful violation of
the Constitutition of the State of
Texas. Of oourse, it is not to be
presumed that Governor Lanham
does not know that it is highly
improper in the executive to en-
hour of midnight in the darkest
dungeon^
The elimination of the legis-
lative branch of the government
through the medium of illegal
ality and the gauge of their
conception of their duty to the
people who honored them with
election to office.
If a republican form of gov-
ernment has ever reoeived a
severer stab in this country sinoe
its foundation, history fails to
reoord it. How does any man
pledges extracted by the ex- know what next will be attempt-
ed, if the legislative branch of
the State government can thus
be completely eliminated? There
is only one step further to a
complete dictatorship, and the
entire abolition of a written Con-
stitution. In the place of the
present form of government the
next thing we may have a Lan-
hamized co-operative govern-
ment composed of equal parts of
nepotism and despotism.
Are the people of Texas ready
for a Lanhamized form of gov-
ernment? Are they willing that
a Governor who thus violates the
Constitution of the State and
the very essence of the principles
of a republican form of govern-
ment, shall name his successor
in offioe?
This thing of a Governor or a
great State like Texas eliminat-
ing the legislative branch of the
government and practically ex-
ercising both functions of gov-
ernment, may prove to be a
most serious matter some day.
The precedent has been set. The
people have been wronged, the
Constitution has been outraged.
Y’et, even after all of this, the
Governor could have in part
redeemed himself and bestowed
a great benefit on the people of
the State had he submitted to
the special session the drainage
law.
Prominent men from all parts
of the State came to Austin dur-
ing the special session and urged
upon the Governor the immediate
necessity of amending the drain-
age and irrigation law, yrhich
was mangled in the last regular ent that the Constitution—the
session. At first the Governor bulwark of the liberties of the
said that he could not submit' people—has been outraged in the
any subject except the -ro^n ! *$£*•» t^whose luMory
of .he error in the election law, gave Up their lives to free it
as he had pledged certain mem- fr0m the despotic hand of a
bers to do that only. Then the' monarch, and in behalf of their
gentlemen interested went to! rights under the Constitution as
work and got up a petition sign- |the^ saw U—State Topics,
ed by a majority of both Houses li is true the Governor may
absolving the Governor from his; have erred in callin*? a 8Pocial
alleged pledge. In spite of this1 8eS9ion of the legislature for no
fact he still refused to submit a!°ther PurP08e than t0 col‘reok
drainage or irrigation law. Why that “bleeding section 120” of
the Terrell election law, but in
our opinion the greatest mistake
Governor Lanham made in call-
ing the special session yas rhd'
time for which it was catted, be-
tag right in the middle of a
heated campaign. One of the»
members of the legislature in-
formed the writer that in addition
to amending article 120 of the
was it? Was it because lie had
not pledged the members in ad-
vance to enact a certain kind of
drainage law? That is certainly
a reasonable presumption in view
of the pledges on the election law.
The fact of the whole business
is that the Governor of this State
and a majority of the Senate and
a minority of the House have
shamefully and outrageously ©lection law, that the
violated the Constitution and
laws of the State, and the great
special session was a straight
game of politics from start to
est wrong in modern times has a9 a majority of the legis-
been done to a republican form 1 lator8 are candidates for re-eleo-
of government. - tion and spent most of the time
What excuse is there for such jiri discussing matters that might
a willful violation of the Con-! Prtove be9t for lheir own Personal
stiiution of the State? Is there “‘Lerc8k
any excuse that can palliate such
an offence against the people of
this State and the government of
a free people? What excuse can
Hought 1700 Until.
J. K. Hamilton is home from
the Brownsville and Del Rio
countries. Mr. Hamilton pur-
there be for not submitting the chased last week at Brownsville
subject of drainage when it wasjofj. W. McAllen 1700 head of
made plain to the Governor that
there was urgent need of it in
West Texas, Southwest Texas,
and South Texas?
Thwa H ia mad?
mixed sheep at $2 a head. Tho
sheep were taken to the Del Rio
country where they sheared an
average of 2 1-2 pounds each.—
a•'h) Standard.
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