Velasco Daily Times (Velasco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 94, Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1892 Page: 1 of 4
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Deep Water a Fact—Not a. Promise,
VOLUME 1.
VELASCO TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 18i)2.
NUMBER 94
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Hon. Roger Q. Mills, junior
senator for Texas, «looted to till
out the unexpired term of Hon.
J. H. Regan, wae born in Todd
county, Ky., of a family noted for
intelligence, integrity and sound
morral principles. He moved to
Palestine Texas, in 1847 and for a
tiue served as a clerk in a drug
store, studying law at tj^e same
time. In the legislature of 1851-
52 he was appointed oné' of the
clerks of the house, and about the
same time wasadmited to practice
law, by special apt of tin? legisla-
ture, being stiil under 21 years of
age, and setteled in Corsfqana.
In his new home he rapidly ac-
quired prominence in his profes-
sion and soon took a leading place
at the bar.
In 1857 and 1858 he served in
the State legislature and made a
reputation by his assiduous devo-
tion to the duties of his position
and the force with which he main-
tained his convictions.
When the question of secession
arose he believed his first loyalty
was to his State and hfco favored
secession as the only means of
preserving the liberties of the
South which seemed to him to be
threatened. Ho was then, as he
has been since, intensely Southern
and set National. He was not
sectional, and yet he had that in-
tense love of his own Southland
and of the principles of the con-
stitution as he interested them
that made hint an unswerving
States-rights democrat.
Young as he was in those days
he had that personel magnetism
and force of orators that held the
crowds which rsembled to hear
him speak and he swayed them
with the power of a master. His
fine personel appearence had a
good deal to do with his power
■j over the audiance because it em-
phasized the vigor of his utter-
ance
When the war came on in 1861
Mr. Mill enlisted in the service of
his country in Greer's Third Tex-
! as cavalry.
When the Tenth Texas regi-
ment was organized, Allison Nel-
son was elected col onel; Rogc
Q. Mills, lie utenant colonel, and
Rob ert D. Young major. In the
autumn of 1862, Colonel Nelson
died and Colonel Mills succeeded
to the command of the regiment
and gallantly led it until, over-
come by overwhelming odds, he
was forced to surrender. Alter
remaining a prisoner for some
| time he was exchanged and as-
¡ signed to a consolidated regiment
which had been succesniv<;ly com-
manded by Bragg, Johnston and
Hood, and was badly wounded at
Chicamauga.
After the. war he resumed the
| practice of law at CorsiCana and
remained in private life until
the fall of 1872, when he was
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vexj^SCO,
He was re-elected from his «lis- j
triet, formed after the state was
reapportioned, to the succeeding
congress and if he had served out
his present term to the lower
house before being elected to the
United States senate, he would
have served in the lower house
continuously for twenty years. *
Roger Q. Mills has been a con-
spicuous figure in the National
congress for a good many years.
When Mr. Carlisle was elected
speaker of the Fiftieth congress,
Mr. Mills was placed at the head
of the ways and means committee
and in that position introduced
his famous tariff reform measure
which was made the issue in the
presidential campaign of 1888,
and his name has been indissolu-
bly linked with tariif reform ever
since.
He was a candidate for speaker
of the present house of congress,
but wtis defeated by Charles Fred-
erick Crisp of Georgia iij a very
close contest.
He was regarded as a form i da*
ble candidate for the United
States senate before the contest
for the speakership, and his ad-
mirers in Texas, of whom there
are legion, do not doubt that when
his name came before the people
of the state for the senatorship, it
would be absolutely impossible to
stay the tide that would set in his
favor. His electiou to the senate
shows the estimation in which he
is held, when no man would stand
against liim, although at the out-
set there were other candidates
for the place.
Escaping Convict Shot.
Celeste, Texas, March, 23.—
There isa gang of convicts at work
on the Santa Fe railroad four
miles north of this place.. Last
night they by some means made
an opening in the car and six of
them made tlicir escape,
seventh, in jumping from tIk
broke his ankle and crawled un-
der the car, where he was discov-
ered and shot by the guards. Dr.
Conger this morning extracted
twelve or fourteen shot. His
wounds are only flesh wounds.
His name was Sewell and he was
sentenced from this county.
week a committee of local demo*-
crats was sent on a mission East,
to look over the political field.
The first thing they did was to
call upon^ Senator Hill and ask
from him a candid definition of
his position. This they got, so
the Tribune declares, and then it
adds that the senator said: "My
friends, 1 am not a candidato for
the presidency. 1 am ambitious
to attain that honor, but i am ful-
ly aware that while 1 might secure
the nomination 1 should inevitably
be defeated at the polls."
The embassadors wero aghast.
"But what do you want our
friends in Michigan to do i" tliey
asked.
"Send an uninstructed delega-
tion that will vote with New York"
replied Senator Hill. "New York
has always named the winner and
it will do it this time."
A Clark Caucha.
Austip), Texas, Mrrch 22.—A
very enthusiastic Clark caucus
was held in the parlors of the
Driskill this aftureoon. General
Felix Robertson president and
about 100 democrats from differ-
ent parts of Texas participated.
Speeches were made by over
twenty men representing the piny
woods of East Texas and ranches
of the Rio Grande, and every one
agreed tn use his utmost endev-
ors.to defeat the present adminis-
tration. It is the first time in the
hiBtory of Texas politics that the
two extremes of State interest
have met, fraternized and agree to
work in harmony for a common
cause. An executive committee
ot five, with Felix Robertson as
chairman, was organized, and rep-
resentative district and voting
precinct will be organized at once.
Earnestness was a marked feature
through-out the meeting.
The
ear,
Has Hill Withdrawn !
It Pays to Advertise."
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Detroit, Mich., March 21.
Tribune (republican) to-day
that David Bennett Hill had
word recently to his Michigan
friends that he is not a candidate
for the presidency. The paper de-
clares that the Democratic State
convention to be held at Muske-
gon, will send to Chicago an unin-
structed delegation with secret
directions to follow th<
New York, assurance being given
that Hill is not a candidate.
Mills' Popularity.
WasHRNGTon, March 22 The
announcement in the house this
afternoon oi Colonel Mills' elect-
ion to the senate was received
with bursts of enthusiasm and ap-
plaus on both sides, irijespoective
of politics. Representative Mc-
Creary of Kentucky said he felt a
personal pride in the election of
Mills. "In honoring Mills," said
Mr. McCresry, "Texas has hocor-
ed herself, for he is one of the
ablest and best known statesmen
in the country. He stands in the
front ranks of tariff reform and
j his name is synonomous with that
issue. He. will be welcome in the
I senate to a front scat because he
liiis earned it by faithful service
in the cause of the people and
Kentucky joins Texas in paying
vote of Ito worth, for you know
he is a native Kentuckian."
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