The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1911 Page: 4 of 10
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HE TEXAS MESQUITER.
Ono Dollar Per Year.
;ohn E. Davis, Ed. and Pub.
Published Every Friday At
MesquIte, ' • Texas.
Entered in the poatoffico at Mes-
qulte, Texas, as second class matter*
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Friday, April 7, 1911.
Good morninp, Mr. Speaker
Clark!
Uncle Joe had his fling, but
now he isr an ex.
"Republican mi nority'
sounds good to us.
What about a trade day for
Mesquite once a month?
And the recallers recalled the
would-be recallers in Dallas
Tuesday.
Dallas voters set out to save
the city Tuesday, but did not
complete the job.
Texas got seven chairmanships
in the new Democratic congress.
That's not at all bad.
Forty-year franchises in the
city limits do not appear to be
necessary to the building of In-
terurban lines into the country
after all.
Editor Holford of the Gar-
land News will please explain
what became of those fifteen
people Garland has lost in the
last ten years.
No matter what happens, Dal-
las will have plenty of water
hereafter. There was no way
to lose on that proposition, as all
fcbe candidates promised it.
Illinois has an official beer
sampler with a salary of $5,000
per year. Gee, but wouldn't
Gov. Colquitt have been swamped
with applications if he had had
.such a job at his disposal!
Governor Campbell has an-
nounced that he will not be a
candidate against Senator Bailey
next year. This was very disap-
pointing news to some of Mr.
Bailey's friends who want . him
to have several opponents or
none at all.
Stone & Webster and the
Strickland crowd appear to be
running a race to see which can
get to build the Interurban line
to Waxahachie. One of them
might get busy on a line to
Terrell. There is room for all
the lines they want to build.
In describing a runaway, the
Roanoke News used the follow-
ing language:
No damage to the horse was
done with the exception of
cracking a shaft and tearing the
seat off.
Now if that had happened to
the wagon to which the horse
was hitched, the damage would
have been slight, but we must
conclude that it left the horse in
a pretty bad fix.
Gossip About The Legislature
Politics and Politicians
Bv The Editor
Article II, Sec. 1 of the Con-
stitution of Texas reads as fol-
lows:
"The powers of the govern-
ment of the State of Texas
shall be divided into three
distinct departments, each
of whi3h shall be confined to
a separate body of magis-
tracy, to-wit: Those which
are legislative to one, those
which.are executive to an-
other, and those which are
judicial to another, and no
person or collection of per-
sons, being of one of these
departments, shall exercise
any power properly attached
to either of the others, ex-
cept in the instances herein
expressly permitted."
Elsewhere in the Constitution
it is provided that the governor
shall submit a message to the
Legislature at the beginning of
each term and at the close of
his term of office, giving informa-
tion as to the condition of the
State and recommending such
measures as he may deem ex-
pedient. It is further provided
that he can veto bills passed by
the legislature but the legislature
can "veto" his veto by a two-
thirds vote. The members of
the legislative branch of the gov-
ernment are responsible to the
people who elect them—to the
people of Texas, and not to the
governor, and unless they think
the governor's suggestions are
wise,they are no more obligated
to adopt them than they are the
suggestions of any citizen of
Texas. In many ways the power
of the Legislature is greater
than that of the governor. It
can pass laws regulating, not
only his private conduct, but his
official duties. It can remove
him from office. Other than to
convene the legislature in special
session, suggest matters for its
consideration and to exercise the
veto power, the governor has
nothing to do with it and no
power whatever over it.
In my opinion,the members of
the legislature ought to receive
the governor's suggestions with
out prejudice, giving due weight
to them, but if they conclude
that the governor is wrong, then
it is their duty to disregard the
governor's suggestions. No man
who would follow the governor's
ideas, even though he believed
them to be wrong, is fit to be a
member of the legislature.
It the legislature did what the
governor wanted it to do, just
that and nothing more, there
would be no use of having a leg-
islature. It would be simpler
and cheaper to confer legislative
power on the governor. But who
will say that that would be wise?
I voted very often contrary to
the governor's wishes. I know
that in doing so I exercised my
own judgment and followed the
dictates of my own conscience
and I am willing to credit the
other members who did likewise
with the same honesty of pur-
pose. As a legislator I acknowl-
edge no master but the people I
represent and I had rather have
their approval and a clear con-
science than to be in the good
graces of all the governors that
ever happened.
I would not respect the gover-
nor if he approved what he con
sidered a bad law out of a desire
to yield to a majority of the leg
islature, but I would have just as
much respect for him if he did
that as I would have for the
member, who, out of respect to
the governor's wishes,refused to
vote to pass over the governor's
veto a bill that he believed ought
to pass.
—nwrasrag mi ii imw IIH ||||||||| SEfHSBME
The Blind Member From Ellis
To keep up with what is going
on, a member of the Legislature
has to keep both his eyes and
his ears open, but there is one
member of the House who is
totally blind. But that does not
mean that he votes blindly. In
fact, Hon. W. S. Stepter, the
blind member from Ellis county,
always knows what he is voting
for and he generally votes right.
Mr. Stepter was educated at the
Blind Institute and notwith-
standing his affliction, is an in-
telligent and well informed man.
He has a private page assigned
him, to go about with him and to
read to him. With this help and
with the aid of a splendid memo-
ry, Mr. Stepter keeps fully
abreast with the times. I had
several pleasant conversations
with him and always found him
interesting. He can also make
a good speech. Moreover, he is
as straight as a shingle and as
true as steel. Ellis county did
no bad thing when it sent
Stepter to the Legislature, even
if he is blind.
"The Gentleman From Live
Oak."
You cannot judge a man's
ability by the importance of the
town wherein he makes his
habitat or the population of the
county which he represents. If
you could, the writer, as one of
the Representatives of the most
populous and richest counties of
the state, would be one of the
big ones, while a man likes W.
W. Caves, whose county has only
3,442 people, would be a small
potato. But the truth is the con-
ditions are just the reverse of
that. The writer is a very in-
conspicuous member, while
Caves is undoubtedly one of the
strongest members of the House.
Oakville, the county seat, where
Mr. Caves lives and practices
law, is considerably smaller
than Mesquite and it is strange
to me why a man of his ability
stays in as small a place as that.
Live Oak county is just one coun-
ty removed from Cameron, the
most extreme Southern county
in Texas. Down in that country
everybody is supposed to vote
as Jim Wells says and to always
vote the wet ticket. But Caves
doesn't do either one. He votes
as Caves thinks best and he
votes the dry ticket. Caves is a
good fellow and I like him, but I
do not let that interfere with my
judgment of his ability. His en-
emies must admit that Caves
knows something about the law,
the constitution and about poli-
tics and that he can take care of
himself on the stump or any-
where else. Able, honest, young
and ambitious, why shouldn't
there be better things in store
for him politically? I do not see
any reason why.
Mesquite has grown more in
the past ten years than any town
in Dallas county except Grand
Prairie, where the growth has
been in a large measure due to
the advent of the Interurban.
Leaving Grand Prairie out, Mes-
quite lias probably built more
new residences since the census
oC 1> 10 was taken than any
other town in the county lias in
the past fm? years Give us an
Interurban and we'll show 'em
all, Grand Prairie included, a
clean pair of heels.
We Have a Brand New
$400 Upright Piano
Mahogany (£1 (V7
Finish, for tplv//
Absolutely the best Piano value offered. See it today.
S10 Cash, $7,50 Per Month, Pays For It.
W. L. Weaver Piano Co.,
1013 ELM STREET - DALLAS, TEXAS
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Copyright Hart Schaffnor& Marx
VOU can t go wrong in the matter of
getting the right clothes if you follow
our directions; we want you to go right. First, start for
this store; second, keep going until you get here; third,
say, plainly,
Hart Schaffner & Marx
clothes. Then leave it to us, and we'll fit you, satisfy
you, and charge you the right price.
Suits $18.00 and up
R. P. Rhea Company
FORNEY, - TEXAS
This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes.
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Who Are "They?"
(By a Special Correspondent.)
We all have a way of saying
"they say" this or that of some
person or some thing and ac-
cepting it ourselves as authentic
when someone says "they say"
to us.
But if we stopped to inquire
into the exact source of the in-
formation, either we would be
unable to trace it back to anyone
other than thot elusive individual,
"They Say," or we will find back
of it the unkind gossip of some
enemy.
And just because "they say"
fails to put the blame of a false-
hood on any one person's should-
ers it really is the most danger-
ous of statements and one of the
hardest to refute.
So let us beware of believing
"they say" stories. Let us treat
lightly all gossip introduced by
the words "they say." Or if this
gossip makes us suspicious of
its object—and it is natural and
human that it should at times—
let us suspend judgment until
we KNOW. In other words, let
us do the object of "they say"
the justice to investigate until
we find someone who is in a
position from actual knowledge
and whom we can trust, to make
a positive statement over his
own name as to the truth or
falsity of the "they say" story.
The writer has been led to pen
this little lesson in practical fair-
ness by reading a little book
issued by the Coca-Cola Com-
pany of Atlanta, Ga., entitled
"The Truth About Coca-Cola."
That truly delicious and whole-
some beverage has for so long
been the subject of "they say"
stories in which all manner of
untrue and detrimental things
about Coca-Cola have been circu-
lated that the manufacturers
have been forced to issue their
tion about this beverage. And
the information therein contained
does not rest its case on any
"they say" statements, but bases
its arguments on analyses and
statements of chemists and
scientists occupying the highest
positions in America.
This is a most interesting book
—a fine study in dignity in re
futing falsehoods—and a book of
information that all should read.
You will find it well worth your
while to write and ask the Coca-
ola Company, Atlanta, Ga., to
send you a free copy.
If She Willing, Yes,
A Chicago man writes Laura
Jean Libbey that he has been
going with a "girlie" for several
years and wants to know wheth-
er it is all right for him to kiss
her good night. A man like that
deserves to be henpecked.—Ex.
♦
COMMO
A fine German coach;
stands 16 hands in the airj
weighs 1157 lbs, He is a
dark bay and is a beauty.
We have purchased the
above named horse and he
will make the season at our
barn 1 \A mile north of Mesquite.
H, H and O, G HANBY
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DOCTOR KINO
Nerve, Blood and Skin Specialist
Nervous Diseases, Varicocele, Blood
Poison, Striciure, Hydrocele, Kidney and
Bladder and Prostatic Troubles. Lupus,
Skin Cancers, Special and Private Diseases.
Kheumaiistn, Catarrh, and Chronic Diseases
, SUCCESSFULLY TREATED.
PILES
CURED WITHOUT SEVER? OPERATIVE
HSTULA
Dr. Kind. Regular Grodnatc In Medicine, Duly and Legally Qualified, offers
}«n thfl I arsJe nnd Valuable Experience of 17 years as a specialist la the treat*
ui«ut of Nerve. Bloo.1 anil .Skin lnseoses.
All MctJlcliwss furnished ready for use. No Injurious dru&i used. No deien*
Jmsi business. Medicines sent everywhere, free from daze and breakage,
liit Med-ln « aeatC. O. D.< vales* instructed. Thousands of cases cared.
Consultation t'reet at office or by cnati.
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1911, newspaper, April 7, 1911; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400587/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mesquite Public Library.