The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 11.—Stato
fhalrman Cardon oalled the conven-
tion to order promptly at 12:30 o'clock.
Secretary J. C. McNealus read the call,
ttev. Dr. J. B. Cleaver invoked divine
bleasln# on the delegates and their de-
liberations. Chairman Carden ad-
dressed the convention. The keynote
«t tain speech was to forgive and for-
get and bury the animosities of the
political controversy of the last two
years. He likewise condemned the
proposition that allows the democracy
to instruct a public officer how to act,
then to admonish him that if he does
It will punish him. This earned ap-
plause. The mention of Bryan's name
precipitated cheering, hand-dapping
«.nd foot-stamping prolonged fifty min-
utes.
C. L. Bass, county chairman of
Bexar county, extended a hearty wel-
come to the delegates In behalf of the
Bexar county democracy.
A. W. Houston of this city was intro-
duced and spoke In behalf of the
mayor and city council.
At tbe conclusion of Mr. Houston's
address the band played "America,''
the delegates rising spontaneously
after a brief delay.
,T. H. Kirkpatrlck, representing the
Business Club, was presented. A clear,
ringing salutation got the convention's
rapt attention at the outset and it
listened to the speaker with admira-
ble decorum, interspersed with bursts
of applause.
R. C. Duff of Jefferson county was
Introduced to respond to the addresses
of welcome.
William Masterson of Harris read
the recommendations of the executive
committee for temporary officers,
being
Chairman—C. F. Greenwood, Hill
county.
Temporary secretary—Bob Barker,
Bexar county.
i Assistant secretaries—C. W. Robln-
pon, Harris county; W. Z. Hayes, Mor-
ris county; O. P. Basford, Travis
|county.
Assistant sergeant-at-arms—W. S.
(Russell, Grayson county ; Bob Goodfel-
Jow, Coleman county; John J. Stevens.
Hill County; R. M. Johnson, Orange
pounty.
Mr. Carden appointed Walter Col-
lins of Hill county and C. W. Robinson
of Harris county to escort Mr. Green-
twood to the chair. The keynote of his
speech—the keynote, too, of the cam-
paign—sounded for harmony and for
approbation of the party policy, of
supporting the doctrine that compels
|the carrying out of platform demands,
pis speech was a broad defense of the
Campbell administration, particularly
the system of full rendition. Mr.
CJreenwood urged the convention to be
chary of putting Into the platform
what It does not desire to be executed.
Committees on platform, credentials
and permanent organization were then
appointed.
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 11.—With-
out a hitch In its proceedings, the com-
mittee on permanent organization,
called to meet this afternoon at 5
o'clock, adopted an order of business
for tomorrow's convention and named
J. A. L. Wolfe as permanent chair-
man.
The committee met In the chamber
of the Court of Civil Appeals at the
Bexar county court house, Senator A.
P. Barrett of Fannin county acting as
Chairman and E. A. Perry of Madison
Connty as secretary. The flrBt busi-
ness of the committee was the naming
£>f a permanent chairman of the con-
tention, and Mr. Wolfe was unani-
mously chosen. Vice-presidents were
then nominated and elected, as fol-
lows: Nat D. Oak, Red River county;
8. W. Blount, Nacogdoches county; R.
W. Simpson Upshur county; R. F.
fepearman, Hunt county: D. Y. Poole,
Bosque county; T. S. Henderson, Mi-
lam county; G. C. Stokes, Houston
county; P. R. Rowe, Polk county; L.
W. Moore, Fayette county ; E. R. Kone,
Hays county; S. P. York, Coryell coun-
ty; H. N. Goodson, Comanche county;
pdgar Scurry, Wichita county; Carlos
pee, Bexar county; J. B. Dlbrell, Gua-
dalupe county; W. A. Wright, Tom
.Green county.
!Bob Barker of Bexar county, tempo-
'fary secretary, was made permanent
Secretary, and a long list of assistant
secretaries elected, as follows: C. W
Wobinson, Harris county; O. H. Bas-
tord, Travis county; W. Z. Hayes,
Morris county; Ed F. Blackshear,
Grimes county. Clyde D. Smith was
sleeted reading clerk.
Robert Goodfellow was named for
«ergeant-at-arms, the assistants being
M follows: W. S. Russell, Grayson;
John H. Stephens, Hill; Charles
Burkes, Bell; L. F. McClure, Jones;
L. McGee, Morris; Jink Evans, Mor-
fls; Charles McCubbln, Galveston; T.
J. Dick, Galveston; John Redus, Delta;
Gus Reinlger, Comal; Mart Munger,
Kaufman; J. W. Klnchloe, Burnet.
San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 12.—The
«econd day's session of the Demo-
mtttlc State convention wa3 principal-
ly devoted to hearing the reports of
Ihe committees and adopting the plat-
form. The latter was mainly accepted
(is presented by the majority commit-
tee, without protest. There were a
few minor differences, but the plat-
form as adopted, somewhat condensed
excepting as to the submission plank
which we give complete, follows:
1. Declaring our devotion to those
prlnclp»3s of government for which the
democratic party has ever been the
most valiant champion and defender,
-we pledge ourselves to every effort
necessary to perpetuate the rights
guaranteed by our Federal and State
costitutlon and look with confidence
to a brilliant democratic victory in the
coming election for their vindication.
2. We indorse the platform adopted,
by the National democratic convention
and heartily ratify the nomination of
William Jenniugs Bryan and John
Worth Kerns.
3. We heartily indorse the present
democratic administration, the official
acts of Governor Thomas M. Campbell
and the acts of the Thirtieth legisla
ture enacted In obedience to platform
demands.
4. We Indorse the official course of
our senators'and representatives in
the United States congress and com-
mend their faithful discharge of offi-
cial duties.
5. We recommend to the Thirty-first
legislature that it resubmit tor adop-
tion by the people a constitutional
amendment making provision for the
indigent wives and widows of Confed-
erate soldiers.
6. In harmony with the National
democratic platform, pledging the
party to the legislation for the guar-
anty of National bank deposits, we
favor the prompt establishment of a
system under the supervision and con-
trol of the State banks of Texas.
7. We recommend such amendments
to and changes in the laws governing
court and procedure as will reduce the
expense and litigation and tend to
speedy administration of justice in
civil as well as criminal cases.
8. The Democratic party favors a
wise and liberal financial support of
our public schools and all our State
educational institutions.
9. We repudiate the charges that
have been made that Texas legislation
is unfriendly to capital, and we invite
a comparison of our laws affecting cap-
ital, private or corporate, with the
laws of other States on this subject.
10. We favor decreasing the number
and increasing the compensation of
the legislators of this State.
11. We favor the establishment of
additional experimental agricultural
stations, especially In Central West
and Northwest Texas.
12. We recommend that our Stato
health department be granted ade-
quate authority and ample means to
properly safeguard the public health.
13. Recognizing that the oil and rice
industries are of great importance to
the growth of the State, we recom-
mend the legislation that will conserve
and protect them, and that provision
be made for fixing and regulating the
charges of canal and pipe line com-
panies.
14. Realizing that one of the most
important industries of our State is
involved In the fish and oyster indus-
try and that our bays furnish in a lim-
ited quantity and inadequate at the
same time, a supply of these foods to
the people, and that adequate laws
ought to be enacted to protect the lim-
ited supply.
15. We demand the submission by
the Thirty-first legislature of the State
of Texas of a constitutional amend-
ment to the people of the State of
Texas for their adoption or rejection,
prohibiting within the State of Texas
the manufacture, sale, gift, exchange
and interstate shipment of spirituous,
vinous and malt liquors and medicated
bitters capable of producing Intoxica-
tion except for medicinal and sacra-
mental purposes. We recommend
that the prohibition amendment de-
manded by the recent primary election
be submitted to all qualified voters at
a special election to be held in 1909.
We declare that at such election a
vote for or against the amendment
shall not be considered a test of de-
mocracy, as It is not the purpose of
this convention to commit the demo-
cratic party for or against State pro-
hibition.
Your committee further recommends
the adoption of the following resolu-
tions: The fact that neither the State
nor party, by a vote of the entire
State, has the right to elect either a
State senator or representative, is
conclusive that they have no right to
Instruct them adversely to the ex-
pressed will of their local constitu-
ency. The manner of their election
under the constitution and the laws
of this State, adopted and enacted by
the democratic party of this State,
shows the party devotion to the doc-
trine of local self-government advo-
cated by our democratic fathers, and
so dear to all democrats.
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 13.—After
the conflict over the adoption of the
submission plank the Democratic
Convention reassembled this forenoon
and finished up Its work.
Gov. Campbell's name was present-
ed in glowing terms by Hon. James
H. Robertson of Austin and seconded
by E. A. Berry of Madison, both
speeches being splendid specimens of
convention eloquence.
Gov. Campbell was brought In to
acknowledge his honors. The govern-
or was given a cordial reception and
in fitting terms expressed his grati-
tude. The tenor of his remarks was
that the masses have.a right to shape
the destinies of the State and that ho
would obey their mandates. He ad
monlshed all Democrats to bury past
differences, forget the bitter things
said and present a solid phalanx
against the common enemy.
Judge Arthur B. Storey was elected
Stato chairman without opposition
and responded with a telicitlous
sppneh.
The convention adjourned sine die.
Truth and
Quality
eppeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and crcditablo standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the interial organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
tin;, quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to anil approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection-
able substances. T« get its beneficial
cffects always purchase the genuine—
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug- !
gistd.
THE "LESS" AGE.
THE TIME TEST.
That Is What Proves True Merit.
Donn's Kidney Pills bring the quick
est of relief from backache and kid-
ney troubles. Is thut
relief lasting? Let
Mrs. James M. Long,
of 113 N. Augusta
St., Staunton, Va„
tell you. On January
31st, 1903, Mrs. Long
wrote: "Doan's Kid-
ney Pills have cured
me" (of palu in the
back, urinary trou-
bles, bearing down sensations, etc.).
On June 20th. 1907, four and one-half
years later, she said: "I haven't had
klduey trouble since. I repeat my
testimony."
Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
FATIGUED EXPRESSION.
Absorbing.
Silas—Ha! Ha! Reuben gc*
bunkoed again.
Cyrus—Do tell! What was It this
time?
Silas—Why, Reuben saw an nd
that stated that for one dollar they
would send him some of the most ab-
sorbing literature he ever read.
Cyrus—And what did they send
him?
Silas—Why, they sent him a pam-
phlet entitled "How Blotters Are
Made" and another entitled "Points
on Turkish Towels."
"It Finds the Spot."
The Oil we struck is the Oil that
has stuck while others have passed
away, simply because it cures your
Pains, Aches, Bruises, Sprains, Cuts
and Burns quicker than any other
known remedy. Hunt's Lightning Oil.
It's Hue for Clilgger bites also.
Hla Social Victories.
When Mr. Freddie Max-tin, the twen-
tieth century Ward McAllister, sails
from New York for his summer trip to
London and Scotland, he will certainly
have earned,hlB vacation.
Ho haB In the brief period of the
season given 76 dinners and
luncheons.
Thla mere statement of bald facts
dooft not seem impressive at first,
but think what it means!
Each dinner or luncheon may be
counted as a distinct victory. Reckon
"N«»rlr •» In
Doubted.
almost human
came to us four
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Cholly—It's wonderful, bah Jove!
Riding without hawses, telegraphing
without wires, and all these things.
Maude—Yes and thinking without
brains.
The Spider and the Fly.
In the long warfare between the
oplder and the fly, the latter has had
the housewife for its auxiliary and
friend. The flies have been tolerated,
even fed and nurtured, while the
spiders and their webs have been ruth-
lessly destroyed. This unremitting
and unrelenting war against it keeps
the spider population down, while the
flies increase and multiply by the
millions and ten of millions, almost
unchecked. The spider is ugly and
his web is unsightly in the estima-
tion of most people, but spiders hurt
no human creature. They feed on
flies, which are the foes of mankind,
and do mankind a service.—Philadel-
phia Press.
India-Gestion.
Here is a story the bishop of Lon-
don told John Morley the other day,
says the Philadelphia Inquirer. They
were holding an "exam." in an East-
end school, and the teacher was ex-
plaining the chief products of the In-
dian empire. One child recited a list
of comestibles. "Please, miss, India
produces curries and pepper and cit-
ron and chillies and chutney and—
and—" "Yes, yes, and what comes
after that?" "Please, miss, I don't re-
member." "Yes, but think. What is
India so famous for?" "Please, 'm,
India-gestlon."
Warm Welcome Assured.
"And you say you haven't been home
all the afternoon?" reprimanded the
old lady on the bridge.
"No'm," confessed the small boy
with wet hair.
"Well, why don't you go homo right
away? Your mother will be wearing
her soul away for you."
The little boy was thoughtful.
"Yessum, but if I get there before
my hair dries she will be wearing a
shingle away for me. You see, I've
been in swimming."
It carefully and you will find that
Mr. Martin's victories for a single sea-
son are almost as numerous as Nar
poleon's during hi3 wholo career.
Chance to Mako Good.
"Yes," said the fair maid, "my par-
ents want mo to marry Mr. Oldgold,
but I'm not going to do It. I shall
marry whomever I please."
"Thetj It's up to you to name the
day," rejoined tho young man, "for you
certainly please me."—Chicago Dally
News.
SELF DELUSION
Many People Deceived by Coffee.
We Hke to defend our Indigencies
and habits even though we may be
convinced of their actual harmful-
ness.
A man can convince himself that
whisky Is good for him on a cold morn-
ing, or beer on a hot summer day—
when he want3 the whisky or beer.
It's the same with coffee. Thousands
of people suffer headaches and nerv-
ousness year after year but try to
persuade themselves the cause Is not
coffee—because they like coffee.
"While yet a child I commenced us-
ing coffee and continued It," writes a
Wis. man, "until I was a regular cof-
fee fiend. I drank it every morning
and in consequence had a blinding
headache nearly every afternoon.
"My folks thought it was coffee that
ailed me, but I liked It and would not
admit It was the cause of my trouble,
so I stuck to coffee and the headaches
stuck to me.
"Finally, the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some Postutn.
They made It right (directions on
pkg.) and told me to see what differ-
ence it would make with my head, and
during the first week on Postum my
old affliction did not bother me once.
I From that day to this we have used
nothing but Postum In place of cof-
fee—headaches are a thing of the past
and the whole family Is in fine health."
"Postum looks good, smells good,
tastes good, is good, and doCB good to
the whole body." "There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battlo
' Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wcll-
vllle," in pkgs.
Ever read tho above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.
His Intelligence
"Yes, that dog has
intelligence. He
years ago."
"That's funny."
"What's funny?"
"The incongruity of your two state
ments."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hicks' Capudine Cures Women.
Periodic pains, backache, nervousness
and headache relieved immediately and
assists nature. Prescribed by physicians
with best results. Trial bottle 10c. Hegular
size £Sc and 50c at all druggists.
His Idea.
"Well, just what is a secret, any-
way?"
"A thing to be kept—"
"Yes."
"On tap—"
"Oh!"
"Until several people have ferreted
it out—"
"Well?"
"And then it is published with big
head lines."—Nashville American.
I
"Nails."
"Nails are a mighty good thing— '
particularly finger nails—but 1 don't !
believe they were intended solely for !
scratching—though I used mine large-
ly for that purpose for several years.
I was sorely affected and had it to do.
One application of Hunt's Cure, how-
ever, relieved my itch and less than
a box cured me entirely."
J. M. WARD. Index, Texas.
Impetus.
Knicker—Flanagan made a record
throwing the hammer.
Mrs. Knicker—Did he hit his thumb?
—New York Sun.
The American Friends' board of for-
eign missions has so far had control
of Cuba only, but it is planned now to
transfer to it the work lu Palestine,
Mexico, Japan.
ro DIUVE OUT MALARIA
AM) 111 ll.li 1.1* THE SYSTEM.
Tako tho Old Standard GKOVW'8 TASTJfiLKste
CHILL TONIC. You know what yon arti taking.
Tho formula is plainly printed on ovrry bottle,
showing It ts simply Qulnlno and Iron in a tasteless
form, and tho most effectual form. For jjrovrn
ouoplu and children. 60c.
Contentment is said to be better
than riches, but it is only a matter of
hearsay with most people.
When your eyes feel sore and tired apply
John R. Dickey's old reliable eye water.
It is healing, cooling and restful.
Better a tramp in the woods than a
hobo in the woodshed.
Smokers appreciate the quality value of
Lewis' Single Binder cigar. Your dealer
or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111.
It's sometimes easier to catch on
than It is to let go.
Mm. Wlnilow'h Soothing Hyrup.
For children teething, Boftens the kiitob, r«duco« to-
flammHtlon, allays pain, cures wind colic. iWcabotUe.
Goodness thinks no ill where no 111
;eems.—Milton.
This woman says that after
months of suffering Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made her as well as ever.
Maude E. Forffio, of Leesburg,Va.,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
" I want other suffering women to
know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. For
months I suffered from feminine ills
so that I thought I could not live. I
wrote you, and after talcing Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
using the treatment you prescribed I
felt like a new woman. I am now
strong, and well as ever,'and thank you
for the good you have done me "
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands 01
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear-
mg-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
tion,dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Old Virginia Cheroots
If the dealer clipped off the heads of three good
5c cigars and handed them all three to you for 5
cents, you would call it a bargain.
That's exactly the kind of trade you make when
you pay 5 cents for three Old Virginia Cheroots.
OLD VIRGINIA
CHEROOTS
Are 5 Cent Cigars Without the Head-
Therefore 3 ior S Cents
SOLD EVERYWHERE
STAR
PLUG
CHEWING
TOBACCO
STAR has for years
been the world's leading
brand of plug chewing
tobacco. Statistics show
that about one-fifth of
all the chewers of plug
tobacco chew STAR.
There's a reason for
this enormous and con-
stantly increasing num-
ber of STAR chewers,
and it's just this—
Star Plug has always
been manufactured with
one sole object in view—
to give chewers the best
chew of tobacco it is pos-
sible to produce, yet to
sell this STAR chew at
a moderate price.
More chewers are
learning every day that
STAR, considered from
the standpoint of true
merit, has no competitor,
and is the one best chew.
For a long time there
was a prejudice (which
probably still exists)
among certain chewers
against the use of what is
generally termed "Navy
Tobacco,"becauseof the
impression that all to-
bacco of that character
is too sweet.
It is true that some
brands of tobacco, similar
in appearance to STAR,
are too sweet to please
chewers accustomed to
the use of tobacco manu-
factured in thin plugs,
but we know that STAR
is right in every way.
You use tobacco for
the pleasure it gives —
increase your
pleasure by chew-
ing STAR!
In All Stores
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