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THE SAN AWTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1909.
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field for the construction of highways
of traffic and commerce where de-
velopment is hindered and retarded
In 1876 the electoral votes oi In-
diana were given to the Democratic
nominees for President and Vice
Enteirexa<s.' ai second-ciaM flatter. by lack of transportation facilities, ' President, as in If S4 and in 18H2, and
litr The KxfrMiii >u»U»i>lng Compai^ | and the people in those sections are during a period of about a quarter of
TELEPHONES;
Editorial Room,
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Society Editor, Old I ful
clamorous for railroads. Certainly
.. no | the Legislature will not be so unmind-
Business Off ire, Both
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of their interests as to do any-
thing that would tend to prevent a
realization of their hopes and expecta^
a century previous to 1896 the State
administration was generally Demo-
cratic. Since the latter date Indiana
lias been consistently Kepublican a?
to the National ticket, though last
AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS!
New York office- Room 62s, laO Nassau j There are. railroads already in I November a Democratic Governor and
Street: John P. Smart. Manager. T, .
Washington. P. i' —otto Praeger, Boom operation in the State which ate in
4\^°HnBTex'-0. Waverly Brlws. ' need of betterments, which with
Monterey, Mexico—E. <i At lee, * | bracks and oetter equipment could
Zaragoza, Agent and Correspondent.
C. V Holland. General Traveling A genu
R. T. 'Hidden, W H. Wentworth ana
J. C. Oslltt, Travelinp Agents.
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The Season's Cotton Crop.
render better service, but all the or-
ders and commands of a State Hail-
road Commission could not force them
to put in tli3 needed improvements
if they lack the financial ability and
are running behind in their operating
expenses.
The Legislature will consider these
things in a conservative, broad-mind-
ed, business-like way, if it be true
to its obligations, and thereby dispel
the illusion, if it be an illusion, that
the Texas Legislature is hostile to
investments and enterprise and to
progress and development.
An Anti-Fee Bill.
The National Glnners Association ;
estimates that there were ginned up
to the 16th inst. 12,628,00(1 bales of | The anti-fea bill introduced in the
cotton of last year's growth and that Senate by Senators Sturgeon, Thomas
11' weather conditions are favorable i an(j genter provides for combining the
131,000 more will have been ginned j offices of district and county clerks
by the end of the season. j and of county assessor and collector
Upon this basis a commercial crop j jn eounties having less than 25,000
—which includes linters and repacks ! population and fixes the maximum
■—of 13,250,000 hales is predicted, amount of compensation.
which is about three-quarters of a roll- j In more populous counties, where
lion less than the highest estimate by j the requirements of help and expense
a Democratic l.legislature were chosen
for the first time since the Demo-
cratic party became divided on the
free silver issue.
It will be more or less inspiring to
the Democrats in the United States
Senate to wlcorae new members of
their own side from Indiana, Ne-
braska and Oregon, though they will
still be in a considerable minority,
with no prospect of having tne upper
hand until there is practically a revo-
lution in the politics of several of
the Northern States. At one time
previous to 1896 New York and Ohio
were each represented in the United
States Senate by two Democrats, as
was Indiana, but since then only Re-
publicans have been chosen to the
Senate from the States named until
indiana chos * to break a precedent
which may later be followed by
others.
THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA
IX.—Building Good Roads.
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
THE United States troops stationer! In ] up to their shoulders. Imagine, such mud
Cut,, icce the ^net-lean Interven- ' hn,e« al frequent Intervals with the road
_ s"'ce •n* Atneilean tnieri on b„twepn thom rut ,nt„ ruts (n whlfll a
lion in ltlOti have been designated offi- j mall may stand and be entirely hidden
cially as tlie "Army of Cubiin Pactfica- j from the waist down. Imagine miles and
lion." The island has been pacified and miles of such roads and the entire ah-
. . iti senee of any other kind of roarls. rhen
the United States Is again to withd aw )t wi)] nQt |)e
so difficult to understand
and permit the Cubans to manage their why there is so much rich agricultural
own affairs. But the real army of paci- land in Cuba which is still wild and free.
float ion was not made up of soldiers in
khaki, armed with rifles and supported by
artillery. It was composed ot men in
overalls, arm d with picks and supported
by the most up-to-date road building ma-
eiiinerv. Building; good roads, next. to
.sanit liion, was the prim ipal business of
the Wood administration. In the Ma goon
regime the Construction «>i good roads
Nm will it be so difficult to understand
why a band of a few native* can make a
revolution which is extremely difficult to
deal with from Havana or from any other
center of authority.
It. is this condition of things which the
provisional government, has sought to
change by the construction of good roads.
A great, highway is being built from one
end of the island to the other, from west.
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has been the prime consideration, wnn ( Roads of equal excellence will
good roads Cuba will be prosperous, lh«i< connect the highway with port cities in
will be less incentive to insurn■••tion and ^ province, one on the north and one
there will be a smaller probability ot su< - , on j|lf, south - oast, in each political divi-
cessful revolution. If the system of good : siou of the island. Work was begun in
The fine to be collector? from the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company, amount- j
ing to more than one and a half mil- :
lion dollars, will so to the general rev- j
cnue fund of the State after the at- !
torneys' fees have been deducted. Just j
how much of a hole in the total will |
be made by the attorneys' fees has1
not yet developed.
Tennessee is now a prohibition
the trade. I of conducting the offico are greater
President Taylor of the National ! the maximum compensation is fixed | ^A^'tathc0(^ „nUlTh^ ff«t ofjuly'
It, 1h now up to Memphis, Nashville
wet"
road.s outlined and being constructed
could be finished before January -8, it
might well lie said when the Americans
leave that Cuba has been entirely pacified.
♦ » •
Not more than 5 per cent, of the area of
Cuba is under cultivation. The greatest
obstacle to the agricultural development
of the island has been the almost com-
plete absence of roads. Maps of Cuba
present a perfect network of lines which
are supposed to indicate roads, but as a
matter of fact these are nothing more
than unimproved rights of way. In the
dry season they are trails which may be
gone over with comparative ease, hut in
the rainy season they are almost impass-
able. At the end of almost four centuries
of Spanish rule in Cuba there was a little
less than 180 miles of highways in Cuba.
The work of road construction was be-
gun immediately after the American oc-
cupation in 1899, was continued under the
Cuban republic and has reached its high-
est mark tinder the present provisional
government. In April, 1907, a definite
program was adopted, providing for the
construction oi nearly 1500 miles of high
the west and the great tobacco produ
in# province of Pinar del Rio has been
reclaimed from the dark ages' system of
transportation. The work has been pushed
in all sect tons of the country and is now
being brought to a completion in the
thinly populated provinces in the "waist,"
or central section of the island.
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These new highways have hern con-
structed at a cost of from $10,000 to $25,-
000 a mile, according to the contour of the
country, the difficulty of obtaining road-
making material and other conditions.
There is no doubt that the roads have
cost enough, but there is also no doubt
that they will pay fof themselves many
times over in the next twenty years if
they are kept in condition. Maintenance
will be a difficult problem, for the carreta
is still in use, a gigantic disk harrow
which in time would £ut up a granite
pa vement.
It is these narrow-tired heavy carts
which make road building so expensive in
Cuba. A road built of ordinary macadam,
such as would be called a good highway
in the United States, was utterly do-
Glnners Association estimates that j on an ascending scale, but it is specifi
the consumptive demand Mill absorb | rally provided that all fees collected j ami Chattanooga, the only
(13,500,000 bales and that, therefore, j in excess of thr> maximum allowance
the market should not ba clogged even j for pay of the official must be turned
if" the yield should turn out to be great-
er than is at present anticipated. Re-
viewing Ihe situation he concludes
tl^jt. cotton would be a good purchase
for the speculator at this time because
the price should go to at least 10
cents a pound by the end of tnis
into the public treasury.
Whether this measure will cure the
evils complained of in connection with
the operation of the fee system is a
matter about which there may be dif-
ferences of opinion, it is considered
desirable to fix tho compensation of j like capacity along railroads have
towns in the State, to close their sa-
loons or their school houses, but pos-
sibly they will not do either.
To be sure, build railroads to haul
stuff, not to develop real estate
schemes. But tho country between
Ban Antcnio and Brownsville will
i roduca the freight just as soon as j
it can bo marketed. All the, lands of
ways, to b»' built during three years, at a ! stroyed in one year by the carretas. Kf
' forts are being made to discourage their
use by fixing a maximum limit upon the
weight to l>efoarried in one vehicle, and
the gospel of wide tires Is being preached
month and to 11 cents by the first of public officials for the benefit of the I demonstrated this fully.
March, as the spinners' needs become ! underpaid as well ns to limit compcn-
more pressing.
The speculative demand is, however,
lacking by reason of legislation in
several of tho States prohibiting deal-
ing in cotton futures, and its support
of the market cannot therefore be
looked for. Mr. Taylor says there is
a movement in some of the Southern
States to amend the anti-option law
so as to permit trading in futures on
legitimate exchanges, and he expresses
the hope that the movement will pre-
vail inasmuch as he estimates that
these anti-option laws have already
cost tho cotton growers of tho South
more than one hundre 1 million dol-
lars. Ho further says that the New
York contract has been made even
better than was .asked three ve:irs ago,
and as long as it is kept as it is the
New York speculators cannot manipu-
late the market so as to hurt tho
South.
It is noted in support of Ihe predic-
tion of highe.- prices to prevail later
in the season that trade conditions
have materially improved and that the
foreign demand for the South's lead-
ing staple is growing much better.
As it is purely a question of supply
and demand with regard to the perma-
nency or the market the question as
to whether prices will go higher or
lower must depend on the extent of
the crop and the capacity of tho mills
to absorb it. When stocks run low
the price runs high, despite manipula-
tions which only temporarily affect
the market.
It is seldom, if ever, good policy to
advise farmers to hold it. anticipation
of an advance in prices except when
the statistical position of cotton is
such as to make an advance reason-
ably certain, and Mr. Taylor thinks
there is such a prospect now.
sation where it is excessive, or at
least to so fix It that tho taxpayers
may know just how much they are
paying for tho services of a public
servant, a nutter about which there
are sometimes very exaggerated no-
tions.
Of course, service should be paid
according to its value. The Sheriff
of a county of sparse population would
not be entitled to as much pay as one
with a large flock to look after, nor
would the administration so wholly
absorb his time and attention or be
en expensive in the matter of hired
help. This was the idea of the fee
system as originally instituted, to pay
him according to the service per-
formed, making the cost come out of
It is noted with pleasure that no
United Slat 's Senators arc included
in tho list, of indicted men in tho In-
dian land frauds at Eagle Pas. There
are signs of righteousness in high
places—or maybe the Senate bad no
tip on the m^ion to be rut.
If you value your dog put a muz-
zle on him or keep him out of reach
of the dog catcher, for war on the
canines has been declared and it is to
bo kept up all winter as well as all
summer.
It. is rather early in the season for
the destruction of the peach crop by
Ihe cold weather and another unusual
feature of it. is that, tho destruction
should this time be in Arkansas In-
stead of Delaware.
Meantime the patent need of ;t
railroad from San Antonio to Browns-
ville is evidenced by tho anxiety of
at once.
When those 1H8 indictments are all
returned to that Baglo Pass court
there will be a heavy docket'of in-
teresting d-=Mls for the attention of
lawyers In tho criminal practice.
Not Hostile to Enterprise.
the pockets of those who made his 1 M )hn p(,op.o a]onf, ,hfi ]|np ,n bnhalf
service necessary, wherever that is nf )|lf» construction that shoyld begin
possible. In certain cases, however,
when the cost is not recoverable from
the individual, it must be paid by the
State. And just here it may be said
that, in the last analysis tne State
pays it all, for if the fees did not go
to the official they would go to th.i
State as long as thero ate fees.
It is assumed that the proposed
anti-fee bill will have careful consid-
eration by the lawmakers and that be-
fore definite action is taken thero will
be such inquiry into tho abuses of
tho fee system as will establish the
advisability of either abolishing it al-
together or of so safeguarding its
A fanatic is generally a man who
strives for the objective with a zeal
that undoes more than his ability at
Us best can accomplish.
Everything has a sphere of utility
of Its own. The successful unit in
Fociety—the specialist, like the cob-
bler, sticks to Ills last.
•tne
cost of $13,000,000. This program Is not
completed, of course, but it is well under
way. Much of the work has been done,
and the new Cuban republic will push it.
forward to completion. After that it is
the plan to construot 1R00 miles of con-
necting roads, at a probable cost of $7,-
000.000. If that supplementary plan is
carried through, it will mean that within
ten years Cuba will have a well nigh
perfect rond system.
The sugar rane producing districts feel
the commercial need of improved roads
less than the other sections of Cuba. The
cane is cut and" hauled in the dry season,
and the inrge sugar plantations are pro-
vided with private railroad systems
which connect with port cities or with
the public railroad lines of tho
Island. The small land owner suffers
moat, and a ^oort rond system will eo far
toward enabling him to compete with ihe
big corporation-owned sugar plantations.
Experience in every part of the world has
proved, howevfr, that cane sugar produc-
tion requires an enormous capital and
that it must bo undertaken on a large
scale to assure good profits. Tho im-
provement in road systems In Cuba
probably will lead the small owners Into
some oilier branch of agriculture, more
profitable, hut now impossible on account
of bad roads.
* * •
"Had roads mean much in Cuba. Tn the.
eastern part of the Island, espe. • tally J
there are whole; sections rncultivated and
depopulated because of the impossibility
of transporting the products of the soil to
the market at a cost which is commer-
cially practicable. The condition of the
roads has causer! the general use of the
• carreta" -or the general use of the "car-
reta" bus caused the condition of tho
roads. Rome put it one way, some the
other: the discussion belncr on the order
of that concerning the disputed priority
of the owl and the owl's epg.
Th<> carreta" is a clumsy, high two-
w bee led cart. The two wheels are'nix or
seven feo( In diameter, have narrow rims
and tires, an.I are so set on the axle I hat
the outer rim has a play of six or elffht
inches out of the perpendicular. This
wheel skew Is the active principle of the
carreta. When the wheels get. stuck in
the mud. constant nulling will work the
wheel flrsi to one side, then to the other,
until the rut is wide enough to permit the
cart to proceed. Whit, such a system
does to a soft dirt road may be imagined.
♦ • .
Pull teams are the favorite motive
power When one of these little carts
with its two sharp wheels is loaded with
from four to five tons of freight when
six yoke of hulls are hitched in front and
a hold-back yoke is hitched behind- and
from one end of the island to the other
The new highways are magnificent
roads. High-crowned, drained i>y deep
ditches, protected hv concrete culverts,
graded so that all steeps are eliminated,
having no sharp curves, passing over con-
crete bridges, the Cuban highway or "cal-
zada" is a triumph <* lfiodern road build-
ing The roadway Is thirty-four feet wide
and the paved strip down the center, the
extra-metalled portion. Is sixteen feet
wide. Telforl rnacadagi is employed in
all construction.
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Ho Immediate is the effect of good
roads in Cuba, despite the usual deliber-
ateness of the T>atins, that several towns
have been rrf>ved. Prosperous towns
which had been doing business at the
same old stand for two centuries were
left a few miles to one side by the great
central highway. Did thev build side
roads to connect with it? Not they. They
Just, moved the towns over to the "big
road."
The building of these roads makes Cuba
a much more delightful place for the win-
ter tourist, as it adds motorinsr to the
long list of Cuban pleasures. One may
take a motor car for his own use into
U 1uha free of duty, [t is necessary, of
jbouftii to satisfy the customs officials
that, the car is for one's own use and
that it. will be taken back to the United
States Motor trips may be made from
Havana, where the good roads center, in
several directions. A motor trip through
the tobacco section is a delightful ex-
perience. Pinar del Ulo. where the fine
tobacco grows, is n very mountainous
country and ihe scenery is beautiful. The
tobacco farms are of all sorts, from the
great plantations of several hundred acres
owned by rich corporations, down to the
patch of one or two acres which supports
a Cuban family in luxury. Home nf these
places are far away from the hlghwav,
however. Pome of the finest tobacco
comes from little patches planted in
pockets high up the mountain side and
entirely inaccessible by road. The oxen
>r«ed to till the fields are hoisted up with
block ind tackle and kept there until
they die, just as mules are sent Into coal
mines never again to see the sun.
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It h difficult, to estimate the benefits
that Cuba will realize from its new road
system. Undoubtedly there will be
charges of extravagance, perhaps even of
grafting, in the administration of the road
construction and maintenance system.
Hut these things will be obscured, in the
end. by the great good accomplished. The
legislature is loitering on submission filibuster
Tt Is reliably reported that if the t.PKisliiturp does not attend to Its duties properly
within a short time tho Governor will submit a spei'ial message on the subject.—
News Item.
the whole business moves off across the agricultural products of Cuba probably
trail, the one sure and certain result Is wIM increase threefold in the next ten
ruts. If this hypothetical case is piulti- j years if the island has peace. And good
plied bv the number necessary to trans
port the whole produce of a. section in a
season, and that result Is multiplied bv
taree or fr.ur hundred, representing the
number of seasons this svstem has been
in force, one will get, n fairly good arith-
metical idea of how had a Cuban road
can be.
Imagine mud holes through which the
bulls must pull with the muck and mire
II. renlly appears' that the Wators-
rioroo oil Company will have to come
operations that at least some of the I across with that $1,623,900 fine and
objections as vo graft and oppression
may no longer bo tenable.
Indiana's New Senator.
then some.
B. Ij. Shtvely, who has been chosen
by the Indiana legislature to repre-
sent that State in the Federal Senate,
is a Journalist who has served several
terms in tho popular branch of Con-
gress and who has been one of the
Texas needs railroads and the rail- prominent Democrats of the Hoositr
roads need Texas is the terso way in | State since the passing of Senator
and
which President Jolino of the Katy
railway system puts it, but while
Texas is a desirable field for railroad
construction it is not attractive to
capital because of legislative hostility.
This is a situation for which Texans
are responsible to some extent and
for which misconception and mlsrop-
lesentation are responsible to a still
greater extent.
Texas is not hostile to capital or
yio enterprise, but there Is a disposi-
tion to overdo the regulating business
in some quarters, to underestimate
the value, an 1 importance of corporate
enterprise, which is essential to de-
velopment, and to too rigidly apply
the taxing power where it t"nds to
discourage investments that would ma-
terially benefit the State. Some of
the laws of the Thirtieth Legislature
were hurtful to the best interests of
the State and so would be, some of
the proposed legislation which may
be attempted by the Thirty-first, but
there are as yet no Indications of any
hostility io railroads or other legiti-
mate corporate interests.
Texas needs more railroads and bet-
ter railroads. There is an inviting
Voorhees, Governor Hendrix
others of the old guard.
U seems fitting thar, Mr. Shlvely
should have been chosen by his party
for the Kedrral senatoiship when it
had tho power to elect, Inasmuch as
he had twice been tho cnolce for
that office when his party was in the
minority, although many Democrats
throughout the country will be disap-
pointed at the failure of the late Vice
Presidential nominee on the ticket
with Mr. Hryan to receive that honor.
In connection with the election of
Mr. Shlvely to tho offico of United
States Senator the fact is noted that
he is the first Democrat to be ac-
corded that honor in Indiana in six-
teen years, yet "previous to 180B In-
diana was always regarded as a
Democratic State and had at least
one representative of the party In
the United States Senate most, of the
time. From 18B3 to 18^9 Thomas A.
Hendrix, Democnt, was a Senator
from Indiana and from 1877 to 18!)!)
Dan W. Voorhees, Democrat, was a
United States Senator from Indiana,
having for his colleague during part
of that time David Turpie, Democrat.
Among the issues thai will go down
Into history as also recalled will be
the - cent fare movement.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES
roads permit the readv distribution of
troops, which is a powerful argument for
the peace which Cuba sorely needs. In
building: pood roads, the American Gov-
ernment in Cuba has done its best for
the Cuban people.
(Copyright, 190!), by Frederic J. Haskin.)
Tomorrow: "The Republic of Cuba.
X—Cuba's Great Sugar Industry."
Fervor has its time and place.
away from them it crn^tes a feeling
that is akin to disgust
Not overy word sounds as well to
the listener as it sounds to tho
speaker.
Little Bit 6' Feller.
J /1111 e bit o' feller, half tho time asleep,
Never doln' nothin* rer his board an*
keep;
Makes a lot o' trouble, costs an awful
sight.
But. oh, how we love him mornin', noon
and night!
t,lttlo hit o' teller howlln* for his meals.
Never cares hom weary his poor daddy
f eels.
Keeps n.e mighty busy workln\ wet and
dry;
Always gcrttin' croup and throatenin to
die.
I«iUle bit o' feller wearln' out his clo's,
Makes me often wonder where my money
g»»es;
Never have a dollar saved from what T
earn,
But *.»' course ho never feels the least
concern.
Iiittle bit o* feller thinks he owns the
place,
Deepenln' the wrinkles I have on my
fAcu,
But I'll- glad we've got 'im, bless his
little heart!
Listen to him singin' golly, ain't ho
smart.
- 8. K. Klser.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
Woman enjoys, man suffers, correct
conduct.
When a man Isn't always trying to tell
ftinny stories It's a sign he may have a
nense of humor.
When a girl says she never kissed men
she means they always did It.
You can never make a man believe that,
when you don't agree with his politic* It
isn't because you are deliberately trying
to insult him
If men could get as excited over how
well their wives ought to be treated as
their dogs, the world would be full of
good huabanda.—New York l'rfesi.
An Eddy in China.
The slow but impressive flow of the
stream of progress in china will natural-
ly and inevitably be marked by many
backward movements, here and there-—
eddies along the margin of the river.
Such an eddy is in evidence now at re-
kin. it may cause serious trouble lor
foreigners in some parts of the Chinese
Kmpire. before it passes away, and It is
possible that for a short time the onward
movement of the Chinese nation may
seem to be stopped. But an eddy does
not make or alter the real flow of the
stream. The awakening of China is a
deep and far-reaching change. It will go
en, with hitltw and turns, to reelilts of
much importance to the world.
China is too vast and rich and produc-
tive; the Chinese are too competent, and
intelligent and industrious, as well as too
numerous, for their country ever to sink
below the level of great nations. With
the protection Which they are now as-
sured, under the leadership of the TTnlted
States, they will be able to bring their
immense and rich land Into full harmony
with the spirit of tlm age and the best
fruits of modern civilization. The process
rrav be long. It is Idle to expect any
such quick transformation as that which
is taking place In Japan. But in the
end China will reach the goal.—Cleve-
land Leader.
Cost of Railroad Tics.
The railroads oi this country are each
year calling for more cross-ties, and they
are rapidly shrinking In number and in-
creasing In cost. The total number of ties
purchased in 1007 was 153,fi99.»>20, an in-
crease of B0.S6B.a7R over 190t>. The total
cost of the cross-ties purchased in 1907
was $7K,9BM9i>, an average of 51 cents a
tie. The total cost nf the cross-ties pur-
chased In 1906 way $4K,S19,124. an average
of 47 cant* 11 tie. The increase in total
cost was, therefore. $.10,139,571, or 61.7 per
cent. For 1907 the highest average cost,
f>n cents, was reported for redwood ties.
Many experiments have been made with
metal ties, with a view of finding a sub-
stitute for wood, but nothing satisfactory
has vet. been produced. Several of the
leading roads hnvu large tracts of trees
growing, ami may In a dozen years or
more bo able to supply their own wants.
Growing tree* on railroad lands seems
to be the most practical way to provide
Cor the future.—Utlca Press.
WITH THE STATE PRESS
An Unkind Advcrsion.
Snm<* Tpxas (tailips supporting: rfov-
ertior Campbell In liis attack on tlie rail-
roads anil corporations, but Ihesn are thi>
same paper? that supporter! Bryan for
President. They are, therefore, excus-
able.—K1 Paso Herald.
But the people who voted for Bryan for
President are not necessarily followers of
the position of Governor Campbell In his
effort to diminish the earnings of capital
that Is developing the State. The Bryan
issue is one thine:. The Texas issue is an
other. Of course, persons who went
wrong on one thlnj? may go wrong: on
another. But it does not follow that they
will go wrong on all things. Maybe Gov-
ernor Campbell will not have the sup
port of all the Bryan men ami organs in
his onslaught upon capital.
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A Reversion.
It Is as competent for the minister a*
It is lor the lawyer to discuss political
and economical questions; each has his
cltiien rights. But we could never under-
stand why Ihe Church, or any branch
thereof, should commit Itself to prohibi-
tion any more than It would to n bond
Issue for sewerage. Waco Times-Herald.
In ancient times the Church was in
politics. Maybe this desire to get Into
politics now Is a reversion to the senti-
ment of those early days. Tt will be noted
that none of the business organizations
are passing resolutions on the prohibition
question. They are adhering tn what
they consider their direct affairs—the
fostering of business In their lines. The
position of the churches in the prohibi-
tion fight has not I he warrant of the
scriptures to that Wtent that It should
have In Order to Justify the attitude
taken by many preachers. Their fight
for observance of the Sabbath day ts
Justified and any efforts (hat may be
made to eliminate sinful Influences by
disregard of laws are also assumed to bo
within tlw function of the churches. But
their participation In a political issue of
the sort that Is now alive In Texas is
open to such criticism at the Ttmesi-Her-
aid make*.
DO NOT ASK REDUCED FARES.
President of T. P. A. Says Their Posi-
tion Is Changed.
Dally Express Austin Bureau
At'STlN, Tex. Jan. 21 President .1.
■\v. Graves Of the Texas division of the
Travelers protective Association discuss-
ing the attitude of the Travelers Protec-
tive Association toward passenger fare
reduction in Texas naid today iliat Jim
organization will not insist upon passage
Of the pending 2-cent fare bill.
"While the traveling men wish to do
justice to tlie roads they afno ask for "•i°-
quatc service commensurate with l"'
rates charged Two years ago the man-
agers promised improved service all alent,
the lines. This promise they can scarce-
ly claim 10 have fulfilled. Jn remember-
ing this failure, however, we give due
consideration to the before mentioned
panic and patiently await the return of
prosperity for realization ot Improved
service. 'Not all of their shortcomings,
however, can be excused on tills ground.
Their failure to reasonably maintain
schedule* can not be attributed to other
agency than mismanagement, through in-
competence or indifference to the com-
fort. welfare or expense of the traveling
''""That this may not be taken as an un-
due indictment of the roads as a whole,
we specifically charge that Ihi Katy so
rarelv operates a southbound train on
time that this feature has developed Into
a nuisance and calls loudly for abatement.
It does licit seem unreasonable .for tho
traveling public to demand that they de-
vise some means by which their scnea-
ules be adhered to ;is a nil. anil that
their violations be the exception.
loss of time is a loss of money It
occurs to traveling men that lines oper-
ating one passenger train a day should
arrange to accommodate the public with
a mixed train service if the patronage
does not lustiry ail extra passenger train.
One train a day only, will not sufficentiy
serve the business Interests on any line
of road We are aware of the many ob-
icctlons raised to giving passenger service
on freight trains, but they are largely of
the 'bugaboo' order, and are Ignored by
the mads themselves when they thoos«
to overcome them. As an Instnnce of this
will cite the nightly mixed train operated
bv the Houston & Texas Central between
Mi«lln and Hempstead and mixed trains
between San Antonio niid Laredo.
"The growing commerce of our coun-
try demands Increased train service. Our
observation is that railroad managers are
the most indomitable men on earth and
thev can overcome obstacles and give
service when they choose to do so."
FATHER IS SON'S BEST MAN.
Unique Feature Characterizes Wed-
ding at Chicago.
CHICAGO. III.. Jan. 21.—A father
acting as best man at his son's weddlnrT
was the feature of the marriage here of
Miss Katherine Charlton of Oak 1 ar:t
and TJoyd ft. Steers ot Chi. ago
1 )oc Steers served his son as best man.
For vears the father and son have been
almost inseparable! chums living together
at the Vnloti League Club, and belns
the Joint owners of the yacht \ an Adls.
which it Is said, figured ill the romanci
Of the young couple, whose engagement
followed a cruise on Lake Michigan.
Floresvillc Odd Fellows Install.
Special Telegram to Tho Express.
Fl.ORESVlI.LK, Tex., Jan. 21.—Flores-
vllln Lodge No. I. O. O. F., installed
r.ew officers a few nights ago as follows:
f, B Mosely. N. G ; C A Cone, V. G..
1'nnl Neubauer, secretary; J. F. Ilenso-i,
financial secretary: L. B. Wiseman,
treasurer; E. P Alexander, warden; .1.
W. Wood, conductor; II. J. Price, R. S.
of N. G.: W. N. Rlbinson. L. S. of N.
Cj • }f c Thompson, chaplain; J. G.
YouiiBblood, I. G.; A. B. Carnes, O. G.;
Isaac Hick, L. R of V. (1.; J. R l.yoni,
H S R; N. J Adams. L. S. S.
<,% —.—
Medina County Would Be Exempt.
Special Telegram to The Kxpreis.
HONDO, Tex., Jan. 21.—To avoid a
scramble for the office of Hide and Ani-
mal Inspector, since the recent death of
August Berg, the last holder of the of-
fice. and because all adjoining counties
except Be.:ar have no such officer, peti-
tions are being signed asking the present
Legislature to take Medina County out
of the operation of the stock Inspection
law.
<r>—
Hebrew Convention Comes to an End.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., .Ian. 21 The
twenty-first annual convention of the
United Hebrew Congregations came to an
end today with the dedication of the
Isaac A Wing window in the Keneseth
Israel Temple, nt which Oscar S. Slraus,
Secretary of Commerce and I-ahnr, and
Jacob II. Schiff of New York were the
principal speakers.
Will Become Postmaster at Cuero.
Special Telegram to The Express.
CltERO, Tex , Jan. 21.—E. P. Butler,
VVells-Fargo Express agent, recently ap-
pointed and confirmed as postmaster at
this place, has tendered his resignation
as express agent, to take effect Febru-
ary t
N
VANDALS DESECRATE GRAVES.
Bones of Soldiers Killed in Mexican
War Carried Away by Tourists.
Special Telegram to The Express.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Jan. 21. Con-
siderable indignation has been aroused
here over the discovery that the graves
of Union soldiers who fought under Gen-
eral Taylor sixty years ago and who
were buried at Point Isabel, have been
exposed by the weather and the bones <«f
Ihe soldiers are being carried away l>y
tourists.
About lf>0 men. slain in a. battle with
Mexicans near Point Isabel, and S'.in®
200 others who died from yellow fever,
were buried in the breastwork excava-
tion thrown up at the point for General
Taylor's nrm.v. i ue hillock is in the form
itf a half moon for a distance <>f more
than oftO yards. Hones and decayed cof-
fins are exposed to the weather and rel-
ics have been dug out of the shallow
dirt and carried away by visitors to tne
place.
No effort hns ever been made by t:ie
Government l<> protect these graves from
the depredations of vandals, and the sen-
timent here is that the burial place
should be enclosed by the Government
and suitable monuments erected.
JUDGE REMOVES A JUROR.
One of the Men !n Box Had Already
Formed an Opinion.
1'NION CITY, Tenn.t Jan. -I. AftT
Sol Ward, a farmer of this vicinity, had
been substituted for Juror Carey, who,
the State declares, had expressed an
opinion as to the guilt of the defendant,
tho hearing of evidence in the trial of
Kd Marshall, alleged night rider, charge 1
with murder in connection with the
lynching of Capt. Qulntcn Kankin, began
late today.
According to the affidavit of tho
Ptate's attorneys* supplemented by th«*
evidence of two persons. Carey had de-
clared he believed Marshall guilty, lie
was removed from the Jury by Judge
Jones.
Three witnesses testified today and re-
peated practically without new feat urea
the testimony given at tlie previous nigl't
rider trials.
WILL BUILD AEROPLANE.
Company Formed at Brownsville for
Tint Purpose.
Special Telegram to Tho Express.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex.. Jan. 21.—If the
present plans of the company formed
here for the building and exploitation of
a new flying machine are su' « esxfully
carried out, Brownsville will soon bo the
home of a proven navigator of the air.
The Brownsville Aeropla.no Company,
with a capital stock of $flW0, has been
formed, with the subscriptions fully paid,
to make and exhibit the aeroplane pat-
ented and manufactured by r. IS. New-
man, recently of San Antonio.
w-v.
IS CHOSEN SECRETARY.
J. R. Babcock Elected by Dallas Cham-
ber of Commerce,
Special Telegram to The Express
DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 21.—The Pallas
Chamber of Commerce this afternoon
elected a secretary, after numerous post-
ponements. There were about twenty
candidates for the place, among the
number being H H. Haines, secrctars of
the, Galveston Chamber of Commerce.
The choice fell on J H Babcock, late
confidential manager of the Hotel Soutn-
land, who came to Texas about one year
ago from Leonardsville, N. Y.
FIX LINES OF NEW COUNTY.
Bill Creating Culberson County Will
Be Introduced Next Week.
Special Telegram to The Express.
El. PASO. Tex., Jan. 21. Residents of
the lower end of the county came to an
agreement today on the boundary for
the subdivision in tutting off t'ulberion
t'ounty from El Paso County, and t)»
bill creatine 'he new fount} will be iu-
troduc»d tn the legislature by Ueprcfen-
latKa McOfAvn next week.
Tho dividing line Is to run about twelv >
miles west of VflnHorn.
Farm Near Yoakum Cnanges Hands.
Special Telegram to The Exprers.
YOAKUM, 'l ex., Jan. 21.- A deal wi»»
made today whereby J. P, Dalley of llal-
lettavltln becomes I lie owner of the S 1*.
King farm, located one mile east of tho
city. Mr. Dalley will move over from
H.illettsvllle onto his newly acquired
farm.
Floresville Takes in More Territory.
gpedal Telegram to The Express.
PI/OHEHVlLIiE, Tex , Jan. 21 -The
city council haa passed an ordinance tak-
ing" In a lot of territory adjacent to tho
city of floresville for school purpose*
only. Th« people affected petitioned al-
most unanimously to be taken In.
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