Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08
SAM HOUSTON AS ~,
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In 1912 Sam Houston, th s,a, TO-"
2 chair of the sas y. '.'inss
Texas for the second term my hepnbII
count OF frequent Indian an nsd, o.
raids l, and the exposed posit; ,na !, :Iesi
on the extreme frontier, temn en-, o. Aus
moved the seat of Govern,nl poi poraEilyl
city of Houston. For WEN to
prior prior to that time the reg ul. q: |
been rampant in Liberiny" 'a a'',
eastern counties of the RepnluIa:d Of
President had frequently h papllc' |
to by persons who had suNo ' aa,pea
the Lands 81 the regulating sil wa,
was, therefore. bitter acainst mot" ~,
ization, and threatened to p nn ' =, oGs
OF the Republic to extere e me POI
whole clan. "''Aate
l had been on a visit to 1n
tending the sessions Of i ,ha
Court. Two of the citiz ns Dlt|
county returned home with mn Of
We're both clever, honest mon 'S. l.
been, through fear, no doubt i ;a,
to act with the regulators. M ,ia1
the streets in company with H. way
we met the President, who Sa ae
usual condiments and int,.' " ,I,'1
sad lie was glad to meet na
understood L was just from 4 r !, a
and he wished to hear the ,a,o .,'0ei
from the regulators and VIVA, tIa. =
now doing. l replied that thew WV W.
daily attendance on the cans. S V
the term; that they were ar,a a11 !
Offered; that they came and %'
military array. While mal;;se..5@4 '
marks | gave a slight nod of =" ~, .~s
in the direction of the two mo M.
We're with me. saw in a nome.
President caught my meaninr 'el u,
was unprepared for what foIlo1S,ed0
The President said: "Yor s su.
attended the sessions Of tha j
daily?" \
| answered affirmatively.
What was their object?" as]oa
President. '0
There could have been bus ono
ject, namely: to resist the man1atl
the court, if any of their nunhar
been indicted"
"That is true; I can see no otbo,
ject they could have had in view ,
Up to this time the Presidens
kept cool. Now he began to show
element.
"Yes," he went on, "the internal
lians would overthrow the constitnti|
power of the courts and set I'm |
own will as its substitute" with n
rage. 20, the id villiansIn
anger continued to rise as he uttl
expletives more and more profane.
clinched his hands; he tiptoed: I'd
his huge fists high in air; his large
seemed to dilate; he trembled all q
and his aspect became fearful to beh|
as he poured out volley of oaths J
the heads of the regulators. He Nd
up-culminated rather-with thea
ance that he would hang the last Cd
them higher than Haman, pronoun|
the first syllable Of the name wi.|
prolonged rising infection tina.
absolute fury, would throw into
shade the screech of panther Or
howl of a hyena.
I was filed with Apprehension
the President might fall intd
apoplectic fit, a victim of his OWL
Moreover, [ had been often in bis
pany and had never before heard
use word that would have been
jectionable in a lady's parlor. l
overwhelmed, therefore, at the /
and extent OF his profane vocabul|
The poor regulators, meantime, tho1
their day of reckoning was at ID
They said afterward that they felt
all l had to do was to say. aHere
two of them," when they would 4
gone up as high as "Ha-a-a-4
aforesaid.
The President went up by gradsa
he came down with leap. In a
mentrhe assumed his natural sered
made polite bow, and bade us
day as If nothing at all unusual haa|
Cured.
What was my surprise to learn,
next day, from the Presidents
mouth, that he was not angry at
and that his apparent rage was simE|
bit of acting to give the two q
whom he understood me to desisna1
regulators, fright. He succeeded
NeO Orleans Times Democrat.
Stranpar'R Ruff.