The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-05
lR, COOPER OF EAST TEXAS.
Mr.. Trayior Speaks Of the Texas
Congressman.
has ATTAINED hERlTED STANDING.
uis Fight for the Claim of the
Methodist Church Was Hard and
and Well Fought.

ator John II. Traylor, now OF Dallas. is
in Beaumont prospecting In Southeast
Texas. The Post correspondent met him
at the Crosby House today. and was ac-
corded i very pleasant interview. He is
happy conversationalist. has a kind word
for newspaper mon. and is very much on
Unused over the prospects and possibilities
Of Southeast Texas in general aud Beau
mont In particular. He was pleased with
the size of the sawmills and the Importance
Of our manufacturing, to say nothing of
tho general bustio and thrift and activity
OF the city.
In politics Senator Traylor is Il graduate
He IS a close student Of current events ana
current history, and views everything from
q business mans standpoint. He is not a
politician, but live. progressive, clear
headed business man, and belongs to tho
ranks of the plain people.
When The Post correspondent met him
he Was surrounded by IA number OF friends.
including John IL. Brooks sJr., John H.
Kirby and others and Congressman S. Il.
Cooper was the theme of conversation.
The views of Senator Traylor. who DOES
not 1--we IN the district. and who nay be
regarded as an outsider and Influenced
by no considerations of personal friend
ship or private Interests, seem to be worthy
OF production, and to that end Tho Pest
scribe jotted down what the senator had
TO say.
Il served in the Texas senate With
Cooper he said, land / am not at all
surprised at the record he has made as a
congressman. Among his colleagues in the
senate he was universally popular, and his
-nodcsty, sincerity, earnestncss aud hon
esty of purpose insured every time the
success OF the measure he advocated. lie
didn't often make speech, but when lie
| did he had the attention of the whole body
He never made any grandstand or gallery
plays, never sought notoriety, but in
quiet, earnest and hlsineSs-like way push
ed industriously every measure which had
the approval of his good sense Notably
among these was the bill granting II PEN
sion of 1880 acres OF land TO every dis
abled Confederate soldier and the widows
OF those who fell in the lost cause. which
! bill he originated and passed.
Il am pleased to find his services in
congress greatly appreciated by his cen
Istituents. The whole State is interested in
him, and for that matter the whole South,
but OF course not to such extent rs the
people of the Second congressional dis
trict. Only the other day he won a victory
. IN congress that makes him more of II Ma
. tional character than he was before. It
enthrones him also In the hearts and affec-
| llpus Oh All TRUE southern WITHOUT
regard to their religious views or political
affiliations. In this / refer to his triumph
In the matter of the bill which under his
guidance and management on the floor MIS-
passed reimbursing the Southern Methodist
| Publishing society for the destruction of
their property during the war. This was
unquestiDnably the greatest victory OF the
kind that has been won in twenty years.
1t was the largest single war claim that
was ever paid, and in securing Its passage
Cooper triumphed over two former adj
verse reports of committees that mad con-
sidered 1t. When you reflect that this TIL
umph WAS achieved in house having
large republican majority, and that the
Beneficiary under this appropriation was
I'm institution that in all probability was
disloyal to the Union during that conflict.
You can form some conception OF the per-
s0nal popularity of Mr.. Cooper. He had
studied this claim until he was thoroughly
convinced of its Justice. and he was known
so we'll among the members that partisan
politics was not able to overcome him in
this conflict. All kinds of dilatory aud
parliamentary tactics were resorted 10 TO
defeat it, and even the speaker IL reported
to have been unfrendly TO the measure it,
self, but Cooper was equal to the crler-
gency. and with that dauntless courage Grd
self possession which never forsook him In
times OF emergency. aided by his consum-
mate skill as n parliamsntarian, he achisv-
ed a success that Is nothing less than nii,r-
velons There has been very little news
paper mention made Of the fact, but his
friends ought TO see that due credit is
| given him.
I'm this instance he proved his useful
ness and popularity in matter in which
| the whole South Was interested. year or
two ago you VIII remember that his pop
ularity in both house and senate wss
brought to bear in a matter more local in
| Its application, and that was the Beau
mont Federal court bill. In his fight for
the location OF Federal court in his dis
trict there was arrayed against him not
only the president of the United staics.
but the power of the judiciary as we'll, and
yet in the face Of such opposition. an orpo-
siuon that would over-awe q man or less
courage than Cooper. he passed his bill in
Both house and senate, even over the
Presidents veto. | very much doubt II
there was another man in either branch of
the congress of the United States who
coald have accomplished the same thing.
These are only two instances that stand
out prominently in a useful career as a
National legislator. ] will undertake to
say that there are scores Of other matters
In his record there which prove him as
faithful and capable as the two magnifi-
cent achievements already mentioned. and
about which we never heard anything