Arizona republican., 1898-02-22
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Al HE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
 Washington, Feb. 21.-Hon. w. T. Burns of Houston, who was seen at the ShOreham last evening, has the distinction of being the only repub- lican in the Texas state senate. He is a lawyer of ability, and a promi- nent candidate for a federal judge ship.
 "At the last session of our legisla- ture," said MT. Burns, "a bill was pass ed appropriating $10,0OO for the pur- chase of the old battle ground of San Jacinto, which is located in Harris county, of which Houston is the coun- ty seat. As the immediate representa- tive of that locality It fell to me to take charge of the bill and afterward Governor Culberson appointed me one of the commissioners to negotiate for the purchase of the land. The land has been nearly all bargained for, ex- cept small tract that will probably be condemned It will be fenced in and ultimately converted into a park to be preserved for all time, as Get tysburg and Chickamauga are kept by the national government, to remind future generations of the unselfish valor and patriotism of the heroes ot the past.
 "The battle of San Jacinto was fought April 21, 1886, and it's results were of far reaching importance. It released Texas forever from the des- potic yoke of Mexico, and planted An
 glo-Saxon civilization firmly between
 the borders of the Sabine and the Rio
 Grande. Under the immortal Sam
 Houston 5000 Mexicans were put to
 disgraceful rout by 600 Americans. How many of the greasers were killed
 will never be known, but it is well
 known that very few prisoners were
 taken, and the percentage of those
 who escaped the deadly fire of Hous-
 tons men could not have been very
 large The Mexicans got mixed up in
 the boggy depths of bayou, so that
 they were unable to extricate them
 selves, and they were shot down by
 hundreds.
 'The Americans slaughtered them
 without remorse, for they had huge
 debt of vengeance to pay. It was the
 first chance to even up with the enemy
 for the awful massacres of Goliad and the Alamo. The hour of retribution
 had arrived, and the work of carnage ) did not cease until there was no long CT any material left to work up Santa
 Anna himself was taken prisoner, and it took all the influence of Houston . to prevent his men from putting the boasted Napoleon of the West to death"
 , A group of southerners in the lobb ;
 of the Ebbitt were laughing loud and
 long last night over an incident that l happened at the White house Monday r The incident, which really happened was regarding a visit of a man who 3 didn't want office himself, but who 3 called on the president to protest : against the appointment of man tC ] a judgeship.
 e "Mr. President" said the protesting t party, 'T trust you will not give thi. s man a place On the bench. He is S carpet bagger, ard has only lived il o our state little over year. Wors, = still, he is ignorant of the law Why n MT President he doesn't know the diff > ference between livery of seizure an, j. livery stable. For heavens sak e don't inf1ict him upon us'' l. But" replied Major Mckinley. "thi
 gentleman is highly indorsed by Sena e tor - and his colleague, Senate Is -. They say he is a good lawye 'e and would make good judge' et "Yes, MT. President, know they dc d but it is because he has moved out c y their state. If he were still Twin y there, they wouldn't indorse him fo 1t justice of the peace"
 er The president smiled at the earnest y. ness of the man who was not wantin 1t place for himself. Not far fror Is where the president and the earnes ?: man sat were two senators of tn Id United States. They were the sam |; who had signed the papers of the cal l pet bagger. They had heard the whol s, conversation. Whether it amuse O. them or whether they were angry cal
 not here be told, but they immediatel 5 got up and left the room, and tt le president continued to listen to re; of sons why he ought not to make the al V pOintment.