The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-16

Il said to him, 'Shote, don't you
think | was lucky to pick out such
bright, good woman as the Ouch
ess of to make that Texas
breakn
"Well, Shote, he looked at me
out of one eye for a minute, and
then dropping into good old Unit
ed States, he said:
+" Say, Gov, are you stringing
men
Il never had so much fun in my
life as | did with those dukes and
lords They dined me every night,
and if ! had stayed any longer |
reckon | would have had govt.
One day ! slept sixteen hours at a
stretch, trying to catch up. At
first they thought was some sort
of a mastodon that had been dug
out of the ice in Alaska or from
under the oil sand in Texas.
Zone day Shote said to me, says
he: Governor, why don't you get
silk hat and wear it" | says,
Not on your life, Shote. They'd
lose interest in me if | did had
evening clothes-the best that
could be made-but my big, Texas
hat was my long suit. 1t helped
out the Texas mastodon idea, and
| never for moment forgot the
fact that all those grand people
wanted to own Texas oil wells and
that | was selling oil wells.
"The jolliest time | had was rid
ing one day on top of a London
bus with a grand duchess. | had
met her at a dinner and she had
asked me all about the Texas oil
wells. When ! met her in the
street one day she wanted me to
90 to some at home or other So
cial affair, but | said No | was
going to take a look at the town
from the top of a bus and asked
her to come along. She was not
quite as stout as | am, so | had no
trouble helping her up to a seat
on top and we had d long ride and
a good view of the city. She said
to me: Governor, / can almost
imagine myself in Texas. | never
before rode on a London bus |
tell you those Londoners get a lot
of ideas from us.
II attended a number of ses-
sions of Parliament and in many
ways they are more Democratic
than we are. Why, Parliament
beats a Texas Legislature for De-
mocracy! One day when was
there the Irish member from Gal
way served notice that he was 60
ing to ask the government how
many mules had been bought in
Texas and shipped to South Afri-
ca; how much was paid for them,
and how many were alive when
they reached Cape Town.
The government had two days
notice in which to prepare reply.
and then member of the cabinet.
on motion from the member
. from Galway, had to answer in dc
tail. That is what | call true De
mocracy. No star-chamber pro
ceedings. Why, we could not dc
better than that in Texas. The
spirit of Democracy is growing il
England. The hands of the King
are tied and he cannot do much
> more than draw his salary. If he
, should try to interfere in public
, affairs there would be a revolu
, ton"
! The distinguished Ex-Governor
of Texas brought home with hin
,, two valuable souvenirs of his &C
quaintance with English men an(
q women of noble birth and title
o One was in the form of checks
drafts and gold for 100000 ex
S changed for Texas oil wells ant
: shares. The other is little bool
D of autographs of priceless value
+ At all the dinners be attended h
u passed around this book for auto
graphs, and the volume now con
u tains enough signatures of the tt
e tied men and women of EnglanC
| to stir the envy of all the famou