The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-07
A Rising Star from Texas.

Detroit News
 if the National Democracy is looking for . live man for Presidential purposes in 1904, it can hardly begin u systematic search without encountermg Senator Gull person of Texas Cuibersoh has come forward surprisingly for a man who has been at Washinkton so short time, and, in estimating his qualities, it is just as well to remember that he arrived in the Senate nine years after his first intro- duction to public life, and has taken a prominent position there at the end of his first dozen years in politics. It was i'll 1S90 that he was elected Attorney Gen eral of Texas. and he followed that up by landing ir the Governors chair, from which he transferred himself to the Ser at> in a campaign which ended with only three votes against him in the two Ecuses of the Legislature. Even If nothing else were known a record like this is convincing evidence that It's owner must be d man of qualities. But culbefson has other things to recommend him.
 His aiertness was demonstrated the other day when, in the committee inves- tfgating Philippine affairs, he called at- teEtion to important evidence that Secre- tary> Root has been providing the com mittee with edited and garblsd reports. The whole object of the lnvestigaun is to get at the facts in the case; to dis cover just what has been done and is be- ing done thera. and how much of the stories of abuses cruaities and barbarism are to fe believed. Obviously the inquiry
 
 ports are to be wital,eld when They do not favor the adm!nistrattons views of the situation. and Ctlberson seized upon the most significant point in the. .niles- Root ce--which was the Gen. erals incidental and commonplace r'.fer- enco to damaging report of which the puL.ic. the committee and the Senate had never heard. General Mila5 empha sized the point so little that no oite seemed to notice it. until Culberson recognized its The War Department will Hccov.r. too. tkat he was making no grand stand play in demanding that re- port. The Texan isn't given to grand stand plays. While he was Governor of the Lone Star State. the managers of the Fftzsimmons- Maher pEige fight decided that woollv Texas would be a good place to hold the mill They were warned that it would not be permitted but. under the general impression that everything goes, down there, they proceeded to spend money in erecting an amphltheatre on Texas soil Repeated warnings had no effect. Culberson quietly called in de- tail of the famous Texas Rangers. and, selecting the best shots from this body of noted marksmen. placed on them the duty of preventing the fight. He said: Your orders are to stop that fight. You are to shoot, If necessary, BUT YOU MUST NOT SHOOT ANY SPECTATORS.
 When that order became public the for the fight stopped and the fight party forded the Rio Grande. and the match was decided on Mexican soil That is the kind of man Cuiberson is. He means what he says and is cour- agcous and reSourceful and determined In carrying out what he undertakes. If the administration attempts to play tricks with him in this Philippine matter 1t is more than likely that the net result will be to give prestige and following 70 man who is rapidly arriving at point where he must be counted within national