The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-08
81! i i! BAILEY MADE
SENATORSiTH I::(!! KOF1THEDAYSOI
Webster, CHA and CALHOUN
,s5-lEEctli -l=.;! ON sTa aTE BROOD BILL
81 RRou :ll', il7ll & ou Ell oouENT
3, REMARKS El'l Y !. sARo w. TEXAS.
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WA:s'HIllNlGIToN as I 4 l,lI' Feb. There yv,s
a b'ttSof ''it real {orntory thrown Into lie
discussion o. \ the state tehood bill yss
8Its tItesrday which reminded Wast,ins,oh
e the the 5old days. when the websters
clays and calhouns werc d., Won't IS
thrill III. 4! ne foor and hypnotize tsso al.
ler1ies with Y, heir Eeloaaenee. 4 wrs
delivered del by Senate Bsilsy, of Tsrs
60. and the report of shis rensar rlss Il !
the Cong nsresaional Record tl.Is r,ol,..
Inc slist,esns N Ike d gem ia ii thc otl,s,-
talk. X, 8 +, = y
y was ,sl !. n y answer ms, 10 yarious scaa.
torial alluslons 10 The iriairnitudc +;
!. Texas .ts1l and md the provision nude whes
she was admitted s5a state that /
would allow her sats any time Mn 8, Is diyIss III
herself l'sFH! " slllp Into ave dlfferept conl.
monwealths.
With those illusions as ID tsxt
senator ltllt'l Bailey launched forth into i
tribute J e to the eatness of Ills state
and an the glories of her history tl,si
held his fellow members spslibonn,.
jsnd and brought from tlie galleries d. rs
close q burst Of applause sud-, al ii
seldom heard an Tie Senate chamber
these days.
Texas was not diYlded In the BE.
ginning : he exclaimed. sTexas ii
not divided now: and under the provI.
ience ofs Goa she will mot he divided
until the end OIL time! But she is now
the greatest % the States ID nren
and certain TO become the greatest os
all az tn Formulation wealth and inii,isi
enee. With y such d primary position.
assured ~ 4, her she could mot be ex:
pectted d 8toS I. surrender ii, even 10 obtain
an an In! Increased reaentation OF ibis
BODY = 6
BY this time the Texas Senator
had the audience with hIf, The h,,p.
on the floor had subsidized, and ocet.
pantssiof the galleries leaned for.
ward va d Intent to catch his every word.
BIT, lHl i Il sH Atr Preside dent, ke eontiniicd,
while from her proud eminence 10,
d day she looks upon d future as briggs
with promise as ever heckoned a pee
;pllefi.to follow where fate and fortuns.
lead Il ISL sinnsh the promise Of
y the future as is the memory OF d
glorious l.!t, y past which appeals 10 hor
against liy Ion. She could partition
her fertile valleys and her t,roast
praatirtes l.ta t2s 5s she could apportion her
thriving towns and growing cities
size could distribute her splendid toI;!
n!llationF and her wonderful resources.
but but she could not divide the fadeless
glory 3of those days that are past aud
gone: To which on lief daughters
could she alssig without irrepafabSS
tnjustice gto al the Others the price,
less Inheritance OF Gollad. tie Alamo
and San Jacinto d 10 which would she
3bequeatls the name of Houston, ana
Austin, and Fannin. and Bowie and
Crockett III
ssira theS$ fame of these men and
their less illustrious but not less
worthy conrad eli cannot he severed.
z They are the common gloryof all and
their names are writ ten upon tile ta-
b bles of her graf efuls memory so that
all time shall mot efface them.
The world has never witnessed n
sublimer courag Or d more unseiash
patriotism than that which iliun,i-
mates almost every page In the early
history Of Texas Students mar know
more about other Sbattleaelds. but
none was ever conseYrated by the
blood Sof brave men than those who
fell at Goliad.
Historians may not record 1T Us one
Of their great and decisive battles,
but the victory Of the Texans al
San Jacinto Us destined to exert 4
better influence upon the happiness
yof the human race than all the cons
flicts which established Or subyartea
the petty king doms of tie ancient
world. y Poets have not yet immortal,
lied II sins their most enduring verse
but the Alamo IS more resplendent
with heroic sacriice than was Ther,
mopylae itself because Therrnopylae
had her messenge OF death. while
the Alamo had none. al. Y
Presid lent II 4 might be pess
5mitted to borrow The apostmphe to
liberty and union pronounced by . 4
ldisting giished Senator d would sax
sof Texas, slse is one and inseparable.
now and forever,
How about having a baby's picture
takeng See Howard. the phospsfF1
pher, foB Main street. B.