Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-29

has weakened his influence by his persist
ent attacks upon the army and the admins
tration, and the reception Roosevelt got
down here some weeks ago was as much of
a rebuke to him as compliment to the
President. Everybody Is talking about it
yet. and all agree that the great soul of
Texas was never deeply stirred by the
hearty manners and cordial words of Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
Texas Devoted to Roosevelt.
Col. Bill Sterrett, the veteran news
paper correspondent, who knows Texas
better than any other man. declares that
the Presidents reception was the most re-
markable thing that ever happened in this
state, and he says that If Roosevelt were
running against jeff DAVIS for President he
would carry every county in Texas.
They not only admire him. but they
love him." said Sterrett, "and nobody can
tell why. except that they feel that he is a
true, typical American and the ideal that
they have had in their minds all the time
OF what President should be-"
The tree which the President planted at
fort worth on the parking in front of the
Puohc ouiidlng is i'll and is not expected to
I'VE. 1t is a slender little elm and when he
put IL In the ground it was vigorous and
iuu OF energy and ambition. Now it is
orooplng its leaves are limp and the twigs
are shriveling up. All the plant doctors in
Inns locality have been around to look at
II ana have suggested various remedies but
the outlook is discouraging
Politics is a good deal mixed down here
The prohibition movement has obtained
enormous Roadway in the local democratic
party during the last two or three years
ana while the issue has never been involv-
ed IN national politics the bitterness that
is being stirred up between the pros and
the "antfs" is likely to affect nominating
conventions hereafter, even if it does not
spnt the party into permanent factions. AL
tnough IeXaS votes almost solidly democrat
lc, am assured by well-informed politicians
tnat an overwhelming ma jority of the peo-
pie are In favor of republican principles
ana would vote the republican ticket if it
pore any other name. Texas is an expan-
SlonlSt state. The people approve the Phil
lpp1ne policy of the administration: they
support the President on the Panama uues-
tlon, and they are deeply interested in the
construction of the canal. gentleman de-
ci2red the other day that when that ditch
was dug. every railroad in Texas would be
compelled to lay double track. Seventy
nVe per cent of the voters are in favor of
protective tariff as a practical and not a
theoretical proposition. They want duties
on wool and hides, because those are two
OF the ch1ef products of the state; they pro-
duced 100000 barrels of rice last year:
1.2ooCC0OOO feet of lumber; and have yari-
Gus other products which require protection
They could not be free traders without vot-
ing against their own interests. But so far
that the republican party in Texas will
ever amount to anything. It's record is
against 1t. as in other of the southern
states, and the name is odious The negro
question does not count much because there
are comparatively few colored people in
Texas. Some counties have no colored pop
ula ton at all. According to the census of
1900 there were only 600 600 negroes in n
population of over 5000 coo, and they cut
no figure in politics at ALL
Influence of Trr,yni rro+;on
Nevertheless it is possible that miracle
may occur here as in Missouri last Novem-
Der: and the streams of immigration that
are pouring in from the northern states are
likely to have influence upon the cleo
ton returns sooner or later
In Missouri the other day l heard an in
teresting discussion between two democrats
as to the cause and significance of the re-
publican victory in that state last fall One
OF them, a machine man, contended that 1t
was due entirely to northern immigra ton
but the other, who is an independent think
err declared that the democratic state ma
cElne became so offensive as to cause a re-
Volt IN the party, and that If any one will
look at the figures he VIII recognize that the
result was due to falling-off in the demo-
cratic vote, rather than to an increase in
the republican vote. Missouri. he said is
a strong Bryan state and still is loyal 10
him. The democrats did not like Parker
and believed that his nomination was Sc
cured by trfckery; while Senator Stone who
was most prominent in the campaign is
intensely unpopular, particularly In his own
district
Ex-senator Cockrell is idoliZed He is
just as popular among republicans as
among democrats-everybody believes in
him. William Warner, the new senator. is
also popular man and begins his career
with the good will of everybody. Gov Folk
Is a great favorite In southwestern Missouri
ha1 in
increased rapidly since he became governor
and he can have anything he wants