The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-04-15
BEALL IN BEAN STATE
IeXas Congressman Delivers Speech
Sparkling with Wit and Pa
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At the annual congressional dinner
Of the Newton Club, in Newton
Mass, Saturday, March 81, Hon.
Jack Beall, representative in con-
gress from the Fifth Texas district
was the guest of honor, as reported
by the Newton Graphic, Mr.. Beall
spoke as follows:
In his opening remarks Mr. Beall
said that Mr.. Weeks was developing
so rapidly as an agriculturist that
his constituents might entertain the
fondest hopes for his future in that
line. He could assure them that by
Special arrangement with the sec
rotary of agriculture. Mr.. Weeks
would be able to send his constitu-
ents, not only garden seed, but full
grown vegetables. Laughterl AS to
his presiding over the house, Mr..
Beall alleged that he himself heard
'lr. Weeks ask the speaker for the
privilege of taking the chair, ex-
planning that he was one of the poll
teal bosses in Massachusetts,. and
that If the request was granted he
would guarantee that a delegation
would go from Massachusetts to the
Chicago convention pledged to Uncle
Joe as second choice. tGreat applause
and laughter.
II know you wonder" Mr.. Bean
continued, how it happened that
three such distinguished colleagues
of Mr.. Weeks as are present tonight
happened to come. The truth is that
he eXacted from each of US before
extending the invitation promise
that We would devote the greater
part of our time here to sounding
his praises. uaughter). And I in
tend TO carry out my part of the con-
tract, You have not only one of the
handSOmest representatives in con-
gress but you have one of the most
distinguished. one of the most faith
ful, one of the most energetic, one
Of the most untiring members in the
entire house of representatives.
You know the cvolutionists are al
ways talking about where we came
from. the preachers about where we
are going. | am not concerned tonight
with either one of these questions
am perfectly content with my pres
ent surroundings. | had heard of
Boston and of Massachusetts hosDi-
tally before but | never heard the
faintest conception of what it meant.
As soon as | landed here this morn
ing the proposition was: Won't you
have something to eat?" prolonged
laughter And at divers and sundry
times from that time until the pres
ent that invitation has been repeat
ed. Henry Watterson said few years
30 that he couldn't tell banquet
in Boston from banquet in Georgia
after 10 O'Clock. (Laughter). l
don't know why there was any stip-
ulation as to time at all.
Mr.. Weeks-Georgia is dry.
Mr.. Beall-Yes, Georgia has gone
dry. The sentiment here seems to be
"eat and be merry" fGreat laugh
teri
The POSTMASTER suggested to
me-" said Mr.. Beall, that | talk to
you about TeXas--not the wild and
wooley Texas of long ago, but the up
to-date, the energetic, the enterpris-
ing. the intelligent, the patriotic, the
iiberty-loying Texas as it exists to-
day When I was introduced at the
Norfolk club this afternoon they said
they expected a man with horns and
six-shooters and bowie knives. There
may have been a time when Texas
INDUCED in recreation of thai kind
Dnl tndt une mas past.
Tells of Imperial Texas.
Dropping into statistics, Mr.. Beall
gave figures showing the comparative
size of Texas with other states and
the great nations of the world, say
ing among others that it was thirty
two times the size of Massachusetts
220 times the size of Rhode Island
and four and one-half times the size
OF England, and as large as the en-
tire German empire, with $1,000
square miles over, its area being
265 5000 square miles. Swinging II
around on the map as pivot, II
would cover half of Lake Superior
and Michigan and would cover par,
of Sout Carolina. 1t has more rail
road mileage than any other state
in the union, and vast coal, oil anC
iron supplies; it has more granite
than New Hampshire, more marble
than Vermont, and it consumes more
beans than Massachusetts. God made
the balance of the world first anl
then gathered from every soil an(
every climate the best Of all its pro
ductions-from France, the sum!
skies; from Switzerland, her loft.
mountains; from Germany, her ex
tensive forests, from all the riegon,
of the earth the very best that ha(
come from his hands, and hat
moulded them into shape, planted
them where the waters Of the gull
would lave its shores, then looked
] upon the work and said, Il christer
the Texas" (Applause). In 1915
we will have 100000 people II
> Texas; it will be the third state il
the union in population. The storl
and the American eagle are thu
birds that are worshipped in Texas
Il was at a banquet this after
noon, and / was the only democra
there, and | haven't seen any evil
dence of anybody of my politica
persuasion here tonight. ] wonder
if there is one here that in these
surroundings will say that he is {
democrat"