The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-25
TAFT AGAIN MAKES PEACE
REccScHLEs GOVERNOR CAnPDDLL
 TO SAN ANT0nf0.
Friendly nela>asaas Leng 1Ae4 Asias May De lseos6sl Al Rsgnne sf Pres1aeness nsssnt
 vlsat to 4euns.

san Autpnio. rexAs. Oct. 2A--
 (Speciall--h Prssidsnt TAfts tour
 should bs vuid of gay other resu1t 1t
 will have Aooosnplished st least one
 thing and that is the establishment of
 an entente cerdiale between the city
 of San Antonio and Governor Thomas
 N. Campbell ef Texts.
 case had not been on speaking terms. but now. ft would seem, friendly rela- tions had been paved. Governor Campbell has actually promised that he will come to Ban Antonio during the International Fair next month and spend whole week here. This,. on his part. Is no iess than . wonderful change. gN
 For some time the. Governor and the city have been at odds. The citi- sens of the Alamo City went Repubii- cen during the last presidential cam paign and endangered Mir. Campbeil,s job Co consfderabie extent. For this tsfnerity. as ia fit and proper. they had
 to pay. The votes had hardly been l counted when the Governors mfnions bounced upon the hapless city and
 screwed the lid on tight on all the
 laws prescribed There had been smile
 and Joy piaces in the city which boast ed openly that their doors had not been closed day or night for many decades But they closed quick when Governor Campbell invested the town with his rangers.
 For many months It was war to the knife between the city and the states executive. His QuAsi-m military police force employed msthods in many In. stances that had . decided smack of affairs Russian. There was little diff ference between the activity of the peeiers of Ireland and the Texas State Rangers. Even the courts susceptible
 to the sovernor.s win pronounced that | the means justified the end.
 On the whole the picture was not a very edifying one for several reasons. Standing out in bold relief was the rather odd influence the result of the campaign had had on the mind of the 1 governors Though the Baskin- Mc0regor and other laws were. in existence be- fore the people Of the city voted the Republican. tielset. Governor Campbell
 seems to have been unaware of this
 fact. His terrific slump in the mat ter of popularily In San Antonio and . few other Texas towns seems to have reminded him of the existence | of those sunday laws. and forthwith
 ali Texas went dry. and it's gaming tables had to be deserted As an 1 example of what the wrath of the
 high and mighty will do In case Ike this. Governor Campbelrs meta morphosis stands unparalleled. Evil
 dsntlys the enforcement of the law
 needed . stronger motive than sense of duty.
 | How far iii.fseiins between the city
 and the man had developed will be seen from . statsmont the Governor
 fs credited with. To recent San Antonio visitor he is reported as hav- ing said: "There seems to be some l argument As to who shall take care of
 me when come to San Antonio. The
 people needn't worry. I can take care I of myself"
 whether Governor Campbell is 1 anxious to rcsuscitats his political l weli-being either as governor or As United States Senator or whether in . lucid moment he has recognised that after aii the city is greater than he thinks. is hard to say However. he is about to make himself personsa grata with the people of this city. To ac- | eompiish this he win have hard hill l to climb Thsrs is hardly . state exec. ptlvs 10 the 4cpnntry today who Is as heartily sdisliked by a; majorityscf his Econstituents sss 10 Governor Campbell While all locks well at this tims. he, in all probability. will discover that tt 10 not well to enforce iawz as . matter of personal idiosyncracy and l that the eleventh hour is not always the best in which to patch up the political fence.