Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-09-17
COL. A. ]. HOUSTON
In BRYAN

JdcluJO anu nduesdke OF OlQ f1lck- |
ory," arrived on the northbound Hus-
tier at 2:40 D. m. Friday, and was met |
at. the Houston e. Texas Central depot |
by Mr.. Joe B. Reed, a staunch personal |
and political friend. During the after |
noon the distinguished visitor met
many old friends and many other citi-
zens of Bryan took advantage of the
opportunity to shake hands with him.
fyfsnot hard 70 get aruusiRted with;
dignified and self-possessed always,
there Is no stiffness or constraint in
his manner. In conversation with the
editor he referred to the fact that The
Eagle was the first newspaper to com
ment on his candidacy, saying that he
owed his nomination to the great
name he had inherited You may
say" he added. that am only an
ordinary man; | never claimed TO be
anything more This was said not
only without resentment or bitterness,
but with smile and with an air of
perfect sincerity. His democratic
proclivities are an Inheritance from
his illustrious father who had con-
tempt for anything that savored of
aristocracy.
At p. m. Colonel Houston ad
dressed the people assembled on Main
street, in front of j A. Meyers hard
ware store There was some delay in
getting the crowd together and secur-
: ing order. Colonel Houston began with
the remark that the circumstances
showed how anxious he was for an OPP
portunity to talk to the people. In his
walk along Main street he was i'm
pressed with the fact that Bryan is
very busy little city. He was very
favorably impressed by the appear
ance of what he saw and with the
reception accorded him by the bust
ness men 1t was gratifying TO have
the opportunity TO meet and talk with
such people. Bryan people possess in
a high degree the Texas characteristic
of meeting man face TO face and
Hooking him- squarely in the eyes.
As a Texan he felt proud of the emf
nence Bryan has attained as an edu-
cational center He paid a handsome
tribute to the A. e. NJ. College and
spoke in high praise of the alumni,
who are leaders in the development of
Texas and the great Southwest
Bryan is also a commercial center,
situated in the heart of one of the
richest agricultural regions on earth,
the chief product of which is the
worlds great staple, cotton. Bryan
ought to be a manufacturing center;
the cotton ought not to be sent to the
East and to Europe TO be made into
fabrics and sent back to be sold at
enormous profit to the people who pro-
duced IT,
BY an easy transition Colonel Hous.
Iton passed to his main theme-prohi-
bition. Bryan must have factories and
lit was essential that the employees of
the great hives of industry that will
be built here must be sober, they
must be surrounded by the necessary
safeguards TO insure this condition.
There are few who are strong
enough to resist temptation, but most
men are weak, and it is the duty of all
good citizens to remove the tempta-
tion so that they will not have to fight
against 1t.
There are two questions that every
man should ask and answer for him
self. Whom does the liquor traffic
! help? And whom does II hurt? He
: had no upkind word to say against the
! saloonkeeper. When he held the office
of United States marshal he appointed
two saloonkeepers as deputies, but had
! required pledge-which they had
lkept-that they would not sell oil
drink liquor There was nothing that
he would not do to help the saloor
man If he would abandon his hurtfu
business and engage in some calling
that is beneficial to humanity.
There Is in Texas strong senti
D ment in favor of prohibition, and Col
! onel Houston believes that IL all citi
/. zens would vote their honest convic
n tions the majority for statewide pro
!. hibition would be large. But man.
D who voted in the democratic primar,
were hampered by what they con
4 ceived to be a pledge to support tn
2 nominees of that party. But both Ser
: ator Bailey and Mr.. Colquitt. the dem
:. .1ocratic nominee for governor, ha
!. taken the position that platforms ar
\ not binding. A platform is a pledg
!. of the party; If 1t. is not binding o.
q the bosses neither Is primary pledg
9 binding on the little fellows" Gel
!. Robert z. Lee, as an army officer b'
fore the war, had taken an oath t
a support the constitution of the Unite
a States, yet nobody blamed him fc
disregarding 1t when his conscienc