The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-02-26

election of a democrat, Mr.. Davidson,
who would go through the suffrage Of
these peoplei This is no Caesar 5 funer.
al, that we need indulge In irony, neither
Ia the verb at the end Of the sentence.
AS to Mr.. Holloman, we happen to
know n good many Texas democrats and
a good passle from Oklahoma who would
like TO see him one Of the delegates from
Quay County. These people are not all
partisan and some OF them don't work
much at politics. Many Of them are
even subscribers and friendly to the Tu.
cumcari News, and none Of them have
ever charged either infidc '.ty or graft.
Now the Nows don't object to your
democracy, your religion, your pompos.
ity or your pyrotechnics, but we do feel
a little bit solicitous when you attempt
to curry favor by distorted inference
that didn't infer by a id sight,
derogatorily to the high character Of
a native sol Of Texas dirt. We don Z
want you to infer either, that being ap.
parently a part Of your occupation, that
we are at issue In the case of the fellow
who hotfootcd it through Texas from
some other locality fleeing from justice
and happening to light in this territory
at watering places, there are too many
Of the genuine article here to foster
his happiness, ho moves on to another
haven, and we will add that We do not
fear his influence in the constitutional
convention either; IL is not for him. As
to the O~klahoman, he is an untried Noo.
phyte in New Mexico politics, but we
IOH Q look on him with the horror that
you seem to entertain Of Holloman as a
republican, in case he should break into
the constitutional caucus. We are will.
ling to let him work out his own saliva.
ton on his merits and will put nothing
IN his way as an Oklahoman If We
know 1t. But We growed up with Tex.
ans aud have never had any cause to
regret it up to this writing, and while
we don't suppose they are in any way
10 blame for our infallibilities, our
dadies were among the boys who Tough,
Tor her independence. One of them
wrote the call to arms in the war fol
Independence with Mexico which today
is being read by the boys and girls in
the public school text books Of the state
lie is again heard from at san JacintC
where Burleson' 3 history charges hin
with welding the bloodiest sword in
the war that unyolked Texas from Mex
lean dominion, be was even nosinl
around with the bunch that delivered
santa Ana to Houston 5 tent. The only
regretable thing about his history thai
we have heard his people or a TeKaI
speak of, is that be should have beer
spared at san Jacinto to meet his dealt
in a duel with Capt. Baylor at the clos'
OF the Civil war. A man who followe,
him, still lighting for Texas, as Il leade
of the Texas and Louisiana cavalry an,
who was with ham at the Church"
none other han u wheelright OF this city
>. NJ. Butcher, who has 4 shop over ol
Smith Street near the Antlers hotel
The other was mixing in 1t along tn
whole play and ate rotten flour wit
many others in Florida, bun manage,
to get over to Chapultepec IN the littl
skirmish of '4s.g that resulted in cedinI
this territory with the rest Of the Quad
alupe Hidalgo cession to Uncle sam
public domain. We feel therefore tina
since about half Of the brand to whicI
We belong are today native Texans tina
we are not ready to acknowledge tua
we are guilty OF making ~derogatory in
ferences, Not on your tintype.