Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-19
sov. Campbell as an apostate and traitor

Gov. Campbell as an apostate and traitor
to the principle he had professed. and de-
clAred that the plain people would never
tolerate man who wore q dress suit in
the chair Of their .,s executive The eoun
Of them contended that the governor had
disgraced himself beyond redemption by
| toadying to the fashionable and wealthy
classes. while more insisted that ,other
| governors wore dress suits at inaugural
| balls: that the President of the United
| States put on q dress suit for dinner
every night, and that the Governor OF
Texas was just as good as any Of them.
! The controversy waged fiercely for sew
eral months, but the result was contrary
| to expectation, because, when at the end
OF four years, when the electors of Texas
were again called upon to choose their
chief magistrate, they selected a man
suits, who frequently wears q plug hat,
| and conforms to the conventionalities of
city life rather than to the pretudices of
the "red necks' and wool hats in the
forks OF the creeks"
Want ONCE Respected.
Col. Bill Sterrett, who has never set
up as q dress reformer has a theory
that, while the people OF this state mostly
wear plain clothing and only small pro-
portion Of the men folks have dress suits
the hail rack below. they take pride in
having their governor dress and behave
properly. In their minds the ONCE is as
big and honorable as that of an en-
peror OF q king. and they want the man
that holds II to conduct himself so that
the world may understand that he Is
not uncouth or ignorant, but is a type
more, Bill says. the rough house caused
by Gov. Campbell's act was not due to
the fact that he wore a dress suit, but
because his lightning change act was SO
sudden and unexpected. THE people OF
Texas do not deprecate the dress suit
habit in their governor" continued Col.
Bill, "but you must admit that it els a
bit sensational for man to pull off an
alpaca coat and bme drill pants, and
come out In a dress suit all Of a sud-
den."
At the new st. Anthony Hotel, ut San
Antonio. which, by the way. is entirely
up-to-date and one Of the finest hotels in
suits every evening. At formal dinners
In private houses most men appear in
swallow-tail coats. The rule in San An
tonic, Dallas and other cities Of Texas
is to wear business suit to keep an
oral invitation. and a dress suit i'm, re-
sponso to a written invitation
Cling to old-Time Coat.
The older generation still adhere to the
long-t tailed frock coat and low-cut vest
of broadcloth, with an expansive shirt
bosom and a white tie. which is the ac-
cepted garb Of professional men through
out the south. Before the war no south
ern gentleman appeared in court or on a
speaking platform, at banquet or at
reception where ladies are present in
any other dress. Even now II you will
look down from the galleries OF the Sem
ate and the House OF Representatives at
Washington you will see all Of the older
men from the south wearing that sort of
clothes. Today At public banquets in
Texas and other parts OF the south half
the guests sppear in dress suits.
The black or tan-eolored sombrero Is
the most suitable headgear for this Gle
mate. and every other man you meet
wears one. dropped into hat store
at Houston the other day ana gossiped
for while with one Of the clerks on
this subject. He said there was no call
for derby hats IN that community; they
kept few In stock. but they were gem
eraily dead loss. Either straw hat or
| sombrsro was called for by 90 per cent
ticed any change in the custom.
s'ThAre Is no call for silk hats except
| in the fall of the year." he added. .'al-
| though we sell fifty times as many as We
| did ten years ago. Then nobody but
preachers bought 'em. Now all the mil
iionaircs think they must hang 'en up in
their halls.
OF tiik hats II limited to elergymen and
n,iItiOnaires:" I asked.
"Weii maybe that's little too mar
| row. Well say those who are million
asEss end theSs Hhe would IKE 10 b son-
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