Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-15
GEoGHsru, OF ruE SENATOR
sur.


that honor also. II elected. he would
be the FIRST naiural-born Texan TO sIt
IN Tho senate ~ the tinted statea.
rho honor Of being the FIRST native
senator would also be true IN he case
" tho lion morris Sheppard Of Tex.
arkana. " he were elected
Texas II d cosmopolitan state. made
AZ ~ the pioneers. Adventures home
seekers. empire builders aud Investors
u every other state aud foreign clime.
With only four generations Of white
PEOPLE Before tnnt u waH vast
rrcich OF Witness. spareels luhei''f-
"a by nomadic Indians and q f"w
Ncsican settlements under the rule
u The spanish congniHtadoras
Col Wolgefa Il Che onaprinF az q
.ionecf Texan ~ sturdy Teuionie
furk. who helrcr las ihe cornerstone
n the states future erestnons Col
Noltsfs was horn lu fayetfe rounty
aud nov Resides in Houston. which
Hes south 81 The political egnator Of
ne state ~ coincidence rather
han design. most Of our Governors
tnd Senators hnvt hailcd from The
iorihern haif OF tho state There -
~ advantage IN boine the inpoflic s0n
" popnlons section but there ia no
BAR against ans Texan FROM any part
" the state. being elected Governor
" senator. II the issues aud ihc ioioa
,nolpt him a. The man 81 the hour
our senior Senator. Mr Cuihersop.
ltoa ~ nRIlnf. while Senator hAil"Y
h near-neinhhor ~ Gainesville
senator chiffon whom nailey sue
'eodcd resided at Tylcr ana ROGER
, MlllH. tho Predecessor Of Cuibefaon
lived az Coralcnna. which ls usnrsto
Danas Senator John u RoaEan lived
AZ Palestine
General samuel Bell Masey who
With Richard Coke represented rsN
A. In the senate for va many years AZ
Ter the war liked az sherman while
Coke VA o Wacollo
Our nrst Senators we're General
Sam Houston and Thomas . Hust.
rhey had both served A. Presidents
Il thc Rcpnbllc vpon Texas enter
nv the Union they were both elected
the senate Ia lSgd Tor mll terms
n tho expiration OF which they were
rc.ci.cted Houston served out hlr
second term. retiring IN 1851 Sena.
OF Rusk took bits own We the same
year James y henderson was
chosen for the nneNplrcd term of
len uusk. but died IN few monihe
ana Matthew Ward was appointed to
succeed him
when the legislature met Va 1858,
'hiof Justice John llcmphul OF the
supreme Court. aud Louis r Wlrhah
we're elected Tor the fun terms rhoy
,orvod until the secession OF Texas
,nd then withdrew
nurinp the Ciril War Texas was. 81
curse. without representation la me
senate ~ Washington Wirhnli b..
anne Confederate states senator
opsescntlng Texas as Richmond
when the Republicans secured con
col OF the state during tho Recon
aruction Morgan g, Hamilton aud
lanes " Flanagan we're elected
nited states Senators al a sesslan 90
he Legislature Va 'sso. ordered e'
General Reynolds lhen Ia mllitat,
,ontrol OF the state Nh Hamilton
orsed a fractional term OF one wear
md a nlli torn OF six years, yoine OUT
4 office In 1874. ana heins succeeded
" Coke flanuaean VAS succeeded
1915 by General MaNcN, who ln
llSSs was succeeded hy Rcagan.
John Ireland 81 Seguin IN hts daS
he most prominent south Texas p"fn-
icral. was a candidate for the senate
ncforc the Legislature In 1877 aud
,gaiu VA 1855. but Was beaten by Coke
N the nrst Instance, and hy Reagan
n the lattor instance Hon a W
rcrfeu Was also strOng competition
'or the toga in tina, famous triangular
contest. hut Reagan's late triumph at
Washington la passing his bill Tor
the creation Of the Interstate Com
mercc Commission decided the strue
sle Ia his favor
With oar tremendous growth ui
population and development la south
Texas within the last FEW years. q may
ac expected that the scales Of political
pioneers viii be more evenly balanced,
though b. no means do We wish 60
raise sectional issue. We are all
Texans and shall have an equal IN
lercst In the new Senator not matter
Nhsre he halls from.
We almost overlooked Railroad
smith Of Jourdantown. another aspir-
ant fof Senator Joe nailoy's toea. lie
also IL a Southern Texan Mr. Ran