The Detroit times., 1912-05-23

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iSa. at Fort Worth, Teros Wednesday Eeent"0'
MAJ g.
To ofter Texas salvation through
| advC rtistng would be as eNtraneous anu
futile as carrying motor cars 10 petrolt;
In territorial extent and matetlal
! splendor IL Is testimonial 10 VIA
good report can accomplish TOT a com
monwCalth thar started with a rtduh-
dant frontier and coast line ana
! depleted treasury.
! To begin with. the reputation OF
Texas at the bottom OF the map pre-
| ceded by the admission TO statehood OF
] New Mexico and Arizona, ADJOINING lhr
J Mississippi Hoods. and followed bE
Mexican war corrsspondence-ssrNe 10
| Illustrate that position doesn't matter
I II you use large enough space.
| Boston rev erberated with New Eng
| land Quality" Fort Worth can come
back with Texas Quantity. Why not
| amplify the Pilgrim slogan, Made IN
New England" by adding and lost
| in Texas
You see IL the foreman Were in
structed 20 take out Texas for the neat
| would have 10 use all the Atlantis
states from Maine 10 Virginia 10 MI
space contracted Tor.
No wonder that both for the sake OF
symmetry and expansion, the Cnttcu
states accepted with alacrity thc OPP
portunity OF being annexed 10 Texas
in 1915
BY this territorial alliance the re-
public OF Texas persisted but the row
with Mexico remained in fine state
OF preservation.
But the only serious embarrassment
arising from the sisterhood OF states
Joining Texas was the Issue as TO VINO
should oe greatest among them-oraNe
old sam Houston or Uncle sam. The
hero of san Jacinto settled II as Tar as
he was concerned by writing his name
- e A. "A n EaHN III
Il Am Houston" and We never heard
of anyone challenging either the gem
erals chirography or the general
courage.
advertised when IL can take great
national convention like this and insert
IL daily In a new position Tor over
week III takes area TO entertain
convention that has the immense mo-
We can readily believe that the Texas
of the early years had the most eNteh-
sively-traveled seat OF government
known TO history While We swins
around the circle, il viii be mighty N
teresting 10 see the places where the
state capital used TO take It's exercise
when the republic was busily engaged
Tn settlirg things with the MeNltdhs
or the Indians.
/ remember going across the sthte
from New Orleans TO FL Paso a rev
years ago, and from the length OF time
Limited | felt sure that everything
advertised about the size Of Texas was
positively exhibited
AT intervals in tnat long hauI 1he
waiter would tell thirsty passengers
that he could not serve them as theS
were passing through a dry county
and the law was being rlsluiy en-
forced IL quickened my appreciation
of the states regard for sobriety ana
lis statutes; but the Interruptions IN
the supply Of wet goods bore heavily
upon ali Gut the periodical drlnkers.
Among the attractions with which
Texas enchains the lively concern OF
the country is the international eriuse
stretching from FL Paso to the MeNl-
can revolution No Horatius mas mauS
il renowned by holding IL against an
invading host. and no poet has stood ON
IL at midnight watching the e6bing
t{a,. hut President Taft and Gen. Foit-
FRO Diaz met at the mluole OF lne
bridge In cordial and spectacular street.
seems 10 be an unpropitious place
either for trading horses or eNchans ihS
good wishes President Diaz has Deen
banished into exile ana fresioeht iait
seerIs 10 be tendlng toNard 'HS -
pre- sidency.
Texas. according 10 the presidential
preference primaries on the 4th OF thls
month. shows an earnest desire 10 pro-
mote Mr. Taft's retirement, as your
people selected the two p 2 or 4ssives--
a Republican and A Democ.F'-N'fo are
the best equipped for that sGhie' emrht.
Erotn what | gather from readlnS
CO Iubhock's memoirs. covering
six decades OF life in rc%as, u is quite
like the oldcn-days for Texans 20 DC
cherishing intense and divergent poiltl-
cal views, and even surrenderlhs pal -
and personal alliances in the advocacy
~ what they hold TO be their duty.
An m. way down from Austin, Crock
EFT and Wharton We find these galiant
frontiCrsmen ready 10 cohpat . 80
N,
with equal fearlessness In furtheIance
OF principlc--and at times with an
EQUAL display II firearms GOV, LuD-
mock quotes the quiet observation OF
Iv6ve Reagan 10 Judge Evans on one
occasion: Judge, let's put up our slN,
shooters I do not want 70 XIII YOU ana
7 40 not intend TO be killed. i want 10
90 10 con gress and I'm going thele
II a. not surprising that within the
domain OF great state where polltical
ambition aud enthusiasm nave been
nleutffully lntermlNed with war ana
rounncs and husbandry, later Colonel
prvan-you had one I'm the Democratic
Uoiitics OF the civil war period should
feel impelled a. take mp at least 2
horticultural relation with you, and
that we should see the wealth-naklns
,ossihilities Of the Gulf country vera
ciously sat forth In The Commoner. III
things take certain turn at Balti-
more. we hope the party VIII bear IN
mind that Mr.. Bryan may De 1ounu
| moving in either one OF two states
Armed strife for self-preservation
has been a most persistent adNeruset
Tor Texas Always the call TO the
| colors revrrberated through the land
This was painful but saving publicity
| for IL rallied around ire Lone star
| standard brave and adventurous de
fenders from all the other states
| m has never been necessary to ge'
mn a sham battle in Texas 10 give the
| nnople a thrill or the moving picture
! people a film; generally az abundanc.
~ the genuine article was on hand
| Nope Of the clever phrasemakers OF
tbese later days has hit upon more
famous publicity line than the Demo
c-a.ic warcrv az the campaign which
was waged On the issue OF annexation
| -'sPoK, Dallas. oregon and Texas
$40 or fight"