Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-10
NO VERDICT YET IN CHAPA CASE
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ton and experience.
To begin" in the usual and ordi-
nary sense means 70 start. y COM
mence; hence. Brownsville begins to
grow. Surely II Is not IN contempla-
ton that the growth OF this fair city
- complete. When the war depart
ment begins" 10 restore and re0c-
cupy Fort Brown" you understand
there Is yet something 10 be accom-
plished. Whoever within the terri
tory Of the United States ~sets on
foot the expedition or enterprise
prise implies and more. makes GER
tain. that at the time on setting On
foot. the object sought II not COM
plete, the destination not attained.
the prize, II SO IL be- not reached
You perhaps have heard or move
ments set on foot or any kind, incIud-
ing political kind. To illustrate:
Have YOU ever heard down here that
here is a movement ION foot" by the
friends OF not less than three gentle
men. distinguished and hon0red, and
that the enterprise 80 set Oh foot
has for reward membership in the
Senate Of United States? Does not
this imply and clearly indicate that
something more Is to be done. other
than 70 begin. or set on foot, else
these gentlemen honOred by our pe0-
pie and distinguished by service. will
be done for? Beside. n~otwithstand-
ing the wen ''set a foot two
AT least must fail for the reason
though other reasons may obtain
that the Constitution OF the United
States, as II applies TO Texas. only
indicates opportunity for one. SO
again. you observe that success or
the enterprise or expedition il not
material TO the offense charged. Thus
t.e military expedition or enterprise
III you believe from the evidence be-
yond a reasonable doubt was begun.
or set ON foot in this country by the
defendants. or some OF them. is now
marked by both the failure and sur
render or General Bernardo Reyes
Such failure and surrender IN no
wise lessen or mitigates the offense
charged. His PROCLAMATION. breath
ing with i%nsurrection and published
in the jurisdiction OF the United
States. YOU have heard read. The
quiet and peace. not alone OF the
frontier. but Of the state and nation,
have been perturbed. the equanimiiy
OF \ people arrested and made fever
ish along the border BY his bold an
.nouncement. looking 20 aggressive
hostilities with Mexico. Its peace so
essential 70 : welfare. has been
threatened. He has passed from Us.
The relief Il evident May time. for
and Madero deal 0 severely
with tho l~essening fires and lncreas-
Ing infirmities.
II Is IN evidence that he called to
The Mexican army and the people or
Mexico. with whom we are-at peace,
and may we always be. The army.
rue defenders Of national honor.
needed not his cry; the people Of
Mexico denied his appeal; ~ II now
he guest. We hear. Of the govern
nent he would have destroyed a gov
eminent from which he derived his
military and civic honors.
The defendants here deny BY their
pleas that they gave aid or counsel.
deny they. or any OF them. enlisted.
pr that they began or "sct on
or provided or prepared the
means TO comfort. aid or assist the
enterprise. None now 80 poor 10 DO
him reverchce. II j. scarcely 10 be
thought with pains nd-pcnalties.
which the law imposes, that men
would cheerfully admit their former
connection. II aay. they had. which
L. for your sole determination. and
about which no opinion Il expressed
nor intended 90 be conveyed. that
they had given aid or succ0r in or
der that the military expedition. or
enterprise. III any, might begin" or
be set on foot" or that the means
therefor would be by them provided
the expedition otherwise prepared
The language OF the action of the pc
nal code now under consideration
" begins" 20 appear to speak in terms
which require no further Illustration
10 make apt words aptly apply. To
provide" or prepare the means for
a military expedition or enterprise
would be but to assemble men and
see that the furnishing and equip
ment were reasonably calculated t.
III out a body OF men. - that being 20
fitted. or equipped. they would be in