The Washington herald., 1913-08-17
Picturesque Figure N Congress Tells Of Crimes Which Mex.
ican Robbers, Masqueradns as "Revouionists," Com
~. NIT Intrigue Brought Diaz'. Resignation. :

| father returned to a ruined estate. Ht
became an itinerant school teacher. NOV.
/ ing from one county to another to bet
/ ter his fortune. but always finding mat
ters In one place just about the SAM
| as they were in the place he had aban-
doned.
Il got work at Nashville cotton IA,
| tory when I was eleven years old. Ny
wages were sl2 a month and I paid 81
for my board Later followed my
father around and helped him teach TIL,
younger pupils I'm his schools. also
clerked I'm a drug store. While teachin,
school on my own responsibility. / reed
law. going to Frankfort each week and
reciting and reporting to Judge Lindsay.
who was afterwards elected to the
United States Senate. At the age of
twenty, emigrated to Red River
County. Texas. I drove cattle to the
railroad at Dodge City. IN Kansas. ard
punched cattle on the plains near SaI.
Angelo. away OF toward the Mexican
boundary. ! was In that country when
sixty feet deep and swept the town Of
Ben Ficklen out OF existence and
drowned twenty-one people.
"A feud was also at work in the VI
cinity. ! saw three dead men on the
sidewalk at San Angelo the morning
after the evening of my arrival When
two strange horsemen met ip the road
or on the prairie they would half-circle
around each other. just out of pistol
range. as a matter of personal safety.
I saved some money. returned to Red
River County. went into the real estate
business. and married the daughter of
the president Of the Memphis and Ell
Paso Railroad. I also practiced law.
Then in 1888 I went to Mexico. found
some mines, and have been actively en-
gagged IN that country ever since
Talks About the Republican Party.
what is to become of the Republican
party?" I inquired.
You are aSking me to deliver large
bill OF goods Senator Fall answered.
THE political situation is badly mixed.
Mr.. Wilson, to start with. is minority
President. He believes the country has
given him definite orders. There Is solid
ground, however. on which to base a
contrary argument. But let us agree
that the election last November meant
the acceptance by the people of the
doctrine of a tariff for reve-
nue. only. Free wool and free sugar is
a reputation of that doctrine. I make
no complaint about free wool. The
drought in Australia caused many thou
sands of sheep to perish. and free wool
will do us no serious hurt Immediately.
though cur flock will fall in value. A
duty on wool would produce revenue for
the government, and that Is what the
heretofore have said they
favor. 1t would seem, however. that Mr..
Wilson is leading us toward free trade
Now, IL We are to have free trade, we
must readjust our wages. 1 think the
people will object to the wage standards
Of Europe. Therefore, We shall witness
organized and cohesive opposition to the
Democratic party. Whether the men
composing the opposition will call them
selves Republicans or something else re-
mains to be'seen.
There are many leaders now among
the people. Time and thought will dis
pose of most of them. Oratorical gentle
men say that the fathers Of the country