The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-27
POLITICAL VENDETTA BETWEEN
DAUGHTERS OF REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS AND GOV. COLQUITT.
OVER THE HISTORIC GROUND

Where Travis, Crockett and Bowie
Fell Amid Heaps of Slain Next
cans. May Figure in Future Poll
tics of the Lone Star State.
There is a battle on in Texas be-
tween the Daughters of the Republic
Of Texas, led by Mrs. H. H. Sewer,
and Gov. O. B. Colquitt, which is in
reresting the whole state and which
promises to be a fight to the finish
like that at the famous Alamo. And
singularly enough the fight is over
site adjoining the Alamo. So thor
oughly aroused are the Daughters OF
the Republic of Texas that many OF
them, together with other influential
Texas ladies, promise to take the
stump against Gov. Colquitt should
he become a candidate for United
States senator, as now seems proba-
BILE.
The Daughters of the Republic of
Texas have been the custodians of the
lot adjoining the Alamo since its pur-
chase by Mrs. Sewer ten years ago.
Gov. Colquitt proposed to build on
this land a structure which he said
wa sto be a reproduction of the build
ing which originally occupied the
site. Mrs. Sewer and the Daughters
of the Republic retorted that no one
knew what kind of building had been |
there before and that it was often |
sive to good taste and the patriotic !
feelings of Texans to attempt to place !
on this sacred spot anything that
would be an anachronism. Besides |
the ladies contended that the govern
or has no power to erect any struct-
ure on the site.
After Mrs. Sewers purchase of the
site she decided it to the state, with !
the understanding that the Daughters
of the Republic of Texas should have
the custody and control of the prop
erty. III fact, a bill passed the leg
islature providing that only the ap-
proval of the governor was necessary
to any plans adopted by the Daugh-
tiers of the Republic of Texas. When
the latter learned of Gov. Colquitt's
purpose to "desecrate" the site they
had introduced in the legislature this
year a bill which amended the origi-
nal statute by striking out the words
with the approval of the governor of
Texas" The bill was fought bitterly
by the governor, who brought all the
power Of his position to prevent its
passage and. who openly proclaimed
that the defeat of the Daughters of
the Republic and of Mrs. Sewer was
one of the objects of his administra-
ton. The bill passed the assembly
but failed in the senate, and so the
matter stands at present.
Now the friends of Gov. Colquitt
are urging him to become candidate
for United States senator and the la
dies are preparing to oppose him.
Hundreds of them will take the |
stump against him, and the battle
cry of the Alamo will be heard once
more.
The Battle of the Alamo.
The defense of the Alamo against
a force of Mexicans in 1886 affords
one of the most striking instances of
desperate valor in history. The mis-
sion of the Alamo had been estab-
lished by the Franciscan friars in
1910 in the Rio Grande valley, and
after several removals on account of
the scarcity of water and the attacks
OF the Indians had been located at
San Antonio.
The central portion of the church
was roofess at the time of the siege.
but arched rooms on each side of the
entrance and the sacristy, which was
used as a powder magazine, were