Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-06
MONDAY. APRIL q. 1911.
For Governor
THOMAS Ill. BALL.


NdrtiteR, lAlitA f1uN >titC one tN
matter who. said If the Bourbon family.
then trying Ia regain it, last io,tholl la
France, that il never iorgrt auN thiug.
never learned any thing. I'D was a Nit
ticism which contained \ >N~tcN NJ PHI
loSoPhy, an aphori>m which Na> al>o al
indictment; IN cpitaph doipg aat. tNr
innumerable graNrNara>.
RourboRs had not forgotten ANYTHING
Had not Forgotten the crimes ami ths
glories ~ Henry IN. leais Nj leai> III.
and Richelieu. of the last thrcv Ainx> ii
the Bourbon dynasty. sal thar tn tptc
structible memors should nv lslgtd IN y
stationary mind.
In history the Bourlons have na>>ssl
from a class ~ 4 classification ua lcug
er a great family bat a striking lai~l
I'm law, i'm mechanics. in medirlne Elm
theology, IN politics more co~u>piriav>N
In politics than elsewhere. thc h,arl4aa
label j. the adornmrnt Of the Whole >heli.
and is not even requir1 Ia Wcas he
skull and cross bones warming
Common. but So deadly Thi> uoEii
moves eycrmnre. bot crcrlnoue moscs
without much jar and withuat mUCA
crcaking Of the aNlcs. 20 that the pas
sengers may BE- required to ~ jccglcl "a
bit by the friendly l.llow passenger thar
the distance Travelled mas ~ ueJ-L
The political bourbon j. ALWAYS uao>-
numerous and most inconYcnienI aI tha-
period IN the life ~ 4 nation when ihe
old order changes giving piac tn the
rTN- Ex.. H.. 50. - .rs~. - -
irritated when the present j. becmir-
dissatisfied with the past and ihe future
l. begging the present to hurry nR That
as a time when the chaff legin> ~ aft
itself from the wheat. showing some grief
and no little irritation in The rrs~-~
The political bourbon Is a man M.
holds that because like causrs prplucr
like effects ID j. Impossible that h.effer
causes viii produce better effects. II D.
Of little use 10 tell him ~ can not afford
to forget that better causes viii prAluru
better effects, OF that more and more r.
ficicnt causes will Vroducc more valu-
able results. 'rhc swallow said " phi
loSophcr oncr builds her nest i'm the
same shape and Of the same materials
rs when swallows built their nests under
the caves OF Noah's ark. - doe. the
political Bourbon. That j. why he i a
Bourbon.
Once It was held that practical poll
ties must ever remain y thin. apart
from politics of The llcalizei kind. look
ing Ia abstarct righteousness grounded
in ethics and religion rs men draw dis
tinctionS between ethics and religion.
Held that in practical politics" il il i'm.
possible 20 get anywhere il bosses are
not provided with their daily meat in
the way Of spells. II We would not have
thieves break through and steal. let us
wisely choose a few choice thieves who
may walk IN and rob. Impossible for the
army to march IL the i;c,iouin light cav.
airy who hover on the flankS may not
swoop down on the provision train now
and then.
Another tradition Of EourboniSm j.
the tradition that there must he graft"
graf in The mind of Bonrhonism. being
classrd among necessary" cyilS-likc III.
toxication and the social evil. bad in
themselves. hut serving a. safety valves
FOR the supcrheated engines ~ 4 high
pressure civilization. old. Very ancient
in our practice. though on the stump We
frequently say. with rather convincing
emphasis. Liberty for all, Special priv
ilagcs for none," Ii j. a good saving.
though hrNond saving il We have not
gone very far-aS yet. Whether a Demo
crat sand u first or not. Democrats in
variably applaud il when they hear il on
the stump. The attempt 20 establish 4
81 100000 4 wear graft for private ship
owners on the Panama canal illustrates
the difference between our principles as
VI say them and our principles n oBur.
boniSm believes We are bound To do them.
Has NOT some. unjust system like that
been prsFrticrl alnlo>t from the begin
ming Of things. lie does not abstractly
defend the wrong. hut he does not see
how we shall he able "a live If We avoid
things like that. The President and the
people are departing from his standards
and are almost out ~ his sight over the
hill. A government with liberty for all
and special privileges for zone j. a pos
sible thing. Therefore the people will
have IL.