Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-12
THURSDAY. MARCH l.. 1911
TENAS.

There are MANY WAYS IN which = pub
lie official can serve his Stale besides in
the discharge of his official dutic>. True.
that Is the work he has been chu>ra Ia du.
and IL he Toe that faithfully and al,lN.
be is entitled 10 be- called 4 faithful pul,
lie servant. Usually. if he is u patriniic
man, he Will not be- content Ia stop
there. Take the late uticrancc> uf Sen
atcr Sheppard Of Texas. concerning ~omc
other late uttcranccs OF the Governor uf
Texas. 1t has been the fate ~ Texas
from the beginning of IT, struggle for ia
dependence till now 10 hc very much in
the worlds eve. All things considered.
the b~t land the worst advertised area
Of equal size OF the globe. Worst. br
cause much of the publicity given ~ the
State has been hurtful t. il. Much of
the stuff that appears IN print about
Texas and Texans tends "a give an ca
tircly erroneous impression ~ The couu
try and its people Nevertheless. Texas
easily gets the worlds attention because
u ~ Texas: and any public uttcrancr III
amy high official of the State. whether
IA w ~ VI lFFilNhH - tlN
tO get the worlds attention. Infur
t,mately. while We have had many great
men in publ office we have never lrcn
abb Ia guarantee. ourselves against he
election of vain aud childish people io
office. Once elected there j. go way 10
keep them from talkin.-vith disastrous
results.
When. therefore. 4 strong clean public
servant. "A man with high standards ~
public and personal honor. ciIu-ru hv Irl
PIE with like ideals 4 man like Senator
Sheppard, lifts up his ,uicr for his na
tive State To- set IL right ltriurc the world.
he renders hi> constituents y service fur
which they did not >tipuIuic, not fnr>cr
ing the need of Il, Vet i great service
nevertheless. service rhy nu means com
pensatcd b, his official stipend. The
world hcetls what he SAYS because ~ his
high Office and also because ~ the great
State he represents.
When h. saws that Texas a. \ whole IN
not a hotbcd of iingoism: not thir~ting
fDr blood not demanding immediate ira
vasion of McNicu: not ready Ia revolt
against the Wilson administration: but
on the contrary j. ~ it, usual calm
mood. attending L. the ordinary duties
of life not standing on the shores Of The
Rio Grandc bowling threats and curses
against Mexico. he vindicatcs Texas III
the eyes of The world.
indicated u The right word fur thr
average Texas Democrat knows that SIR.
Sheppard SPOKE The truth when IT, said
that
Texans from the border had -
surcd him that here WAS NV excite
mcnI. 'cNr,pi in tho imagination ut
the Governor, aud tAc, Wrtc dealing
with both sides across the border
In commercial VENTURES without dit
%ficulty. ~ long as thew kept 10 lirir
own affairs. The portion of popula
ton along tn border which Mas
american onl, ia name aud WAS r.,
sponsiblc for I'll of The tales Of ont
RACES. he said. actual, take no III.
tcrcSt ~ any politics, American or
Mexican. and are hrrlcd Ia the polls
every two Years by INSCRIPTIONS
politicians
These arr The exact facts IN the case as
tho people along the hrrlrr will testify.
Nindicatng Texas. li'> a lovely dream
ia noble dream a. h. realized hereafter
If ever. Perhaps after all "nr standing
in the world and our character i'm the
world does not always depend "m the
conduct 81 spectacular public servants.
Yet when the world hchnld> the spectacle
ol The Governor If , great State challcne
ia. a senator nf the United STATES tn
la, aside his Off = ami come and run Y
ra,r with the Governor aforesaid. the
world must ~ ya>tl, amused. How Y The
world 60 know that the challenge Was
not made except with the knoWl hedge tina
things like that might IT, pu~>ihlr ia
Texas. II j. not p~,~~ihlc. II never was
possible. but then the world learns a.
estimate = people ~ the publ, action nf
ills high officials.