Evening star., 1923-11-05
TALKS and TALES
With and About z;
CAPITALS GUESTS
Time heals all things"

feated and captured at the battle OF
San Jacinto, one OF Sam Houston's
7s3 victorious Texans was Dr. Arthur
M. Dignowity of San Antonio, as in
trepid a fighter as ever handled a
shooter" Gen. Sam said SO and
Gen. Sam knew.
For the past forty years his son.
Col. James ". Dignowity, owner OF
vast mining interests near Monterey
and Chihuahua, has lived among the
people his father fought and today
there Is not an American in all Mex
leo regarded more highly.
AT the outbreak of the civil war DR..
Dignowity, driven from the Lone Star
state with Houston, Throckmorton
and other abolitionists. came to Wash
ington. where he practiced his pro-
ression and enjoyed the friendship OF
Lincoln, Seward and other noted
northerners. He afterward returned
to his beloved Texas to die at San
Antonio and be buried meath tho
snade trees of Dignowity hill. still
a point of interest in the great
southWestern commonwealth.
Iooay Col. Dignowity comes to
washington. not banished by the peo-
pie with whom he has spent the best
years OF his life, but to consult with
lne government about his many posA
sess'ons sess dna,. ana to bring the glad tidings
improving since friendly relations
were resumed with America.
Ilme mas been most generous with
Col. Jim" Dignowity, despite his
strenuous life. and were it not for \
recent accident his powerful franz
and buoyant manner would sugges:
a man Of fifty instead Of seventy-fivc.
as the big Texan may be. When visit
ed in his rooms at the New Ebbitt
House this veritable giant cooked his
game foot on a chair and for more
than an hour talked on everything
under the sun. from the pride he
took In his only son, James v. Dig
nowity, 5r, a Harvard graduate. now
Puffer soda fountain manufacturers
of New London, Conn, to his radio
lead mines near Chihuahua. Mexico,
which are almost invaluable since the
advent of radio. Boiled down Col
Jim" Dignowity thinks:
That the golden era of Mexico is
at hand" and that that Brownsville
ambassador"
That washington has changed
much since my last visit"
much smitten on Senator Oscar Un->
derwood for the presidency.
That President Coolidge is well
and should be given a fair chance.
That he is not familiar with the
working of the Ku Klux Klan, but
thinks IL they are any good and can
shoot they should be formed into a
national constabulary to drive from
these shores all European borrowers
That prohibition Texas of today IS
vastly different from the old times
when a man would be shot IL he re-
fused to licker-up.
And that he has learned to love the
Mexican people and will return to his
estate when his business here is An
ished.
Sunday afternoon must be the time
when former state governors pay
their respects to other former state
governors visiting the city, for seated
in the far corner of the Shoreham
Hotel lobby Thomas Hardwick. eS-
wick NV were re , receiving gnu ex-Gov. s T.
E. Campbell of Phoenix. Ariz., and
Mrs. Campbell, and all seemed to be
happy and in the best of good spirits
Said the former Governor of Geor-
,gia to the former Governor of Ari-
zona-now wait a minute-it wasn't
what you are thinking about at all.
That subject uppermost. in the minds
of the old Carolinian chief executives
has long since become taboo among
former governors included.
The truth of the matter Is the lit
tie party seemed so congenial and
laughed so heartily that 1t would
on their privacy. On bidding the
Hardwicks goodbye, however. Gov.
Campbell did say he would be glad
to express an opinion on conditions I'm
his home state IL seen later In the
day at his apartments in the Hotel
La Fayette.
ARIZONA Is going along quietly.
taking the bitter with the sweet. and
conditions in general may be said TO
be In fairly good shape" said the dis
tinguished-looking former official or
the great copper country, when visit
ed later at the La Fayette Hotel. ou
know we are optimists down in Arl-
zcna and it takes more than rev
financial knocks to get us depressed.
'.Of course, copper has been off for
some time" continued Mr.. Campbeli;
You know we produce 40 per cent OF
the copper used in the United States,
profitable production cost, we feel IT.
A reduction of so cents week IN
labor wages was necessary later ana
reductions are never nssg wetc0me feo Nave been
having their troubles, but sheep
raisers are happy. Cotton also has
heen a life-saver to our agriculturists
and has helped wonderfully to bring
aoeae glow about the political situation,
governor? ,,,.-,.,,r 20
democratic, as YOU know. ana NC
Adoo o.Ists is fTeahs He has af invested in real
estate in the valley. comes 70 the
state frequently and already McAdoo
cinhs have been organized TO nocst
his candidacy for the nomination.
onS le' way. I think could say at least
siIteen western and southwestern
states are in favor of his noMtpation.
The Arizona delegation Will un-
doubtedly 60 -, instTIe.er rs ,na Treasury." @
"And the G.. o. Pr"
"President Coolidge is wearing very
well with our republicans ana seems
to be gaining strength right :, aions.
vention were held today he would
Gov. Campbell is here as a member
NJ the recently appointed fact-nnding
commission selected py o,e TretaS r,s taoSS
nroiects In the west. He VIII De In
the city at least two months.
Fortunately for these United states
tbat such Is true, it's absolutely i'm
nossiole to squelch the pride OF the
-,ght sort of American citizen in the
,vonders and achievements OF his ma
t,,a atate. The man from California
NAV seem a bit extravagant In de-
iapd hnt his enthusiasm IL none the
ranrs noticeable than that displayed
hv the SON Of little Rhody when he
gets the floor.
>ornar nresident of the New Jersey
Bar Association. as he brushed