Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-03
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By CHARLES HALL
TO-DAY Brownsville and the VAL
ley is celebrating Texas indie
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TODAY Brownsville and the VAL
ley is celebrating Texas hide
pendence day.
To these who are not familiar
with the why and wherefore OF the
semi-holiday today, il might he well
to say that "a years ago yesterday
Texas was declared a free End in
dependent republic.
A convention for this purpose was
called at Washington on the Rrazos
on March l. 1896, and the following
day drew up the document Of in
dependence and founded a govern
ment on a constitution very similar
TO that of the United States
All objections raised b. Mexico
were cone away with py Sam HouS-
ton at San Jacinto on April 81.
Whatever may have been the
causes leading up TO Texas indie
peadence. we are not SO much con-
cerned with, as that descendants of
the same two peoples. today, live in
peace and harmony along the banks
of The Rio Grande. with the idea OF
peace and progress uppermost in
their minds to bring TO them the
bet er Things OF life. The Rio
Grsnde Valley is n of the best
things coming out Of Texas inde
pe.adence.
CCORDING to articles now ap-
IN pearing in various magazines,
President Herbert Hoover,
qnrrnra - cnaf~a~ mann ~ the Ton1A-
cratic leaders are getting ready TO
take after with many woros. has
set another precedent, with refer
ence to publicity by the president.
Mr.. Hoover is the first president
OF the United States, interviewed
directly by reporters. who permits
himself to be directly quoted.
Ii Is a daring thing. Not that he
Will be misquoted. or his statements
distorted, but that when he ex-
presses opinions. or sets forth ideas
OF procedure, and his words strike
a wrong note with the public, II
vii. be MIR. Hoover who vii. bear
the brunt from many angles.
ROOSEVELT was the first preSi-
IA dent to talk to reporters and
discuss with them questions Of
i&ate. But he was never directly
ua0ted. It came out as 1T is said
1T is understood, " etc. Harding
was a newspaper publisher, and
was very free with the reporters.
He understood them. Wilson start
ed the idea Of the Spokesman OF
the White House, which Coolidge
kept alive. Hoover mas thrown
away the Spokesman and IS quoted
directly.
America is getting more demo-
cratic every day, and the press as
Stunning more and more response
billy in matters OF developing a
government or q territory. There
is nothing that will ever exactly
take the place Of the daily printed
word Of what is going on IN the
world.
WHILE the showers received Sal
Nv urday evening may not have
~ been all the rainfall that Is
needed. great benefits are reported
trara sarAS s-zscns q Rs potatoes.
The Valley Enis year not only has
one OF the biggest Irish potato
crops in the number of acres, but
the plAnts probably look as healthy
as any ever seen. A drive through
FL Jardin section vii delight the
hearts OF any who love TO see
things growing, healthy and sue
culent.
WHILE prohibition is gradually
wv crawling back INTO the poll
tical limelight, our next cam
paign by blue sky law advocates
may be against bridge.
One Of the latest indications Is
that Mrs. Lila Gray Colyer. who
not long g held Is diamonds at
bridge, and went set twelve tricks,
Is sung for a divorce.
The story Is that she won the
contract at six no trumpS after a
spade bid by an opponent, and
wien she went down her husband
hit ner with a cut glass bowl. We
suppose the bowl vas the nearest
missile.
ONE OF the best known places
to start a good political argu-
- ment Is probably the home q
Charles II. Tuttle. federal attorney
for the New York district.
Mr.. Tuttle is a republican. HIS
daurhter, Charlotte. student al
Vassar, is a socialist. His daughter,
EVELYN. Is q staunch republican,
and she recently won a prize OF a
girls republican committee with an
essay which attacks socialism The
engineer OF this column VIII wage
n fur-lined bath tub that politics
mentioned at the breakfast table
in that family makes for a peaceful
day.
on DO such people eat breakfast
any more. That Is u greas
American institution that seems
on the wane. It should not be al
lowed, despite what doctors or
would-be dietitians say to the con-
trary. Our mighty forefathers did
not think a breakfast of sausage.
hot cakes, oatmeal, gritS. soft boiled
eggs, coffee and maybe pie. any
thing unusual. And they say they
grew them to a fair size in those
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