Show DISGRACED TEXAS In the Texas senate chamber th the the- theother other day the portrait of old Sam Houston I was taken down and that of Senator ex-Senator Joe Bailey was put in its place A little history is recalled d' d dby by that When Texas drew out of the union in 1861 old Gen Sam Houston denounced the act and retired to his farm and thenceforth was no longer known in the public life of the state he did more to create than any other man His enemies did not nol kill kiJI him for they knew that while the they 7 might kill him him they never could scare him and then they feared that should they kill him the act would rebound against themselves But they evidently ly have descendants and now after I I half a century they strike c at th the old man who I has long been wrapped in the robes of eternal I rest rost The Th old general can stand it easily his I fame is not in the least dimmed by it But dan an Texas stand it Can Joe Bailey tand stand it We Ve do not believe belie that any old confederate soldier suggested the shame we e do not believe that many of them approve it And if ii JoSeI JoSe Joe I Bailey is the g generous nerous high man his friends g give ge e him credit for being he will seek an occasion where in a ringing speech he will ill tersely review what hat Sam San Houston I Texas in the days that tried Texan lexan souls and then demand demand demand de de- de- de mand that the wrong done to his state in the attempt to strike e at the dead be he e undone |