henry smith and sam houston searched for solutions to the debt problems of texas. he said, well, how did we do, henry in henry smith prepared this report. he said, well, we had $850,000 in military expenses, $157,000 civil expenses, 605,000 audited claims. we've got $1,612,000 in outstanding debt after the war. well, what did we bring in? we've got $1569 and our own paper back. he said, well, how are we going to do that? so what smith did, what he did was say why don't we call in all this outstanding debt, let's consolidate it into a fund. first he wanted to raise taxes. he said let's raise taxes. let's invoke a property tax, a tax on billiard halls, let's bring in some revenue. $375,000 ought to be enough to pay it. and he said we're going to consolidate all this debt. and they brought in about $771,000. they put it into the consolidated fund of texas. it was paying 10% interest. which gave these people breathing room. the government kicked the can down the road. they increased the debt of the company. that was a success. two days afterwards they brought out a $500

and they elected brezorria as the chairman and henry smith as the provisional governor. now, among the highest of priorities, it was said that money needed to be raised to finance the war for independence. because hostilities that commenced october the 2nd of 1835 culminating with 200 mexican cav'cavalry on the bank the guadalupe river which ended up being the battle of gonzales. and the texas answer, you want this cannon, come and take it. but they had to raise money to continue the struggle. so as the provisional government was formed, the founders established a treasury department. and he this established a treasury department initially with the committee on finance, then they had the offices of treasurer, auditor, and comptroller added shortly thereafter. but it was a treasury that was established despite a lack of funds. they had no money on hand, and they had no money which could be disbursed. as soon as they received contributions, it was disbursed. but the importance of having regular claims against the government properly audited, having accounts kept, and havin

complimentary things by sarah by john quincy adams and henry clay who didn't get along well with her husband. she was a gracious, elegant first lady. mr. smith had mentioned the sumptuous furnishings. sarah surprised folks that this wife of a democrat would have an interest in fashion and fine european imports. french gowns and elegant gown. one of you commented on her size, 5'2", very petite, wore a size 3 shoe, obviously a small waist. but it's sarah's sense of style reflected in the furnishings. the french vases, chandeliers. i mentioned this table, a gift right at the end of his presidency, from a friend, a diplomat in after friday california the egyptian marble with eagle and 30 stars for 30 states. if you look, and a list of when states come into the union you'll notice texas, iowa and wisconsin. florida came in the day before he became president but polk added territory in the west that would become states. now most of present day new mexico, western colorado and all of utah, yef, washington. all of that came into the country. united states truly became a continental nation for the first time during his presidency. >> we focus on jame

henry wordsworth poem, and the crowd erupted. they were deliriously happy, and they were clapping not just for al smith, but certainly for franklin roosevelt as well. four years later, roosevelt was elected governor of new york. in 1930, he was reelected by a landslide. in 1930, president herbert hoover appointed hughes as chief justice of the united states. you can see them coming together. by 1930, there was great talk of roosevelt as the democratic nominee for president in 1932. in 1932, of course, he campaigned against hoover and beat him very badly. in 1933, march of 1933, franklin roosevelt and charles evans hughes exchanged letters. franklin roosevelt wanted to know if he could recite the entire oath, not just saying that i do. he asked him and he thought that was okay. he remarked that it was very interesting, he thought, that one former new york governor was going to be administered into another new york governor. they each expressed great respect for each other and look forward to their association and a common enterprise. roosevelt was inaugurated president in 1933. by this time, hughes had made it very strong record a

henry, don't worry. i'm sure we'll find them. - they could be anywhere lost, scared maybe even hurt. if someone asked you to describe me, what would you say ? professor smith is tall, dark and handsome ? or short, gray and rumpled ? well, at least you're honest. describing people is the focus of this episode. now let's see if i can describe what you look like, after the story, of course. should i call a lawyer for my friend ? are you allowed to keep him like this ? we're not forgetting anyone's rights. we just want to catch the bad guys. that's all. - jamal is not one of them. - then he's got nothing to worry about. i know you. the restaurant with the coffee cake. right. what are you doing here ? one of my employees is here, but i can't get any information. come back here. he wouldn't happen to be... jamal al-jibali ? yes. tell me what's happened. he fits the description of a suspect. and so far, we can't confirm who he is or where he was at the time of the burglary. - you know this man ? - yeah. he owns crossroads cafe. didn't the suspect say he worked there ? rosa, you're giving me a headache. - finally. any luck ? - no. we've been all over town. - oh, t

kennedy, wayne moss, henry jackson, ed muskie, warren magnuson, phill douglas, walter mondale, robert dole, frank church, john sherman cooper, eugene mccarthy, george, margaret smith, richard russell, george mcgovern, william that's mired and barry goldwater. that is quite a cast of characters and those are names i think that many older americans will remember today. of those names, which names pop out to you and which have impressed you the most pacs >> guest: let me say first of full disclosure the narrative of the book focuses on the last years of the great senate, the late 70's and it is backlit by what has happened before. my basic argument is there was a great senator from the early 60's through the 70's so all the people the you indicated were a part of that. the once the standoff prominently in my memory would include hubert humphrey who was perhaps one of the greatest centers of all time although i think somewhat of a tragic figure because of what happened to him during the vietnam war when he was vice president. he really invented the modern senate. the role to some extent. he communicated the senate to the public on the disarmament and civil rights part