Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-07-21
CAMPBELL IS FIRST
TO STEP FORWARD
AND ADVOCATE PROPOSITION OF
THE BLANKET PRlMARE-OA-
SHELL is AFTER BROOKS.


reception. 1t was intended that there
should be a parade and floats and
twenty private equipages, which were
TO carry young ladies, had been deco
rated. Therefore there was sore dis
appointment when it became known
that Col Campbell could not be pres.
ent. and the disappointment was given
a sharper edge when at 2 o'clock low
ering clouds momentarily threatened
such a deluge as impelled the aban-
donment of the parade.
Nevertheless it did not interfere
with the speechmaking. There was
a large crowd of country folk in tow
and they with the city people filled
the Auditorium, which has a seating
capacity of about 500. When Mr..
Dashiell arrived at the Auditorium
six young misses dressed in white met
him at the entrance and escorted him
to the stage. The band played a
cheerful tune and the crowd got up
and applauded Justify.
Mr.. Monta Moore, who introduced
Mr.. Dasheill, read this telegram from
Col Campbell, whom he characterized
as the leader of the people in their
fight against the corporations:
Il am not doing so well today and
my physicians have decided that any
r.t.-.. ,.l,,-.;a,1 ,ec,r4 IN tho cam
paign is impossible. My interests are
now in the hands of loyal friends and
those who believe in the principles
advocated by me. To the people of
Milan county desire to express my
heartfelt appreciation of their inter
est in my campaign and to ask that
to Mr.. Dashiell, who represents me,
they shall give their cordial atten-
ton"
At the outset of his speech Mr..
DashieI Wanted Col Campbell's
challenge TO his rivals to abide the
issue of the ballot boxes by agreeing
that three should withdraw in favor
of the one who should receive the plu-
rality of the votes cast There is no
question that the choice of the people
may be defeated by political maniDu-
lation," he said. at is possible under
the f.rw aswe find j, -aHa-the- people
should see to it that their wishes are
represented by the delegations which
they send to the conventions. But /
am pleased to say that while each of
the gentlemen running for Governor
has declared himself to be in favor of
the blanket primary, it has remained
for Tom Campbell to step forward and
make the first proposition which, if
accepted, will place exclusively in the
hands of the people the nomination
of the next Governor. He has stepped
boldly forth and said, we will take
this matter out of the convention. We
will leave it with the people, where
you and / have said it belongs, and
then each of us will accept the result
as good loyal Democrats -
Mr.. Dashiell then read Col. Camp
bells proposition, as printed in this
mornings papers, and continued:
There is the challenge sent to
Brooks, to Bell and to Colquitt by the
man who is confined to his home by
sickness, who in sickness challenges
them in health to stanu up to their
declarations for an unhampered pri
mary. He challenges them to rest
their claims with the people and let
the nomination go to the man who
gets the largest number of votes. /
do not know what reply will be made
to that challenge, how that PROPOSE
ton will be accepted, but I do know
that if his rivals decline to consider
it they will have cast doubt over
their declarations in favor of a blan-
ket primary"
As on yesterday at Navasota, Mr.
Dashiell devoted his time chiefly to a
criticism Of Mr. Colqutt and his poll
cies, but today, in addition, he con
cerned himself particularly with Judge
Brooks, whose speech at Marlin he
thought indicated an effort to make
the question of prohibition an issue
in the campaign He read from the
report Of speech made by Judge
Brooks at Sherman last year, at which
time he was reported to have de
,lared that this matter Cprohibition)
should not in any manner enter into
the gubernatorial campaign" This
Mr. Dashiell said, was now the posi-
tion Of Col Campbell, who regarded
the question as settled.
Mr. Dashiell said Mr. Colquitt's tax
reform project was unsatisfactory if|
for nothing more than that II would
require three years TO put # into OPP
Grafton, a delay which could not be
tolerated in the face of a busted
treasury" He continued: 81 have
failed to find a single reputable news
paper or statesman in Texas who has