The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-02-09
rHE RAoE EoR GOVERNOR.

Is history, that is political history
IN Texas, to repeat Itself? A coterie
Of politicians who appear to do the
will aud pleasure OF senator Bailey
in this state, launched the candidacy
Of COL X. NJ. Wynne for Attorney
General against r. V. Davidson and
in the press and on the rostrum
cbampoued the cause OF their favor.
lite. Mr.. Davidson, fresh with his
antitrust suit laurels, and with pub
lie sentiment aroused by the master
fui campaign made by the brilliant
Cone Johnson, was an easy victor
the people refusing to acknowledge,
eyon by implication. the character OF
political dictatorship that would have
been implied under the circumstan-
ccs, even by the election Of as good
man aud distinguished a Democrat
as Col wynne. Now. there is no
use trying to disguise the fact that
the present race for governor is go
ing to, inevitably, revise the anti.
Bailey" issue, with 4 few variations
hut the same old alignments. OF
the six original candidates who were
in the race three were known to be
acceptable to Senator Bailey though
just what that has to do with n mans
fitness for governor does not appear
and fourth was flirting" for the
Bailey support by some myster
ious though effective process of elimI
nation all the known Bailey candl
dates save one were obliterated. and
from the home of Mr.. Bailey made
tho flirting" candidate was shown
to be politically Impossible with the
Senator the direct statement being
made with convincing finality that
Senator Bailey would not smile with
favor upon MIR. Colquitt because that
gentleman was not his friend" So
this leaves Mr.. Poiudexter who very
dextrously landed in the Bailey band.
wagon soon after he cashed his $1,000
voucher from the State for the OBJ
sequious and very delicate manner
IN which he played an insignificant
but highly significant part in the
Bailey investigation" So pleased
was the Senator with Mr.. PoIndex-
ter as a legal inquisitor for the State
IN matters affecting the honor of the
Commonwealth that he was led later
to observe that the gentleman from
the habitat of the redheaded Odell,
the early champion of the re.admis,
sion fraud and who now stands spon,
sor for Judge Pondexter had in him
The making OF fine governor. And
now we are in the midst OF the
making" process. The state senator
It known that PoindeXter Is accept
able" the word has gone down the
line ana the large and the small bore
guns are beginning TO roar and rat
tlc according ~ The fact that Mir
poindeEter has a political past that
is a yeritable skeletons nest does
not appear to his dlscredit as a Dem
ocratlc candidate, and his tactical
bltpder in Dallas in which he ipcau-
tiousiy declared against statutory
prohibition as unwlse and mcopslu.
tlonal. casts 10 percepuble shadow
upon the prohibition halo with which
The friends Of Senator Bailey would
illuminate The intellectual brow of
this auti-prohibitonlat's candidate. To
hear them deseant upon his virtues
you would think that he Is the only
"blownin-thebotue," "all-wool-and-a
-Sldswide" prohlbluonist in the wide.
wide world worthy Of the least con
ndenee. They even sec a menace in
statutory Prohibition or bentue It as
deInier resort in the event that
Submission is defeated. All this
means that Arguments arc being
made to fit the candidate, the candl. |
dare having received The endorsement
OF those yin whom he has been
friendly" In the recent past. The
principal batteries OF Senator Baileys
"old guard" tho politicians who have
never yet failed 10 respond to his |
battie-cry for political help. are at
present trained upon Cone johnson.
They doubt the sincerity Of his al |
legged convictions on prohibition, they
attempt to discredlt his mental poise
and arraign him for instability. The
truth is they oppose him most be
cause he had the temerlty to cross
swords with their IDOL and show the
amount Of clay IN his makeup. They
arc against bin because he Is the
most formidable opponent in Texas