El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-12
JOHNSON MAKING
4 GOOD RACE
Is Going to Pile up a Ire
mendOus Church Vote
For Governor.

by close political observers that the
/ present contest for governor is the
! closest which Texas has ever seen.
Johnson has made great inroads into
/ the following of Poindexter and David
! son has taken away many of the anti
! Prohibitionists from COlquitt.
The only new factor in the fight is
! the fact that United States senator
! Bailey is actively championing the
! cause of Poindexter.
J AS the campaign nears a close it
/ becomes more apparent than ever that
/ the thickly settled north Texas coun-
| ties will settle the contest. While every
| portion of Texas is receiving attention,
| the final weeks of the campaign will
be spent among the voters of that Sec
| ton.
| South and West Texas had about ia
ken its final lineup and that Colquitt
will carry that section by anything like
, an overwhelming majority is not
granted for one moment. He will get
good majority in Bexar, Gillespie, FL
Paso and COmal. but in other sections
Davidson will split the anti-vOte with
him, getting almost vote for vote. The
Prohibition vote will be- of course, di-
vided between Poindexter and Johnson,
but it is believed that Johnson will
get three votes where Poindexter gets
two, for the church element of this en-
tire section Is lined up almost solidly
behind Johnson.
In North Texas, especially in the old
Bailey congressional district, where
there is an immense population. it is
admitted THAT VIM. Poindexter is lead
ing. Davidson's well known opposition
to Bailey has lessened the chances of
the Galveston man.
In East Texas it is admitted that
Johnson and Davidson are leading
In Central Texas the race is neck
and neck.
In the great northwest, including the
Panhandle country report has it that
the fight is between Colquitt and John
son. with a good following for both
the other candidates.
Sizing Up Candidates.
There has been more or less mud
singing" during the campaign, but by
eliminating the wheat from the chaff
the situation can be sized up about as
follows:
For COIquitt-
He is for political peace.
He is against both prohibition and
submission
He is against rangerism.
He is unobjectionable to Bailey.
Against Coiquitt-
He Is running Tor office while rail-
road commissioner and drawing a salary
for which he is giving the state no ser
vice.
He has declared that he will not abide
by the Democratic platform in case
submission plank is adopted.
He has the backing of the liquor in
terests
He went out of his way to fawn upon
Bailey and win his friendship.
For Johnson
He is for submission and for statu-
tory prohibition.
He is for strict enforcement Of the
law
He is against Baileyism.
Against Johnson
He is too radical on the prohibition
issue.
He would use the rangers la Camp
bell
He is Objectionable to Bailey.
For Davidson
He Is for submission.
He fought and whipped the oil trust
and incidentally involved Bailey.
He is against prohibition
He is for law enforcement.
Against Davidson
He is for submission but is against
prohibition.
He went out of his way to inture Bal
ley.
He is understood to favor ranger in
vasion.
For POindexter-
He is for prohibition
He is for submission
He is Baileys personal friend.
Against lPoirdexter-
He is against statutory prohibition.
He is favored by Bailey.