Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
THE RACE FOR THE SENATE.


whom the better class of demo
Gratis in Texas are looking. He is
experienced as a Congressman:
he is right on all moral ques-
tons; is well equipped in train
ing and eloquence. and he will
be a credit to the state in the
national senate.
He has two competitors. One
is Congress Randall; he lives in
Sherman, and he bases his ex-
pectation of support upon the
fact that he has advocated sew
eral measures in opposition to
Senator Bailey. Well, Senator
Bailey has eliminated himself
from Texas politics and is no
longer an issue. All that Mr..
Randall's campaign can accom-
plish is merely to try to resusci-
tate the embers of agitation and
prejudice now rapidly dying out.
Hence the very moment that Sen
ator Bailey announced his pur-
pose to retire from public life, he
cut the only foundation on which
Mr.. Randall stands, completely
from under him.
But Mr.. Randell is very OBJ
jectionable to prohibition Senti-
ment. He has stood with the IL
quor forces in Sherman and Den
ison all his public life and his
sympathieS are with them now.
In the recent campaign in Texas
he threw the force of his influ-
ence against us and gave com
fort to the ants. His statement
and his picture graced the pages
of one issue of that misnamed pa
per Facts" and that issue was
scattered all over Texas. At one
time not in the dim past, the
brewers and whisky people of
his district presented him with a
handsome gold watch and chain,
presumably for services renderd
and he sports it upon his vest
front today. He is not the man
we want to represent us in the
Senate. Besides this, he is not
a man of eminent ability; he is
not distinguished as a statesman
lawyer or leader among men.
He is strictly politician and
owes his success to this fact.
Jacob VOTERS is the other can
d!date. He belongs to the brew
ers and the whisky people in the
sum total Of his being He rep
resents their business interest,
their ideas of government and
methods of policies SO much is
this true, that he is counting on
them for his votes and upon their
influence. We're it not for them
helwould not have dreamed of en-
tering!the race. But leading ants
are alarmed: they know he can
not be elected. And they are Sc
cretly planning and scheming to
to get him out of it and to place
Mr. Clarence Ousley up as their
man. They have no use for Ran
dell and they realize their hope
lesness in VOTERS. They now be
lieve that Ousley is their Moses.
But this does not strike Jacob S
fancy favorably; and they are
having a hard time of twisting
him out of the running. This is
public rumor. Jake could only
carry the state for the ants by
a million dollars of whisky mon
ey and by the aid Of thousands
of negro votes. And he came so
near failing in this that the whis
key people are still scared nearly
to death; SO theyknow that when
he goes up against white mans
primary he will have nc more
chance-to use one Gov. Hogg' 5
eXpressions-than a split fizzle in
a Panhandle norther.
How niue better off will they
be with Ousley? True, he is q
more desirable citizen, but he
made himself more objectable &c
prohibitionist than VOTERS. No
body expected anything Of VOL.
ters. but we did expect some
thing of Ousley. and he felldown
on all parts of the ground and
did his utmost for the liquor side
of the question.
SO the outlook for Sheppard is
encouraging. No one who is de
cent can find any objection to his
ability, his character or his pri
vate life. He is clean and trust
worthy; has been true TO all bis
obligations. and has kept him.
self in touch with the moral sen.
timent of the people. In fact, al
decent men can support him with
out apology or explanation. He
stands out unchalenged in his
private and public record, i'm his
politics and his morals Morris
Sheppard is the man 20 lead this
fight.-Home and State.