Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-01-26
TO THE HONORABLE II.
BROWN, CHAIRMAN:

We, your committee heretofore
appointed by you at a meeting held
by a large and representative gath
ering of the Democrats o! Johnson
County, called together for the pur-
pose OF expressing in a public way
TO the Democrats Of Texas our
knowledge aud appreciation of Judge
William F. Ramsey as a neighbor,
citizen and Democrat, and to thus
manifest in some small degree our
interest in his candidacy fer Gov
ernor of this State, hereby recon-
mend the adoption by this gather
Ing Of the following address:
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF TEXAS:
This committee and the signers
OF these resolutions, as we'll as the
citizenship which created it, is COM
posed Of men who have come togeth-
er from the various walks Of life who
have not always heretofore been
agreed, either with respect to men or
measures, politically, and who do not
now pretend to hold the same opin-
ions on some questions, both State
and National, of moment and impor-
lance to the people They, however,
ore unit in the belief tina. under
present conditions the candidacy of
Judge Ramsey for Governor Is not
only opportune and justified, but
that the public veal demands it, to
the end that hatred and ill-will may
be eliminated from our politics and
driven from the administration of
our public affairs, in the hope that
harmony and good feeling may be
restored among our citizens and that
strife and bitterness shall no longer
find an abiding place in the several
departments of our State Govern
ment; so that every interest and
every individual shall feel and know
that fair play, square deal and
Justice under the law will be the
moving spirit in the administration
of the Governors office and that
this high plane will be reached in
every department of the govern
mental service
Judge Ramsey's father, Captain
j. j. Ramsey, moved to johnson
County from Gonzales County more
than fifty years ago. Judge Ram
sey, a child then, has continued to
make this his home and the greater
number Of US have been witnesses
of his conduct and life from his
.boyhool to the present hour.
In his early life he attended the
told-fashioned frontier schools of the
country and villages, typical of those
days. As be approached manhood
he became a student in Trinity Uni
versity, at Tehuacana, where after
some years Of study he graduated.
His early life was not different from
that Of the average Of his kind,
among whom he grew to manhood.
Coming on the scene of action in
the DAYS following the Civil War,
bis lot was that OF the average boy
whose father had sacrificed his for
tune and health in the interest Of
The South, the cause be so well loved
but lost, the Confederacy. ms faith
er having been a Confederate sol
der without stain or blenish on his
record and TO his death desiring no
greater honor than 70 be numbered
with those who defended their flag
and their homes After the var
Captain Ramsey va a farmer and
later merchant. spending ms last
years under tie roof II hi. son,
Judge Ramsey. who delighted to
honor and care for him
Judge Ramsey has always been
Democrat. with fs.'I IN the funda-
nent.l principles Of the party and
never questioning the wisdom Of its
action ~ euunciatng platforms in
State or National conventions and
always supporting tie nominee o.
TIE party a. though he were his per-
ponal choice. without reference %
past direrencfs 0r helisfs Ia lsSi
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