Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-02-23
TO THE HONORABLE ii. I
BROWN, CHAIRMAN:


BY a large and representative gath
ering Of the Democrats Of Johnson
County, called together for the pur-
pose Of expressing in a public way
to the Democrats Of Texas our
knowledge and appreciation Of Judge
William +. Ramsey as a neighbor,
citizen and Democrat, and 10 thus
manifest in some small degree our
interest in his candidacy for 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. a. well a. the
citizenship which created il, j. 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-
tance to the people. They, however,
are a unit in the belief that under
present conditions the candidacy of
Judge Ramsey for Governor is not
only oPportune and justified, but
that the public veal demands II, 10
the end that hatred and ill-will NAV
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 I'D the several
departments Of our State Govern
ment. % that everv interest and
every individual shall feel and know
that fair play, a 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 bc reached in
every department Of the govern
mental service.
Judge Ramsey's father, Captain
". y. Ramsey. moved to johnson
County from Gonzales County more
than fifty years ago. Judge Ram
sev. a child then, has continued 10
make this his home and the greater
number 0f AS have been witnesses
Of his conduct and life from his
boyhood to the present hour.
In his early life he attended the
old-fashioned frontier schools OF the
country and villages. typical Of those
DAYS. As he approached manhood
he became a student in Trinity Uni
versity. at Tehuacana, where after
some wears Of study he graduated.
His early life was not different from
that Of the average II his kind.
among whom he grew ~ manhood.
Coming on the scene Of action in
the DAYS following the Civil War.
his lot was that Of the average boy
whose father had sacrificed his for
tune and health in the interest Of
the South. the cause he ~ well loved
but lost, the Confederacy. his faith
er having been a Confederate SOL
der without stain or blemish on his
record and 10 his death desiring no
greater honor than to be numbered
with those who defended their flag
and their homes. After the war
Captain Ramsey was a farmer and
later a merchant, spending his last
years under the roof Of his son,
Judge Ramsey. who delighted to
honor and care for him.
Judge Ramsey has always been a
Democrat. with faith in the funda-
mental principles NJ the party and
never questioning the wisdom Of its
lction III cnunciating platforms in
State or National conventions and
lwavs supporting the nominee Of
~. party a. though he were his per-
NAL choice. without reference to
III Hf~ fTrrpnrp< or beliefs. In 1881
Z wa 4 presidential elector On the
'lc,elanl and Hendricks ticket,