Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-07-18
K|MbROUGH FOR
JUDGE BROWNING
Shows Precedent for Action
in Not Resigning Office
to Make Campaign

p ..ressmal-ai-large. Tor campaigninl
for congress while he retains his posi-
zion as district Judge, Us someWha
strained Judge Browning BE- not IN,
only district Judge in Texas who 4
running for congress while coutlnu
.iag the district Judges office
Judge kittreii Of Houston Is doiul
J. the the same thing u has neyei
been considered very serious faui
either iu Texas or elsewhere Ia N,
United states for a man 90 run for
one office while holding another
The precedent has been set and
followed In Texas by the most popu'
lar able and conscientious men VINO
have ever served the stat. OF Texas
In official position judge John II
Reagan. one OF the grandest states
men Texas has ever produced. made
1.-THE race for governor while holding
THE office OF railroad commissioner.
and dew ted weeks OF his time 20 his
campaign Governor James $ Hog
IS hose fame Is surely secure against
fhc charge OF grating made his firs,
race for governor while be held the
office Of attorney general. and was al
most continuously on the stump from
San Jacnto Day until be- vas uomin-
ated an the state convention senator
/ Charles A Cmlberso whose name
/ Is not inirequeutly mentioned Tor the
/ presidency made his first race for
governor while holding the office OF
attorney general, and devoted months
OF his time 70 an elaborate and lab
orous campaign Re also made his
race for United States senator while
he was holding me office OF COVER
nor
J. V. Cockrell and " r. smith
both made races for congress while
holding the office OF district judge
Judge Brooks campaigned the state
for governor while holding the office
OF Judge OF the court OF criminal ap-
peals.
Governor Colquitt oampaigned the
state twice for governor while hold
/ ing the office OF railroad commits
sioner Hon. Morris Sheppard and
! Hon G. Randell both members Of
the present congress which has been
continuously In session since last De
CembCr. are now. and have for weeks
past been stumping the state as can
didatcs for the United States senate.
have never heard that any OF The
distinguished gentlemen named
thought i' necessary 20 resign The po-
sitious they were holding 20 run for
positions they we're seeking. nor 90
reluquish The salaries attached 90
their offices while campaigning ]
have never heard that anybody exc
pected them or demanded OF them 10
do either similar eNamplel could
be multiplied indefinitely. In ma.
tional politics J high mention that
Hon. Judson Harmon has made tht
campaign for president this yea:
while holding the office OF goyerno'
OF Ohio Hon Woodrow Wilson
Democratic nominee for president,
made his campaign also while hold
ing the office o. governor OF New Jc--
sey. Hon Champ Clark and Hon
Oscar Underwood also made he cam
paign for president while holding
positions as members Of congress
Measured by the examples OF our
most distinguished and most houored
public men there is no merit in the
criticism which has been ieyeled
against Judge BroWn.uc % This mat
ter
while am upon the subject. may
be permitted % say that ! understand
that Mr. Lancaster has been accus-
toned 20 say 10 some Of bis speeches
and 20 circulate Boz other ways the
statement that before be- announced
as a candidate ne called on Judge
Browning and received assurances
from him that De would nor be "a can
dldate for cOugressman-at-large. but
would support Lancaster wish 10
say upon the authority of Judge
Browning himself that this statement
is not correct that Mr. Lancaster
never did mention The subject 10
Judge Browning until after Laucas-
ter had announced bis candidacy and
had learned that Judge Browning vas
also thinking about makin- The race.
after which hc ala make trip 20
Amarillo 20 fry 20 dissgade Judge
Browning from becoming caudI-
date. But Judge Browning gave him
then clearly 20 understand that Do
did have the matter under consider
alton and probably would determine
10 become a candidate as he after
wards did
Now. Mr. Lancaster never had e.
lien upon this office Like myself
he has only been out In the Wef'
Texas country a few years. while
Judge Browning and his old-time
friends have been pioneering IN This
section OF the country for thirty-one
years. and have made possible tho
conditions which enabled Mr. Lancas-
ter 20 run out TO Plainview from his
old home In Ellis county some five
or six years ago and get rich IN land
and other speculative en-
terprises lie and his friends. there
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