Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-17
SIGNIFICANCE To
TERRELL VICTORY.
Believed May Have Bearing
On Fight Against
Johnson

orators failed no deprive Hon Cnes-
ter "A Terrell o. san Antonio o. ne
udylleqe OF presiding over the House
nj Representatiyes during the next
sitfy or ninety days. or longer should
thu business OF me State demand d.
ln his race for 'le speakersnip ~
tho Thirf.thrd House Young Ter
reu has ueVly e1emp.Nnd DE Nis-
dom ntp0uaded Boo t.s mr''. pf ''n-
ler,I Forest. me great Confederate
commander. eho a.d he always
made b. a point .r order o. 90 ~
a skirmIsh of auy kind 10 Get there
uuus With the mOstus men That
Ia exactly VIA, Terrell did and when
the result or rho ballot vas announ-
ced AZ JUST q little after . o'clock
TUESDAY afternoon. .' Uas re.ealed
Ibeyoud aIl doubt that Boo bad about
! 90 fhp mos'us' And 20 vas a
! pleuty
ia. New speaker at the House
Tho nnpIv elected speaker M fne
House of Representative OF The
IThrty-thIrd Legislature comes from
the cIty of San Antonio Do nov
lcnter.ur upon bis 'a.rd term as a
member of mo House from Heyar
Icounty uc is about 800 Goar- of age
land lawyer Uy profession .ie was
born .u tho northern part H me
state. hut has resided many wears DO
San Antonio. where poo nas always
taken au actiy. interest u pubic
IauaIrs During tine recent munich
lpal campaigns that have been Naged
| u that clty Nr Terrell has '1lrnt
Iyalieutly for commission form OF
government for san Antonio and has
never let up iu his war on what De
I deemed 10 be- machine governed
system knowing somewhat OF his
work In this connection many u' the
members Of tho House ordinar... an
taFouistic 10 Terrells policies IA
state affairs sided with him 200 his
contest for the Spcakership. 80 the
cost oft terrific castigaiion from -ome
of their fellow members The pro-
hibition question was injected The
United States seuatorship vas
brought into II The amendment 70
the stock and bond Law were feeling
Is referred 10. and every conceivable
point was urged against Terrell mat
could boz urged. seemingly The NOM
! mating spcochcs we're NOTHING but
IrunuIug-nre debates aud embraced
a dicIssiou OF everything from ire
1 Baltimore convention down But u
is doubtful % q single vote vas
changed and the result OF tho ballot
on the speakership begins to look
| like yindication OF the claims OF
pledges that have been issuing from
Terrell headquarters for the past
week or ten DAYS
What Election of Terrell Means
There are plenty OF those VINO
say that the election of Chester Ter
rcll as speaker has strong bearing
on several live matters thar are
likely to come mp iu the legislature
this session aside from prohibition.
But as usual the critics are not -
AN agreed on these matters The
tall Col r y. Jones of Tyler. Hho
goes about whatever he is doing 100
70 myseNously quiet way, seemed %
think thar the election OF speaker
would have some powerful bearing
on the election OF Morris Sheppard
or r VI Johnson. but the fact thai
strong partisans OF both got in be
hind Chester Terrell and helped 20
elect him. looks like a regulation OF
that idea ~ least ifrhe election OF
Terrell is likely TO jeopardize the
election of Morris Sheppard TO the
United states Senate TO fill the
unexpired ter moi Senator Bailey in
the place of the appointtee OF Gov
cruor ColQuitt, somebody has indeed
pulled the wool over the eyes OF
men like HUMPHREYS. Goodner and
Coffcy. who are FOR sheppard first.
last and an the time.
The United states ~cnator>hip
\ determined effort is going 70
De- made by the friends OF Morris
Sheppard 20 land him To the United
States Senate before his present term
as congressman expires Prior 70
the announcement contained in the
daily press dispatches thar ne would
not he ayerse 20 accepting the office.
there was a disposition among the
members OF both the House and the
Senate 10 simply ignore the fact that
they had the power 20 put another
man in the place occupied by Sena-
tor v VI Johnson. in the interest OF
Legislative harmony This DISPOSE
tion was not general. but there were
a sufficient number OF the members
who looked AZ the matter In that
light 20 indicate that such a course
might be pursued But Sheppard's
announcement seems 90 have alto
cethcr changed the situation and his
friends declare that a strong fight
VIII DO made 20 elect him Pending
the settlement OF the spcakorship
contest hut little was said on this
subject hy the members OF the
House. although Senator Vaughan.
the ACKNOWLEDGED sheppard leader
'n fhe State Senate. SO declared from