El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-10
BAILEY THE FLY IN
FERGUSON OINTMENT
Will Cause What Trouble There Is at the Convention
McLemore-Lane Contest Is Expected to Favor the
Houston Man, McLemore; Credentials Com
mittee Busy; Ferguson Men Caucus

pen when Bailey went into the con-
At noon he mingled in the lobby
| with the delegates and II was appar-
| ent that the senator has lost none of
/ his old time popularity. He IS bit
/ more gray than when last seen here,
! but otherwise is unchanged.
] The Ferguson crowd declares that
/ Bailey is due for a good massage by
/ the Ferguson steam roller, Is the con-
/ vention is overwhelmingly Ferguson in
| sentiment and will oppose Bailey To
! be sure Of the Ferguson forces, a gen
/ eraI caucus Of the Ferguson delegates
I will be held at the courthouse this eve
I ming to plan the program Of the con-
Committees Are Named.
The executive committee met Monday
morning at 10 o'clock on the mezzanine
floor Of the PasO del NOrte and agreed
on the credentials committee, the fl
nance committee and the returns COM
mittee. These committees went into
session at once and the executive COM
mittee adjourned until o'clock Mon
day afternoon to allow the subcommit-
tees to work. The credentials commit
tee is composed Of George H Culp, of
Gainesville, who is chairman; John Bon
ner. Of Houston; E ]. Weber. Of La
Grange; J. l. Drummer, Of Taylor, and
John T. Dixon, Of Paris. This commit
tee will have the important work of the
convention, as contests will come be-
fore this committee for consideration
before they are presented TO the con-
Yention.
Contest From Tarrant County.
The big contest is that OF the Tarrant
county delegations and for the nominal
ton Of congressman at large. A Ball
and Ferguson delegation were both
sent from Iarrant county and the
claims Of the rival delegations Will be
heard r B. Ridgeway, secretary of
the Ball club, is leading the fight be-
fore the committee for the Ball dele
cation, while ". A Hanger is in charge
OF the Ferguson fight. AS Ferguso1
got majority of 1900 from that county,
there is little doubt that the Ferguson
delegation will be seated by the COM
mittee.
Congressional Row On.
The McLemOre-Lane contest is more
spirited Jeff McLemore was declared
the winner in the race for congressman
al large W P. Lane claims that he
really won and has brought his fieb+
70 the convention Bales OF returns
"a oulations and figures are being con-
Sldered by the credentials committee
McLemore Is expected to be declared
the winner No other contests were
IaAen Up at the morning session Of the
credentials committee. although there
are a number Of counties having con-
tested delegations.
HOEE Amendments Left Out.
The HOsg amendments soca11ad
@AlCn We're included in the Temn1e
oTaIt OF the Ferguson platforr1 bv Fer
uson, nave been eliminated from the
tentative platform and will nor be con-
by the convention. These con-
suIuuonal amendments were those or
Tered BY H0gg and have since taken
ms name The placing Of these amend
Llenls IN the Temple draft Of the pIat-
~ ~ m was said 10 be a slaU at Ball who
me FerSuscl men claim, opposed Hog
ana MS amendments at the time me-
famous governor was fighting hardest
LoI lnerl- Inc caucus decided thRt the
winning faction could afford to be
broad gagged and decided to leave anv
rsIeTence to the HOgg amendments out I
OF the platform.
Ftnnnee Committee Meets
The finance committee which was an /
pointed by the executive COMMITTEE Il /
rs Ilrst meeting Monday Included. n 4
= Decker, Quanah; G. N Abbott Cal
.estoni o A AIcCracken, FioresviIIe- /
W NJ Bacon, Greensville The com, 1
nlttee went into session at once IN 4
the financial affairs ~ the 4
convention Nothing Of Importance fs I
s4pected to develop from this 1eefire-
ne returns committee is COMPOSED 81 1
< p. Coon, Of san Antonio: Peter n i
1ughes, Palestine; N L Hurst. Lock-
art: R W Braban, Huntsville. ana 7
K Heslip, OF Caldwell.