El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

IT. He appointment of Cone johnson,
as solicitor of the state depart
ment, brings great satisfaction 20
the people OF Texas. To all who know
nm, he Is loYable, he Is magnetic, he is
OF the purest character, and he is of the
highest type of ability. To even those
who have not the pleasure of knowinI
hlm personally, he is big and clean, and
worthy. To the administration, he viii
be valuable official at his Washington
desk, and a tower of strength wherever
he may speak throughout the country.
My friendship and admiration for
Cone johnson are not new. The peopia
OF FL Paso viii remember my speech at
the Crawford ltheater, advocating ais
election as governor in 1910. 1t was d
great mistake that Texas made that
year. However, time corrects such blum
ders.
They don't make more able orators
than Cone johnson. He possesses the
great essentials of oratOry, the first OF
which, OF course, is a heart that IS I'M
selfish and that beats in sympathy with
the masses of people. All the book
learning of the ages, with all the elocu-
tionary training known to art would be
worthless towards making an orator
without the presence of a sympathetic
and sincere heart. Coupled with this, he
has the Intellectual power and physical
gifts that round out his OraGory.
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What a great combination Bryan and
johnson make! How congenial they
must find one another! I sat by Cone
johnson at the Baltimore convention
while Bryan was speaking As one great
orator can naturally understand another
better than can we ordinary fellows, so
Cone johnson, sitting in his seat as
delegate, was first to grasp and fully
appreciate the power that Bryan was
then exerting.
And Conc johnson was also some ora
tor in that convention. In a sentence, he
expressed the situation, he electrified the
entire body, and he stated an issue that
was accepted by thousands. In sub
stance, it was that he knew his place,
because on one side there was Bryan,
and on the other there was Wall street;
that between the two, Democraey's place
was on the side of Bryan. How fitting
it is that johnson is now at the side of
Bryan!
After calling an elimination conference
at Dallas, at which he persuaded OPP
nents of Col. Ball to endeavcr to con
cenTate, Clarence Ousley, who IS a high
ly talented man, made a great mistake
in offering himself as a candidate.
1t was an impossible thing for one,
even of his talent, to achieve, to get
others to withdraw because they were
too little, and then combine on him rs
one big enough. 1t would have been as
easy to make water run uphill.
The natural thing has happened. Their
band Is worse split than before, and
hopeless of success. Mr.. Ousley has
found it necessary to withdraw.
The old machine in Texas is going to
pieces because it ought to do so. Texas
is too big, too great and too Democratic
for the old order of machine to continue.
Even those men in their organization
who used to receive orders and obey are
now discouraged. How else could they
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dered first to support this man and then
that. They have lost confidence in the
Judgment of their leaders.
After they got excited for Sam Sparks,
then the word was passed that Sam had
been double crossed and Ousley sub
stituted. Then they became enthusiastic
for Ousley. Now he has seen signs of the
double cross and has withdrawn. How