El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-11

: trouble, I stand as a citizen ready TO
swat every man Of Texas who seeks
I TO destroy the usefulness Of Fergu-
Is Slap ut Bailey.
This was a slap at Bailey and
! pleased the crowd and there were fire.
/ quent interruptions from that point
/ through the remainder Of the speech.
I A number of men who stood around
! the reporters table shouted, Go to 1t
! O. B"-''We're for you COlquitt" and
other battle cries until it was impos-
{ sible to hear the governor. Wnen ne
: announced that he would assist IN
! hurting back the men from Washing
! ton who had come to dictate to the
I damn Joe Bailey" which raised
| cheer. He repeated his statement
} about Wilson and Bryan and BAILEY,
! adding Ball to the list, although he
I was not from Washington The crowd
J liked this and yelled for more. Col
quit reviewed his own political ca
! reer. announced that he had fought
! against great odds and had won and
that Texas had buried forever the po-
litical bosses, the political colonies,
the political tomcats and had eNtln-
( guished the political preachers.
Considered Shrewd Political Move.
ColQuitt's speech was taken as
nomination Of himself for United
States senator and as such was consid-
cred a shreWd piece Of politics When
the enthusiastic runnersup In the
.
next senator from Texas he was vtsi-
bly, pleased The speech was not an
imprOmptu one. as It was plain TO see
that Colquitt had planned It IN ad-
vance and was putting himself on rec
ORD as favOring Ferguson in every
thing and opposing Bailey
Earlier in the evening there was
report in the hotels that Bailey had
proposed to compromise through Col
quit. favoring the injection of his
national anti-prohibition clause in the
liquor plank. Colquitt squelched this
along with the story that he was
next governor wished.
Colquitt fired a brOadside at the ma
tional administration One lick was
regarded as being for Ferguson be-
cause Of the famous Ball endorsement
letter, and two were for Colquitt
because Of his frequent differences
with the administration because Of the
Mexican question.
Strictly a Ferguson Caucus.
It was q characteristic political eau
Gus OF the winning faction. W. W
Chambers Of Milan county presided
and c. J. Kirk Of Harris county acted
as secretary. The list Of counties were
called and when it was announced that
they were for Ferguson the crowd
cheered and Pat O'Keefe threw his hat
in the air and yelled his approval
When a Ball county was reported
the crowd yelled, throw it out" and
everyone had the time Of his life while
EusOn's eight bower. was in control Of
the caucus, made all OF the motions
and saw that everything was regular
The report Of the caucus showed
that Of the S35 votes SIS of them were
pledged to Ferguson and Ferguson's
policies A motion was made and car
ried that the entire vote be cast for
Ferguson Barry Miller of Dallas, s.
n Hardwick of Abilene and ". A
Hanger of Fort Worth were nOmi-
mated as floor managers by Col. VOL
tiers and elected by the caucus.
Suggests Kelly; Is Overlooked.
At this point Ell PasO county's dele
cation came near starting something
Tom Powers who was standing neaS
VOTERS, attempted to get the atten-
ton Of the presiding officer.
Il move that the name Of Henry
Kelly Of FL Paso be added to this list
OF floor managers" he shouted.
VOTERS overlooked him and the chair,
taking the cue from the Ferguson
manager. did the same Powers re-
peated his motion, but it was lost in ]
the vote on the original motion. Pow
ers was plainly peeved- He turned to /
state senator Claude Hudspeth who /
something that could not be heard by (
the crowd.
Powers Takes Fling at HudSpeth. /
"Oh Tom. what DO you care You J
won $1,000 on the election"
Yes, and I will give $1,000 to beat /
you the next time you run" Powers !
answered, as he walked out of the 4
meeting.
Hop to it." Eudspeth replied. with a |
laugh.
Hudspeth then nominated Gerome /
Shield Of San Ar~eIo as sergeant-at-
arms and Billy nth of FL Paso as
assistant At the county convention
last week he placed Smith in nominal /
ton for the position Of sergeant-at- &
arms.
Leaves Off the Gold Braid.
Col r A ChaDa Of the eroz-arucrs .
staff, is attending the convention from
san Antonio Col Chapa was here to I
attend the statehood convention with !
gold braid adjoining his uniform He :
anne this time attired only in a Palm /
Beach suit, a Panama hat and a smile I
-ol- Chapa Is a druggist in San An I
-onlo when he is not attending cOnven-
ions or guarding the governor.
Carlos Bee, senatOr-elect from Rexar /
county, Is another san Antonio product
Eho IS attending the meeting OF the
,lans. He went to ClOudcroft to spend /
sunday and is one of the best two !
n Texas.
William J. Moran. a member Of the
arrant county delegation and editor Z
u the southwestern Bricklayer. was
lere to attend the Texas Federation of I
-abor convention in May T. G. GeIler. {
y DaIlas, Is also here representing the |
aboring men.
John H Kirby. the lumber king of
H~-s - D-AE u the DIX men at the
oWWoW- Kirby was here seven years
90 IN the interest of the Texas 5000 | {
% club and made a rafting good ! ]
peech at the Texas smoker which was
ED at the EIks club.
Galveston Mayor Here.
Lewis Fisher, mayor of Galveston led {
ne back bay delegation into town sun I
az night and has been in charge since.
-e Is a real, live mayor and saws FL J
aso Is a regular town. {
). A McFaddin. father Of Al. McFad-
m the retired president of the Texas {
attic halsers' association. is attending T
ne convention from Victoria. He was q
-st time and took a prominent mart in a
le proceedings. I
Judge W. L. Davidson, who was re-
omlnated for Judge Of the criminal | 2
1urI OF appeals, claims two cities as /
- HOHies' his official home is in ]