Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-19
FERGUSON AND SHULER.
n these cigarette smoking boys want to 90
10 hell LET thsm 90. Our property must be
looked after. NY pocketbook Is my principles.

tion campaign IN l"Gh.
Mr.. Ferguson has denied this. or ra-
Their. his campaign manager. Mr.. John &.
Mckay. denied ia for him.
Now comes Rev. Schulcr aud adds an
other chapter to the controversy lie
has stated that Il have before me letters
and articles published i'm the Temple Tel
cgram showing that Mr.. Ferguson did
not deny the statement which | quoted
him aS expressing. lie did claim that he
used the word friends whre | claimed
hc used the word boys He further sta
ted that he said devil where ] quoted
him as having laid hell lie also af-
frmed that he added To the statement
concerning the boys the clause. If the
girls suffer"
your paper statements from John g.. Ne
Kay. campaign manager for Mr.. Fcrgu-
nson. in which certain private letters
from me To Mr.. Ferguson are quoted.
which statement reflect upon my v~eracity
and honor. | hope YOU will give me
space for this rcjoinder.
First am charged with having mis-
quoted an uttcrance from "A speech of Mr.
Ferguson. delivered in "A local option
campaign in 1909. Mr. Fergusons mind
works so badly about this matter that
he declared in a speech recently reported
in the Dallas News that the speech from
which the uttcrancc was taken was de
livcrcd two years ago. II IL not neces-
sary for me 10 defend my quotation Mr..
Fcrguson'S statement WAS heard by a
thousand people. 1t was the sensation
of that campaign. Ii was discussed on
the streets and Is a matter of common
knowledge in Bell county. \ half dozen
sworn statements have been pnblish he'd Ia
the effect that my quotation was correct.
Ny wife and | sat together and heard
him say what ! charge he said. IL was
published in two papers in Temple. Tex.
he has supporters in Temple today who
heard that speech and say he Is quoted
correctly.
More than that Mr.. Ferguson never de
MED the sentiment expressed in my quo
tation of his speech. lie did deny u part
If the wording. Blu had his statement
been i'm the wording he claims. ii would
have been just as horrible and damaging
an uttcrancc. III sought then TO have
the matter brought before a committee
Of two for settlement. the committee Ia
be appointed by himself and | To vote
the anti ticket providing they found that
hc had used the words he claimed he
used instead of those | claimed. | treat
Cd the matter a. a Joke. 80 well known
Was his statement. Mr.. Fcrguson's
b~roadsidc denial AT this late day. five
years after his utterance was made. j.
in perfect keeping with his present cam
paign, in which charges and denials are
being freely entered by him. regardless
of the facts in the ease
In this same communication which ycu
use in your paper. there appear private
letters from me To Mr.. Ferguson. con
tanning uttcranccS of d friendly nature.
expressed before | had ever thought Of
that gentleman Offering for governor %
Texas. These letters are mutilated. Ger
tain parts being left out to suit the taste
Of Mr.. Ferguson. In thse letters ! was
asking for 4 Gift To the University Meth
uliSt church. which ! hope was no crime.
have asked hundreds of men outside
the church for such gifts. My EXPIRES
SionS Of personal friendship for Mr.. Fer
guson were az that time most genuine
| had always esteemed him a. my friend
and had counted him a man Of integrity
and honor. a third letter IN which
agreed with Mr.. Ferguson that il was
hest for him not to give the money and
in which my request for the gift was fin
ally called of " not published. Aftcr
that third letter was written Rev. y. ~.
Young of Dallas told me that Mr. Fcrgu
son had told him he desired To assist me
in my undertaking and 80 ! called on
him later and he gave me 500 IN his
wife's name. ! plainly told him then
that I could not and would not support
him for governor.
And now h takes the liberty If tax
ing private letters of a confidential ma
turc and making them into political
thunder 10 bc used IN campaign clrcu-
lars. a breach Of ethics that | have never
known the equal of. He seeks To use my
expressions of personal friendship ia the
most misleading manner and To make IN
impression perfectly foreign to anything
| ever had in mind.
In view of these and ether facts. il
has dawucl upon me hat his whole
scheme in giving this monev was 10 pur-
chase me. use me as "A tool. close my
mouth with his check. circulate my pri-
waite letters and otherwise reap popular.
ity mons the Mcthodi>is Of the State
the ground that | was his friend.
With this a. a firm conviction. ] Ger
tainly could not use his money.
II has already been expended in my
church as directed by him. but | have
taken the amount out of my private
funds and have sent il TO him with 10
per cent interest AMI have told him if he
wants a larger rate of interest ] will be-
glad To forward il 10 him.
IS rich. as MIR. Ferguson is and a.
poor rs + am. | can not afford TO keep
this money with the realization that IL