Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-19
WITH THE EDITORS

The friends of Governor Colquitt
say that he will be- in the race fer the
sehatorShlp to succeed Senator culher-
son. That makes three. So far. counting
DIR. Brooks. president of Baylor Inivry-
sity, and Congressman Henry. Should
tulbcrsnn finally decide not 10 offer
again the list of aspiraats will grow to
be as large ii not larger than that of
the g~uhernatorlal contestants before the
ellia1nators got Ia work and cut them
down 10 two leading candidates and
two or three who. apparently have no
following. and don't expect anything
much but the publicity they expect te
gam. As for the seHatorship, however.
We are still hoping Cuiberson will de.
eide Ia succeed himsclf.--Wichita Time
After having carefully studied the
two candidates for Governor Of Texas
from every view point. the Courier has
comc To- the conclusion that Ball is the
man who will come nearest giving the
people the Governor the people want
We have nothing To say against Mr..
Ferguson as u citizen. As a citizen he
: a man that any cor1unity would he
-'hV w INV. Wv NRttl't ~ .fVN 40 tlfNt
hlal here ~ such. But as the Governor
at a great Stale. such az Texas ~. he
does not measure up To the required
standard. according to tho Courier :
views. lie j. lacking in executive rx-
Perlencc and ability. Unlike his eppon-
rnt. he has had little experience IN af-
fairs al government. Ball. as a congress-
man for nrany years has had much 10
10 with formulating and shaping gov
ermental affairs. Us an executive his
experience j. ripe and his ability can
not be successfully questioned. He
has been ont of congress and 4 private
citizen long enough To- be- m close
touch and sympathy with the needs of
the people of Texas. Ii we had the job
of hiring a Governor for Texas. we
would hire Tom Ball.-Crockett Cou-
rier.
If the horrid Mexican actually stole
Richard Harding Davis penknife and
made him take off his shoes. the Unit
eel States will avenge him. Such out
RACES have no place ia civilized war-
care. They are the elimination II bar.
oarism gone mad.-Broklyn Eagle.
William Golden is q New York ex-
pert He saws the inmates of New York
~penitentiarlcs get more meat and bread
than they need. and that Ii cents ner
inmate per day is sufficient. II II Il
safe wager that William Golden's daily
expense account would make rich read
ing. An expert usually lives AT = -
a day hotel and paws extra for his
trimmings. Golden should he given n
l6-ccni per day diet. Just imagine mn
expert sitting into \ meal cost ) II
cents. and ycf this New York king If
the tribe recommends il for convicts.
\ convivct has n stomach: he has an
appetite and he has u mounth 10 feed.
Fort Worth Record.
Arkansas Pass has lust lei tho con-
tract for = municipality owned electric
light and water works plant. Munici-
pally owned public service plants are
constantly growing in favor. I'm that
manner .hc peopie can he served nj the
minimum cost They should be run for
the accommodation az the people primar-
ils. and not for the corporations op-
Grating thcm.-Aransas Pass Record.
In the construction OF the Panama
canal from 1901 10 1914. a total of
900 human lives were snuffed ont
through accident or tropical d.
il j. doubtful If these figures
had been ten times "a large that a sin
gle voice would have been raised
against the construction of this great
waterway in the Iniird States. There
are times when the interests of ciyilr
and humanity i~neSorahly de
mand the sacrifice Of human lives. The
example ~ bv Jesus Christ i the most
beautiful heorir srlf-renunciafion
known IL man. When a nation or an
individual shriuks from the ohviou.
naih sf duty because of the possible
of life invslvcd the standard OF
j. thereby sullicd.-Gal-
Tribune.