Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-13
Makes Reply TO auI NAPLES and Captain
Paddock. Who Undertook TO Defend
Commercial Secretaries Association in
Their Letters.
CHARGES THAT RADFORD WAS
AFTER WALL STREET FUNDS
Houston GubernatoriaI Candidate is Still
Convinced He is Right Concerning
Course Of Commercial Secretaries and
Union Officials.
From the Houston POST

$3.50 ~ !" - e
cation complaining Of what they term
Colonel Balls arrangement Of The Tex
as business Mems association in Fort
Worth speech" The stvic of the letter
does not appear 10 be that Of either Of
the gentlemen whose names are signed
thereto. but for the purpose Of this fe-
ply | will treat il aS original with them.
MeSsrS. NAPLES aud Paddock state
that The association has never directly
or indirectly taken any part for or
against any candidat" for any office or
expressed any opinion upon amy queS
ton Of a political nature. II has devot
ell is activities solely 10 gathering aud
disseminating information regarding
the resources of the Stat, Of Texas and
making pra"tical suggestions az a. how
best "a utilize these resources for the
development Of the industrial agrirul
tural and commercial irtercstS of the
State"
MesSrs. NAPLES and Paddock do not
state the facts fairly aud their document
was evidently attended for political IF
fort and not written on; Of any partica.
lar regard for the Texas Business Mem
association. The part uf ny Spceclia a.
which they object was devoted tu a chit
iciSm of the action Of c,.-taih officials
Of the Commercial Secretaries. alias the
Texas Business Mems associations. aud
an officer and former officer of thc
Farmers union.
] did not a~rraign the Farmers union.
as such. nor the Texas Business Mems
association. as such. ! DID charge that
certain officers Of both these aSSoci,
objects Of. and that they would DESTROY.
both the Farmers union aud the Texas
Business Mems organization IN >url
methods. ! called namcS that of i. A.
Arnold. actively in charge If the CONNER
cial Secretaries, and McSSrS. l,adford
aud Lewis. and one officer Of the Far
mcrS union. | did 81 ia a perfectly prop
or way and charged that they are en.
dcayoring 90 use their organizations "a
defeat submission and prohibition and
Ia defeat me for governor. | was of that
opinion when | made the statement. be.
lirvc1 that ] had sufficient evidence
therefor, and yet 80 believe.
] now beg 10 say that | am advised:
!. That J. \. l;adford. within less than
10 DAYS after my Endorsement az Fort
Worth, was soliciting funds Tor this or
gaIization from Wall street and stated
that would br defeated for Governor.
n In addition 10 the antiprnhibitionist
organization certain Of the officials Of
the Garmcrs union would work against
me.
: That the Commercial Secretaries. or
the Texas Business Mems association.
have been furnishing money To- carry on
the l;adford Lewis propaganda. 10 drive
the farmers back a. their farms and
make both quit talking prohibition.
u That Mr.. l.adford IL manager ~ the
Texas Farm Life commission. receives A
salary that il furnished Nv the Texas
business Mems association. and did SO
during the session Of the last legislature
while lobbying against bills demanded
hy organized labor.
J. That the Commercial Secretaries.
or Texas business Mems association.
have been paying for the plates contain
Ing the l:adford and Lewis commnnica
ti"nS. which have gone "a all country
newspapers that would use them. and
that the whole expense Of this movement
has been borne by the Commercial Sec.
retarieS alias the Texas Business Mems
association.
>. That the Commercial Secretaries. or
Texas Business Mems Association. have
placed funds "a the disposal Of Mr. Rad
lord. which he has been using a. h. save
fit in carrying on ! campaign inimical
To- submission and 10 my candidacy. ard
that "A large sum of money il monthly
placed by the Commercial Secretaries
or Texas Business Mems association n
employ lecturers under the auspices of
the Farmers union.
In my Fort Worth speech | expressly
stated that ! heartily approved the pur
poses and aims for which the Farmers
Union was organized. and further stated
that the Commercial Secretaries could
have accomplished great good for the
State if they had stuck to the purposes
for which the organization pretended IA
stand did charge. and believe. that the
officials named are using their orrani
cations or political purposes and that
the subscribers 10 the funds of their or.
CARNATIONS do not know how their mon.
~ II being applied. | further stated tha,
their coundust would. in my judgment
destroy both organizations unless such