Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-14
BALL is CHOICE
FOR GOVERNOR
CAMERON COUNTY PROTIRITION-
lists SELECT HOUSTON MAN ~
THEIR CANDIDATE For Gl BER.
NATDkIAL RACE
UNIT RULE ADOPTED
tS IN ACCORD AND
Upon MOTION NAMES TlIOS. IL.
BALL AN DADOPTS SINGLE VOTE
METHOD

Thomas H. Ball uf Houston il the
choice Of the nrohibilioni>i> of Cameron
fnr governor An instructed delegation
vii hr >rnt NJ the Fort Worth ,lmina-
tiun convention. which viii take place
neat SATURDAY. bat the delegation will
npt hc bound a. east it> votes tor Hall r.
girdles>. II the - convention names
SOM; other good man the delegation il
given lhr prcrugItivc of casting the thir-
OIL three votes ui Cameron cnuntv~proS
tor that man
Tho above paragraph r,citc~ the re
suits nf ihc me- ine If the Cameron c0un
tN plch.hitiuni>t> Whrh Wa> ned in
the Cameron county district courtroom
This afternoon. Probably fifty pros from
III parts III The country attended aua
the U.vtiug was cordial and entirely
iri Hdit ihr Hdmr nf only un other can
did1i" fer governor having hrcn men
ti,utti. thlt W w H. Lane. The present
rumpirollcr
The following resolution was pres nici
h W. : Black hear ~ San lirnitu q m
rrun rruHtt pro chairman and was first
adnp;"i I'm the convention with one vote
against. aud later upon motion was m,dr
the r,.uluiiuu NJ the convention hN Il un.
aninur~ vot.:
Resolved. That II y The SENSE ~ this
convention that Thrml> VI Ithll of llnu>
ton h the mln to bc nominated ~ GOV
'Uur u' Texas We therefor hereby ia.
>lrurt "ur delegates ~ east the vote W
Cameron count, Tor him a> a unit anl
&c tn >amc time use their discretion ia
lcctiug ~ nominating amy other good
man. III for amy cause Mr. Rlll could nnt
hr noHlnat'l: and We also desire our
U,lreitc> tu vote W. 4 unit M all things.
md - instruct them"
The delegates selected hv The convcn.
tom were nam y from the floor " ter y
motion a. appoint nominating commit
iccn had hc,.n objected 10. Thr li,t 81 dele.
gates a> follows. Col. u 4. GAY Olmito:
Nmu, Rich Brownsville: w :. Rnck
,hrar nf San Ernin: w *. Ncul 'lhal
II Brownsville: Judge Y. VI MnihpT>hcld
~ san Bnnito: nr. q II Thorn nf
BroWn>. lie. g. w Gift of IIari'nucn.
Judge T. rhcr W. llarlingcu: =. v cor
'Ln 0f Harrington Ma. Gillian AZ IInr
lingcn: = '' nShnrn of Ra,mnndvillr:
y y. StcV n~ru nf Iyfnrd: Ecy. a. r
White ul llHr'iUg,Hi: nr. :. n. llallam ~
brownsville; Vi. A Nrflrv wi Browns
'illr: " y. lir'dl,t 81 san Hcuito: y
~ Cnull-> WI Brownsville: Nurry r.
Srtrir rf brownsville; aud II NJ Skrl
trn n' brownsville.
tu'Un"l ID. \. GH, uurucd III meeting
lftcr which Amr> Rich was nominated
nd c!'c,cd chairman. After the chairman
l1l r~h u thr 'lour ~ name Il method for
"lcrtirg dri' gAt.> n motion made tl
n'iiur 1 nominating cDmttrc was objected
tn Jrd discarded for 4 motion that the
lclrgli Va named from he floor which
vas Che mcthod adopted
The only direction ~ an instructed
delegation was made hv n Y. cInrlc..
Nhl STAT Il that hc favored W. H. Lane
AM thJi b. was against ih, unit rule for
IN" vote However Mr. Cannlc> was over
ridden j, the convention following n
psch hv W :. Ehck>hclr fayoring
fh pil~ VI 1917 W. Houston
EcI1rdlr-~ nf NJ h,thrr unc nr MI the
delegate. attend he convention. th"
nIitilrar wv yutiu" cam ron r0unts'>
ihIrt, ihrrc votes H. given