Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-28


wendcr the brewcfc. aud BAR room nj
this State got bchHn his candidacy AID
made il impossible fer the ants. who
have no liquor Ia ell. and who are not
upon the payroll ~ The liquor interests.
"a agree. upon asy uhcr anti prohibition
candidate. NJ otbsr candidate ~ Texas
could have been fund Ia make the
pledge Ferguson 10 "a the liquor inter
csts. The brcwori,> aud bar rooms were
told that no ameialmcnts to strengthen
our local option la~ :. no i'm -rca~e of their
taxes: no rrslucti u in the number If
bar roorns; no shortening of the hours
of sale: No fines "a forfcitures for con.
tributing Ia cami-ign funds or 90 the
hiring Of men with LIQUOR money 10 work
for against men 90 measures. would find
no executive fav,r. That promise H.
ought not to have siatr: that bargain he
will never he pern4itted by the people ri
Texas 10 consummAte.
SCORED FERGJ.sON LAND PLANK.
But the liquor s,trrcsts III ihis state
alone can not clctf a Governor: and Mr..
Ferguson put owes another plank never
presented by any farmers organization
~ farmers in Tee, ~ before in the hone
that the prohibit on tenant farmers If
Texas might. undcr "A lclusion. ba draNn
into a combine with the liquor interests
10 furnish the Nc cssarv VOTES a. make
him ';eycrnor. aEl enable him "a keep
his phslgr 10 lln liquor Interests and
their hirelings. refer 10 his plank Ia
make IL againS' the law 60 charge IA
grater portion tlesn onc-third If the
grain and one fAIrth ~ the cotton
against u enant solking land and fur
nisline his own Fam. or one half the
grain and cotton crops where the land
owner furnishes she team. Such a law
would lc an inv fsion IF the right uf
prlyatc contract nd would not be- suS.
tainod b, the "olfrtS and would give no
substantial RELIEF L. the tenants of the
country.
Certainly tle Slate has no more right
TO fix the land I+nts than il ha> ..ou~.
rents. and no ratp. right e. fix land
rents than il hassihe prices Of products
grown upon the land. 80 the prices of
cattle. or the pr.oc> of coosis.
] am not Detecting the land owners
who charge more lhan the land IL worth.
or who would os''frs~ their tenants. NJ
sympathie> are eth the homeless NAH
aud | would exercise every proper fnnc-
tiHl of the government. not Ia satisfy
him IN remaining u tenant. not to create
u state ~ permanrnt tenancy. hut a. cn-
able him 10 cease being q tenant aud Join
with the great IN az az home owners who
oncc were tenants. Even if you passed
such a law and il was held lesa!. The
Landlord. could not be- made 10 rent
his land upon s~areS. Ii h. preferred
10 work white EiRn and Mrxir.r> for
wages a. Mr.. Ferguson doe~ - negroes
and McNican> ~ many lauGlp~ls IL Cor
wages. what law could prevent III" laL,i
lord conducting ts business in this ~,
and would rot i.e effect Of Mr.. Frr.u
sons law. if il tould be passed. Lc 10
make more landlords euliitNe thar
rich lands by uSnls traction engines and
hired labor. a. var Ferguson does. Who
could prevent tAe landlords cmfsvatins
their best lands his way. nearest Ia the
schools aud Ia thr markets. and leave 10
the tenants Their poorest improvements
and least desirable lands 60 IT, worked
upon shares? l. there any relies or hope
IL the tenant Ear ner~ az Texas. a. iuStif,
them IN graSpinr NJ such II proposition.
selling their hi ihright for !, mess Of
pottase. sacrificing their views upon
the prohibition question aRd becoming the
allies If the liqaor interests in e~Iecting
I "A Eaxaru.r ~ 20.