El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-10

DaIIrassment in which It has been IN
NyLteu curing most Of ColquitIs 80
lllIilslratfon- 1t Will not be surpT ls ISIS
II mere Is not a break in the poIltlSa-
friendship that now exists between
1sLsl son and Colquitt before maze ME-.
HlOnlns have passed Mr.. Colqultt
supported Mr.. Ferguson for goFerLGgL
- making a number Of speeches. IN NJ
1 and It is said that he taxes -
nlInselt big share of the credlt I9L
LeIsuson's nomination. He resal u
me result Of the primaries as an N
IlSoIsement Of his own administIs - ZION
-lany Ferguson supporters, hoWe'Sl'
10 NOT take this view OF things
Colquitt Seeks SenatOrship. -,
IN connection with governor COZ
quit support of Ferguson the SUI
IS told here that the former expects
TO be appointed to the United states
senate should any vacancy occur dur
ing MS successors term OF otIlce. u
ls also quite certain that Mr. ColqultI
viii make the race for senator 10 sue
cesa senator Charles A Culberson.
Inere IS much quiet rejoicing among
me anu-Bailey element OF IeAas
democrats over Mr.. Fergusons nom
inauon for governor. He has long
Deen a consistent political opponent OF
FORMER senator J. W. Bailey and the
latter was a supporter Of Mr. BAH for
Lne goVernorship. What makes MI
j ergusOn's nomination all the more
satisfying to the anti-Baileyites Is the
SCoASctLou mat MI bdlltE HaU P-D
Hcly stated that no "anti-Bailey man
Texas
May Repudiate Administration.
On one thing. however, Mr.. Bailey
and a considerable element of the
Ferguson Democrats mav get tosCther.
and tnat is the Proposition ct having
the state Democratic convention winch
meets at FL PasO August II give the
national Democratic administration
10 &
Mr. Bailey is hardly willing TO
go as far as favoring resolution OF
reputation Of Wilson's official poll
cies and acts as a whole, but he
stands ready to urge the adoption OF
O resolution criticising the attitude
OF the administration relative 10 the
tqrtff question. Many other Demo-
Gratis who supported Ferguson are still
much wrought up over the Scricn OF
president Wilson, secre tary OF state w
J. Bryan and postmaster Albert S
BurlesOn in writing letters indOrsing
the candidacy OF Ball for governor and
Il is practically assured that a hard
fight VIII be made in the FL oasO con-
veation to secure the adoption OF
esOiCticn repudiating the national ad-
min stra ton. Mr.. Ferguson vas IN
known to the Democracy of Texas at
the time Of the national campaign two
years ago. AS a humble citizen he
supported Champ Clark for president
Had Spectacular Rise.
In this connection II is interesting
to note that the spectacular rise OF
Mr.. Ferguson to political fame and
fortune has perhaps no counterpart In
the whole country Eight months ago
he was no more widely known than
the average man OF little Texas
community He had never held or
sought public office. He had made
success OF farming and banking
through wise investments in land and
by owning money he had piled up
comfortable fortune. He is only ~
years old and in the short period Of 20
years he has risen from the lowly po-
sition Of cowboy on ranch In central
Texas TO that nominee Of his party for
governor. When he began his cam
paign for the office a few months ago
he was the butt OF much quiet ridicule
on the part Of the professional poll
ticiaus Of the state. He met with the
solid opposition OF this element He
was nominated by So 600 majority over
Mr.. Ball who for many years has
been one OF the best known public men
in Texas
That there is a strong grend towards
Socialism in the land plank OF Mr..
Ferguson's platform is unquestionably
true II is believed by many thought
ful people Of the state that Mr.. Fergu-
sons election and the putting into
effect Of his proposition TO fix farm
rentals will mark the beginning OF an
era OF Socialistic legislation in this
state