El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

! mol. THOMAS H. BALL. of Houston.
stands an even chance of being
~ the next governor of Texas At
/ the coming Fort Worth prohibition con-
/ ference or convention, according to the
+ growing impression, to use baseball par
/ lance, lieutenant governor Mayes and
! controller Lane the present avOWed Pro.
/ candidates. will strike out, Tom Ball viii
! be passed to first base by common ac-
cord, and Cullen Thomas, who has played
/ a prominent part as a possible candi-
| date, and who fathered the conference
| and elimination idea, will make the sac
: rifice hit to bring Ball home.
Col Ball is the logical man to lead
/ the Pros. 1t was he who led them in
/ the statewide fight Of 1911. Watch him
! proclaim from every stump in Texas
/ that he led them to victory that year;
/ that the ants stole the election. and
| that the pros must elect a governor in
! order to get a square deal. A terrific
slogan
/ The colonel was an old friend of sena-
/ tor Bailey His nomination viii tickle
/ the Bailey pros. He was also a big
I factor in the Texas Wilson victory, as
/ all know who followed the Houston and
/ Baltimore conventions. So the anti
/ Bailey pros viii be satisfied with him.
I This solid pro support Will give Ball the
| lead.
Furthermore his selection viii please
the overwhelming majority of good citi-
zens in Texas, both pro and anti. be-
cause it will place the governOrshiE
upon a higher plane than that to which
1t has been drifting. He Is known at
home and nationally as a big man.
The next move will be for the ants
to select a candidate as good, not one
to appeal to white aprons and ward
healers, but some big. clean man. There
are thousands of men who are anti
through principle, as well as some ever
present who are ants through lack of
principle. Let the latter class give way.
Let the former select a man of the type
of Albert BurlesOn. Then Texans could
rejoice because Texas would have a gov
ernOr worthy of the greatest state of the
union either way the election went.
In this day of progress, those of us
who are on the ground have been i'm
pressed with what might be termed the
progressive army. Just as civil officials
have come closer to the people. army
officers have displayed a keener knOwl-
edge of human nature. Contrast the
peaceful settlement by a general, prac-
ticallv unattended by soldiers. of an in
dian outbreak, with the bloody conflicts
of history. 1t not only disprOves the
old saying that there is no good indian
except a dead one, but 1t proves the power
of the heart as well as the viii in army
service.
The task of the American soldier sta
toned at FL PasO during the Mexican
revolution has been unique, entirely diff
ferent from the duties of the army camp
ing at points away from the actual
border. The city itself has been filled
with refugees from both sides of the
revolution. Fighting one another in an
unhappy war at home, they have been
Just as antagonistic upon our city's
streets.
To have enforced the law relating to
our neighbors rigidly and impartially,
throughout a trying period, at Fl Paso,
too much a hot bed, is compliment
enough, if it were the purpose of this
article only compliment. But the task
grew much more difficult when an entire
army from Mexico was added to our
refugees and had to be cared for in
way, old perhaps, to theory, but new to
practice.
It is a sight to behold for one to see
a fighting army from a foreign country
converted into a peaceful city upon
American soil, to see the Mexican Off
GERS Law aside their swords and assume
the duties of civil government in a model
community, where the tent has replaced
the sage bush. and the shower bath has
taken the place of war equipment. And !
it IS gratifying to see our general IN
command respect the dignity of the
commanders of this refugee city with
the spirit of the golden rule:
All of which is in line with the pro-
gressive army. and all of which displays
the real leadership of Gen. Scott as Il
commanding officer, as one who has n
firm hold upon the military with one
hand, and a. warm grasp for humanity
with the other.
In the article announcing the series it
was stated that most men balance Won
derfully near the average man." This,
like all other rules, is subject to striking
exceptions. Through history there are
scattered commanding figures. The
reading public OF the southwest Is, IA
miliar with the admiration l have long
held for the great CommOner, an adj
miration and devotion that existed
through the years when time-serving
politicians spurned him, as distinguished
from latter days when self-seekers court
At Chicago, when little older than
boy. BY a single speech he swept the
nation. At st. Louis he brought his
opponents in the convention and through
out the country to their feet with re-
spect and applause. At Baltimore! How
great he wasi
These were striking features in promi-
nent places. Greater still was his work
for mankind day in and day out through
the years of being our foremost private
citizen.
But the greatest thing in Bryan's ca
reer has been his service in the Wilson
administration. Enemies, ostensibly of
BRYAN. as well of Wilson, and really of
the cause which Wilson is nobly leading
and BRYAN Loyalty serving. have used
every artifice to throw a barrier between
our greatest president and our greatest
Commoner. How great and true Bryan
is has been shown by the following Ian
puage taken from the presidents recent
letter to Mr.. MaTbury:
"YOur reference to the secretary of
state shows how COMPREHENSIVE YOU
have looked on during the last few
months. Not only have Mr.. Bryan's J
character, his Justice, his sincerity. his /
transparent integrity, his Christian
principle, made a deep impression upon
all with whom he has dealt; but his
tact in dealing with men of many sorts !
his capacity for business, his mastery