El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-02

USTIN, Texas, July There is
II some considerable fur flying
L Il among the political animals Of
Teas As July % and the primaries
drw nearer, ban ana 1eIB tson az
saying meaner and meaner Things anu
taking the cue from their leaders, the
lesser lights apparently are warming
70 the occasion with equal FlgOr anu a
far less carefully selected hsI OF al
Gov Colquitt, who has been threat
ening to take to the stump Tor er-
e-uson carried the threat into execution
today and opened his speaking tour at
FIatOnia this afternoon at 2:SU. To-
night he speaks at Seguin, the former
home Of the Burgess boys OF Il Paso'
and tomorrow afternoon and night ne
speaks at Columbus and Eagle Lake
Thus the first two days Of MS cam
paiEn are TO be spent in the "blacklanQ
section" between san Antonio and
Houston. Then he viii jump into
Houston, Tom Balls own town
LOOney Raps COlOuitt
simultaneously with the disappear
ance Of the governor from the city,
attorney general LOOney, who 1lled the
suit against the Texas Business Mems
association last week. came out OF ms
office looking very angry, assembled
The correspondents hastily but solemniy
and proceeded to Civest himself Of some
sentiments not overly complimentary TO
the chief executive Mr. COlQulIt crit
icised the filing OF the suit as Ball
porting Ferguson. While the prOhiDI-
zionist attorney general Is for Mr. BAH,
he reSenLs the criticism InaL he IS not
doing his duty because II IS g duty
and asserts that he comes nearer know
ing what he is doing than the governor
for, asserts the attorney general no
request has been made by governor Col
quit TO see any OF the evidence upon
which the suit is based, and that the
executive had passed criticism without
having in his possession the facts IN
"a ON
phatically denies the charge that the
suit was brought for political erect on
the approaching primaries and says ne
has ample evidence that the association
is violating the anti trust law that
busted the Waters-Pierce Oil company
and came near doing the same thing to
Joe Bailey
Ferguson AssaiIs Ball.
Col Ball is in northeastern Texas
up around Paris-at present and Mr.
Ferguson is in northwestern Texas,
each taking the hide from the other in
quite stable chunks, without apology
or apparent regret Dir. Ferguson
talked TO tbs usual large crowd at
Mineral Wells this afternoon and to
night he speaks at WeatherfOrd-
Let US see about Col Balls scheme
TO have the state government lend the
money OF the school children for the
purchase Of homes IN east and central
Texas" says Mr.. Ferguson, by way Of
paying his respects TO his opponent
III you viii divide the 100000 which
ne aNa4-aD4E EaEn ear eA44D-lE
the 100000 tenants in the state they
would receive IS each with which 10
make the FIRST payment on a nome ms
viii never do. II you lend them $1,000
each il viii take go years TO 80 around
Figures Strange Sometimes.
The Sl,O00OO0 Of the school fund
WOud take care Of only 1000 tenants
q year and for the next 80 years there
would only be 10000 tenants that could
Suppose a tenant should want 10
accept Tom Balls cut-over pine land
idea and should buy. at so an acre, 100
acres from the Houston Oil company
which, according TO Tom Ball, owns
100000 acres Of this cut-OYer land
Suppose the state is willing 10 lend him
$500, or nine-tenths OF the purchase
price, leaving him TO pay $500 besides
making improvements that would cost
at least $500. Every farmer knows that
not one tenant in 500 could raise that
much money So again the scheme OF
Tom Ball won't do
Ferguson a Bryan Farmer.
Then comes Col Ball over Clarks-
vile way, with the following gentle re-
partee as IL might appear. though he
said il before he heard what Mr.. Fer
guson had said Of him.
Ferguson admits he never did any
thing for anybody except jim Fergu-
son He has been chasing the dollar
all his life He is not a farmer. He is
what Bryan calls an agriculturist He
lives in town and farms the farmers
He says he left the farm when he was
16 and he never went back until he
went 10 collect his wife's rentals"
Col Ball told his crowd Of Fergu-
sons system Of lOaning money to the
farmers Of Bell county at Is percent
interest
IF no good woman can vote for the
success Of Ferguson's principal plat
form plank-the whisky plank-can
any good man afford to vote for him.
Ball asked
Col Ball declared mat thousands OF
men had been hanged in Texas on less