Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-19
INSIDE OUT AND
UPSIDE DOWN ARE
BORDER POLITICS
Cameron, HidaIgo and Starr Counties Due
for Greatest Political Upheaval Ever
Seen on the Lower Border-Even Strife
May be Result.
STARR COUNTY SPLIT IS
ONLY ANOTHER INDICATION
Declared that Manuel Guerra, for Years
the Final Word in Starr County Politics,
Has at Last Broken With Political CO.
horts of Many Years.

The greatest political upheaval ever ex-
perienced on the lower border. which in
cludes Cameron. Iliialgo and Starr coun-
ties, l. due before the July primaries have
passed. Every flame pointed arrow il
headed in that direction, and ii indications
are correctly interpreted, there's "gwine
To be high old times" on the north bank of
the Rio Grandc before the day that's 10 de
termine between Ball and Ferguson arrives
| Splits come and go, but the split that
has reached the lower border apparently
, is one that's going 10 stay, whichi> all the
more reason that "high iinks" should re-
I suit before the primaries have rolled into
history. And these splits are not
sudden splits. They have been IN process
Of formation perhaps for many months
among the powers that be-or want to be
and if there i any really, sure enough
truth to the reports that have been going
round, they are coming out in full growth
before many more weeks.
| For instance, there's Starr county,
rip roaring hell-be- busted Democratic
county that hasn't permitted even man
of questionable out and out Democratic
principles TO get look in for years and
years. Whisper it now, but later YOU can
shout it. Stars got a split, too. Yes. sir,
real genuine split. Manuel Guerra, the
final word in Starr county politics, the
man who has held whole Democratic
county in the palm of his hand for years
and years, has went and dug up sure
enough opposition.
And its opposition that's real opposi-
tion. if all reports from Starr county can
be true "a those who give them say they
are. Guerra has not cared for office him
self, hut he's been some pumpkins when il
came To matter of the other fellow run
ming for office. In fact Guerra and hs
sons and sons sons have held office in old
Starr since Heck was pup, and there's
several fellows in Starr who are shore nuif
riled up about il. and they say they are
tired of Guerras kinfolk being elected to
office.
The breezelets that come down from
Starr 10 hear what the wild wavects are
saying bring little stories of opposition
| from within the Democratic circles of Starr
that would make some Of the old time bor
der politicians who have gone TO the beyond
turn over in their graves They say that
good life size part of the Starr county
Democratic committee has decided that
Guerra's influence In Starr county must
be cut down, that his kinfolks must be de-
feated. Those who have decided they are
going to oppose Mr.. Manuel Guerra have
rung in with them several who have just
about "a much influence in old Starr "a
has Scnor Guerra, and that times will be
lively over in that county that has Just one
bridge Is very. very certain.
Coming eastward to Hidalgo county,
which since it, birth has been an obedient
son of Mr.. Cameron County Politics, we
/ find also that there's some doins. 'Tis
said tor youthful Mr.. Hidalgo County Poll
ties that several protcges of his have been
left out of the gathering this summer and
that if something does not happen that i
for them best that an interloper will come
between the primaries and the elections.
Every indication along political lines in
the three border republics Of Starr. Cam
eron and Hidalgo points to some "httle
movement that had "A meaning all its own,
starting back Wonder few months before
the election held in the city of Brownsville
last April. the election that was called a
compromise. but was slightly iolted by an
opposition that rolled up one vote 10 every
two and a half registered by the compro-
mi>c hackers.
Yes, dear Ethel, there's considerable po-
litics boiling along the lower border. and
there's no telling where it, MI going TO
end. Many funny things have already hap
pened, and its predicted by the wise ones
that many other funny things are yet go
inE 10 happen-in the three border repub-
hes on the north bank of the Rio Grande
Cameron, Starr and liidalgo.
An unseen force, It + declared, has beer
undermining and undermining for months
and it, raised hot little stream of mol
ten lava and flame and such things that's
bound TO show up little volcano long
about July % on the lower border. Their,
have been even predictions Of mud singing
and so on, which, ii it actually occurs
will be the first ever on the lower border
because heretofore there has never beer
opposition az the primaries that amounted
to hill of beans. Some candidates. IL l.
declared, have gone % far At 10 predict
mud singing. and say that ii il comes they
will have little to sling round themselves