Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-28
BALL WELCOMED
AT BR0WNW00D
HE ALLEGED FERGUSOS HAD u RI
TERED AWAY GUBEENATOaBAL
VETO POWER IN CASE. OF ETC
TION.

VETO POWER IN CASE. OF ETC
TION.
Brentwood, Texas, May 1-Co.snel
Tom Ball receiyel a mos obrdiai re.
ccption here to-day. Colonel Ball was
met at the train b, Il reccltion crrtmit-
tee Of more than fifty prom nent eli RS
and the Brentwood brass band I'D ~
parade through the business stress.
He was din~t at the Soul lern hntsl by
a reception committee am deSpit6 tbs
rainy weather. more that a thous snd
people heard his speech. .
District court. being in session, 'ras
asked 10 vacatc the court ruom for lr
Ball TO speak The Judge left the taat
ter Ia n vote Of the jury. Inn emPars eel.
and the jury tied ~ the vote. lHflg,
Goodwin then decided mo- 10 give th,
gnbernatcrial candidate the use D. The
court room unless the jur, unanimpasl.
agreed to suspend court. This incs;sn
was due Ia the fat that tire farmer Oh
the jury are anxious Ia complete tArii
work and get inlo their ~ in ficId~g
TEc big Christian taberr icle was Use
for Mr.. Balls address. l. j. Rice pre-
sided over the meeting a@d l3r. i. NJ
Carroll. president Of Howard Pa,nx e0l
lcge. in reduced Colonel Ball. Rev Mr.
Carroll stated that he had no apology {,
make for being a preacher and taking
part in affairs pertaining 10 prohili ion
and clean government.
Mr.. Ball said:
In my speech at Greenville. | frinkl,
and fairly stated my positions rpm
pending public questions. Through th
press and printed copies Of that s.sscb
the public have had an oppertunAf {,
pass npon the platform upon which m.
candidacy is largely based
i can not 20 into an extended df~s'us
sion Of each of the important quest 'ons
which press upon MS for solution. aad J.,
regret that amy part If M time Shsrilc
be taken up in making replg ~ caml..igr
ISLANDERS which are being assd Ia dsrcri
attention from the real issues If the
campaign and Ia prejudice my candifiac,
before the people " my naive State
! will briefly refer To some of men
before entering upon a discussion ol
some Of Me real issues Of the camp IN
The day | was endorsed by the Great
Fort Worth gathering, one If my oafon
ents. Mr.. Ferguson. stated publicly fpon
the train in the presence If men auh
women that he could prove bv ~ ar lWi
men in Houston that they had dsunk
liquor with me within the past tive
years. A Baptist minister challenged
his statement and Mr.. Ferguson raislieG
that he could prove IL and il h. ruld
not he would retire from the rasc and
vote for Ball. The Baptist min stcr
replied that Mr.. Ball had stated " fore
the Fort Worth meeting that he bclctsged
10 the Houston club aud the Hes ston
Country club. where members cowld buy
drinks ii they desired. and that b. did
not drink Liquor of any kind. and j. Mr.
Ferguson was right he would not gote
for me, not because | might or High' not
take a drink Of liquor. hut because chad
made an untrue statement. Beint al
vised Of this incident, | wrote the Rap
list minister and a bushes MAJ AT
Moody. sending Mr.. Ferguson - ccpv %
my letter. that Mr. Ferguson had been
imposed upon bv sofne IF the hirelilgs of
the liquor interests in Houston: that the
statement was not true. md wa sure
that Mr.. Ferguson. who knew me aould
take my word for il. although | would
not hold him To- his rash promise. but
ii he did not and they would cm Ia
Houston aud Ferguson could prov, what
he said. I wonld Withdraw from The race.
! now repeat that staiement. not oily in
answer 20 Mr. Ferguson. but the sland
err Of his supporters. who are giving
Currency 10 this falsehood.
Mr.. Fcriuson stated ia more Ilnsn one
d his speeches in North Texas that I
was a meml~r and stakeholder ~ the
Houston club. and the profits from the
sale OF liqa'or IN that club last year were
$lsoo . and that ! participated ID the