Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-22

yided ansS leaving the candidate. who had
consented 10 20 before them. as well a.
the North Texas anti leaders. In the lurch
the South Texas organization and the
brewers AMI the bar rooms discovered
that Iiin Ferguson was the man they had
long sought From this condition the busi
ness ants ot the state not on The pay roll
and With ma liquor to sell fell away IN
large numbers aud announced their pur
pose "a support mr.
Alarmed hccau~c thi. class of ants
could not H. delivered and with failure
fronting him Mr. Ferguson shifted his
position aud got behind a masked battery.
In his opening speech IN lilnm he dc
dlarcd his iricndlinr4H iur fhr railroad
corporations: that there .ho ~ o. no IN
feeling between thr people AL thr rail
suuds; against Il rclu,tiun M heir freight
nnd passenger rates fnd ,hat 'hf little
things which rlilruAi r~iiititln HMi nrruiS
iid VA dealing with thv lrupir were the
cause of the prciudicrs against them
warned the railroad that these little
hiug> prriudicrd heir rights .n nat pro
fcSSional Jurors. h, reason 81 such prciu
iirr would grant unfair amount. NJ dam
rgcS which The roads had O. pay, said
hat the seeds of s.un0n damage suits
were t%icrri,N Snwn and politicians spoke
~1giiu>t railroads. telling the people the
railroads were ruhhing them and the pee
Ne listened AMI agreed. because they were
Wtd about bad crossings. lsic trains or
lclnNcd shipments: aud bal feelings he
can and II became popular ~ abuse The
railroads.
What ! change has come over the Spir
y ~ his dreams.
The farmers began 10 balk when Mr.
Ferguson had lined M the liquor inter
r>t>: something had ~ a. done, aud from
his homc n Temple he gave Ia the press
his statement:
Mr.. RalI wants the people Ia make him
G~ovrrnor. because he has for the past
Fifteen wears been in the employ Of rail
road and either large corporations. and
is in favor of and seeks To commit the
TeNl. nmorracy ~ national prohibition.
and then made the worst appeal "a class
prejudice that has been given out i'm MANY
DAYS declaring this IL 10 he a fight IF
he classes against the masses: the strong
'gainSt the weak: big buinesS against
little huincSS and corporations against the
people. and that | had millions behind
me. What a change from his Blum speech.
Mr.. Ferguson knows me and knows ia
hi heart that all the corporations in
TEXAS could not Swervc me a hairs
breadth from the pathway Of my duty Or
Influence me 60 Ice false To any trust i'm
posed upon me by amy individual. much
less MI the people ~ Texas. lie knows
that no client of mine ever controlled my
politics and that | have stood al my life
Cor 4 square deal in private or public
business. He pays high trubitcS to Pres
idcnt Wilson and vet when he was doing
his best 10 defeat President Wilson IN
this state ! was standing ont for Wilson
and his policies against al the biggest
clients | had. lie charged at Houston
that had spoken against Governor llogg
NJ the old Turner Hall when he ought
"a have known that | was one of the floor
managers for Governor IIogg at the reg
War convention held in the ear barn when
Mr. Lane. who presided over Mr.. Fergus
crS meeting was the Chairman Of the
Turner Hall convention which put M the
ticket against Governor lIogg. and all the
regular Democratic nominees.
No man has vet been hard To suggest
that I have ever bartcrr,i NV political
services or influence to amy individual Or
corporation. | have not seen fiji during the
eleven wears which have inter,cned since
my retirement from Congress To- repre-
sent any public service corporation either
before Congress of the State legislature:
not because ! do not think every corpora
tiun has 4 right 10 have it, representa-
tivcS appear and advocate or oppose leg
i>lati0n. or that il il not honorable Or
professional to 80 represent them. but
simply becauSe of my past official rcla-
tion> 10 the people of Texas and my desire
to continue To take an active interest ia
politics. State and national. | preferred
10 %cuniinc my practice of the law 10 my
office and the courts.
Every Governor of Texas and every
member Of the legislature. and every leg
~l>laiurc representative Of the Farmers
MONS and Labor Organizations know.
that | have never made m argument be
fore amy committee al Austin. or attend
ed upon any legislative session in the
interests Of any railroad ia Texas al
though some of them were among my val
ucd clients. III | did not serve them at
Austin when ! was receiving 4 salary at
their hands. IL il fair Ia assume that /
will serve amy special interest when |
have abandoned IN law practice "a ac-
ccpt employment from all the people of
my native state. ~ the occupant Of the
highest office within their gift?
Governor Colquitt says il j. strange
that The prohibition Democrats Of Texas
should call upon a man TO take the i0f
Of Coz rnor al u 0O0 u year. not enough
% pay his expenses. who j. making >aD.
ho0 a year a. 4 lawyer. largely from cor
porationS. Ny countrymcn there was a
demand from prohibitionoSts and anti.
prohihitionistS. for a Governor with Suf-
licicnt experience and business capacity
~ AnA.nASfnlIr Lnnll. L. nr..A .nA-.n.