Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-12
WILL THOMAS BE
CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR JOB
POLITICAL GUESSING ATTENDS THE
PRO FIGHT IN TExAS-BELL
COUNTY PIVOT.
THOMAS DECLARES HAS NO MORE
INTENTION OF RUNNING THAN OF
BEING CHINA PRESIDENT.

,aiaS. Texas. Nov. l2.-Will Cullen
+. Thomas be a candidate for governor
next year against James H. Ferguson If
Bell County. the home of Governor
Ferguson. goes dry at the local option
election next Satufdav-olA for that
matter. If II goes VET Answering 4
question 10 that eject. Mr.. Thomas SAID
TO-DAY Siic has no more intention Of run
ming against Governor Ferguson that
he has of running against Yuan Shl kai
for president of China.
Ordinarily local option campaign in
a given county would not arouse politi-
cal interest throughout the entire state
Of Texas. But the Bell County cam
paign has done this to an unusual de
gree: first. hcrausc il has been charac-
terized by sweeping charges 0f plots
and conSpiracicS second because GOV
ernor Ferguson himself * personally
bc received Ia nominate the SENATORIAL
artivc. and will take the stump toner
row in the campaign: and finally. be
cause there has been in Texas during
recent months condition somewhat re
scmbling political pea''e" and the Bell
county campaign comes at time when
"thc boys" need Sprclv something more
exciting To gossip about than the per
sonnel Of tickets three wears hence.
According to dispatches the merits of
prohibition and anti prohibition are not
being argued particularly i'm the Bell
county campaign. The Issue seems To
revolve around plot or plan or con
Spirarv supposed to have been incubated
At 4 secret and select meeting of prohi-
hitioniStS Nv Dallas fEis plan. N has
been charged contcmplaicS the diSrred
iting of Governor FerguSon'S admins
tration. the grooming of Cullen Y.
Thomas rs i candidate a. succeed him
next year. the elimination of Dr. :
T. Brooks as a candidate for the United
States senate aud the selection of for
m"r Governor ThemaS Campbell a.
candidate in his stead
80 far as the latter proposition IL con
ccrnrd Dr Brooks simply saws hc IL IN
the race ~ STAY and that h. has 40 no
tinn of hcin" eliminated except IN tho
good new fashioned wav ~ the nrmarv
next July. when for the first time ~
this state. u majority urinary vcte must
candidate. Whether Mr. Campbell will
announce or not = q dehatahle question
h''t his close friends are confident
viii ID 50 Senatc~ tulha-Son Il still
he unknown quantity. and when il
known definitely whether he will or will
not run. the present chaotic situation
viii he rclieycd of some of is puzzling
features
IN recent speqh in the Bell county
campaign &. e. Mcdonald one of Gov
ernor Ferguson'S strongest supporters
is quoted rs saving. IF YOU lei them
beat the governor here next SATURDAYS
Won will see great headlines in the Sun
day morning newspapers ferguson re-
pudiated Nv his home people. Cullen
Thomas announces for governor. 2
fight j. on :
He also quoted headlines from 4 Waco
newspaper of current issue to this effect
Pros IN Texas to have ticket Will put
out candidates for all differs next wear.
Thomas for Governor. Again Mr. Ne
Donald j. quoted a. saving that They
have Cullen Thomas in the refrigerator
and Cullen told them that H. did not
have ANYTHING ON which ~ base the cam
paIgn' but that he would make the ficht
II they carried Bell County. VI they de-
not carry Bell county Cullen Thomas
VIII quit them like a steer i'm the road.
and had rather come out and tell Won
people about the conspiracy now than to
have TO make fight over the state next
year.
The question is' said MIR. Mcdonald
at another part Of the Spco,h are YOU
gong 10 indorSe Governor Ferguson III
are Nou going 10 repudiatc him.
II has been intimated during the Bell
County campaign. that Senator Morris
Sheppard's telesraphic tilt with Cover.
nor Ferguson over the border situation
an alleged interview with Su,erintend.
ent a. J. Barton of the Texas Anti Sal /
"on League. printed in Waco paper
and denied by DIR. Barton. and 4 revival
meeting ~ Temple this summer from
which Sprang the specific movement fol
the local election. and the alleged 80
cret pro conference at Dallas. are mart
OF the general scheme to defeat Cover
nor Ferguson and bring about apothe,
statewide prohibition election next wear
The Bell county pros have denied tbes.
counts generally and specifically. an,
have declared that the fight started,
- result of the Ham Ramsey reviva
meeting without the consultation. an
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