El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-07
WANTS
A SQUARE DEAL
His First Announcement to
the People of the State Is
Free of Politics.

Austin Tex, Jan. T. James 2. Fer
guson of Temple, bank er and farmer
will be inaugurated gov ernOr Of Texas
Jan. TO- He will be the irst man in the
history Of the state to go direct from
active business life into the office Of
chief executive.
He has never held Public office of
any kind nor did he ever before seek
political preferment at the hands Of
the people.
Mr.. Ferguson says he hopes to see
more miles of railrOa DIS built in Texas
in 1915 than have ever before been
built in any year of the states his
tory" Had such q sta tement as this
been made by a governor elect Of this
state a few years age it would have
been taken to mean by 1he professional
politicians that he had s one over to the
corporations interests
Mr. Ferguson also told the people of
Texas in q recent New ] ears greeting
that he wanted to see he number of
silOs in Texas increased at least ten
fold I'm 1915; that he wants to see more
permanent highways bull in the state
in 1915 than were cOnst ructed in all
of the five preceding years: that ne
wants this year TO break the record in
the matter Of emigration to TeXass that
he wants to see more hogs and cattle
raised than ever before, and to see the
yield Of corn and other grain greatly
increased.
There is not a hint Of politics in all
Of his preliminary messafge to the peo-
pie
II is claimed by men who are init
mately acquainted with Mr.. Ferguson
that his administration will be free Of
that species Of politics which seeks to
stir ND class hatred among the people
Of the state-that there VIII be no pit
ting Of the farmers against the cor
porations. Having been a farmer all of
his life and having been engaged in
the banking business for many years.
a. a. a.
these two interests should be friendly
and cooperate with each other, it is
said.
It remains to be seen just how much
strength Of character Gov. Ferguson
displays when he is besiet by these for
ayers on the public welfare Of the state I
The first test win probably come
when the prohibition issue is put up to
him. During his campaign for COVER (
nor he promised the people that he
would not permit any liquor legisla-
ton, either pro or con, to go into eff
feet while he occupied the office. Since
the election. however, the higher courts I
have nullified the liquor laws in some
known that bills viii be introduced in
the legislature to remedy the provisions |
of the laws that were made void by the
court decisions The prOhibitionists
claim that they have a working ma
jOrity IN both the house and senate. and !
that the proposed liquor measures will
be passed by the legislature. It will |
then be up to Gov. Ferguson either to |
give the bills the force Of law by his 1
q pprOvaI or 10 nullify them by his veto. /
1t is regarded as certain that such /
measures could not be passed in either 1
branch Of the law making body over /
his veto. It is the generally expressed |
opinion that Mr.. Ferguson will put the |
stamp If disapproval upon the pros |
pect- measures.
The REGULAR session OF the legislature /
" II convene Jan. u.
Afhey eIotb-Eined weather strip keeps |
out the cold. Rafhbun-NIfx CO-Adv