El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-10
CULBERSON VS..
D B. COLQUITT
Culberson Has Best Chance
Now, But Colquitt's a
Hard Worker.

| Houston. Tex. Aug. 1O-At the state
convention the candidates for United
! States senator occupied the center OF
the stage. Senator Culberson is here
/ by proxy, Barry Miller holding the
real proxy. and n number of other for
mer political enemies of the senior sen
ator trying to claim it. Oscar Branch
! Colquitt is here in person directing his
own fight. He is speaking for himself.
Ask any of the political leaders
about the senate race and they Will tell
I you that Culberson has the best chance
of eIection-now. The emphasis is on
the now" They point out that Dr..
| Samuel P Brooks is for him that
Thomas n. Campbell has jumped into
the senior senator's band wagon and
that Charles H Morris. the east Texas
] sand burr, is beating the Culberson
bass drum. Then there is judge Riddle.
! Tom Love. Pat O'Keefe. Cullen F
Thomas and, whisper il low. perhaps
governor James +. Ferguson viii cast
his vote for the senior senator
What's more. Jake VOTERS has
tumbled out of the sinking Bob Henry
craft, and padded himself alongside the
good ship Culberson.
The Senate Auto Race.
The fact OF the matter is that the
Culberson machine is big Seton truck
loaded down with prominent persOnages
all telling chauffeur Barry Miller how
to drive. 1t is lined up at the starting
point alongside of little one-passenEer
flivver occupied by oscar Branch Col
quit 1t is true that a few OF his
friends are behind ready to give him
a shove Just as soon as the race starts,
but he is carrying no extra weight
Culberson has the best chance-nOw-
The emphasis is on the now Per
hapS later he will find that there are
too many mechanicians aboard Too
many of them may be blacksmiths who
machinery COlquitt carries his own
repair kit and there is no doubt that
he knows how to use it
The Culberson rally took place at
the city auditorium The Colquitt en-
thusiasts gathered at the Majestic
theater. The first is a place for grand
oepra and the second is the home of
vaudeville
The State Convention
Everything is being done to conserve
that he has a great majority of them
lined up for him It is true that he has
most of the leaders who wear Panama
hats. but ColQuitt asserts that the great !
body OF county pros are backing him TO !
the last ditch As proof Of this he J
exhibits remarka bic collection Of I
wool hats and chin whiskers- COlquitts I
pros are the fellows who sit around the I
hotel lobbieS early in the afternoon and :
nurse their feet They don't get on the I
hard pavementS more than once a year 4
Cuiberson has the best chance-now.
His pro-lieutenants are whoOping things I
up in the big cities for him with might 4
and main ColGuitt is relying on those .
wool hat and chin whisker boys to go
back TO the country and start a noise /
similar to that heard in the Confederate /
ranks at the battle OF Bull Run.
Which VIII Win:
What is the outlook" a writer
asked an old time Democrat in the cor
rider Of the Rice hotel
The old timer looked furtively around
and then whispered: -Culberson has
the best chance-now. But did YOU
ever note the mud on Colquitt's shoes2"
What's ColQuitt's shoes got to do
with it,"
why, he's been walking over plowed
ground And say. did you notice how
he tail Of COlquitJs coat is snaEEed2
lust take a look at the seat Of his
rousers too They are all torn 10
pieces He's too busy to have EN-
patched
q don't follow you" was the per
'lexed retOrt Of the writer
The old timer looked disdainfully at /
i'm and replied Huh don't YOU /
now Colquitt is on the move. He is
caring his pants getting through
arbed wire fences to shake hands with
farmers. Take a look At
larry Miller's or senator Culberson's
ants They amt torn"