El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-25

/ ty; Cullen Thomas. OF Dallas county:
/ Henry D. Paulis. Of Lavaca county. and
, Hamp Abney. OF Grayson county.
POiudeNter Is COmitteeman-
Judge W. NJ PoindeXter was elected
! national committeeman over Tom Love.
/ Of Dallas who asserted after the meet
] ing that the officers Of the convention.
] who were antis. had counted him ont
! Several county delegations. after hear
I ing Bailey's speech. bolted their in
I structions for Love and voted for
! Poiudexter.
Cullen Thomas spoke for the resolu-
! ti0ns introduced by himself and Bailey
! answered him in support OF the Fer
I guson-BaileE set OF resolutions.
Col Tom Ball. OF Houston, manager
! Of the Love forces several times inter
/ rupted Bailey during the course Of his
speech. with questions. Bailey in an
swerinE. said he would never forget the
defence Ball made OF him when he
was assailed throughout the state FOR
ard oil company. and said he and Ball
would always be friends
Judge GOEEin n Delegate
Delegates at large and alrernates to
the national convention were selected
as follows
7 II. Burford. Mount Pleasant: Stew
art r Smith Beaumont. Robert 7.
Warren. Terrell; Lee Clark Hunt coun-
ty, Harry p. LaWther, Dallas. Charles
H. Mills Corsicana; Fred z Pabst, Gal
T. Bagby. Hallettsville; Paul n Paige
BastrOp. ]. F. Ferguson. Temple. F. F.
Hill. Denton Frank G Davis and John
y. Garner Uvalde. and J. " Goggin. FL
Paso.
Eight OF the number named are del
egates at large and the remaining are
alternates-
Pleads for @stnteS' Rights
Bailey. I'm the course of his remarks.
made his strongest plea for states
rights. He declared the resolutions
condemning woman suffrage and ma
tionwide prohibition were Democratic.
He pointed out that the federal govern
ment should never be given the power
70 say who should vote I'm Texas. OF to
regulate the sale Of liquor or the non
sale Of whisky. Bailey asserted the
police powers Of the states should never
be surrendered to the federal govern
ment
Not half Of the brave men who fol-
lowed the matchless Lee through four
years Of bloody war, climbed the
heights Of Malvern Hill or surrendered
at AppOmattox. were slave owners"
Bailey declared 1T was states rights
that our fathers fought for. not slavery
7 declare 20 You. my fellow countrymen.
that the issue is the same today States
rights has been good Democratic doc
trine for more than 100 years
Wilson for States Rights.
Woodrow Wilson has championed !
the cause OF states rights. He told 9
the question Of franchise should be de-
cided bv the several states. It took
courage for a man 10 tell these mill
tants that
do YOU want to win votes Tor VIII
son? You want all the votes YOU can
get. don't yOu2 You don't care whether
they were original Wilson men or not. I
do you2 Then vote for this committee
report which euunciates the principles I
Of Democracv- The Bull Moose is haunt /
ing the camp Of the Republican party !
They have a way OF getting together.
the Republicans do. They are like men I
and their wives; they fall out, but they 4
make Up
In closing. Bailey assailed Cullen /
who. he said. was a. S wrong in I
his history as his Democracy when he +
fThomas) quoted jefferson as author 1
ltT for putting into the constitution I
clause providing for the document TO 4
be amended
jefferson was not in the constitu-
tiOnal convention" Bailey said. He
was in France on a mission for the
American colonies. Ny friends history
is as wrong as his Democracy"
In reply 70 a question by Ball as TO
whether he believed in amending the
constitution. Bailey said: you could
amend the constitution TO crown a king.
but II would not be q republic.
Poindexter Wins Easily.
Judge PoindeXter defeated Thomas B.
Love, Of Dallas. 1910 3fT. in the vote
Tor national committeeman
Throughout the spirited two DAYS
convention. the platforms and projects
advocated by that section Of the party I
beaded by Gov. Ferguson and AIr. Bal
ley, former United States senator. were
uniformly approved.
Bailey Averts Split.
Mr. Bailey's participation I'm the con-
'ention was regarded as signifying his
remittance into active politics. In his
speech before the convention. when a
break seemed inevitable over the ques-
lon or prohibition. he generally was
credited with averting a party splft
The platform advocated by Gov. Fer
suson and Mr.. Bailey and which was
adopted by a substantial majority. en-
iorsed president Wilson and vice presi-
lent Marshall for denomination.