El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-31
NOW TEXAS CAN co BACK TO WORK
HAVING RAVED TO HEARTS CONTENT


DAUEYS defeat indicates that the people Of Texas have
y not forgotten Bailey indicates that they do not
want Bailey governor And indicates that they prefer
Texas nan for governor, to one not resident OF the
state great many people voted for Bailey not because
they wanted Bailey because they favored Of the
things Bailey advocated IN his campaign and opposed some
things Ee stood for Ne doubt received many votes
down the state his personality but he is little knowi
ont here and votes for Nef rather to be clased
votes against Bailey.
That the option was generally regarded as choice of
two evils Is indicated by the small proportion Of the eligible
vote that cast in the primaries Most Texas men and
women stayed away from the polls What construction IS
to be pIaSed this2 Probably it indicates that
joy Of Texans opposed to the Wilson administration
and desire to be free in November to vote any way they
please Maybe the governors itself may be affected
but II is hardly likely that Eeff be defeated
Talk about Baeys defeat having been the result Of the
workings Of @state Ting is rather silly. In small state
there be @sate ring" but N state as large as
Texas IS impossible for any state political faction to con-
tro majority Of the counties Judging by the workings
Of the primaries in Fl Paso, they free from any hint
Of state interference influence and for controwe
e Paso wsst for Bailey anyhow.
Isn't It fair to conceds to the other counties in the
state large Of independence Of state faconal
dctation as e Paso county enjoyed What is there
imagine that the people in other parts Of the state
any boss ridden than are? Certainly there are
local bosses everywhere but familiar CHARACTERISTIC Of
Texas state politics is its uncertainty, because the immense
state Is impossible to organize campaign small states
worked. To large extent state candidates must de-
pend newspaper publicity and the volunteer aid OF
erfecua personal Campaigning are narrowly limited oy the
vast distances to be zyered to be covered and pro-
h5tive cost Of anything ike thorough personal organ
ization.
It wasn't so much that the people who went the polls
wanted Esff that they didn't want Bailey. Neff # he
Is elected, may make himself popular and power in the
state but at prent he regarded rather negative
quantity.
Baileys run in both primaries surprise to many
old Observers He showed very much greater strength than
had been looked for. II curious to how he won
support By his methods, though he started IN with
rather tacess methods and entered the fight under
heavy handicap. The idea Of his aspiring to the
governorshp under all the circumstances, greeted with
derision at first But he showed remarkable strength
Nobody ever doubted Baileys great ability He ranks
high in the legal profession while IN the United
States senate he regarded authority cons-
tutionaI N its technical aspects after he fell out
with the Democratic party when the Democrats forsOok
him and left him standing alone the only real Democrat
left IN the country, BY his admission Bailey never
forgave the Democratic party for going crazy his effort
to win Texas probably more than anything else an
effort to found party around the nucleus OF his own
pure and unsulHed Jefferonsn Democracy It would be
new party Bailey himself is the leader the body, and
the guard Of the true Democratic parade nowadays
and he admits It to himself when quite alone
This great big state got all excited and allowed itself
to distracted from really important affairs for several
weeks while this business settled And that it
Is al over and look hack at it. most Of wonder what
We all got rfed up about anyhow. Texas is about the
same as she was before the BaleyNeff There IS Just
about the same round Of duties and oan Just about the
same rotation Of night and day. Probably Texas VIII be
forFetful Of Bailey and hereafter Bailey has been
forgetful Of Texas and the old world VIII spin its well
fabricated axis Just there had been red hot
campaign N Texas. D