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Brennan, Texas. July 12.-speaking
Z here Saturday night R. = Thomson
replied to the attacks OF Pat Neff,
also candidate for governor, when
l Neff spoke at Plano last week.
Il did not first throw bricks in
/ this campaign. as Neff charges"
said Thomson Il did not mention
( my opponents unless they unjustly
Z misrepresented-
i deny ] have been a party TO
the creation OF any new state Of
fees ] did, however, take part in
l the creation Of two state boards, one
! being the highway commission an
Z instrument for bringing about bet
not been consistent in my stand on
! prohibition"
Thomson laughed as he read
from the FL Paso Herald an account
Of Neffs Plano speech in which Neff
asserted that Thomson in 1917
voted against submission.
Il voted against submission in
every form it was offered" said
I Thomson. because that was the
will OF my constituency. whose in
structious I promised 70 carry out. ]
would not violate a promise
Voted For Zone Law.
'The zone law, for which I voted,
was the measure which really dried
up Texas. asst affected the big
cities which remained wet. as most Of
the smaller towns had adopted pro-
hibition under local option also
supported statewide prohibition and
ratifica ton Of the 18th amendment"
Thomson made a lengthy attack
on Neff for criticizing him for having
headquarters Nert boasts he has no
headquarters nor campaign manager.
Il have one room in the Southland
hotel, Dallas. that costs "a day,
said Thomson.
a. 2. Frasier, OF Hfllsboro. a friend
OF mine for two years. offered to look
after my letters and literature with
out pay. While I was busy at the
recent session Of the Legislature,
Neff criticized me for all this and ]
disregarded his criticisms But, when
the Dallas Church World printed
big ad saying I was disloyal because
I voted against taking grain away
from distilleries, grain that should
have gone TO our soldiers IN France
that got under my hide, and I began
% return dead roses for every brick
hurled
Despite what Neff saves riding TO
political meetings on railroad passes
his recent expense account filed at
Austin is $1,000 greater than mine
Thomson said.
Harding had any chance: we were al
picking SDroul. Of Pennsylvania. IL
and I met M Harding and talked
with him for few minutes
Harding a n nice fellow, but a
typical senator In the senate.
they sort Of draw the toEH about
their shoulders and assume an air
Of nloofuesE. That a. the way
Harding Eeemed-the greeting
was a sort Of Hglad to see you.
boys; come again, but there's no
use sticking around
He was cordial. but not in that
friendly way that makes you feel like
dropping into q chair and lighting a
cigar and feeling comfortable.
Harding Like Mckinley.
As a president. you would say he
Is the sort Of q man who ought to
be in the white house, for he Is
dignified-and IL does not ali appear
assumed; he IS naturally dignified and /
can't unbend, 1t seems. You feel /
confidence in him, but no desire to
make him your confidant; no inclina- |
ton TO tell him a funny story or
wish 10 sit long with him He i'm
presses but does not seem to draw |
you TO him; in other words, there Is |
lack OF magnetism about him. I |
can compare him more TO William I
Mckinley than anybody ] know Of D
he is a statesman, but not a vote |
getter. The front porch Is the place !
for Harding in a campaign
Now. Cox Is the exact antithesia
OF Harding.
I met Cox in Cincinnati about the 4
first Of June As governor he had I
come over to welcome lot Of millers /
at a convention. That is the way Of 4
Cox Nobody ever comes to his state 4
that he does not meet them, II they 4
are worth meeting and welcoming.
Bis soldiers never left for the front 4
that he was not at the gang plank 4
70 say goodbye: they never came
back that Cox was not there to say: 1
Welcome. home, lads"
Cox Like Roosevelt.
When vas presented TO him, IN Z
his room at the hotel, by the secre-
tary OF the Cincinnati Rotary club. !
Cox was surrounded by a bunch Of
Cincinnati business and professional /
men-a mixture Of Democrats, Re
publicans and just Cincinnatians-
and they were telling funny stories,
none Of them unfit for parlor con-
sumption, may I assure you2-and j
having a jolly good time.
The future presidential nominee
stretched out big hand and grasped
mine with a shake that almost made
me finch and doomed a well, how
are you. TeXas2" that made one feel
that he really was interested in a
man from Texas.
He began throwing questions at me
about Mexico and the weather in l
Texas and things like that-no politics
at all-and then volunteered the in
formation that he had heard a lot ]
about FL Paso when the Ohio soldiers !
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