Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-28
NEFF IS DEFENDED
BYLOCAL SPEAKERS
PROMINENT LOCAL ORATORS At.
TACK BAILEY AND UPHOLD
WACO CANDIDATE.

-, -Four Of Amnrillos most prominent
speakers took the stand In behalf ~
Pat NJ, Neff's candidacy FOR the Demo.
cratic nomination Tor governor at q
rally held on West Sixth Street IN front
of the Daily News office last night. be-
ginning at about 7l5 o'clock. and spoke
To a large crowd of Ncff supporters for
Moe than two hours. The rally waf
opened by several numbers being playet
by the Amarillo band under the leader
ship ~ ]. II Croft. The speakers were
Thomas +. Turner. II. T.. Underwood
A. n Stinnett and y y. Works
War Record Attacked.
The opening address was delivered 10y
Mr. Turner. due 10 the late arrival Of
MIR Stinr"t, who was scheduled to b.
first on the program. MIR Turner. In
a heated twcnty.minutc talk. vigorously
attacked J. W. Bailey on his war rec
ord. prohibition record. his party record
and his "oll record" He denounced IN
ex-senator for his refusal Ia mak'
speeches In behalf uf the Liberty Leans
and characterized him a Stacker. d.
Claring he tuTne ii his back on the coun
try when II most needed him and woulf
not advise his friends Ia buy Liberty
bonds Ter fear they would go below par
ltt ItilifN IftlNf nli
as q great orator. and declared that that
wns all the more reason II was n greater
condemnation upon him To- Keep silent
dun Ing tho war.
O;her Charges.
Among other charges placed against
the Washington candidate was that oi
quitting IN" Democratic party and seek
Ing. with Jim Ferguson. TO 'fganize
al. A.
split the party In Texas Hut he soon
observed. the speaker said. that d,
would get nowhere and finally came
hack To the Democratic side of the
fence and asks % he elected to IN,
office of governor ON that ticket. "Shall
we do it?" asked MIR. Turner. Shouts
of mo, Mo- rent the air.
In no uncertain terms did Mr.. Tn.
derwood declare his contempt for "the
man who would come here from Wash
ington and serk to destroy the Demo
cratic pariy In Texas" He opened by
declaring that I'VE are coming to the
end of one of the most remarkable cam
paigns ever waged In this state" and
enumerated the many important meas
urcs the eN senator had opposed during
his term IN the United States Congress
He declared Mr. llailey had never en-.
dorsed the Democratic platform as
adopted ai san Francisco convention
hut holds himself up as the best Dem.
ocrat In the entire bunch, lie alsr
charged that Bailey had openly de
clared he would not vote for Woodrow
Wilson for president. and also that II
Wilson was a Democrat h" WIS not
According To his own record, Railcy u
not n Democrat WIS the belief ~ Mr.
Al.
of Bailey's meeting with Jim Ferguson
at Fort Worth Ia organize third party
In Texas
Opposed Reserve Banks.
lie praised the Federal Reserve Rank
system. TO which he charged Bailey was
opposed and said tina, had II not been
for the passage of that measure the
United States could not have financed
the war. lie also emphasized that
Bailey was a member of the Congress
for 20 years and was not the author ~ n
single bill and that he was not connect.
I'D with single piece of constructive
legislation.
Characterzing Bailey as "a greater
carpet .hagger even than T.. J. Davis
ever dar,d To be-" MIR Stinnctt opened
Ms vigorous twenty.minute attack
against the ex-senator. and continued
by predicting that he would "bc driven
from the State of Texas tomorrow" ~,
charged that Bailey was affected with
"the same disease that saved Harry X
Thaw from the electric chair-thnt oi
exaggerated ego" Listed among tht
constructive measures that had been
opposed by Neffs opponent. he said
were the Panama Canal. as we'll as n
hill In the same connection to compel
the tTans-cuntincntal railroads Ia dis
.ou. a.. fh.sir inf.rrsfs that had been