Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-08-22


The people ~ Texas viii hc called |
upon next Saturday to make a choice |
between two candidate for the Demo.
cratic nomination FOR United states /
Senator Mr.. Ferguson aud Mr. May
field This election win be- ~ far.
reaching importance to th, prupl" ~
Texas In the first primary tbo ,ludi-
date which the writer supported Mr..
Ouslcy. was eliminated from the con.
test. and neither Of the candidates OF
fering themselves IN the present run.
off would h. my choice tor q United
States Senator. but Boo this instance e
decision has to BE- reached and choice
made
] am not mctnl'r Of th, IN Hluy
Khan, no a mcmNci' 81 thc Cathode
Church " IL INV ncl,f thrt ihr Goth
ole, the JoN, and the protc.taut should
10 permitted 10 worship God without
mulcstaiion, according Ca the dictates Of
his conscience aud | believe tho law
should l. enforced hy The officers of
the law. and that this authority should
not be- delegated 90 any body ~ mon
~ any time. except rs provided by law
I do not believe that the I'm Kux
Khan is the paramount issue M this
campaign, as United states Senator
would not got very fur in Washington
advocating the ku Kluv Khan on ths
floor Of the Senate
do believe that the prohibition ouos.
ton Is the paramount issue iu this cam.
~ eli 10
II would require Constitutional
Amendment ratified lr tho Legislatures
or thirty.siG states o. change the Eicfh.
tccnth Amendment This is very To-.
mote and probably viii u,y,,. by done
] do believe an effort VIII o.. made TO
amend the Nolstcad At Go permit the
sale Of so.callcd light wines and beer.
but II Is my opinion that this viii fail.
because tho return OF s0clllrd light
wines and beer means nothing more nor
less than the return OF the old.fashiun.
al saloon. and I do not belipyr that
the scnsihlc people of the United states
viii stand foi h.
The real issue Doe this clmpaigu Is tho
character ~ Tho men themselves
cannot consci'utouslv support Nj F,r.
guaon as candidate for %, United
States Senate for do uoi hcloyc that
the majority Of the House of E,pr,sou.
tativcs would have indicted him aud
more than two-thirls of the members Il
the State Senat, imp,aohod him. and
hc not been proven guilty 81 th, dis.
honest acts with which b, was charged.
while serving this state as Governor.
II he was not nt 90 b. Governor Of the
State Of Texas hc certainly is not 10,
20 De- our representative in the United
States Senate
cannot support NJ Ferguson DO.
cause I believe that be- is attempting
20 array class against class. Protestant
against Catholic. Gentle against lew,
and capital against labor. 10 further his
own political ends. and inst b, b. really
friend 10 none ~ them. but sn ,ncny
g. all lie posse - friend Of fh' f,l,
orng man aud tho poor man tst pro
poser o. destroy the Federal Hserrt,
Banking system. thereby throwing "a,
control ~ thu money of 90. t.uifei
States To- the old zsbs iu Wall Street
We had no Federal Reserve Ranking
System IN is53 1898. and 1907. and sci
We rad panics. n has been regarded
by economists ~ tho country a. provl
dental that the Federal Reserve Bank
ing System vas established tho veal
before the var broke out. 20 take cal
OF the enormous demands made upor
the people Of the United States for m
successful termination 81 tn late val
IN behalf Of the Allies In 1914 wheI
the war began and stock and grain ~
changes all over the world were closing
u was the Federal Reserve System
which saved this country from the mos
frishfful panic ever known When thr
periof ~ imitation reached ~ height
and men and women throughout M
coiIntry were complaining - he higl
ct ~ h'trE sri 'Ho e'sr - esi''.
r.tr. fcr ftf -r.r--if,f- % iffr fhrr
-'t-e 'kegsz-sl 60 Ys''is9r r.7' Q
l-Ee.sfs a1s Ire Ests..tz; = g .czss
tang V hr!ng down the hiEnt Cos, n
living ffow quickly psopie t0r-s,
When sugar reached thirty cents
pound and -four tis sIlarr,l. and otlIe
commodities were priesd correspoudins
~ hish. Il san not hard 10 see hat ~
time wpuld come, and come soon whel