San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-20
REPUD|ATES
ENDORSEMENT
T.W. DAVIDSON
Farmer-Labor Delegate to
Conference at D alias
Withdraws Support.
ONE-SIDED BARGAIN
Asserts 7. w. Davidson Re-
, fuses to Pledge Support
to Other Candidates.

On the ground that It. W. David
son refused to pledge his support Of
all candidates endorsed by the Farm
er-Labor. political conference, ]. D.
Sallas of Bell county, a member of
the conference, announces that he
will not support I. W. Davidson or
contribute any funds to the confer
.ence to further the candidacy of the
lieutenant governor. Mr.. Sallas has
written a letter to the press of the
state in which he sets forth the rea-
sons for his action. 1t follows:
To the Editor: As much is being
said about the Farmer-Labor politi-
cal conference which was held in
Dallas on March 8 and which confer
ence nominated a full ticket for
United States senator and all state
offices ] ask permission TO say few
words through the columns of your
paper about this political movement.
] am a tenant farmer and am a
member in good standing in the Farm
er-Labor Union. / live near Hol-
land, Tex, in Bell county. / was a
delegate to the Farmer-Labor Union
political conference at Dallas and
attended the meeting.
Writes to Davidson.
While / was not for the Hon. L.
w. Davidson for governor yet as he
was declared the nominee of the con-
ference 1 felt in a measure honor
bound to support him in the coming
primaries.
We had heard so much about hav-
ing q dirt farmer TO represent us
just couldn't exactly see why we as
farmers and laboring men should tie
onto L. W. Davidson who is more or
less of an aristocratic lawyer. /
just got TO wondering If he was 60
ing TO go all down the line with us
anyhow.
To satisfy myself I just set my
self down and wrote him the follow
ing letter:
Dear Mr.. Davidson: ] was
delegate TO the recent Farmer-Labor
Union political conference which in
dorsed you for governor at Dallas.
al feel in a measure bound to sup
port you although / was for another.
But before doing so would like to
know IL you are going to support all
the other candidates nominated and
Endorsed by the conference and will
you indorse openly on the stump the
platform of the FarmerLabor Union
political conference in its entirety?
"A prompt answer will be appre-
ciated." .-.
Refuses to Commit Himself.
On March II l received a reply
from him reading as follows:
my Dear Mr.. Sallas: have your
esteemed favor Of the 10th and indeed
] will appreciate your support in this
campaign and / thank you for your
thoughtfulness in writing me.
Il naturally feel kind 10 every other
man that the Farmer-Labor Union
will support. However, 1 do not re-
gard it as a political party and I do
not think il wise for any other candi-
date TO carry any other campaign
except his own. i think it would be
equally unwise for him to fight any
other man on the ticket"
So boys, here is why / have done
quit the drive. If you will read my
letter to him and then read his answer
you will see that Mr.. Davidson abso-
1utely ignores my question about
whether be is going TO support our
platform. If our platform amt good
enough for him TO run on then he
ought to get off of it and let us get
somebody that will represent us.
Then he won't say that he is going
10 vote for any of the rest of our
nominees. If he won't take his medi-