Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

bership. Two vetsrans-w. r. Mont
gomery Of Edinburg and W. S. Bar
ron OF Bryan-are candidates for the
honor and the responsibility. A dark
horse has been talked Of in the per-
son OF Cecil Storey Of Vernon, an
other long time member of the house.
Inere are contests Of two seats
III n house brewing, one involving
a new member and one an old. Rev.
RI. II. Wallace of Tyler was the DEM
ocratic nominee for reelection from
the 32nd representative district, but
the democratic executive committee
ruled his name off the general cleo
ton ballot after his declaration that
he could not support the democratic
national presidential nominees, and
substituted Albert Sidney Johnson OF
Winons, johnson was elected on the
lace Of unofficial returns. The Rev.
Mr.. Wallace has announced he will
contest before the legislature the
seating Of Johnson. L. A. Smith Of
Edinburg vii contest Montgomery,
candidate for speaker, taking his
seat.
Irregularities alleged by members
oi the Observation-Disclosures ticket
against the successful democratic
nominees in the warmly contested
general election in Hidalgo county
will be brought forth against Mont
gomery.
The house. under the constitution.
IS the sole judge" of the qualifica-
ton Of its members, and q scat may
be declared vacant by a vote Of the
membership.
New members OF the senate. with
the name of each mans predecessor
IN parenthesis. arc as follows: ]. W.
=. II. Beck tLloyd Price,, Dekalb;
". L. Thomson (I. ID. Fairchild)
~tdeceasedD. NacoSdoches; Nat Pat
ton Oh. L. Lewis, Crockett; Tom
DeBerry Charles K. Floyd, Bogata;
Will u. Martin (Pierce B. Ward.
Hillsboro; Charles s. Banner Or. s.
Bowers) Bryan; Walter Woodull O..
w. HalD, Houston; j. ". Stevenson
John II. Bailey, Victoria; John W.
Hornsby GA. Z. Wcodl. Austin; Oil
YER Cunningham (Jcssie K. Smith.
Abilene; ". A. Williamson (Julius
READ, San Antonio: Julian p. liver
Robert A. Stewart, Fort Worth;
Pink L. Parrish (N. n. Bledsoe),
Lubbock: G. G. Small u. ". Reid,
Wellington.
Three of the new senators were
members Of the house in the 10th
legislature. They arc DeBerry, Ste.
nso and Williamson.
Members Of the senate holding
over and reelected are Miss Msrgie
Neal, Carthage. VI. r. Triplett, Beau
mont. whose recent death caused q
vacancy; Julian p. Greer, Athens:
Thomas G. Pollard, Tyler; Ed West
brook. Sherman; Joe VI. Moore.
%Greenyille; Thomas B. Love, Dallas;
Edgar Z. Witt. Waco: Gus Russek.
~Schulenburg; T. +. Holbrook. Gal
weston; a. J.. Writ, Seguin; Carl G.
Hardin, Stephenville; Eugene Miller,
Garner; W. ID. McFarlare, Graham:
Walter G, Woodward, Coleman; Ar
chic Parr, Benavidcs; p. r. Belklcy.
Alpine.
New members OF the house arc:
G. &. Hines, Linden; r. VI. Hubbard.
New Boston; Thurman Adkins. La
fsyette; r. II. Prendercrast, Mar
shall; James E. Eaton, Gary; Phil
Sanders, Nacogdoches: J. IT. Walters.
Buda; w. 0. Williams, Honey Is
land; B. E. Quinn, Beaumont: Mrs.
Helen Moore, Texas City; ROLAND
Bradley and j. Lewis Thompson:
Houston; W. c. Carpenter, Bay
City; T. N. Mauritz. Ganado: J.. NJ.
Alderman. Navasota; +. p. Palmer. |
Alto; Albert Sidney Johnson. Vino
ma; ]. III. Baker, Quitman; J. W. Har- |
per. Mount Pleasant; Ben F. Brooks,
Bagwell; W. Fl. Wirg and G.. J.. Fox,
George c. Stephens, Sulphur
Springs; ". 2. O'Ncal. Frisco; Paul