Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-08
POT
TO BOIL SOON,
PREDICTION
County Campaign FIX
pecteo to Liven Up
After First General
Free-For-AH'

A "whirlwind finish" for the no
litical campaign in Cameron coun-
ty Is predicted by experienced OBJ
servers who contend that the pres
ent apathy displayed by voters and
candidates is merely the calm be-
fore the storm"
Los Fresnos will be host to the
county candidates at a typical
Cameron county "free-for-all" at the
community school house Friday Fri
day night, July ~, and this is expect
ed 20 start the political fireworks"
All candidates have received invita-
tons to be present and each Will be
allotted a few minutes on the pro-
gram.
Community leaders Of Il Jardin,
Wilson Tract, Briggs-Coleman, Rio
Hondo, Los lndios, santa Maria, La
Ferla and Point Isabel have indicated
that similar invitations would be ex-
tended the candidates by their re-
spectlve communities, but no def
mite dates have been set. Many Of
the candidates have announced their
preference for the "free-for-all,' stat
ing that II gives them an opportun-
lty to meet the voters en- masse, and
present their respective candidates..
The community meetings have be-
come regular Institutions in connec-
ton with Cameron county campaigns,
and the system has proved satistac-
tory, voters and candidates state.
While the Los Fresnos meeting is
expected TO be the first of the free
for-alls," and will formally open the
campaign, the candidates have not
been inactive During the past week
they have been beating the brush"
on the outer edges OF the county, lin
ing up the voters and leaders. With
the opening of the community meet
ings the back country campaign
will be practically suspended, as the
community affairs will demand the
attention of all c~ontenders.
Members of the Garner-for-con-
gress organization are reporting ex-
cellent progress In their respective
precincts, and give the assurance that
the Garner vote will be the heaviest
ever polled in the county. The oppo-
sition has ~circularized the county, ac-
cording to reports, and has aroused
some interestin a few communities.
The campaign for the Garner is being
conducted upon the basis that Cam
eron as well as every other country in
the district should give the congress-
man a majority that will add to the
prestige he enjoys at the national
capitol.
Plans for a Garner mass meeting
at some central point are being
formulated the central committee.
and the date and place will be an
nounced early next week, II. B. Gall
braith, chairman of the Garner-for-
congress club, announced Saturday.
A meeting Of the county democratic
executive committee will be held at
the district court room Monday aft
ernoon, July 3. for the purpose Of
appointing primary judges for the 81
voting precincts of the county, ar
ranging the official ballot, and max
ing other preparations for the pri-
mary on July %. One Of the prin-
cipal matters TO come before the COM
mittee will be that of ruling the
lame of party boilers" off the Of
fetal ballot.
The first echoes Of the partisan
fight to be wsged in the county dur
ing the late summer and fall months
come from Harrington, where the
Hoover-for-president club will hold a
banquet Monday night and formulate
plans for the fall campaign. II is
understood that an effort Will be