Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-17
GARNER CLUB
SPEAKERS TO
LAUNCH.FICHT
Campaign Will Be Car
ried to All Parts of
Valley During Last
Two Weeks

The Garner-for-congress campaign
will be carried into every part Of the
VALLEY during the last two weeks be-
lfare the primary, according to plans
formulated Monday nc a conference
between Gordon Griffin of McAllen
and H. B. Galbraith of Brownsville.
ehairmen Of Hidalgo and Cameron
acknowledgements clubs.
Arrangements were concluded Tor
addresses at Los Fresnos Tuesday.
July IT, and FL Jardin and Santa
Rosa Friday, July 20. The last week
of the campaign will open with a raj
ly at San Benito, Monday night. July
%, after which the speakers will in
wade Hidalgo county, making ad-
dresses at McAllen Tuesday night,
July "a; Edinburg Wednesday night,
Jaly rs; Mercedes Thursday night,
July 2e- and Donna Friday night,
July %. The campaign in Cameron
county will close with q rally at Har-
lingen Friday night. July 27.
Speakers who have volunteered
their services for the campaign in
eiude Judge H. L. Yates and H.. b.
Galbraith of Brownsville, Gordon
Griffin of McAllen and others. Two
or more speakers will appear at each
Of the meetings.
Judge II. L. Yates Of Brownsville
will debate the issues with the OPP
nenent of Congressman Garner, Sid
Hardin of Mission, at Los Fresnos
Tuesday night, July II, and also ex-
pects 70 meet the candidate on the
platform at FL Jardin Friday night,
July 90. Other debates will probably
be arranged before the close Of the
campaign. In both Cameron and Hi
dalgo counties the various voting
precincts have been well organized
by the Garner-for-congress clubs, and
II is the duty OF the precinct chair
men and the chairwonien indicate
that the Uvalde man will carry the
Valley by q greater majority than
two years ago.
Hidalgo for Garner
Congressman Garner will carry
every precinct in Hidalgo county
with possibly one exception, the Mis-
sion box" was the forecast Of Cor
don Griffin, chairman of the Hidal-
20 county committee. Garner SEN
timent throughout the county is
stronger than ever, and the voters
are fully ap~preeiative Of the work
Garner has done on behalf Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. Gamers
opposition carried one precinct in
1926, and that was in the nature Of
q complimentary vote cast by Mr..
Hardin's home precinct. / predict
that the entire Valley will give Gar
ner the greatest majority ever re-
ceived by a candidate in this sec
tion."
al. B. Galbraith reported similar
Conditions in Cameron county, stat
ing that while Hardin and some of
his supporters were making a Wig
orous campaign, "the voters gener-
ally understand the influences back
Of the movement to defeat Garner,
and will register their protests at
the polls in a manner that would
prove definitely that they are appre-
ciative of the congressman's efforts
or behalf OF the district.
"This tariff issue the opposition 20
Garner has attempted 70 raise is
merely camouflage, as is also their
effort to make q campaign through
the churches, a move which the great
majority of Valley ministers deeply
resent" the Cameron county chair
man said. IL am convinced, and !
believe the great majority Of VAL
Lex voters are also convinced, that
ek Of the campaign is the in
fluence Of various interests financial
~ interested in securing the defeat
Of Garner. ! refer to those interests
which opposed the Garner inheritance
tax and which resented his efforts to
remove the burden Of heavy taxa
ton from those Of moderate means
and place it upon those Of great
nvaaith"