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

bership. Two vstersns-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.
There are contests of two seats
III the house brewing, one involving
a new member and one an old. Rev.
II. H. Wallace of Tyler was the dem
ocratic nominee for reelection from
the SIND representative district. but
the democratic executive committee
ruled his name off the general cleo
ton ballot after his declaration that
hs could not support the democratic
national presidential nominees, and
substituted Albert Sidney Johnson of
Winora, Johnson was elected on the
face of unofficial returns. The Rev.
Mr.. Wallace has announced he will
contest before the legislature the
seating of Johnson. F.. A. Smith of
Edinburg vii contest Montgomery,
candidate for speaker, taking his
seat.
Irregularities alleged by members
" tuS LlCheN
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 a seat may
be declared vacant by q vote Of the
membership.
New members OF the senate, with
the name of each mans predecessor
in parenthesis, arc as follows: j. ~.
y. II. Beck Lloyd Price,. Dekalb;
W. L. Thomason II. ID. Fairchild)
tdeceased), Ns~cogdoehes; Nat Pat
ton Oh. l.. Lewisl. Crockett: Tom
DcBerry (Charles X. Flcyd). Bogata;
VIII NJ. Martin tpierce b. Ward.
Hillsboro: Charles s. Banner (R. s.
Bowers Bryan; Walter Woodull u.
! W. Hall), Houston; j.. W. Stevenson
tJohn II. Bailey, Victoria; John W.
IIornsby "a. L. Wood, Austin; Oil
yer Cunningham (Jessie r. Smith.
Abilene; W. A. Williamson Julius
Real), San Antonio; Julian r. Hycr
Robert A. Stewart, Fort Worth;
Pink L. Parrish (W. II. Bledsoe).
Lubbock; c. &. Small ~. ". Reid,
Wellington.
Three Of the new senators were
members of the house in ths 10th
legislature. They arc DeBerry. Ste
venscn and Williamson.
Members Of the senate holding
over and reelected are Miss Marrie
Neal, Carthage; II. +. Triplett, Beau
mont, whose recent death caused a
vacancy; Julian P. Greer, Athens;
Thomas G. Pollard. Tyler; Ed West
brook, Sherman; Joe NJ. Moore,
Greenville; Thomas q. Love, Dallas:
Edgar h. Witt. Waco; Gus Russck,
S~chulenburg; IT. r. Holbrook. Cal
weston: A. j. Writ, Seguin; Carl c.
Hardin. S~tephenville; Eugene Miller.
Garner; W. ID. McFarlane. Graham;
Walter @. Woodward. Coleman; Ar
chic Parr, %Benavides; b. r. Belklcy,
Alpine.
New members Of the house are:
q. G. Hines. Linden; II. II. Hubbard,
New Boston; Thurman Adkins, La.
fayette; F. n. Prendergrsst, Mar
shall; James f. Eaton, Gary: Phi
Sanders. Nacogdoches; j.. II. Walters
Buds; ". o. Williams, Honey Is
land; b. r. Quinn, Beaumont; Mrs.
Helen Moore. Texas City; ROLAND
Bradley and J. Lewis Thompson;
Houston; W. g. Carpenter. Bay
City; r. n. Mauritz. Ganado: J.. NJ
Alderman, Navasota; F.. p. Palmer,
Alto; Albert Sidney Johnson, Vino.
ma; ]. II. Baker, Quitman; J.. W. Har.
per. Mount Pleasant; Ben r. Brooks.
Bagwell; W. Fl. Wigg and G.. ]. Fox
Paris; George G. Stephens. Sulphur
] Springs; N. p. O'Neal. Frisco: Paul