Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-31
Smith TO WIN
EARLY, THINKS
HOUSTONIANS
Jones Is Texas Favor
lite Son But VIII Get
On Ais Parade
Quick, Writer Says
BY c. ID. MADE

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seems that nearly an Or the outstand-
ing politicians Of TNxas are backin.
Jesse H. Jones OF Hcnston as the man
Texas should suppqf1 until il sees
which way the banlwagon II going.
or If there is to he n bandwagon.
Mr.. Jones has put limself in a recep-
tive mood, althor al the same time
making IL clear he Is not trying
20 undermine nife anybody else.
He is willing ccept the nominal
ton in case is n deadlock and
his services a eeded.
However, tn a general impress
sion in Houston Mat Smith will get
the nomination Along about the
fourth, fifth or Rth ballot. IL Is
estimated that il take that long
to shake off the falt rite sons and get
them on the bandwAgon, although IL
IS deemed entirely possible that
Smith will win on the first ballot. AT
any rate, the odds are very much in
favor Of Smith winNing the nnmina-
tion before the tenth ballot. In fact,
il he has not won il by that time the
chances would be very much against
mis- winning at all.
Moody Disclosed
A1AG - CN4AA ~ AQL Ol GOnOt% Oh
the Beaumont conversion. in which
Ian Moody is generally the subject
CT conversation. Moody undoubtedly
would have Jared better there had he
had an aggressive position on almost
any subject. AS il was ne lost friends
m the Love and in the Smith camps.
while those who were supporting Kim
were either for or against Smith at
heart, and 10 that extent slightly ar
tected in their attitude toward the
governor. rI Dan had taken an az
eressiye stand he would have won a
lot Of peaple to him. and the others
would not have "cussed" him much
more than they are doing, anyway.
Now Doth sides are trying 30 get
out candidates against Moody.\ At
least, the Love faction il bent on H..
while the Smith faction is determined
TO support Wardlaw.
Moody has nothing 10 fear in that
situation, for he is in exactly the
same position he was in at Beau
mont. He holds the balance Of owe
and each extreme would support him
rather than sec the other extreme
win. He can beat the dryest dry or
the wetest wet in the runoff, should
II go into a runoff primary, because
the other extreme will come to his
aid.
Blanton 10 Start
Now that Earle Mayfield has opened
his campaign the only absentee in the
senatorial race is Tom Blanton, who
probably will start the fireworks IN
a few days. Blanton figured il good
politics 20 stay in Washington until
congress ended its session. SO he
could tell how he was up there doing
what he was paid to do by the peo-
PIE Notwithstanding that IL looks
Ike a Connally-Mayfield runoff. the
abilene congressman is certain 10
put some ginger in the campaign.
Probably the most interesting race
Texas viii have this year. or at least
a close second TO the senatorial heat,
will be that between Tom Love and
Fairy Miller for lieutenant governor
i would seem now that Miller should
have the best or II. but this writar
has long & quit prophesying about
what Tom Love will do. Love Is adj
mittedly one Of the best politicians
who ever hit Texas, and he has been
several times dead but never buried
deep enough but that he hobs 10
again.
The Smith forces will support Mil
Ter almost IN their entirety. and vir-
tually all the anti-klan element OF
the state will be against Love. unless
Tom can manage 10 stir I'd some new
issue and get on the winning side Of
IL. The Khan will be openly support
ing him, which is likely 10 hurt aim.
because Texas is overwhelmingly
anti-klan in the final analysis.
II looks like the national situation
and the senate and Miller-Love races
are going 70 take the play entirely
away from the minor candidates. or
candidates for minor state offices.
They will have a hard time stirring
UP much interest until after the
Houston convention. and then the
primaries come about four weeks
thereafter. Maybe they can campaign
Z little cheaper this yea anyway.