Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-18
RACE FOR End
State OFFICE
TOBEH ONE
Miller and Love Prob
ably Will Stage Mer-
ry Battle For Lieut.
enant Governor

AUSTIN, Tex, a1ar. lf--At least
two not races in Texas poiiIics ale
NI4uany assured now, anu Tor the
lirst time IN many years the race
iCr lieutenant governor probably viii
attract more attention than that fot
governor.
Barry Miller Or Dallas, the pres
enc lieutenant governor, - almost
certain to his candidacy
Tor re-c4ect.on WITHIN the next two
weeks. Then the fur Will begin
10 lis between him and Tom Love.
For weeks Miller friends over the
state have been urging him TO get
in the race. At tee outset he an
nounced that he did not want the
OFFICE again, was out Of politics and
could not be induced 20 make the
race. Then he began 10 weaken, as
some Of his closest friends urged
on him the necessity Of running or
eeing the office 90 to Tom Love,
who would be in a good position
two years hence 20 claim the gov
ernorship.
Miller has been growing weaker
and weaker in his refusais TO run,
and while he Is not yet q candidate,
there IS al likelihood that within
the next two or three weeks he will
announc for the office. II ne IS
elected this year Il IS a foregone
conclusion that he will be a candi-
date for governor two years hence
Had Moody not run for reelection
he would have sought the higher Of
flee this year.
Khan Enemy
Ii will be recalled that Miller went
into the office of lieutenant COVER
nor four years ago when the khan
vas swept from power in the state.
lie ran as an avOwed opponent Of
the khan, and his opponent in the
runoff was Will G. Edwards Of Dem
ton, former member Of the legisla-
ture and editor Of a newspaper. Ed
wards was popular over the state,
and especially with the editors, and
he was not a member Of the khan.
But he took the position that the
khan was not an issue and remained
silent about it while Miller denounc-
ed the order, and he went into Of
fees with the rest Of the ticket.
Tom Love admittedly has a long
lead over any Of the candidates now
in the race. He has assumed the
leadership Of the anti-Al Smith
forces in the state. and expects to
get TIE votes Of these people in his
own race after making himself prom
inent at the state convention and
possibly at Houston as an andyirg
enemy Of the New York governor.
And his plan probably will work out
as he has mapped il, for he is a
shrewd politician.
There is little likelihood that Mil
Ter will base his campaign on a
IN X Observation-Disclosures attitude,
but Il Is probable that he viii come
out fatty III support Of the nominee
Of the party At the Houston con-
Nention, whoever il may Be-. Love
has Indicated that II il IS Smith he
VIII ADOPT the same attitude he Gid
Two years ago when he tod the peo-
PIE q his district that III Mrs. FER
gGson were the party nominee ne
would not support her.
IA a Shaping UP ol that kind both
men viii be depending q lot OF the
houston convention, Love even more
than Miller. Should the
nominate Smith then Love would find
himself cut on a limb with Miller
welding a betty axe behind him.
But an any event we are IN for a
hot race for lieutenant governor. one
that Will be more interesting than
any Of late years, and one that viii
be a close second 70 the sensational
race In interest.
Rank Split Seen
A split in TIE ranks OF the anti
Smith element in the state is mot
impossible, IN the light Of Develop
Eients o. the past week. II will be
recalled that in these columns a
week ago attention was called 20 the
move 70 pussyfoot on instructions
against Smith. to avoid antagonizing
the New York, New Jersey and 9TH
or big delegations.
This week two state senator's. an
opposite sides Of most questions
gave oct very similar statements N
AUSTIN. Senator Nirtz OF SeOp;r
and Senator Walter Woodward ~
Coleman. the latter a bone dry. each
urged that nothing be done NJ thc
state convention to affront the snn-
porters Of Smith. and thus drive
them away from any candidate whom
Texas might propose.
This attitude may bring about =
division among those opposing
Smith, and il may force into lirht
some Of the reasons for the oppo-
sition- The public reason OF vir-
tually all is his liquor stand. but
the secret reason Of many is his re-
lieion. This new development NAV
put the latter class IN a hole where
they will have 20 come out and
admit their real onrnsitinn ~ crith