Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-24
Political Sharpshooters in the
Treetops

Now that the birds are singing in the forests and
The flowers are blooming in the gardens. political
sharpshooters ar taking their place in the treetops-
Some few Of the sharpshooters are avowed candidates
for governor. z. g. Senter. who practices Law IN the
city Of Dallas and casts his ballot in the county OF
Tarrant. is a sharpshooter. He has been a sharp
shooter for A years HI has let ii be known that Gov.
Moody Is all wrong in his prison reform program
He calls upon Barry Miller to come across and ua-
fold his mind and timber his tongue as TO his atti-
tude on prison reform. Senter does not expect to re-
ceive the nomination. He is known as "the Texas
wasp" and a wasp loves to have It's own fun by e free
use Of its stinger.
w. Gregory Hatcher Is In the treetops. Re Is a
sharpshooter. Farmer James Z. Ferguson gave
Hatcher his first office. Then they split and became
enemies. The sharpshooter who is known as the
Hell Raiser" is opposed to the Moody program from
TOP to bottom. Hatcher does not expect to be elected
governor. He does expect to have a lot of political
sport. In the sharpshooting line, until the primary
ballots are counted and the winner named.
Farmer Jim is opposed to the Moody program.
Indeed, he hates Moody and his policies as ~savagely
as devout churchmen of a certain denomination say
the devil hates holy water. Second to Moody comes
Barry Miller. Farmer Jim has as little use for Miller
as he has for a mad tarantula In striking distance OF
a victim.
Thomas 3. Love hopes to be governor. He has given
his vote In the senate to many of the Moody policies.
Ferguson and Love are ancient enemies. In political
thinking they are as far apart as James Tom Helm
of Alabama and John J. Raskob Of Delaware and New
York.
Earle 3. Mayfield hopes to be governor. Mayfield
and Ferguson are on friendly terms. There IS very
little difference between the platform Of Ferguson and
that OF Mayfield except the prohibition count. Fer
ruson believes, or rather insists. that the federal pro
laws, as they have been handled and enforced, are
rank failures, a mockery Of justice and creating a re-
public of liars and hypocrites. Mayfield is for the en-
forcement Of all pro laws. and so declares in his plat
form.
James Young calls himself an old line, old fashion
ed Jeffersonian- Jackson democrat with improvements
brought down 10 date. Mayfield is committed, in his
platform, at least, against the Moody prison reform
program. Young, in his foreword, intimated that ne
would investigate prison conditions and later take the
people into his confidence.
This is the burning question that is ~agitating the
mind of Ferguson: will the Wilcox state commit
tee place my name on the ballot?"
This is the burning question that Is ~asitating the
mind OF Love: "will the supreme court Of Texas
grant my prayer. hit the wilcox committee a solar
plexus blow and order my name placed on the official
ballct?"
March came In accompanied by screeching winds
In April Love may be handed his answer. In June
Ferguson will know what IL is all about. There Is
plenty of moisture In the earth There is a splendid