Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-20

One week from today, the candi-
dates will be reading the good or bad
news, in the papers, but between
now and then the seven active as
pirants to the governors chair will
do their hardest work.
Jim Young and Barry Miller, who
usually talk only once a day, will
speak two and three times a day
during the coming week. Ross
Sterling and Thomas B. Love, who
have been very active. won't let up.
Earle 3. Mayfield said Saturday
that he had so many requests that
he did not know just where he was
going but he intended 10 fill as
many engagements as possible. Clint
Small has II speeches scheduled be-
fore the first primary Saturday. y.
r. Ferguson speaking for his wife
Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, plans six
speeches.
Instead or 'soft-pedsling' his at
tacks ON former Congressman Young
in a speech Saturday in Young's
home town Of kaufman, Love en-
phasized them.
Negro Vote
One OF the ten Tammany candi-
dates. a former congressman. took
me TO task the other night for say
ing that Texas negroes supported Al
Smith for president in 1928" Love
said. The sworn reports in the Of
flee Of the clerk OF the house OF
representatives in Washington show
that John j. Raskob and his ma
tional committee spent S143, 900 in
cash in 1928 financing the Smith
for President Colored league, organ
lied to get the negro vote for Al
Smith in every state in the Union.
These same reports show that the
Texas democratic campaign commit
tee Of which the distinguished for
mel congressman was chairman.
spent S12. 1925 in the futile effort
TO carry Texas for Al Smith in 1928
and that two $4,000 checks were
sent to Texas by Raskob to aid in
the good work
Love ridiculed Young's asserted
charge that Small's lack Of leader
ship IN West Texas cost Smith the
state. clint did all he could TO
carry West Texas" Love said.
"Gooseneck Bill Mcdonald and the
negro preachers couldn't help him
any because there are no negroes in
West Texas"
Young was in Weatherford Sat-
urday afternoon and Fort Worth
Saturday night. His Dallas head
quarters made public a letter from
Congressman Claude Hudspeth OF FL
Paso. endorsing Young's candidacy.
and referring 70 Love as Thomas
Buncombe Love"
Hudspeth was quoted as saving
that Clint Small probably benefited
a hundred Deople with his land
law while Young protected millions
BY his work IN congress for the cat
tie men and farmers. Every West
Texan should vote for Young. Huds-
peth was reported as saying.
Says Small Fizzle
j. Cleo Thompson. campaign man
ager for Young IN north Texas took
Lynch Davidson 70 task for his re-
ported support Of Small. He charged
that Davidson said more than three
weeks ago that Small would make a
'~'fizzle" as governor. and that Dav-
idson was looking ahead 20 run for
governor himself in 1882.
Ferguson had an address sched-
uled at Whitney. in Hill county. Sat
urday night. after a talk at Dallas
Friday night.
Ferguson, who has been governor.
as has his wife, said that things
were looking better than in any
previous campaign in which he had
been interested. He predicted that
Mrs. Ferguson would lead the tic
ket by 100000 votes.
The former governor expressed
the belief that his wife would get
1000 votes In Dallas county not
withstanding the fact that two OF
her opponents. Miller and Love, live
theres