Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-08
BY THE POLITICAL ANALYST

BY THE POLITICAL ANALYST
AUSTIN, July 6.-Political glim-
merings at Austin:
The appearance OF Pat NJ. Neff
and Lynch Davidson on the same
platform at Brady, in the Nc
Cullough county jubilee. was q re-
minder Of an unusual situation that
developed when Neff was governor
and Lynch lieutenant governor.
Lynch was the only lieutenant
governor in the past two decades
who was not permitted once to sit
in the executive chair during his
two-year term. Neff did not GO
outside the state during his first
administration, when Lynch David
son was second in command.
In Neff's second administration,
It. w. Davidson several times was
called upon to preside over the
states affairs; but not Lynch in
the first.
Four big cities IN Texas have the
exclusive election of four state
senator's. These are Dallas. Fort
Worth. San Antonio and Houston.
The counties containing these cities
are each q separate senatorial dis
trict.
This probably Is close to an equal
division, based on population; but
the effect of this is tha1 the cities.
whose interests are as major cities,
can nullify in the upper house the
votes Of four members representing
ninety-four entire counties.
Sen. 3. +. Berkeley Of Alpine
represents q counties. Clint O.
Small Of Wellington represents 26.
Pink L. Parrish Of Lubbock g. and
Archie Parr OF Benavides Is coun-
ties in the senate.
The constitution provides for
legislative re~districting upon each
census. Last time. the redistricting
law was not passed until half the
decade was gone. Il was fragment
airy, and its principal effect was
to create two-year terms for one
half the senator's.
Probably there will be no new
senatorial re~districting for the next
two or four years.
Security OF the state as a whole
must rest upon the thesis that while
house members are to represent To-
cal districts IN relation TO the
whole. senator's r 10 represent the
entire state. Irrespective Of the local
nature OF their election.
Lynch Davidson's double-barrel
selection of Clint C. Small and
James YUlng as his choice for sec
ond-primary material in the gov
ernor's race proves simply that he
favors a candidate opposed TO the
statewide bond issue, and tat Is
about all.
He withdrew from the governors
race announcing his purpose Of
supporting 9th candidates. His
interest in the race was in large
measure due 70 his Hostility % the
highway bond plan; and 1t was
inevitable that he should support
onlv those who likewise are hostile
70 IL.
Out of one of the heavy repub-
lican districts come the prediction
that the republican primary ballot
July Is will probably be light.
This is figured TO mean that a
great many nominal republicans
will hold their fir TO have a say
in the run-off primaries. and per-
haps in the gC-2ral election. when
the democratic races get in focus.
It Is not construed as a step to-
ward support Of Thomas 3. Love.
The neutrality-suspicious. voters are
not those who would support him
at any time. His political flirta-
ton with republican ballots vas
concerned with votes cast for re-
publican electors by persons who
never claim TO be republicans. and
whose only venture afield has been
for the purpose ~ voting against
a democrat when no other means
Of doing so was available.