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remaining in the background If
any. In fact, were accredited dele
gates. James =. Ferguson. also q
former governor and husband OF
the woman candidate who went
into the runoff with Mr.. Sterling,
did not attend.
Mr. Sterling. chairman OF the
state highway commission. during
the tenure Of Governor Dan Moody
the past four years. came up to be
governor from a modest start In life
as a country storekeeper in Liberty
county. In late years, however. he
had been prominent In Texas civic
and business affairs. This was his
first effort In seeking public office.
Scrap Over Levy
The closing hours Of the owe
ton last night were inlivened by a
controversy over elimination from
the platform OF "a plank proposing
a constitutional amendment TO
eliminate the ad valorem levy from
the taxation system.
The platform committee previous
ly had incorporated the plank in
the declaration Of principles, but
when there were objections 1t was
reconvened and the expression was
deleted Owe the strenuous objections
Of former State Senator Paul Page.
Sr., of BaStrop, Senator Thomas 3.
Love 0f naliae and others
Love and Page carried the fight
to the convention, but the general
body voted against them. after Sem
ator Walter G. Woodward OF Cole
man told the delegates that Mr..
Sterling desired that the Democrats
write their " platform without
dictation from him. The guberla-
torial candidate gracefully kept
hands off the dissension that
ex~pectedly crept into the other
wise harmonious ~conclave. State
Senator II. j. Holbrook OF Calves
ton debated on the floor against
inclusion or the plank In the plat
form.
Formal Nominations
Other party candidates formally
nominated were Morris Sheppard
Of Texarkana. United States sen
ator; Edgar Witt of Waco, lieuten-
ant governor; James v. Alfred Of
Wichita Falls. attorney general,
Charley Lockhart Of Austin. trea-
surer; j. II. Mcdonald OF Waxaha-
chic. commissioner Of agriculture;
Pat M. Neff Of Waco. railroad COM
missioner; George Fl. Sheppard OF
Sweetwater, comptroller. :. ~.
Marris Of Austin, superintendent Of
public instruction: j. III. Walker Of
Austin. land commissioner; G.. MI.
Curenton OF Austin, chief justice Of
supreme court, and O. 8. baltimore
| of Austin, court of criminal appeals.
Included in the platform was n
of the most stringent planks pro-
hibition that a state convention
has ever accepted. II was proposed
that ito better aid the officers Of
the state in the Identification and
apprehension OF criminals, q state
Bertillon Identification Bureau
should be established through which
sheriffs. ~constables. police depart
ments and state rangers will cooper
ate in an enlarged, constructive
system OF recording the records and
identifications of criminals and
from which peace officers may pro-
cure information In the perform
ance OF their duties"
Backs Dry Amendment
The convention expressed its
"unaIterable" opposition to repeal
of the 18th amendment.
The platform scored the Repu-
blican tariff and the asserted Re-
publican failure at farm relief, and
urged state. county and city govern
ment TO do all within their power
10 relieve unemployment BY the
construction OF public works &C this
time: that industry refrain from
cutting wages"
III Endorsed demands for better
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