Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-12

AUSTIN. Aug. l2.-Ross :. Ster-
ling has stood out rs an abstract fig
ure, a sort OF idealized efficiency,
much as Herbert Hoover was known
only az an impersonal force Of dy-
manic energy and high achievement.
The Sterling ideal has not suffer-
ed as the Houston candidate for
governor has -humanized" in the
campaign.
With all his record OF building
and achieving. with I'LL the wealth
ne has accumulated. Mr.. Sterling
impresses first of all as a true
exponent of the plain people"
Neither wealth nor huge RESPONSE
bility have destroyed the plainnesS
OF his ways. the simple directness of
his thought OF speech. his friendly
yearning for contact with his fellow
man. nor the viewpoint upon life he
holds gained from his years of hard
physical toll and his youth OF ex-
IRENE poverty
Record of Hard Work
His "impersonaiity' has been o
a matter OF engrossment In work, OF
q plainness OF life that avoided the
spectacular, Of letting himself speak
only through achievements that are
finished, than through any afof
spirit Of superiority 4.
His neighbors back at Dayton and
Sour Lake and Goose Greek prefer
TO think of him still as the quiet
voiced feed merchant who could
take a bale Of hay under one arm
and q bag OF corn over the other
shoulder and hoist them upon the
farmers wagon with a
That unruffled ease and quiet
calm nth which he moves through
a job. big or little, .nterprets much
OF his attitude toward things III GEM
eral. and accounts for part Of his
lack OF being known for spectacular
exploits. for verbal controversies.
There Is nothing Of the political
demagogue nor the visionary spell
binder about this candidate for gov
ernor.
Visions Finished Job
Few things are more complex than
the building Of highways, the desiE-
nation OF routes and the linking IL
OF a confused patchwork OF unfin-
ished road projects. Unless it be
when this same Job Is taken I'D in
utter confusion, its organization de-
moralized, its progress mt q stand
still. The type Of Mr.. S~terllng's
imagination or vision is such that
he could gather up these disjointad
fragments and see a vast, correlated
project with the firm grasp upon
It's final completeness OF a great en-
gineer looking upon a finished bridge
His two outstanding traits seem TO
form a sort Of paradox In the make
up Of Mr.. Sterling-his "imrerson-
atty and his innate plain slmplic-
ity that keeps him at ease among
any group and makes the average
sort Of person at ease with him.
Political Jcbbing Taboo
This political campaign Is serving
as a solvent Of that paradox. prov
ing the two aspects are similar facets
of a anne straightforward nature
He seems abstract because he has
avoided the spectacular. Stunned
the practices OF politicians and DEM
agogues for gaining notoriety.
Such practices would be impossible
with him as governor. That would
hold out a promise that his effIY
and time and thought would be
spent in doing things, in work rather
than in words, in the substance,
rather than the froth Of ~statecraft.
His temperament would assure
harmony with the legislative and the
Subdivisions Of government. His
ability and his custom of leadership
would give him capacity TO point the
way and to guide the efforts of
others. His measures would win on