The Lynn County News (Tahoka, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1930 Page: 4 of 10
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lynn County Nruif
E I. HILL. Editor and Owner
Published Every Thursday at
Tahoka. Lynn County, Texas.
Entered as secand class matter at
the post office a Tahoka. Texas, un-
der act of March 6th, 1879.
"drys.” Since then he has been like
a man without a country, and today
he must feel “like one who treads
alone some banquet hall deserted;
whose lights are fled, whose gar-
lands dead, and all but he departed."
Dan lost his one great opportunity
when he failed the dry cause in 1928
and fought for an uninstructed del-
i gat ion—w hich meant an Al Smith
delegation.
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to our attention
THE HATS THAT ARE IN
THE RING
E' ery day we are asked h w many
candidates are in the race for gov-
ernor, <r who they are. W? are giv-
ing the list below and just a word
about each. First, just to clear the
brush, we will name those who have
been mentioned but have not an-
nounced as candidates.
Heading the list is Governor Dan
Mo dy. It was persistently rumor-
ed during the recent special sessions
of the legisla ure that he would defi-
antly fling his hat into the ring but
it is not believed now that he will
do so. Dan put up a stubborn fight
for prison reform but lost. Some of
his former pals quit him. His polit-
ical downfall dates back to the sum-
mer of 1928. Many yet believe that
Dan was led into the quagmi-e by
the siren voice of Tammany Hall
singing lul'abies to him of a place
on the national ticket, that Dan real-
ized too late that he had gotten in-
to deep water, or rather into a cess
pool, floundered aro.’nd in the Beau-
mont convention, and after finally
landing cn firm ‘‘dry’’ ground, his
garments were terribly mire-bespat-
tered. He had incurred the contempt
of his former wet friends without
having gaired the admiration of the
Then there is R. S. Sterling of
Houston, member of the state high-
way commission. He is daddy of th».
state highway bond proposal He
fourd it to be very unpopular and
backed off from the governor’s race.
Oscar Holcombe, also of Houston
and ex-mayor of that city, announc-
ed at one time that he would be a
candidate, but he also seems to have
gotten cold feet. A fellow named
Merits, who hails from somewhere
in South Texas and who is a inem-
b r of the lerisla ure, has some kind
of a tax hobby tha. he announced h’
was going to take to the people as
a candidate for governor, but we
hf.ve not se n anything of his smok •
recently. Sheriff Baker of Hidal-
go county was also prominently
mentioned as a guberratorial candi-
date some time ba k, but he seems
to be out of it. A fellow down at
Mineral Wells a few months ago
sailed his hat into the ring and then
went and picked it up again, decid-
ing to save his sombrero for a more
convenient season.
Several others have been mention-
ed for the place but it does not seem
likely now that any of them will
dive into the pool except Lynch
Davidson. He is evidently preparing
to try the water again. We are pub-
lishing a story from Houston this
week which shows that Lvnch has
a lot of poli ical sense. Wiih almost
a dozen others already in the race,
Lynch is the oo'y candidate so far,
eccept Tom Love who has made a
distinct bid for the votes of the
“Hoovercrata”. Lynch was a candi-
date six years ago and made a most
creditab'e showing—almost got into
he se ond primary. He ran again
in 1926 and got almost as many
votes as he bad gotten two years be-
for
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The
First National Bank
of Tahoka, Texas |
—Capital and Surplus $100,000.00—
A Bank Whose Resources are for the Ac-
commodation of its Customers
DIRECTORS
A. L. Lockwood
0. L. Slaton
W. D Nevels
R. P. Weathers
W. B. Slaton
LYNN VOL'NTY NEWS, l AHUfcA . ifckAb, APRIL IVTli. .
fore, but the fight was between
Moody and Ferguson and Lynch was
*eft in the cold. He has been lieu-
tenant governor, is a man of consid-
erable wealth, and has been a busi-
ness success. His home is in Hous-
ton. He may become a formidable
candidate if he runs.
E. G. Senter of Dallas says he is
a candidate. He will retire from the
race, however, if Lynch Davidson
should get in it. It would probably
make very little difference whether
he retires from the race or not, as
it is not believed that he will cut
much ice in any event. His hobby
is court reform.
Fred B. Robinson, a newspaper-
man of Waco, has also announced.
He is reputed to have considerable
ability, but it is evident that when
the first heat is ended he will be
among the “also-rans’*.
Gregory Hatcher of Dallas, the
present state treasurer, also thinks
he is a cand'date. He may be a good
n an and good material for the gov-
ernorship but he has about as much
chance as a pet spaniel at a bulldog
convention.
There is a lady in the race—Miss
Kate Daffan of Ennis. She has
1 ng been prominent in women’s
club work in the state and is a very
accomplished woman. It is not prob-
able that she will prove to be much
of a politician, however.
Now we come to the old war
horses. First and foremost, possib-
ly, there is Jim Ferguson. Many are
predicting that he will get into the
second primary if no fur'her. Jim
rirst flashed across the political
horizon in 1914, when he defeated
Tom Ball in the Democratic primar-
ies as a candidate for governor by a
vote of 237,000 to 191,000. Two
years later he defeated Charles H.
Morris by a vote of 240,000 to 174,-
000. Then in 1917 he was impeach-
ed and removed from office. Lieu-
tenant Governor Hobby became gov-
error and ran for the office in 19H
with Jim Ferguson as his opponent.
He defeated Ferguson in the pri-
mary bv a vote of 461,000 to 217,000.
Then Jim cussed out the Democratic
party, abandoned it, and in 1920 ran
, for President on what he called the
i American party ticket. In 1924 he
tried to run for governor in the
I Democratic primaries but his name
was barred from the ticket. His wife
'became a cand'date, received 146-
000 votes in the first primary, got
in the run-off with Felix Robertaon
as her oppon°nt and defeated him by
i a vote cf 413.00 to 316,000. She was
I elected in November 1924 over
George C. Butte, Republican. by a
1 vote of 422,000 to 294,000. At the
I same time Dan Moody was elected
I attorney general, and In 1926 he be-
came a candidate against Mrs. For-
wards, newspaper man of Denton, in
the first primary by * little more ■
than 4,000 votes and defeating him
in the second primary by a li tie less
than 24.000 votes. As a candidate
for re-electkn in 1928, Barry Millet
received 312.000 vo es out of 675.000
cast in the firrt primary, Tom Love
being his closest opponent with 202,-1
000 votes. Love was in the run-off '
with him hut withdrew before the I
second e’ection and Miller was nom-1
inated and ele ted. Until recently,
Miller seemed to have the support of'
he Democratic machinery of th?
state, b-t recent e ents indicate that
it has now gone over to another.
Just how much strength he wi 1 be
able to develop is now highly prob-
lematical.
The gentleman who now seems t
be in the graces of the Democratic
machinery of the state is Jim Young
of Kaufman. Young served with
-ame distinction in Congress for ten
years. Then he voluntarily retired.
At least, he didn’t run for re-election
and has remained in private life for
several years. He has always vof
d for prohibition. But in 1928 Lu
'id nothing, so far as we notied. t>
stem the pre-convention tide toward
Al Smith, and after Smith was nom-
nated he was one of the most ac-
tive supporters of Smith and one of
'he most vehement cri ics of the
“Hoovercrats” in the state. He v ^s
specially bitter in denouncing them
for their alleged religious bigotry.
He is now being touted by his sup-
porters as a dry but in his speeches
he is telling the people that he re-
gards law enforcement a matter f«r
county and local authorities to deal
with. A sop to the wets. He is
being supported bv State Democrat-
ic Chairman Dave Wilcox, we under
stand, by Steve Pinckney of Hous
ton, by John Boyle of San Artonio.
by C. C. Renfro of Da'las, and oth-
er members of the committee an'’
leaders in the party who have been
crying for the b oorf of a l “Hoover-
crats.” Yet Jim Young is not i
bad man—just a bit intolerant. So
far, outside of the support of the
politicians, he d es not seem to have
devlcped any very great strength.
Then there is Tom Love. We don
know whether he will be a cand'date
in the Democratic primaries or not;
for, even if the supreme court should
sustain his contention in the case
now pending, the Democratic Execu-
time Committee would probably pre-
scribe an additional test which he
could not pass. They seem determin-
ed to keep his name off the ticket.
If they succeed in this respect, many
thousands of other Democrats m iy
decline to enter the Democratic pri-
maries. not because of their admira
tion for Tom Love but as a matter
of conscience and as a protest
against what they regard as high-
...........-
handed methode. This may be the
very reeult they are aiming at If
hey do succeed in driving a very
’arge number of drys out of the pri-
maries, Jim Ferguaon will probably
take the play away from them ami
run off with all the bait. As for
Tom Love, he is highly praised by
his friends and hated by his ene-
mies He has long been an influ-
ential political figure in this state.
Away back in the days of Tom
Campbell he was a member of the
state senate and helped to put over
;s me of the progressive measures
that Campbell crampioned. Later,
he was a strong supporter of Wood-
row Wilson for the Democratic nom-
ination and for election to the Pres-
idency and was given a place of re-
sponsibility to the Department of
State at Washington during Wilson’i
administration. He was one of the
leaders in Texas against the nomi-
lation of Al Smith in 1928 and sup-
r rted Hoover in the general elec-
tion. By this course he incurred the
urd;, ing enmity of most of the Dem-
ocratic politi ians and has possibly
been "cussed” and ridiculed the pas
wo years m re than any other man
in Texas. He usually keeps a cool
head, however, and he may continue
to be a powerful force in Texas pol-
itics even though hie name should he
barred from the Democratic ticket.
So, this is the list of candidates
row running for g iverner. Lota of
dust Is geing to be kicked up down
the road.
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DAWSON COUNTY FARMERS
ARE TURNING TO DAIRYING
LAMESA. April 7.—Checking up
on the 2,201 registration carda, offi-
cials cf the recent three day dairy
short course here found that 1,304
owned milk cows and that there
were 4,167 cows owned by farmers
in this section who attended the
course. These cows produce over
5,000 gallons of milk daily. A large
percentage of the carda counted
showed farmers wanted to increase
their dairy h"rds, and very few of
•hem needed1 financial help in en-
larging their dairy herds.
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Joseph Taylor of Chicago, who
had attempted suic'de, was sentenced
to take a two week’s vacation, for
which money was raised in court.
PCHAI
S DAILY
you will feed
RED CHAIN 24% Dairy Ration
THE dairyman who operates by guesswork
1 says he "can’t afford to feed RED CHAIN."
His money-making neighbor—who weighs al!
feed and milk and keeps records on each cow
—knows that he can’t afford NOT r__
to feed it! We furnish milk record
cards and literature—FREE—and
milk scales at cost. If you KNOW
your production and costs, we know
you’ll feed RED CHAIN.
Burleson Grain Co.
guson for governor. He defeated her
in the first primary by a vote of
409,000 to 283,000 and in the second
primary by a vote of 495,000 to
l 270,000. If we are to judge tha fu-
i ture by the past, we may expect Jim
Ferguson to poll at least 200,000 and
possibly 250,000 votes in the first
primary. If so, he is sure to be in
the run-off with somebody.
Pitted against Ferguson and the
others in this contest is Ferguson’s
old-time opponent, Earle B. May-
field. Ferguson and Mayfield were
both candidates for the United •
States Senate in 1922. Other candi-'
dates in the first primary that year I
were Charles A. Culberson, running ’
for re-election, Cullen F. Thomas, I
C'arence Ousley, Bob Henry, and
Sterling P. Strong, and 573,000 votes
were polled. Mayfield led with 153,-
000 votes and Ferguson was second
with 127,000. In the run-off Mayfield
defeated Ferguson by a vote of 273,-1
OOo to 228 000. In the general elec-'
♦ion Mayfield defeated George E. B
Peddy, supported by Ferguson and
the Republicans, by a vote of 264,-
000 to 130,000. In 1928 Mayfield
was opposed in the first primary by
Tom Connolly, T"m Blanton, Alvin
Owsley, MHnie Fisher Cunningham,
and Jeff McLemore. More than 675,-1
000 votes were pol’ed. Mayfield led
with 200,000 and Tom Connolly was
second with 178.000. In the sec-
ond primary Mayfield had the sup-
urt of his former antagonist, Jim
Ferguson, but Conno’ly defeated him
by a vote of 320.000 to 257 000. Be-
fore entering the United States Sen-
ate Mayfield had had a long polit-
ical career, having served as state
senator and state railway commis-
sioner. He is a seasoned and astute
campaigner and may be expected to
coll a strong vete in the July pri-1
mary.
Well, what about Barry Miller?
He b another of the old war horses.
He has been a political leader for
many years. Back In the davx when
countv after county was going dry
by the local option route. Barry Mill-
er was one of the favorite spell-,
binders for the wets. La‘er he serv-
ed for some time in the state senate
and tn 1924 be was elected lieuten-
ant governor, leading Will C. Ed-
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Hill, E. I. The Lynn County News (Tahoka, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1930, newspaper, April 10, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1212279/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .