The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1906 Page: 4 of 20
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
N. P. HOUX, Editor 4 Proprietor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year
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Entered at the postofflee at Mexia, Tun,
m saoond-clakt mail matter.
WHY1 WE SUPPORT TOM
CAMPBELL.
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Because he is competent to act
as our chief executive.
Because it is already plain to
us that he is the "peoples
candidate," and is not the candi-
date of the trusts, the corpora-
tion, the administration, the ring,
the politicians, the click and
clan that would dominate in
spite of the will of the voters of
Texas, the bunch of grafters who
say, "I have this county in my
vest pocket and it is yours for
certain pecuniary considerations,
and if you want it I will deliver
them up to you like sheep or hogs
by the head.
Because we wont be delivered
up by these so called politicians,
and wont support a man who
runs after their ilk.
Because it is this bunch of
monumental grafters who are
fighting Campbell.
Because his platform is sound,
safe and conservative.
Because if Tom Campbell is
elected governor of Texas the
will of the people will be accom-
plished.
Because he will check the graft
that is now rampant in Texas
and virtually dominates every
line of commerce in spite of the
protest of the common people.
Because he favors such leg-
islation as would put Texas on a
cash basis, keep Texas on a cash
basis and stop a lot of mone\
sharks from putting our great
Lone Star State to shame by dis-
counting our paper.
Because we believe that the
head of the Octopus would be cut
off and the tvv.sts, that are sqee/.-
ing the hunt dollar from the peo-
ple would have to do busine.-s
along the same line of the small
independent merchant or busi-
ness man, thereby giving the
small independent dealer a
chance to make a living for his
family.
Because we believe that he
would conduct the affairs of the
state on the smallest legitimate
expense and thereby save-to the
tax-payers' of Texas many
thousands ox dollars.
Because he is being fought by
every trust, every corporation.
\ every demagogue and every po-
litical grafter in Texas today: all
V which indicates that he is the
enemv to that class and is the
friend of the people.
Because he is defraying his
own expenses out of his own
fund paying his own railroad fare
out of Tom Campbell's pocket.
He is possibly the only man in the
race who is doing these things.
Because the lumber trusts,
(which has made building and
repairing prohibitory to a poor
man) is fighting him, The meat
trust (which has sold "rotten and
embalmed beef" to the public for
a long time) is fighting him.
The oil trust (which sets the
price we pay for oil) is fighting
him. The Sleeping car trust is
fighting him and all other cor-
porations doing business in Tex-
today in wide-open violation
of her laws, are fighting him.
And why are they fighting him?
Simply because they see a "tidal
wave of rebellion" against those
wholesale robberies of the peo-
ple, and know that Tom Camp-
bell is the chosen representative
of the people, In other words
they know that Tom Campbell
will enforce the laws of Texas
against which they have snapped
their fingers and smiled hereto-
fore.
We are for Tom Campbell be-
cause he favors enlarging the
appropriation for Cofederate
i soldiers and removing that
j clause which makes it read that
they are paupers before they can
get their paltry little pension
voucher to take down to the
money sh'arks and dispose of it
at a heavy discount. This we
believe to be a disgrace, forcing
these gallant old soldiers to sign
a paupers oath before getting his
voucher and we believe when
Tom Campbell is governor of
Texas there will be a change.
We would impress on our rea-
ders who are Mr. Campbell's sup-
porters to turn out and vote on
Saturday July 28th, as it is very
necessary that we poll Mr. Camp-
bell's full strength and get our
proper representation in the con-
vention.
Tom Campbell proposed that
the man who receives a plurality
of the votes in the primaiy elec-
tion for governor should receive
the nomination, and says if he
fills below the plurality mark he
will withdraw from the race, pro-
vided the other candidates will
agree to the plan. Colquitt is
willing to it. But Brooks and
Bell bawked, hence the thing
will have to be fought out in
the convention and it is possible
to nominate some man who is
not known in the race at all.
A daily paper has suggested
that a school be opened for in-
struction in the Terrell election
law. Who would be the instruc-
tor?
There is much being said now
about this paper and that paper
showing partiality in the govern-
or's race by publising biased re-
ports of the speeches. While
the old reliable Dallas News is
not advocating either of the can-
didates in its editorial columns,
it is going along like the great
newspaper it is, giving each
candidate a fair deal by sending
out staff correspondents to re-
port the speeches, and not de-
pending on its local correspon- \
dent, whose personal peference j
for one or the other of the candi-j
dates might influence the reports- j
Such is fair and worthy of a
newspaper.
Miss Katie Eubank, Route No. 1.
Miss May Manning, Route No. 2.
Miss Josie Farmer, Mexia.
Miss Beulah Arnold, Luther.
Others may enter later.
Miss Lillian Lofland, Prairie Grove.
Miss Janie Pyburn, Coolidge.
Miss Hester Hunt, Mexia.
us lmprov-
doctors say lie;
be able to make any
Col. Tom Campbell
ing but his
will not
more speeches during the cam-
paign. His friends at every box
should look out for his interests
and see that be is properly rep-
resented on the delegations.
The attorney general's depart-
ment has recently ruled that
the test cannot be printed on the
primary election ballot, but that
the vot r may be questioned on
the subject by the judge just as
he is questioned on other matters
pertaining to his right to vote.
The Houston Post is stil!
whooping them up for Colquitt.
The Chronicle bell'.' still goes
ringing lor Bell, while the voter
the bone and sinew of the land
with sleeves rolled up and minds
Col. Tom M: Campbell is gain- j
ing strength in his race for gov- j
ernor so rapidly that the opposi-'
tion is now sleeping half awake j
at nights. Like the chamelion j
which sleeps with one eye wide
open, the other closed, the oppo-;
sition who are now having night
mares, nocturnall.v dread that
great bunch of Campbells that
are sweeping t hrough the country j
They are fleeing from the dust;
left by the Campbells, lest'
they be completely obscured from i
view in its great volume1
through which they are daily
traveling wnile following in the
wake of "Campbells." It is
now cor.ceeded that Col. Camp-
bell will poll the heaviest vote for
the chief executive ever witness- i
ed in Texas; so will it be.
idge.
OGLI3STREE, City Market, Coolidg
>'e.
niH<
/ul vote for
i on i A
M
in the governor's race are now j
turning their batteries on Col.:;
Campbell'and that ends it—and
ends it right—don't yer know.—
Hear no Democrat.
The Houston Post'.-; traveling1
reporter for the Colquitt band
..agon said Mr. Colquitt spoke to
an audience of about 250 people:
in Mexia. By actual count there;
■ were just 87 people present and!
seven of them were not voters. j
1 f ihe Post's other estimates miss \
Torn Campbell, which is the best i
evidence in the world that they
consider him the man they must j
beat in order to land. All sorts of \
false charge.-; and insinuat i,ris a> • te*t:
being trumped up and published! Any
under scare head lines in the
T1 ,,,. , ,. . ., I r r> •-.•*tone counties,
Post and Chronc e. In fact the
, , ,, ,, . ! circulates. i- ehgihh
headlines are usually the most
sensational part of the "expose"
and often there is nothing in the
body of the article to justify the
max
jlloVfing
lady,
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Sun;lav
or club
school,
in Linit
wh.-iv
-„one or
e paper
it that far their man is not sol
many after all.
! vellow streak in the heading. In
Again we warn
men to attend the
all Campbell
precinct con-
ventions in the county and see
that Mr. Campbell is properly
represented on the delegation.
The Bell people are openly assert-
ing that they are going to send a
Bell delegation to the state con-
vention and they are sending
out men to the dfferent pre-
cincts to fix things. Again we
warn you, be on your guard.
The election of the delegates
to the county conventien will
take place immediately after the
primarry election on July 28t,h.
It behooves the friends and sup-
porters of Mr. Campbell to
watch out for his interersts and
see that he gets his proper rep-
resentation in the county conven-
tion as those delegares will elect
delegates to the state convention
which meets Aug. 14. Turn out
and vote and throw all the
strength possible to Mr. Camp-
bell.
the meantime the common people
will go right along and vote for
Mr. Campbell, knowing him to
be their friend and best suited
man in the race to fill the office
of governor of a great and grow-
ing state like Texas.
In a joint discussion recently
at Waxahachie between Hon. C.
F. Greenwood who repesented
Campbell and Hon. Judge Poin-
dexter, who represented Bell,
warm words were exchanged and
the people hooted and yelled. Ev-
idently they don't want a row
raised about it up there. Judge
Poindexter during his remarks
made the startling state-
ment that "Campbell is being
supported by the railroad corpor-
ations and the big dailies." Gee
what a whooper. Not a single
one of the big dailies is support-
ing Ca mpbell, while the railroad
corporations, why that is worse
and more of it. Such assertions
are gross insinuations that the
"udience is too densly ignorant
about the situation to know any
better and the man who presumes
thusly is about the biggesst fool
extant.
testunt for this p *iw.
Coupons v.'il! I it- issued <.. i all job j
w >rk and advertising business with I
this office at th • rate of 100 votes t-i
the dollar, ( r U-;v, than a dollar i.i the
same propor; i- .n.
On all back subscriptions paid to the
pi-.prr, -I o votes for each dollar paid.
On ail subscription- paiji-in advance,
as follows:
One year, "00 votes.
i ivr yiSHOO votes.
Ti n years, 12.J500 votes.
Twenty years (or life) 30,000 votes.
Some of the merchanrs of Mexia will
also h an-lie coupons, and their names
will be announced as they come into
th • contest.
The contest will run at least three I
months, and the date of closing will be j
announced not less than thirty days
before the closing date.
The Stale* Herald Regal Piano Contest,
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Off With A Rush
♦
Our Piano Contest has made a good
start as the result of the first count published in another
column will show.
Several good lists of new subscribers were sent in
this week and quite a number of the merchants coupons
were also voted.
Read the list of merchants issuing coupons" and
trade with them and ask fox?
coupoua.
The following young ladies have already entered and
are authorized to receive subscriptions—
The following' merchants have ar=
ranged to handle the coupons and
will give them at the rate of one vote
for each cent==100 votes $1.00 and so
on. Trade with them and ask for
the coupons: Here is the list:
PAT B. JONES, Dry Goods, Mexia.
J. S. GROOVER, Hardware, Mexia.
LEVY FURNITURE CO., Mexia. I
CITY DRUG CO., Mexia. 1
A. J. WAGNER & CO., Millnery, Mexia. 1
H. T. McCORKLE, Groceries, Mexia. |
J. R. NEECE LUMBER CO., Mexia. I
J. D. FRAZIER & CO., Dry Goods, Coolidge.
HANCOCK BROS., Dry Goods and Groceries, Coolidge
MIKELL k IiORTON, Groceries and Notions, Cool-
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Other merchants wii:.i be added to
All of the opposition candidates this list HCXt Week.
A :.'o •• >up. :-i will be published in the
paper daring the first two nunths of
the coni" !, al t ;• which it will be dis-
continued.
No 11 v eoniKH-U'd with this offi will
bo allowed ■> i •ve,a: .- interest in the
contest.
All v lug must b<- clone at this of-
fi c ' in a box prepared to receive the
votes, and the votes will be counted
and | uMished an often as possible.
'he drsi count will li. made in the
issue of July 2i!lh, but votes for this
count nust be in the box by noon on
Wednesday, .1 uly 2oth. The contesant
having- the largest number of votes in
this count will be Riven free a 5000-
coupon ; no second prize.
Here is a chance for some one to
\sin a fine piano for a little work, and
judging from the interest taken in
our last contest we expect candidates
to be prompt in entering. In fact sev-
eral have already entered and the list
of the entries will be published next
week. Sepd in your name.
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Houx, N. P. The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1906, newspaper, July 26, 1906; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth302222/m1/4/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.