The nonpartisan leader. [volume], March 29, 1920, Image 11

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dresses and plainly showed that much
of the crowd was in favor of the farm
er-labor ticket.
There was less than three weeks to
organize the voters of Houston and
inform them of the purposes and pro
gram of. the League. The two larg
est papers constantly carried vilifica
tion and misrepresentations of the
League and' its candidates, but sup
port was received from the Houston
Daily Press. Figuring advertising
rates and other expenses, it is esti
mated that the Davidson campaign
committee spent no less than $15,000,
as compared with an expenditure of
less than $750 by the League cam
paign committee. A third candidate
for senator, named Beck, was put in
the field, to run as a "wet" candidate
and thus draw votes of labor men op
posed to prohibition.
But in spite of all these obstacles
the mass of voters of Harris county
rallied to the farmer-labor standard
and on unofficial returns Murphy re
ceived 4,726 votes to 4,369 for David
son and 2,412 for Beck. Only the fact
that no organization work had been
possible in Fort Bend and Waller
counties defeated Murphy. In Fort
Bend county he received only 103
votes to Davidson's 362, and in Waller
county only 30 votes to Davidson's
221.
The Southland Farmer declares the
outstanding result is that the League
and labor carried Harris county, where
the issues were fully fought out, by a
big margin and says*.
"The analysis of the vote shows
that the deciding factor in behalf of
the League was the vote of the or
ganized farmers. They stood like a
stone wall for the platform and prin
ciples, forgetting personal appeals,
misrepresentations, rabid utterances
of the big dailies, confusions that af
fected the city vote and appeals in
behalf of Beck's platform.
"The farmers of Texas are today
looking for principles and platforms
that will be carried out to the end that
HIDE HOARDING
Statistics gathered by government
officials as to supplies of leather in
the country, show that during the year
1919, when shoes and other leather
products were soaring in price, there
were vast increases in hide stocks. A
comparison of hide stocks on hand on
January 31, 1920, with the same date
the year previous, shows the follow
ing increases:
League Forces Put Dent in "Solid South"
Per cent increase
Kind in year
Whole horse fronts 506
Kid shins 277
Horse hides .... .....217
Cabretta ~213
Goat skins 203
Horse butts (pairs) i55
Kangaroo and wallaby 123
Kip skins S. ..... 87
Sheep and lamb skins 28
Calk skins ...... 21
Cattle hides 10
The only decreases shown were in
horse shanks, 59 per cent, and in pig
and hog skins, 54 p6r cent.
ENGLAND NOTICES US
The Manchester Guardian, probably
the most widely known English
newspaper, under date of January 27
put out a special "Anglo-American
number," containing articles on mil
itary policy, religion, manufacturing,
etc., in the United States. The issue
included one article on politics in the
United States, called "The Most Re
markable Movement in the United
States," and was devoted to the Non
partisan league.
the business interests of the farmer
and the interests of labor shall have
due consideration. Such constructive
measures, thoroughly and fundamen
tally democratic, as the farmers of
North Dakota have already put into
effect, are the ones and the only ones
to command their support in the com
ing elections."
Labor men of Texas are organizing
the Labor Nonpartisan league, a po
litical organization to work in co-op
eration with the organized farmers.
Organization plans are now being,
made for the 'regular July primaries,
to nominate not merely Murphy for
senator but also all the five state rep
resentatives to whi?h the district is
entitled as straight farmer-labor can
didates. The farmers and labor men
have seen what organization can do
and they are ready to take the old
gang on in final battle.
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