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...George C. Butte, Republican nominee, was offering "more resistance than any Republican since the days of the Reconstruction." The reports held that the Republican Party of Texas is once more "a white man's affair." In the old days, only Negroes would vote for a "Yankee," as the Texans who wore plow-handle moustaches called the Republicans. Dr. Butte's party was said to have eliminated the Negro vote. Furthermore, though he has many times denounced the Klan as rigorously as Mrs. Ferguson, Dr. Butte was said to be backed by many klansmen as "the lesser...
...Governor I earnestly hope to be able to support some able, honest and incorruptible Texan, running as an independent Democrat, whose character and known capabilities and disposition for public service will attract the support of each citizen of Texas who is opposed to all that Fergusonism stands for, regardless of party or creed, and whose opposition to the Ku Klux Klan is wholly beyond question, so that this issue will no longer enter the situation...
...Creager of Texas went away somewhat discomfited. But another Texan went away feeling much better. He was Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans, a dentist by profession. Dr. Evans thrives in the regalia of Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan...
...Texans are independent in their ways and opinions. When the House passed a resolution to permit President Coolidge to spend $100,000 in investigating the oil scandals, one adverse vote was cast-by BIanton, a Texan. Now the Pension Committee is considering a bill to grant a pension of $5,000 a year to Mr. Harding. Representative Hatton...
...prohibition referendum is being conducted at the University by the CRIMSON in cooperation with College Dailies throughout the country. The Yale News is foremost among these, assisted by "The Daily Texan", "The Michigan Daily", and "The Daily Californian", each taking charge of sections of the country. The opinion of American students collectively and individually is the aim of the vote...