The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 29, 1920, Page 11

League Forces Put Dent in “Solid South” (Continued from page 5) 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. 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 counti:s 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 big margin and says® g . “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 -utferances 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: Per cent increase Kind in year Whole horse fronts .......... 506 Kid shins ....ccccoceeneee Horse hides Cabretta ........ Goat skins Kip skins iccocciiconieee - 87 Sheep and lamb skins ...... 28 Calk 8KinS ....cccooooeececnneene 21 Cattle hides ....ccccoaeiioncs 10 ’I{he only decreases shown were in horse shanks, 59 per cent, and in pig and hog skins, 54 pér 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. i Figuring advertising . 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 which the district is entitled as straight farmer-labor can- didates. 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