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The Wilson Movement in Texas, 1910-1912
dreds of enthusiastic Democrats in Dallas to form a club
there.1' Naturally the two hundred Democrats who began the
movement at Austin took the lead in organizing Wilson clubs
in their communities. The spontaneity of the enthusiasm for
the Wilson movement was something of a surprise to even the
most ardent supporters, and several prominent politicians who
had not attended the Austin conference hastened to declare
their allegiance to Wilson's candidacy.'"
As early as April, 1911, Thomas B. Love and his co-laborers
had urged that Wilson come to Texas and deliver a decisive
blow in his own behalf in that state. The Governor willingly
agreed to speak at the state fair in Dallas in the latter part
of October," and the representatives of Wilson clubs in Texas
formed a reception committee for the Governor, who arrived
in Dallas at ten o'clock on the morning of October 28, 1911."
The reception given Governor Wilson was exceedingly cordial.
As he stepped from the train, the raucous noise of a brass
band, the cheers of a large crowd, and the concerted yells of
a small group of Princeton and Virginia alumni generated a
welcome of amiable confusion.'" Wilson immediately climbed
into a carriage filled with prominent Texas politicians, including
Governor Oscar B. Colquitt, Senator Charles A. Culberson,
Mayor W. M. Holland of Dallas, Thomas B. Love, John C.
Robertson, and the city commissioners. This group rode slowly
through the streets of the city lined with cheering mobs,
while a solid mass of people filled the lobby of the Governor's
hotel and crowded the sidewalks and streets near-by. The curi-
15John C. Robertson was the leader at Dallas. Ibid., August 18, 1911.
The Dallas Wilson club had over a thousand members within two weeks
after it had been organized. See ibid., August 25, September 17, and
October 28, 1911, for details of other organizations.
'6Among them were Thomas H. Ball, state chairman of the Prohibition
forces, former Governor Thomas M. Campbell, Railroad Commissioner
W. D. Williams, and Representative Rufus Hardy of Corsicana. Ibid.,
September 27, 1911; San Antonio Express, September 8 and October 20,
1911.
17Love to Wilson, April 18, August 5, 1911; Wilson to Love, April 24,
July 31, August 8, 1911, Baker Papers.
'sThe list of Wilson men on the reception committee revealed that the
lines of the campaign had already been tightly drawn.
For the names of the members of the committee see the Dallas Morning
News, October 22, 1911. The membership of the committee reveals also
the widespread growth of the Wilson clubs within less than a year after
Wilson had achieved national prominence.
191bid., October 29, 1911.173
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