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sands of his fellow citizens. House had written Culberson sev-
eral alarming letters, pleading with him to travel to Texas and
campaign for Wilson. If he could not do that, House wrote,
would he not write a vigorous letter endorsing the Governor?"
Senator Culberson willingly responded on April 27 with a long
address to the Democrats of Texas in which he declared that
Wilson's moral fiber, his scholarly attainments, his intellectual
genius, and his comprehension of the serious issues of the day
placed him in the very front rank of the nation's public figures."
As far as the newspapers of Texas were concerned, Wilson
had only fair support.4 The Dallas Morning News and Galves-
ton Daily News led the vanguard of newspapers supporting
the Wilson movement," while the Houston Chronicle, the Fort
Worth Star, the Beaumont Journal, and the Waco Times-Herald
were other important newspapers adhering to the Wilson cause.
Numerous county weeklies also lent their influence to the move-
ment. Generally speaking, these newspapers spoke for the pro-
gressive wing of the Democratic party in Texas. And what was
true of them was essentially true of the Wilson movement in
Texas;45 not only did it represent a revolt against the domination
41House to Culberson, April 19 and 23, 1912, House Papers.
42Culberson declared that Wilson had cleaned the Augean stables in
New Jersey, had rid the state of the pernicious influences of the trusts
and the political bosses, and had achieved a notable victory in legislative
reform. Culberson agreed with his candidate that the overshadowing issue
facing the people was the restoration of the government to the people.
"This is the broad basis of the candidacy of Gov. Wilson for the Presi-
dency," Culberson wrote, "and this is what makes him a candidate."
Dallas Morning News, April 28, 1912.
43For Wilson editorials in the Texas press, see: Harper's Weekly,
November 18, 1911, quoting Cleburne Review, Victoria Fact, and Houston
Chronicle; of the editorials in the Dallas-Galveston News, the editorial of
May 3, 1912, is the best. Both of these papers were among the most
important Wilson journals in the nation and an examination of them for
1911 and 1912 brings fruitful rewards. See also the San Antonio Express,
January 5, 1912, quoting Waxahachie Light; ibid., March 8, 1912, quoting
Beaumont Journal; Houston Post, September 21, 1911, quoting Abilene
Reporter; ibid., September 26, 1911, quoting Wichita Times; ibid.,
September 28, 1911, quoting Athens Daily Review; ibid., October 29, 1911,
quoting Bryan Eagle; ibid., December 21, 1911, quoting Paris Advocate.
44These two newspapers had a joint editorial policy and printed the
same editorials.
"Ralph W. Steen writes that the Wilson leaders made but one demand
upon their leader, that was that should Wilson be elected president he
should not give a single office to Bailey men. Wilson willingly agreed,
Steen declares. Ralph W. Steen, "A Political History of Texas," in F.
C. Adams (ed.), Texas Democracy, p. 369.180
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