Las Sabinas, Volume 17, Number 2, April 1991 Page: 33
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from the Opportunity Valley News
ORANGE IN 1923 - Bill Lea Resigns as Mayor and Sol White Takes
Over. by Nina Harden (Chick)
(Information for this article came from various sources
including the Orange Leader.)
On the night of October 31, 1923, a Tuesday, W.E. (Bill)
Lea stepped down from the office of Mayor of Orange to begin
a new career as state campaign manager for Senator Oscar
Underwood.
Underwood was seeking the Democratic nomination for
president. State headquarters were in Dallas and it was here
that Lea was headed following the city council's acceptance
of his tendered resignation.
It was apparently with real regret that the council
accepted the resignation. Lea was said to be well and favorably
known all over the state and one source noted: "Bill had
gained prominence all over Texas for the manner in which he
has handled the affairs of the city during the years he was
mayor.
"To him belongs the distinction of having placed Orange
upon a strictly cash budget, operating under the budget
system which he adopted soon after entering office, and other
improvements that were made during his administration."
Oscar Wilder Underwood was unsuccessful in his bid for
Democratic nomination and died six years later at the age of
67. A lawyer, he was both a United States representative and
later a senator from Alabama; was chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee and helped to frame the tariff legislation of
1913. He served as Democratic leader in Congress for more than
30 years. John W. Davis was the Democratic choice that year
running against Calvin Coolidge.
But harking back to Bill Lea and Sol White, who succeeded
Lea . The resigning mayor was given credit for getting the
streets in the city paved. When the war broke out, he organized
Company A, an Orange unit and was active in the service until
the signing of the Armistice. On returning to the city he
engaged in the cattle business.
Later he became interested in city government and ran as a33
May 22, 1974
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