Nation: On to the Alamo

Cried Texas' Democratic Attorney General Will Wilson: "John Connally's candidacy is a move by Lyndon Johnson to oust Price Daniel, oust me, oust Senator Ralph Yarborough, and gain complete control of the state government." Wilson's charge was pretty sweeping—but he just may have been right. For the announcement last week by U.S. Navy Secretary John Connally, 44, that he was resigning from his Pentagon post to run next year for Governor of Texas certainly seemed to carry Vice President Lyndon Johnson's political fingerprints.

Wildest Battle. The Texas Democratic gubernatorial primary next May figures to be the wildest battle since the Alamo. Attorney...