Lockhart Daily Post. (Lockhart, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 10, 1904 Page: 1 of 4

                                
LOCKHART DAILY POST.
Office of publication and Editorial roomt, North Main Street.
LOCKHART, TEXAS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10. 1904
No. 31
in i(i« buuda off
SPEC IAL
To The Ladies
COMING.
col*
one
The Art Gallery will be
WHAT’S IN A NAME.
including a Free Pattern
Also have the McCall's Magazine at 5c per copy.
Yours For More Business
Prevents tiie Explosion of
SIMILAR LAWS IN NEARLY EVE
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continued?
FOR SALE BY
of life, burdened
but with a co»-
tw-wareuf tbe p AtUtentfary. for there are
bonost men in every county who will watch
iui<l brand him.
Fort Worth—The following is the speech
of A. W Terrell brfiif* th* Convention of
County Judge* -it Fort Wurth i>u the ■■lection
For a bad taste in the mouth
take a few doses of Chamber-
lain’s Stomach and Liver Tab-
lets. Priee 25 cents. Warranted,
to cure. For sale by C. E. Me
Daunald & Co.
aroused,
last cluc-
flrst time
Governor
E HAVE contracted for tue McCalls Pat
terns and are exclusive agency for these
goods in the city and now’ am prepared
to till all orders on McCall Patterns, Magazine
Fashion Sheets, etc. of which we carry a full and
complete stock of patterns and at any time should
we happen not to have the desired number in stock
you wish we can order for vou on short notice.
From 2 to 5
Admission 10 cents.
whiskey ought to go. For on • 1 baveulwayn
opposed State prohibition. Let the law stand
a* it In. Don't force your moral reform* on
unwilling i-ountlws; but whenever a province
or count y wishes to atop the saloon. let botJk
sides um' clean ballot*
unbwught men.
I now approach th* end
with many repented al us,
science void of offense ugulnst uiy Ptate.
Error* of Judgment I "have committed, but.
this election law in its main provisions la noh
one of them Texas has been kind to mo,
and While life endure* I will cherish for her
people emotions of gratitude. This State
lielongs to farming and pasture people anti
If this election law shall rescue this State
from the dominion of ring politicians anti
political trusts, and restore power to thorn*
who own it my cup of rejoicing will lie fulL
free. Everybody invited.
THE LAW MADE PLAIN.
Mow thia la the one law and th* only law
on the atalutv book that provides for Its
own Interpretation. by Instruction cardo,
Without going to a lawyer. All the kinks
and diftlciiltles of the law have been unrav-
eled by the Secretary of State and Attorney
General, anil what la railed "Instruction
I**’When m town do not forget to ca’I around and subscribe for the McCall's
Magazine which only coat* you 50c a year
| u-r-»tret.’h small fry politician. who hangs
| •inuiiil the ■■oiirt house. squeal and curse
the law. for it Interferes with his tr» de
The thief who feels the halu<r draw.
Haw bad opinion of the law.
PAYMENT OF POU. TAX
was being educated to become perjurers
State Officers can be Chos-
en in Primary Elections
We now have a check on State conventions
ana political trusts. I rider section I* of the
law. primary elections tn every county may
nominate from Governor down, and the
votes of all the people can be counted in
Htate conventions; thus the people cun
nominate State oiHcerx. instead as the old
cut-nod-dried method of nominating in
State conventions If the people will do thia
we will have no more complaint about Con-
gressional trusts controlling State conten-
tion.
course the
little enm-
Judges. They are to be posted up on elec-
tlon day at every voting plaee In Texas.
They Instruct toe voter regarding all Ida
rights and dui lea. They tell the Collectors
County Judge, precinct judges and cirrus
what each must do—they tell the voter what
he must do when he goes In to vote—how ha
must fold h is Im I lot and everything the voter
should know. They tell of the pennlth« and
bow the scoundrel who Ivuys voles must lie
went to the penctontlary io learn honesty—
bow the newsnaper that sclfat Ito columns
and 1 be man that buys them must bo pun-
ished and how Government clerks in Co*-
tmller's and Treasurer's ottlci-a and else-
where anti mimt stay at their desks and stop
speeding I licit- time In electioneering an they
have lieon doing or bo branded as criminals.
Thvoe Instruct ton cards tell how all ■•andl-
dates must itemlao tlialr el s-tlou espouses
and swrar to them, or be pualshml. They
will tell all the people how any officer wlio
blackmails hlscletkaor meetvas money from
them to reimburse hla elm-tlon expenses,
shall he punr-hed as a criminal. The law
punishes corporal tuns for giving money to
any political headquarters of any party. All
tbia I* ora, wad naturally makes the quar-
worthless counter-
Ask for DeWitt’s—the
genuine. Sold bv Pleoger A
Wiggens.
50
YEAR
BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE.
Hut It is expensive. Cheap election laws
iuvlta fraud, and, liko cheap goods, are of
no value. If the argument of expense had
prevailed we would still be paying tribute to
the English King. TheexpetiHW should not
frighten iwsiple. If too expensive for the
Cunilldatv let him stay at borne and work
like other people. The stitte could better
afford a million n year f<d* a clean ballot
than to lie ruled by ths corrupt ballot and
Ute army of grafters and ward heelers. Un-
der the old law money Instead of brain* and
patriotism, wag the passport to political suc-
cess, What Is more to lie desired than a
■■lean ballot? An Its purity all our hope
of a free government for our children rant*-
Anarch v. corruption and wild misrule have
In all ages followed swiftly lu the trail of
corrupt ejections.
Gasoline and Kerosene
ANTIEXPLO
It They knew bettor: for the Constitution
made by the people requires that poll tax to
be paid and the new law only regulates the
payment and the receipt so as to prevent It*
fraudulent use: and every member of t'on-
grewx had three nionths In which to pay the
tax Iwfc.rc he left home. The pram should
score him for Ids negligence. Instead of com-
plaining at the law for not making him a
privileged gentleman.
POLL TAX FRAUD LAST WINTER.
Every reading man knows that last wlptcr
before this law passed poll taxes had to Iw
paid As many as six hundred wen1 paid by
one man in one city anil peddled out by him
■ tnwnrd heelerg. white tramps. Mexicans and
' negroes to overwhelm the votes of honest
I men. This game was practiced In Ai stln. i
I Han Antonio, Houston. Fort Worth. Dallas'
j and elsewhere. How long could free gov-
| ernment Inst if such rascality
One great object of this law was
t rattle In poll tax receipts. Of
| legal machinery to do this wgs a
plicated, for It was an effort to *ton compli-
cated viliiny . What honest man can coir.-
plaln of this? Who wards the purchiwuvble
voter to pay hl* poll tax? it was hoped that
the purchasralde voter.whether white. Muck
oryallt** would not pay Ids poll tax. and
that the control of the Govvrnmeat would
pas* to thnur who from pride of manhood
would pay II without persuasion. If honest
Judges are at the poll* no one can now tell
how acltlrrn has voted, and It was hoped
that the x ngrant would not pay unless per-
suaded when he naw no way to get his money
back. Hut the ffnrd heeler. grafter itt><(
corrupt catidldatc hits been wideawake and
ban in-on skirmishing around tho buck alley
and the cabin for three months, urging ev-
ery man. regardless of Who he was. to pay his
polling. Fowmbly. If hols a candld.ate, he
han loaned much money to pm-k-hiArked
Mexican* and vagrant negrona to pay the
tax under promise of tbelr vales. Let him
no part or Jot In the son of Jesse." The oftl- 1
Clalosth. wi
dldate- to swear that they had used no
money to secure votes, had almost become i
TERRELL ON ELECTION
LAW
Price 25c per bottle.
ANTIEXPLO positively prevents Explosion of Gasoline or
Coal Oil when used in Stovesand Lamps.
ANTIEXPLO arrests Evaporation, thus ensuring a saving of
20 per cent to the consumer.
ANTIEXPLO clarities the Oil and increases the Brilliancy in
the light ot all Coal Oil Lamps, from 3 to5 candle power.
ANTIEXPLO prevents Explosion of Coal Oil when used for
Lighting Fires.
To Every Ixidy
visiting our store during the
first 5 days of each mouth and
i purchasing One Dollars (fl.00)
worth of Merchandise will re
ceive FREE a copy of
J/r Ca ll Mayazine
GOOD FOR THE MORAL REFORM-
ER,
, This law him l>eeu much denounced bv tho
anti piohlhliionlrtts. W»U. I won't discusu
that furUiec than to say that If whisky can
not stand the opposition of a clean ballot
in the hands of an intalllgcnt man. then the
OUR OLD ELECTION LAWS THE
WORST IN THE UNION.
Our election laws were the most defective
loowe and worthlee* of all such la^'n in all
the state-.. Why not lie honest with our-
aelvew? In five black bait negroee and low
trumpa have tMien a merchantable commod-
ity at the ballot Imx for many years, and In
many countlea fl .W has been the xtandard
price for negro votes, and a larger sum for
the "Huenee men.’’ Let any man deny this
and I will prove It to hia confusion. Mexi-
cans and wliltu tramps wore isruglit like
eheep. I refused for ten years past to vote
except for Frettldoutlal Electors, for I was
unwilling tohave my vote killed by that of
a vagrant Mexican or Ethiopian who wag
corralled and paid-for. Two years ago eve-
ry white man in my precinct urged rhe to po
to the Legislature to reform our election
laws. 1 did my beat, our people were
alaiuied at the growing corruption, and I
made twenty speeches, denouncing the cor-
rupt rings and candidates who had las n
buying i heir way to office. I pledged my-
self to work for a Uw to stop their trade or
penitentiary them, i eople were
and not a vote was bought at the
tlon iu Travis county, and for the
in ton years I cast my vote for
down.
COURT HOUSE RINGS MAKE COM-
PLAINT,
Country people don't complain of primary
elections, where every man's vote can be
counted. They were disgusted wilh conven-
tion nominations, which were cut and dried
by political manager*. Court house candi-
dates could unite their purses under tho old
law s to make a big campaign fund, for they!
controlled county conventions with purlin ;
4 mtnLiry cunning, an 1 a poor man had no j
chance. Sometimes the largest purse took
its owner to Congress. A banker told me i
that just before a primary election over
•IS OOo went out of bls bank for the friends of
a Congressional candidate in a pivotal
county, and the next Saturday all the ne-
| groes were Hush wlih money. Defeated can-
didates for Congress could enlighten you
on this subject. The high duty oi the Dem-
ocracy of Texas Is to stop such Infamy, for
| unless it Is stopped the unbought masses cf
.—^^1 the people would soon rise In their might'
i           and organizing for their deliverance would!
DIRECTIONS FOR USE.
Add two tablespoons of ANTIEXPLO to each gallon of Coal
Oil or Gasoline. A 5-gallon can requires ten tablespoons.
1 he action of ANlTwXPLO is instantaneous. The moment it
comes in contact with Gasoline or Coal Oil all danger of explosioa
is annihilated. It mixes itself; no necessity to mix or stir. AN-
HEXPLO is a chemical compound ot extraordinary strength; its
decarbonizing power cannot deteriorate; its effect on Gasoline or
Coal Oil is guaranted to be permanent, and when the proper quan-
tity is added to a vessel containing Gasoline or Coal Oil. whether
it contains one gallon, five gallons or a thousand gallons, the
contents remain absolutely harmless until the last drop is used.
Caution-Antleiplo Isa Liquid, Not a Powder.
It is the only discovery of its kind which is endorsed by the
tire departments and press, and can only be purchased from leg-
itimate dearlers, and is not sold through canvassers or agents
ANTIEXPLOis put up in two sizes, the 25c bottle contain*
sufficient to treat 15 gallons, and the 50c size 30 gallons of Gaso-
line or Coal Oil.
The Traveling Art Gallery
will be exhibited at the Mens
Club Rooms Saturday, Feb., 13
under the auspices of The Wo-
mans Club, and the proceeds
will be given to the Public
School Fund, Miss Hassell will
accompany the collection and
explain all pictures. The
lection is a very valuable
on Italian Art, and should be
seen by every person in Lock-
hart,
open to school children free
from 10 to 12 8a».
for adults.
Light refreshmentswill beserv
ed
I uasurne *11 rwsponglblllty tiwxt la proy r > It rvqulr«|n p >11 tax to •»■ paid -*n4
for lh«- nr* r tret ton l»w. Tbr p?U lag pi*y-J wriuwlly eomplwln Isfausw I’on^n'ssmrt.
mrntw hav. rnttrff -live howl of rouaty «**t h*vr to return botnr from Wimhlncton to n«y
polltk'lwns ha» about rr*«>>d tbr com pl win la j
of tbr giuftrr Hiiit ward bvru-rw-of ballot I
box staffrrw and aspiring foola will ronllnur |
lor awhile, but thr hour !■•> romr when tbr
bom-voter atotuld know the truth about,
thia i-lwtlou law I am here to •nawvr. flrat
tho** who ixay that the law U hard to under
RY STATE.
I »m h«-tr to nay to you. gi-ntlemt-n. that I
h«*>-wwtff t hr last election law of over thir-
ty Matra. Every one of them has tne Aim-
trnllun ballot both for city and county,
and every one Itxquitr as length v and quite
as complex Minu law l.awa that detect a«d
punkah rascality must be eoiupreiivnaive or
they fall. The law In other states guards
and protects tbr registration of poll lax gp-
■ eipu. In New York and MaxswvhusIlUi
I tbr cittern muat swear to more things when
' bv gete hla certificate of registration than
he is required to do here when bv gets hia
| poll lax rxs-vlpt. In threq state* the niim-
Ix-rofthe bouae In which tWb voter Uvea
In the city must bv aworo to. and tn many in-
stance* not only the age of the voter, but hla
party affiliation and a dwrlpthm of his per-
sonal appearance must be given.
OBJECTIONS COME FROM IGNOR-
ANCE.
Men who complain of our election law be-
tray their Ignorance Ask any one of them
and tie will tell you that he never studied
the election laws of other state*. He Itaa
graduated Inour corrupt methods. Let htai
alone. Tlverv leno law against, a man Im>-
Ing a f ot, and you could not enforce It If
there was.
Everything is in the name
when it comes to witch Hazel
E. C. Dewitt a Co. ot
Chicago discovered some years
b™ ‘O make a salve from
witch Hazel that is a specfic for
| Piles. For blinds, bleeding itch—
i tng and protruding Piles, eczema
cuts, burns, bruisesand ill skin
deseases Dewitt,s Salve has no
epual. This has given rise to
numerous
feits.