The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 14, 1908 Page: 2 of 4
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The Brewers,'I Distillers and Saloon-
keepers Suddenly and Violently
Converted to Local Option
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are subject to theRaction of
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The Time Oneht Not to Come When
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This Right
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The Saloon Interests Shrewd Enough
to DeeMIthe Issae hy Having
Lgcal Optign Clause Pnt
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Given the Privilege of Ex-
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DISTRICT OFFICKS
district Attorney—
R. L. Lattimore (of Paris)
For District Judge-
Ben H. Denton
For District Clerk-
Earl McAlester
C. A. Bishop.
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ening(?) of these laws and witbg
153 counties out of 245 being
wholly under the operation ot
the law and 66 partially so, it is
certain that there will be no Thirty-First Legislatu
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There is some confusion among
those who favor the submission
of a constitutional amendment on
State prohibition as to how they
should vote. Some of them think
they should vote for the amend-
ment and also for local option.
Others intend to vote for the
amendment and scratch every-
thing else.
Neither of these is the way
you should vote if yog want to
make your vote most effective.
The way that your vote will
do the most good is to
Vote for the amendment.
Vote against local option.
y To make this perfecty clear
take this illqstration. A man
who favors the amendment and
one v?ho opposes it go to the polls
to vote. (In most cases the first
man will favor the adoption of
local option'and prohibition also,
while the latter will oppose the
adoption of either when ever an
attempt is made by the people of
any county or State to adopt
them.) The first man will vote
tor the amendment and also for
local option.
The second man
against the amendment and for
local option.
One vote offsets the other on
the submission, but lo and be-
hold! two votes are cast fo
local option.
With the pro vote and the
anti vote both for local option,
the antis see their only hope to
defeat the submission of the
amendment.
But suppose you vote for the
amendment and then scratch
everything else, what will be the
result? It would be all right if
eVery one did that, but it is a
foregone conclusion that many
local ootionists are going to in-
sist on voting for it. Therefore
it is necessary to vote against it
to offset their vote.
Let us illustrate again. Sup-
pose that 100,000 Democrats vote
for the amendment and 90,000
vote against it. If half the first
number vote for local option and
half do not vote at all by reason
ot their having marked out both
“for” and “against” local option,
the result will be 10,000 majority
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He eat Deceived
the legislature,
option and will continue to have
it, no matter what may be the
result of this election.
Vote for the amendment, i
: Vote against local option,
That is the only way to make
your vote effective if you favor
the submission of the amend-
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Bonham j|?ews.
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Local Option districts.
Against the system of
Option, and appropria
tive enactment for the
of our laws, so as to pi
barter, sale or exchang
icating beverages or
Local Option districts.
G. B. Mann
For Constable Precinct No. 1—
O. B. Fincher
Jesse G. Briley
For Justice of the Peace, Precinct 7—
Chas. Cox
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weakening of the present law by State of
. We have local 'Atnendm
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prohi bi ti
Texas, t
exchange
ments of
malt liqu
ters, cap ble of produ
ication, e> cept for me
sacramental purposes.
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and app
actment
our laws
ter, sale
eating to
tees him that,
many thousands of voters are not
asking for the right.
What then?
Tbe Reason Why
The liquor interests fear the
result of the election if the peo-
ple are permitted the privilege
of expressing their will.
The brewer, the distiller, and
the saloon-keeper do not need an
interpreter to read the hand-
writing on the wall. It stands
there in letters clear and plain so
that all can read—“The Saloon
in Texas Is Doomed."
Out of the 245 counties in tbe
State, 153 have voted out the sa-
; 66 of them have
voted the saloon out of part of
their territory. Only* 26 permit
the saloons to do business any-
where in their borders.
i The brewer and the distiller
look at these figures, and they
know what they mean. They
know they mean that if servants
of the people who are elected to
make th^eir laws, give them a n
opportunity to vote for prohibi-
tion that the people will banish
the saloon from toe whole State.
That is the reason they are
spending their tens of thousands
of dollars to prevent the people
from getting the chance to vote.
That’s the reason they appeal to
yqu to vote against submitting
the amendment. That is the
reason they have become sudden-
ly converted to the efficacy and
the Democracy of local option.
That is the reason why they
scatter falsehood and slander
broadcast over the State.
If you vote with them, you en-
dorse their methods whether you
intend it or not.
Be fair with your neighbor and
honest with yourself^ Your Demo-
cratic* State committee has de-
clared by its action that it is
a Democratic doctrine to give the
people a right to be heard. The
brewer and distiller say openly
that your Democratic Executive)
Committee does not know what
is Democratic and appeals to you,
a Democrat, td not give the peo-
ple an opportunity to vote oil
changing the constitution of
your State.
Whose idea of Democracy do
you prefer? That of your party
leaders, or«that of the Adous,
the Schlitzs,' the Busches and
their ilk, some of whom have
not eyen taken out their natural-
ization papers and become cit-
izens of America? They do not
believe in the right of the citi-
zen to vote, when his vote en-
s
dangers their business.
All Democrats, who are Demo-
crats 1 from principle and not for
selfish ends,.believe in the right
of the people to be heard. Ther
also believe in the right of the
majority to’rule.
Do you belong to that class?
If you do, .fote to submit the
amendment. Then if you do
not think the amendment a good
thing for the people of Texas,
vote against it.
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One great fundamental princi-
ple. of Democracy is the right of
thejnaiozityto control. Another
is the right of the people to
be heard.
Do you
principles?
If you do, what reason can
you offer why the people of Tex-
as should be denied the privilege
of voting upon an amendment to
Ktheir constitution? If the con-
stitution suits the majority oj
the voters of Texas, it should be
retained as it is; if it does not
suit them they certainly have
the right to chahge it.
Why deny them this righ<
That is what you do when
you vote against submitting the
amendment.
The liquor forces tell us pro-
hibition is undemocratic. They
also assert that this is a vote on
prohibition.
It is not a vote on prohibition.
And it is certainly not undemo-
cratic to give the people a right
to vote on it if it were. Twenty-
one years ago, when the State
was overwhelmingly Democratic
and strongly opposed to prohibi-
tion, an anti-prohibition legisla-
ture had respect enough tor the
rights of the people to submit
the amendment for their ap-
proval or rejection. It was sub-
mitted and rejected.
Why should the people not be
given the same privilege now?
The county of Fannin voted
out the saloons several years ago
by- an overwhelming majority.
At the end of two years several
hundred people said they wanted
another election, and the law
said they could have it by ask-
ing the Commissioner’s Court for
it. They asked for it and got
it. < It was a Democratic legisla-
ture that made that law. The
liquor forces were very anxious
then for the people to have a
chance to vote. It was to their
interest, they thought.
Forty-one years ago
framed a constitution,
time it was framed
was made that it could be
changed by the people. The'
law says that whenever the
legislature sees fit it may sub-
mit any amendment to the con-
stitution to the vote of the
people. Many amendments
have been made by the people
and many rejected, but this is
the first time in the history of
the State that any class of peo-
ple has gone to work and spent
vast sums of money to prevent
the people having an opportunity
to exercise their right to change
the constitution.
Why this desperate fight
against the voter’s right to be
heard in Texas?
It is not because he lacks the
right. The constitution guaran-
Bcfcre ttan ta ta Vaita m Jaly
25. ata Ttay StaalH Utaer-
atata the Issae.
Texas
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provision
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Cast Yair Ballot for the Aaeadnent ready guarantees the i
cal option. It can
away from them except
mg the constitution. Th<
who are now urging the
to vote for local option ai
men who have tried hard
destroy it. They would d
it now if they could, ai
reason they want you to vc
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it now is because they wan
to help them deny the peop
right to vote upon State
bition. They hate local c
but they hate State prohi
more.
senator a f—a- I
vote against the submission of
the amendment.
Now, isn’t it clear to you why
that local option clause was put
on the ticket -at the request of
the liquor forces?
Local Option Not Affected.
Some of the friends of local
option hesitate to vote against!
the measure, thinking that the
result of the election may affect this way:
the law. In this they are mu- por su^mjssion by
taken. Local option is guaran-' Thirty-First Legislature of
teed us by the constitution, and State of Texas, a Constitutio
the only way it can be repealed' Amendment to the people of T
is by a constitutional amendment. a.s’ ^or their adoption or rej
tion, prohibiting within the °
4. a , of Texas, the manufacture,
it ettective can be changed by gift< 'exchange and intra-
the legislature, but with the shipment of vinous and
antis all favoring the strength- j liquors and medicated bil
^capable of producing intc
^tion, except for medicis
sacramental purposes.
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In the coming Democratic pri-
miry the voter will find on his
ticket two things besides the can-
didates to be voted for. He will
find these two propositions sub-
mitted:
“For the submission by the
Thirty-first Legislature of the
State of Texas, a Constitutional
Amendment to the people ot Tex-
good excuse to for the amendment and 140,fl
majority for local option. Th
majority for local option will
a big stick for the liquor int
ests to maul the legislature wi
and so intimidate it that 1
necessary two-thirds majori
will not be obtained for submit
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ting the amendment.
If you want the amendmen
submitted, mark your ticke
COUNTY OFFICKS
For Representative No. 2—
S. S. Bruce
D. H. Cabeen
T. J. Self
For County Judge—
H. A. Cunningham
For County Attorney—
Hous Lee
For Sheriff- |
Charley Bridge
Philip Wise
For Tax Collector—
J. M. Bledsoe
Edgar B. Thomas
W. C. (Clay) Reeves
T. J. (Tom) Cox
Albert Roberson
For County Treasurer—
Sid Ridling
Mrs. T. R Milstead
For County Clerk—
W. A. Thomas
Will S. Evans
For Tax Assessor—
J. Lee Tarpley
W. C. (Willie) Finley
For County Supt. Public Instruction*-.
W. F. Keeton
For Commissioner Precinct No. 1—
Jaa A. Agnew
For Commissioner of Precinct No. 4—
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and that thing is the submission
of an amendment that will give
the voters an opportunity to vote
on State prohibition.
A man can vote for the sub-
mission of the amendment and
then, if it is submitted, can con-
sistently vote against its adop-
tion.
When it is submitted, then it
will be a question of prohibition
or anti-prohibtion. The liquor
forces sav it is now a question of
prohibition or local option
They know this is not true.
They want to confuse the voters.
No one should be deceived or con-
fused. The issue is as plain as
day. Aloon entirely;
IRE VOTER’S fflfiHT “
The people of Texas are being
daily regaled with circular let-
ters and newspaper articles, all
paid for by the liquor interests,
urging them to vote against the
submission ot a constitutional
amendment and to vote for lo-
cal option.
The abolition ot the legalized
liquor traffic and the destruction
of the saloon is a matter of vital
importance to the people of this
State, as it is also a matter of vital
importance to the brewers, the
distillers and the liquor* sellers
who reap their great gains from
the people who patronize them.
This accounts for the activity of
the liquor forces.
More than forty thousand
Democrats have asked of the
State Democratic Executive Com-
mittee that the Democrats of the
State b^ given an opportunity to
vote upon the question of whether
or not the next legislature shall
be instructed to submit to a vote
of the qualified electors of Texas,
at some time in 1909, an amend-
ment to the State Constitution
prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors. The
committee has giv^n the Demo-
crats the privilge of so voting.
But the liquor interests are
’ • afaid for the Democrats to have
such an opportunity, but having
no way to prevent it. they did the
best they equid, and got the com-
mittee to submit a vote upon the
' question of local option. This
they did for the sole purpose ot
confusing the voters and dividing
the friends of the submission of
the amendment. They are now
spending thousands upon thons-
onds of dollars sending workers
and literature over the State try-
* ing to make a false issue and
prevent the people from having
% an opportunity to vote upon State
prohibition.
TUBE IS BUT ONE ISSUE.
I The liquor interests declare in
their literature that the question
. to be decided m the Julv pri-
maries is whether the local op-
tion laws shall continue in force,
or whether we shall have State
prohibition. They futher declare
that the question is whether the
Democratic party shall commit
itself to prohibition.
Both these statements are
false, and being false they are
misleading. The people who
make them do so for the purpose
of misleading the people. The
truth is that there is bat one is-
sne and^thet issae is. shell we
instract the legislature to sab-
ait aa amendment to the con-
stitution permitting tbe people
next year to vote for or against
State prohibition.
Neither local option nor prohi-
bition is the issue. If the majori-
ty of the people vote for the sub-
mission of the amendment it does
not adopt prohibition. It does
not commit the Democratic partv
to prohibition.
It commits it to only one thing
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prohibiting within the State of
Texas the manufacture,3 sale,
gift, exchange and intra-State
shipment of spirituous, vinous and
and malt liquors and medicated
bitters, capable of producing in-
toxication, except for medicinal
and sacramental purposes. ‘
Against the submission by the
Thirty-first Legislature, of the
State of Texas,of a Constitutional
Amendment to the people of Tex-
as, for their adoption or rejection,
prohibiting within the State of
Texas the manufacture, sale,
gift, exchange and intra-State
shipment of spirituous, vinous and
malt liquors and medicated bit-
ters. capable of producing intoxi-
cation, except for medicinal and
sacramental purposes.
Fpr the System of Local Option,
and appropriate legislative enact-
ment for the perfection of our
laws, so as to prevent 4he barter,
feale or exchange of intoxicating
beverages or liquors in Local Op-
tion districts.
- Against the system of Local
Option, and appropriate legisla-
tive enactment for the perfection
of our laws, so as to prevent the
barter, sale or exchange of intox-
icating beverages or liquor in
Local Option districts.”
If he votes for the first 0$ these
he expresses his desire for the
people of Texas to be granted the
right to vote upon- State prohi-
bition, for or against.
If he votes against it. he ex-
presses his belief that the people
have no right, or if they have it
should be denied the right, to
vote for State prohibition or
against State prohibition.
• L If you vote tor the second prop-
osition—for local option—you
but prove how easily one'may be
deceived. For while you think
you are voting for a good measure
you are but doing what the li-
quor interests want you to do, and
you are casting a vote for them.
If you vote against local op- -
tion you are doing just what you
should do if you believe in the
right of the people to vote upon
the adoption or rejection ot a con-
stitutional amendment favoring
State prohibition.
Who had the local option clause
placed upon tbq ticket, and why
did they do it?
That was placed 'there at the
request ot the most bitter and
unrelenting toes of local option,
led by Jno. G; Willacy, who once
introduced a bill in the Texas (
Senate that would have killed
the efficiency of the present lo-
cal option law had it been adopt-
ed. Senator Willacy was acting
for the brewers of Texas.
Now, do you think these men 1
are really working tor local op-
tion? If you do you are easily
fooled.
Why then did they put it on
the ticket, and why are they urg-
ing everybody to vote for it?
They are doing this to catch
suckers. They want suckers to
help them defeat the demand
of 45,000'Democrats for an oppor-
tunitv to vote on the question of
State prohibition.
But . how can your vote for
local option help them do this?
Just this way:. Every man in
Texas who is opposed to the
adoption of local option is go-
ing to vote for local option on
this ticket; every man who op-
poses State prohibition is going
to Vote for local option on this
tickpt. The liquor men figure
that halt or more of the men
who vote for the submission
ot the . amendment will also
vote for local option.
What»will be the result?
An overwhelming
for local option.
Then what?
‘ The liquor forces will go be-
fore the legislature with the
claim that the Democratic party,
by an overwhelming vote, has
committed itself to local option,
and therefore the legislature can
not ignore the instruction of the
party and submit the amend-
ment, eyen if it should carry by
a small majority. This will give
evety weak- kneed representative
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