The Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 3, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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An Illustrated Family Weekly
DALLAS, TEXAS, JULY 3rd, 1909
5c Copy, $1 Per Year
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is it “inconsequential.”
It is permanent, and it
is abiding.
It has been here since 1876, and it
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Be ever strong and watchful,
And you will win the fight;
Yours is the cause of justice,
You battle for the right.
Stand up against the demon,
You battle for the Lord;
He’ll lead you on to victory,
He will his troops reward.
Every man who votes for license becomes of
necessity the partner of the liquor traffic, and of
its consequences.—William McKinley.
STAND UP FOR THE RIGHT.
(By Paul Spellman, Age 17, Sedan, Texas.)
Stand up, stand up, for manhood,
Stand up for truth and right;
On with the mighty conflict,
On with the glorious fight.
Too long has evil triumphed,
Too long is truth betrayed;
Dare to obey your conscience;
The Lord God gives us aid.
He who fights for Prohibition
Fights against vice and crime;
Turn the light on the vermin,
Ye men, now is the time;
The time to strike for freedom.
The time to set those free
Who are the slaves of whiskey,
On, on, to victory!
the county dry under the action of the court for
two years. And if the saloons are once put out
of the county they will be kept out. On with the
battle!
The patrons of the saloon may drive a garbage
wagon or get a steady job as a doorkeeper of a
dance hall, but he cannot drive a locomotive or
secure employment as a paying teller in the bank.
He may clean cuspidors in a bar room or sweep
up refuse on the street, but he cannot be trusted
to run a stationary engine, drive a passenger om-
nibus, amputate a leg, administer medicine, fill a
prescription, keep a set of books, try an important
case, manage a business corporation or do any
other work demanding a clear head and a steady
hand.— Samuel Dickey.
WW THEe
HomlSht
it and fight its battles where fighting means some-
thing. And Mr. Ousley and his kind had just as
well make up their minds that they will not be
able to “platform” prohibition out of politics since
they have plunged it into politics. Therefore, we
serve notice on the gentlemen who aspire to be
Governor, 'Comptroller and Legislators that this
prohibition question is standing right in their
path to office, and they have got to reckon with
it, it matters not what other planks may adorn
their “platforms.”
a sausage mill. The liquor people had already
set their eyes on certain houses in which to open
business, they were so sure of winning. But they
were hardly in the fight. They were routed horse,
foot and dragoon. In fact, there was not a slimy
spot left of them Good for old Lamar! On with
the battle!
will be here as long as morality and intelligence
rule the majority of our people. The liquor busi-
ness is the one disturbing element in Texas poli-
tics, and we propose to fight it until it is elimi-
nated. Not even Mr. Ousley will be able to waive
‘ it aside. It has thrown down the challenge to
us, and we have taken it up The saloon would
not let the people settle this question outside of
politics, as we wanted it done this summer, so
we propose to go into politics and settle it there.
It is not our fault that it is in politics. It is
the fault of the brewers and their coadjutors.
But it is in politics, and we are going in after
Our visit to San Antonio stirred up the small
animals, and they are still spitting fire and emit,
ting bad odors. Well, we went over there for that
purpose. We knew that the skunk tribes were
numerous and robust over that way, and so we
flung a few stones into the nest, and my! such
commotion and such perfumes! The good people
over there are enjoying the performance. We
have had several letters, and know whereof we
speak. The way those fellows of the basor sort
made mouths at us was a sight to behold. Even
the doughty Mayor came out in an interview and
wailed and lamented pathetically. The Evening
Light befouled itself with all sorts of slime in an
effort to “vindicate” the city, and the Texas Re-
public, the only overground sewer pipe in the
State, belched its filth all over us. But the work
was done, and that is what pleases us. On with
the battle!
Volume 11. Number 6
courts. Recently the Supreme Court held that
two or more precincts could combine and hold a
local option election. Now the Cooke County
pros have brought a test case, and they are going
to make every effort to re-establish local option
in Cooke County, and if they succeed it will make
/ THAT IDEAL PLATFORM.
Recently our friend, Clarence Ousley, of the
Fort Worth Record, had an editorial in his paper
on the subject, “A Platform That Will Win,” and
he proceeded to elaborate it and to give his
readers the benefit of its advantages. And he
commends it to the’ consideration of the tentative
candidates for Governor. His first plank decries
prohibition as an issue, and it takes the position
that this question ought to be left to the legisla-
tive and senatorial districts; that if the people in
such districts want their representatives to vote
for submission, then said representative is so
bound to vote in the next Legislature, and vice
versa. Now this old fallacy has been exploded
time and again. The question of submission will
not be threshed out before the primaries any
more. The people of the State, in a bona fide
State campaign have already passed upon this'
question, and we are going to insist that the Dem-
ocratic party is bound to carry out the instruc-
tions of the people as given in the last primary.
We propose to see to it that men who go to
Austin are elected who will stand by that ver-
dict of the people. And in this sense prohibition
will be a burning issue. We do not propose to have
it sidetracked at the command of Mr. Ousley or
any other anti prohibitionist in Texas. This
cause has some -rights, and we are going to con-
tend for them to the last ditch. We do not
insist on this issue obscuring others of import-
ance, but we do .insist that it will stand out prop-
erly as one of the dominant issues, and it will not
be disposed of until it is disposed of in the right
way. Candidates for Governor and for the Legis-
lature had just as well make up their minds to
this fact.
One other plank gi Mr. Ousley’s platform is
“Education.” In discussing this one he says:
“An ducated citizenship may safely be entrusted
ton solve wisely all governmental problems sus-
ceptible of human solution.” This is a safe and
sound proposition, but the saloon and the school
have nothing in common. They are in direct
antagonism. Besides this, if Mr. Ousley means
what he says, why not let the people of the State
“solve the problem” of the liquor traffic? He
and his kind think the people are capable of
doing this in all things except the saloon. They
draw the line on the people of the State on this
question. He does not want the people to even
have a chance to vote on this question. And
right here is where his platform springs a fearful
leak. We believe in the rule of the people. There-
fore, we want to give to the people of Texas an
opportunity to solve this saloon question. And
we mean to stick to this question until the people
do pass on it, Mr. Ousley and his “platform” to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Mr. Ousley is free to admit that his “platform”
will not please the radical prohibitionists. Of
course not. He is not a satisfactory exponent of
our cause. He belongs to the other side, and can
speak for them, but we claim the right to look
after our own part of this question; hence we
will not accept his platform in its entirety.
Mr. Ousley even refers to prohibition as. “a sin-
gle fleeting and inconsequential purpose.” In
this he is in error. It is not “fleeting,” neither
“It is gratifying to know that thirteen legisla-
tures will in a measure be free from the con-
taminating influences of the local liquor power
and the snares it and its allied forces lay for the
unwary legislator when he leaves home and goes
to the State Capital to represent his constituents.”
The above paragraph we copy from the Nash-
ville Tennesseean, the late Senator Carmack’s pa-
per. It will furnish an idea of the progress of
prohibition. Our cause goes marching on, and
it will not be many years until we add several
more Capitals and a number of States to the list.
The prayers of good people throughout the years
gone by are being answered, and the work of the ’
present generation is helping to make the answer
available. Carmack, the martyr, has gone to his
reward, but his spirit abides. The principle for
which he gave his life is deathless. God buries
his workmen, but carries on his work. Thirteen
State Capitals free from the rum power!
The antis brought' on an election in old Lamar
County last Saturday, and now they are in the
hospital for repairs. The pros hit them such a
blow that they are hopelessly crippled. The old
brewers are “a-weepin’” and their “Secretary”
down at Galveston looks like he had gone through [
DRY STATE CAPITALS.
“Thirteen State Capitals will be dry after July
1. The last of these to join the prohibition ranks
was Charleston, West Virginia, whose ■council
decided on June 7 by a vote of 24 to 14 to 'rout
liquor, and thereby sounded the death knell of
fifty saloons. A short time before that Lincoln,
Neb., decided by popular vote to oust liquor. Con-
cord, N. H., and Montepelier, Vt., are dry. The
other dry capitals are the seats of government in
the States having Statewide prohibition, namely:
Augusta, Me.; Topeka, Kan.; Bismark, N. D.; At-
lanta, Ga; Jackson, Miss; Nashville, Tenn.;’ Ra-
leigh, N. C.; Montgomery, Ala.; Oklahoma City,
Okla.
In the local option election in Navarro County
nearly two years ago the antis claimed to have
won by five majority, and they opened up busi-
ness again in Corsicana. But we went into the
courts and gave them a dose of their own medi-
cine The result is that the courts held against
them, and prohibition again went into effect.
Under the law no election can be held until within
the expiration of two years dating from the period
that prohibition went into effect. But the antis
down that way are making efforts to override
the law again. They are getting up a petition
to go before the Commissioners’ Court asking for •
another election. What do the antis care for law?
Well, we will make them care for it. They will
find themselves up against a strong proposition
before they go very far. On with the battle!
, ------
Several years ago seven precincts in Cooke
County, including Gainesville, held a local option
election. They voted the territory dry. Then
the antis went into court and held that to com-
bine two or more precincts for an election was
unlawful. Judge Davidson and Judge Henderson
held with them, and the election was rendered
void. The Legislature took the jurisdiction over
such questions out of the hands of the Court of
Criminal Appeals and lodged it with the civil
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Rankin, George C. The Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 3, 1909, newspaper, July 3, 1909; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1569456/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.