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Address at McKimiey.
' . Wbiur candld&u .tor .4ieutnaat ... cov.
. roor. spoke her tcnlcbt Ito Urn and
iupprftcfatlve ' audlenc ' Mrv ' Wrtter be-
' 0 tilt pech with ot question
fubauntUlly a follow!: - S
' ? Ar vou for local odUodT Are you tor
brohlhltlonf f nrlnclDle. how can yoa
uomn couniy wiimiea -wiinfiu i ura
jaw. enforced. If noUuWhy not? Would
eutawide prohibition be better enforced T
' it to IrawT You have prohibited sale
i Id Collin county without outalde dicta
Hon. Are you wllllna for Dallas to have
; the same ngntT uo.you want to ne. tna
'Xr
it ot u
political auaraian - oi. texr cui
Would vou aonrova thk - aDDOlntment
. Bexa county to be 6ur uardlaaT '1
Botr why notT In broad Texas may not
different sections differ on sumptuary
measures T Is not the f hired altat6tvntore
Sfter prohibition than . the people? was
ot! prohibition brought forward to divert
attention from orporatlonsT Who really
: brevght It forward?' W()y are corpora-
tions or&anlxed In the NortW to agiute
here? When did thos people get - inter
eted In. you? Will you noti have State-
wide prohibition by the local option route
when public opinion will enforce the law?
' Do you believe In the union of the chufoh '
tnd State? Can morale be legislated Into
the'people? Ought-the sheriff to enforce
religion? Is statutory Statewide prohibl-
. lion constitutional? It so can section )
article It of the constitution be manda--'
lory? Is constitutional prohibition at
Ulnable? Is lha game worth the ammu-
titiont i.T s :. -.- -;V
'. You are' being entertained in this cam-
paign with great deal -ot eloquence on
' two well developed Issues. One of these
has been denominated Bailey Ism;- the
ither prohibition. Glancing at these -In
reverse order let me say -that from the
time when Texas took station among the
' oatlons ot the earth until her subsisting
' sonstltutlon w-as ordained . and estao.
' lished the principle of local option was
' excluded from her jurisprudence by the
people. .During ' that generation. any -see-
' lion et the legislature had power to enact
Statewide . prohibition. ; What v -jlty
Cone .Johnson .. didn't live Uhen.I3oth-
generations would have been better off..
' For thenfthe apparition. oftijAtmertca'e
eraatest orator and statesman. Bailey'
would not have driven him from .the rara-
'"parts ' of the antls into the prohibition
camp. But like the Greeks In the wooden
l horse' Cone has undone those to whom
h went by declaring the only effectual
' mode of problbltiott unattainable. Which
S you thint .he wants -prohibition his
id aversion or f flee? ;Je after -e-
lnnns or the. senator?. What H it 'to you. -
my friends whether our- German friends
ot Bouth Texas arm Deep or Duttermnc
f dinner? .Don't you think you-will get
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m. I t cii in every ?r;
rccpccti Sasti naturally ml! J .
'full-flavored tdbacco -mild
ZZt only in the wrapper but the
. .filer too. The nickel.
-St.' vbnnj? as wacA value
as the dime. Sam
stores sill isfA ti2C3 "
PlalMrtors Mmh.a Tana. i
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Statewide prohibition byHhe local option
route as soon as public opinion will en-
force the law? I do. And It was that
consideration which deterred our legla
Jature from enacting. Statewide prohibi-
tion while it could have done mo.. The
people-ot Texas saw the futility of pro'
hlbitlon In Kansaa end Maine and wisely
determined the impolicy fit enacting law
which will not be enforced. Then tnev
provided for local option . Dldthey act
wisely? Walk Into any Internal revenue
collector's office and ask" him to show
you Whether the United States: Issues
liquor dealer's licenses to Kansas. I am
told they Issue many .more per capita to
Kansas than to Texas'. . V
' Now my friends it Bailey had declared
for State prohibition Johnson would have
declared for antl-prohlbitiont t am will-
ing to sacrlfce my chances to.the afflce
of lieutenant governor if I can contribute
to the-defeat of Cone Johnson. My omV
petltos Thomas. Davidson and Hawkins
all did their best to destroy Bailey; aside
from that neither of them la fitted tor
the office! asnlra to. . '
" But Balleylsm! What Is It? Pure- and
undented democracy.wWch. paesethnot
away l ao not mean lnaiscnnunaie auo-
mteelon to organisation but the eternal
code ef -equal rights wlthwhich all aj-e
endowed. . Bailey drew .Ms democracy
from the same-souree "Whence Jefferson
skew hia ; In the science' of government
these two great men- are twins. And' any
true Joe Bailey democrat la not far from
the kingdom of heaven
ETTBA1IK8 IS 4 GOOD 0BX.y;
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JEAkVUQX DtUW'UJ AWILOVUtt' AJS M
' i'(From the Wort Worth Record. ; '--
If the Houston .club Is successful in"
curing the services of Jphn Eubanks
present Bouth Atlantic league pitcher
and outfielder the deal will bring') Into
the. Tjexas league ia player whd. was - a
warm" friend and clubmate of Ty Cobb In
Detroit during the season of 1907 -. Eu-
banks played wlth-tfie Macon dub of the
8outh Atlantic league laat year' and has
been with them eo far this season. .He
la a strong husky right bander In the box
ana a lertnandea batter.
'Hi
Kubanks waa an eye witness ' to the
fight between Ty -Cobb and . Catcher
Schmidt in Augusts Ga. during one of
the spring training tripe and according
tb Eubankg this fight was a turning
point in the baseball career1 of the young
Georgian. "Up to hat time" says Ku-
banks ''Cobb was very - strong in his
likes and dislikes and ha bad a warm
dislike for Schmidts Schmidt didn't like
Cobb but as he was an older player he
took pains to keep the feelings to himself.
Finally they- mixed up-and Cobhwaa
given the worst end of it. After the fight
the two made an and have been rood
friends ever since. Hughey Jennings
waa glad to see the fight for he knew
that until the men got the grudges out of
their systems through a mlx-up they
would have it In for each other." " . '
t: Bering Won from Motoow. ;v ; v
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BERING Texas. May U. The Bering
socond nine-crossed' bats' with the Mua-
eow second nine at Moscow and Bering
won-l t V Btterle-Bwllir'K.D.:
'Winston Jr.. and Frank Fortrr; Js'-
;eow 1C Dudley and O Goodwlu. -. s. v
Hedges'' Ice cream served at .Ineefla
Pharmacy. -'. v' t v-
l.VHmiUHH&.r v ".i-a (.' y; - f
J u I U it
1; b Il::r.:l to Civs CcIqu.:: a
HUNDREDS HAVE signed
listi Fledgiaf Support iatia Prl-
; nariei a&d at th FolU T 2
i iatroduced' by Kayor ; f ;
lewii fisher. . . -
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GALVESTON'. Texas May .-At the
earnest request of his friends and admir-
ers n Galveston Hon: O. B. Colquitt will
tomorrow night deliver an address to the
people of. this cltys'Tbe request to -Mry
Colquitt te -visit Galveston comes- from
fien ef air claases and walks In nte. par-
ticularly from the laboring - men mem-'
bers of organised labor of the city who.
have been active In hie behalf ever since
his "candidacy was announced and peti-
tions bearing ' hundreds of narhee nave
been signed pledging the candidate solid
Support at the- primaries and at the polls.
.Mr Colquitt will arrlve-m League laty
early tomorrow morning Where there will
be In waiting tor him an automobile m
which he will go to Dickinson and Texas
City. From Texas City he will m -ty
Galveston by boat. It being expected tha;
he- win arrive between. and 1 o'clock.
He will be met by Dr. Brooks Stafford
county chairman and reception commit-
tees and taken .for a ride over the city
thence to the hotel where he will -hold a
puollo reception and In the afternoon ie
will be In session with prominent men of
the city supporting his candidacy. ;- .
The speaking will take place in the
evening at o'clock the Grand opera
house naving' Veen engaged for the oc-
casion the committee announcing this
evening that he will be Introduced by -Mayor"
Lewis Fisher. Some of the lead-
ing cltlsene will be on the platform with
''him During the forenoon the Galves-
ton band will" parade the streets with
banners and- handbills announcing the
meUngnd the speaker. ; t yf:. p'
A CANDIDATE' QUESTIOITED. ;
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NAn Imdde". of DaYidaon'i Speeclv at
" ITthr Brannfela
To tm EbtTOi : ""' 'if": " .'."- ' - " J. .
NEW BRAUXFELS Texas. May .
The foUowlng Is the ' remark mad by
Hon.' R. Vv Davidson candidate for gov-
ernor of. Texas in part of his speech at
Landa's park at' the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen's picnic on the lth day
of May 1919 About Hon. O. B. Colquitt
candidate for governor of Texas together
with the exact reproduction of the ques-
tions and answers between a' local news-
paper man and Hon. R. V- Davidson dur-
ing the latter's speech: . '-
"Mr.' Colquitt" said Mi. Davidson "re-
minds mo of a little . floe - dog I once
owned with a little tail curled like a
corkscrew. When I used to haul wood In
my native State that little flee used to
ait by the roadside and wait until he
saw which way the lead mule would go;
then he'd run ahead and bark as If he
were leading tha wagon. That's Col-
quitt." .- ' .- - : - .. '
.Question Will you permit the to ask
you a question general? asked the loel
newspaper man. ; :..- ..- ' -
' ..'Answer Certainly. 'ft'' - -
1 Q. Hasn't the democratic lead mule
taken the submission road? ' '
.. A Yes and it is going to kick Mr. Col-
quitt across the Bio Grande. - ' . -.
. Q. But won't you tell us now general
h0 that is barking ahead of the submis-
sion wagon? I it Colquitt or Is It Day
VtdSOn? ! "' ' i
(Cheering and applause. Mr. Davidson
changes the oubject and begins to talis
about the dignity of labor.) - ' - - '
When Mr. Dwrldson had finished i his
speech a New Braunfela eltlsen publicly
asked him the foUowlng questions: ' -
- Question The law requires that a plat-
form demand muat receive the vote of a
majority of all those who vote in a pri-
mary of a party before that party can
Insert tha demand Into its platform. The
submission proposition did not receive
such a majority of votes but only a plu-.
rality. Is it . therefore not a fact that
the submission plank was Inserted Into
the democratic platform In contravention:
of the law? Is it not furthermore a
fact 'that a demand inserted against an
express provision of law can not be bind-'
tn upon any one? - ' .
.(It will be remembered that this Same
question was submitted to Mr. Davidson1
at the time of the last democratic State
convention at which time be waa attor-
ney general. - He at that time declined to
give a ruling.) ..- ; -
Answer why the supreme court - hag-
settled this question; in a recent school
case it decided that a majority of the
votes . cast for. and against a proposed
constitutional amendment la sufficient for
the adoption of the amendment. ;
' Q. But Is It not a fact general that
the adoption of an amendment to our con-
stitution end the Insertion of a demand
into a platform of a party1 are two dif-
ferent things? Teat supreme court deci-
sion -applied to the former but not to the
latter. The constitution Itself says Tlaln:
ly and unambiguously what thta decision
says: But hi regard to platform demands
the law aaya Just as plainly- and unambig-v
unuslv that no narty shall insert a de-
mend for speciflo legislation Into Its plat-
form unless a majority- oi an tnose par-'
ttcipatlng in the primary ot the party
voted for the demand-1 In question. The
demand for submission received no Such
majority. . - -..
. Av Well that Is a mar matter of con-;
struction. -!
Q. Do you mean to say that any court
can construe a 14 w so that it beoomea.
something different from what it was? ?
vA. Oh. the courts have nothing to do'
with such matter. The State convention
decided that .- Such matters are left to
the party convention to decide. 1
. Q. Now general do-you as a lawyer'
and a candidate for . governor mean to
o before the neoDle of Texas saylnc
that there is any part of our laws with
which the courts save nothing to do but
which by party conventions can in a
binding way be twisted Into something
which it is not? - t
A. Eminent lawyers entertain the samai
view that I do on these matters. What
were those other questions you asked me?
You asked me several questions didn't-
upu? What were they? - -
. i-ne .qufliuonn- nspiira ill nm anew.'
one eminent lawyer who as attorney gen-
eral refused to rule on the question butt
that the constitution differed with the'
distinguished speaker in that It conferred
upon; the courts the power to construe
all laws. Including every portion of the.
eleotion law.)
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FOTJLOIS MADE A EECOED.. '
Tutett Time Ever Accomplished la'
i wngni Aeroplane. 15
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. 8AN ANTONIO Texas. May .Ueu
tanant B. DFoulols made an average
speed of forty-tour miles an hour during
a sixty-two-minute' flight In the 'Wrlreht
aeroplane at the army poet early 'this
morning. . The average height maintained
by the aeronaut In his flight' was 300
feet Bo tar aa- known this Is the fast-
est time made with a Wright aeroplane
In the United' States. The star In the
ah waa the longest even undertaken by.
Lieutenant Foulola. . "
Frequently during tha flight Lieutenant
Foulola would dip his machine and fly
near the around and then arise to hit
usual height of Ktt feet -
'; Viw Weisrlit Seaor-L
- r . ; 1 . lAttotitti Frost KtOoft. ) -. v t '
' PHILADELPHIA May KK-Mitt lie
Oraw of the Irish-American Athletic
club in throwing the M-pound weight for
height today reached 18 feet 1 inch
which exceeds the world's record by
one-eighth of an inch. The mark how-
aver will stand only aa an exhtblttoa
record at. 1C we not. made in compeu-.
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SENTER'TIiltPSONSPEECH
And : Inoidenti ; Connected .Tlien-
witk Vera jDorrectly EeTorted.
- Declare Autlor'of Eeport
.; PBthshei in The Port.
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DALLAS Texas. May . The ' one
subject of paramount Interest In political
Circles now Is the .course the State dem
ocratic executive committee will pursue
wmi ri w mo promqiuon question.'
T. N. Jones and others of Polndexter's
friends want' the committee to call for a
vote on the submission of a Statewide
prohibition amendment in tho primaries
or failing in their attempt to Jorce this
would have Jfte committee declare that
the plurality verdict of the primaries held
two years ro on this subject is still
binding. Furthermore! It is openly as-
serted that certain units ot the Poindex-
ter following will ask the executive com-
mittee -to make It plain to the party au-
thorities of oertatn Southwest Texas
counties that if they -show an fhcrease
In . their primary vote this year .their
vote wllK be thrown out-- These unite are
understood to be on friendly terms with
Dr. Rankin and responsible for the-
stories that a: number ef republicans In
the San Antonio district are preparing
to 'Invade "he democratic primaries In
July. - - .
The aunoomtlon is that navfdnnn's.
friends will Join In asking the committee
to take the above stated course as the
former attorney general ha said that ha4
Ira r. m an Km l.ulnM na at aa . J lla..J 1
wants submission or a row and intlmat.
eo tnat ne is reeay to punish the South
west rexas counties it mey ao not vote
for htm. They did not warm un to him
as ho thought they should have 'done
while n was down there and -their habit
of paying their taxes gives him a pain
'C' iWHA'.; JOHNSON 8EEKS. V'
In so far si Johnson ta' conoemed. it
Is generally understood that he Is not
enamored' of tha idea of again springing
submission; He says that he ta sub-
mitting his claims to the people of Texas
every day and that they know what he
stands for(wlthou the executive commit-
tee having to pass a reo)utlon tor their
Information lit Xhe- matter. If Johnson
has his way. about It -the committee will
renialn silent eii' the subject of submis-
sion' and. the State - convention- Willi lin-
stead be asked to put a statutory State-
wide .prohibition plank in the- platform.
. The maneuvering the friends of Poin-
dexter 'Johnson and Davidson are In-
dulging In on thhr subject' is equivalent
to a confession of fear of the nomination
of Colquitt To the disinterested voter It
looks as if the friends of these gentle-
men have .reached the conclusion: that
he can noijie headed off and that there
.Is nothing left for them to do but to load
the platform with declarations on prohi
bition to wnion ne couia not suosonoe.
In other' words there Is a conspiracy on
foot to endeavor to embarrass Colquitt In
the face of big seemingly Inevitable nom-
ination. .'!: - ." . ; . ';
lC v:."THaV. tlMPSON LETTER. '
Tha .Dallas News today printed a com-
munication signed by eight persons giving-TUnpson
and Garrison as 4be places
ot their residence In which exception la
taken . to ; the report published ht" last
Thursday's Post of the speeclv made by
Senator genter at Tlmpsnn on H. Bascom
Thomat. ' Said communication - rocttes
that said report misrepresented the. taots
and was untrue. : .' . .r-'1 .-
As the author of the report Jn . ques-
tlori I wish to state thaws' t-was -present
during tho-delivery of Mr. Sent era speech
and that those who Jeered him at the
outset were the elghrsignern of the com-
munication in question; but that by the
time Senter got through with them there
waa but one Individual left to hoot. A
to which one of the eight that waa I wilt
leave it to Utsra to- say. 1 v - . ;
-.- My' report of the incidents connected
with the delivery of the speech In ques
tion was absolutely correct In every par-
ticular and my answer to the eight la
that they are on no better terma with
the truth than Thomas is himself. U I
knew of anything harder to say of Jrlem
than this I would do so. ". v .
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COMTJITr CLUB AT HUMBLE.
. - . ' .
Uearly Half the Votiny Strength
-4 Wat at tne Meeting.
At a meeting' Of the supporters of O.
B. Colquitt held l&st Saturday night In
Humble t organise a club In behalf ot
Mr. Colquitt for governor ' some throe
hundred poll taxpayers were present
The meeting was called to order by
J. M. Bird a cousin of Attorney General
Lightfoot and waa presided . over by
Judge J. C. Lambrecht
. Among those present At the meeting
were Judge J. ft. Wise Justice of-the
peaoe for the Humble precinct; Herman
Imhoff. Henry Herring A. B. Adams
Jack Hunter. J. D. JPatrick Bud . Do
A man and other leading cltixens.
Judge J. C. Lambrecht was elected
president of the club and A. B. Levy and
Ed Haubelt were elected secretary and
treasurer respectively. r- -
Some three hundred cltlsene of Hum-
ble signed the roster -of tha Colquitt
club and the list is still open for other
signatures. The club does not expect to
quit work for - Colquitt until It has a
membership of MO. 'According to Judge
Lambrecht Colquitt WID poll 86 per cent-
of the vote of Humble for governor.
The Humble Colquitt club will furnish
Its own funds for carrying on .the cam-
paign la the Humble precinct and the
officers of the club were' authorised to
make preparations for a barbecue In the
Interest of the candidacy of Mr. Colquitt
In - the near future at - which barbecue
they hope to have Mr. Colquitt present
to deliver an address on pending Bute
Issues.
The Inclemency of 1 the weather con-
sidered the meeting was -a pronounced
success. There are some fOO poll tax-
payers In the Humble voting box.
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COLQUITT CLUB WAS JOEUED
At Enthusiastic KeetingOf Support-
:;t .ryitn at SloranTille v
"Vr -(Houto Ptt Spteial.) o ;" V i '
v HEMPSTEAD Texas May - SO. Yes
tar day at.sfovanville eight miles east of
this city there was a large gathering at
which a large number of oounty andl-
dates were present several of them mak-
ing speeches. The most Important thing
of the day. waa the organisation of ' a
Colquitt club ex-Sheriff J. C. Llpocomb
being at the head of the move. - There
were only about sixty-nine qualified vot-
ers of beat present and more than fif-
ty of them- signed the paper to become
members of the club all swearing that'
they would vote for Colquitt for the next
governor. Below will be found the names
of those who became members ot the
olub: j .- ' x - .
W. R. Crowd er Iquaa SobrhansklJ R
W. wooigaat jo s-umaneK trranK ncvr
mansckl Aug. Rslnke Henry Wllle. J. j
8. -Beber Charles Kulhanek W. Wool-
gast O. C. Seber P. H. Hall. I. J. Mor-1
gen Jerry Kulhanek Anton Kulhanek
H. B. Crowder J. M. Roane John Zer-
nlcek J. 8t Ciowder' D. Rowald Benja-
min Frank Rochen Joe Rochen Frank
Blulka Louis Zerntclk Ludwlg Mlkulen-
ka Peter Braband . Hugo Bwogatinske
W. V. Foster W. S. Urban U C. Morgan
R. L. King Jack Simon T. J. Seber J. E.
Seber G G. Seber William Mayer Hen-
ry Mayer Jr.. L. J. Krenek August Bra-;
band Jim Seber Joe Krenek w. Wawa-
rafsky Charlea-Chaka John Rochen Jer-
ry Bllnka J. N. Robertson A. S. Fletch-
er William Michalowski J. E. Groce.J.
E. Seber and A. W. Umland. ' . .
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The GoTernor'aEace in Uorth Texas
Toihi Editoi) .'-.-;;' I '
As the campaign progpesaea and the gu-
' bernatorlal alignments ' become - known
the fact that tha Bailey question is an It
' represslble factor In the contest become
more and more f.r.r.r . rv!-' .m and
joiinson are maKimt a u. -. - . lu'ut fm
the anti-1 ..iiey conui- 'it i.1 tbat It will
in large prt no to i.h ntv-r of the two
may - eppexr to have tha l..-nr chanoe
to defeat 1'olndexter the seiit..r's choice
for governor is praotiuaily certain. Many
lifelong prohibitionists in this section of
the State are outspoken for Iavldon and
they do not henlmte to sav thet they are
tor him because he is agaiust "Bileyism"
and has a hetter chance to win than Cone
Johnson who. i without exception their
second choice. Colquitt is not favored by
the prohibitionists but there may be
found some who are supporting him be)-1
cause of hit aliened friendship for. Sen-
ator Bailey believing him to be stronger
than Judge Polndexter. That either Da-
vidson or Johnson would If elected gov-
ernor begin at once the organlxatlon ot a
force to deprive Senator Bailey ot his
"toga" is very generally believed by his
friends and admirers who .are- familiar
with the political situation. That Mr. Col-
quitt would nurtutw a senatorial bee If
entrusted with the patronage incident to
the governor's officer -is the. opinion of
some who appreciate the ambition ef the
discontented commissioner. . The triumph
of Colquitt however could not be claimed
as. an antl-Balley" vlotory aa would the
nomination of Davidson or Johnson.. The
friends of Senator Bailey of course fiep-
ricate the light which haa broken out.
between the two- last named gentlemen
for the "lion's share" of the antl-Balley.
contingent as lt waa hoped that they
would be satisfied with an equal division
of the same. ' V W. Grubbg. '
" . Campbell. Texas." ' '. .v.- '-v.- ...
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: ' TEE STEAW VOTES.
BARTLETT- Texas. . May t. t a'
straw vote taken this morning of tho
qualified democratic voters of Bartlett
composed . almost altogether of business
men and clerks only three pr four being
from outside of town the following re-
sult was had. In answer to the question
"How would you vote today for gover-
nor'" II voted for Colquitt 14 voted tor
Poindexter II. voted for Johnson an M;
. . 1 a . . a hnAaalrfafl
rum iui ... u--c-uiuw
but would vote tor either Johnson. David-.
son or Poindexter wttn 1 unaectaea Be-
tween Colquitt and Davidson and I non-
commitaL Total number interviewed 1J?
jaa. v. Lsiugnim ;
n .. 1fn.a.Att .
"Vf rAA-ASX7sti.ci ' if.... vr.- ea t
AUVJL-VXllaO HH waj au.
a meeting ot the Methodist district con-
ference of tha- San Augustine district at
Garrison. Texas on the 16th and 17th a
straw vols on the governor's race waa
taken by a Poindexter man and myself
of the preachers and lay delegates pres-
ent from the five different counties In
the district which resulted aa follows:
Johnson 8 Poindexter . .Colquitt 0.
Davidson
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undecided S.
Beeman Strong;
SULPHUR SPRINGS Texas May
Three hours were spent wtth the voters
of we city and county Saturuay morning
by F. W. Mack secretary of the Commercial-
olub taking . a straw vote on the
governor's race. The voters in the city
and oounty were asked for an expression
which was freely given. The result is as
follower Colquitt .135 Poindexter- K
Johnson 43 Davidson The per cent at
the votes from the rural districts ' was
very small.;':j ' v '.v ?' -: .
. WEVADA Texas. May For the pur-
pose of taking a straw vote on the govern-)
n)i race O. W. Pool a local mar-
cher placed a box In front of hla place
of business and let It remain there ail
day Saturday. The result was as follows:
Poindexter . Colquitt I Johnson I and
Davidson 1 This Is a fair Indication on
the governor's race in this entire section
of country. . y ...
SULPHUR ' SPRINGS Texas May
The straw vote taken heYe yesterday aa
was reported up to 11 o'clock a. m. was
continued until In the afternoon. The
results were ea follows: ' Total vote cast
411 Colquitt 1R4 Poindexter 1M Johnson
SO Davidson 84. The vote waa taken by
Secretary Mack of the. Commercial club
and carefully counted and tabulated aa
If It were the real vote. : ij -:
- BAIRD Texaa. May 17. A straw vet
taken here yesterday afternoon by W D.
Boydatun a dry goods merchant and C
I. Menefee manager of the Balrd Lum-
ber company was a follower Colquitt
121; poindexter 98 Davidson I. .Johnson 1
doubtful ' 11 All wh dealared themselves
are voters In this the - Balrd preclnot.
CCOKVILLE ToxasMav .-Wlth C
E. Parhon Judge and J U. Covey vand
Fred Witt clerks a straw vote was taken
as follows tor governor: Johnson 32 Col.
qultt tt Davidson 10 Poindexter.!..
iKNOX CITY. Texas May .-A straw
ota was taken herri today In the gov-
rnor's race with the following results;
Poindexter 31 Davidson II Johnson 14
Colquitt 11 ; i ...
SPUR Texas May 19. A straw vote
for governor taken here Friday shows:
Colquitt IS Davidson 13 Johnson W poin-
dexter M no choice 7
! A HEW COIrQUITT CIUB
Organized Among Employe! of S. P.
at San Antonio. 1
(Hoiuton Pott Sftcial.) ) ' 1
SAN ANTONIO Texas May 10. Tha
Colquitt Southern Pacific Railway club
was formed tonight and over 100 active
workers Joined. J. W. Forgason waa
elected president; he represents the Or-'
der of Railway Conductors -and S. H.
Parkinson secretary represents the
Brotherhood ot Railway Trainmen.' i
Active work was started for a thor-
ough canvass ot all employes. .
Tho meeting waa addressed by Hon
Chester Terrell and R. F. Coons both ot
San Antonio who earnestly urged the
merits of Mr. Colquitt as a friend of la-
bor and as a man who ran safely be n-
trusted with the high office to which he
aspires... ... . ... i
' Slaven Suipended. ' :
(From tha San Antonio Express.)
Slaven has been suspended by the San
Antonio club and fined $n0. This action
was taken because he played a game ot
Independent baseball at New Braunfela
laat Thursday thus violating the rules
and because he failed to report at the
ball park Friday on the return of the
club with a uniform on - . . .
Slaven left the Broncos ai Waco com-
ing to San Antonio to await the team
here. He played for the Saratoga restau-
rant nine Thursday when It defeated the
Taylor Independents at New Braunfela.
This called for a plaster of f2& and the'
failure to turn out In uniform coat $26
more. The suspension is indefinite. .. . y
:'" . ''
Johnson Supporter! From league. - :
. : i " (Houston PottSptciU.) ' V 'i
' TEAGUI5 Texas May lO.r-About two
hundred Cone Uohnsen supporters left
Teague on a special train at 7 o'clock this
evening for Mexla to hear him talk at
that point. ' Special train service was
also provided frqra Cooledge and-a large
crowd went from there. -.4
DIPLOMAS FOE SEW MEDICOS
Graduation Exeroiiei of State Med'
ical College Today. . ' (
i (Homtlon Pott Sp'rial.) '. . .
GALVESTON Texas May 10. Tomor-
row evening tha annual graduation ex-1
erclses and the presentation'of the diplo-
mas to successful students In the Stats
medical college will take place.
The ceremony will be-simple and alt-
unnecessary matters will be est out. The
ceremony will take place In Scottish Rite
cathedral a fid but two addressee will be
delivered one by Hon. T. 8. Henderson
of Cameron chairman of the board of re-
gents and the other by Dr. A. W. Fly of
Galveston a local member of tho board.
The presenting of the Clplomaa will be.
done by Mr. Sydney E. Mesee president
of the University of Texas. . :
- The board of regents will meet at tha
oollege at 10 a. m. to finish up the busi-
ness of tne term and make final pre pap-'
tlons for the presenting ot diplomas y. -I
4" ' . . -t 'H-i
Palestine Girls Won Honors.;
-""vv "iHoutttn Pott $ptcioJ.j '.
PALESTINE Texas. May .-In hs
distribution of class honors to the sit-
uating class of-the high school here M.-
Hlossont Swift -was valedictorian - and
kites Ida Landau the salutatorlan. ... ' ;.
Hedges Ice cream served at Capitol
tbarnjacy. .' t - . :
f ' - '
FORGO!
Charced la "Cc:; J-Lnsca rcl!-
ties'' by J;: tC.ziivx'l
EFFORT TO DH AG BAILEY CI
He Charged to the Tyler Candidate's
rriende and Denounced ; the ' '
Methode Uted in Effort to .
'. -; ' ecompliih It. '
: rivr. h. BunkHALTSri.
ROCKWALL Texas. May soIn about
the warmest deliverance that has mark-
ed the gubernatorial campaign so far
Judge William Poindexter this afternoon
charged "Cone Johnson's politics" with
i-..-J"J?mslbItsr t0 th for? Russell
. .l T' lh uhorlilP of the Leon letter
to the News from Amarillo. and the Ja-
cobs letter fronj Bosque county published
. VI mo Paper. The direct authorship
J?l was not Intimated further
than that it had come from "some one
of the Johnson .fore-Mi- and the nearest
'5Pprfm"tton to "ythlng definite In the-
direcUon waa tbe declaration that the'
sentiment expressed In Con Johnson's
address at Coralcana Saturday waa very
similar to that embodied In these three
Lttteri "" ' which Judge Poindexter
Characterised as fakes or forgeries. .
- AU of the letters along with the ad-
dress of Mr. Johnson Saturday were de-
nominated as aa effort to draw Senator
Bailey Into the present campaign with
the hops of injuring him by the declara-
tion that he was attempting to dictate
the politics of tho State. But the Cle-
burne candidate went further in . his
cauatlo charges. He said that the ene-
jniea of Senator' Bailey aa represented
hK t" Johnson forces were not content
with 'the records ot tho living but had
- resorted to .the grave and were endeavor-
ing to distufb the corpses of the dead In
their seal-to Injure Senator Bailey and
to weaken Judge Polndexter's candidacy.
He declared that these same people had
gone to the grave of Senator Baileys
own parents In the effort two years ago
to besmirch the senator's character and
that thai Dmm.ii I.... ... jt .
that they had resorted to the sCroo tao-
. But this was not all. For about an
hour and a half Judge Poindexter gave
hla audience of 100 people something hot
from the bat and the big crowd listened
eagerly tor. what was to come next. The
severest arraignment of any candidate
during the pending contest was hurled
at tha man from Tyler and there was no
lack of sensational attacks upon him not
only upon his Saturday Vddreae but upon
Ms record as a prohibitionist and bis
platform and position generally.
KO TTMB FO-ToLD FIGHTS. ' '-
. Judge poindexter plunged Into tha dis-
cussion of the most Important part of
his address with a particularly vigorous
style saying among other things:
'Some months ago these men tried to
drag Senator Bailey into this campaign.
His friends did not want him dragged
Into it; and to prove that they were sin-
cere In their declaration that the Bailey
?iuestlon had no place tn the campaign
or the eleotion of the next administra-
tion tliey did not put out a man to op-
pose Mr. Lightfoot In the race for attor-
ney. Leneral. He la an antl-Balley man
but that was no reason why. the friends
of Mr. Bailey should want- to put out a
man against him I have Wver men-
tioned the Bailey Issue myself exaept
to answer charges that have been made
concerning me In' that connection and
to repel uncalled for references to It by
my opponents .- ' "
''The man who is. trying to pull the
Bailey question Into this campaign Is do-
ing so In tha hones of setting Into office.
when he knows that he could not muster
.nniLk .t.an.th . 1. 1. a. I..- la ft
I Is no time to be preserving our old differ-
ironoes on this question. If we all feH
out with each other on Issues that arise
and never get over them we would be en-
emies and be warring continually. We
need to forget them and start out to-
gether again when theee former differ-
ences have been .settled one way or the
other. It Is natural that we differ but
It Is foolish for ua to play around In the
ashes and my mother used to wrrip me
for doing It And there are grown men
In Texaa today who ought to be spanked
for this practice from head to -foot. If
they I have a place big enough ' to be
spanKed on. - --
THB ANIMUS.
"But these fellows like Cons Johnson
seem Intent on pulling the Bailey . issue
into this campaign. And - not content
to remain on the surface of the earth
they have gone down into the grave and
disturbed fhe bones of those who are
sleeping their last sleep. They dug up
tha bones of Senator Bailey's father and
nvbther In the onholy and unjustified at-
taok on him oeiore; noi concern wun
that they have gone up to Plalnview and
got-the pick and shovel and hoe and dug
up the corpse of a man who haa been
dead twe years; forged Bailey's name In
a letter to that man and then published
lt all -over the country.
"No sooner had tha letter been pub-
lished than telegrams were hurried to the"
Methodist conference In session at Ashs-
vllle N C. saying that Bailey had come
out for Colquitt and the statement was
generally published that Poindexter had
been eliminated from the race. Even the
Dallas News started a man to Childress
t Interview me on that letter before It
was published. He went a distance of
J60 miles to get that Interview and as
soon as he got my expression on It he re-
turned home a total distance ot 604
He 'declared that he would beat John-
son 100000 votes In the Bute at large..
Continuing Judge Poindexter said:
"The evidence -shows -that Senator
Bailey's stenographer never wrote any
auch letter to any such man as 8. L. Rua-
aelland careful Investigation at Plain-
view showed that auch a man had not
registered at any hotel at Plalnview nor
could any auch name be found In the
city directory. - It was discovered how-
ever that a stockman by that name had
lived near the city but had died. and
been burled two years ago. - 4 '
"Now I do not care what you may
think of Senator Bailey himself or what
your position was in the contest of two
years ago. but I believe you wlU resent
this wilful and malicious misrepresenta-
tion of your senator who haa been stand-
ing at his poet doing tha duty of two
senators while his colleague la lit when
here comes an outfit. In the hope of get-
ting into office forges his name to a let-
ter addressed ta a man who haa been dead
and buried for two years." (Voice from
the audience: '"That is a Shame." .
DENIAL OF JOHNSON'S ASSERTIONS.!
v Referring to . Mr. Johnson's Imputation
that Senator Bailey was afraid of the
verdict of the people- said; : . -y
"The contest of two years ago ought
to have convinced Cone Johnson that the
senator waa not afraid to risk the peo-
Sle for after they had defied him to come
own and present his claims for a dele-
a-aft. A V. a Hanu. -nnvMitinn. h. AiA MWI
and licked Johnson to a franle. . That
..-h. A haVW-1 -Ua.tlafi.Ul COne." v '.
. Replying to Johnson's charge St Cor-
slcana that Poindexter had said that his
friends in State convention would
f AlUNIMENT' FOR : EXTERNAL USE. X '.
;v No roman ao tears enlldrea Heed soffer dnrlng tha parte!
f watting aor at ttta tlrna' of babr's con-tng.lf .IXoilss'a
rrlsatt is used as a msssafe for tbe muscles ttndons iiltm&
ef the fcody. - Mother's rrlena is a lmetraun i.eJn w ;
aunt wtlclt strangtJiens tha Ufutients lubrieatas and rcr !
imseles on wliich tha strain Is greatest prevents caking of V s 1
log tha dneta mm. and rsUeves nansea bsckacLa punncr s i
tts regular ua will prepar evsry porttoa of the system for t
mother and child and grsatly reduce the psin and dan?- i"
tomes." hlothas'a Mend Is sold at drug stores. ...TTrl's f.r c -ymtaina
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.. nousTorr
combine with the supporters of r
and Davidson to prevent any j
demand for statutory prohibition .
Poindexter declared with emphm .
he had made no such statement.
. The Celburne man dissected Mr. :
son's statement to the effect tit
was a deliberate achome -on
forces of Colquitt Davidson and 1 .
4er to tallow the liquor Interests
Btste to write the next democrat.!
form and sound ths death kned
hlbitlon In Texas. Judge Poiiv.i.-.
Glared that this wss a remarks i.a .
ment to come from Johnson w ho .
to know what the" whisky Int..
Texas -wanted dona it anyone kn.
In answer to the charge of the
man that Poindexter was throwing
?iuets at Davidson when he eald ti.--ormer
attorney general waa a co.
ent anti-prohibitionist ths Cleburne
dldste said:
"I have said that R. V. Davidson I
antl from principle and thla la the i
and with Johnson the truth Is a boi
and a very rare one at that.. I have
wondered what a lay preacher I -learned
in the last campaign that
preacher Is a son of a gun who k
the truth but won't tell. It If the r
date In this campaign Is a sample c
preachers. And here Is this lay pre
going around uttering sentiments
similar to those oontalned in the f.
letters and never denouncing lu"
iTiAirn.so'ia''R ATTTOHTOOTiAr::
Recited to Waxahaehie Audi.
: ; s :t Along Usual lines. :
";r. ij.- WotutonPottSfcioi. (...-'
WAXAHACHIB Texas May 30.-1
K V David ann arrived In tha cltv
morning from Dallas. Ha waa met
the station by the. local reception
mlttee who escorted him to the K
hotel - where he waa called upon I
number of his friends. ' The crowd v
nrani air. ajayiueun was qui ao . .
the one which listened to Judge l
dexter and Cone Johnson but his fn
account for thla by - saying that
farmers were too far behind wtt h t
work to lose any time from their c
However a number of farmers we.
the audience which was estimated i
too to too. The auditorium ot the
trict court room was crowded but I
waa n 1 1 a niimKar Af vacant aM .
the balcony -. -..
Mr. Davidseti was Introduced by -'
Mark Smith former county attorn...
After speaking of the pleasing ren
of Mr. Smith In his behalf he th
the audience for He presence and s
that he knew the condition of the f
era In this county at this time and i
appreciated the efforts that' hil I
put forth by those present to hear 1
Mr. Davidson's addrena was alon..
lines generally aa he has been tl-
ing In thla portion of the State. -1-
lated tbe circumstances of his con'
Texas and locating ln the city ot l
ton how he served tbe cttlsens o.
place as a member of the school I
for a number of years and as city :
ney. He was later in the State
and all these duties he had dsch.
to the best of his ability.
He said he was In favor of looking t
and caring for the old Confederal .-
men who had fought for the cause
people of this generation; In fav
Judicial reform of education agrlrn
term ent and advancement of the p
of the State .of Texaa and not f.-
benefit of those who were makinrf nn
fort to take away from this poopl i
Which rightfully belonged to them.
rj a apuav v. mr ' aa . . -'
ranrai now ne naa woraea - wn.-.
auma. .k. 1 1 . K t Vt a A .In uuif tnn .
when there seemed .to be nothing
darkness and defeat staring him in
face but knowing that he was the -ant
bf the people he felt It his dui
continue hie fight In their behalf.
Mr. Davidson dlscugwej' the l(li"i
......a k. .ha nin. r.nni.i.r i
race tor governor and gave some i
to the prohibition question.
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