The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-25
THE OFFICIAL vOTE-ITs sIGNIF
ICANCE OF PUBLIC OPINION.

The HERALD publishes this morn
ing the official vote OF every one ofthe
one hundred and forty-nine organized
counties In the State, showing ma
jority Of 1854 In total vote of 1885,
25S, u result precedented In the po-
litical history OF Texas. This total is
37,24 larger than the largest vote
ever cast la the State.
Thousands of votes were lost to the
Constitution by the failure Of voters to
erase from their tickets tho words,
Against the Constitution" So the
vote for Governor will be much larger
and COke's majority much greater.
But that vote can only be opened when
the Legislature meets. -
But there are facts developed In
this connection to which we wish to
call attention, as showing that, regard
less Of sections, the Constitution, with
the white voting population, was al
most equally popular In all sections of
the State. The figures are at
least edifying, and should be CON-
selling, even to those who honestly
opposed the new instrument. To H.
lustrate this position, we take the
eleven counties ON the coast, from the
Sabine to the Rio Grande, including
Brazoria and Matagorda, Ia which the
black vote is overwhelming, and we
have q majority of 1913 for the Co nstitu-
ton. Brazoria gave 995, Matagorda
39l, and Jackson b2 majority against it.
The other eight counties all went forit.
Again take the six counties on the
Sabine, the extreme eastern border,
and they gave a large majority for It.
Jumping I'd the extreme west, we
find that Of the ten counties ON the Rio
Grande, Starr gave,,25 majority against
1.-THE other nine overwhelming ma
iorities for it.
Then, take all the counties on the
Nueces, all on the Guadalupe, all on
the Lavaca, all on the Colorado, OH the
San Marcos, the Llano, the San Saba,
the Braaos, all the valley Of Little
River, the Trinity and the counties on
its three principal tributaries, the An
gelina and Neches. and finally the
seven noble counties Of Red River, our
extreme northern boundary, and It
will be seen that each OF these gave
from respectable to crushing majorities
for the Constitution. gr rssl
Again, take the ten counties on the
line Of the Texas Central railroad, from
Houston 10 Red River. 1t will be seen
that Harris gave 2,lO3, the largest ma.
jority In the State against 1t, even sur.
passing the negro-rldden county of |
Harrison by 400 votes. Waller gave |
225 and Robertson 100 against It.; but
all the other seven went for 1t, giving
an aggregate majority Of 10, 42I.
lake next the seven counties on the |
Texas and Pacific road from Marshall |
to Dallas. Every county excepting |
Harrisons where the negroes have rom
l,5oe tosl,7oO majority, gave d large |
majority for the Constitution. 81
Theteis yet another section OF the
State as keenly alive to their rights as
any people In the world. We refer TO
the frontier. Every county ON the
frontisS from Eagle Passl on the Rio
drande, to Red River, gave decided
majority for the Consultation, and In q
number the vote was unanimous,
LhoAfa San Saba. 4s4to4 I; comanche,
sHto n Coleman, 95 o.; Brown, 500
70 :; Hnuilton, 7O3 to 2; Erath, $50 10
~ AZ somervsll 800 to 2; Palo Pinto,
sss 2 o. Yo.ans, ga 10 3. jack, POI To-
~ Clay. III 70 8 Montague sss to 8;
Whe s's 70 ao-thirtssn northwestern
srof et1g ~ s3st - !