The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-04

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erasie leaders In rsxsa FOE tas lsss Is
ysass. Oaly one Bspub.isan on that
committee and nok oas voice upon
that committss reported against the
looaI-option provision now before you
TOR your aetion, and upon the hnal pes
sage OF the bill, 81 Democrats being
present and voting, 80 Of them
are recorded - voting for the
Dill, and every Republican In
the convention recorded ~ voting
Tho Fitteenth Lsgislaturs
House BY vote II 70 for the bill and
3 sgAtnss Il. Tue vote Of the Senate
was % for toe bill and 8 a.sinst il, It
was M rnor Coke On
tue 2ath day OF June, i,s6, and was by
him approved the ~ as day. One
bugle blast that day, through veto
message, pointing out ths section In
tho bill thst IN I'd, An attack upoa the
pers0 ,al liberties 0f svsry oitisen OF
our State. pointius out the section
containing . 81 up q " Law. p yiuting
out tn seotion that was undemoorat
10 oil IT Ice provisions, pointing out
the section tnat forsnatpwed woman
outrage. O0e such blast At that u ne
would have been worth ten thousand
such spe 'ohes he 10 now msking. But
instead OF pointing out HE objections
he i'm nsdtsteiy approved tue bill,
probably with his 0odspeed that Il
would accomplish the objsct FIR which
Democratic legis lature had passed Il
and for which Democratic Governor
had then approved II. A few friends
OF Governor Coke assert that the con.
stitutiou forced Governor Coke to ap-
prove the bill. I refer oil such persons
70 Art. 4, Sec. II Of the constitution,
which says:
III any bill shall not BE- returned by
the governor With his obi sctiOns
within 10 days Sundays sxoepted) af.
Tar 10 shall have been presented n
manner - II he had signed It,"
This provision In the constitution
furnished Governor Coke the oppOr.
tunity of allowing the bill to become 4
law without his approval or without
his veto II hs thought proper to do 30.
Toe Republican party by Q solid vote
in the convention opposed the Law.
They Will to day, by an almost solid
vote, oppose pro libitton. The Dsmo-
cratic party, BY an almost unaui nous
vote, forced the question before you to.
Day, and 1t IL an undisputed fact that
niue out Of every 10 votes cast for prohi-
bttton, are to day, and always have
been, true and tried Democrats, vet In
the face OF all these facts, and no one
can dispute them, Governor Coke says
II any p.rson should vote for prOhibi-
lion aud call himself . Democrat he
prOclaims himself Democratic liar.
1t has been SAID "err0r cease. to b.
dangerous whom reason 10 left FREQ to
COMBAT Il" Oau the friends OF Gov.
ernor Coke believe that this harsh OK
preston against his brother Democrats
gas inspired by veason. The day In
Texas has passed when denu notation
and abuse viii force mon TO vote 40
cOrdin ing TO the dlctstion Of men or par.
tics. W. must appeal TO 70 &son II We
wtsh to eonvidcs, inf ienoe. and CON
trOi reading and thinking men who
having voted with the Democratic party
~ II. Texas for 50 years: ! claim
S tSs against sls q. .us sn's d.uuuo %y
ti0ns, come from what source they
nav. The Democratic party does mot
b4lDng to any man, Il 10 Q party Of
principles, aud those priuclDles are
enumerated through Democratic oDn-
veuttons and pu jlished rs the lsad
marks and guide to oil true Democrats,
aud no mau, care not how htgh III
authority ne may be, has the right to
make any test Of Democracy that IL
nos laid down In tbs platform, aud I
venture the assertion that no Demo
cratic convention will ever Assem- ole
In Texas that will make either pro-
htbitiOu CT anti-prohtbttiOn Q test OF
Democracy, and Hll assn med masters
OF the Dam joratto party who attempt
10 lash Democrats out Of the party who
will not endorse this personal liberty
whisky plsnk-will ind the lash In
heir hands has no tarrOr. nave
uttered NJ word to-day that can be-
construed - den0uncing those
Who vote against prohibition.
They have the right -
democrats to deteat prohibition
" they think 1t best to do 80. But to
claim the Democratic nag and then Gu.
list the solid Republiosu party to nght
uadsr 1t, aud then shout themsel YES
hOarse over Q great victory over the
enemies Of Democracy becomes y
lauxhsble tsroe to all Intelligent men
ON either side Of tho question. I will
ask tue opPonents OF the present
locsl.Opti0a law II 1t is not an Inn
provemsnt and more Denocra:ic
than the old law In Texas that forced
prohibition BY special act, without
submit ttng the question to The vOte OF
the people. Governor Coke savs pro-
hibition ID 81 attack upon the personal
liberty OF every oitixsn. No man IN
Texas to-day under the present. law
has the personal liberty to sell whisky.
He has to purchase that liberty from
the State, and the only remedy Gov
ernOr Coke suggests to check the
abuse OF this evil, Is to raise the price
Of the personal liberty tn sell it. aOv-
ernOr Coke may be fully In accord
with what seems 70 bs the
PREVAIL " sent,msas, that principles
both good audTvil, must be Judged aud
regulated bv the power aud Influence
OF money. But IL tne prinoipl oOrrectf
Ia II demO0ratiof Has the state the
light to levy taxes and impose burdens
upon 0ertM class OF It's olti2sns for
che purpose Of checking an evilf Has
the State the right To sell the privilege
to do wrong, or 20 check the abuse Of q
wrong, for the purpose OF bringing
large revenues In the treaSuryf Gan
the state be justified In psrpe trst,ng q
great evil by levying an oppressive TAX
IpOn olAss OF her citixensf Does not
bedrock democracy say that the state
has no right to levy taxss or impose
burdens upOn her people only for the
expenses OF the State economically ad
ministeredf Would not the levyinx
= tax FOR the purpose Of checking the
abuse OF the whisky traffic be q viola.
ton OF this democratic doctrinef aud
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