The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-15
COKE on PROHIBITION.
sumPTuARy LAWS DENOUNCED.
Deprivation Of Liberty tho Natural
Result OF Prohibitioa-The Aims
snd Obj ects of the Prohibition
Party-Vievs of rrcni-
sent Statesmen.

terday evening and found him in his |
library. The result OF the recent |
campaign being the thsme OF CONVEX
sation, the full views oflhe senator on
the question OF prohibition were
ELECTED.
Reporter-Ssnst)r, what conclusions
do you draw from the result Of the re-
cent elections in the large counties in
Northern and Central Toxae?
Senator C,-The overwhelming de-
feat OF the prohioitlonists confirms the
opinion i have held from the first, tina.
all tho people nesd is to thoroughly I'M
derstand the subject ana the aims and
purposes Of the Prohibition party, and
that will insure the destruction of that
party in Texas. The question is an
old one in the North, but new one in
Texas. Il has not been understood
here, but is getting to be, and she
more is known OF It, tho loss support IL
will have. Whsre prohibition has
been successful heretofore, there has
been no conteat; it has taken iudg-
ment by default. TO fight It earnestly
and intelligeatly ia to beat It.
Reporter-Is prohibition live polit-
ical issue, backed by Distinctive par
ty organization?
Senator C.--rhst the Prohibition
party is political organ izaslon can
not be controveitsd. It has national
organization, holda national couyen.
tions, promulgates platforms md pr e.
sents candidates. for president aud
vloo-prealdent. Its distiuctivo nrinei-
pies, as SGT ous In its plstforN, are pro-
Mbltion OF the manufacture ana sale
or .lntoXlcants, and the establishment
OF female suffrage in the United States.
The platform "relegatesn to The discre-
uon,of tho party in the saverui States
the question of female suffrage, to be
insisted on or not, according TO the
condition of public santlment.n The
actlYe lea0ers ia the natioHat brgani-
cation are chiefly wumen-good peO-
pie, All OF them very earnest and some
OF them very able, Equality OF tie
sexes ia suffrage, and capacity to hold
ONCE, is thor specially, and tiie hoboy
OF al o. them. They are nanip-
ulating the prohibition movement
in every State in the Union,
II may be depended upon thst their
hobby will be brought out 1T tho right
time in sn Of the commonwealth,
Those who have observed tho canvass
In tho whore local option hss
recently been voted on VIII bear ms
out III Tho A3HeTtion tAat public seuii-
men5 is being most adf0itly eduoatsd
Tor tAe reception OF tho female .ug-
trag9 issue, How e!Teu nave We he0rG,
In tno lass iaT WeCh :, ihseEclaMstfou,
"Oh,h otf vlyJ+, ana daughters, eud
mothers could ygGe Wr W6uli soroly
zpelthe dt,Ul 4lcohui.h Ournobls Wo.
men are beina temilMriSs dwith tue idea
from the stnngi tho puipiJ anu the
Lectures OF strUnR'mipded women ssut
to do missionary work IL thu couusisa
referred to. There ~, aud can DO, 40
Doubt OF tho aine and purposes OF tha-
National Prohibition party, for,.its plat
form boldly RvOws them.
IRspoU er-- 81 gu have gpohsa OF uro-
hlbiucn as . NATIONAL iasHG, now what
about prohibition Sa political organi-
cation ~ the 9sveral SLGteg?
Senator Cit is organized IN 81 the
States with 81 tho eq9lpmentH fos
party W9riale. Hero before mo "a the
plat orm Of tho Prohibition pStty ID
Te1 81. promulgated nj Dallas by iha
90 ion held khuga. I5 has Z State
e 't ve committee, Q county eNecu-
tiN &c Nnoitga0 Tor oroh c9pnty, AID
an exc 9uttvo coalmitiee ;cr CaUh con-
gre,sidnM digiric. Ia iis 1alan Oe
work" ltprcpeans 20 ooptrol the ns4t
legis allure, ior the nHrposa az conf-
pelllnG thal body 20 supmit 90 6iatad-,
meat 80 IKE cOaet,tpt,on, supiaoIlng
tho ontlre State - enc operation oil
prohibition, aud ior this purpose IL
provides Tor nominating lis own eau
didates Tor the legislature IN al oasea
where the nominees OF other parties
shall refuse 70 Pledge themselves IN
Wridps TO vote Cor 6h0 aubmiction OF
such an ameudm snt. In every dis.
trict in tho Ststo which
elect mombers 20 tho Legls-
lature, tho Democratic noIni-
nees who refuse this dciAtion are TO
be Nntagonizsd by nomlnees of the
Prchipluou party. The third clause OF
thor platform declares that eve rally
around but one flsg, end that nag
shall have for It's motto one word
prohibltlon"-.tbe conyen.ioa having
used the discretion "c0lc6Ott d., In tho
national platform 10 the party in tho
several States, 10 drop tho "fomGie
suffrage" PLANK, doubtless until The
neonaltlon Oh public sentimenw in
Texas shall ba more propitious, Such
was the course puraued IN Kansas uu-
I'll prohibition was adopted, then
female suflfego was run up 20 the
mast head a!Ong5ldo OF prohibitions,
whoro II now stands. ] viii quote
from the National Prohibition platform
in thf A FNranaft Ia
tive whom considered ia connection
with tho Dallas platforms.
"rhGt we believe IN tho civil end
political equality Of the sexes, and thar
tho ballot IA the baud or woman is q
right for her protection, uud would
prove u powerful ally for the
abolition OF tho drinking galOon, tho
executing Of Laws, tho promotion oi
reform Ia civil affairs, aui The ro-
moval OF corruption ia public lilo; end
thus believing, we rel6gato tho prGctI-
cal outworking OF tnis reform 10 tho
discretion OF the Prohibition party la
tho several States, according 10 the
condition OF public sentiments in those
StatSH,p
SO, itwlll 10 perceived that tho M.
uon0l aud State prohibition party or
ganiaatlOas work h0rmnniGuGly TO-.
Reiher, tho lgttcr under sh9 guard "a
ship and advice VI Tho forinor, both
having IN Wow tho sano liao OF policy
and working for the same opds, and
related 10 each other oXlctly "a tho
Democratic aad Republican National
and State party Organizations are.
The Prohibition party OF kRnHRs
elected 81. John governor. Tho same
party in Ohio nominated a csn6i-
date for governor Hnd other state
Office at tue election TO hg hQid fh1
fall. Thor candidate for governor hal
already som, 50 wa arc informed 10y
tolegfanh, alUfmal challanp0 90 Gov.
orn0r Noadly, the Democratic n0mi-
net, 10 iuDut nim IN ioint dlsUussioR
before tho people, II DO has Hons a
siinilnf challenge 60 tho Republican
ncmiurc, We have not been Informed
OF IT,. lI every State OF tho Union
There 81 3 Prohibition pRttv orgAniEa.
tl0u, and whom they hold tho halas19
NJ t,asvar lhHe lnVa inyartshfv fhrnwn