The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-01
PROHIBITION IN rlxAs.
eInns AND LOCAL orrIoN.

Will 10 lor the pfoElplLIonlSls, put
throws \ whole loaf TO the snti-pro-
hibs.-lGTeenville Herald.
ATTACKS UPON LOCAL OPTION.
Senator Coke and Congressman K.
@. Mills are soundly bsrated over the
State for their undignitied, yirulent
and unsatisfactory attack upon local
option. THESE gentlemen have lost
ground heavily b, fore the people o!
our Sta,e.-lTexas Patron.
PROHIBITION DEFEATED.
Prohibition tried its hand in Ken
lucky, at the recent State election,
against Dc mOoracy. Fox ran as a pro
hibluon candidate for State treasurer
against Tate, tho Democratic nominee.
Fox was supported by the prohibit
tionisis and all tho opponents of De-
mocracy, and came within just 67,591
votes or being elected Houston
Age.
AN OLD ARGUMENT.
II is little singular that such able
statesmen as Coke and Mills do not
suggest some more convincing argu-
ment against prohibition than old
hacked dogmas that ward politicians
have worn thresdbare 10 years ago. If
there was anything in the liquor side
OF the question, they would surely be
able to put 1t before the peop.e.-fP
Pinto News.
PROHIBITION IN DENTON.
Prohibition in Denton may or may
NOS oe success, but the Chronicle
holds that fair test of the law has not
been made as yet. 4 month is too
short a time in which to test the law,
and we hold that it was peculiarly
unfortunate that tho law should have
been repealed at the present time. We
want to see, now that the majority of
the people o. Denton county have said
so, full and fair trial of the merits Of
prohibition,-D Demon Chronicle.
SACRED RIGHTS OF TIE DEAR PEOPLE,
Coke and Mills did u slick political
trick, when they entered the field
against prch,bition. Their aim is TO
make people believe that prohibition
lists are II hitting Democracy, and THAT
they, like big brsss-collared watch
dogs, are ever ready 10 defend the 'sa
cred rights Of The dear people," They
nave oone more todraw the move into
politics than all the pr0hibitionists
combined. But that is just what they
want. They need il n Lheir business.
- Marshall Messenger.
ROSS ASB M'LENNAN COUNTY LOCAL
OPTION CONTEST.
General Ross, Of Waco, @ prospect
i've candidate for governor, mas Joined
tho anti'prohiblti0n forces in tho
McLennan county local option contest.
General II SIS Subernatorial aspira-
tions ought 10 be "desd ducks" by this
time. Prohibition may be- defeated
fer while blythe foreign element sDd
negro voters, but tho day is not far oil
in Tex, - when prohibition will bo
represented by a plank in the Demo.
cratic plStt0rm.- Abilene Reporter.
WHAT THE "OLD STAaERs" SAY.
The voters of Ellis county are wide
awsks on tho question OF local option
in this county. They have tried it,
and know for themselves That IL is a
good thing. Coke and Mills may open
their batteries against it, aud cry out
that ii is not Democratic, but the will
OF the majority is Democratic, and If
we can continue 10 suppress the sale of
spiritnous liquors ia this county, by
the will OF the moi )rity of the people,
We are doing IL on sound Democratic
principles, no ma ter what the sold
st8gers" may say. The Law works
well, 1t is found by the people TO be r
good thing, aao they will hold on TO il,
= Ennis Review.
WHISKY OR NO WHISKY.
Mr.. Barney Gibbs, in IA interview
in the Galveston News, favoTs local
option, but il opposed 10 prohibition.
He thinks prohibition by precincts is
all right, out rs 3 State affair it Is all
wrong. That ie, il would not be right
for tho majority OF The people OF Texas
TO soy whether or not they desired s.
prohibitory amendment 90 tho consti-
tuition, q ~ would, If carried, vote pro-
hibitiOn Oh some communities that
are not in favor of 1t, aud that these
communities would elect men To Of
flee that would not enforce the law.
On tho same principle, y governor of
Tex hOuld be elscted By sections,
pro Ue,s or counties, and counties
tbG q rot desire tho majority gov
ernOr - rule over the State would
elect officers that would Dot conform
to the mandates OF the executive.
-LDodd City Spectator r.
NOT A sUMPTUARY LAW.
lG Ia claimed th2t prohibition is q
sumptusry law, and is therefore con-
trary to the principles of true DemoC-
racy. The prohibitory law, strictly
speaking, is not sumptuary law; pro.
hibition seeks only to prohibit the
sale, exchange or giving away intoxi-
eating liquors; ii prohibition prevails,
man may drink whisky publicly or
privately, AS he pleasss, without VIOLA
tiop of law, but he cannot sell, OK
change or give IL away. The follow
ing illustration is suggested rs Illus
trative of the ides: a man has q night
to dig pit ia his yard and grow rattle
snakes in it, and he hes even the right
to tako ono oftheSe by the tail and lot
1t bite him, but no has no right 30 put
one of these deadly boasts in his
neighbours yard to bite his children, or
in his neighbors bosom, 10 destroy his
life.-[Texas Northwest.
STICKING TO HIS COURSE.
Threats of the loss OF patronage can
not intimidate the editor OF the Oh
server, and the loss of a hundred sub
scribers tomorrow would not change
his course one hairs breadth. He has
been in the newspaper business too
long for that, and this world Is too
large for him to become the tool Of any
man, or set OF mon, for few dollars
patronage. The prohibition question
has been loft by the legislature for the
people to decide, and we do not feel
that we are called upon TO take sites
in mstter that ingenders so much
unnecessary iitt srness and hatred.
Could q canvass OH the prohibition
question be conducted decently and
pleasantly, and without prescription
and ostracism, we might take part
Oub uhNlIiS s6tI SO llluCll VI bn6 ulNls'
ion and strife that it has caused, we
decline to BIO u party to it. The Oh.
server is "a moral paper, favoring the en-.
foreement OF the law, but what the law
shall be in this matter the people car
decide, without any gratuitous advice
from u.s. Corsicana Observer.
DOES PROHIBITION PRoHIBIT.
This subject Is one that should bt
carefully weigh ed before we cut OF
the county revenue. Tie experiment
has been tried over and over again
with but one result, ana that WAS 9
loss of revenue without successful
enforcement Of the law. We know
that this is often denied, but exper.
ience proves its truth. We traversed
the State OF Maine in 1880, and found
no trouble TO get ell the liquor W,
wanted, and saw more drunkenness IL
our three months sojourn there thar
we ever saw in Texas. WEI do not desire
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