The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-16
B. P. BAILEY ACCEPTS
THE PROHIBITION NOMINATION Fon
GOVERNOR.
lie Presents the Principles for
which lie Stands md Appeals TO
the Anu-snioon Vote.

Hon. e. G. Heath. Chairman and Mem
bers of the Executive Committee of the
Prohibition Party OF Texas.
Houston, Texas, October 10. Gentlemen:
In accepting the nomination for governor of
rexas, tendercd me by the prob .bltion
party, | beg to thank you for the conf
dence you have thus reposed In me, an
honor | appreciate more than words can
express. trust that in my candidacy there
will be nothing to disappoint YOU and as
sure you THAT II loyalty 10 the prin ,iples
Tor which our party is fighting counts for
aught, there Shall not be-
AS It viii not be possible for me to make
canvass of tho State and present ,he cause
OF tho party, l shall take this opportunity
to do 80.
II tho prohibition party can show that Il q
| principles 1t fights for are OF vitM inpJ.-
tanoe. involving the very existence Of tne
government, and that neither of the otter
parues presenting tickets deals with :he
| question at all, we certainly establish cur
| IlSht 10 exist, aye, more, tho absolute ne
| cessily Tor our existence. The per9e'a!ty OF
| our government depends on the solrre ct
| al power the ballot, being kept IN filed
| PIE becomes pnrchaseahle element or
| becomes subject to undue influence, Us TX e.
| lstence Is threatened. Lock to our aifira.
and answer il our fears are entirely
groundless, answer II In many OF them the
| saloon element does not entirely control.
| II AZ Is possible for any man to successfully
| aspire to political position unless he is will
ing TO court the favor of that element. M
one can deny that this influence Is detri-
| mentM to good government to sound gov.
| ernment, nor can IL BIZ denied ihat tho
| cltIcs are each year welding a greater and
greater influence in determining elections
| unless conditions are changed unless ~,
saloon is swept from the path OF liberty.
the great institutions for the establish
ment OF which so much blood has been shtd
VIII perish as persisted liberty in Greeee
ana i1one' Free nsttutions can not lhrive
In an atmosphere polluted by corruptlon
DO YOU ask Why form a new party.
why not correct the evil through one of the
old oncsG Through which of The nld n,rS
} tles, | pray? The saloon Is not a new is
sue, its evils are not Just dscerned so IN
some of the platforms promulgated this
year We ought TO find the question dis
eussed, II the other parties ever Intend =,
uliSuss IL or oner relief, Search them. the
prohibition platform is the only one bear-
! Ing ON tho subject And this is not I'll
! Ihe dominant party OF our State has closoa
ats doors To the discussion OF IT, N INN
or 1870, issuing nm e,iiot that branded as
| TRAITOR any one seeking 10 revive the aues-
lion in party councils; since then II hns
been silent ma the grave on the s,lnon
! question. The others are evidently OF ,be
same mind. tor their platforms arc also ST.
ltht' tan YOU wonder, teen, that thoso Who
: love their homes, their country ANA their
God better than party should consent - Be
silcnced,
Some will advance the claim tbat The
| 10 OF
way OF Kidding our communities Of he
saloon evil, way that should be most ef-
tect9Ne, local option. This Is held mn as
the ideal method OF dealing with .he nues-
ton. for II conforms strictly with tae id,a
OF government OF the people, hy the
people, Tor the People, allowing each COM
munsV TO say what &c wishes Is n? In
every campaign for local option We are
told that ''prcsib.tion don't pruhibit." ana
many instances are cited whore the only
eject OF local option was to relieve the
saloon OF the tax trathsr. | should SAY.
relieves The state and county OF the tax.
Tor no one believes that where a local on
ton law is openly violated tho saloon is
not 'taxed'o. II this does not argue that
'prohtbicon should have party behind
e. then do not know the result OF add
ing two and two together, No law VIII
enforce itself the men elected to enforce
the laws must DO this, and, as wa have tbs
testimony OF use democrats themselves dor
the leaders Of this party are. many OF them
innd OF lighting local optlon) thSt taelr
party can not be depended on TO enforce a
prohibition law. Of necessity we must have
q party that can be. Again, It has been In
the power OF the democratic party, the great
State Rights party, several times wisAin
the last quarter OF y century TO take from
tho general government the right 10 issue
internal revenue licenses IN prohibition ter
rltory. The republican, party, with lis cor
dial sympathy could also have done this.
TIE effect of such legislation would be tha.
no ''pernna 10 Mt or blind tiger" would
d@re BE- established In local option commu-
nittss. Instead we have the anomaly az
' our general government aiding and albeit