The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-02

tile whisky power IL now too formidable
70 be controlled bv existing moral and
political forces then the announcement
comes Al a trumpet call from the God Of
our fathers. who fouftded this government
IN their blood and tears 10 reorcanise ell
the moral and political forces and com
hine them for a death struggle with this
matchless evil AS the immortal Burke
declared. When tho wicked consplre the
good must combine
high our white nag OF ueacc and purity
We pledge our best efforts TO each other
aud TO our fcllow-citizens IN general n
advance cause which means good to all
and hsrm 20 none. We invite the co-operA-
tion Of all who believe the principles here
set forth. and declare Il to be our purpose
never 10 cease our efforts until this Cos
eminent ie seuaratcd from the whisky busi.
ness, and the saloon. like all It's progeny Of
vice. IS put under the ban Of law and there
IS q party In power TO see that the law
IS enforced
CARRoLLs LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
Hon. E. II. Conibear. Chairman. Dallas.
Texas
Beaumont Texas. October 49, 1907 Dear
SIR | am IN teceipts Of YOURS OF Jut 20,
conveying to me the Official Information
that l have been nominated BY the prohi
btion party Of Texas for the high and
honorable position Of governor OF our
State. | am deeply grateful for the dis
NluElAeAfu uQuNI IlNh fuAiNFtfA hN0u AANt
and feel that no stronger proof Of the con.
hdence Of my prohibition fellow. cltizens
could have been vouchsafed to me than
i their desire expressed 10 your letter FOR me
! to become their standard bearer IN this
campaign ! am fully persuaded that there
! Is no other evil To our midst so great as the
| lecslized iluor traffic. u Is an evil, evil
/ only, aud that continually. There Is no
| gSqd In st at all. The prohibition qQes,
| ton Sc both q moral issue ana o political
issue stable government must rest on
| sound moral principles The Individual
! citizen is the unit of civil government
! The government Itself can not rise higher
Than the average 81 IT'S citizens Given
moral industrious. Intelligent citizenship.
| everything ia government Is gsfe What
/ the Foundations NJ The government. II rs
/ the duty ~ government not only 10 pre-
! serve IRE ana prepertY out nrst ana most
1 ~ all 70 look TO the pcrpetulty OF It's own
/ NE. To preserve the State and its mora
| and religious life Is TO preserve every
| thing To degrade the standard Of citi
| zcnship IS IN endanger everything.
| The localized saloon Is school NJ vice
] and laWlcssueeE It's influences are con
/ stautiY against public morals. II has been
| found utterly impossible 70 both license
| and control harrocms Existing by permits
| sion Of society, the liduor trafhq rs In
| constant conspiracy against society Not
the resources ~ the people. II deplores
| manhood and gives back TO society nothing
/ IN Its place. II drains into It's Golfers tho
| revenues that should 80 TO every other
! branch Of business
Moreover. the nduor saloon Ia a constant
| foe 70 everything that Is good and right
repeat this statement. In order 10 give It
greater emphasis Not only Is the saloon
the greatest enemy Of society as whole
| hut It is the most stupendous foe that the
causes Of religion aud civilization ever
had To confront. II IS no wonder that our
great religious denominations have with
one voice uttered their protests against
this monster vice The great Methodist
church hiss said that the liquor traffic
! can not be legalEcd without sin. The same
| utterance In substance has been made hy
each Christian denomination - politics
II is the one constant and malignant foe
TO free government. The llauor traffic Is
the blood poison OF our noitical life IL
has put an end TO Glenn and fair elections,
and the saloon and Its supporters are CON
stantiy the sources OF corruption Of this
inalienHble right OF freedom II there
were no other ground FOR my opposition IN
the liquor traffic l would uualterably op.
pose II on this one ground. that II has
practically annihilated the freedom and
t purity or our popular elections All the
conspracies against fair ballot nre nestled
ana spawned IN the harrooms. which are
also the breeding place Of all classes OF
crime. Every saloon In our country is a
, breeder Of crime and criminals, Every
, form OF vice aud immortality Is linked
hand In hand with the liuuor trafdc So
apparent Is this fact that 1t Il safe 10 say
that the destruction Of the saloon would
, put an end TO three-fourths OF the crimes
, committed In our land
I an a prohibitionist in POLITICS because
the Falcon Is In politics. II is a popular
, cry In some quarters that the liquor CUES.
tion ought not 10 be taken into notifies
MY answer Is that the prnhibltlonlsts did
: not take It into politics. The saloon took
u into politics. The saloonkeepers OF
: our state are our chief political factors.
They succeed IN politics nv utilizing the
dominant political nartv. aud no matter
! which OF the loading political narties OF our
. | country is In power. the saloon Is In power.
| The prohibition party Is the only recoR-
! niZed force OF American freemen that Is AZ
all times and evervwhere against the
liquor traffic. believe that whit Is NOR
ally wrong can never he politically right
The saloon Is morally wrong aud no Kind
Of licensed LEGISLATION or nolitical maueu.
vering can so veneer It's horrId train Of
evils ms To make them even look right to
the enlightened American citizen For
these reasons. as well as for many others
that could he assigned. 7 accent the nani.
nation rendered nv the prohibition marty
az Texas and on the platform RECENTLY
adopted IN our State convention I enter
this race, confident 81 the righteousness
81 the cause and believing that whatever
shall be the outcome OF the present cam.
ppigp. our PRINCIPLES must ultimately
triumph, The issue IS the home against
the saloon, and the saloon against the
home stand with all nv heart With
the American home against tho American
saloon. and here shall stand until victory
crowns our efforts and every saloon. with
been hanished from our land You're r.
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