The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-19
THE. PROS IN CONFERENCE
Decided Not 10 Inaugurate a State
Campaign This Year.
SAY EDUCATION is TO BE KEPT UP
Arguments Pro and Con Were Warm,
but the Conservatives Were in The
Majority.

Waco, Texas, February 1s-It was de.
cded today by the prohibition conference
that there will be no State prohibition cam.
pnign for the present at least. Some OF
the most prominent temperance workers
In the State We're present and thought It
would be best to do more educational work
before the campaign was undertaken and
this sentiment, while fought. prevailed,
The meeting was called to order by NJ
H. Rutherford Of San Antonio who stated
that the object OF the meeting was TO de.
eide If the State opponents to the liquor
traffic were willing to so into State pro
hihition fight such as there was IN 1887
ON motion OF II. p. Grabel OF Dallas. Mr.
Rutherford was elected chairman, and on
motion OF Mrs Stoddard, H. u, Grabel was
made secretary,
resolution was introduced hy A, w.
Jones OF Austin tnvoriug the appointment
of committee OF five for a pcrinnnppt or
gantzatlon and that the conference resolve
10 get the next legislature To submit a con
Sututional amendment 10 prohibit the sale
of liquor in the State. This was the real
ught Of the meeting and ii soon developed
thnt many OF those present were opposed to
a state campaign nj present, A. " Jones
spoke TO HIS motion aud showed that at
present there was nothing definite TO work
Tor ana state campaign would fuse the
prohibition forces and much would be gain
ed even II they should lose IN the fight
HIS position was Endorsed by X. E. Grabcl
OF Dallas, Nat Il. Hunt OF Waco, N. Il.
Rutherford OF san Antonio and several
others
W. j. Moore Of Dallas opposed the state
campaign, He held that while there was
large number of counties that were al.
really local option, thHt the cities would
oppose it ana the populouS counties would
defeat the measure. lie thought thar 1t
would be better TO carry on the work Of
education for several years and at the end
OF that time he believed the question would
carry.
Mrs Helen NJ. stoddard. State president
Of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, shared Ia this opinion. She said
mat she was not afraid of the hsht with
the opponents Of the liquor traffic. hut
time could be accomplished IN n campaign
of education as was suggested.
The resolution 10 urge state campaign
lost after q discussion of more than an
hour the vote heing S to a resolution
was adopted coudemning the saloon and
pledeing the conference to do all IT could
In any possible way to stop its influences.
There were i've temperance elements rep
resented and after q conference 1t WAS de-
cided to concentrate their efforts more than
they had been doing Mrs II NJ Stoddard,
Temperance Union, and Mrs. Il Patterson,
State president Of the cOlored Woman =
Christian Temperance Union both made
spcechcs giving interesting accounts Of
their work After number of addresses
the meeting adjourned.
r &c. Cowart Of Waco and John Earney
Of Weatherford two prohibition lecturers,
were attacked while on a Cotton Belt train
near Mount Calm. Fiji county, this morn
ing and badly beaten M They had been
lecturing AZ Hubbard City and some saloon
men took offeuse at their remarks. These
men attacked them while on the train and
beat both Of the lecturers M badly, pistol
playing a prominent part in the fray.
Neither Of the men received serious in
iurirs. but were badly lacerated about the
head and face No arrests have been made
as yet. The lecturers are now in this