The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-28
nORaL tFfrCT or THE LATE ELECTION.

stringent law was ever in force,
and as a result our elections have
been largely fraudulent and a farce,
especially our primary elections.
But the new arrangement has
brought about the most desirable
change possible, and the result is
now before us. No man can vote in
any election, primary or otherwise,
without the payment of a poll tax,
and this must be attended to before
the lst of February each year, I'M
less be is exempt under the provis-
ions of the law. A man who is uL-
willing to contribute this much to
the support of the government, un-
der which he lives is not entitled to
vote and ought to be excluded. The
new law, therefore, necessarily
eliminates thousands of people who
are unwilling to pay the tax, san6
as rule such people belong to the
hoodlum classes of society. They
largely compose what is known as
the purchaseable element in our
voting population. They make; up
the medium of most of the frauds
heretofore perpetrated on the ballot
box. In the election just held all
such people were conspicuous for
their absence from the voting
places. The elections were orderly
and in accordance with law. The
voting was mostly done by those
who support the institutions of the
State. There were no mobs around
the votinglplaces and no candidate
was permitted to hire conveyances
or use ward-heelers to help him In
his contest. The polls were places
of decency and espectability. IRE
sponsible strikers.were not. allowed
to import voters and run them in
To carry majorities over honest peo-
pie. Every candidate bad an equal
chance, whether he was rich or
poor. In fact, it was an honest
election from one end of the state
to the other EEvery man nomina-
ted is assured that he received the
distinction as the result of "a fair
conte ST. No one was bribed to vote
for him, and no vote that was never
cast was counted for him. He is
the choice of his constituents, and a
majority of their: votes gave him
his nomination. Hence the moral
element OF the state carried the
election. Their votes gave us the
men who will fill our state and coun-
ty offices for another term. Had it
not been for this new law the result
would be far different, and those
who will now serve us in many in |
stances would have been defeated |
under the old mob system of voting. !
The change is glorious, and we CON
graduate tht law abiding classes of |
the state on the result. Good men
can now afford to enter politics and
serve the people in public office.
They are assured Of the honest suf- Il
frages of the people. Moral ques-
tons also now have nothing to lose Il
IN their submission to the votes Of
the people. A few INSCRIPTIONS
men, seated in the back room Of the
saloon with their strikers, organ
zed, can no longer control local and
state elections. That day is forever
gone. Law and order have come to
stay. The reform has been some
lime coming, but IT 10 now in force
and the people will never permit il
10 boz reversed. Now let all good
people pay their poll tax, take an
interest lu the elections and hence
orfh new era viii dawn upon
Texas. Ia fact, jg is already dawn.
ug civic righteousness - no
uuger "a dream 1T is a vital reality,
,ud AN good citizens are rejoicing.
.he ninth day Of This month gave
., an uumistakAbls demonstration
u tEis broad assertion Al honest
lt.feusHip ls uUw Iu tH- saddle. and
III, alUtlHus never kH backward
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