The avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 190?-1909, 1908-10-30
Clouds ol Battle Thickenine

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directing their plans for years
with tins elimination in view
Since 1857 they have been work
ing all means TO this common end.
Within the past ten years they
have been asssultlnR the powers
Of evil through local option in the
precinct, the school district and
the county. until We have three
fourths OF Texas population an
der local prohibition One hun
dred and hfty-fye counties are
under total local option and sixty
i've diher counties are partially
under the same rule Less than
thirty counties ia thls State are
totally wet In 1857 we had only
three little counties under local
option These were Rockwell.
Delta and Franklin But now
look around you and see what God
hath wrought through the steady
advance Of moral sentiment Our
last grea victories were recently
recorded when we won the fight
before tbe people for submission.
and when the Democratic Con.
ventl&n followed up that victory
oy demanding. IN IL platform, Of
the neXt Legislature, The sub
mission Of this question O. a vote
Of the people through the medium
OF au amendment to our State
Constitution And DOW our force
are resting quitely an thGr arms I
awaiting thc action of the Legs I
latgre Just as soon ~ this takes
place. Vr arr ready 10 take the
field
No wonder Tie friends and spp
porter Of che liquor interests are
greatly alarmed They hear the
rumbhng Of the coming storm
They zee omlnOus clouds sklrting
.be hOriICu, and the stiffness lust
2efore the battle IS startling them
iience that recent meeting which
was a sore Disappointment b. them
n Houston They expected 10
have two thousand delegates from
ill over the : ate. nut less than
,ix hundred answered to roll call, /.
and most OF these were from the
HulskeY ridden sections No
prominent statesman was there a.
comfort them No leading polltl Z
nan OF ~tate-w Ide aspiration app
Jeared upon the scene Those
present BOZ the lead were mostly .
Ina, beeus They were men
With as" before their names. eX-
state senator ~O-aud 80. eN-At .
orncl General ~o-and-So. eN.
Congressman ~o-aud-~o. eX-Judge ,
SO and-So, eN.Lleuienant Cover
l0r ~1.and -. and thgs il was on
.uwu the hne But those present
made great deal of noise despite
teir disappointment They were
-Feu much space 90 the daily =
aper- Bur obey were men who {,
ave nothing more to lose politl- I
ais They largely belong To the :
upcrnumerary and ,uperanuuate >
lass of politicians many OF )
lem arr statesmen without oh. y
hes long ago had their political
DrtuneS administered upon by the 7
eople, and they have closed out
lis character of business 20
ley bsVe turned 10 tue liquor IN =
rests for comfort and other con- I
derstions Bot they compscted \
lelr forces INTO NJ organization, /
na they are getting ready 20 =
,ndef the best services possible Y
) the brewers and wh lesAle
quor iealers Back Of their
.ovement will br dead loads of q
.lhted money And they are Il
ssperate Desperate animals Il
PHI to the death - VIII these m
lu. And they Uill not invest r,
leir Conscience IA this hight Ii I,
their plan 10 win, Il makes no q,
ference ~ % their methods As =,
result 70 matters not whether n
.e battle comes OF next year OF h
ter .t will surely come. aud We n
ill have an awful struggle. IL !,
ill hc no child's play Il will be :,
ortll the reputation and the -
lcs II some of us. Bot no cause :.
Is ever won its victories without Il
, msrtys reXas Christian al \,
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