El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-23

ter them for the man who stands for
! decency-Cone Johnson"
Many On Platform.
On the platform were lack L. Cobb,
W. c. Davis, J. W. Webb, W. J. Buie,
Rev. z. B. Hearn, c. V. Nafe, T. E.
Shelton, Atlas Jones' Rev. ". o. Mill
can, Rev. P. J. Rice H. J. Mayfeld, H.
a. Taylor, Mrs. NJ. L. Golden.
The meeting was opened by c V.
Nafe, who was followed by Rev. E. B.
Hearn, who offered the invocation. Nafe
saying: LAS interesting a mill will
occur in Texas tomorrow as on the
Fourth of July at Reno, and 1 doubt
not that Cone Johnson viii win as
easily as that other Johnson did
". ]. Buie, who was substituted for
Fred W. Freeman, the latter being I'M
able to reach town in time to appear
at the meeting, said that he was op-
posed to the saloon because he be-
lieved the open saloon Injurious to
every class Of business in the commun-
ity, -as 1t takes the money that would
go into the proper channels of trade,
toward education and the building of
homes"
Rev. Perry ]. Rice. pastor of the
First Christian church, devoted his talk
wholly TO prohibition.
You have heard that there are many
issues in the campaign but to my mind
there is but one, and that is the ques-
ton as to whether or not the people
shall have the right to say what they
want or If a few men shall rule and
control the affairs of this state. The
matter of submission is before them
and the saloon men fear for them to
vote upon il.
You always find right seated upon
the gallows and wrong seated upon
the throne but the tide Of right is
sweeping strong against the wrong and
Will wrest from the grasp Of the I'M
worthy the power of government.
Right and the People.
Il have never known of q righteous
cause that could not be submitted to
a vote of the people, but the forces Of
evil are ever afraid of the popular vote
and that is the reason there are some
people in Texas who don't want the
question of prohibition submitted.
ANY man who will sit in the gov
ernor's chair and deny the right of the
whole people to decide whether or not
they want the saloons within the Dor
ders of the state, not only upholds
those diabolical institutions, but also
drives a dagger deep into the heart of
republicanism.
THE question as to whether or not !
the saloon has any moral right TO ex-
ist is no longer a moral question It
is recognized as an outlawed evil.
''Two-thirds of all the counties in the
state Of Texas are dry. Three million
people live in districts where saloons
are not allowed; it covers an area of
200, 600 square miles in Texas. One
thousand retail saloons were put out of
business in this state in the last half |
Of 1909 I do not blame them for not 1
TO submit the matter to the |
public for they know what the out |
come will be; they know how the de- !
cent people of Texas will vote
Saloons Never Built a School.
Atlas Jones, who followed, said: /
Some day we people Of FL Paso will /
nave to stand for what two-thirds of |
he white people Of the state now stand |
or-prohibition. It may not be at once |
tut the fight will go on and ultimately
We shall be called upon to decide. To-
morrow you will have an opportunity
o cast q vote against that which has
lever built a school house. a church, |
Tor a home. May we not hope you
viii make that vote effective by got
ng for Cone Johnson"