El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-13
SUBMISSION IS THE
TROUBLE Of The
DEMOCRATS
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/ der to have any question which is in
the nature of a party platform demand
voted on by the Democrats at the
natures
Drs. Rankin and Grambell, who have
been in charge of the petitions favor
ing submission, have submitted To the
executive committee petitions which
they claim are signed by more than
As, 900 voters. If the checking up
proves this 10 be true, there is no doubt
but what the executive committee will
vote to have the ticket headed by the
words For Submission" and Against
Submission" There are number OF
the members of the executive com
mittee opposed to having submission
voted on, among whom is state chair
man Storey, but in view of the terms
of the Terrell election law, which
makes action mandatory in the presen-
tation of the proper petitions with the
proper number of names there Will De
no disposition on the part of the COM
mittee TO act otherwise than the Jaw
directs.
To Repudiate Platform.
One reason the ants are not worry
ing about the action is that they believe
the various members of the legislature
will abide by the instructions OF the
local constituents on the question and
ignore the demands of the state plat
form.
In fact. in every representative dis
trict where the ants are in the ma
jority, the legislative candidates are
running on a platform which pledges
them to vote as their districts in con-
vention assembled may direct, regard
less of the state platform.
As these conventions will be held
after the date on which the result OF
the state wide vote on submission In
the Democratic primaries will be
known, this gives the men nominated
a loop hole to crawl through, for the
conventions can adopt a resolution IN
structing them to vote against submuis-
sion and they will be governed by this
action.
From this it would appear that the
only hope that the submissionists have
of finally getting the matter through
the legislature is to elect sufficient
senators and Representatives at the fall
elections who are pledged to vote for
submission.
GubernatOriaI Race.
But the fact that the submission
question will be voted on will have
very great effect on the gubernatorial
race With submission at issue every
prOhibitionist in the state will be in the
Democratic primaries while many or
the ants will not go in and pledge
to support nominee who
may be pledged to support submission
This can have but one effect and that
will be TO lessen the chances of o. B.
Colquitt being nominated for governor
and helping Johnson first and in a
lesser degree Davidson and Poindexter
in the order mentioned.
The Underlying Motive.
This is what probably was the I'M
DERIVING motive of the submissionists |
In bringing up the question andx it |
looks as if it was a piece of political |
sa gacity.
With this victory won at the meeting !!
IF the executive committee it looks as /
f the Prohibitionists would eliminate |
either Johnson or Poindexter, probably I
he latter, and unite in their efforts to |
nominate the man left in the race in !
he Democratic primaries with q sub |
mission plank in the platform.
In such case there seems but little |
loubt but what next year that the en-
ire state will be called upon TO settle
he question of whether or not they are
n favor of state wide prohibition.