El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-04
IF pOINDEXTER PULLS OUT Of THE
RACE, BAILEY WILL SUPPORT CO[QUITT
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fooled many people, certainly not Mr..
Bailey, least of all It is said that Mr..
C0lQuitt does not have any expectation
Of receiving the support of many of
the prohibitionistS who are followers
of Bailey. In fact, it would be strange,
indeed, if he received votes from any
OF that element, unless, perchance,
Poindexter should get out of the way
and the Bailey question become highly
intensified.
Matters were therefore getting along
very smoothly for Mr. Colquitt until
Davidson precipitated the Bailey issue
and thereby threatens to put prohibit
ton in the back ground. If the voting
in the primaries is done strictly upon
that proposition the result is highly
problematical providing all the four
candidates remain in the race toS'the
end.
Radical Elements Strong.
The extremely radical elements of the
anti and prohibition Democrats are not
large. Roughly speaking they are about
equal in numbers. The vast majority of
Democrats in the state are not -enthusi-
aStic either for or against statewide
prohibition. They would much prefer to
see the states development and indus
trial progress made the predominating
slogan of the campaign. II is estimated
that probably not to exceed 10000
Democratic voters of the state are rad
icals. either on one side or the other,
when it comes to the matter of state
wide prohibition.
The remainder of the suffragists of
that party have their views On the sub
ject, and win so express them at the
polls If the issue is put up to them
squarely. But with the injection of
Baileyism into the campaign where will
the masses of these voters land on the
day Of the primaries? That is the ques-
ton that is disturbing Colquitt and
Johnson.
New, Alignment, Maybe.
If the campaign is TO resolve itself
down to the proposition sof endorsing OF
rebulHing Mr.. Bailey there will be a
new and pronounced alignment of the
followers of the different candidates,
acc riding to the views Of men who have
made & study of politics in this state
ar Davidson has nothing to lose by
forcing the Bailey issue il is claimed.
lie entered the campaign on a platform
different from that of any OF the other
candidates. He is said 10 have felt that
he could depend upon the support of
good share of the Observation-Disclosures
who had STOOD ny him in previous CAM
pa4gns. 1t is an open secret tia: 1t was
the support OF the anti Organization
that elccte! nix 3-.cIney general in
his first :ace for that Office. He is
said to have been confident mat there
was nothing in public record thereafter
that would cause him TO lose his old
following. His favorable attitude to-
wards the submission Of a statewide
prUh3Eitio-, amendment to the constitu-
ton was believed to be satisfactory to
a certain conservative element of both
the antis and the pros. His views on
the situation and his possible political
are said to have not CHANGED
since the opening of the campaign But
It was found that the Bailey question
was still sIpouldering and that many
people wanted to hear his ~iews on
that subject
The Bailey Issue
Mr.. Davidson denies that he is fore
ing the Bailey issue He claims that
II was forced upon him by the senator.
and IN support Of this statement he re-
cites the alleged islanderous letters that
MI Bailey wrote him and Mr. John.
son. The latter says, how ever, that he is
not mad about what Mr.. Bailey wrote
and he thinks the issue would be left
out Of the campaign. It is proving
big relying cry for Davidson. and the
Developments of the last few DAYS nor
tend that the other candidates will nec
essarily have to take it up and make
the best Of ii, on one side or the other.