El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-20
CAMPAIGN|NNORTH
TEXAS DRAWING
To 4 CLOSE
Judge Terrell Goes Next
Into Southwest Part of
State.

San Antonio, Texas Oct. 20.-The
most vigorous campaign ever conducted
by Republican candidate for govern
or, or any other office in Texas, in
Democratic territory, will conclude
this week. Judge ]. o. Terrell the Re-
publican nominee for governor, COM
pleting his tour of North Texas. The
remainder of the campaign Will be in
southwest Texas which on state and
national issues, usually goes Republic
can. Judge Terrell will speak Thurs
day night at Mckinney, Friday night
at Sherman and Saturday night at Den
ison. The Dallas speech will be on
Kaufman county day at the State fair
and will be free from politics.
The next two weeks will be spent in
the twenty-fourth senatorial district.
where Julius Real Republican, is
candidate for reelection, and in the fiji
teenth congressional district, where
John N. Garner, Democratic nominee
70 reelection, is opposed by Judge
Noah Aiken of Brownsville. Both Of
these Republicans are making an act
i've campaign and Republicans hope
both will be elected.
Lyon Is Hopeful.
Col. Cecil A. Lyon, state chairman of
the Republican executive committee.
and other Republicans in charge of the
II, are OI TIE Op1uIOH
Terrell will make the best race. rela-
lively speaking, Of any candidate ever
nominated by the Republicans. They
estimate Colquitt will not be elected
by more than 10000 votes and that
Judge Terrell might even be able TO
overcome this lead and be elected.
There is no doubt there will be a big
DETECTION of, prohibition votes from
the Democratic ranks on account of
those who will vote for Judge Terrell
and those who>will stay away on cleo
ton day and those who fail to vote
for Colquitt 1t is not believed the
prohibition Democrats are doing any
great worrying over the fact their alb
sence from the polls may imperil the
success of the Democratic party.
Hope for PrOhi Votes.
The Republicans are , confidently
hoping to get many prohibition Demo-
cratic voters, the prediction being
made that more of these will be cast
for Terrell than for Houston. the nom
inee of the Prohibition party for gov
ernor.
The following statement by Fred c.
Couples, a prohibition Democrat of
Houston, is being circulated by the Re-
publicans as accurately representing
the attitude of the majority of the pro-
hibition Democrats as to Colquitt:
There are about 100000 paid poll
taxes in Texas. About $4,000, less
than half, voted in the Democratic pri-
maries.
'-On the face, this shows Colquitt
had to begin his campaign with four
out of five of the voters Indifferent.
if not hostile, to him.
Many who, voted in the primaries
for him are Republicans and will vote
for TorCo1 and ma n
perience that the vote in the general
election is always lighter than in the
primaries.
IF only those who voted for Colquitt
in the primary, less the Republicans
who will go to Terrell and less those
who do not vote in general elections,
vote for him, any reasonable division
Of the 400, 900 voters who did not take
part in the primary would give great
er vote than Colquitt will get.
Plainly he must look to those who
voted against him in the primary, the
'cranks,' fanatics and preachers he
denounced and ridiculed, to pull him
out. I do not reckon it will be consid
cred such great wrong for preachers
TO engage in politics in his favor.
I'm some states he would ask for
such help in vain, but in Texas the Pro-
hibitionists are such sheep that there
need be no fear they can not be driven
to eat their words.
An Illustration.
"Just as an illustration: At Calves
ton, during the conference, Judge
PoindeXter wanted declaration for
prohibition of some kind in the plat
FORM whereat Joe Bailey spoke up:
Judge, I am getting out of patiencel
with you prohibitionists; local option
is good enough So docile was the
judge under the rebuke that at another
conference held in north Texas it was
decided to allow him TO run against
Colquitt in 1912 with T. \. Jones to
get up a prohibition organization to in
dorse him OF course, at the last mo-
ment a speech will be made that will
turn the voters to Colquitt again, but
the judge was not told that. Prohibi-
tionists are not fools; fools learn by
experience. Therefore We conclude
Colquitt has a cinch.'