Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-07-30
SUBMISSION TO Be
NO LONGER OPPOSED
Anti-Statewide Prohibition Committee
Admits Two-Thirds of Legislature
instructed for IT,

Houston, Texas, July 29.-The fol
lowing address was issued today:
To the People of Texas.
The anti-statewide prohibition or
ganzation of Texas was organized at
time when II was believed the thir-
ty-first legislature would likely sub
init prohibition constitutional amend
ment and with the view of thorough
ly organizing the people of Texas to
oppose the adoption of such amend
ment 1t developed later, however,
that more than one-third of the repre-
sentatives and more than one-third of
the senators had been instructed by
their constituents in effect not to sub
NIT such an amendment 1t was,
therefore, not submitted 1t being,
however contended by the propo-
nents of statewide prohibition that
the representatives and senators who
voted against submission had violat-
ed their obligation as Democrats by
reason of the demands of the state
platform, and the fight for submis-
/ sion having been continued, the or
ganization was continued in force, to
the end that it might oppose submis-
! sion II again insisted upon, unless the
voters OF two-thirds of the respective
representative and senatorial districts
should instruct their representatives
and senators to submit such an
amendment and in order. at all events,
whenever such an amendment should
be submitted to be in a position to op-
pose its adoption.
It being apparent now from the
= votes cast in the recent primary on
July 90 that the Democrats of two
thirds of the representative and sena-
torial districts have instructed the
representatives and senators, same
constituting two-thirds of the men,
bers of both housees-elect. to
Vote for the Submission
of an amendment providing for state
wide prohibition, we believe that it is
the duty of such representative and
senators so instructed to carry out the
wishes of their constituents. II has
long been contended by anti-statewide
prohibitionists that the proper and
constitutional way to submit a con-
lstitutional amendment is through dis
trict instructions and not by the ac-
ton of the majority or plurality of a
political party.
Recognizing il to be the duty of
each senator and each representative
to vote the wishes OF their respective
constituents as expressed in the pri-
mary election on the question of sub
mission, the anti-statewide prohibition
organization of Texas
Will Not Longer Oppose
the submission of such an amend
ment The organization. however
will continue and will devote itself to
its utmost in all legitimate efforts to
defeat the adoption of such an amend
ment when the same is submitted
fully confident that a large majority
of the people of Texas are opposed to
statewide prohibition. and will so ex
| press themselves WHcu thc dhOhN
ment is submitted to them for theil
consideration at the polls.
]. F. wolters. of Houston. chair
man.
W. D. Sanders. Dekalb, first sena
torial district.
J. F. wilkerson. Mount Pleasant
second district.
R. F. wortham, Paris, third dis
trict
6. W. Porter. Sherman, fourth dis
trict.
R. f. Carpenter, Mckinney Aft
district.
John L. wortham, Dallas, sixth dill
n trict.
R. N. Stafford, Mineola, seventh di
\ trict.
Z Ben Cook, Marshall. eighth distric
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