El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-09
ACTING LIKE BOYS
IN TIE JOB
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prohibtionists will give u9 the fight if
submission is defeated and Colquitt is
elected is the merest bosh. It will mean
the girdling of the lOins of the prohibit
tionists for another determined effort
The fight will not be given up by them
until the question is put squarely be-
fore the whole people and majority
of votes cast either for or against it.
! II it should be defeated al the polls in
a general election it would mean
/ cessation of the agitation for several
years Statutory state wide prohibition
as advocated by Cone Johnson, one OF
the prohibition candidates for COVER
nor, is a temporary expedient to serve
until the masses of suffragitsts can
q pass upon the proposed amendment to
I the constitution
Getting Into Deep Water.
Looking at the situation from an
honest and impartial standpoint, the
professional politicians who are leading
the anti-prohibitiOnists in this fight
will get that element of the Democratic
party in deeper water than it can
weather if they succeed in bringing
| about the election of Mr.. Colquitt. 1t is
| a fact so plain that it ought to be ap-
| parent to every thinking man. The
| submission of state wide prohibition to
| a vote of the people is bound to come,
| Colquitt or no Colquitt His nomination
| will bring it about more quickly than
| if r. V. Davidson is elected and fully as
soon as if the successful candidate is
., Johnson or William PoindeXter That
| is not all that the prohibitionists
| have cause to fear and expect. The cleo
ton of Colquitt will cause radical anti
saloon legislation to be attempted by
! the legislature at its coming special
session, unless all signs fall Governor
| Campbell VIII be in position to play
| trumps, and no person who is in touch
| with his ideas and sympathies in the
! present gubernatOrial contest believes
| that he viii not take advantage of the
| opportunity that will be offered him to
render aid to the cause of the prohibit
! tion1sts. To what extent he will go in
| recommending anti-saloon legislation
! is at this time prob ematical.
It Is quite generally conceded that
should Mr,~GolGuitt be defeated for the
| nomination of governor. the special ses-
| sion will be a comparatively tame af-
! fair; that the laWmaking body will de-
vote its efforts chiefly to the enactment
| of q new fire insurance law and the
| transaction Of other business of minor
| importance. Governor Campbell will not
| touch off the fireworks unless CoIquit
should be the victor in the primaries to
| be held July %. He is prepared to give
| one of the biggest pyrOtechnic displays
ever witnessed in Austin In the event
! Of that possible contingency.
Davidson Gets Support
According to reports that have been !
| received here from different parts Of |
the state during the last week or 10 |
days Mr. Davidson's views on the cues
| ton Of submitting the proposition of l
amending the constitution so as to pro- |
vide for state wide prohibition to vote |
Of the people is meeting with the sup |
port Of the more conservative anti-pro-
hibfuonists all over the state. Mr. Da- |
wilson believes that if a majority of |
Democrats cast their votes in the COM !
Ing primaries in favor of the submits |
sion proposition it is the duty Of the |
legislature to comply with that com |
mand He has always been a consistent |
anti-prohibitiOnist and this fact is caus-
ing him to gain strength from that fac
ton Of the party. 1t is claimed by Da-
Wilson's campaign managers that he
will split the anti-prohibition vote in
south Texas with COlquitt and that he
will receive practically all OF the anti
prohibition anti-Bailey vote in the
remaining portions of the state If this
estimate of the situation is true Mr.
Davidson will win the contest. Some OF
the Davidson leaders are claimino that |
that candidate will be first. Johnson
second, Colquitt third and Poindexter
fourth.
JOhnsOn's Race.
1t Is interesting TO note the sanguin-
ity Of the Johnson supporters all over
the state They profess to believe that |
Mr.. Johnson Will be nominated bv |
handsome plurality. They say that the
race is between Johnson and Colquitt
II the large crowds who attend the
Johnson meetings are any criterion the !
views Of his supporters are based on
good grounds He has by far the larg-
est audiences of any of the candidates.
His speeches have been freer of criti-
cism Of his opponents than any of the
men who are running against him. He
has not antagonized. his enemies He
is in position to receive the support of
erstWhile Davidson or Poindexter men
should a change in conditions arise that
would invite any changes Of align
ment. He has conducted his campaign
on a high, moral plane, and the effect
has redOunded to his benefit.
There is 4 revival of the report that
strong pressure is being brought to
bear upon Mr.. Poindexter by senator
j. ". Bailey to have him withdraw
from the race. Mr. Poindexter is said l
to have rejected these overtures. It
was generally thought few weeks ago 7
that he would pull out of the contest in '
the latter days of the campaign, but it I
Is now said that he is showing q strong a
will Of his own and he will remain j
In to the finish. It is considered sig h
nificant that Mr.. Bailey has not come Il
TO the aid of his candidate after Undue y
Ing him to enter the contest. Tt Is re- Y
ported in this connection that certain
men who are prominently identified a
With Mr.. COlquitt's candidacy have r
written letters to Mr.. Bailey urging him p
to stay out of the gubernatorial fight in ,
Texas. These self-appointed advisers I
have been Bailey's most loyal support :
ers In his past political contests. 1t is !;
said that they have grave fears Of the =
possible effect that the appearance of :
Bailey upon the stump in Texas at a
critical period in the campaign might
nave on the candidacy of Mr.. COlquitt =
Those friends Of the Junior senator !"
,laim that he can pay the debt of graft !
Jude which he owes the anti-prohibition
better by remaining out u
IF the present contest than by taking L
speech making part in it.
In every part of the state. with the g