Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-27
THE PROHIBITION ELECTION.

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 From the incomplete returns that have been reported from the prohi- bition election held on Saturday throughout the state of Texas, 1t appears that the state has gone against prohibition, but by such small majority as 10 leave the antls nothing tangible to crow or make pears to be so close that the oin- cial count will be necessary to de- termine the real winner.
 Assuming. however, that the antis have won the day. and the state is to remain wet. 1t is apparent that the people of Texas are very nearly equally divided on this great ques- ton, from the fact that with nearly 50O,O00 votes accounted for, the dif ference revealed is so slight as to cause reasonable doubt as to the re suit that can only be dissipated through the medium of the official count
 There is one feature of the situa- tion as developed that strikes the Times with much force, and that is that Texas which has been so long derided the prohibition question, should so suddenly be found so nearly in the prohibition column. This shows the growth of a senu- ment in favor of law and order in this state that is keeping pace with the remarkable developments that are being made in all other dircc- tions. There was a time when pro hibition was a laughing stock for the entire state of Texas, but that time has now passed, and the pro hibiton element is a factor that will have to be reckoned with in the future.
 If the victory has been won by the aHtis, as now appears to be the case. but by such a narrow margin, there is an admonitiOn in the situa- ton that should be most carefully pondered by those who have cast their ballot in favor of the continua ton of the conditions as they now exist in Texas. There must be en- forcement of the liquor laws in Texas according to their spirit and intent, or one more effort will surely place Texas in the dry column. The people of this state are not going 10 stand for conditions which involve any temporizing with the law. Saloons must be closed when the law says they shall be closed. and there must be no sale of liquors to minors and habitual drunkards. The saloon man who evades the law in these particulars is deliberately ili- yiting not only the drastic enforce rient of the law at the hands oe those charged with enforcenents with all its consequent penalties. but he is provoking the establishment of prohibition throughout the confines or the entire state and will sec it come with one mora eTfort-H Paso Times.
 Tne Times is absolutely correct in it's assumption that the only manner in which the saloon men and others interested in the liquor business in Texas can escape absolute prohibi- ton fin that state is by promoting the most laws for the regulation of saloons and by seeing that all re gulation laws are strictly obeyed in their letter and spirit
 The liquor interests in Arizona can learn the same lesson from the election in Texas. Saloons need not expect to have friends or defenders if they have no regard for the laws on the statute books for their reg uIation; if the law says that saloons must close at a certain hour that law ShOuiu DC VDtscu anu Do~" NO' entrance should not be permitted, if the law prohibits card games ia saloons it should be obeyed and no cards be permitted to enter the place Territorial laws and city laws alike should be the guide book of every saloon If their owners hope to con tlnuo this buai1ess unmoiested. The fact that officials wink at violations Of the laws regulating saloons only increases the burden which will have to be borne by the saloons them