Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-06-30

The moral forces OF Texas
ought to make prohibition the
chief concern every day till July
%. 1t is the one reform that
has every other moral reform
wrapped up in it IA the saloon
has every evil in it.
| We muse take nothing for
granted. Normally Texas is at
least $4,000 dry. But we must
go after them and poll them. In
every county and precinct a sys-
tematic campaign ought to be
made to reach every voter, and
to see that he is not misled.
The ants are carrying on a gum
shoe campaign all over Texas.
They have men travelling under
one guise or another, working
among the people. mainly in the
country These men are adopts
in hipocracy, and skilled in all
the dark and devious ways of the
saloon. Many of them profess
to be prohibitionists at heart;
have always been; nobody hates
the saloon more than they do;
but now is not the time to settle
the question. The country is not
ready. or will hurt some favor
tie public man, or the man has
travelled and seen the bad effect
of prohibition, or prohibition is
just name for something else
bad, and we had better let well
enough alone, and with sad coun-
tenance, the man shakes his
head and expresses great fear
for the country. He varies his
talk to suit his man or crowd,
and he has plenty of money to
help poor people along. Indeed,
he is very charitable and gener-
ally processes to be pious. He
is, in fact, an imp of Satan in the
employ of the whiskey trust.
We have word that this is their
method in Maine, and it was in
Alabama, and is in Texas today.
1t is necessary to wipe out the
tracks OF these emissaries of
the saloons by going into every
home with the plain truth. The
word to say is that there is just
one issue involved and that is
whether saloons are good things
or bad things; whether they
make the country better or
worse. Preachers, teachers and
good women can serve God and
humanity in noble fashion, by
reaching every home in Texas.
This can be done and this will
win the day.
Watch out for these artful de-
ceivers and put some one after
each of them. Tell about them
in your public speeches. Put
the country on guard against
them.
Every guarantee ought to be
given the negro voters that they
will be protected in voting for
the amendment Uncommon eff
forts will be made to corrupt the
negroes with money. The right
kind Of committee in each coun-
J ty can prevent this.
This is essentially moral is
sue. 1t ought to go off on the
right or wrong of saloons. There
is no way. under heaven known
among men by which a thing
morally wrong can be socially,
financially politically right. And
on a moral issue a good Christ.
ian woman is better authority
than sinner governor, con
gresham or even the president
of the United States. No great
reform ever started with poll
ticians, but with the plain, good
people, who were free to speak
and vote their minds without
fear of classes, or losses. This
is the peoples fight against the
peoples worst enemy, and not
the fight of politicians.
1t is significant and assuring,
that of all the public men of Tex
as, the nearer they are TO the
common people, the further
removed they are from those
pernicious influences which are
imperiling the country, the larg
er per cent of them are for pro.
hibitiCn. The legislature of
Texas is anti saloon by large
majority, and it is because the
people who elected them are
largely for prohibition. Not one
less than twothirds of the peo-