The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-17
In the Former Campaign He Be
loved Mems Rights Were
InIringed Upon.
SALOON NOW THE ISSUE
Question Now Before tie People !,
Whether They Shall Danish
the Liquor Traffic from
the State.

With a summer sun unobscure
by clouds beating down Oh the cor
rugated roofing fully twenty-five
Il hundred patriotic and home loyini
citizens OF Ennis and that portion
of Ellis county assembled on thu
compress platform in that city Sat
t urday afternoon to hear an address
on the subject of statewide prohibi
ton by Hon Cone Johnson of Tyler
it was a patient and perspiring mass
Of humanity. Hardly breeze was
stirring and although the audience
sweitered from the heat only few
persons went away before the speak
err closed one of the strongest ar
. raignments of the evils of the liquor
traffic that has been heard there
during the present campaign. Mr.
johnson was slightly hoarse but
when he warmed up to his subject
every person in the large audience
could hear every word be said and
! when he spoke of closing his address
| he was importuned to go on, SO
! eager We're the people to hear the
message Mr. Johnson had for them
they forgot any discomforts they may
have suffered on account of the
heat
Seats were placed on the compress
wharf for 1850 persons and it is es-
timated that at least five hundred
Il
( portion OF the audience Quite a
number of negroes stood in the sun
| just back of the speakers stand. The
E aides Of Ennis assisted the commit
tee in arranging a place for The
I / speaking and their artistic hand wa.
: seen in the decorations of the speak
er's stand On a table was a lovely
bouquet Of roses while white rib
bon streamers extended from the
stand to the columns supporting the
roof White silk banners on the
front of the stand bore these inscrip-
tons In God We Trust" and The
Saloons Must Go"
While the audience was compos-
ed largely OF the citizens of Ennis
and vicinity WaXahachie, Midloth-
ian. Red Oak, Ferris, Palmer and
other places in the county helped to
swell the crowd. Many ladies graced
the audience with their presence.
Enthusiasm was at a high pitch and
the liberal applause given the speak
err at intervals during his speech in
Dictated that the audience was in
sympathy with the cause he repre-
sented. Interviews with prominent
citizens of the town indicate that
Ennis will give a dry majority mex
: Saturday The majority may not be
, very large on account OF the four o.
, | five hundred Bohemians who vot'
there, and who will vote the ant
ticket, but there is little prospect o
G the ants polling the greatest mum
Der of votes 1t was stated that a ma
iority of the business firms Their
are prohibitionists
Before Mr.. Johnson began his ad
. dress the Bardwell Male Quartz
: sang several songs that we're appro
pirate TO the occasion. After an in
cidentai collection had been take
to defray the expenses incurred j.
& arranging a place to speak the lead
er of the quartet announced tina
h they would sing song in behalf o
n the $50, 900 homes in Texas whic
the saloons are trying to debauc
and ruin Then while the utmost 81
lence prevailed the quartet san
o Home, Sweet Home
- Mr. Johnson was introduced b
b Hon Earl Fain, in whose home h
n was a guest during his stay in En-
mis- Mr. Fain formerly lived in Ty
Ter the home of Mr. Johnson Nj
g Fain said Smith county had give
r the state three governors who ha
# served the state with distinction an
r. honor. and today she has privat
Il citizen of whom she is as proud a
the men who have gone out fror
there as governors.
+ When Mr. Johnson arose to be
r gin his address he was loudly al
= plauded He started off by sayin
o that the great question which is no'
S agitating the people of Texas Ia
two sides to it, 1t naturally and log
ically follows that these two side
@ are opposed to each other If tina
t. were not so the people OF TcNa
d would be engaged in a fruitless con
a troversy
a "Our anti friends he said, Ear
q trying to crawl upon our platform
They say they feel about this ques
ton like we do II they feel tina
I way why don't they quit shunnin
] the issue? We know what our posi-
, tion is. but you can hardly find tw
; autis who VIII agree an to their pc
D sitiou or how they look upon IN
. question ! think they have got Oh
the wrong side I believe they ar