The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-07-28
THAT WOLTERS INSULT.

His royal highness, Colonel Jake
VOTERS. in his recently published
manifesto among other things says.
"A complete analysis of the vote
will show that only very small per-
centage of the 81 900 negroes hold
ing poll tax receipts, or those addi
tional ones exempt by reason Of
over age, voted at all, and that fully
60 to 10 per cent of these voted for
the amendment" Jake in this is dis
attendant result, and his statements
are just as far from the toith as was
everything else that came from him
during the campaign. If there hat
ever been any doubt as to the de-
pendence of the anti leaders on he
negro vote to save the saloons this
unguarded statement from the anti
chairman ought to entirely clear
things up. Jake VOTERS knows, and
he is bound to admit that every 9th
err man who is acquainted with the
condition of the negro in south Tex
as knows, that every kinky headed
poll tax holder in the state who
could be rounded up for the occas-
ion voted to perpetuate the saloons.
We defy Mr. VOTERS or any other
anti to show where more than 0 per
cent of the negro voters cast their
ballots for the adoption of the pro
hibition amendment The ants rak
ed the state for negro and Mexican
voters, and but for the success of
their raking methods the result OF
the election would have been alto
gether different. This raking pro-
cess was carried on to such an extent
here in this county that negro |
bootlegger, who has been in jail for |
violating the laws of the state for |
the greater portion of the time for |
the past two years and whose term |
Of county convict service expired on |
the day OF the election, was looked |
up by admiring ants and he was
escorted to the polls to cast his vote
for the saloons We object to the i'm
proper placing of credit for this
,harming victory of which Mr. VOL
eTs writes The negroes and MeXi-
ans saved the day for the saloons,
nd Colonel VOTERS ought to be
shamed of himself for trying to :
oh them of the credit for his great Q
ictory. {
Colonel VOTERS. in his effusion. !
lso takes the business men of the
ate very severely to task for their i,
moral cowardice,' charging that ;
ear of the pros kept them from !
oming out strong on the anti side.
Ve fail to see the wisdom of lead
n in this Texas business men, take !
hem as a body. are not to be taught
or courageousncss from !
such men as Col VOTERS Those of !
them who were ants were on that |
side Of the question because they be
ieved II to be best. and those who |
we're lined up with the pros were in
luenced by the same line of reason
ng With them it was a question OF
and in either case what
his bumptuous leader may have said
# done had no effect whatever
To use language that is perfectly
lain, Colonel Wolters, writing as
Hartman of the anti state executive
ommlttee. has offered insult to hon
.st men, and has most successfully
made a fool of himself We do not
hesitate to advise the state leader !
If the saloon forces that the war
against his pets has just begun. Po-
itical peace legislative rest, moder-
alton, etc, all these are impossible
ties so long as the saloon dictator
ship dares to threaten the honest vo-
tiers Of Texas because of their fail
ure 10 90 to the polls and pile up II
satisfactory majority for the perpet-
uation of their pusilapimity