The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-08-03
VOTE IS CLASSIFIED
Of LATE ELECTION
ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT If LEFT
TO DEMOCRATS AMEND
MENT WOULD BIZ
ADOPTED.
The Moral Democratic Vote EST.
mated at 10000 Which Would
Give the Pros Big
Majority.

In Texas we hear of two kinds Of
democrats, prohibition democrats
and anti prohibition democrats
each side claiming to be the true
loyal democrats of the state, with
thousands of good honest law abid-
ing citizens on both sides, which fact
creates considerable confusion and
and truly the right one, in the
minds of a great many men who
do not take time to think for them
selves on political issues, but de
pend on what some irresponsible
designing politician says about it,
that would wilfully deceive them
for political purposes.
The time is now at hand when
every loyal democrat of Texas
should do some thinking for him
self and take no mans word or
opinion on any political issue, un-
less they bear the unmistakable
evidence of truth and honesty.
All honest men everywhere love
the truth and when convinced
which side of any issue or question
carries the truth, they will govern
their endorsement and actions ac-
cordingIy
In an interview given out by
Lieut. Gov Davidson, one of the
leading representatives of the anti
prohibition party in Texas, publish
ed in the Austin Statesman I'M
der date of July %, 1911, he stated
in effect that he was in favor Of the
democratic party excluding or purg-
ing all the prohibition element out
of said party in future
An appeal is herein made to all
loyal citizens of Texas, both prohi-
bitionists and anti-prohibitionist
who believe in the principles of the
grand old democratic party, In
Texas, to seriously consider the
present conditions and tendencies
of politics in this state, casting
aside all prejudice, personal friend
ships and political preferment for
the time being and diligently seek
the truth as honest men and loyal
citizens to an honest democratic
Government. run for the greatest
and highest good of the great
masses of the people, without par
TALLY or special privileges to any
Below please take note of some
hints which will prove Of great
benefit in arriving at some OF the
true conditions, if properly consid-
cred and investigated No man
need to look very far off for evil
dences of matters herein mention
ed. for there is. plenty of evidence
in almost, if not every precinct and
in Texas
list. The antiprohibition party is
a separate, distinct political party
the liquor traffic political machine,
operated and controlled abso-
lutely by the liquor powers OF
the state the principles and pur-
poses of which machine are as diff
ferent from the principles of dem
ocracy as day differs from night
End More than ten years ago
the liquor powers transported its
political machine into Texas and be
gan working on the quiet and I'M
der the cloak of true loyal democ-
racy. for the seeming purpose OF
| coptrolIiro the 1s~Neav@tie pesrNy
/ power in the state and appropriat-
ing it to the use and benefit of the
| whiskey traffic and saloon interests.
! They began by nominating and cleo
ting antiprohibitonists as presiding
| officers Of the democratic party all
over the state, and did not cease
until they controlled the majority
Of the voting power in state, coun-
aies and municipa itics After Sc
curing the executive control Of said
democratic party. which was about
four or five years ago, they began to
dictate the nominees of all state and
county officers from governor to
constable, all of them antiprohibi-
tonists, and then calling them the
democratic nominees, and pledgine
the democrats to vote for their
nominees Were they the real true
democratic nominees? No, they
/ were the dHtlpIohi pllloH AoAHiH'FS
chosen by the Representatives Of the
liquor traffic. Governor Colquitt
himself proclaimed throughout this
state in his campaign for COVER
nor, publicly and repeatedly, that h'
was the antiprohibition candidate
After getting control Of the demo
cratic party. and appropriating III
powers to the whiskey interests
the antiprohibitionists violated the
first and greatest principle of dem
ocracy trampliug democracy unde'
foot. when the AUTHORIZATION sen
ators in our legislature throttled th,
voice and viii Of the majority VOTE
of loyal democrats of Texas, whel
the submission question was voteJ
on in 1908. Such actions we're NO
in accord with pure democracy, blu
were in perfect accord With anti
, prohibition tactics
Whenever the word autiprohibi
ton. is used in politics, or viii
} | reforgn,r IN any candidate for office