The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-07-20
JUDGE RucKErr AND THE
AVALANCHE

70 kesp .ySeace with the ants
in the campaign for State wide
prohibition. We had not in
Tended to bring anyone person
ally into the fight. 1t seems
however, that one of our local
mentions last week struck a
tender spot, and went to the
quick 90 for our friend Judge d.
INV. Pickett is concerned.
\ Last Saturday evening arrang-
.ments were made between the
pros and ants that a joint dis
cussion should take place at the
eourt house at $50 O'Clock be-
tween d. w. Pickett on the
anti side and Prof. j. X. Wester
on the prohibition side. At the
appointed time the court room
was crowded, and the speaking
was announced. Judge Pickett
was given the first rap at the
proposition and he at once began
by saying that he was NOT IN
FAVOR OF THE SALOONS, y but
was there TO give his views of
the proposed amendment and to
show why he did not think it
should pass.
Before he had advanced very
far in his discourse he stated that
be had been having some pack
ages handed to him from men
in Lubbock, and one of them was
by the editor of the Avalanche.
who dealt out the following last
week:
"R. J. billiard made a business
trip to Plains Saturday. He
took ID. W. Pickett to that place,
where he delivered an address in
favor of the retention of the
saloons in Texas. Mr.. billiard
returned Saturday afternoon and
Mr.. Pucket went on to Seminole
Monday and delivered a speech
there on the same question.
The Judge says we were un-
fair, that we wrote this without
having heard him make a
speech on the subject, that we
misrepresented him etc. Now
we heard the Judge in his
speech Saturday night, and he
failed to disabuse our minds
along this line. We could get moth
ing more from his talk than that
he was still fighting the battle of
the Texas saloons and the Nat
ional Brewers Association. He
is getting pay for it, and we do
not exactly blame him for it,
nor have we any less respect
for him personally, and we do
not see that he should have
taken such great offense at the
little article which appeared as a
personal mention of the going
and coming of two of our citi-
Zens. We are sorry that the
Judge saw fit TO take up the
fight in the interest Of the anti
prohibitionistS OF Texas. He has
a perfect right tc be an anti; so
has any other man in the
State, and we do not fall out
with him for it, but we do be-
lieve that the whiskey traffic is
one of the greatest curses of the
land today, and as the pro
posed amendment is in favor Of
SO amending the Constitution
that the sale Of the stuff be pro-
hbited throughout the State,
we are heartily in favor of the
amendment and believe that
enough others in the State are
in favor of 1t 10 carry same by
a handsome majority in the
election Saturday.
Judge Pucket could detect
.'hatred" in the little squib. My,
he must have a keen eye and a
monstrous imaginative power.
If the editor of this paper has a
spark of hatred against Judge
Pickett we did not know it. We
have always considered him as
our friend, and we have always
been a friend to him. Relig-
ious fanaticism" abounoed in
the article too, so said the Judge.
Now would not that jar you.
Can any of our readers refer TO
this article and find any thing
Of that kind in it? No. We ex-
pect to be as good friend 10 Mr..
Pickett as we have ever been,
and expect him TO be friendly
toward us. We are not little
enough TO let differences of
opinions sever our friendship tC
anyone We are broad enough
a let the other fellow have ms
ovn ODiniOus hut we would not