Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-07-21

VINO can near tue nhdAg Nudi dNteT8
so we'll, turns a deaf ear 10 a thou
sand mothers pleading that he do not
contaminate the great office OF gov
error by entering the state fight for
the saloon and against the home. In
the governors opening address for
the saloons. our present governor
said to the mothers OF Texas. Go
home, raise your children right. teach
them the Golde nRule, and you need
have no fear as to their welfare. The
best mothers OF Texas were crowd.
ing the hillsides listening to this tool
OF the liquor interest advising them
to stay at home and do a mothers
part, and be not afraid OF all the ne
farious devices which he and the
wealthy liquor interest could invent
10 ensnare and ruin their sons and
daughters. The burden OF his siren
song was dip your sons and daughters
in the Golden Rule, do a mothers
part and even their heel shall not be
vulnerable 10 all the evil devices that
man can invent. This is still his
song.
To presume that this governor is
right is TO presume that mothers OF
Texas have not done a mothers part
in the past. for sons and daughters
have been counted among the lost In
hundreds. governor refusing as
sistance TO mothers by simply keep
ing hands off from aiding the saloon.
and then adding TO the injury by in
ferring that mothers should learn
mothers part, is an insult TO every
mother who has a wayward son or
daughter
This governor is now seeking 20
continue his power and all power for
evil In our state. yet no mother can
register a protest in the interest Of
her loved ones.
On July q the honest American
widow. at home doing full mothers
and a full fathers part TO raise a
family that will be credit TO the
community, will be forced to observe
the irresponsible foreigner and the
ignorant negro passing her hmoe 70
vote for officers, state and county.
who will act out Governor Colquitt's
advice by insisting that SHE STAY
| AT HOME AND DO 4 MOTHERS
PART while they invent and encour-
age every nefarious device conceiy-
able to undo and ruin all her hopes.
II is always easier TO tear down than
IL is to build up; It is easier TO des-
troy than II is 10 create, so the ne
farious designer should win, for he
is tearing down, yet the good Ameri-
can mother can not register a pro-
test
Are mothers insubordinate. when
they so long have submitted to this
class OF tyranny? Tyranny which is
equal to, or surpasses any that caus-
ed the great upheavals in society in
the past Mothers feeding the NAV
OF the insatiate saloon and brothel
with their fair sons and daughters
without registering protest We
can we'll condone the mad frenzy OF
some Of our English sisters when We
remember that men have done worse
in plain labor strikes, where compar-
atively so little is at stake. Women
are taxed without representation, and
more, her loved ones are torn from
her without representation, yet she
submits and does not conduct Bos-
ton Tea Party or French Reyolu-
ton. Her Christian spirit has con-
soled her. and encouraged her TO be-
/ lieve that in good time her rights will
7 he respected, her home and loved
ones will be protected Is II true
| VIII they be? Is II now. or in some
remote millennium? Can Texas sons
/ protect her fair name from the dread
destroyer on July %? or will they
confess their weakness Mothers
can not vote in this great contest be-
tween right and wrong. but mothers
can do many things 10 help as they
have always done in every great
crisis Victory means great protec-
tion 10 every home II We are ready
for civic duties we can show our
metal in this fight by welding 'he
great influence for good that women
can always WELD All our higher
judges. and all our supreme judge
are TO be selected. as well as orr
governor and our Representatives
We can use our Influence 81.
these conditions but magnify 'H.
fact that the time Is ripe. that N.
are ready for the intelligent and 20
fined woman 10 vote. and these cd.
dltions magnify that We never sho1.
be ready for the irresponsible fo-
eigner and the ignorant native .
vote.