El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-04
P0INDEXTER IS
ON THE STUMP
FOR THOS. BALL
Former Candidate For Gov
ernor Makes His Opening
Speech For Prohibition.


TT HLSBORO. Texas, July Judge
II William Poindexter, former judge
\ Il OF the state court of criminal
aupeals and former candidate for gov
ernor Of Texas, today Joined the cam
paign forces Of Thomas Ball. Of Hous-
ton. for the gOvernorshlp when ne
made his formal announcement Of sup
port in a speech at Dig FourJh CT
July celebration
from the beginning. but he has not
been actively on the stump lie Wlu
make a number of speeches for the
Houston 'p-O." candidate before the
we are i'm the midst Of one OF the
most important campaigns ever Wagel
before the Democratic primaries OF
Texas. and the great question lnVoLFeu
is: Shall the organized liquor interests
Of Texas dominate its politics, deoauch
the public conscience, and shape the
destiny Of our great state2' said Judge
PoindeKter in opening ION account OF
its ineEhaustble resources ana It's
ability TO control, corrupt and deceive
men, the organized liquor interest mas
assumed the proportions Of q political
desuotisrn in our state. Nnder its dIrec-
ton and at its bidding, and in palpable
violation Of the laws OF this state, pc
tween last October and February, poll
tax receipts in the large centers OF pop
7Ilatfon were increased over the pre-
TlOuS year at least ttryvU III e--AA-N-heA
ton of The great contest now on
Deep scheme Of Ants.
when the deep-laid and CunnlnSly
devised scheme Of the organized liquor
interests 10 eliminate all Candidates Dut
Ferguson was revealed at Fort " oTth-
MANY ants who are ants from prln-
ciule. refused TO surrender to this IN
terest or TO support Its candidate, DuI
stepped out in the open ana qeclareu
for Col Ball. This is why r. II John
sion declared for Ball; this is the reason
Clarence Ousley declared for Bail; this
IS the reason thousands OF other anti
prohibitionists in Texas are raIlylng 10
the standard Of Col Bali
1T is d little peculiar and suggestive
that out of the long list OF anu
prohibition candidates De-oIs tl9
people Mr. Ferguson was the only man
who received the stamp OF approval
from the organized liquor interests and
the white apron crowd or TINS state
Why did this selfish, sordld liquor IN
terest pass by such faiuhLul ann 10
hfbitionists and Democrats as Felix
Robertson. Chester Terrell. John g.
Willacv and Sam Sparks2 Because
each OF these men stood for something
besides the organized liquor traffic OF
..DeIudfnr the Tenants
sT0 the whole field. among all the
candidates. Jim Ferguson was the only
man worthy to receive the approval ana
10 be -anded by the ORGANIZED uquoL
fnteres. as its accredited candidate
in order 10 secure his nomination
and election. and to carry out TINS
covenant with the liquor lnueTesl ne
seeks 70 delude and mislead the man
who rents farm land in Texas with the
nromise that II elected governor ne VIII
have a law passed fixing the rental
value OF farm lands, making II an
offence 10 collect more than one-fourth
of the value Of the cotton CHOW
citizens. this proposition is so palpably
unteuabIe and so impossible Of accom-
ul1shment that I have not the patience
TO discuss it. The state OF Ie11aS mas
the unCuestiOned right to FIX the sell
inc urice or the annual rental price OF
an public lands owned by the state, put
1t is equally true that the state Is win
out authority to FIX the price or Nalue
Of land owned by an individual or the
rental value Of such land II an IN
dividual citizen owns land MS rlgnI %
sell IL for as much or as httle as ne
sees proper Is a right that cannot ne
controlled BY law. and his right TO rent
il for much or little is equal 10 ms
right to sell If Mr.. Ferguson ana the
liquor interest had promised tle
tenants and farmers in return for their
votes q proper distribution OF ram ana
sunshine in Texas that proPosltloh
would have been mere feasible than the
tenant plank
ct am within the truth when say
that Ferguson's campaign VIII cost Jhe
organized liquor interest OF 1 eNas S2vO'-
900, to say nothing OF llle @Sv5Lyv I 81
rrusou claims to he spending Can any
man persuade himself that all this Is
Tor The good Of Texas. for the uplift OF
her people. for the peace and prosperity
Of her citizenship
Praises Thomas II. Ball
sOn the other hand more than 5000
electors Of this state who are opposed
70 the domination Of Texas by the
Houor traffic, drafted Col Thomas h
RslI from the ranks Of private life and
solicited him to enter the race before
the Democratic primaries as candi-
date for governor In obedience to this
demand he entered the campaign unfet-
tered by any character Of compact or