Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-25
CLOSE RACE REPORTED.

Tht reports up 10 two o'clock this aft
ern00n showed notable absence 81 pre-
dictions as 10 who will win. Most of the
reports indicate a hard contest of =
close race. Austin. Wichita Falls. III
Paso and Laredo predict either victory
for Ferguson or the defeat Of >ubni>
tion. Texarkama said Bail was leading.
In one small wealthy suburb of ADJ
las. Ball polltd ninety per cent OF the
early vote.
Governor Colquitt al Terrell predicted
that Rail- will win by sixty-five thousand
Ball AT Houston also predict a victory
for himself with a decisive and satisfac
tory majority. Ferguson NJ Temple. on
the other hamd. de-lared that he viii
win by scvcnty-fiyc thousand.
Two ISSUES today outwcighed all Others
for the State AZ large They are whether
the next Governor shall be prohibiiionl~t
or an anti -prohibitioni~t. and whether the
next legislature shall be required to call a
State election tor constitutional Statewide
prohibition.
Thomas H. Ball. the prohibitioni~t candi-
date, according 10 his campaign speeches,
favors constitutional Statewide prohibition
and no other kind. lie j. for strict regu-
lation.
The anti pr0hihition~t candidate. james
II. Ferguson, opposes prohibition and
favors the dropping Of liquor agitation.
The amendment to be- voted on today i,
for or against submission by the Thirty
fourth Legislature of constitutional
amendment prohibiting within th~ State
the manufacture, sale, exchange and iutra-
state shipment of Intoxicating liquors. cx-
ccpt for medicinal and sacramental pur-
poses"
The qualified voters in Texas today are
estimated al 697 900, which j. nearly 4O.
900 in excess OF the number in any previous
election IN the States history. They are
voting in State and Congressional and
higher court officials alone, on total of
332 names. This total does not include
the considerable number Of county or city
candidates.
OF the total qualified VOTERS today about
one quarter reside IN the large cities Of
10000 population or more. or IA counties
where those citie~ are situated These
counties total twenty -one. of this wears
total increase IN voting strength. about
half come from these large city counties.
while the remainder was scattered over 226
organized counties There has been some
talk that this increase IN the citie~. the
Ia. gest OF which are SWEET meant little
added strength for the -prohibItioni~t
forces. hut the prohihitioni~t~ have con
tended that some Of these critics are prae-
tically evenly divided for and against pro
hibition when the issue J. Statewide. ~ Il
il today. and furthermore that the eompl.
cations IN today'> situation. with mixing
of issues which has brought some of IA,
anti-prohibitionists into open support oi
the prohibition candidate for Governor. re-
dpce any apparent significance OF the 'cit,
vote" on the prohibition issue.
All the present Texas Congressman *
cept one, Jack Beal Of the fifth district
are candidates for re election. An excep
five have opposition. These five are Mar
tin Dies of Warren, ~erurd district Ruff.
Hardy OF Corsicana, sixth district; A. "
Gregg of Palestine. seventh district
George +. Burgess OF Gonzales. ninth dis
trict: and J. T. Buchanan of BRENNAN
tenth district. One OF tie SharpcSt Con
gressionai campaigns has been that be
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