Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-25
STATE PRIMARIES
WERE HELD TODAY
Candidates and Issues Influencing the
Voters In Today's Contests.
IBy AsaoeIated Prn..i

Dailas, texas, July25.-Two Issues
today outweighed all Others for the
state at large. They are whether the
next governor shall be a prohibition.
LIST or an anti-prohibitionist and
whether the next legislature shall be
required to call a state election for
constitutional statewide prohibition.
Thomas II. Ball. the prohlbltlonIst
gubernational cadidate, according TO
his campaign speeches. favors con.
stitutional statewide prohibition and
no other kind. He is for strict reg.
ulation.
The anti-prohibitionlst cadidate.
James Il. Ferguson, oppose prohibit.
Ion and fayors the dropping OF liquor
agitation.
The amendment to be voted on TO.
day is for or against submission by
the thirty'fourth legislature OF a constl
tutional Observation-Disclosures with.
In this state the manufacture. sale. ex.
change and instrastate shipment OF
intoxicating liquors. except for med.
icinal and sacramento purposes
The qualified voters in Texas today
are estimated at $1,000, which is
nearly 10000 in excess OF the number
In any previous election in the states
history They are voting In state and
congressional and higher court OH.
Gals alone, on total OF 1872 names
This total does not include the con.
siderable number of county or CITY
office candidates.
OF the totad qualified voters today
about one-quarter reside In the large
cities OF 10000 population or more.
or in counties where those cities are
situated. These counties total p.
OF this years total increase in voting
strength. about half came from these
large city counties. while the remain.
der was scattered over 226 organized
counties. There has been some talk
that this increase in the cities. the
largest OF which are wet, meant a
little added strength for the anti.
prohibitionists forces. but the prohib.
itionists have contended that some of
these cities are practically evenly
divided for and against prohibition
when the issue Is statewide. as Il is
today, and furthermore, that the com.
plications in todays situation, with a
mixing Of issues which has brought
some Of the ant-prohibitionists into
open support of the prohibition can
didate for governor, reduce any appar.
ent significance of the "city vote" on
the prohibition issue.
All the present Texas congressman
except one. Jack Beall of the fifth
district, are Candidates for reelection
All except five have opposition. These
1 five are Martin Dies of Warren. sec
ond district; Rufus Hardy Of Corsi
cana, sixth district; A. w. Gregg OF
! Palestine, seventh district: George +
Burgess of Gonzales, ninth district
and J. p Buchanan of Brennan, tenth
district. One of the sharpest con
/ gressional campaigns has been thai
between Congressman James l.. Stay
den of San Antonio and NJ. d. Slate,
of Llano, in the fourteenth district.
In the state senate there are six
teen places to be filled and min,
present senators are candidates for re
election. There are 30 Senatorial can
didates. For the House of Represen
tatives there are PIP candidates. II
one representative district-the eighty
seventh there is no democratic can
didate. This district has been repuh
lican for years.
OF interest today, although the
will not be voted on until the regula
November election, are four following
constitutional amendments lnitia
tive, referendum and recall; increas
ing pay of state legislators; issuanc
of bonds for Improvement districts
and permitting counties on the gulf t
build seawalls!'