Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-11
COUNTY OF WHICH CORPUS CHRISTI
IS COUNTY SEAT SURPRISES THE
ANTIS-NEARBY TOWNS ARE
CAUSE OF MAJORITY.
MAYOR OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ANTI,
ACCEPTS DECISION OF PEOPLE
WITH GOOD GRACE AND
WILL ENFORCE LAW.

CORPUS CHRISTI. Texas, March H.
Nueces county. for years % strongly re-
sarded as an anti stronghold that talks of
county prohibition elections were regarded
as idle indeed, Friday, through the grace
of Bishop and Robstown country precincts
gracefully slid into the prohibition column.
Joining hands with Jim Wells, San Pairicio
and Bee counties that within the past four
months have voted ont the saloons and
adopted prohibition.
The prohibition majority was 222 votes,
the pros getting total vote III all twenty
one precincts Of 500 and the antis get
ting 500 votes. and making total vote
east of 1892 or approximately " per cent
of the entire voting strength Of the county
participating in the election.
Robstown and Bishop by their whooping
big prohibition maiorities brought no great
er surprise than the comparatively small
anti majority in Corpus Christi. In ward
four where the ants had expected to secure
no less than 80 majority. they garnered
but 1I9 Of the 264 votes east at the pre-
cinct The antis secured ma iority in five
Of the six wards of the city. il remaining
for the recently created sixth precinct to
be the only city box returning prohibition
ma iority.
Rincon Addition. which practically j.
part of the city. being Just outside the
northern limits returned prohibition ma
ioritv of 36 votes. The antis had conceded
this box 10 the pros but only by n ma aioritv
Of Is votes. Here as in other boxes the
"dopc" was wrong.
The antis IN addition 10 carrying five of
the city boxes secured majority at Fair
view. Tulo~a, BIuntzer, Banqucte. Oso.
Flour Bluff and Port Aransas, gaining.
twelve of the twenty one precincts Of the
county. The pros won city box six. the
Rincon. Calallen, Aqua Dulce. Bishop.
RobStown, Sunshine. Alta Vista and Lon
don. being nine Of the twenty one pre-
cincts. The heaviest falling off in the vot
me was N Corpus Christi. more than 800
voters failing 10 participate Against the
falling off Of the local vote. country pre-
cinct~ polled their full strength.
The verdict of the people was received
IN the best spirit Nv Corpus Christians. The
prohlbltIonIsts. men. women and children.
apparently poS~cd no desire to 10 other
man congratulate themselves and their
trends On the victory and they had only
smiles and best wishes for their "enemv of
Ihe DAY, the ants. The anti prohibition
istS also received the decision without any
special feeling or the least tince of bitter
he~~. uniting m saving that they al good
democrats bow 70 the will of the ma ioritv
and pledge their best efforts IL assisting II
y stnet enforcement Of the law.
Mayor Roy Miller last night voiced III.
ieeiing m the matter in the following STATE
ment:
Frankly, I am surprised at the result
ana must admit that there are more pros
IN corpus Christi and Nueces county than
thought there were. opp6sed the issue
otcau~e of my sincere conviction that II
N""id mol inure To the best interests of
.or1"> thrI~iI ~ adopt the sort If pro
nioition proposed believed. and Sfin be-
neNe mat IN harmony with the democratic
anea OF local self government Corpus
'hriSu, whose interests are 20 dIfferan,
ana diverse from the rural communities of
me county. should have been permitted n
solve the problem for herself. The returns