El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-17

! definition Of personal liberty when he
attempted, while exuberant over his
advent into the land Of freedom. to
whip a man or two, and was informed
by an original American that personal
liberty ends where the other fellow S
nose begins.
Alien Vote Is shut out.
The ants are depending on the
Mexican vote to win, but 1 tell you
that the conscientious Mexican in city
and county is a prohibitionist The
alien vote that We all know has been
against US for years is shut out this
election. The Investigations Of the
army draft boards have taken care of
this publication The argument that
the saloon men will lose big money is
a fallacy. Intoxicants are worth much
more cash than they originally cost
a dollar quart brings $3.50 now. Our
opponents can unload at a profit in
the time to be given them by the
law.
Whisky Killings Cost Thousands
whisky killings cost the taxpay-
ers OF city and county thousands OF
dollars. Criminal cases traceable to
liquor are so percent of the total tried
in Judge Walter HoWe's court one
such case costs the public more than
half a dozen saloons put into the
treasury in shape OF taxes. FL Paso
can't afford to have saloons, simply as
a business proposition They must be
throttled as nOnproducers and public
waste, in this time of conservation.
Calls 1t sEUzIaundered Sheet
Judge Jackson referred to state
ments published Wednesday IN the
organ Of the anti-prohibitionist
which he characterized as an IN
laundered sheet" and which, he said,
took a few falls out of judge s. ].
T-l al - sal of
the home property in Ell Paso and the
Liberty bonds owned by Isaacks, his
two daughters teaching school here
and his son a volunteer in the army,
and said that the judges father, Wes-
ley c. Isaacks, had lived under six
flags and was one Of the fine charac-
tiers OF Texas, the judge himself be-
ing well known. and favorably, to
west Texans
Not Running For Congress.
Judge Jackson said: My own in
terest in this fight to close the sa-
loon is that Of every other private
citizen I don't want to run for con-
gress. 7 could go to congress, If 1
wanted TO. I have no Interior mo-
tive in this campaign We are guar
dams Of the community. which we are
striving to make a better. cleaner one
for our sons and daughters. We are
responsible TO our neighbors Tor bet
that intoxicating liquors are shut
out"
Paul Barnhart, prohibition worker,
who has Joined the Ell Paso commit
tee, after campaigns in several states
and Porto Rico, said, in part;
In For Fight, Says Barnhart.
You're going to win. If you work,
but you are in for fight slippery
tricks may be looked for by the ma
tfonal liquor interests to defeat the
prohibition movement here, as they
have been used in other communi-
ties but I will say that our opponents
are fair, for they have publicly an
rounced their committee How many
Of you prohibitionists VIII come TO the
front with your names and services
The ants are employing the old
stuff for publicity, always used by
the wholesale brewers and liquor in
terests. They pay big money, too one
man here gets $3.50 for five weeks TO
corrupt the Mexican vote. You've got
to wake up on this campaign How
many will exhibit cards in their win
dows saying This Home Is Dry, and
Row many will carry on their autos
signs showing their true colors
All hands were raised in reply.
Government Favors Clean Cities.
1.-The government is looking favor
ably toward the cities and counties
that are trying to clean up on the Ii
quor traffic and vice. have heard
comment from Washington men con-
corning the advantages of Texas CEN
ters as the best places for the train
ing OF soldiers, provided moral con-
ditions are right Send your sugges-
tons to prohibition headquarters in
writing. Bring your problems there,
too We have had no difficulty in