El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-21
TEXAS VOTES ON
LIQUOR MAY "a
Senate Committee Accepts
House Date; Governor
Is Inaugurated.

Austin. Tex. Jan 2l-The senate
committee on constitutional amend
ments today reported favorabIy on
the house statewide prohibition
amendment and accepting the date
fixed in the house. May "a. for vot-
ing on the proposition Senators
Wood, Bell and Hopkins. who had
I heretofore favored August IS. an
nounced that it appeared the people
+ wanted to dispose Of the. question as
] soon as possible, consequently they
! consented 70 the earlier date
Governor Is Inaugurnted-
W. P. Hobby was today inaugurated
/ as governor of Texas and W A john
Z son as lieutenant governor. This was
a formality which followed the off
{ eial canvass yesterday Of the votes
cast in the last election
The feature Of Gov. HObby's inaugu-
raj was his inaugural address, deliv-
{ cred TO a joint session Of houses Of the
/ legislature.
The governor said in part:
This formality and the words I
/ have repeated from the learned chief
I justice impress me deeply with the re-
sponsibility I now assume. It is more
gratifying to me than even II would
Be under any other circumstances to
become chief executive now by opera
ton of the peoples will
, Past Is Bitter; Future Bright
Looking backward, the year has
been a stormy one. All that war could
enEender. all that wrath could embit-
ter. all that a heated political cam
paiEn could inject. all that the bitter
est hatred Of opposing minds could ex-
cite in the settlement Of issues which
divided the people OF this common
wealth for many years, all that de-
Tastating drouth and all that death
dealing disease could scatter in their
wake have marked the path OF admin
istration with thorns and thistles at
every turn.
Looking forward. there is cause for
congratulation in the brighter views
that binds our nation and our state
Ly the ties OF a grander destiny while
a future whose magnitude and whose
OF in years gone by is now unfolding
before US a living reality
Prove DemOcracy's Worth
While those old and failing mon
arches across the seas are crun bling
towards the scrap hean and while de-
mocracy IS crowned with the greatest
triumph since the dawn OF time, the
cause OF popular government deserves
greater vigilance than ever before. II
is for those who hold a public trust to
Tindicate the superior advantages OF
democracy over any and all forms Of
government
The system under which all per
sons have an equal say and are given
an equal show is on trial and you who
are members OF the joint session and
] have a higher and more delicate task
to execute in order that democracy
may show a proud record OF perform
ance, rather than a punctured vacuum
Of promise The war has brought out
the best there is in mankind and with
the sorrow and the sacrifice and the
suffering for a foundation, let US hope
that you and I together may build a
Of legislation for the COM
mon good that viii tighten the load
OF every burden bearer from the Red
River to the Rio Grande and stand
through all the ages yet to come.
1T is a glorious day for Texas II
I read the signs Of the times right,
most OF our troubles are behind US. and
not before US True. there are prob
lens Of reconstruction. but problems
that concern the preservation Of hu-
man life and the protection OF prop