Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-08-22
OLD CONFEDERATE
SOLDIER STRONG
FOR JOE BAILEY
JOHN \. KRiTsER CHALLENGES
CHARGES or btil.h ~
MlES on LIQUOR QUESTION
RY JOHN s. KRITsER ~ TAYLOR
DAILY PRESS.

After having heard the issues In tho
nrrs.nt gubernaturlal campaign dls'
russrd pru aud con since early bcior"
the July primaries. | have taken par
ocular interest In the charge OF thc
,nn,icg Of Joseph Weldon Bailey that
II he is elected Governor ot Texas no
ain bring whiskcy back into the state.
rhls charge IL az big a falsehoOd az
wcs ever uttered by any living man.
and the man ur men VINO make thr
charge ought 10 have scnvc enough 10
,nuw that the booze question mas becn
settled and written into the COnstltu.
don ui these dear old United States. ~
has been settled by all the States q:
the Union. including the grand old
Lone star state. and there IN now
national law governing the liquor trat.
uc-iust as murder. rape. bigamy ana
hursc aud cattle theft. These persons
who make such charge out not 10 &c
Flowed tu vote IN any election.
am AN old Confederate veteran. 1
.rrNrd four long drcary years Tor my
country In the dear old southland.
Z WAS - years old ON the nth day OF
a,t July and have known Joseph Wei
Ion Bailey ever since he came To TX
a.. | lived at Sherman and was In the
cattle business. Cow'hunted IRON
GuaySun 10 clay counties ON the vest
ia Cooke county, IN the timbers' To the
grapevine prairie IN Dallas county
nave been IN camp. hunting and fish'
ing With senator Bailey and other
rirnds. We always took along jug
n two uf old Bourbon flicker" and
/ Nill take "A paraiyZcd oath before any
Justice IT the Peace that | ever saw
d. heard OF that | never saw or heard
4 Joscph Weldon bailey ever taking
rink IN all these outings. lie never
/ frank anything stronger than coite'.
Joseph Weldon bailey N "A man OF
inc Suusr. Kind tu all lie N South
crn born and raised Southern gentle
/ nan. liC ~ the snartcst ana most
| available piece uf timber for Governor
| II the state Of Texas. When II comes
| tu brain. intellect and oratory. Bailey
| head and shoulders above them all.
! And friends. let me tell you. he viii bo
| elected Governor Of Texas On August
| 18th.
Talk of Bailey bringing booze back
| int Texas, "lc Gods and little fishes
/ Eat Neff, Louncy or ThunlasUn and lots
| Il preachers are more apt TO undertake
that Ticker" question IN the state a
| thousand times over my old friend.
gentleman. true patriot and old time
George Washington. II. u. Lee. stone.
wall Jackson, Thomas Jefferson ana
Andrew Jackson Kind Of Democrat.
lie IL the greatest Roman OF them all.
| Nho sets themselves up as brilliant
and shining lights Oi Democracy IN
rAas today.
voted for Joseph Weldon BAILEY
| Nhcn he ran and was elected To Con-
1 ,rcSs hy u big majority over Silas Hare
| II sherman, Texas good man. whl
| nad been sent 10 Congress several
,iin-S from. | think, the Firth Congress
,nnal District. This may not be the
,Nact district as | am not politician
md my memory may serve me bad. but
Srclccicd Bailey Just the same. lie
| ,lll repeat II for Governor Oi Texas
~ August 2Sth.
| am q Democrat. Have voted the
Democratic ticket Tor % years. and
| Nill say IN conclusion that II Pat Ncit
| r. nominated on the 2Sth 81 August !
| win take my medicine, which ! know
VII bca bitter pill and vote for Pat
| Ncf know this will not b as sweet
md E,s.l a medicine as II II was
randcd - W a." on the box. but
ann from first to last and At all times
from the time the first ballot II put IN
he box ON Angus, ssth "a the last
| vote counted that night untcrrorficdly
az Iurcph Weldon Bailey, with none
II Ia harm ar make afraid or scare me
l rum my duty. well and faithfully per
| urm,S. Hurrah Tor Bailey.