The Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 20, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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September 20, 1913
HOME AND STATE
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W. W. Thomas
Irvin Simmons.
THE HOME AND STATE COMPANY, Publishers,
1802 JACKSON STREET. DALLAS, TEXAS.
Both Phones, Main 4804.
THE HOME AND STATE
AN ILLUSTRATED FAMILY WEEKLY
ESTABLISHED 1903.
.... Managing Editor
Circulation Manager
BAR ASSOCIATION AND COURT REFORM.
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State—the most aggressively conservative and the
most conservatively aggressive force in Texas—
but from the ranks of the representatives of spe-
cial interests.
By this I do not mean to suggest that the lat-
ter should not hold membership in and attend
the meetings of the association; on the contrary,
I commend them for doing so: but the point which
I make is that the lawyers and the public should
patriotically see to it that that body, as the potential
center of influence for law reform, shall hereafter
consist of a larger number of men, and be more
nearly representative of our whole people.
The best way to produce that result will, I think,
be for the lawyers in practically every county in
Texas to organize a county bar association, which
shall send some of its members as delegates to
the annual meeting of the State Bar Association,
paying their railroad fare and hotel bills, if nec-
essary to secure their attendance.
For the present they could take their seats
and participate as individuals; later on, the as-
sociation may arrange to receive them as delegates,
if that plan be found advisable.
These County Bar Associations, while promot-
ing professional ethics, would naturally take up
and discuss upon their merits various reform mea-
sures affecting the organization of our courts and
their procedure, and would send up to the Gover-
nor, the Legislature, the State Bar Association and
the Supreme Court many pertinent and very val-
uable suggestions in the premises, reports of such
local proceedings would often find their way into
the daily and weekly press, the newspapers would
themselves become more interested in the sub-
ject, many rich fields of thought which now lie
fallow would become fruitful, public sentiment
would find a way to make itself felt and heard, and
presently we would have, in Texas, genuine law
reform which would light our way to happiness
and peace and prove a worthy example to our sis-
ter State*.
honors can, by a wave of the hand, banish from
the realm of political discussion and political ac-
tion a great moral question that throbs with the
weal and woe of multiplied thousands of citizens
of this State. The dictum of no candidate will be
able to silence the voice of Texas Christianity and
morality in their protests against the debauchery,
death and destruction being wrought by saloons
operating under the laws of this imperial State.
Politicians have trifled with the moral forces
of this State beyond any further endurance.
Still another thing that is evident is that all
candidates will seek to evade responsibility for
the present deplorable affairs in Texas, growing
out of the election of Governor Colquitt and men
of his class who went into office under bondage to
the liquor interest and allies. It is just as evident
that the anti-saloon forces of this State do not
intend that the men who helped elect Governor
Colquitt shall escape responsibility for the record
that he has made. Mr. Terrell may just as well
understand that he and all other pro-saloon can-
didates are going to be held responsible for help-
ing to put on this State an administration that has
wrought havoc with our educational interests, hu-
miliation in the administration of penitentiary af-
fairs and resentment caused by the uncalled for
high rate of taxation. If the forces that stood back
of and elected Governor Colquitt are not respon-
sible for present conditions, who in the name of
reason can be charged with responsibility?
Whoever may ultimately be the candidate of
saloon forces, Mr. Terrell, Mr. Hanger or Mr. Wil-
lacy, or some other man, he will be backed by
the solid saloon forces of this State, and so far
as influences may go, the bars in the Democratic
Primary will be let down, and pro-saloon Repub-
licans invited into the Democratic Primary to help
name the Democratic nominee for Governor of
Texas. That is exactly what was done last year
for the benefit of Governor Colquitt, and it will
be repeated next year, in behalf of the saloon can-
didate, unless party leaders take the matter in hand
and shut it off. One does not wish to say anything
derogatory to the personal character of Mr. Ter-
rell, but people are warned hat after all that
may be said about him in a complimentary way, it
will all redound to the benefit of saloons, if he is
elected Governor under saloon chaperonage. No
man who really believes that saloons are a curse
to Texas, and is opposed to the wicked alli-
ances that saloons have with other special inter-
ests, can vote for Mr. Terrell, or any other pro-
saloon candidate, without self stultification.
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THE HOME AND STATE CO., DALLAS, TEXAS.
about our State educational institutions? Are they
getting what they deserve from the hands of th®
Governor? And how about our penitentiary sys-
tem? Is it flourishing under the Governor’s re-
gime? How about the people of the State? Are
they getting value received for their support in
electing him to the Governorship?
At any rate the Governor’s friends are “get-
ting their money’s worth,” but the people and the
State—well, they are of minor importance, any
way. -------•-----
FEDERAL APPOINTEES’ ANSWERS TO
HOME AND STATE QUERIES.
In addition to those previously published we
have received replies to Home and State queries
from those recently appointed to Federal posi-
tions in Texas, as follows:
Zach L. Cobb, recently appointed Collector of
Customs at the port of El Paso, writes that he
was recommended by Senators Culberson and
Sheppard and Congressmen Smith and Garner;
that he supported Woodrow Wilson; that he voted
for Ramsey for Governor, Sheppard for Senator
and for Prohibition in 1911. He adds: “I consider
that the principles of Democracy, represented by
the Wilson Administration, which are being loyal-
ly supported by good Democrats, both Pro and
Anti, are now more fundamental than the issue
of Prohibition, and I hope that the Prohibition
question will not operate to drive any good Dem-
ocrats away at this time, when all of us should
be most loyal.’
T. E. Durham, recently appointed postmaster
at Longview, writes that he supported Woodrow
Wilson; that he voted for Ramsey, Sheppard and
for the Prohibition Amendment in 1911.
C. H. Sewell, recently appointed postmaster at
Overton, writes that he was recommended by Con-
gressman Young; that he was away from home in
last year’s primary election, but favored Ramsey
and Sheppard; and that he voted for the State-
wide Amendment in 1911.
ANOTHER PRO-SALOON CANDIDATE.
T AST Sunday, daily papers contained the an-
I y nouncement of Speaker Chester H. Terrell
as a candidate for Governor in next years
election, along with the platform he proposes to
run on. Including Colonel John G. Willacy, this
makes three Anti candidates for the Governorship,
W. A. Hanger, of Fort Worth, being the other one.
No one with any knowledge of the methods of
saloon forces, believes that these three candidates,
or any two of them, will be allowed to stay in the
field through the primary election. In the final
round-up, saloon forces will have only one candi-
date. That may be put down as a certainty. As
their maneuvering is all done in secret, it is lit-
tle worth while to speculate as to which of the
three saloon forces will center on.
Concerning Mr. Terrell, it may be said that
his personal friends say that he is a high-class man
in several particulars. All that is said of him in
that way may be admitted, and the fact remains
that all of it would inure to the benefit of saloons
of Texas, if he were elected Governor. It is well
understood that Mr. Tyrrell stands in with all
of the special interests of this State, that are seek-
ing advantage through legislation. Practically all
of these interests are in alliance with the liquor
interest. Mr. Terrell is said to be a man well fixed
in this world’s goods, although young. This has
come to him largely by virtue of his relations to
special interests. It appears beyond doubt that
if he were elected Governor it would be a triumph
of special interests over the masses, and his ad-
ministration would be ordered accordingly. In his
announcement, he makes it clear that he thinks
there ought to be an upsetting of the Stock and
Bond laws of this State, and of course if made Gov-
ernor, he would lend the influence of his position
to accomplish such a purpose.
Mr. Terrell studiously avoided having anything
to say concerning our election laws, and the enor-
mous outrages that have been perpetrated by mass-
ing the ignorance of this State against the intel-
ligence in former elections. Likely, it will be
thought natural enough that he evaded this mat-
ter, for the reason that an analysis of the vote on
the Prohibition Amendment of 1911 shows that with
the illiterate and purchashable foreign and negro
vote left out, saloons would have been swept out of
this State that year, by a crushing majority. One
of the pressing and pivotal things in next year's
campaign will be the matter of recasting our elec-
tion machinery, so as to take the affairs of Texas
out of the hands of illiteracy and venality, and al-
low the most intelligent and patriotic people to
control the destinies of the State. If he continues
in the race, Mr. Terrell will have to face this is-
sue without any sort of evasion.
Another thing, Candidate Terrell may just as
well understand that he cannot brush the Prohi-
bition question aside by reciting what he favors
in the matter of strengthening our local option
laws and the stricter regulation of saloons. We
have passed the time that candidates for political
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THEIR MONEY’S WORTH.
A T THE Conference of Governors in Colorado
h Springs recently, there was a lively tilt
between our own Texas Executive and some
of those from other States. Governor Simeon H.
Baldwin broached a proposition of State regula-
tion of party nominations, whereby the expenses
of candidates should be defrayed out of the State
Treasury. Governor Colquitt declared the idea too
absurd for serious consideration. As an example
of the impracticableness of it he took his own case,
saying it cost him $16,000 to get elected, of which
he paid $7,000 and his friends $9,000.
This statement led Governor Carey of Wyoming
to exclaim, “Did your friends expect to get their
money’s worth?”
The laconic reply of Governor Colquitt was
“you bet they are getting their money’s worth.”
From his own frank statement we learn that our
Governor was able to dig up $7,000 from his own
personal accumulations to finance his campaign,
and in addition, to induce his friends to contribute
the $9,000 extra that was needed to put him over
as a winner. Who these friends were, he did not
vouchsafe to say, nor did he take his auditors into
his confidence as to what they expected in return
for their gracious and munificent assistance in his
time of need. Beyond the statement that they are
getting their money’s worth, we are left in the dark
at to the manner or kind of satisfaction they are
getting out of his tenure of office.
So much for the Governor’s friends. But how
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Thomas, W. W. The Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 20, 1913, newspaper, September 20, 1913; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1569565/m1/2/?rotate=180: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.