Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-07-27 | Page 1 | Prohibition is Issue in Taxes

PROHIBITION IS ISSUE IN TAXES Dallas, Texas, July 27 With prohibition pro-hibition as one of the Issues, Texas Democrats In a primary election today to-day will express preference for one United States senator and nominate candldatos for eighteen congressional seats under the new apportionment for govornor and other state officers and for members of the 1911 legislature. legisla-ture. Usually the Democratic nomination nom-ination is equivalent to election. Prohibition forced Itself upon the United States senatorial raco in part. The state went "wet" last summer by 0,291 otes. One of tho four senatorial sena-torial candidates, Jack Woltors of Houston, was the anti-prohibition loader His opponents today are Congressman Morris Sheppard. Congressman Con-gressman C. B. Randell and Matt Soll-ner. Soll-ner. Mr. Sheppard has come out a prohibitionist. pro-hibitionist. There are two candidates for governor Oscar B. Colquitt the Incumbent, and William F. Ramsey, former associate Justice of tho supreme su-preme court of Texas. A close race Is expected. Last summer Governor Colquitt was aligned arraigned prohibition. pro-hibition. nrv