Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-07-25 | Page 1 | Jon Barleycorn is under Fire in Texas Today

JOHN BARLEYCORN IS UNDER FIRE IN TEXAS TODAY i r Democratic Primary Which J Is Eq Equivalent ival to Ele Election ti J Threshes the Issue DALLAS Tex July 25 Whether 25 Whether state wide prohibition shall be voted on by Texas citizens in in tho the summer of ot 1915 and whether the tho next governor shall be bo a prohibitionist or were fero the main issues sues in today's s Democratic state primary primal election The primary was to nOD nominate nato eighteen eight eight- een candidates for congress candidates for tho the legislature and state and county officials from governor go down In all the tho important offices nomina nomination nomina nomination tion toda today was equivalent t to election This was wan a U white primary negroes not being qualified Tho The prohibitionist candidate for governor governor gov gov- ov- ov Thomas H. H Ball a Houston attorney attorney ney has announced for tho the strictest saloon galoon saloon sa ga- sa- sa loon re regulation but n against all forms of prohibition except by constitutional constitutional amendment The Tho anti c candidate is James E. E Fer Ferguson a banker and farmer far far- farmer mer IDer of ot Temple Tex who whoso whose o platform has been to enforce saloon laws but stop liquor n agitation Leopold Morris Dorris or Victoria is a candidate for governor running independent of tho the pro prohibitionists prohibition prohibition- lets and antis Texas voted toted on constitutional prohibit pro pro- hibit on in 1011 1911 the tho state remaining wet vet then by about votes otel