Opposition to League Pact and European alliances
A political address argues that the League of Nations impairs U S sovereignty and binds the nation to European conflicts. It warns against abandoning American independence, declares preference for national self rule, and condemns forming permanent European ties or pledges to Europe. It invokes Washington and wartime sacrifice to urge defending solely American interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of the League
League
League of Nations
United States
Washington
Europe
Russia
Justhem
Germany
Servia
Church and state split in faith and politics
Dallas judge Cullen F Thomas and Gainesville judge Joseph W Bailey share a stance on church state separation. The Times Herald reports their views on how church and state must stay separate and politics must not drive church actions. Both criticize political preaching and insist believers should not seek state power through the courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullen Thomas
Joe Bailey
Cullen F. Thomas
Dallas
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Gainesville
Christen- Qvm West
Extravagance in Government Across Texas Debate
The Fort Worth Declaration condemns Federal State and Municipal extravagance as waste and a source of government vices. It critiques Hobby Thomason and Baker Baum for lavish Texas spends, compares past administrations’ budgets, and urges economy and endorsement of restraint over blamed waste.
Greatest Woman in the World praised by Austin Callan
A Temple Mirror columnist deems a frontier mother the greatest woman, not active in politics or clubs, devoted to her sons and home for fifty years. He praises her purity, self-reliance, and steadfast motherhood as the highest civic role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reform League
Austin Callan
Temple Mirror
Thomason Opposed Prohibition Submission in Texas History
Texas voters sought a constitutional submission on prohibition. Thomason voted against the submission resolution in 1917 and later against voting on national prohibition, blocking both chances for Texans to decide. The piece contrasts candidates Hobby Looney Thomason Neff and Lewelling as claiming credit for national prohibition.
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Thomason
House of Representatives
Texas
Hobby
Looney
Neff
Lewelling
Hobby’s Prohibition Record
The article accuses Hobby of flip flopping on prohibition for political gain. It cites 1914 lieutenant governor campaigns and Sulphur Springs brewery records showing distribution of marked ballots and Hobby’s image in saloons, labeling him the favorite of saloons and breweries and alleging no genuine change of heart before a higher office.
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Hobby
Ray
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Declaration of Principles for Texas Democrats 1919 Fort Worth
A mass meeting at Byers Opera House Fort Worth August 14 1919 adopts a 12 point declaration of principles. It stresses state sovereignty limits federal power opposition to direct democracy government ownership of railroads and endorses constitutional rights free speech and church state separation with Chas. F. Greenwood of Dallas as chairman.
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Byers Opera House
Fort Worth
Texas
Committee of Thirty-Five
United States
Union
Congress
Great Republic
Chas. F. Greenwood
Dallas
Prohibition Stance Split Over Bailey’s Enforcement
The article argues against praising politicians who undermine prohibition and cites Bailey’s support for enforcing the national amendment. It questions stupidity or intent behind critics and notes both sides back Bailey, who advocates strict enforcement and constitutional obedience.
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Mr. Bailey
Bailey
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Bulgaria
Ireland
England
France
European Council
Switzerland
America
Republic
Herald
Times- Merald
Thomas
Wm. G. McAdoo
Treasury
McAdoo
Thomas Jefferson
Jas
Buchanan
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
National Treasury
Democrats of
Campbell
Colquitt
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