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8 WACO DAILY NEWS, FEBRUARY zl 189. powerless when tho former sco lit to i ignoro tho law. I mention tboso things for two purposes: first, to: doruonstrato to tho people how cur J laws nrc executed, and second, to) manifest how silly tho cry wbiah wo ' occasion all v hear as to the credit due ooMBioiiBiiy ea, , ,u u.: .i -v this governor or that governor lor tho ; execution of tho laws. It is a hollow i vo tondoney. Coiuo us It inny, ills pretense, a bag of wind which the , jjuisod us it too ofton Is, 1 trustl shiill tirinb rf o n'n will nnllnnnn. lllWlVVS bo tiorillittoil by 11 klllll 1'roVl- ' . - i This constitutes my fo low el ens I all that I have to say with reference to tho presont administration. Jt may be naturally oxpeotod by you that I should say soinothlnjr as to what I purpose doing In case I am elected, and this featuro can bo dis posed of with becoming broviiy. 1 am notarrogant enough to think that my olectlou will work a revolution either in the methods of government or iu tho orospority of the noonlo. I am not uum uiiuimu iu uasou imui. ou , "VI0, Vfc"""i "" ,!.IL?a" I accomplish this or accomplish that as rolorms.lu govornmont. lour gov ernor Is not oossesed witli eithor the nowor of making laws or of admin istering them. Tho public policy of your state Is declared by your law makers whom you olect every two years for tliat purpose. What the Twonty-third legislature may do after you send thorn to Austin no man can foretell. Hut I will say this in refer ence to myself personally, that what ever of wisdom I may possess, what ever of patriotism may Inure to me, whatover of vlgllouco I can exorcise, whatever of ofl'orl I can put forth, will bo given solely and honestly for tho best interests of tho people of Toxas. One thing lean promise with abiding coniidouce. that I will adhere strictly and faithfully to tho pure un adulterated principles of honest dem ocracy. I may be an old fogy, but this I cannot help, for I still believe with the old fathers, notwithstanding tho opposite tondoney of the times, that the host government for tho in terests of the people ib the least gov ornmont. I still adhere with abso lute tenacity to th principle that n rioh and powerful government inevi tably means a weak and povorty strlckeu citizenship. I (-till believe fellow citizens, and believing shall act always on tho beliof, that govern ment was Instituted umong us solely for the purposo of protecting us against wrong doing. I can never lie made to believe tiiat government was organized for the purposo of enabling one of my fellow citizens to uyo it for tho purpose of taking tho suhscance from another of my fellow citizens, no matter how specious the pretext may bo. iBtill believe and shall always act upon that belief, that no depart ment of government can have any legitimate concern with the business of tho people. I still bow at the shrine ot ltnerty and worship tho word as tho sublimest and moat com-1 prehenslvo in the language. I be lieve in It with all the ardor of my nature, aud that whenever It is stricken down either by law or the strong arm, that tho blow, though in stigated by an idea or bonellt to tho public, must always result In disas ter to tho very people intended to be served We cannot tamper with lib erty without a reaction upon our own Interosts. The situation In our state to-day has been produced by steady aud foolish blows atthe liberty of tho citizen. So long as government and the law is constituted solely for the protection and enjoyment of libertv In all its forms there can be no deso lation iu Texas, thoro can bo no de pression in our business, there can be naught but happiness for our people, thore can bo nothiug but good for the commonwealth. But when wo depart from this great principle and stran gle hero ouo featuro of libertv imil stifle there another featuro, and cramp and handicap tho citizen with foolish ' No matt'r w,1t view may bo euter and unnecessary restrictions upon his ttUued. of n,y, comluot during that business, upon ids habits, upon his ideas and expressions and enjoyments auu contracts just at that point des potism walks in and so zes upon our households. And despotism, whether in the shape of one-man powor or the despotism of a majority, is equally uimisirouH ana equally destructive. mis country we must uogin to Joarn to understand what libertv means Wo must educate oursolves and our children to realize that wo cannot too vigilantly guard its sacred fire. It is burrouudod by enemies on every hand; snares and dangers uuuuiujjuan il ou evorv suio; ignorance is its chiefest for; and nations have perished from tho face of the earth because of a want of knowledge of that which was ossontlul to the pre servation of their libertios. Wo have tho history of the world to guido and vuroui us. no lar overv experiment, of popular L'overniuent exconi onr ! If wo would proservoour'liborties in!,1'"10 1,l.t,,o administration of your lias failed, and if we but keep up tho ' constitution and laws of the stat of tendency of tho times and forget the I i'axa81 X (J,(l not hesitate to so an toachings of tho past' which admonish I ,lollueo knowing that with tho an us in letters of liviug fire, this "rand nuncemont I was walking to my and imporial republic must share tho' Jllcllulal execution. Certainly there fate of all its predecessors. Already '"8 no trickery In this. I had the we aro on tho downward road with i nonor t0 occupy a posit. on as one of tho brakes all up, moving smoothly I tno commissioners to codify your laws and with apparent coulldeuce UUV ""dor whioh you are living, and my comfort to tho abyss which must brethren upon that commission who soon engulf us. Tho hour tor action atHl survive can spoak If auy are so is upon us if wo would savo our insti- disposed as to tho sorvico I rondored ........ .--! ujr.aiujBuiiu socialism I has invaded our Htntn niwi rini.i,oi,,n tutlons. !rttep byVtonktato socialism uio minus or our peoplo. Its comln" Is most insidious, and ore wo roallzo me met, oursoives aud our children will wake up to find that the republic given to us by Washington aud Madi- hou and guarded and protootod by twee" tho people of Texas and the Joflbrson and Jackson will be nuiri- exilction of many millions of dollars bored among those thut wore, and in wrongfully aud fraudulently obtalu Its stead we will havo tho ideas 0rjedfroma legislature which noml- Uollainy provalllng In our midst domina'tlng our govornmont anil do stroyinir our peoplo. So fur us I urn uoncornoil, follow oltizons, my llfo is nioro thuu halfBpont. Indeed I havo ulroadv turned tho summit, and may suy Mint I nm on tho down grudo But so long as I llvo mid possess mj faoul- tieH Unl,iimlroi) I shall rosist with till miiifthl ulurmlnn- mid dcstriioU if mi fin tar Imitr nu T mini I in r t lin frrriiiiwl tb0 able t,f detect with proper o-l (iuiuon tho insidious evils which Ho lilddou undor a specious mask, and wherover ami whonoVor and undor whatover circumstances I may dotect these evils I shall light thorn with tho host of the ability with which Ooil has Invested mo." And now a word as to myself norso- nally, which, neilmps, may bo out of iilace, out tho temptation Co say I which I cannot foroso. It has been . . . ,, r f i,i,nnitu th.U I wnBY Trickster. 'TheVfV i.a buon no specifications addod to tho charge so far as my obstrvatlop ex tonds.and notouo of my itefamers has over had tho hardihood to specify an Instance in which I tricked tho pub lic or auy individual. If I have over deceived any man or body of men in Texas I am not now awaro of i6. If I have ovor attemptod or succeeded in imposing upon thorn by trickory, I cannot now recall it. My wliolo lite, for more than twontyiivo years in your stato has been opon to tho pub lic gaze, lam so constituted that I am not able to conceal my opinions upon any subject. Indeed, I never saw a dogfight that I did not tako sides with ouo of the dogs. And I tender to you and the peoplo of Texas this record of a llfo among you for more than a quarter of a century, and ask my bitterest foe, whoever he may bo, or whoever no is, to point out one instance in that life in which I ought to bo justly charged with Hickory. I have hold public posi tions in your stato and have discharg ed tho duties of ollico devolved upon me with, at loast, average honosty. The last public act I ever performed was in bohalf of one of the great in dustries of your state iu 18S7. Bo cause of imperfect laws and for other reasons witn which you are as famil iar as I am, tho cattle men upon your borders had either been driven, or voluntarily walked into a state of dosporatiou. Civil wr was almost throateued and tho stato was even making preparation to Sfend nrmod men among her citizens because of supposed defiance of law. In this contlneeucy I was called upon pro fessionally, to come and inako peace between the state aud some of her people, and the result of my efforts was your present laud law which has poured millions lutoyour coders for tho bonellt of your children, aud vouchsafed peace to an anxious ln- dustry. I did not trick you thou Again in 1SS7 a most aggravating issiiH was forced upon us by the voice of the peoplo. It Involved ftmllies and neighborhoods and friends in serious quarrel and discussion; it om broiled tho whole state iu a fierce and angry campaign, tho bitterness of which has perhaps not yet left us so far as some are concerned. In exercising my right as a citizen to pass upon the grave question or a constitutional amendment, I found it necossary to dilie- in judgment with many of my fellow citizens and friends who before that time wore dear to me and whom since I have not oeasod to think well of. I did not conceal my sentiments or opiuions, but avowed them boldly before all men and took my share; perhaps, I might say with truth, very much more than my share of the odium attemptod to bo cast upon those who wore ot my pursuaslon and belief, campaign aud I have no apologies to make for It, no one can say that I over uttered a harsh word against my adversaries or that 1 ever de ceived a man, woman or ohild In Texas. I did not trick you then. I have occupied a position udqh vonr highest bench, ongagod for a brlof "'"? "" i""3" uuujuhuuou who I,,y brerhron on the same bench upon thousands of casos involvincr tho social order and wellboiug of tho commonwealth, and I havo never boon chargod with trickery while thoro. Indeed I iolt it incumbent upon mo for tho proper vindication of tho laws, to antagonize tho entire public sontimont of tho state in tho casoofapoor creature whom I bo Hevod at tho timo to bo thoroughly guilty and when the lssuo was pres ented to me whether this man, poor is no was anu uospisod as ho was, WtlB entitled to a fair trial under the a.a the Integrity with wnlch I diB- "." iV, rVi-'i i " J- uid- charged that hiirh function, r was I your attornoy gonoral for a torm. uunng wincu the most Important litigation in whloh tbo state was ovor involved, camo up lor adjudica tion. It fell to my lot to stand tin- j uuiiy represented mem, hut whloh in faot did not; and I saved tho stato tho money. And it also foil to my lot to stand and defend an attempt based upon law to seize upon millions of acros of the public school lands of the state of Toxas under a statute passed by tbo samo legislature: and that duty was discharged ami tho land saved. I never, niado any boast of thoso ollbrts, oven to my most inti mate frionds, and I only uito thorn now to demonstrate to you that iu those omorgoiioiosldld not trick you. And so in 187-1, when tho pooplo of Toxas by an overwhelming majority had cast out tho administration of Edmond J. Davis which has gono down to history in infamy, and tho legislature had assembled Willi a view of beginning tho discharge of thoir duties, aud tho distinguished gontlomen selected as hor governor had como to tho capital to enter upon the administration of his ollico, they wore confronted by an armed band ol janizaries swarming in the corridors of your capital. It bocamo nocessary that a demand should bo made upon tho usurper surrounded 'n Ills don by thoso armed bands, and I, myself, had the honor to boar to him through bayonets a demand thut ho sur render his office to tho man whom tho peoplo had solootod to fill it. Thoro wore many other patriotic citizens of Texas there at tho timo, men who know their rights, and knowing, durod maintain them, who had come armed with implements of warfare to defend tho rights of tho peoplo of Toxas to establish and maintain thoir own govornmont which was thoir iualionablo birthright; and among thoso I find none who ohargo mo with trickery to-dav. I havo heard pious iu tho public prints aud excuses that this man and that man were not old enough to bo In the war betweon the Confederacy and the U Itd States and ther lore were excusablo for not boiug woldlors. But these men for whom this specious pretext was put up, were old enough thon to light for Texas, aud I saw none of them there. Her liberties were then involved more gravely than at any other timo in hor history and tho help of hor citizens was more needed. I rooall these instances, not for tho purposo of'eulogiziug uiyself, but simply to demonstrate to you that oven in this trying omergoucy there was no stain of trickery upon my garments. But, lam oharged wl'h being a railroad attornoy. For this, I have no apology to oiler. I am a practic ing lawyer, earning a living for my solf and family by my dally labor iu my profession If a murderer, reek ing with the blood ot his victim, do sires to employ me and I see fit to accept the employment, it is my busi ness aud no one else's. But in ac cepting the employment, I do not sympathizo with murder, nor do I become Identified with tho murdorer. Aud so, If a railroad desires toemploy me, and we agree upon a feo, I pro pose, so long as I praotico law, If I see lit, to accept the feo; and wlieu I accept the fee my client gets the best sorvieis I can coinmaud, the best efforts, tho most faithful devotion, the most untiring energy that lies wlthiu me. So long as I coutinuo in tho practice of my profession aud any railroad wishes to employ me in any of its litigation, and I am not in the public service, it can do so if the em ployment is satisfactory to mo. But if I am in the public service, I shall sorvo tho public with exaotly the samo devotion aud the same faithful ness aud the same energy which 1 devoto to tho interests of my clients. My professional employment is one thing, aud my political action is en tirely a different thing. I havo uover had a thought or au inspiration that wus not truo to the peoplo. of Texas. Twenty-live years ago I lauded upon her shores and camo to this good town a trioudless boy possessod of no means, and seeking to gain au honest livllliood by my own labor. These good people, some of whom I see around mo to-day still living, and many of whom havo already "passed ovor tho riyer and aro resting under tho shadoof tho trees," took me to their hearts and homes and made mo. a stranger, welcome In their midst. I havo never forgotten this kindness, and though my linos have been cast In other places, my heart has often, very often returned hore- I see around mo to-day somo friends who peculiarly commend thomsolvos to my gratitude. Tho distinguished citizen of your country who kindly introduced me to you is one of those, and I rejoice to see him still pre served iu green and honorable old ag, and still ready to servo his coun try. And, now, follow-cltizons, in con clusion, lot mo say thut the timo for action has come, and our platform is Texas, God bless hor. Sho was the most boauteous bride ever lod to tho altor of tho Union, and ought, to-day, in tho era of her splendid woman hood, bo tho queen among the States. Whethorsho is prosperous or v hether she is decolated, she is equally dear to her children, aud ttie timo has como for them to tako her by the hand and loud her to the exalted sta tion she ought to occupy. This is no time for men to plead business, or to urge indiliorenco to tho demands of tho hour. Toxas needs now tho aid of lipr host thought, her bravost sons, hor most intelligent and progressive children, and it ill bocomoa any one of them at this junoturo. to neglect his public duty, because Texas neods him badly. I, myself, one of the humblest of hor children, havo con sented to throw behind mo tho busi ness and business advantages which I have boon a lifetime in building up, and whloh I lay most cheerfully upon tho altar of Toxas prosperity, i havo coiiBontod to assumo a most arduous and laborious duty, bocauso I thought tnat I could bo of sonio advantngo to hor pioplo. And if I can allbrd this sacrifice, certainly you can all'ord a lesser sacrllloo a Biiorllloo of a fow davs devoted to your country a sac rifice of a fow hours which you havo formerly glvon to your business and which now you sho id glvo to your Stato. IM us como togethor, feflow cltizons, and strike tho shackles from hor litnbu so that she may walk free again. Lot us elevate hor at onco to that proud pinaolo of glory and pros perity to which ovory glorious tradi tion in her history points with com inondablo prldo as tho summit of hor dostlny. Lot us como togother liko brethren, knowing no class, Inquiring into nocalllnir, asking no questions as to pastdiiferencos, demanding no tost as to fealty, oxcopt flint we bo chil dren of Toxas and Donioorats in faith Lt us join forces and march forward to tho consummation of n glorious re demption for Texas. Evory calling is noodod; evory avocatlou should bo represented. Tho professional man ought to tako his position in tho ranks, and tho merchant and tbe business man and tho laborer, and last, but not .oast, tho farmer who is groaning aloud at the burdens under whloh be staggers to his dally toll; for him all classes ontortain tho most kindly feelings, because his labor Is tho substratum of their prospority. What injures tho fanner injures all, and what may benefit the farmer is of eqml benefit to all. Let us join hands with him the town with tho country becauso thoir intorests aro identical, and togetho' march In mighty and living hosts for tho estab lishment of equal rights to all aud special privileges to nono iu our gov ornmont, commingled with freedom for all, prospority for all, and great ness and glory for tho State we love, and for which wo ought to bo ready at auy moment to die. You Should not Be Without It. Every family is liablo to havo a hereditary taint of consumption in it. It may date back 3 or oven 4 gener ations. This fact makes it necessary alwajs to have on hand a remedy with which to combat this formidable dis ease. A cough when taken at first can readily bo oured before it gets a sorious hold on tho lungs. Ballard's Horehound Syrup when taken in its early stuges will cure consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case when used for any affection of the throat, lungs, and ohest, such as consumption, infliimmatiou of the lungs, bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough, croup, etc It is pleasant to tako, perfectly safo and can always bo depended upon. Sold by H. 0. Ilisher & Co. ' The Pool open Again. Tho repairs at the Natatorium ate completed. Somo big improvements have been made; tho pool is full onoe more of clear, sparkling hot water. 1 he tub, necdlo and vapor baths arc lomplcto and as porfoot as any in the a-untry. The publio is invited. Tom Padqitt, prop, Following: suit. On and after March 1. 1S92, I will sell for casb. My terms will bo from 10 to 20 per cent cheaper on every thing excopt lard. Prompt delivery as heretofore. Try mo for oash, ftespcotfully, J. C. Staffoiid, Corner market C01 Franklin st. Pronounced Hopeless, Yet Saved. From a lottor written by Mrs. Ada E Hurd of Groton, S. D,, we quote : "Was taken with a bad oold, which settled on my Lungs, cough sot in and finally terminated in Consumption. Four dootors gave me up saying I could live but a short time, i g'lve nivsolf up to my Saviour, deieruiinod if I could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advi??d to got Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs aud Colds. 1 gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles; it has ourod mo aud thank God I am now a well aud hearty woman.1' Trial bottles free at W B Morrison & Co's Drug Store, regular size, 50o. and $1. ' (Tho latest designs in ingrains Thompson hangs them on common walls with Buooess.) Just Received Largo Stock Frosh gardon sood. Como yo market gardoners. Wo havo ample to supply you in overything. W. L. Tucker, at "Lion Drug Store." naoklon'B Arnloa Balvu. The best slvt in the world for ouU, bruises, soros, uloors, salt rheum, fe ver sores, tetter, ohupped hands, chll blailns, oorns and all skin eruptions, and positively jures pilos, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give satisfaction or Money refunded. Price 25 oonts a box. For sale by W. B Morrison Co. Gennesso cannod oorn $1.20 per dozon at J. A. Eailj's. don't mm hut if i ov no SHRINK AT ED HATTON'S PACIFIC BAR, where nothing but absolutely Puke Liq uors and Finest ov Wines arc offered customers. A full stock Spanish Hand-made Cigars. The only cheap lots offered in Waco for tho last fivo years are thoso now on the market in tho Kirkpatriok Ad dilion, East Waco. These lots are being sold for ono-half their real val uo, making a ohaneo to stcuro a de sirable home such as will never occur again. Cheap JLots. These lots lio high and dry. They overlook a large portion ol tho oily and havo perfect drainage. They li& in tho healthiest part of tho city, catch ing tho puro breozes from the prairie untainted by passage over any part of the city. Cheap L.ots Theso lots havo tho finest soil. & rich Sindy loam, admirable for gar dons, and aro underlaid with pure water in inexhaustible quantities at a depth of fifteen and sixteon feet, whioh oan bo usod for irrigation. Cheap JLof & Theso lots aro closer to the center of the city than any other addition, and at tho samo distance lots are sell ing for three and fivo times tho price asked for theso. Thero is millions in it for persons of small means. Call on Mrs. or P. G. Kirkpatriok, southwest corner Eighth and Clay street. All parties desiring plats of the rvirkpatriok addition can obtain theic upon application. ' An Ordinance. An Ordinance pertaining to Fire Es capes : Be it Ordained by tho City Counoil of the City of Waco. Section I. That tho owners or lessees of all hotels, boarding houses, tenement houses, factories and store houses ovor two stories high, and all theatres and opera houses, in the oity of Waoo, are hereby required to provide tho same with good and suitable fire escapes amply sufficient to furnish means of safe egress to all inmates ic caso of fire. Seo. II. Hereafter the city engi neer shall issuo no permits fo- build ings mentionod in section ono of this ordinanco unloss such fire escapes are provided for in tho plans and specifi cations. It is hereby made unlawful for any person, firm or oorporation to hereafter erect any of Eaid buildings in tho city of Waco without pro viding tho samo with such fire escapes. Seo. III. That any person violating any of tho previsions of this ordinance shall bo lined not less than twenty- five (25) dollars or more Own two hundred (200) dollars for each oirense, and each day's refusal after due no tice phall be given, shall bo detmed seperato offense, Seo. IV. That all ordinances or parts of ordiuaooes in conlliot with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall and the samo is horeby repealed. Seo. V. That this ordiuanco take ef fcot and bo in forco from and after its passage. Passed February 4, 1892. Approved. Attest: C, C. McCulloch, Mayor. Joney Jones, City Secretay. By It. W. Jaulonowski, Deputy. Finest California bottled wine?, t 35 oonts per quart, best bargaiu ever offored in Waco. J. A.Early. Tho boBt restaurant m town, Jos Lehman's, No. 117 South Fourth strcot. CONSUMPTION.' I havo to a poeltlvoreBied j for the above dlecas neo tlioueancla of cte of the worst kina liylts and of Ion:; etanilliiij liare been cured. Indeed, BOBtrongismyfiltlifn Its efllcacy, that I will eeud two hotths piiek, with aVALUABLb THEATISE on this dlscape to any sufferer wb will apnil inn tlwtf VmrAHj mwl 1 iY r1HrAl. ( GEiip y(sc T.A.SLOCUM..YI.G., IOI Pearl St., H.ty