The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-03
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a fair number ~ the honest, horny.
handed yponanry M Dsllas county, 10.
geihpr will u poodly spfInkllng Of the
denlzens q this growi y metropolis,
assembled nj .he court house yesterday
afternoon tO drink In words Of wis
dom aud listen 10 the claims Of the
various candidates before the dear peo-
pie for their suiiragcs Mt the coming
election.
The first speaker was Judge J. w.
Ferris, of Waxahachie, the nominee of
Ellis county, by the Lancaster conven-
ton, for the position Of delegate to the
Const itutional Conven ti0n. The Judge
commenced his address by referring to
u remark he had heard, to the effect
that it was not proper to seld lawyers
to the Convention, and contending
that it was wrong; that the lawyers were
the proper persons to frame and make
u constitution, being better and more
fully acquainted with the principles,
needs and wants of constitution
z e favored change in the judiciary
of the State, by the adoption
of the old County Court sys-
TEN, with its chief justice, who
should have jurisdiction In civil eases
to the amount of one thousand dollars,
and in criminal cases to all grades of
ofienses below felony. He would take
the constitution of lS45 as the basis Of
the new organic law, with proper mod
iications and changes to suit the
changed condition of the State. he
favored an usury law, fixing the legal
rate of interest ut eight per cent per
annum, with limit oftwelve per cent
on special contract He favored econ
omy in all departments of the govern
ment and reduction of salaries of all
officers to the lowest living rates;
vet he would not place
them at such ruinously low rates as
would debar honest and competent
men from striving to secure them. He
favored biennial sessions of the legis-
lature, and n reduction of per diem to
five dollars, with fair compensation
for mileage. He favored the wiping
out of the immigration bureau and the
office of assistant attorney general;
was in favor of thorough and liberal
public school system. Upon educa-
tion, he said, depended the future
greatness, happiness and prosperity of
the people; without education, we
could do nothing. The Judge spoke at
considerable length upe1 this subject,
favoring liberal and comprehensive
system that, while blessing and ad-
vantage to the state, should, by light
and equitable taxation, be made to
bear lightly ON the people. He
was opposed to the people
being taxed by the State, county or
municipalities for the purpose of sub
sidizing any system of internal im-
provements. He favored six years
term of office for judges, and four years
for all other State and county officers,
and concluded by declaring his oppo-
sition to the scheme of ousting the
present officials; they had been elected
by the people for a certain length of
time, and he, for one, was not In favor
of depriving them of that to which
they were justly entitled.
Judge Ferris was followed by Major
John Henry Brown, who, in ten or
fifteen minutes address, reiterated his
former ideas and views of what the
constitution should be.
Major Brown was followed by Col
onel John G. Mccoy, who also briefly
reiterated his former views, replying,
in answer to an interogatery, that he
favored the Ousting of the present
State and county officers. and desired
q new election ordered all around.