The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-05-04
speech of Colonel wash Jsaes.

Colonel Jones, IN his speech anuouuc-
Ing his position as "a candidate for con-
gress from the Fifth district, after argus
ing that Il was the duty OF the people
10 think and .act tor themselves, uttered
in substance that the people were sug-
fering through the Shortcomings of both
the republican and democratic parties
and that they had shown their perisc,
inability to establish reforms. The ma
tional parties, he said, had failed through
corruption TO do anything and the par.
ties in Texas bad pursued hike course
Davis and has party had done bad enough
Tor Texas. and Coke and Hubbard had
done no better, after promising with a
great flourish chat the people would be
relieved. He claimed that the state
debt had been steadily growing since
Coke inauguration at the rate OF one
million dollars each year, and that the
people must stop this wild career of ex>
pense, or else, along with the present
national policy, Texas would be tinan.
cially ruined. He said the great ma,
tlonal struggle must come Ii was one
between the non-pioduciug. specula>
ting interests, and the producing people.
The nation had become so dishonest
under the control of existing parties.
that all hope. through them. was gone
that tber are under the control of rim Is
organized to rob the people. and that
the corrupt must 90 down or the hard
working people remain their slaves
that the people once emancipated would
hail returning prosperity. the eonstruc~
ton of railways, and of plenty but tina.
this must come, when the nation has
issued to It's people money enough to
meet the requirements of trade; that
they now have only thirteen dollars
per crpita of money. and until it Is in>
creased, as France has increased il, 10
sixty dollars per head, or whereabouts.
the people would continue TO pine for
employment. This. he said. Is why. IN
Texas, in the inidst of plenty, the peo-
pie are SCI poor. France, he said, had
paid Oft billion by increasing the
volume OF currency. and thus calling in
gold ami silver. with which it paid its
Indebtedness TO Prussia. Ten millions
OF dollars sent TO Texas would give us
such positive relief az to make every
home within the state happy that be
people of Texas would then have 10
borrow no more money from the east or
from Europe. He said the way to be
relieved of these mountebadks was 70
quit the old and corrupt parties and TO
act for the people alone. He made an
appeal to partizans who heretofore have
lodged in at the crack oftbe party lash
to become patriots instead of slaves.
There was relief ahead If they would
but do this. He concluded his speech
by saying: II shall be q candidate at
the approaching election for the United
States congress. the nominee of no party
nor nobody, and with head and hear,
| free to devote to the whole people,
| without regard to their antecedents,
race or color"
A summary Of his speech means this
First-The national parties are cor
rupt, as well ss those of Texas, and IS.
pecially the democr tic party. Second
Coke ana Hubbard have done no
better than Davis. Third-The state
debt since Cokes Inauguration has i'm
creased one million of dollars per annum.
Fourth-A revolution Is impending in
which the democracy must 90 down.
Fifth-There il now only tI3 per capita
Of currency, and 1t must be increased to
two thousand seven hundred millions d