The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-05-02

which is as much Greenback pa
could be formed by the Indepan
Greeabackers. Then, too, he clai
that the Democratic party Is still
and kicking lively, and that flu
with victory in many States and /
ing forward to almost sure succel
the next presidential election, Ii
the oaly lnstrumentality through =
the people could find certain
The Democratic party, he was satis6
could be used with Certainty to sec
this reform.
COL. @. ". JONES
followed him in very long and 9
crate speech, in which he took
issue with both of the existing part
and especially with the DemocrH
party. He claimed that the pei
were suffering through the shortco
ings OF these parties, and that they n
shown their perfect inability to est1
lish reforms. The national parti
he sad, had failed through corr
tion to do anything, and
parties in Texas bad pursued q
course. Davis and his party had do
bad enough for Texas, and Coke Y
Hubbard had done no better, af
promising with a great flourish q
the people weuld be relieved.
claimed that the State debt had b
steadily growing since Coke's inaugur'
alton at the rate of 81, 900, 900 eac,
year, and that the people must stoi
f,.fa wild ~araar 80 e,-o..s, - ~
along with the present national policj
Texas would be financially ruined. IN
said the great national struggle must
come. 1t was one between the non,
producing, speculating interests, .ap'
the producing people. The matt
become so dishonest under the q,
of existing parties, that all hob
through them, was gone: that they
are under the control of Iings orgasi
lied to rob the people, and that ii,
corrupt must go down or the hard
working people remain their s11sa
that the people once emancipatE
would hail returning prosperity, TIL
construction OF railways, and of plenty
but that this must come, when the n
ton has issued to its people monj
enough to meet the requirements ..
trade; that they now have only 81
per capita of money, and until il Is
creased, as France increased il. TO
per head or thereabouts, the pei
would continue to pine for emp
ment. This, he said, Is why, in Tex
in the midst of plenty, the people
so poor. France, he said, had paid
off billion by increasing the volume
of currency, and thus calling in gnld
and silver, with which t-paid its
debtedness to Prussia. Ten milllo
of dollars sent to Texas would give uS
such positive relief as to make every
home within the State happy; that the
people of Texas would then have to
borrow no moro money from the East
or from Europe. He said the way to
be relieved of these mountebenka
was TO quit the old and corrupt par
ties and to act for the people alone,
He made an appeal to partisana
who heretofore have lodged in at the
crack of the party lash to become
patriots instead of slaves. There was
iOiACA uuChu IL IuCJ WOulu Uul no bulae
He concluded his speech by saying
II shall be candidate at the approach1
ing election for the United States Con-
gress, the nominee of no party and mo-
body, and with head and heart free 70
de7ote to the whole people without re,
gard to their antecedents, race
color"
THE HILL PRAIRIE MIEsTRELs
delighted visitors and citizens ct night
at the Academy Hall. The compan1
is composed of lot of young me-
farmers or the sons of ts&zGs
Hill Prairie, and are respectively 49,
lows: "Bones," Robert e. Price
"Ephraham, "Cicero JeRkins j. M. Cain,
sr., j. NJ. Cain, jr., James Jenkins,
Robert Hubbard and w. Il. Nash.
Without doubt this company is the
most original that ever took the char
acter of minstrels, and with3 tile
more practice they may well Challenge
the world. The performance was q
chain Of originality, and the closing
scene, the religious meeting, was nevel
surpassed. Some day it may be hoped
these young men may be induced TO
come to Austin and give US the best
performance of its kind ever seen in
tais city.