The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-02
,..,..,,, or colonel wash jones,

1oloufl Jones ~ nv alVl'H NHH"N"N'
.no.itiOn as u candidate for con-
Wt ttram the Flllh district after argus
FJ,t n was the duty Of the people
HTlink and act tor themselves, uttered
pwmb,mnre that the people were sul'
through the shortcomings of both
'",tsnubllcan and democratic parties
wy Lnt they had shown their perfect
nn,,dity 10 establish reforms, The ma.
"n,I nartics, hemid had failed through
,mwntion TO DO anything ana the par
W'In Texas had pursued u like course,
HD,yj.nnd hiswrty had done bad enough
t'cws and Coke aud Hubbard had
l'nsno better after promising with q
',.,r flourish that the people would be
'Ioyed. lie claimed lupt the state
Jsbt had been steadily growing since
Gke Inauguration ut The rleuI one
nulon dollars each year aUd lhNt the
".ople must stop This wild cnrr.roi eN'
n.n.e az elise, uups with tao present
I,ropal policy, IcXas would br Imam
'.ily ruined, lie spid the great mas |
,.nil struggle must come II was one |
I,,gern The nou-woduciug, speculn, |
tssnta.csls, and reproducing people, |
Ts nation had become 50 dishonest
nndor the control Of existing parties,
mat mn hope through them was gone
I,t thew are under the control Of rings
onniled to rob the people, and that
Me- corrupt must 20 down or the hard
working people remain their slaves
that thepeople once cmmcipated would
hail returning prosperity, the consruc"
don Of railways, and Of plenty but that
h.s must come, when the nation has
sued to It's people money enough TO
meet the requirements OF trade, that
thew now have only thirteen dollars
per cIpitO of money and until II Ia ine
reased, as France bas increased IL, to
sixty dollars per head, or thereabouts,
lbepeoplo would continue to pine for
employment. This, he said, is why in
Texas in the midst Of plenty, the peoN
pie are so poor France, he said, had
nid of billion by increasing the
yOIume of currency, and thus calling in
gOld aud silver with which it paid its
Indebtedness to Prussia, Ten millions
oidollars sent to Texas would give us
such positive relief NJ to make every
home within the state happy; that he
people OF Texas would then have to
borrow no more money from the east or
from Europe lie said the way to be
relieved of these mountebadlls was to
quit the old and corrupt parties aud to
act for the people alone. lie made an
appeal to partizaus who heretofore have
lodged in at the crack of the party lash
to become patriots instead Of slaves
There was relief ahead if they would !
bot do this. He concluded his speech
h saying: 81 shall be u candidate at
tie approaching election for the United
Nltes congress-, the nominee Of no party
and with head and heart
hte to devote to the whole people,
without regard to their antecedents,
Bce or color"
Ammmary of his speech means this:
HBt--The national parties are cor~
IuVINS NCll as tllOoC VI it-Nttni ''hN N' |
IeCaIly the democr tic party, Second
Coke and Hubbard have done no
better than Davis. Thrd-The state
debt since Coke's Inauguration has in
creased one million Of dollars perannum.
Ourh--A revolution is impending in
which the democracy must 60 down,
Fiith-There is now only Sl3 per capita
ofcurrency, and it must be increased to
two thousand seven hundred millions Of
currency or 500 per capita. Sixth
france has, by increasing paper money
and calling in gold and silver, paid
debt Of one billion Of dollars when the
fact is, France has four hundred and
fifty millions of coin now in the bank OF
France and her paper is convertible
into coin. Seventh-Ten millions OF
currency is wanted in Texas, sixty dol>
lars per capita instead Of five, and the
people would be happy, Eighth-Quit
the old and corrupt parties and follow
dictatorship, and the people, escaping
lleparty lash, become patriots instead
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