The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-06-30
MEETING or rnE CLANS,
The Candidates for thc E.cgis-
lature and County Attor-
ncyship Hold Forth AT
The tourI-Elouse

The audience was called t. ord by Capt |
Il. A. Blair who nominated DR.. -. X. |
wallace rs chairman, who was by unani- |
nous vote elected and took tue chair in |
Producing MIR. Jno Moor, who male ex. !
cusrs If indispusiitn for several days, |
suffering with acute toothaclc, and after n |
few remarks complaining of having been
uisrep cscnied during the canvass and re-
s"r'ing the right to reply to Mr.. Kings.
bury, sat down,
MI. Russell kngshury being introduce
ed by the chairman, began speech which
lasted ne rly an hour and was listened to
with close attention and greeted with ire
quent applause.
lie was there, he said. to solicit the suf-
frage OF the democracy OF Actennan
county Tor himself ~ the legislator in the
next house OF repres natives. 1t was
customary among Candidates to give nm
account OF their nativity and of their
birth in Tex Is, ~ ii such things were mat
tsrs of choice. For him.elt ho he had to
confess hat he was not born in
Texas, but III an old state, in the state OF
NOwh Carolina IL" had b,en born there.
because he was So young ut the time, that
ne could OTTER no objections. Wien God
made man, he made MIN Il lover OF liberty
ana the constitution guaranteed free
speech, an under the negis OF tuosc two
lb'stA9 ~ wa lhNti W Hkl'hhs ilt llIbHplll
y the duty OF all the people, To call on all
candidates Tor Office 10 express theinsolw
ON all public questions and he WAS ther.
to give expression to his own
views ard submit their correct
ness 10 his audience. lie believed that
laws should be few in number and
simple in construction, and this princi-
pie the Legislators OF ! Texas had persist.
emily abrogated by making the laws
complex nd numerous. The logisl ture
should be chary of granting 81 ecial priv
ileges to mouopolies.
In regard to the railroad question he
believed the action Of the Legislature ON
this sut;:3ot enJuld be dictated by con.
science and Judgment and nothing
should be done in this regard to retard
the growth and development OF the
state, this county or this city. He did
not believe that the average
Legislators elected by the people
OF Texas were alb . to handle the rail
road question. He, himself, WAS not
able, and he was in favor of n railroad
commission,sHy composed OF one farmer,
one lawyer, one wholesale merchant and
one civil engineer, he last to see that
railroads wer kept safe for travel. Ho
would, II elected, introduce bill for the
creation OF such IA commission, and it
could rrpOrt i'll ninety days, His oppo-
| nent, Mr.. Moore, had said that the state
OF T,xas must control the railroads
or the rOads would coon control
| Texas; FOR himself he believed thaittho
state should only exercise supervision
over them, and that TO control them wns
| the first step towards Capitalization.
| Railroads, since he Missouri Pacific and
| Marrow Gauge had come here, hud
90
cents per bushc He believed in free
schools aud the stuto university to the
| full 1t extent that every youth in the
state should be educated, and il elected
ho would vote to appropriate every dol
lur not prohibited 10y the constitution to
free schools Groat applause He
believed equally in the university
and would make it great state
institution. As to this matter,
Mr.. Kingsbnry conte' dod that any man
who went to the legislature should be-
thoroughly posted on this university
subject, and he guvo detailed history
OF it. showing n clcHr knowledge OF the
subject
On the subject Of the cash balance, he
was very decided that il should not be
left to rust iii tn" treasury. He was in
favor of spproprlnting at least 100000
u 1t to free schools and 220OON to tho
university, he would vote for using it
for the lunntic insane asylum, the i'm.
,untu1 " Wilma! IL h,n,ihiru ~ ~, r1'i''
dreu OF the state, and 1t to he Il shame
full thing TINT those helplesa
beings should be left to lRnguish III
county jailH. He would use the cash
balance to buy machinery for the peni
: tentiury aud put the convicrs to WORK
inside the walls separating the younger
/ ones by Themselves in Kuak peuitontiary
I and not be wiling to allow them to b,
scattered about the Htate to be sho
down in squads
He thought IT matter ut importance
;, tina IL candidate shuuld be sent to tn,
Legislature who stood right or
= the Ronntorship Tint ho shou',
not bC high turil, Az WA
=. his opponent but HhOud he III acrOr,
=, with Senator CoSc's last grcnt speech ol
r. the tariff That the fnct that IL man wa
- sent to the legislature from tins count.
was high tHrill man and against tn
D. policy Of Senator Coke, would he useO
10y every an'i-Cuko newspaper and ever
II politician all over the state to the Iulu
80 ry Of man whom McLcnuHn count
loved aud huuored The speaker the
II took up the record Of our legislator /
ct his Legislative cnreel which he handle
without gloves. DIR. Bruce hH !, he sal,
introduced one bill aud that bill was Ii
N the mJltin hill u bill that WI
!" worst among u lot Oi trash
" laws that had been =,
-, aside III rubbish, and this hill, whic
II had been repealed by the rXertiuns {
10 Seth Mills, DR. Bruce had attempted
revive 10y repeating the law which r,
uonled it He accused his opponsn,
- ma IA. 4 a
, west preludicOs Of the people ana I
; '"",se ~ him JkinRsbury) ~ beiu
\ educated and ufgluE 49, i,anula to sCI
u man like themselves to the lugislatur
He had, he said, some education, In
o. he WA not college learned. H. ha
rs never been but to one cOllege,W GO M
- vcrsity and his stay there only thr,
b. months, the president ~ TINT insiit,
Ct ton Directing to his further stay. III
=" last part of MI klugsbury's speech WI
-, illed with piquant anecdotes, spicy re-
!" fences and caricatures Of DIR. Bruce, u
An in good nutured way, He would,
snid, II elected, Try to forget his lndlvl
nr utility and strive to truthiully work 4
An the interest OF McLennan county
TO- county the finest IN the state aud FILE
- with good men. He left the plutfur
" amid continued applause.
II, Mr. JnO. Moore arose to reply Ia son
things that had been snid by Mr., King
~ bury. He denied TINT he was Il his
Me tariff man, but he had, whom it wns {
III tempted i'll congress TO take the duty
- wool and nee and sugar and molasst
10 been against taking the TAMIL off thin
Of which the south raised and keeping
ON a thou and manufactures in the mort
- As to his feelings towards Senator Col
la proiessed his devotion to that gent
man. and won d, il elected, support hi
IL to the best Of his ability, and II the M
al ritico OF his few sheep abo
'ly which 20 much fuss had be
,r made cOuld ,lect him 10 I
presidency he would willingly give the
nm. He denlnd nnnenlinp 10 die nrel