The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-10-17
Mass MEETING.
Hon. John trcinud nfthe Court
ttousc Last Night.

A very respectable audience assem- bled
at IN, ,iuft-iuusc last night to listen to
the Hon. John iceland, the header OF the
democratic hosts 10 victory this tall As the
| candidate tor governor OF tue state.
During The day Judge Ireland made the
acquaintance II mAu, - on leading rlil.
ar1,. Gnc band i.cuur-'d 'xocllont
music iu front of the rouf -h"us'' and Mr.
| IurIanl Wa. .cciycI with rh,rr.. IT, wa
introduced hl judge l. G. Alexander.
Judge IRELAND H. a gentleman ~ pleasing
IrpHu Hnrc ana may trulhiUl'y be- called n
| ha d,Um- man Ut modest though some
| What una, munslritNe manners Judge
| ireland hepan bi saying that Ii had b, en-
| % JuCslcd ttHt Gen, RAJ Robertson should
be- h,,ri aud he ltlded chrertu ~ 10 the
request amt would beg tor General Rob.
tI,-nf Il patient u,uting. TINS, hc said,
WA the mr. time hc bad ever be n In
Waco, Though r".id,nt Il Texas for 30
y'nrs sni tins hummer the hr-t time he
had ever been In east IN ur nurthe.n
ItNss. Amer lhv ,NOidium Mr. Ireland
gHN" very clear and rNr, llrnt description
pt thr principle. ,i the drmottHlic y uY,
the grcH' piiuclplr ot when he dt clared lo
have buru 4 strici construction Ul thu.
con- ttuiin n and il 10 day the pillar aud
conner stonr ."t tat party, and com
irr-trd with tins tn" hu,udin trianl ~
81 the other party win striking ell Ct.
He applied tins to tue attitude u the
two parties on national banks placing
the Argument 10 a very novel, original
and striking hight ON the tariff he HAid
the tariff was living issue aud had been
for hundred yeArs, aud that the demo-
81 It L party only IL eound on the party
A considerable spacr waa used IN show
ilp ttlfttnIa II
party ON the tnriH question. He then
explained TIN celebrated ireland. Flem.
ming letter which Wash Jours il said TO
be reading ~ nu anti ireland document
III his speeches 4 considerable portion
Ut time waa spent IN u review uf fiat
money and the whole Hubject ~ bonds,
buudh plders aud RtceGuOHCks and tihi
dugmHH, and the hiHtory ot ths currency
was discus -I at great length. The con-
sIdorHtiuu ~ national politics rOmpuaui
tho greater part Of Judge Ireaud'a
speech, inter which he passed. to the
democratic par IN our own state, hold
ing that We could beat Judge OF the merit
NJ that party, by comparison with tho
reign Of the party which had proceeded
1t IN affairs ~ state, aud then proceed
ed to depict the iuiRmles of II. j. Davis
and ths twelfth Legislature, and the sub
Sequ"nt redemption - the state by the
democratic party IN the next and sub.
Boquent lrRrlaturca. The history OF
those stirriug tlmuB was given in great
detail, with the declared purpose OF iu-
structlng yonng Texans M to the past,
and the agency of the democrntic party
III tho prosperity ~ the state, and ro-
freghing the m"moryOf those d. mocruts,
who, sumu - them, seem to forget
what they owe 10 that pnr,y.
Passing tu stuio lr4uoH he expressed him
Belf strongly N favor u free rcho IL. We
have RyHtom Vt tree schools which
ought to lee hrttcrod aud improved. The
constitution gtandH IN tho way, and thu
oOn8tltutiuu must bc amended ~ tH Ia
place no limit ON the amount IT, he Ap
prOprintud Tor free RchOolH. Some wore
rTuud NJ the cash bnlRnc he was not.
The next governor he had no DOUBT,
would, IN hlh message, recommend Ia
the legiHlniurc an amendment to the
constitute II winch would lenvo the leg
iHluturo free to appropriate "a school
fund Huili icut to give five or ak
muutlg nchcol, or seven or eight,or even
nine or tuu, though there were many
places where children could not 20 To
school ten months. when men 40 about
howlins about u ton months sChor they
don't know wlnt they nre talking about.
Nhcrn N tn" money to come from7 lie
seemed To ndlculo this point TO the idea
ut ten months school, adding ono
month to the year. He wER in favor Of
free schools. They were the basis Of viz.
tue. He would give all children school
lng, white nud black. He would first
teach children their duty to man and
then give them oducHtiona TINT Rchonls
might not become institutions Of vice
and wiCkoduepn. lie exhibited the ella
hnns II the democratic pnrty to ths
black man. On Immigration, we Ind ~
best lmm grnllnu agencies in tho world
IN our cheap lands Hhd fine climate aud
| good laws Tie was in favor Of immigrn-
| ton. Tie Wns an Immigrant himself, aud
would Welcome them with open arms.
/ The spcHkor explained hiE position on
| railroads. He wanted tn nee laws pissed
| Ia 'cgIlHtu railroads, not in u spirit OF
injustice or 10 cripple them, but to pro
tcct the people" The remainder Of the
rprocl WAS devoted Iou review Of NHsh
Ipuos' course IN cuuErosE The speech,
though very long, wus interesting. Judge
Ireland uuprcssus the nearer with the
conviction that lac meAug every word ho
says. lie ID evidently not n politician.
pdt nun OF CONNECTIONS, aud strong con
yictlons, and tins gives to hIs words
great force. He hud, he sniJ, turgo ten
the university question, lie was IN IN
vor Of u unIv rslb when our FREQ school
system was perfected. Daring the speech
aud ut The close the Ju ge was frequently
cheored, and 1t wHs evident that he
made a worry 'ayurable impression on his
audience.
Con. Robertson was introduced nv
Judge l.. G, Alexander with neut little
bon mot. Tho ger rails speech was ON
state issues alone, free schools, public
lands and immigration. He attempted |
to show that from 1871 the principles |
and practices Of the democratic party
had been departed from. Tho public
lands formerly held Tor actual ,ettlers
only were thrown open to all. and all Of
he lands squandered. The free schools
lad been repressci. He had the right an
democrat to call the party back To its
ild principles on these questions. Us
poke about half hour, when Judge
Ireland replied tor few minutes and
personal discnssiuu followed, illuminu-
led with some anecdotes.
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