The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-10-07

before you as man OF candor am not going
to charge with dishonesty Governors Coke OF
Hubbard, the commissioners of the land office
or the legislatures that passed the laws dispOs-
ing of these lands. do not believe they were
dishonest; have no idea that they have pock-
eted any Of the proceeds of these lands; but I
do charge them with very bad management.
IN WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Is SUCCESS.
There is only one feature in the management of
the democratic party, in fact that | am inclined
to give it credit for success, and that is their
successful manner of getting at taxes. In this
no party on earth can surpass them. They
nave taxed every occupation imaginable, and
were the first to invent the scheme of arresting
the citizen, sending him to prison, and trying
him like common felOn for failure to
pay his taxes. They have robbed the
era cradle eu and md 81, the grave to get taxes
accumu lated this year $950,0O in the way Of
occupation taxes alone, an amount nearly dOu-
BILE the total average annual tax collected dur
ing the four years of republican administra-
ton. But there Is one tax that they do not get
into their treasury and you never can get DEM
ocratic stump speakers to refer TO it: mean
THEROAD TAX.
In the state of Texas there are probably a
hundred Thousand men whe depend upon their
daily labor for their support, owning no lands
and no house that they can call their own.
These men are required to give ten days SCR
vice repairing roads for the benefit of their
wealthy neighbors; they are compelled to i'm
prove rich mems property by making and re-
pairing their communications. elOw-citizens
cannot imagine that in any country outside
of despotic Russia such a law Us this would be
allowed to stand an instant after the people
could get chance to vote on it; yet the demo-
cratic party of Texas has been SO successful in
binding people that that law-eXacting annu-
ally the equivalent of million dollars from the
pOor-has lasted six or seven years. / might
proceed with the enumeration of other matters
that have bearing upon the state canvass,
such for instance as the appropriation of three
million acres Of land worth two dollars an acre
tnr he tlfn tf,l.
mated cost of u million and a half dollars. mt a
time when there is a million dollars in the
treasury and the bags that contain it are re-
ported rottng in dsllsc.
N.r,oN., NOTWITHSTANDING
" ISSUES
do not, however, propose to take up your
time further with the consideration of ques-
ions OF state pOlcy, ana shall now touch upon
QUESTION OF national poncyi Inc democratic
III ane,r State nave incorporated
tne proVision oi their national platform look
ing W Arin loi revenue Only The gentle
ulau III hoh!iatiol lo{ CongrcsS VIII have to
ac "t .mat, presume put as ne IS away | do
hot Ploposc 70 say more aDout him. |
Iiust o!scuss tlat question: however, be-
cause inns Is thc only opportunity l
mn, may mune VI apPGair tng S St you. At
.nis iil,'hen. tne uhlIeu states IL In the
I i n. %, perS4 ol pr9spSrty Ihexampled in
ii ~ history, ahu ! wo'iio IKE 10 know what is
Tue iit'nliig oi iorcng Boiicy which, If sue
cteSiui, inusI nat'rhtiiy uislurD the business
anu anu u",iineic'ai pIospecis ol tne country We
KNOW we are PItsl"rous' ana not only here
,ntI h". LIZ u',. ,;th Saaes. million
omd sinrw nf E,rnn"Nau thssir tne bone
anu sineW vi Eur"l" aI'u their Done and
s', .,, may NC oS.nutN 10 De worth between
m"'..nt WITTY INV" 'n"''s Snr a"l'rs ior each
c c;l 'tnh y year or two past
dae.Hp"S' ,mc second great agent of pro-
u,ic.iol,; nave been IN course OF erection
erory w.e'e r thnt ne south, giving
Pioni,sei ~ Una! section beng at no
ri r va! J.. unuinturpeu, the great textile
iuprt MISUNDERSTANDING center or the globe.
,h "y ytI'. i; h,;'I, I LILY, 'Ss'Ie at time when
.ino nu.ue IS nriRn. WIN tne most desirable
ptnsi" r Is W your pcnpic; we are IN fOvOr of
, az ~ i' ny ny c'iuc o,i says the democratic
En.'1i III ne u.i'''.u II very Driel1y written,
nut n, Hi, ~ YOU, IL Is very serious as You will
have w. hear in mind that h,,S;m'.s ~. lou VIII
I',,i ' -, ,, i. phScss pursuits are
md ,h:t VI H., ,' t! i,,kru 10 one another,
u,u a;','' ' ~ ncstrnc.ion ol some in
nSt,Gs - ,,hr'S 10 hrin'lsly all others
ILL., t'iiS ""'u We y r'ho! result 10 the sudden
viii have To- raise hundred anH t,f 9,y. we
t"'ia 81. n,' Ii,,t W $3.50 'W'S, either by our
u',,.J y; tn "A" 5, anu as we are not
p ,np ~ ~ I n,'" t',cct EtNation on our
fnr" ~ ,,,i.n r,yoma ,o Nv prefer me other
~" III 10, ''t t, rms BENG the case
! YOU l,'i. fis,l,c !, 81 us 10 encourage every
;,, ~ .'!, vi Nu,i may mint IL us the
, '",,', ~, @ r H.lieiheii, propose to u
'g,,"t,ui ,sp ,in =; . ali9 mere the very
mmi tarit, ih,,sn;,sd Mr i oi whether or
u"ns.,,,,, ,,,, ,,', , o,;'u no' ne more bur
nd,;t tl nv. n", m,.e .,,c "ne,y distributed. l
t,cy s,,''"a t ~ piu,ou' AUNT that the tariff
yjsed, but this is not an argument nv re- re,
t; IT, I"rt we III, II a '',,puSItlon, Inc dem
Nv NV we ~ say, having forced its tar
TIC naxt nu'.ati,m yyiII i' y HPon tne country,
no admitted free If ;s an a '. a. 'Eies snOuld
cconnmv that articles iaast IN; III PoHtlca!
most necessary to society shouli Ra tba ,;i ana