San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-10-23

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roads, who is opposed to education,
but gave away 90 much school land,
and now there is not foot OF public
land in the state that poor man can
put his foot on and claim it as his
own!
They call me o political tramp
because protest against giving away
the public domain and deprving
those to whom it belongs justly.
Three millions of acres Of your lands
are squandered for O state capital.
That land is worth ten times as much
as the capital will be if ever it should
be built. Where is the money they
got for public lands sold, or disposed 7
Put in somebody's hands, after being
boarded up in the treasury and do
ing no body any good, while the poor
people are taxed for schools that they
don't get.
The papers say because l was q
greenbacker I am responsible for the
fence cutting, but the judges of the
United States supreme court have
sustained those greenback principles.
Yet men say I am crazy because l
advocated those principles. Would
q father sell his land and lend the
money to Europeans, 80 the father
who sold it might educate his great
grandchildren If you thing he
should do so vote the democratic
ticket. If it hadn't been for the
folly and madness of democrats you
could all now own homesteads for
your families How can an old man
of an old party deal with new ques-
tions, conditions and policies The
young men must grapple with
them and the young party. Both the
old democratic and Republican parties
cannot do SO to day with what con.
fronts them. They must be shelved
and new party formed which will
bury dead issues and keep with the
progress of the age. I never sought
an office. I speak my sincere views,
abuse no one; I only differ with the
man who tries to rob his neighbor !;
want the wars bitter memories
buried. They are past and settled.
Don't resurect the dead party.
Must Texas be tied to the carcass OF
that dead past and die of it's stencil,
or shall the love of Texas rise superior
to p .rty? >-,... =
don't come here to ask you to vote
for me. I am not here to make any
personal appeal, but in the name OF
God, give one vote for your country.
COL Jones made some points in
his speech at San Marcos not noticed
in the foregoing. He said the two
old parties were formed on the issue
of slavery. Both now agree on that
subject as shown by their adoption OF
the 18th an 18th amendments. The
former slave has the same political
rights as his former master, may vote
and be voted for Office, etc. Both
parties concede this, though there
may be some difference in their prac-
tice. Their politicians preach the
same doctrines. Each branch of Con-
gress is the exclusive Judge of the
election of its own members. in the
contested election between Chambers
and Lynch, he (Jones) had voted for
Lynch because he had the most votes,
and straightway the howl was raised
all over Texas by Ireland and his sat
elites that "Wash Jones voted for a
nigger over white man !" But when
Chambers afterwards changed front
and went with republicans, all the
newspapers over the south said he
was not honestly elected, and justif-
ed the speakers vote against him.
Politicians may not be in earnest but
the people are nine out Of ten of
them will say, we would not take the
smallest right from the colored man.
The Republicans chose this same
man Lynch to preside over the ma
tional convention and the Democrats
followed their example by fraterniz-
lug with negro at their convention
at Houston.
The two parties differ about moth
ing but the distribution of the spoils,
only the democrats had mental
reservation" as 10 tariff. To at
tempt to use the old party machinery
is q violation of the scriptural in
junction not TO put new wine in old
bottles, and will surely be followed
by like results 10 those mentioned in
holy writ The continuance Of the
old parties seems only TO perpetuate
prejudices and hates. We cannot
afford 10 continue such q state OF
things. We are 55,000,0 900 now and
in ten years will be 75,0O0,000. We
are destined 10 be the greatest peo-
pie the world ever saw, and should
turn from the past TO the future.
Thirty MILLIONS Of acres have been
set aside for educational Purposes, and
IL is proposed TO reserve them for the
education Of our great-grand- children
One dollar invested now in educating
our children to-day, is worth more
than $500 would be IN the nert gen
erstiOn- Educate the present gener-
alton the next viii be the better for
IL Parents are best teachers, both
intellectual and moral and beng
Themselves edacatsd vii do more for
Their children than any other agent