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

loAhb ueiuoCiuoy SoAo oue ofeAo
ly for free trade and endorsed the
Morrison bill. But Sam Randall
wrote the platform adopted at Chica
go, and that platform was for pro
lection. Tomorrow night they
would hear free trade song, but il
mattered not how much they prated,
Randall was too much for them and
had
''powNKD THEM ALL.
It don't concern you or me whether
Blaine or Cleveland or Butler is elec
ted president, but it was sorry thing
to assail the private character and
being up domestic scandals agains
either Blaine or Cleveland. But lei
us look awhile at
TEXAS POLITICS.
There had been magnificent pub
lie domain. Millions of acres belong
cd to the state, and the constitution
provided that every citizen should
have homestead. But both republi
can and democratic legislatures gave
these lands away, to railroad syndi
Gates and to the schools. Subse
quently an act was passed offering tc
sell these lands at 30 cents an acre
and what was the result? Powerful
corporations had bought them all up
until hardly foot remained. Big
tracts are enclosed in pastures and
after awhile the fence cutting craze
begins to spread and down comes the
wires beneath the constant clip OF the
nippers. Gov. Ireland convenes the
Legislature There Col. Jones read from
the governors message], and recon-
mends herd law. The lease law
which is halfway a herd law was
passed. Only the other day at Den.
ton, Gov. Ireland said it was no pet
measure Of his. Where was he when
the bill passed? Gov. Ireland said
also that the speaker turned cattle
out of q pasture he owned to eat the
surrounding grass and after the range
was devoured turned them back into
his pasture again. He had in fact
only few more than hundred head
in his pasture at Copperas Cove, and
so far from turning his cattle on out
side grass, invited his neighbors to
turn their stock inside his pasture as
he had superabundance OF grass.
Back of the herd-law there were
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
of dollars. Back of that law those
lands sold at so. eeAts IN acre more
than doubled in value. Because he
believed in reasonable distribution
of lands, he was called a communist
but the charge was false. The demo.
cratic party had promised railroad
legislation, but had done nothing.
Capital controls everything. 1t has
the democratic party in it's power and
manipulates the newspapers.
He had not thought to run for
governor, but when both republicans
and greenbackers said by their failure
to make nominations that he was their
choice, he had concluded to make the
race. In regard to the school lands,
his policy was this: Sell them and
educate the children of this genera
ton, future generations can take care
of themselves. By and by the vari,
GUS counties whose bonds had been
purchased for the benefit of the
school fund, would complain and re.
fuse to pay the interest on them. A
horde of democratic lawyers would
be employed to sue them, and never
a cent of the money would be expend'
ed for the education of the children.
In conclusion, he bade his audience
think for themselves, cast away
the shackles of party and cast one
vote for their own interests and the
welfare of their country.
The foregoing is from the States.
man; what follows, from the Express
Send men to congress who will stand
up for Texas and her interests,and moi
those who will be found there enga-
ged in gratifying their personal spite
Your state interests have been sacrifi-
ced by your representatives through
their personal spite. I believe the
revenues of the government should
beraised by tariff. Evans and Leader
are mad at me because l associated
them with Ireland and because j
thought they had said they were
going to vote for Ireland Ireland is
good fellow, and so are Jack and
Leader. ask them all their pardon
if I have offended them by associating
them together. / seated the negro
Lynch by my vote in congress against
Chalmers, Notwithstanding the dash
on his ticket. Ireland won't meet
me on the stump now because be
charged that 1 never had voted to
seat a single democrat, but to seat
all republicans. / voted TO seat
both alike, as 1 believed them entitled
10 seats jefferson. with al Of his
foresight, was not statesman, be
cause be thought the two races could
not live in the same country, except
in the relations Of master and slave.
Neither white or black, because
providence made them 20, should be
at var. Republicans and democrats
should not be at war any more than
races and manhood should The
time had come when all should
stand alike
When there are few la1d owners