The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-13
POLITICAL.
JUDGE TERRELL MAKES A
BRILLIANT SPEECH IN
NORTH TEXAS.
GEN. ROSS OPENS THE GUBERNA-
TORIAL CAMPAIGN ATSUL-
PHUR SPRINGS,
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Special Telegram 70 the Statesman.
bosnian, May s.-Judge Terrell, by invitation
addressed large audience in the court mouse a
Ropham To. night. He said the tigns OF the umei
admonish us that tremendous social questions are
stirring the minds Of Others than agitators
Thoughtful leOple now explore the sliuatlon ~
advance Of the mock politician, and we should iee
reioiced that II Is so. The only blind men nov
are the mOnOpOlists , who refuse Ia see the precl
pice toward which they are plunging and their
dupes, who live on their preCauti ms, favor. lhe
strikers, bOycutteTs and even the organizations
that order them would have small significance II
we did BOT know that they were symptom
disease deep seated and dangerous. with our
masses educated to understand their rights
NJ citizens and able 10 see now the
powers Of government have been prJsututed 10
their prejudice they make a discOi tented element
that will only learn wisdom from each blundeT Ol
their own and derive new strength from disap'
pOintment until the government shall return 10
constitutional channels. Capital, long organized
and aggressive, behind it, corporate mask now
stands confronted by organized labor, ignorance
and brute passion would have precipitated the
conflict under like conditions in any other age Of
the world history: but the red ana chists of Chi
cagO are but "a handful. The great mass OF Ameri-
can laborers understand the value of free govern
ment. the virtue Of patience and the power Of tie
ballot
He said that he observed that some congress
sional gentlemen among them Congressman
Cran WuO by the way is making his mark in CON
gress and of whom his district should be proud --
were at TT Worth when he passed there, alternat
ing between rctreshment and labor While
searching Uut the recent cause Of labor
troubles down here congress ought To re-.
member that there are questions of more
vital importance than who shot first at Fort
Worth, or whether Mr.. Hall was properly dis
charged These questions are but rs waited dust
on the balance compared with the question as to
what causes are palperzing and making Ameri
can labOrers and agriCuturlsts organize through
ont the south and west. Thes, causes our honor
ed visitors can better see In Washington city than
vol thf saf tfi
they nav II they viii, explore in the tariff rob
berry and gambling In futures and corners on the
earths products. The discOntent of labor in the
mining aud manufacturing Industries they may
trace IN the pernicious lgws under which We have
fOstered tue growth and power of mOBOpOlsls
the importation of pauper labor encouraged and
permitted by governmental the ov"rgrOwn fortunes
built up in hanpered industries.
lie paid proper tribute 10 the marvellous ma
teral development of the age, but said there could
be no real progress IN a free country, unless all
classes OF men prosprred and progressed under
laws securing equal rights to all and exclusive pri.
yileges 10 none. He cautioned labOring men
against violence, and drew vivid picture of tina;
place which would come after snarchy, II labor I'M
dertook to correct its wrongs by violence. The
stiffness of despOtism would then succeed to the
agitation OF passion and peace repOsing on bayO.
nets would brood over race of slaves. The
hOuseless tramp, who knew no worse enemy than
hunger, would then enlist under the leaders who
could best feed, pay and Cothe him Now. the
party needed, a'Oye all others, now IL needed the
party Of law and order Until the agricultural
element OF the states can awake and take charge of
primary meetings, In which political power has
It's birth, and save the country from the
abyss. into which lost manhood would plunge itself
by neglectng 10 use the ballot wisely. Now, there
Will he no resurrection except through the gate of
anarchy.
lie viewed at length the growth of corporate
power, and illustrated ts dwaring influence on in,
diydualism. His own record as a legislator in his
effort TO establish tribunals to control corporations
in the Panhandle, was referred to.
He paid glowing tribute TO conservative forces
that made Texas safe against anarchy, and said
one Of the duties of the hour was to see to il that
by qnarrels among railroad people. To prevent
this, he wanted labor represented on commits
sion. Railroads were great developing agencies,
but the state should control them better to pre-
Ygnt their pooling, discrimination, and oppression
OF labor, and, ut the same time, secure them,
through commission, fair interest their
properties, The regulation should be kind not
harsn, but firm, and infeXible. The speaker said
no greater wrong could be done against the az.
riculture and commerce of the state than was done
ton was subjected to eXtortiOn in order to divert
from our own scabOard and send IL ON
the long haul TO rival states. Nature shows by
the course OF her rivers THAT pour the water 10 the
gulf the true road to the ocean, the great highway
Tor cheap transportation, and combinations ana
pools will mock all our efforts to dcyelope cities
ON our coast, until the state moves through com
mission. lie had framed bills for commission
time and again, but could never yet one passed
The effort of wise commission In stopping
pools rebates and determinations would be felt In
Its developing influences like electric shock by
every city in the state
Judge Terrell spoke two hours and half to an
attentive audience, who received with marked en-
thusiasm his address, which was forcible and bril-.
liant No short report can do justice to his speech.