The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-04

a very unoratorical squeal, but he man
aged to whoop things up. The general
continued his speech until mighty shout
heralded the coming of Mills.
1t was 1:2O o'clock when Colonel Mills,
attended by the committee appointed to
notify him of his nomination, en-
tered the park and proceeded
to the stand. When those near the gate
saw Colonel Mills they burst into hearty
cheer in which everybody joined. When
he m 0unted the platform, after the cheer
ing had subsidized, Colonel M. d. Herring,
of Waco, stepped forward and formally
notified Colonel Mills of his unanimous
nomination.
Captain Blair, of Waco, then introduced
Colonel Mills in very happy speech of
five minutes.
When the ways and means chairman
stepped to the front of the
platform the mighty audience arose and
greeted him with a cheer. Hats were
thrown in the air, banners and bandannas
were flying and then the demonstration
of enthusiasm was INDUCED in for several
min utes. Finally Colonel Mills began
speaking, and the multitude listened to
him very attentively throughout, except
ing when they were interrupting. him with
applause. He spent no time in prelim-
lnaries, but proceeded at once to the dis
cussion of the tariff, which he declared to
be the leading issues of the campaign.
He referred to the surplus accumulated
and accommodating in the treasury at the
rate of $9,000,000 month, and declared
that any taxation which takes from the
people more money than was necessary to
a wise and economical administration of
the government is an unjust taxation.
A citizen of McLennan county had ar
raigned Cleveland, Carlisle and the speaker
| (Mills) for trying to remove the burden
OF this unnecessary taxation. That citi-
Zen called the Mills bill fraud concocted
| by half dozen men whose democracy he
mpeached, and he was now seeking de-
PRAYED democracy in the depths of the
republican party. He (Jones) had been
introduced and championed by William
Cameron, the lumber king of Texas. Of
course Cameron is against the Mills bill,
FOR it strikes down the tariff of two dollars
thousand on lumber so the poor man
can buy it cheap when he wants to fence
his farm or build shelter for his wife and
children. Taking up the wool question
had always realized more from that pro-
duct under low than under high tariff,
and that now unless the high tariff is
overcome it was seeking for lower price
than ever before. He said the sheep
growers were complaining because so
many of their sheep died, and wanted to
know if higher tariff would lessen the
death rate. The founders of the govern
ment had put wool on the free list and there
it remained from 1889 to 1924. Colonel
Jones says the Mills bill is fraud. 1t
knocks $40 on the 500 from the price of
blankets; makes light deduction in
coarse wool hats; puts lumber and salt on
the free list, and will have the effect of
cheapening many other articles of genera
daily consumption. Colonel Jones haC
arraigned the speaker for putting sweet
oil on the free list, declaring it was
done in the interest of epicures
Colonel Mills remarked that it wa
found in every carpenters shop in thu
country, and that there were poor people
who could not afford to buy meat or butte
who used it to eat with their bread. Blu
Colonel Jones thinks poor man has NJ
right to live in this country. Colone
Jones declared that the Mills bill put til
plate on the free list for the benefit of thu
Standard Oil com pany and the great can
ming factories. Tin cups and pans an(
tin pals were used by all poor people
Tin was used to roof the poor man
house. Jones would deny cheap tin tt
60,000,000 of people, simply to keep thu
Standard Oil company from profiting b!
the reduction. Jones had complained o
the speaker that his bill put duty of 10I
per cent on rice. Colonel Mills said the
duty on rice was 113 per cent. The rio
men would not agree to have it Gu
lower than 100, and he was dis
posed to leave it at that fgur,
to conciliate them and get thei
support. He did not claim that the Mill
bill was perfect. 1t did not go half ia
enough to suit him, but it was the best h
could do. Jones had arraigned him TO
leaving so much protection to the manu-
factories of wooden goods and wanted tt
know why it was not cut down. Tn
reason was simply because they could not
They needed in congress more men llk
Cleveland and Carlisle and Scott. Their
are too many like Jones.
The bill was not as good as he mills
would like to have it, but it Is $75,OO0,OO
better than the present law. Jones claim
) the Mills bill is one gotten upon IN tn
interest of the north. Colonel Mills said h
!, would read that statement to the farmer
of Illinois, to whom he intende
to speak next week. They ar
being told that it is sectiona
scheme, connected in the interest of tn
south. The speaker referred to tn
record made in the legislature by Jones.
Colonel Mills continued at length, an
went over pretty nearly the whole groun
of the tariff question. He was frequently
interrupted by applause sand the shout
of the multitude, and finally closed ami
the waving of bandanas and throwing q
of hats.
After Colonel Mills had finished hi
speech it was announced that the hour fo
dinner was at hand and all the peopl
r we're invited to partake of the sweet an
iuicy barbecued meats which were serve
in abundance. The entire audience the
proceeded to where the lengthy table
. we're arranged and enjoyed feast. Afte
= dinner, at o'clock p. M, Colonel Ihoma
r. Bonner, of Tyler, addressed the peopl
from one stand and at the sam
6 hour Judge Gustave Cook, of Houstcl
= from another. Both gentlemen delivere
- brief but earnest and interesting speeche
= which we're we'll received and highly al