The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-07-03
for the Office of land commissioner
was present and made few remark
which were we'll received.
Fellow Citizens of Travis County.


In announcing myself as candi-
date for representative, subject to de-
cjsion of Democratic convention, it
might be difficult to convince you that
| had the least hesitation in so doing,
especially when admit the fact that
my mail has not been loaded down
with monster petitions.
But l have been strongly urged by
many friends to submit my name, and
if do so at all, it is due them and
myself to do so at once, as the pri-
maries will soon meet.
We often see announcements set.
ting forth in glittering generalties
what these candidates propose to be
governed by, and yet so evasive and
non-committal as to be meaningless.
do not want the Office bad enough
to deceive my fellow citizens by any
such course. l would prefer to be
the respected plain farmer and private
citizen than the inefficient law maker.
The interests of Travis county and
the State OF Texas are too great to be
contided to any man on account OF his
mere personal worth and popularity or
of his overreaching vanity.
l can urge no unanswerable reason
for my candidacy. have been citi-
zen of Texas forty years, during which
time our great State has managed to
get along without my assistance and
can no doubt do so in the future.
During these years l have seen the
first railroad commenced. L recognize
what a potent factor the railroad is in
our wonderful development. would
foster that gigantic interet by placing
it beyond the danger of popular
clamor by the creation of a railroad
commission that would stand as just
arbiter between unjust demands on
the side of the people and of oppres-
sion and unjust discrimination and
corporate greed on the other hand. 1
would not kill the goose that laid the
golden egg, but l would so hedge her
about that the imperious old thing
did not have it in her power to peck
to death the others who laid the
edible egg"
We need but few laws, but they
should be wholesome ones, leaving the
citizen to work out his own salvation
unfettered by heavy burdens of taxa
ton. have always admired the wis
dom of our fathers, who conceived and
enacted our homestead exemption
laws. The home of the citizen is on
a solid basis. His credit is not i'm.
paired but strengthened. He is the
proud, patriotic citizen alive to all his
obligations. No mortgage threatens
his home and family. He is the solid
yeoman and not the serf.
Following out the line of policy con-
templated by our wise, prudent and
patient fathers, I would never vote for
the enactment of laws that would
place heavy tax lien on those indie
pendent happy homes.
1t ought to he needless for a Travis
county man to say that any legisla-
ton looking toward the complete
finish and equipment Of our University
would receive his warm endorsement
and support
The common schools are magnifi-
Gently endorsed, and the grand head
of learning should never suffer by any
odious comparisons made by the un-
scrupulous demagogue to any popular
prejudices.
In closing my announcement, al
ready too long, l will say that should
/ be nominated 1 will run, and if
elected will serve to the best of my
ability, but whoever the convention
selects will receive my warm support.
GEO. w. WALLING.