Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-04
HON. ROGER @. MILLS.
His Letter Accepting the Nomination for
Congress.
Reforms That Can Only bs Accomplished by
the Advent Of q Democratic Congress
and Administration.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. IS, 1890
To Geo. W. Tyler, Geo. T. Jester, W. W.
Searcy, D. c. Giddings, Jr., Committee:
GENTLEMEN-Your telegram announce
ing my unanimous nomination by the
Democratic convention of the Ninth con-
gressional district of Texas has just been
handed to me.
In accepting the trust which has again
been conflded to me by my constituents.
l do so with grateful feelings, and
through you l return to them my sincere
thanks for the continued manifestation
of their confidence In me, and for the
steadfast devotion with which they have
for 80 many years supported me. 1t has
been my constant effort during my long
political career to watch diligently, and
serve faithfully the best interests, not
only of my own constituents, but the in
terests of all the people of the whole
country. In the future l shall be actu-
gted by the same motives as in tho past,
and directed in my official actions by the
same convictions. Happily for us under
our system of free government whose
law should be enacted and administered
with "equal and exact justice to all'
there is no place for the promotion of
one interest to the injury of another, and
whenever the government attempts to so
interfere it Will do go in violation of its
fundamental principles and to the injury
of the great body of people for whom it
was instituted. The prosperity of the
people OF each state will be best pro-
NOTED by that which promotes the
prosperity OF all; aud injury inflicted
on one will send its hurtful effects into
every part OF the political system. We
are in the midst of troublous times. The
people are suffering under a load OF
taxation that is rapidly exhausting them.
Our commerce, already greatly embar-
raised aud obstruoted, is now threatened
with strangula;ion. Trusts ana combi-
nations in restraint of trade are spring.
ing up around us, and under the foster
ing care of national legislation rapidly
developing into mOnstrous proportions.
The people whose votes elected the
present administration, and the majority
OF the present senate and house of rep
resentatives are responsible for the evils
under which the country is now suffer-
ing. If we would eradicate these evils
and have honest and good government
we must return to the principles of our
fathers and steadily keep our feet in
their footsteps. We must see to 1t that
the government shall keep closely within
the limits prescribed for IL by the con-
stitution; that it shall abstain from in
reference with the private business OF
the people; and that II shall secure to
the citizen the enjoyment of the largest
liberty consistent with the preservation
of order in society. A government that
secures to the citizen the enjoyment of
all his natural rights and takes none of
them from him ia the greatest political
blessing we can have, while pattern
government, whose heavy hand is con-
stantly felt in imposing burdens and re-
straints is the worse curse which human
ity inflicts upon itself. 1t is gratifying
TO see that the people have set their faces
toward the eradication of these evils,
and are determined to correct the abuses
under which they have suffered too long.
These reforms can only come with the
advent of Democratic congress and ad-
ministration, and every patriot in the
land from Maine to Texas should unite in
strengthening the hands and increasing
the mum bers of Democratic voters. Moth
ing but evil can be accomplished by
voting the Republican ticket, and to
vote for any third party is simply to
throw away that powerful instrument
that was created to preserve aud perpe-
tuate the rights and liberties of the
citizen. With earnest hopes for the
early and complete triumph of the party
that was born with the constitution and
will only die when the constitution dies,
L remain very truly yours,
R. Q. MILLS.