Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-01
ROGER Q. MILLS.
HE is ENTHUSIASTICALLY RE-
CEWEO AT AUSTIN,
And Speaks to an Immense Audience In
Representative Hall--Synopsss
Of His Remarks.

| Special to the Gazette.
| AUSTIN, Tex, March SI.-Congressman
Mills met with regular ovation during his
| stay in this city to-day. He held a Ievee
| with his thousands OF friends during the
| day, and tonight an immense throng OF
ladies and gentleman assembled at repre-
sentative hall 10 hear him speak.
Governor Hogg, observation-disclosures
Pendleton. Speaker Miner, Horace
Chiffon and Guy NJ. Bryan occupied seats
on the Platform, ana Col. Mills was intro
duced IL an eloquent manner by Lieuten IT.
Governor PendietOn.
After the storm of applause had subsidized
Col. Mills began his speech BY saying that
II was customary for representatives 10
give an account Of their stewardship on
their return to their constituency. and that
he was here for that purpose The
speaker then branched of into q
review of the history of the two
great parties from the days of jefferson
down to the present time. He showed con-
clustyely that for years the Democratic
party had been striving TO correct the
abuses under which the people are
grooming, and pronounced q scath-
ing reprimand upon the Republican
party. He said the people Of
this country were at sea without q compass,
and that the thing to do was to get back
into the wel-beaten paths OF pure and IN
defiled Democracy which was travelled by
our fathers
He discussed the sub-treasury scheme,
and literally riddled it. He wanted
the advocates OF the measure TO tell
him how the people of the country
were going 10 pay back the money which it
proposes they should borrow from the gov
ernment. He said it was all wrong in
principal, theory and everything else. He
showed that under the workings of the
sub-treasury system The farmer would have
20 pay SO for d paE of shoes
that he can buy now for IS, and other things
in proportion. He said the brightest
thinker IN the nation has been endeavoring
to solve this financial question for years,
and failed, but that Tracy and McCune
had solved it in little or no time
Applause. He said the advocates Of this
sub-treasury business had their steering
committees lobbying around the different
legislature halls of the country, and warned
Democrats to turn a deaf ear to those
''steerers" lest they suffer themselves
''steered" into the Republican camp Tire
mendous applause
He said the policy of the sub-treasury
was absolute madness and that it should not
be considered seriously by any man Of re-
spectaDinty or common sense.
He said the great wrong to be redressed
in this country was excessive taxation, and
entered into a brief discussion of the
tariff. He said he wanted to suggest
to the steering brethren that it would be
better for the people 10 reduce their taxes
than TO borrow money for them from the
government, because then they would have
no interest to pay. He said that
the brains of the country were beginning
to embrace the tariff reform faith, and
that they had for long time had their
ears closed to this doctrine, but that they
we're beginning to open them. One by one
they We're falling Into line.
He urged unity among the Democrats,
and begged them not to go to pulling each
others hair about the silver
question or any other. We must
stand together. Notwithstanding he had
always advocated the free coinage of sill
yer, and voted and had written for it, he
would rather see all the silver in the world
locked up in the bowels Of the earth than TO
see the Republican party, the party
Of spoils, in power. "Wiu it pay
10 smite down our chieftain, the
man who has led US to victory to put even
81. 900, 900 in circulation Just TO have it
taken out by q Republican tariff, and at
the same time eglect Harrison, presidents
God forbid" Applause
The Democratic party to-day has the con-
ffdence of the people, and even the Repu6-
licans have less confidence in their party.
They told me they would never again vote
for the men who are responsible for the re-
cent legislation. The tide is turning fast;
let US put aside all little quarrels and go in
TO win. We can't afford to give up our
free government after We elect
Democratic president and senate and
restore to the people their rights of taxa
lion and their right to run their govern
ment Then we can settle these side quar-
rels. We viii then bring the government
back step by step to the people-to whom
it rightly belongs"