The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-02

silver speech for the express purpose
of defeating Roger Q. Mills for the
senate, (voices she didn't do it" and
applause)l saw the trend of the whole
thing and said | would consider this
appointive theory. 1t put me to
thinking and thousands of my fellow
citizens to thinking, and while | was
Mus debating in my own mind as to
whether this dangerous power of ap.
pontment should be allowed to re-
main with the governor, l read the
account of the great cattlemen's con
vention at Fort Worth, and how Com.
missioner Foster went to Fort Worth,
too, aud how he slashed and cut the
cattle shipping rates, lowering them in
some instances 80 per cent. in order
to win the cattlemen to Hogg. Thus
Twas convinced that the appointive
commission was a dangerous thing,
that it was being used now before it
was two years old, as a section
of vast political machine
run for the Offices only
and as at present organized would not
hesitate to strike down and demolish
every railroad in this country in order
that the Hogg administration might
be perpetuated. These things have
convinced me that the power of ap.
pointment should be taken from the
governor and placed with the people
and now favor an elective commiss.
ion.
"Texas is demogogue ridden. Why
they are charging US who favor Judge
Clark with combining with the rail
roads against the people, and the
charge comes from crowd of railroad
attorneys who are now managing
Hogg's campaign. But, my friends
you and have reason to be proud of
our cause and gratifed over
its march to victory when we
reflect that only yesterday our honored
fellow citizen G. B. Gerald exposed
the manipulation of the international
and Great Northern railroad by the
administration gang and before whose
scathing denunciation they with the
governor in their head tucked their
tails and marched out of the legisla.
tive hall Applause and huzzahs for
Gerald.
They charge that Clark is trying tc
destroy the commission, when the
truth is Judge Clark ia before the
people on platform that demands 9
return of the commission to the PEG
pie for them to elect their commits
sioners and manage it themselves in,
stead of allowing it to be used as a
political machine to grind grist fol-
Hogg and his particular friends.
Judge Clark wants the commission
placed with you, fellow citizens, where
it cannot be destroyed or disgraced
We are laboring under conditions
that can only be removed by the
nomination of Judge Clark and
he must be nominated and Texas
must be turned loose. The infamou,
alien land law which was recommend
ed by Hogg and signed by Hogg and
defended by Hogg has caused more
distress and suffering than any statute
that was ever enacted, II
has driven millions of money
from this state which will
shun us so long as the author of i,
encumbers the gubernatorial chair
Texas is new state and to develoI
its vast resources we must have
money from abroad. The alien land
law placed the people of Texas in the
attitude of regulators, of enemies OF
capital, and it has paralyzed every in.
dustry in this broad state save that
ofthe domestic money lender who is
now fattening off the few who are
compelled to borrow money at any
cost. 1t drove out per cent
foreign money and left this
people to pay the domestic
money lender II to Is per cent. or dc
without. tell you investors will not
come to Texas while Hogg is ouI
governor and the moment the people
demand his retirement by the nomina.
ton of George CLARK, money will con
pouring into the state from every
oountrU and olinna Evar, tro;,, ,,; IL