The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-28

be urged but if it is | will make the
best fight | can, for l will never sur.
render my right to support whom l |
please for governor or any other office,
aud there is not an office on this earth
that could bribe met to shut my
mouth.
"Now my friends am going to do
something, if elected that no south
ern congressman has ever had the
nerve to do; denounce the infamous
pension frauds through which mil
lions of the peoples money is given to
men who do not need dollar of it,
and men who never shoaldered mus
ket in their lives. 1t has been the
policy Of the Democrats to allow the
Republicans to pass these bills for
fear opposition would perpetuate the
prejudice existing in the north against
the south. will if elected oppose
with all the power have, the pay.
ment of pensions to millionaires. l
am in favor Of pensioning deserving
soldiers who are in need Of aid and
would vote as quick for pension for
these as any congressman who wore
the blue but, before vote for a pen
sion l must know that the applicant
is an honorably discharged soldier
and in actual need of sncb aid or the
widow of such a soldier in actual
need. Pensions are not intended as a
reward for service in the defense Of
ones country. They are intended to
recompense a good soldier for the loss
of an arm or leg or eye or for
any injury sustained in her defense.
A man who would expect reward for
fighting for his country is no patriot.
Patriotism asks for no compensation.
Another thing promise you l will
try to do if I am elected, L will not prom
Use to do anything. l will only promise
to try. The people of this country have
a right to elect the president and vice.
president by popular vote. If the
present bill before the congress does
not pass before this election is ovei
and you send me to congress will
put myself on record as one who is
not afraid to trust the people to cleo,
their senators, too. The theory that
senators must be ele cted by the legis-
latures of the states, originated witt
the trainers of the old articles of con
federation between the thirteen origi-
nal states and was based upon thu
idea of state sovereignty. The ole
Federslists tried to keep the idea Of
state sovereignty out of the oonstitu-
ton. Their idea was to establish I
strong central government and the
plan to elect the members Of the upper
house of congress by the legislature
of the states instead of by the people
was compromise. The Federalist:
were afraid to trust the people and
wanted to concentrate the power o
government and remove the control o
governmental affairs as far from The
people as possible, hence the com
promise which placed the upper house
of congress which was to act as
check on the lower or popular brancl
in the control of the states and eacl
senator represented what we calleC
J then the sovereignty Of his state. Tha
has passed away now. The sovreignt,
of the state went down in the civil wa
> and the surrender at Appomattol
, settled it for all time to come. Jetfer
son Davis when he resigned his sea
/ in the United States senate at the be
ginning of hostilities brought thu
, sovereignty of his state back and sur
rendered it to the power which in
trusted it to him. What senate
would now undertake to bring baol
the sovereignty of his state and give
/ to the Legislature s.? 1t is nonsense t
! talk about it. want the peopl
< given the opportunity to elect thei
senators. They can't do any wors
than the Legislatures have done an
may do better. / also want the peopl
given an opportunity to elect by direc
r vote the president and vice. president
/ When they are you will never agaiI
) hear Of 7 by 8 commission.
"There is another thing | am goin
r to try to do, but / have very littl
hope of success. Congress is com
} posed of too many members and l be
, lieve the house Of representative
! ought to be reduced to about half tn
{ present number. Now | expect ever
one Of those fellows will kick, becaus