Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-07-19
THE GUBERNATORIAL CANVASS.

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Third party nominee, ws'e al
present, and made speeches 10
over one thousand pope.
Upon tie arrival of Col. Fl h.
back at Searcy, he was met a. the
depot by a tOrchligbt proce. sIC n
aad bands OF music aIid get
cheering by the people who gave
him a grand ovation.
Col, Whipple opened he discus
sion, 10 an hours speech, in which
he said he was proud Of his parry
and is record-eulngized HsrIis0n
and tbs McKnley bi J, and dsnied
that the Carnegie troubles we're the
result of int moasure-clalmsd
that his partJ bad established the
common school System and brought
about legislation that eac u-aged
the building of railroads and other
public improvements. He de
nounced defau'tirg State Treasur.
ers and the new election law, and
was bitterly opposed to Amend
ment No, 2. In his entire speech
he forgot TO tell TIE Re pie how
his bose, through his militia, had
murdered, outraged and p,undsred
the people, and had irsuItsd,
abused and outraged unprotected
females.
Col. Fishbaok followed Col.
Whipple. He portrayed wildly
the past record-Nationll and
Stste-of The Republican party,
and compared 1t with the record of
the Democlauc party. He showed
how the l emocracy had reduced
the taxes, and that pubic affairs
had teen administer 4 honestly
and for the best interest of the
people. He told of the pension
robbery, and showed the great BEN
efis that would result TO the PEG.
pie from tariff reform. In speak
ing of government monopolies and
the demand: Of the Third party,
he said:
"Why cannot we control this
Government now and arrest tn Sc
evils of which they complain? 1t
is because 1t has already attracted
TO 1t and fastened upon it several
tax.eating exCresences, which,
bribed by their share in the crop
of taxes, are like the State, church
and nobility Of old, misleading the
people and pIuuderlng those who e
labor produces the taxes, while
they aEe intoxicating doctrines that
are dangerous to the Liberties Of
our country. It's hundred and
twenty thousand office hOlders,
each with his circle Of friends and
relations of greater or less dame
ter; its protected industries; the 81.
gar planters of Louisiana; its beet
sugar raisers OF Kansas and Ne.
braska; ITS maple sugar boilers OF!
Vermont and New Hampshire; Its
copper monopolists Of Michigan
and O1i0; its favored sugar rein.
cries; its protected steel, a'.d iron,
and wool, and cotton, and shoddy,
and other favored manufacturers;
the laborers in these industries e.
Its half million pensioners all bar.
tering votes and power for share
in the crop of taxes, a7d all en-,
gage in a scramb like Oliver
Twist for 'more'-are all organized
upon a common greed and for a
common purpose Of plumber, and
have rendered the taxpayer, for
the time, poweriess to control,
If we cannot control this power.
full Government and force it to do
Justice to al alike now, how can
we hope to do so by adding to its
power over the citizen and his
business interests?
II. with its present amy Of only
10000 employees aided by the pc
htlcal classes, we are unable to
contro! the Government, upon
what principle of logic d. they
conclude that a constantly increas-
ing army Of more than 1000, 900
other employees added to Its exist
ing list will enable the people TO
better control it?
l have before me the report o.
the Interstate Commerce Commits
81 IL for 1891. In 1890 there were
10000 (uslng round nupber.)
employees OF railroads in the Uni.
ted Sta'es. There are now 1000.
600. There are employed from
$50 to 1867 employees per 100
miles Of road, according to bust.
ness done. There are 1853, 900 miles
of road already built,
If the Government owed them
it would be very certain to employ
the maximum number. This
would make nearly two million
employees of the roads now in ex-
istence, with q constantly swelling