The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-03-24


sought by the ablest, the bravest and
the best. To covet it is no disgrace;
to deserve it is the greatest honor.
Great care should be taken in bestow-
ing it at all times In the hour of the
greatest danger extra precaution
should be taken to see that it is not
given into unfriendly hands. We have
arrived at one of those periods now.
The Republican party at this hour
controls the machinery of the Federal
government 1t is taxing the many
for the benefit of the few; it is wiring
ing its eXactions from tie toiling
masses and placing them in the Golfers
of the rich. 1t needs not the cries of
the poor nor the murnurs of the OPP
pressed. but with an insatiate greed
and unslaked thirst it seeks with each
succeeding year to draw from clrcula-
ton the money of the country, the
food of the poor, the life blood of tie
nation. While committing all these
crimes and contemplating others it
threatens to deprive its victims of the
right of choosing their own represen.
tatlves unless they submit to the inter
ference of Federal officials and the re-
straint of Federal bayonets
In this hour of our great
peril Texas needs her ablest men
to lead; she has money
from whom to choose, she need make
no mistake. She needs man whose
courage has been tested; whose fidel-
ity has been shown; whose patriotism
cannot be doubted; whose abb ity is
uoquestioned; that man is Roger @
Nils. You ask for proof of his cour-
age, l point you to the blood stained
fields of Chicamauga, where so many
OF our bravest fell. You ask for proof
OF his fidelity, point you to twenty
years of faithful service in the halls of
congress; with special pride do point
you to his courageous denunciation of
the electoral commission, whose stu
pendous frauds and disgraceful ac-
tions stified the voices of American
| freemen and robbed a nation of its
chosen president He saw the danger
| signal and fearlessly pointed it out. He
advised, he pleaded, all in vain. They
would not heed him The result is
known. The nation bowed it's head
in shame. You ask for, proof Of his
ability as leader. point you to his
brilliant canvass in the north and
west, equalled by few and surpassed
by none To his skillful leadership in
the dem ocratic house, and to his clear
expositions of pure democracy, no fur
ther proof is needed. He now, like
plumed knight with lance at rest and
visor down, awaits the commands of
his state to lead the charge again. Let
the order be given, as surety it must,
and then, like brave Texans whom
he has so often led, let us with him
fall into line, and sweep from power
those who have so long withstood the
right and practiced wrong.
The speaker was roundly applaud
ed for his effort and warmly congratu-
lated when he concluded.
Again the presiding officer made the
announcement that the name of Roger
Q. Mills was before the Senate and
asked if there were any further nomi-
nations to be made.
When Senator Kearby arose some of
the spectators looked surprised, but
this was soon dissipated when he
made the announcement that he
did not rise to put any one in nominal
Senator but to offer few words in ex
PLANTATION. He then said
Mr.. President and Fellow Senators:
Since my earliest manhood it
has been my good fortune to
have had apersonal acouaint
ance with the Hon. Horace
Chiffon, man who is loved most by
those who know him BEST a gentle
man of unquestionable integrity and
recognized ability, a true and tried
patriot, a typical Texan, and the very
personification of Southern chivalry;
The peer, yea the compeer of any man
in this state. A man whose fealty to
his party, the great Democratic party,
has never been questioned; man who
has at all times stood ready and will
ing when the enemies of his party
have sought to make inroads upon her
fundamental principles to meet them,
and by his eloquence and logic to hurl
them into oblivion. But, sirs, he
recognizes in this unequal contest that
it is best for him and his friends for
him to withdraw his name, and in
doing SO l desire to say for him to
those who have felt it their duty to
oppose him that he bears them no
enmity or ill will, and to his friends
who have stood by him with a devo-
ton and fidelity that is seldom
equalleu, anu never eXcelled, that
there shall ever remain in his mag
unanimous heart the kindest remem.
brance, and his life in the future, as in
the past, is pledged anew to devotion
to his friends, his people and the
triumphant and successful establish
ment OF the principles of the grand
old Democratic party.
when Senator Kearby concluded
the clerk began the call of the roll.
Senators Atlee Burney. Clemens, Crane
and Potter voted for Roger @. Mills
without comment. When Senator
Cranford's name was reached he rose
and said:
"Mr. President in accordance with
the wishes of my constituents whom
we always acknowledge as sovereign l
vote for Roger @. Mills"