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

archists, thieves, murderers or paupers.
Again, L want our naturalization laws
made more stringent and better en-
forced. | want no man TO assume the
responsibilities of citizenship until he
has acquired some knowledge of our
customs and bis obligations. The
indiscriminate manufacture of citizens
by law, while they are yet totally ig-
norant of the simplest forms of our
laws and have not the remotest idea
OF the responsibilities that attaches to
every intelligent citizen of a republic,
threatens this country today with
danger whose magnitude is absolutely
alarming. We must gard we'll our
ballot box, for in it the people have a
safe resort to purge the body, polite,
OF every i'll.
~ opposed the action of the Texas
Legislature on tho silver resolution be-
cause thought it was out of place
there. If | go to congress, however,
| will vote like Mills on silver and
Mills vote saved the silver bill from
defeat the other day. l favor the
free coinage Of silver, not that | be-
lieve it would benefit the country
much but because believe in bime-
talism as sanctioned by Democratic
precedent. We must have an honest
dollar however, just as good as gold.
There is great mis- take in the theory
that the free coinage of silver will
make money plentiful. 1t would not
increase the per capita circulation
more than rs cents. The fellows
who would receive the most benefit
are the silver mine owners who would
take their bullion to the mint have it
coined and put it down in their pock-
cts. OF course some of it would get
out into circulation but the benefits
would be imperceptible.
"Tho tariff robbery is the evil l
will give most attention believing like
} Mills that it is tho great question Of
the hour. If you had silver dollars
r showered upon you by the bushel
they would through the Ubiquitous
tariff tax soon be il the hands of a
few of the tariff benefciaries. l
never could believe in the doctrine
that when l pay $l2 for a coat ought
l to, and but for the tariff robbie
ry would get for SIS and that
the 81 extra comes back to me in a
, mysterious way and makes me pros
| porous. l had rather kee1 the 81 in
my pocket. | know l have it then,
but when | pay it TO the merchant for
a the coat l never could see how got
, it back. never could believe in pay
r ing out my money and depend on it
s going up into New Hampshire, Massa-
. chusetts and back through New York
5 and then come peroolating down
through Arkapsaw and Texas and get
f back to me. Iwant to keep it in my
{ pocket. propose to fight the pro-
} tective theory. 1t is the bane of this
: country in its effects and glaringly
Q undemocratic in priciple. | will not
expect to do so well al Mills in the
h battle against this king of all evils, for
n he has had twenty years of experience
ahead of me. but will fight it on the
t same line and with all the power i
y have"
r Judge Gerald then said he would
< not return to this county unless he
= had an opponent here, and would
t instead put in his time
= in the other counties composing the
3 district, leaving his canvass here with
: his friends.
= At the conclusion of the speech
r Judge Leasing offered the following
K which was adopted:
t "Be it resolved by this meeting o.
o Democrats of McLennan county, tina,
9 we heartily endorse the Hon. G. B
r Gerald as candidate for congress of thu
9 Ninth congressional district of Texas
d and we pledge him our hearty supper
o In his canrass, and agree to do all il
t our power to make him the successo
:. of the great tribune, Roger Q, Mills
a and we believe that he will come
nearer than any other Democrat il
6 this district toward filing the shoes o
@ Roger Q, Mills"
l. Judge ID. ii. Hardy and Gen. T. A
= Blair, candidates for county attorney
8 made spec shes IN their own behal
Q after which the meeting adjourned.