The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-05-19

tno people, u local governments Vi Their
own making.
He then turned his attention to the
stand taken by Governor Hogg in his
message and latter differences in re-
gard to county and municipal bonds,
and claimed that it was nothing more
or less than unwarranted interference
with the rights and privileges of the
people, the matter of local issuance be-
ing one that should be left solely with
the people.
Governor Hogg's whole career"
said the speaker, lis an
issue. The record of his
administration of the offices he has
held is very large and life-sized is
sue. He had hardly taken the oath
of office before he began to make is
sues-serious, strange and startling
issues. He seemed to forget that Texas
was in civilization aud part of it.
All his official acts indicate that he
seemed to think that she was some
isolated spot on earth, some such an
son Crusoe, but it is a mistaken idea, my
friends; Texas cannot DEFY the world.
She can no more do it than can
the little sGate of Rhode Island;
in fact, not near so well as
can that state, for Rhode Island is a
finished state, has reached the con-
dition of mature manhood while
Texas is still in her swaddling clothes
an infant. He has been constantly
and continuously attacking corpora
tons, capital and investments until
the world has completely lost conf
dence in Texas and her securities.
"Take his present campaign; it is
the same as it was two years ago
against corporations. l do not say
that corporations are the best means
for building up the state, neither are
we responsible for the present condi-
ton of civilization based upon corpor-
tons. Our forefathers are responsible
for it and now that the condition ex-
lists we must make the bert of it. We
can't do without them. The civiliza-
ton of the whole world rests on them
and every attack Texas makes on
them only drives them further away
from us. There is no danger of cor
porations ruling Texas and the cry
that there is is only bug-a-bo raised
by the administration to gain for Gov
ernor Hogg a second term. l am not
speaking in behalf of corporations but
for the good of Texas. We are ye' an
undeveloped state, not yet one eighth
finished with hardly fraction of
the manufacto and industries we
should have and tell you we need
and must have corporations and their
money. When have raised my voice
in warning against the danger of driv-
ing them from our midst, have been
met with the cry that am calami
ty howler.' My friends / would
rather be a calamity howler' than a
calamity maker.''
"There is another issue on which
have something to say. know it is
rather delicate question to discuss
but still 1 think the people
should hear from the candidate
on every issue that has been and will
be injected into this campaign. [ re-
fer to the execution of the laws.
heard this morning that some one in
tended to ask me this afternoon if
would enforce the Sunday laws i'll
elected to the office 1 seek. That is
an exceedingly foolish question.
What on earth has the governor of
Texas got to do with the enforcement
of the Sunday laws? If he marched
down your streets and saw saloon
open on Sunday he would be power
less to close it. The only thing he
could do would be to wait until Mon.
day morning and then make complaint
before the proper authority. | don't
want any governor to talk to me |
iy,r lu
because he don't and can't dossit-the
people do it, and In their own home
courts and before their own tribunals. |
When the people are patriotic and in
telligent the laws are executed with
out the aid of Governor Hogg or any
other governor, and when they are not
the laws are never executed.
~ am sick and tired of the cry of
one man power and of the governor
executing the laws. assert that his
duty is not to interfere with the local
in the execution of the
laws except in the case of some I'm
usual disorder or rioting, and then it
is his power and duty to call out the
When he said it was not the govern.
or's province to execute the laws--he
meant, he said, to emphasize the TACT
that it was the people who must exc
cute them. He had noticed that such
by governors had always
been productive of harm. Rely upon
yourselves, your moral training of
your children, and your duty as citi-
zens and not upon any governor.
He read from Gov. Hogg's Houston
speech where he was reported to have
said he did not attempt to interfere
with the enforcement Of the Sunday
law in Austin, but was after the gam
blers. Judge Clark read the approval
by Gov. Hogg of warrants for pay of
for such legal work in Aus
tin. [Applause A governors pard
oning power is his only one of inter
ference except in the case of
q mob. He must see that
among officers who
enforce the law are filled, but when
this is done then they and the people
must enforce the laws.
He characterized the governors
Wills Point speech the most
WONDERFUL DOCUMENT
of the age. 1t was an ingenious argu-
ment to deceive the people about the
true condition of Texas. After read