The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-27
thousands Of People Listen to His
Speech.
An Able and Mastery Effort BY
Our Warwick.
The Hogg Administration Filled
EulI of Holes.

WEATHERFORD, rep. A'.-ouuRe
Clark spoke here today to the largest
crowd ever seen IN Weatherford. The
crowd was full of enthusiasm and
frequently went wild with applause.
Judge Clark's speech was as follows:
FELLOW CITIzENs:-It is said that
after the charge at Balaklava, and
which resulted in the useless loss OF
many brave and valuable men, the
cry went up from the army as the
remnant retreated back to its lines,
somebody has blundered" And so,
when we look abroad at this fair land,
and recall the many wonderful advan.
tages vouchsafed to US by kind
Providence, and which ought to make
us the freest and happiest and most
prosperous people upon earth, and
realize the stagnation around us, the
prostration of trade, the loss of conf.
dence, the oppression of labor, the
destruction of investments, the arrest
of progress and the general devasta-
ton and ruin which rises up before
our vision, that same cry repeated by
the English soldiery, might well be
repeated now with reference to Texas,
for somebody has blundered,"
Texas, to-day, ought to stand among
the sisterhood of states the brightest
and most peerless star in the galaxy.
God has done for us more than we
could have asked He has given US
a land fruitful beyond computation,
an atmosphere more genial than any
enjoyed by the children of men,, and
a people who will compare most favor
ably with the best, the bravest and
the truest of which history gives &C
count. And yet, no thoughtful citi-
zen of the state, who respects his rep
utation for veraciiy, can say and say
truthtully, that Texas is prosperous
to-day. For some reason her devel.
opmeDt has been arrested, prosperity
has left her borders, stagnation and
blight have come upon her people,
her agriculture is depressed, her labor
fails to find remunerative employment,
her money is garnered in banks, her
people are distressed beyond meas
ure. And yet she is the banner
Democratic state of the union. 1t is
to be supposed that her government
and her laws are based upon Demo.
cratic principles, If these principles
and their application have produced
these results as legitimate consequen
ces, l do not hesitate to say for my.
self, that am ready to abandon any
party which advocates them, If a
strict adhearance to the teachings Of
Thomas Jefferson have resulted in
prostrating these people and bringing
them to their political and CONNER.
cial ruin, causing desolation to sill
upon their hearthstones and sadness
to rest in their hearts, these principles
have been erroneous and ought to be
abandoned by free people. But, if
on the contrary, this result has beer
attained by an evasion or pervers'
ion of those principles. we cannot sc
back too soon to their reassertion
and ought not to neglect or foregc
any effort until they are re-establisheC
as the land marks of our government
For one, do not hesitate to say, anc
| believe it with tervor equal tC
that of an enthusiast, that all the evil:
and all the ills under which our PEG
pie now suffer, come from departure
tlom the true principles of democratic
government as taught by the fathers
of the republic, and that we can trace
every well founded complaint uttered
by any man or by any class in on
midst, to a neglect, either from ignor
ance or design, of these principle
which must be the essential bases o
every well organized republic.
The trouble has been, fellow citi
zens, that in our mad rush for wealth
and for power and for Office, we have
not been careful to observe the true
land marks aud the true principles o
genuine liberty in our country. Too
frequently we have been disposed tc
sacrifice principle for expendiency, tC