The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-12
HE EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY, AUGUST IL, 1893

demanding reforms IN our state gov
eminent. The people must study
to know their needs, ard knowing
must demand that they be met.
Slick lawyers, abetted by county
officials whom they aid by long
leases on the otliciel place, now Of.
ten manipulate juries by the right
of peremptory challenge without
cause stated as in the interest Of the
criminal only. Herein We must
have reform. The judicial crime,
under present conditions, is bedrag-
gled in political mire While
life tenure in Office is against
republican institutions, Judicial
terms should be long enough to make
a Judge independent of subsequent
defeat The present fee and cost
system in our courts is in many
cases little short of robbery. This
is especially the case in costs as
sessed on poor unfortuna,es in the
lower courts, and amounts often to
little less than official theft. Off
cial salaries should never be higher
in offices of honor than a comforta-
bic support of the incumbent, as the
Off GO should be held in answer TO
patriotism rather than for desire
of gain.
Our state and government elected
officers have too much patronage to
dispense by appointment. Every
Off GER possible should be- elected,
and those holding office by appoint
ment should be relieved of political
obligations to any man. Especially
is this the case with our educational
boards and officers managing vari.
Gus public institutions. 1t is sad
to ref ect how our deaf and dun b,
blind and insane have SO long been
virtually political merch andise,
elected Off Gals being almost com
PEELED often to change competent
and experienced men for totally in
experienced, and for no other cause
than to pay political debts.
There is no greater abuse in our
state than the law granting charter
rights to cities. From one-third to
, one half the time of each legislature is
generally consumed discussing new
or amended city charters in the in
terest mainly of speculation, and
, resulting always in additional tax
burdens. We should have a gener
al corporation law to cover this in
trinity. In fact, we assert that the
, time has been and is now in both
, state and nation to stop al
forms of class legislation. Farmers
and other producers of wealth
should be informed agains
q the general tendency to seel
class favors. We recommend tina
/. this State Grange, representing al
n it does the most conservative
/. thought and successful achievement
8 among Texas farmers, record itsel1
as unalterably opposed to all forms
? of class legislation, whether for ag
riculture, horticulture, labor or cap
, ital. Refusing such so-called ben
efts for ourselves, we may consist
!. emily and successfully demand thai
q they be not bestowed on othel
9 classes. We appeal to every farm
0 er, wage-worker, all classes, indie
pendent of party utilization, to joil
g us in demanding that the govern
q ment must in all respects be JUS
and equitab.y administered in thu
. interest of all classes
= This must come in orde
!. eventually to nullify the victor.
which the results of our late wa
!. have given to capital combinations
for another war is now on-a wa
I, between these combinations and tn
y people. We believe victory cal
be won over these powers, reaching
as they do, all the financial center
of the world, only Ky the peopl
y informing themselves in the sclenc
. of government through such fore
. BILE and practical education as i
= given in our noble and enduring
!, order-the Grange.
= Respectfully submitted,