The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-19

w OTue uDW from lue IVY CiOhc
as the waters come down from
Ladore, with a mighty rush. The
soubriquet appears to be an apt one,
for, hear him, he destroys all ideas
and theories which happen to stand
in his dreaded path.
His admirers and brethren in dis
tress dwell upon his flow of
oratory-if it be possible to dwell
upon dying wind-with the eager
ness and naive en- oymant such as
a baby finds in gazing upward at a
soaring balloon.
"Jim's the right sort" He's a
good un," Thar amt no flies on
'lm," were some of the CALCULATIONS
he ard in the hall yesterday after
noon.
There were whoops, yells, cheers,
laughter and stamping through the
speech until Janitor John Fee, he.
low stairs, looked up uneasily as if
he thought the floor was coming
down.
Mr.. Davis was introduced little
after 2 o'clock, and his appearance
evoked all sorts of approving noises.
That audience, he claimed, was a
protest against the existing form of
government. They were the de-
scendants of those who made King
John sign Magma Charta. He
would use the Bible for preaching
and Thomas Jefferson for politics.
Jefferson would be a revelation to
the average democrat. Every plank
in the Peoples party came from
Jefferson, aud WAS true democracy.
They had to beat the crowd that
took its politics from Alexander
Hamilton. Here the orator gave a
facetlous description of those south
ern politicians who feared the force
bill, and the bloody shirt speak.
ers who are afraid of the
southern brigadiers. zach of the
old parties gained power alternately,
each abused the other, but both
agreed in all things seven mutual
hatred-and neither offered any
thing for the common relief. God
had given the earth and the fullness
thereof to man, and whoever abates
one ,ightful privilege of his fellow
man goes against Gods law and
every governmental law that oper
ates unevenly and confers special
privileges is tyranny, and should be
struck down. Except for the gen
eral good the government had 40
right to put its hand in business.
Assistance had been gwen to cor
porations and denied 10 man, who
was made in the image of his ma
ker. These artificial creations were
eating up the people.
The speaker favored the govern
ment ownership of railroads, and
said the equities SHOULD be pre-
served, that the government should
take up the franchise and operate
the roads in the interests of the
people. Well regulated govern
ments had owned and operated their
until steam came and
made some milliopaires and Others
subject to misery by the million
aires.
From the beginning governments
had controlled their currency. The
heathen's sun, gold and silver, their
nothing was money until
sealed with the fiat, stamped with
E tfigies. The fat made money
money and this money the govern
ment must control and not surren-
der it to individuals.
The government should control
it's land. There are 50, 900, 200, 900
worth of land mortgages in vaults
in London and in Eiinboro; tn ,se
ulcers drawing interest, paying no
tax, draining the life blood; these
should not be increased. Edmund
Randolph, George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson and all the pa
lriots instructed ENJOYS against
treaties giving aliens the right to
own land. Paying his respects to
allowing the national banks the
benefit Of the premium on bonds in
placing them against their issue, the
speaker was particularly facetious.
He has found Christian gentlemen
in bankers. There had been con.