The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-26
TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE.
Continued From 9TH Page


the fields OF pUesy to
find lines to emOalm him
in song Tor the roseate lines OF ltera-
ture could not add justice to his name
but I would point him az find him,
nothing ethereal, but u statesman, u
patriot and friend. Skilled in the
schools OF political philosophy, cor
Versant ana familiar with the great
problems Of state, u master Of history
snd state craft, he IL entitled the name
oi sage. he believes III the cOnstitu-
tional money OF the fathers and, while
he thinks tho tariff the greatest Of all
public questions, ue is not unmlndIul
OF the financial ia erest- OF the coun-
try u embraced ia tbe monetary
problem Of the government. He
has never opposed the proper
expansion OF tho currency
and has always opposed those meas.
uTos looking to its contraction; yet it
is weH known that no is uualterably
opposed to iatism in all forms, and
believes that every one dollar issued
by the government should be a. good
as any other ono dollar, and that all
should have equa!! purch asing power
What bstter IN jnsy do we want?
What better money can we have? We
want no fiat money; we want no mon
ey based upOn agricultural products;
we want no money based upon gold
and silver, the money OF Jefferson,
Jackson and Calhoun. When unhap-
by Ftancs was in the
throes OF dissolution, when she
was being shaken from center
to circumference by riot and revOlu-
tion, then it was that communism
called aloud for "a division OF property
that 1t was that anarchy destroyed
the law, then it was that socialism
ruled the destiny of France and listen
ing to the sirens song of the reformed
(?) she issued her money called as5ig.
mats and based it upon lands. Though
laws were passed to punish by con-
finement In chains, any per 7ou specu'
lating In the money or refusing to
take 1t for bread, it deprecated and
went down and down until today the
French assgnat stands as a
MONUMENT TO warn other
nations against the crimes and
followers of fiatism. No, we want
none of this, and while Mills IS in the
United States senate we know that
the constitution will be upheld and no
laws passed not warranted thereby.
No, we will have no government own
ership of railroads, communism will
not sweep the Union, socialism will
not crown Mr.. Bellamy king. | tell
you, fellow senators, there is no place
in free America for the chaotic cause
of the anarchist, for the cruel g reed of
the cOmmu les, nor the songs of the |
socialist When these gain power
here then blot out our statutes and our
constitution; burn up this
magnificent capitol, for we
will have no need of it. |
Let us preserve them, and to do |
this we must place none but true DEM
ocrats upon watch Such an one is
Roger @. Mills. From Dan to Der.
she ba he has been misrepresented and
maligned The enemies of Democracy
have camped upon the trail and their
poisonous shafts have been aimed at !
this devoted head. They have singled
him out above all others, for well
they knew he stood between the PEG.
pie and the wild families OF the day.
Wherever anarchy has built her forth
fications, wherever communism has
pitched her tents, wherever bla7ed
the camp fires of socialism,
the gallant Mills plan.
ted his batteries, aud |
In open field led the charge, scatter
ing and driving the enemies Of De-
mOcracy before him like autumn
leaves before the drifting winds of
winter. Let us honor ourselves and
honor Texas by giving him every
Democratic vote, that the world may
exclaim, "kepublics are not migrate
full" Then with triumphant tread
the re united Democracy will march
on to Washington, place the helm of
government in the hands of Grover
Cleveland and turn the rascals out
from president down to postmaster
of the lowest grade.
Senator GOss of Baylor seconded
the II animation in ten minutes
speech.
Senator Hutchison of Hays county
placed in nomination Hon. Thomas
l.. Nugent, late Populist candidate
for governor, in the following speech:
Mr.. President
have the honor to place in nom
nation before this honorable body |
Thos l.. Nugent, the nominee of the
Peoples party for United States sena-
tor from his state. \ man who rep
reJents the principles of over 1856 600 !
votes cast in the last election by the
Peoples party in the congressional dis.
triots in this state, and the returns |
show that this vote come from the /
rural districts comprising the great |
labor and producing classes. That I
class, sirs, which the legislatures for
the past thirty years have overlooked
and failed to protect aud encourage in |
their industries but have left them to |
take care of themselves.
And while they have cultivated and
titled the soil. aud ii has produced !
bountiful crops "a u reward for their
labor, aud which ha been added to !
the great wealth of the nation, the |
laborer by his skill and energy has
developed the varied industries of
this country.
Yet, sirs, while this class of which |
speak has been busily engaged in de-
veloping aud producing this great
wealth which surrounds us every
where, they nave been hedged in by |
Legislators in the pas that has caused |
them to pay tribute under the different !
NJ ne aWNa.