The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-26

wall Jackson, he has maue
a more lasting impression on the peo-
pie of this state than any MAJ OF MS
time And, as a leader, his name mas
ever been to US tailsman OF unlalllhg
victory. And blast from his bugle
will call to instant action, the sturdy
young manhood of Texas, from the
marts of trade from the shop, from the
forest, from the farm and from the dis
tant ranch. His name, too great 20 be
confined by the boundaries of our own
state, has been called by the tongue
CT fame to every corner of the earth
where sentiment of freenOm and JUS
tice abide in the hearts OF men.
The love for the people of Texas for
this man has been and is unstinted
and beyond expression, and today,
passing by every other loved and
noble son, the whole heart of Texas
Democracy, unbroken by faction, I'M
disturbed by strife, turns with attec'
tiOn to him and declares him worthy
OF the high Office named.
Therefore, Mr.. Speaker and gentle
men of the house, in accordance with
the promptings of my heart, and in
obedience to the commands of the
whole Democracy, nominate this
peerless son of Texas, Roger @ Mills,
to succeed himself in the senate of the
United States as the representative
in that august body of the proudes5
and grandest state in the American
union.
The nomination of Col. Mills was
IAA f,,f h. al u
by Hon &. p. Finley of Galveston.
Hon. B. A. Calhoun of Nacogdaches,
representatives elect of the Third
party, earnestly and eloquently Sec
onded the nomination of Hon. L. H..
Nugent who was the nominee of the
Third party for governor of the state
at the last election.
The nomination of Col. Mills was
further seconded in glowing words by
Beall of Ellis who spoke as follows:
Mr.. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House:
AS an admirer and supporter of the
Hon. r. @. Mills by inclination and
not by necessity, in obedience to my
own desire ana not at the suggestion
of any faction, in the name of the
Democracy Of Texas and not in the
interest OF any portion thereof, de
sire to add my tribute in seconding
his nomination. The story of his life
has already been told. You have seen
him, as a young man, leave
his home in that state whose
history has been so fraught
with the name and tame of her illus
trious sons and turn his face to this
splendid empire state of the South.
You have ridden with him upon the
field amid the frightful scenes of
carnage that tinged the waters of
every purling stream of our South
land with the blood of Earth's
bravest and made every sun kissed
mountain top the charnel house
of Southern chivalry. You have
seen him there wearing
with knightly grace the noblest crown
that ever decked the brow of mortal
man, the chaplet of glory that wreaths
the name of every worthy soldier of
the Southern Confederacy. You ha We
stood with him in the supremest hour
Of HE life. 1t was time when the
cheeks of brave men blanched with
fear, when the mothers song was
stilled and the infant prattle was
hushed into silence by the grim spectre
that stalks through our land. 1t was
the time when the protection of law
was OverGhrOwn, when the God-given
right of self-government was denied;
when the constitutional safeguards
were trampled under unhalIowed feet,
then this knightly man entered the
arena and with impetuous zeal helped
TO drive the hireling hords from power.
In the hall of national legislature you
have heard his footballs keeping time
to the onward march of the people of
his state. You have seen him as a
trained gladiator stripped for the
fight. oftimes deserted by his party
adherents, struggling solitary and
alone for the triumph OF some cher.
ished principle, or for the deeat of
some Invasion OF the peoples right.
Time has always witnessed the tri-
umph of his policy or the vindication
of his contention. In all the
splendid encomiumns of the gen.
tlemen who have preceded me, you
have heard but fitting tribntes paid
to the soldier who has loved country
more than life, to the partisan who
has loved party more than self, to the
statesman who has loved principle
better than party, to this splendid
type of American citizenship, who
has labOred for his country with more
than NapOleonic courage and to
whom the murky shadows of a water.
loo must ever remain unknown. In
his life we find the cOmpletest vindi-
cation of American idea and Ameri-
can institution AS we read the story
of fis lite, as young man with only
the royal blood of honesty in his
veins, with only the nobility that
goes hand in hand with integrity and
courage and lofty aspirations, and
how then panoplied and equipped
he has risen step by step to the high
est position conferred by state, we
realize that Only under such a gov
eminent as ours and IN such a land
as ours, could such a thing be pos
sible. He is man who has never
quailed before the fTown of foe; man
VINO has never betrayed friend. He
is a man who has for the moment felt
the humiliation of defeat, and he is a
man who in victory as well as defeat
has stood without a stain on his fair
name.
1t is chiefly upon his achieve
ments in the lower house Of