The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-10-11

When Roger Q. Mills arose from Dis
seat on the speakers stand IN the
hall of representative last night ne
saw facing him multitude OF races
that bespoke in every line thereof
cordial welcome to the Capital CITY,
the queen city of this great state
whose interests are go zealously
guarded by this able statesman at the
seat of government. His coming had
been heralded, and not in vain, tor
the audience that throDged that
spacious hall to its capacity was q
sypical representation of the think"
ing. consistent and cultured people OF
Austin and Travis county. A large
number of ladies were seated in the
hall and added materially to the
prominence of the occasion.
Shortly before 8 o'clock the band
stationed in the gallery struck up a
lively air and the local entertaining
committee with Senator Mills and
Governor Lubbock at their head
marched down the isle to the speak
er,s desk. Those seated on the ros~
trum with the distinguished speakers
were ex. Gov. Frank Lubbock, Maj
George Zlmpelman and Major Buck
Walton. Governor Lubbock in neat
and appropriate speech introduced
che speaker as the great tariff REFORM
er Roger @. Mills. AS the gentleman
walked to the front OF the stage a
great storm of applause went thun-
dering forth from every section of the
mouse and echoed and re.echoed in
the dark halls of the upper floor and
7yhistled itself out OF hearing in the
dizzy heights of the dome Nor ala
the applause stop with the hrst out
burst. 1t was several minutes before
the crowd ceased their wild and en-
1husiastic welcome. Then, and not
till then, did the greatest statesman
of the times open his mouth 10 speak
words of wisdom and wholesome adj
vice. From the opening to the close
of his speech, which was hours ana
20 minutes long, this great statesman
1bundereG forth Democratic doctrines
and logical reasoning that carried
conviction home TO all who heard
him. The true Democrats who were
present were made firmer friends to a
noble cause, and the followers of other
faiths who were present threw down
the colors of their party and came
into the folds of Democracy upon
the strength of the profound
enunciations of this man who spake
as one who knew all that bore potent
ly upon the great issues OF the times.
Senator Mills prefaced his speech by
saying: 81 appear before you this
evening as an advocate of Democratic
principles, q supporter of the Demo-
cratic ticket nominated at the Dallas
convention and supporter OF the va
rious nominees in the various con.
gressional districts of this state, and
lastly but not least hearty support
or of Grover Cleveland's administra'
ton. 1t has been charged in this
state that the president has trampled |
upon the laws of the government and !
upon the constitution in the Illinois
matter. | deny the charge. What
arethe facts? They are these: Pull
nanreduced wages in his workshops |
in Chicago and his employees quit |
work. The railroad employees went
out on O strike out of sympathy. The
railroad companies determined to run
trains and other men were employed.
The old hands would not let them |
work, 1t was q case IN which mobs
defied civil powers and marshals
found it impossible to execute the de-
,crees of court. Cleveland ordered |
troops to Chicago to sustain the order
of the court. The governor of Illinois
eontended that the president should
wait until the Legislature asked his
interference, or if that body was not
in session, until the governor called
q, on him for assistance and invited him
10 interfere. / contend now and al
ways have that this was not case Of
domestic violence. 1t was a case of
defiance Of federal laws. And the
attorney general at Washington re-
plied we'll when he informed the gov
ernor of Illinois that the United
States government was at home in
every state in the Union.
What is the ruling OF the constitu.
'4ion? 1t gives authority to the fed
.eral government to establish pOstot-
ices and mail routes. The state has
no authority over the mails. The
state has authority, however, over