The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-07

sary expenses OIL government Wltnln
the constitutional limit of taxation
and secure just and proportionate
contribution TO the public revenues
from every taxpayer, a careful and
as far as possible uniform system of
rendition and assessment should be
inaugurated and enforced.
81 believe there may be reduo-
tions made in public expenditures
without injnriously affecting the ef-
ticacy of the public service, and
wherever this can be done | shall
advocate such a course
~ am friend of public educa.
ton and shall always encourage as
far as 1 can whether in public or
private life the maintenance of an
efficient system of free schools, the
securing of capable instructors and
also suitable protection of our psr-
manent school fund.
"I believe that important reform
atoms can be made in our penal
code and code of criminal proceed
ure and that many purely technical
defenses can be eliminated without
depriving any defendant of sub.
stantial and positive right. In the
administration of our criminal law
is to be found one of tee heaviest
burdens in the whole bud get, and
here is presented special field for
the pruning knife of economy.
"Onr prison system and the pro-
per disposition of convicts and suit.
able utilization of their labor with
out material competition with that
of free and honess industrial enter
prise woold receive my earnest con-
sideration and best endeavo rs should
| be selected as governor of the
state.
"a system of municipal govern
ment in towns and cities Of over
| 900 and less than 10, 600 popula-
ton can. in my opinion, be estab.
lished which wilt materially reduce
the burdens of taxation now imposed
and at the same time reasonably
provide for all the local and emerg-
ent demands. We are not without
pecedent in su,h matters in the
course pursued in some of the older
states This, in my opinion, is an
important question:, especially to
our urban people.
1.-The subject of public county
roads has awakened an extraordinary
interest within recent years and
risen to the dignity of great eco
nomic importance, challenging the
thoughtful attention of weil-in-
formed people throughout the union.
l believe that legislator who shall
ipaugurate and push to consumma-
tion proper plan for the better.
ment of our local highways will de
mand and receive the commentator
and gratitude of the people.
"This is crude sy llabus or rough
outline of some Of the main features
of the campaign l propose to make.
| have no time now TO elaborate, nor
to specify other subjects worthy of
notice.
81 shall not hesitate to avow my
position on federal questions and to
reaffirm the views have publicly
expressed and the votes l have cast
when in congressional service. My
convictions on these matters are
honest and will not be contradicted
nor varied for the sake of securing
the Office to which aspire But 1
shall make any discussion of federal
politics purely incidental because it
ia the state am now Offering to
serve
FINALLY, ] shall promise the PEG
pile, if chosen as their executive,
that the best eff >rts of which | am
capable, the SCUM lest statecraft
within my reach, shall be expended
in behalf of their we'll being and
prosperity, and devoted to the
peace and dignity of the state"