The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-05-30
COUNTY CANDIDATES
Would.Be Legislators Speak
to the People.
Asssrs. King.bury Thomas and Mills
Heard at the city Hall Last Night.

dates to represent McLennan
county in the Twentyfourth legisla
ture would speak at the city hall
last night served to draw to the
Blue room a good sized crowd of
suffragans, who wanted to hear the
issues of the campaign discussed.
The audience was slow about
gathering, so that it was almost o
o'clock when Hon. w. ID. Lacy
stepped upon the platform and
introduced Hon. Il. M. Henderson,
candidate for state comptroller,
who, in very few words, announced
his candidacy and thanked the
voters in advance for any support
they might give him on Saturday.
Col. A. j. Baker, candidate for
commissioner of the land office, was
then introduced, and told who he
was and what he wanted.
Gustave Schleicher was presented
and told the audience that he wanted
the Office that Colonel Baker was
after.
All this occupied but few min.
utes, and each man made a good
impression by his brevity, if in no
other way.
Russell KiDgsbury then stepped
to the front, amid consid erable ap.
plause. He didn't waste any time
in preliminaries, but struck out at
once into the discussion of his sub.
iect. He said the country was full
of people who were making warfare
upon the Democratic party, and
while the discussion of national
affairs had nothing TO do with race
for the Legislature, still he wanted
to present some views to show the
fallacies of the arguments of
the enemies of the party,
and to show that this was no time
for Democracy's disintegration. He
denied that recent silver legislation
was the cause of the depression in
trade and the decrease in the price
of commodities, arguing that com
petition, overproduction and cheap.
ness of production due to improved
machinery had cheapened the vari-
GUS articles Northumberland,
wool, cotton, iron, etc. He con.
cluded his remarks upon national
questions with high encomiums upon
President Cleveland. Then he
turned to state matters, devoting
most of his time to an attack upon
the fee system in compromising the
services of county officers. In this
he followed the general plan out.
lined in his platform, printed by
THE NRws some weeks ago.
Cullen F. Thomas was the next
speaker, and he, too, received
warm welcome when he took the
rostrum. He said he wanted to go
to the legislature because he thought
he was competent to fulfill the duties
of the position. He said he was
and had always been Democrat,
and was willing at all times to de.
fend the principles he advocated.
He referred to the Hogg Clark
embroglio of two years ago, saying
he had supported Clark until he be.
lieved Hogg was made the standard.
bearer of true Democracy, when he
followed the latter. He, too,
favored the abolition of the fee sys.
tenn and the provision of salaries for
county officers in its stead, and de.
elared he would, if elected, labor to
that end. This fight upon the per-
quisite system was, he said, no new
thing with him; he had advocated it
through the columns of his paper
two years ago.
Hon. Seth p. Mills discussed the
present system Of taxation, and said
he was in favor of it's retention.
About 81, 800, 900 was raised annu-
ally by ad valorem taxation, and
about 81, 100000 by the occupation
taxes. He knew that many people
opposed the occupation tax, but he
thought it right and just, and had
always voted for it. He defended
The action of the last Legislature in
regard to the public schools, saying
t had been his duty and pleasure to
ook after that portion of the public
economy. 1t was very late when
Mr.. Mills began speaking, and he