San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-22
RESOLUTIONS.

and the following resolutions were
passed:
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, In the pending tariff bill
now before Congress, in which wool is the
only so-called raw material remaining on
the free list, and which is receiving the
support of our senators, and
Whereas, Our representatives in the
House. from the wool districts OF Texas,
have persistently advocated and voted for
free wool against the interest and pro-
test OF their constituents and at the same
time cOnsenting to and supporting prOtec-
ton for the industries Of other sections of
our country, and
Whereas, The wool growers of West
Texas and the interests dependent upon
them are threatened with Immediate de-
structiOn as is evidenced by the depre-
ciated value OF sheep and wool, and
whereas, Knowing, as we do, that
free wool means the total destruction of
the wool business and the financial ruin
Of thousands OF wool growers, therefore
be 1t
Resolved, first, That we, the business
men, wool growers and citizens of West
Texas in mass meeting assembled, ignor-
ing party lines, solemnly protest against
the action of our senators and representa-
tives in their unjust and unpatriotic dis
elimination against the interest of their
district, and be it further
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves
not to give our support to any candidate
for Congress from our district who will
not pledge himself to work and vote for
an adequate duty on wool so long as the
industries Of other sections are receiving
the benefit of protective tariff, and be it
further
Resolved, That copy of these resolu-
tiens be wired to our senators and repre-
sentativeS in Congress, and that the in
terest OF our district demands that they
cast their vote for the Sherman amend
ment of 40 per cent. ad valorem duty on
wool, and that a copy of these resolutions
also be wired to the San Antonio Express,
the only daily paper of Texas that holds
the interest OF our people above political
Mr.. Houston read these resolutions
while here about two months ago and in
his speech said: 81 have seen resolutions
passed by your citizens and | don't care
those signerS are Democrats, Re-
publicans or Populists. l endorse
every word of them-they express my SEN
timents to word"
The above is a digest of the points
touched, and if Mr.. A. w. Houston is
leader among Democrats, the San Angelo
Enterprise cannot follow. Mr. Houston
advocated in his last speech the idea that
we SIdllu anu Ue against
and vote for a continuance of the same,
which two months ago he said was an
outrage when he was here assailing Hon.
L. NJ. Paschal, who was standing in the
solid phaIanx" at Washington. The
Enterprise is an advocate Of free trade,
a tariff for revenue only, and stands
square on the platform, but il does not
inuorse free wool and protected wooden
free iron and protected
iron factories, free hides and protected
leather goods, not bit of it. We want
a general free trade or a general and
elual reduction and when the country in
which we are directly interested is put on
the slaughter block and its every interest
sacrificed in order to carry a make-sh
measure we are opposed to 1t. The idea
advanced by Mr.. Houston that we
should let our own state, our own in
duStries, -our own section of country,
our homes and business go to the dim
milton bOw-wows and take up the banner
and fight for the interest of some foreign
state, section neighborhOod or men is rot,
stupidity and nonsense. That General
Lee would have had men shot for desert
ing the ranks and diSObeying orders when
facing the enemy" is a military law the
world Over-but we beg to remind him
that he has not the Twelfth congressional
district under martial law, and that his
power or the power of lash DlyerS cease
at the dead line before reaching the shoot
ing distance"