Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-13
M KILeoRE'S SPEECH.
-. ms CAMPAIGN AT CAM
TON.


al Dispatc". -
IN Point, Tex. June l2.--Hon. c.
49, addressed large and re-
!. ~ audience OF voters and citi-
Canton yesterday on the issues
aav and In BEHALF of his can
~ for congress. He spoke about
so.rs and his remarks were well
- and heartily applauded. 1t
ms opening gun in his campaign
!. oneress. and II his reception at
noints in the district Will be as
.,tny AS at Canton his nomination
a assured fact.
!, aid that ne was at home by rea-
Of the sickness OF his wife. and
"A suend a Few days In the canvass
return to Washington in time
ne contest in the house over the
,sures OF Importance now In the
I'll az. He said that he had served thu
M from road overseer 10 congress
had been seven cars In that body.
4 no one had said that he was not
Id. efficient and courageous in his
II that he had successfully resisted
defeated u great deal of vicious
4 ssaton; that his familiarity with
! situation and the rules OF the house
"a him many advantages over otherv
Xlanaid less attention to such matters,
said that he was friend of the ad-
arstration and It's supporter in ey-
y Isthlng except some features of III
I IMucial policy. The speaker did not
1ilye the president was hostile to
XNg, as many commended. but he
dlsagree with his party in the West
I n South as to the best method OF
lAlevlng the equal use of the two
sails The speaker did not think
r. d.sagreement sufficient to warrant
iscrinlnate attacks ON Democratic
,ssilent by Democrats. He said silver
K a part OF the money of every coun-
under the sun, civilized or savage,
il has ever been, and can not be
ipsed Of In the business of the world,
n free coinage at the ratio OF l6 to
would come In good time.
The speaker here discussed at some
sgth his own recor1, and among other
XAngs his persistent fight against all
gRate legislation, the purpose Of
dleh was to loot the treasury, make
iepers Of the citizens and undermine
ai destroy the Limitation watch the
.ItuAuAs1il lllAIpHNh hINll NPlAE ANeas AAN
altd attention to his fight against
Measures intended 10 appropriate
oney for the erection of monuments
4 over the country, and showed where
had defeated many sucn bills. and
y had made the same fight on meas
has to dispense charity by the govern
nmt and had prev 1nted the passage OF
Ed such since he began the fight. He
BAD resisted the policy Of making large
APPROPRIATIONS from the federal treas
py for the District of Columbia, and
tld been one of the few who opposed
ne appropriation for the Worlds Fair
sni that In that fight two and one-hali
millions of dollars were saved to the
reople. The speaker referred to hi.
.Ifght for the seigniorage bill while
before the house, and to his defeat Of
he Torrey bankruptcy bill In the FIJI
b-second congress by the use of par
aamentary obstruction, to his discus
cuselon of the bill in the present con
ress and its final defeat-to hi
amendment to the rules giving silve
kgislatlon the right Of way in the hous
TO the fact that he inaugurated III
Movement which res allied In the resur
rction Of the law of 1856, relating t.
= Socking the pay OF members absen
from the house without proper ex
tnse.
4 He hit the Populists few hard lick
and showed that II they got In powe
j and redeemed their pledges the gov
d Eminent would be overthrow, He con
4 tended that the house of representa-
4 lives. which represented the Democracy
4 had redeemed many Of the pledges
Il The people, and while II had failed 1
some Instances IL had gono furthe
than the platform In others II ma
4 passed an income tax bill the object c
( which was to apportion the burdens
the government SO as to reach an aik
4 fccording to their ability 70 bear then
Mr. Kilgore gave the public 10 W
4 derstGnd that he was in IT, Ittl
tit and that the man who beat MI
would not have to tell his wife that Il
was running. .,
He had employed a clerk under u
lava man clerk. Senators had pee
. Allowed clerks for many years an
. no one ha ever complained. The Ger
. was In the interest u the speaker
constituents, asd he explained th9t
had lot Of plumber, seeds and doc'
ments TO distribute and he could ~
% the work and attend 70 MS uuti'
As member. The clerk for senat'
cost $1,000 year, and members cieri
nol over 5000 year
The speaker concluded MS renlaI
BY asking the support OF ms ttlen'
IN this campaign as he had ai"a'
before received II.