Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-16
All! There, NUGEDT
You Were the Friend of Cor
porale Power,
HELPED RlvET The CHAINS
That tnslave Farmers and Work.
ingmen Now
coDDLED ALL MONoPoLltS,
sAld the state Couidnt Fix Hates.
Voted for Weaver. the Mniisncr OF
the oia confedern,e., for rresi-
dent. Emf ncmo,ratic pap 'Tln 1855
and FALLING To &c, More Turned POP

Caldwell. TEX, oct. iB.-Thc Hon.
Charles A. Culberson spoke here to-
day TO large audience,
Many ladies We're present.
lle created u cyclone OF excltmrnt
when he alluded to some Of Judge Nu-
gents recent charges When he show
ed up the Judges record as monopoly
defender and farmers enemy IN the
constitutional convention, the people
went wild. lie said In part
The daily press Informs us that IN
his speeches Judge Nugent appears
concerned because IN the canvass 1
stare the time honorcd Democratic poii-
oy Of the continued use and coinage OF
silver as standard money, and while
the party platform is silent upon them,
adhere to my personal Views OF the
ratio OF coinage and the volume of
silver we can use. He il also apparent
~ dissatisfied with my position upon
the labor question, which he Is re-
ported TO have criticized sharply. and
II confused that he and his fellows are
unable TO torture our platform into a
declaration Of hostility to labor organiza-
tionH. These speeches and personal
criticisms as reported Invite a review
OF hts remarkably slnuous political
career and the vislonary and contra
dictory policies OF the various organlzn-
tions TO which he has attached himself
from time to timc or at whose hands
h. ,fl IA t.nIitlaul M
ferment. so far AS Is known. his first
Important office in this state was as u
| member or the constitutional eonyen-
ton Of 1915. As d member of this
convention he did not avow great
friendship tor agriculture and labor
ana did not inVeigh against corporate
oppression ana exaotlons ua now. He
opposed most OF the measures advo-
Gated by tho agricultural element In
the convention, than known as the
grange, and In that opposition voted
against the establishment Of a bureau
OF agricultural and Industrial statls-
ties for the purpose OF gathering use
ful Information pertaining thereto. He
opposed an income tax and the axemp-
tion OF persons engaged In agricultural
aud mechanical pursuits from tho pay
ment Of occupation taxes by voting
against the proposed measure that the
legislature shah have power 10 Inn
pose ad valorem and poll taxes and
also occupation or Income taxes except
on agricultural or mechanical pur-
suits"
During the session Of the convention
persistent and wen directed efforts were
made to declare that "the right to
authorize and regulate freight, tolls,
Wharfage or fares levied ana collected
or proposed TO be levied ana collected
by individuals, companies or corpora
tons for the use OF highways landings.
wharyes, bridges ana ferries devoted
to public use has never been and
shall never be rellnqulahed or nban-
doned by the state, but shall always
be under Legislative control and de-
pend upon legislative authority" and
10 make suitable provision for the
enforcement OF the principle. Judge
Nneent signed and supported mi
norlty report on this subject. which
redounded to the porpotuation OF well
known existing wharf and other mo-
nopolies. In which he made the stock
argument Of corporate monopoly that
the effect or the law as 10 existing
charters would be to deprive the In
corporators OF their property without
due process OF law and because the
state has no right TO regulate the
charges OF incorporated companies un-
lthH ItstINtu NJ lHt cINlirIH AIltF
service In the constitutional convention
he seems to have been content to hold
the office of district Judge for many
years AT the hands OF Democrats and
to b. satisfied with Democratic policies
until his unsuccessful candidacy for
higher judicial station In 1888, ac-
ccrdingly, he became the candidate OF
the non-partiBan party for associate
Justice Of the supreme court with Re
publican associates on the ticket, among
them William Chambers for attorney
general and W II. Hurkhnrt for Judge
OF the court of appeals,
The platform Of this party demanded
government ownership Of railroads. the
issue OF all money By the government
diroct 10 the people ana the Immediate
payment or the public debt IN fiat
money. on July 8, 1855 the uaiSn-
Labor party endorsed ,he platform
and nominees OF the non-par'is rvs. The
platform OF The unlon-t.hb u party fJ-
vorcd the issue OF nonsy iirses 10 thu
people, government ownership OF rail-
roads. nat money and woniaia su;-