The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-06

Governor Roberts paid his respects
to the Populists AZ follows:
Shall the Popullst party be al
Owed to supplant the Democrat
party in the admiuistrstion Of the
srate government? The public
grievances complained of by that
party have originated in part by the
favoritism in the class Legislation
Of congress; in part by the progress
Of civilization in rapidly increas-
ing population, 81 1t is affected by
the invention and use of labor
saving machinery during the
last half century, and III part
by the consequent accumula-
ton of capita. in the hands of the
few and the deprivation of constant
remunerative employment of the
many. Democrats concur generally
with them as to the grievances COM
planned of, bat not az to the rene
dies for relief Of them In their rem
edies they out Republican Republi
cans in the centfalism of the gov.
ernment, in the creation of IN enor.
nous debt, in high taxation, in the
multiplicity Of sal Aried officers, and
in the extravagaut expense OF tie
governmental the increased OPP.
portunity for fraud and corruption,
and in promise of bent it's to the
mass Of people that will result in
their injury.
A thorough examination of the
Ooala and Omaha platforms will
exh bit al this to we'll informed
American statesman, and which
should be easily understood by any
intelligent citz n who will take the
pains TO inform himself of the nee
essary results of their provisions if
they were carried out. Their rene
dies pertain to the action of the
general government and not to the
action of the state gov rnment.
Many farmers IN Texas have gone
ia}o that party. II is a new and
stral g position politically for them
to be fouud in. They have been
drawn into 1t through the secret So
ceties of the alliance. There is a
fascination in secret societies. They
orm an equal brotherhood, respon-
slve to the yearnings Of mans so
clal nature. Political secret societies
are and ALWAYS have been danger.
GUS They cultivate antagonlsm
against every other class of persons
but their own. They shut off the
light of free discussion, all citing
all other public interests except
their own. They become enthusi-
as sic in some narrow ideas of pub
lie good to the exclusion of the
broad views necessary to embrace
all of the diversified objects of good
government. They lead to social
ism and may end in anarchy or hos.
tile revelation.
The ex-governor closed his very
able address with an earnest plea
for Democratic unity in the state.
He said:
"Patriotism and the preservation
of the principles of Democracy in
the perpetuation of good govern
ment demand that good Democrats,
one ard all, shall see to it that the
banner of Democracy that has so
long tloated over Texas shall not be
tra,led in the dust by dissensions
among ourselves The ball that
may roll all over the state may be
put in motion right here as well as
anywhere else, All great move
ments for reform must start with
the people. Texas has good con.
stitution. The aim of Texas Dem.
ocrats should be to maintain under F;
1t an eff .ieut government, econom-
lcally administered. Whatever
questions mag arise under it eau be
settled by themselves. 9 lestions
to the federal government,
such as the currency and the tariff,
must be settled in congress and not
by our state government. They are
measures upon which we should
act be uivldsd in Texas in the
election of our officers to manage
our state government.
Our clubs, formed for the re.or.