The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-10

place to place anu pay their own
travelling expenses, only receive
$500, aud see no good reason
why the county judges in many
counties should receive $4,000 or
$4,000. The average distrlc. 'dge
ia better lawyer than the aver.
age county Judge, aud onght to
command ana receive a correspond
ingly better salary
GLOW about the sheritfsf"
eff it were possible the sheritfs
ought to be salaried. But they
ought to be we'll paid In most of
the counties the sheriff who does his
duty, carries his life in his hand,
and so do his deputies; and he
ought to be in situation to pay his
deputies fair wages, so that he can
command the services of faithful,
fearless men, who stand well in the
various communities throughout the
county from which they are ap.
pointed"
Twill you advocate these
measures in the canvass?"
II Will. l have arrived at these
conclusions without consultation
with anybody. They will stand
ventilation. Now, as proof of
the expediency of this: The city
marshal's office ten years ago in
Waco, under the peTquislte system,
vas worth, SIS, 600; today the same
p ace is eagerly sought for and
fought for at each ensuing election
by many estmable gentlemen az a
salary of $1,000 per annum. If
elected | shall perfect my plan and
devote myself to ENGRAVING ii upon
the legislation of the state If the
people in this county are aroused on
this question, and am going to
wake them up, other counties will
instruct their representatives and |
will have plenty of assistance.
Agitation will accomplish a great
deal. When Captain Elgin and |
many years ago commenced attack
on the city perquisite system, most
people looked askance, and pre-
oicted failure. We did not become
disheartened, but pressed onward
and won glorious victory. We
explained matters to the voters, and
then they voted right. believe in
paying fair salaries, but do not
think the county and state ough. to
pay any more than other corpora.
tions for the same amount of work
and responsibility. The perquisite
system in criminal matters is ex.
tremely dangerous. If it remains
in vogue very long it results in a
condition of things which can be
said to exist in many counties in
Texas today, and that is that the
courts of the country are no longer
run to promote ths ends of Justice
and for the prevention of crime,
but as sausage mills for fattening
officers. This reform in the matter
of official salaries and the devotion
of the fifteen or twenty thousand
dollars saved by my plan to the i'm
proyement of county roads would in
few years give the whole county
splendid turnpikes, with no per.
ceptible or actual increase in taxa
ton"
Chow are you in the railway
commission"
"lf the supreme court of the
United States sustaiAs the decision
of Judge Mccormick, would
favor amendments making it effec
tive and operative. If the matter
stays in court two yesrs longer, and
there is no work for the com mis-
sioners, should favor the resp.
pointment of the present commits
sioners without pay"
elbow about the election of
United States senator"
'lf our county cd invention in
structs, will support the man they
instruct for Other \ Use | might
spend some of the time of a trusting
constituency casting my ballots
for l.. S. Ross, of Texas.
! promise another thing. If | am
nominated by the Democracy, the
Democratic committee will not have
to send broad for camp\ign orators
TO meet the enemies Of thu marty who