The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-24

cause of experience in statecraft. ALWAYS
ltrue to the interestso fhis countrymen,
Iandb lessed with their inswerving affec-
ItiOn, the Hon. Richard Coke voluntarily
Isurrenders the responsibilities of the sena-
torship and at this supreme moment
Texas will best honor him by selecting
as his successor one of her strongest,
lpurest, bravest sons.
Recent events have magnfied the i'm
portance of the office which we are now
about to confer. Public distrust and
party dissatisfaction have permitted de-
feat to followt he stately steppings of
victory, and the peoples democracy tot
ters stunned by the blows of the enemies
of rec government.
The highest legislative body of the land,
imprengated with false ideas of dignity,
finds itself pOwerless to respond to the
demands of suffering public. Corporate
power tightens its grasp on material inter-
ests; financial panics spread ruin where
prosperity should reign; patriots cry aloud
| that these things should be no more; while
| listless representatives of sovereign states
| give courtesy precedence over the peo-
pies veal
confronting Americans are problems
of far-reaching Importance. Social un-
rest, political vacillations, constant out
groupings of the commune and the advo-
cacy of strange doctrines by thous-
ands of voters unquestionably in
dlcates that evils do exist in the
body polite
That they may be eradicated, we must
see to it that our representative in the
senate of the United States is i'll touch
with the great masses of the people, cog
nisant of the difficulties under which they
labor, and brave enough to adhere in
every emergency to the everlasting prin-
ciples of Democracy.
Measured by this standard the Hon.
Horace Chiffon stands the man pre-emin-
ent, and the whole heart of Texas Demo
cracy, undisturbed by strife, turns with
affection and declares him worthy of this
great trust.
| falter when called upon to portray
his character. The rugged honesty of Il
worthy farther, the gentleness of Il loving
mother in him are so combined that he,
forsooth, might be a type for human
kind. Born in the Lone Star State i'm
bued with the highest impulses of her peo-
pie, in the full zenith of his splendid pow
ers, the personification of Southern
chivalry. how could he be else than loyal!
Versed in literature and law, grounded
in the aXioms of Democratic ancestry,
strong in the ranks of his party when the
fight presses hardest, how could he be else
than able?
AS the representative of the sovereign
people of Texas, he will protect thier ma
terial interests; as asturdy son oil the
South he will cherish her sacred memories,
and proclaim the virtues of those who FOL
lowed the immortal Lee until the echoes
of the last charge rolled up the valley
of the Potomac;' as a member III the
senate of the United States he, will be
broad and liberal enough to rise above the
prejudices of little minds, and give 10 pun
lie questions that patient and patriotic
consideration which characteriZeS the
highest type of American statesmen.
Mr.. Speaker and gentlemen of he House,
I nominate the Hon. Horace Chllton, lor
the United States senatorship.
From the paths of private life call nm TO
the greatest legislative bodies we com
mission him. May all his ends be for GOD,
for country and truth.
Immediately upon the conclusion OIL
Representative Dashiells speech, Repre-
sentative Rhodes of Van Zandt arose
and presented the name of the Hon.
Thos. l.. Nugent, speaking as follows.
Mr. Sneaker and Gentlemen OF the
Twenty fourth Legislature Of the State
of Texas: -,,
II is with a great deal of pleasure
that rise to place in nomination can
didate tor lthe United States senate
whom believe to be worthy OF the hlgh,
est offie within the gift of this house ana
who is the peer of any man IN our be-
loved state. He is man whose name
has become a household WORD IN thls
state and a man who has risen ABOVE
the conditions which environ ms hle.
His life is as pure as the driven snow
in whom even his political enemies re-
nose the utmost confidence-one of Gods
noblemen whose life work has been to
raise the fallen, to take the yoke from
the neck of the oppressed, to extend
helping hand to the downtrodden, to en-
courage those without faith and to hght
the battles of the disinterested millions
of the earth.
No Injustice has ever shown its hydra
bead. no poyerty has ever been too sod
don. that this man of love, peace, pat
riotism and craftsmanship has not raised
h;s voice TO protect. He has never asked
the question, whether his course was
nopular or not, but like the brave and
Courageous man that he is he has taken
IN the cause of the victims OF ln1usuce
and carried the fight into the camp OF
those who oppose the brotherhood Oh the
For four years he has been the leader
of the minority, and when deteat stare9
him in the face he has bravery Dreasteu
the storm of the majority and fought tor
what he believed to be right. IN tnls
state he has been the Moses OF tnose
who cherish the better hope, and from
the field and work shop has come forth
leo. 900 brave spirits who cast their
votes n for him, believing in his honesty y
and integrity as statesman. patriot
and a philosopher. While ! know that
he is in the minority in this house, and
that political prejudice and party slavery