The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-23
JUDGE JEROME KEARBY.
HE SPOKE TO FIVE HUNDRED
PEOPLE IN CONVENTION HALL
LAST EVENING.
HOGG and CULBERS0N severely
Denounced and the Railroad Commission
Declared to Be an Infamous Fraud.
The Chicago Gang Stole the Pop
ulist Platform.
WEDNESDAYS HAPPENINGS.

L
Rev. Reddin Andrews, Populst candi
date for congress in this district, address
ed about 300 men at convention hall last
afternoon, large number of them being
from the country.
He was introduced by Attorney Geo
Walton, .Ir., who announced that he mad
quit the Democratic party.
Rev. Andrews is deficient in those quail
tiles that make political speaker sue
cess before an intelligent audience.
He is woefully lacking in knowledge
of the politics of the country, its laws
and its constitution. He is discreet
enough, however, to say but little about
either, except to mercilessly condemn
without rhyme or reason. He presented
no argument last afternoon, and but poor
". very poorly, indeed, rung the changes
on the calamity cry.
If is not at all surprising that Rev.
Andrews DOTTED the clerical robes for the
hnblim, nts of the hastings. The hust-
ing is not so eXacting as the pulpit.
He started out by saying that he had II
well grounded hope of being elected. 10
said Democrats had no knowledge OF the
sprcud of Populsm over the country, as
thny read only the Galveston News and
other papers with their press dispatches
doctorcd to deceive and TO suit them. REQ
ple who read them really don't know what
is going on in the country.
He claimed to be Il jefferson Democrat,
AS jefferson believed in silver, gold ana
pnpcr money. He believed III govern
mcnt for the people, by the people, even
if he was Il little Frenchy."
He said: ANY man claiming to- De
.Jeffersonian Democrat who believes III ma
tional banks is hypocrite. l hOh0r an
honest Democrat, but don kho"
where to find one. l.,
said it had absorbed the Popul list platform
and now wanted Il fusion, but he was
''agin" il and wanted none OF IT.
He charged that the hard times were
dun TO vicious laws that made the rlch
grow richer and the poor grow poorer,
and he predicted that the insurance com
NAMES would soon own the government
and the people. u
Rrnr Andrews has more fear of them
than he has of all the other corporations
combined. ,,,;., 80
He advocated government ownership Oh
railroads. and the Omaha platform from
beginning 10 en-" Ma r;ch man could defy
ny ,nI onnmit acts without moles-
the laws ana coi'',,,i. "v .nuIJ he arrested
latloh ,iiat poor i,,'m nn TV nnnished
for ana lhiprlSoileu "iI ii,.n r.ndictiop
lie wound UP WIN .'e W. o,, - tho ms
that If there was cna" ~ I i"nd would
and put IN the i2PpltS ,mI sm n thinrs
His specch was disappointment, ana
some of his brethren said so.
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JUDGE. NhAi' i,,.o Judre
At night, AT ile sui nmn p i'"",lr ,m"nr
Kcarby spoke To apou, oo' p'op'''
whom were some l'u'cS' Notwithstanding
He spoke earnes.E, no ;I ,,.nS Giving
II sore throat, Which ne H. Sn'' , W." was
him much trounle' anu m's ''''''
very me cnXpi. . I J" i,onryc Wal
Nag, '" ~ ~ Ruthorford and Others oc-
lohi r. n", , saats on thc stand.
cup'eo llo,l ','i lis foith in the correct
ne nil i .,','nIrnsS If the Populist ar
ness an" f SGt' omI nrtnr proceeding Il
tlGlgS VI lI,a .4 ,;n "''' turnnd Ills attention
VINE oh .i'"t an" u,hich .ccrntly assem-
IIod in Chicago, saving that he had been
fro"uantlv asked what better he wanted
thon thr rlntform adopted 1t Chicago.
~ !. declared for nearly everything
that the Populists demanded. and why