El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-10
N. D
President of the Cattle Raisers' Association.
A BUSINESS MANS TICKET.
Chairman Green Says There is Ripen
ing Sentiment for Over Throwing
the Machine.

"When do you expect to call your
state executive committee together?'
a Dallas News reporter inqui' ed OF
State Chairman Green, who promptly
replied.
There would seem to be no imme-
diate necessity for such action. The
democratic party, or. perhaps L had
| better say that portion of it which
claims apostolic succession is dis
ciplining it's forces, and should be given
me to perfO' m that very ticklish
work. We republicans need short
rest: the democrats ne ed a scrap among
themselves; the powers that be can
not we'll go before the public without
it,"
will your party put out straight
ticket this year,"
"Upon that subject l have not con-
suited with the state executive COM
mittee, but it appears to me that while
not losing sight of national politics, we
might we'll put our own household in
order during an off year. Texas for
years has suffered from unwholesome
leadership, and it would seem that the
state might be well served by bust
ness movement that would unite the
best citizens in sweeping from this
state all the old infected partisan poll
Jicsl rubbish, and from it's statute
books obnoxious laws thst have stop
ped the wheels of progress and diverted
capital from our midst. We want home
rule in Texas, but not of the kind we
have been having. We want to get rid
of home rule that mu,tiplies taxes,
increases the number of offices and
dissipates responsibility; home rule
that discOurages progress and en-
courages poverty; home rule that,
while protesting to deal out even
handed Justice, has given the landlord
a power over the tenant that is accord
ed by no European monarchy. We
need q state government that will re-
peat all vicious legislation and en-
courage capi-homes. With inviting
law, all of our area.of 600 miles of sea-
r6ast, 3 genial climate and willing soil,
should excel all other states or ter
ritories in the rspidity and extent of
it's development. Outside of Texas,
Arkansas and part of Louisiana, no
cheap good farm land is to be found
anywhere in the United States, while
the younger sons of farmers in the
older states are everywhere on the
lookout for cheap homes. With invit-
log laws, all of our ariable land would
be speedily taken up. and Dallas
bristle with the smokestacks of fac
tories. Why, under a progressive
busine IS government, $50, ZOO, 900 of the
money sent out of this state annually
to purchase manufactured goods would
be kept at home and used in the
furtherance OF industrial development.
With a business mems ticket and a
broad platform, liberal and equally
justto al, the application of the remedy
may be commenced this year and
Texas made to blossom as q rose. l
will not say that the ticket to be fixed
by the orthodox democracy, had
quar- tered at Austin, will bear on its
face an authetic certificate of defeat,
out L have no hssitancy in venturing
the opinion that there Is a ripening
sentiment, which. if taken advantage
of, will defeat it.''
At this point the interview was in
terrupted by callers. Chairman Green
|. # last night for Terrell.