The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-20

eohvicuons, showing that they have got nal
confluence In the men that they elect. How
tnen, could we have any confidence IN
tnem! | wouldn't vote for a man AT ali
a ! didn't believe he was an honest man
II ne was an honest man wouldn't put a
suara around him. ask II 1t is moi a |
iact that some kind OF steering eorm,,-
tee, consisting of three men, 70 10 Amsti,
and stay around there to tell their rsnre-
sentatives how to vote? That demonstrates,
that their plea for the great mass az nao |
pie to act freely at the ballot box IN, |
these questions is not only speclous huf
that 1t Is false, pretentious. am through |
with that cargo of follies unless YOU want
to hsar something else about them. But
mark you, my friends, they can howl louder |
and ride further and stay up later to get
to vote than any other class of people YOU
ever saw. You had better keep your eye
on them. They would be great lot OF
fellows IL they would come to the front ana
discuss questions and stir them up in the |
country. They don't do 1t. They oppose
the home government and ask for The int |
tiatlve and referendum and never point out |
a single law that they want repealed or
amended: not one. They don't say they
want taxes reduced, because they know
that the taxes are lower in this State. per
haps. than in almost any other State In
the country. They don't say that they want
the constitution amended except to give
them the initiative and referendum, and |
whenever they got that they would have
to vote as often as the legislature met |
They would have to hold. first an election
to elect the legislature. then when the Leg |
islature at the end Of six months submit |
ted laws TO them, they would have to vote
on them and before they could take ef-
feet the legislature would have to meet TO
enact these laws. So you see you would
have to vote many timss in order to get a
law passed. | will Illustrate local APP
pication. When you want to hold a prohi-
btion or local option election the people
first call upon the county commissioners
court by petition ami ask them to refer
the question to the people. The action OF
the commissioners court in referring the
matter to the people is what is called the
initiative The action of the people in pass
ing upon that question at the polls is what
is called the referendum, and when the
people have acted the commissioners court
must pass upon that action and that as long
as the law is permitted to stand without
repeal Is the law Of the town. Now.
how would you like It X YOU had the re-
vised statutes submitted to you on the ini-
tiative and referendum plan. You have
| not trusted your representatives. have sup
posed that they are all scoundrels, and you
are going to vote on these laws yourself.
| The book containing these laws would be
as big as the biggest edition Of the Holy
Bible with a great deal more OF printed
matter In 1t. Yet you are expected 10 pass
upon these laws aud to adopt them or re-
| jeot them That's as to the Revised Statues
| But here comes the annual or biennial leg
| islative acts. They are submitted to you
| and you will vote on them or attempt 1t
rather. Now, wouldn't you cut fine figure
| passing on those laws? Wouldn't lot or
| these slab sided, boarded fellows
| that CALI themselves philosophers from the
| popuistic fountain cut a holy figure pass
| ing on these laws How would you get
| posted on all OF them? In the first place.
| democrats wouldn't adopt them. We demo-
| crats would adopt such laws as we want.
| We have got confidence In our representa-
tives and II we don't like the laws we have
| them repealed. These populists would nave
an election twice year. They woulu ilke
it three times a year; yes, every thoAth'
| especially the steering committee. sLaush-
teri - ,.otor-
eve have got the initiative ana refer
dunn as to the constitution. neio -
lot of amendments submltteu 10 you "
vote upon next month. How many OF you
have resd them? How many? tApplause,)
Rows YOU are powerful scase lLaughterl.
You have got two constitutional amend
ments that would fill about column IN
the paper You are going TO amenu tne
constitution on the initiative ana reiersn
DUN plan and you are all going 10 Voee u.'
them. and as soon as the legislature meets
If viii ratify or reject as you say. ina
Is the initiative and referendum, and VIII
hat Won can't find pop In this crowd VINO
has read either OF Them rms is re-
publican form of government, operator anu
controlled by the votes OF the people LOT
their happiness and their good, ana my
have their laws passes through theli
chosen representstives-men OF their own
eiection-apd II these men pass laws that
burt Aha neople somebody would point Out
Tho wrongs done and ask that they be re-
neaIet. Yet the books are closed SO lar us
anv complsint is concerned against SIN
ole law That's about all they are run
ming on In this campaign, and IL is apou'
os strong as their original pea LOT sun
treasury. which they kicked UP thunaer
go Tow wears ago. Why amt they
tump,ng on the people about a subtreasuty
tbis year? You can't get one to DISCUSS H.
II was hue ana cry about four or tive
voars ago They are party OF isms. IheS
are as bad as tie republicans, because ln'
repubncars go to one extreme ana thes
go tn the other II the republicans rul
the government they run It to thuhqer.
the populists run it, they Dust It, 'i'a'eD
ter) ,,o 70 ctos,
"Now. gentlemen, 7 am going 10 CLOS
unless there is some question you want u
ash mo about. The crowd is crowns
! little larger. but 1t is a kind OF courthous'
gang anyhow. Q,aughter) WHAT 90 So'
wart to hear about
voice-The bond question
Hogg-I will tell you ABOUT 'ha.' q
nan Struck the keynote of tine campaign o
,aoo We have got $500, 900 OF bonas
; Understanding, payable in coin si4ve
and gold. at the rztio OF 10 TO !, 10 ou
: come due within the next ten years 10"
nsy friends. as pay day rolls arounu Iions
: gets scarcer, more bords are issueu guy
when we arrive at psg day we VIII MAJ
nancy 10 meet these bonds. lnstea'
~ having these bonds payable IN coln . .
a low rate Of interest, they are sU.ns
" undertake 10 make them psyanie IN ~.
I at such a rate OF interest as they ehoos y.
q Tbsn votI have got to meet ana set1is ~ N
hnTd question II these bopcs eouiu y
t naid according to contract, that Is, ~ eys
p,'' silver. or either ct the option OF u
' Government. the money that comes inV
: e. hands Of the bondholders would SCI
: erennes OF investment throusnou' W
t length and breadth OF this realm AZ 10 -
: - n ,s tied up In these bolas ana .,e
arc the hest securities on eartn. ~ ~ ~
hnlt I'm a class OF coupon-ctpps. -
$ etass 81 class of investors and strIlns
$ s,or1,ug cnterprising citizens tAppiaus,e
n In 1900 that would be the oVerstaI y, n
9 issue in connection with the o.. " 70,