The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-28

sssreed with selfishness or self
hen he announces for littlA job
soyernorship of Georgia, whSs he
XII Il is only its emoluments he
ar some OF his predecessors nave
he bottom out of the honor OF
u. III.
shfiorm on which stand and have
n twenty years and more, is sim
.,aulterated. unpurchaseable, I'M
nble manhood.
,mer made grander being than
royal man, and when he makes
man he takes him as near like
Is he can. l am for everything
,slops. fosters and finishes i'm
,oyal manhood. l am everlast-
rerywhcre and everywhen, against
I'M that builds up reputation at
Ivnse OF character; that makes gold
\ God. or chattels character, or
z manhood, for | believe that a
4 IN his royal, magnificent charac-
Niger than king, srander than a
In and nobler than a governor. If
ID run thousand races every SEN
From my lips, as well as every in
m from my heart would furnish but
Inge to lift humanity up and make
4 cur boys and princely characters
|uen, would only throw mud back
Y mud holes out of which it came.
4 carry my scissors along to trim
N Of the iackasses, my hobbies
| BIZ their hind feet, and my lash
| then wanted to move them up.
|6eld for fun in the political arena
kxia today to me is almost irreslst-
! Is nv platform, gentlemen some
That men only can stand on: or in
words, the underplnning of man.
!, my principles and policies Of gov
1t are:
fual rights to all men.
bEn with extortion--even the extor-
sovereign State, by which 1t ex-
Rore taxes from her people than she
hem good government in return or
hceived.
muldn't run Georgia better than it
today on half the funds that they
ming II with, would resign before
d OF office was half out.
hisyor of all laws that protect the
I. provide for the impotent and
Ind protect industry and enterprise.
against any statute that
" Industry and hinders progress.
Geye in penitence for the past and
hopefulDess for the future. be-
the lessons learned from expe-
and base all future wisdom upon
Is Of the past.
everlastingly against fellow
his salary for anything, from gov
own TO bailitf, and pocketing the
monthly or quarterly. with the
''kness thai he has no more earned
iry than the tramp at your back
Is earned his breakfast that you
Ut to him.
iere that official conduct ought to
sacred and as pure as the private
sd any citizen in the land. be-
ial a governor ought to be as pure
'tacner; a judge as incorruptible MS
sacniet of police as unpurchasable
spno' lug into this campaign gold
ald sifver-diggery and the tariff |
wy the governor of Georgia and
= mouse officials have no more to |
le enactment or nom enactment
% That question than the frosts
VA nave to do with the oranges of
'scx and tired of the average little
y facking around over the State
~. svla-ouggery or championing
,,4sssry Which he uses simply as
w nide from the eyes of the peo-
~ ineHiciency for the office he
~. WI, or TO raise an enthusiasm
S ~. about Which he himself has
!. le couldn't sell for 10 Cents a
\ auy Intellectual market. Nor
- = httle political trickster riding
H. ase announcing corporations ana
,'ss and then when the peop.e sent
= = legislature Of Georgia ciam free
"a ~ the roads in Georgia in nv
~ s'se as reason for non ac n
A ~ questions that it was impos-
y T1aas.ning because the lobby was
n ,nese subterfuges Of politicians.
M ac as misleading and false as
AZ OF good old fellow in South
,pss,a as Inc war, who started in
ss'ons with his opponent who
|dnlsse u 70 the political gathering
~ ohe BY one and what he
\. .aen This old candidate arose
ssople and began to talk some
n Y ~ out. What are you for?"
- speak again and they stopped =
IlIs,, what are you for? Give us
IN And then when they
AVA me wall In sheer despair
"a, w MIN and he cried out "IlI
" y Cheap salt" Salt then was
y ia y ne didn't have auy'salt J
4 snS S 70 relations with any salt
Il NJ, ne was as powerless to
n n ~ =. SAT- as a member of the
roepcrsp su,wefiess before the lobby
! X hs,.'ons, when he has got
lie aus pockets on the railroads
ktQ09 hnv, -,
~ 49,. I've rights. gentlemen: the
nm. ho.s, and for either 10 run
u u II /. . !. me other is wrong. The
Z. ample to protect either
ip,o,s.sa,, What We need is an
! I'M. a'ion OF the laws we now