The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-31
j. c. KEARBY DECLINES
The Nomination for Governor rendered Him
by The populists.
his HEALrHwlll NOT PERMIT HIM 10 RUN
Dcvotcs n Large Number of words to
Abuse of the Democrncy-In-
dorscs Populist Platform.

ter declining the populiSt nomination TOT
governor. The letter, which is addressed
to members OF the notification committee.
after some generaltles. says:
long continued lease of power breeds
extravaganza, corruption and dishonesty.
This is an automatic truth verified by
universal experience
The affairs OF the State OF Texas have
been administered for twenty-seyen years
by the democratic party. The executive.
legislative and judicial departments have
been filed by democrats
At recent State convention held at
Waco 20 per cent of its members being
ofheeholders, State. county, municipal and
their appointees, while engaged in some
factlonal fight among themselves. beolma
excited, forgot their cunning and for a
time proceeded to tell some Bible truths
of and concerning one another The Ian
guage used would put to shame a Bowery
tough an outrage on common decency,
fagrant defiance OF every propriety. char
aeteristic OF intelligence and refinement
What shameful spectacle. judges, legis-
larors, congressman, governors and would
be governors thus accusing one another
OF the high crime of treason to the people
and the State.
The honor OF Texas. the welfare of the
people. demands that this class OF citizen
ship, this type OF ruftlan leadership. be
relocated to eternal oblivion. These
charges may or may not be true. This
do know: They came from a source en-
tlrely familiar with the inside workings
OF this abomnation called party" They
are made by men who would know II 1t Is
true.
In the opinion OF a majority OF the dele
gates at Waco the party can not longer
be trusted to fulfill its platform pledges.
The friends OF reform in that convention,
when they wanted TO assure tho enact
ment OF q platform measure into the law,
took the unprecedented method OF pro-
pounding the measure in the form of
constitutional amendment, cruel rebuie
to the democratic party by the demo-
cratic party. I would not have my
friends conclude from what | have said
that | think there rs salt enough left TO
purify the party. These are but ebuli-
tions OF factiond strife FOR ascendency
two years hence. II means no good to
the people, TO the State
The depths OF demagogism have been
explored by a sensdess and unmeaning
illumination against imperialism and
trusts. Trusts are the naturo evolution
e cur civilization Inventive genius Will
continue to beget lahor saving instrument
tahties whereby productive capacity vail
be multiplied and the opportunities in in
iustrial advancement will he minmized;
capital will continue 20 invest in labor
saving enterprises, combine to control
Ina output he cost and value OF prod
uc:s. These conditions can not be re-
pressed or regulated by law. The meaLs
employed are permissible The results
arc hurtful. Protection is the breeding
ground of trusts; the public highways
provide the nOuishment and sustenauce
that fosters and sustalns the public trusts
Let the government withdraw all proteG-
tian ana become the owner aud operator
Of all public utilities. Then aud not TIL
then. will trusts and combines ana mo-
n5poies die death that knows no resur-
rec;ion There are two great trusts in
this country with which tho people can
deal directly They are the most formid-
able the most dangerous OF all trusts. ana
until the people In their majesty In their
patriotic love for the welfare OF their
common country, shall put these two
criminals TO death. all effort to escape
from trusts Will he abortiyc | refer to
the democratic party OF the South aud the
republican party Of the North Trusts
mere oppressive more prescriptlye, never
has, never Will exist in this country.
Although the democratic PARTY has been
tn undisputed possession of the State for
twenty-seyen years. they have met every
two years and propounded a platform
each succeeding platform being longer ana
containing more promises than its prede-
eessor. Each platform has been laden
with grlets and hardslii7s endured by the
people, with promises of reform and re-
tranehment, II the democratic party HAD
been patriotic there would be no burdens
upon the people OF this State II the dem
oerafic party had been honest there
would ba no need of retreuchment. Why
ask. should 1t take the democratic party
twenty-seven years TO perfect law. to
perfect tax measure. a land policy. fees
OF office. primary election law: Why
should 1t take the democratic PARTY TWEEN
ty-seyen years TO learn that the giving
OF free passes was an evil; that the run
ning OF TWO engines on one train was OK
ira hazardous? Why should 1t take the
democratlc party twenty-seyen years to
learn that the free coinage II silver at
the ratio oi ls to was OF secondary i'm
portanceI II | were going to name IN,
tssue Whlch IS paramount deep down in
the democratic party would name of
"offces ISSUE
| would call all the little issues "oface. .
u the political history OF the last thirty
Ave years shall ever be truthfuly writ
ten, the democratic party Will occupy but
little space, and that to it's dlscredit.
They Will be written down as revolution
ISIS. as obstructionists as an arpreyatto, ,
81 Inconsistencies unworthy OF great
Nation, without a foreign or domestic
policy without one unselhsh purpose
WITH no ambition save that alone Of Of
asn and power
Thpt Texas hes made some progress nm
ds- democratic misgovepnment has be n h,
spite q their partisan misrule What ehe
could have done under mere auspielo .
surroundings the Imagination can oniy
conjecture. Weth her public domain sTuan.
dered, her school fand prostituted h.,
lews dehauched, characterized by
rrodlsal pervers'or Of every valuable RI n
belonging = the people. even to the gvln.
Y railroad corporation the only reserved
noHeT OF Galveston - pro &c; her CON.
ur-ce I'll the wharf privileges hsd en-
owned BY the state. thereby RENTING i,
re railroads abgoluie power 10 inpes,
fflh'He i;ran al commerce enterlng OF
legy'ag this state BY way o. the gu'f
Tho nsncer'ty of demacracy's or,
egeipst rlsfs = verified by he trea'men
q II Waters Pierce on company. whlc,
the Slate q Texr@ at erelt cos,. rros
entrA final cony'c'ien when vl,io-,
IT'S radc cnunlete by the judgement Of III,
fi~hfss tribunal en- this earth, one wcai
oppression Of penltfnce ere rror,ise Il
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