The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-07

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it, volcanic. ernptive and reckless
character. b. dwelling upon the ~
that, at some persoa of It's history. the
Republican party has been party
which did things. and did them safs-
~"
The orator hoped 70 have the ccuH-
try Iose sight or the fact that II IL nov
IN both Of its legislative branches
PARTY OF passlvst OF non-acfiou, 81
obstruction TO reform and progress.
in a word, a party whose only sacred
precept Is the shibboIeth which max
eth them known. one OF them TO the
other. a ahibbo!efh drawn from the
gamblers table. "standpat"--a precer-
born OF cowarcice and fear TO move.
He then passed on to the Republican
nlatform. This. he said. like Mr.. Roots
speech. deals chiefly In the boast that
the Republican party is responsible for
everything good which has happened.
The present Republican party needs
a running start OF fully fifty years toI
enable the imagination OF the Ameri-
can people to jump over its present
obstructIveness and its evasion Of live
issues which lie In It's pathway to sue |
cess in this year Of 1904
Quoting from the platform: we
fought a quick. victorious war with
Spain" The speaker declared Ameri~l
cans fought II. a number Of whom are
Democrats. naming Dewey. Wheeler,
Schiey, Hobson. Miles and Bagiey of
North Carolina.
Changes In the tariff. he said were
necessary. particularly IN the highly
protected Rteei and iron products. In
GLIDING rails. locomotives. harhed wire
and agricultural implements Of AMER
lean make which are being sold daily
In competition WITH the so-caIled pau
per labor of the world IN the home Of
this same paup@r labor
He referred 70 the trust question.
declaring that Phliansler g. Knox. wto
had resigned as attorney general 20
accept q seat in the United states
senate. had been appointed by Penn
syivsnia's governor At The request %
the very people he was sIp pased 10
have been prosecuting for alleged yio-
iation of antitrust laws
This Republican platform. TO sum IL
all up. obiiges the people to stand
pat" In *every respect except ore ard
that Is a respect in which we'll enough
might very well be left alone. That IN
the plank ia which the language ss
used We favor such congregational
action as shall dsterruine whether by
special discrimination the elective
franchises In any state have been un~
eonst4tutlonaliy limited. fo8owsd hv
the promise made ia that even to re-
doce southern representation Ia the
house 81 representatives ard fn the
electoral college The pledge Ia 10
reduce representation II Il t. found
that Suffrage has been "unconatitn-
sionaEf limited The real object Ell
the Republican party, in SO far a. thau
plank IL concerned ard hoeevev sp@-
eiesu@ tfs phraseo}oey in which il led
clothed Is ia reduce southern regr~4I
GER gf3on. without reducing that ~,
Massa e husetts. Connecticut aud osherI
states wherever tn the south rsexrue#a
arr 6isfrv ncnased. rot a# SUCH. Asst h. /
caHRe IT Ignorance bY AZ educational
qualification or beeaase uf AIRY ether
right rsKfren e'stss9raett 81 nerro in
Mississippi for lgnor ause ~ harri~
bic thing disfrarset1m~meu Of a white
wnn fcr isnogafa.H Ia Masaae tsAefts
or Connecticut is a Part ~ the New
eait& AaS8 5HfE}FeF fst&AE f#uT.
Lea not the business interest OF Sc
country deceive Itself. Jet tho~~ con
trolling II prepare. ~ Roosevelt iw
elected or this platform for another
period of uncertainty. unrest. business
disturbance ard Yarm waY in tire
Eosgtlern states. instead az that peace
ard prosperity witch both races rasy
enjoy ard w hsch has been rendered
possible cnly hy hosn~ rule ard bv
while supremacy. Let the south not
deceive itself vfthrr II The Rppsst,-
licaH party were sincere IN ltn propo~
mitlon to reduce southern representa-.
ton ORA the ground af dsssranc vi NJ meat
or pretended ~uncanstjtusional isYfata~
ton IL would accompany that pYopo-
sation with another. To- wit. The
proposition to repeal the fifteenth
amendment
In speaking OF HIS own PARTY Mr.
Williams declared that a Democratic
administration. once Ia power. will put
ara end. as far "a II can Re done, ana
a. quickly as possible. TO all existing
snfcssa toua nartnerzhlu arrAn@emMnGs
between vn~ receraI governments ass.
favored special interests IL win re-
dace the reveBne Of the general gov.
ernrnent To sun adequate TO the
n*-ed@ Of safe working margin for
contingencies which cannot be fore
seen, vii bring about upbuildInR Of
merchant marine The rfghts Of Ia
boy will be recognized an no less
vested" no less saved" no lsaa sin
alienabIe" than the rights Of capital.
and will re dealt with Justly ard i'm
partially according 20 their rtKsas. A
Democratic president will execute the
lawS as they are written without exec