The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-10-06
ANOTHER VICIOUS FORM OF
GRAPHING.

A prictice that is as common as
it is wrong is the one of going TO the
court house for contributions on the
least provocation When a poor
mans house burns, when his
horse dies. when his family is sick.
when a church is to be built. when an
excursion is 10 be put on for any
special purpose, or when thousand
and one other things are to be done,
some enterpTising citizen grabs
subscription list and hikes to the
court house and goes after all the
county officers and prospective can
didates. and even the clerks In the
offices. and usually comes home with
a good roll Of long green on his per
SON This soliciting is bad enough
in itself. but often when one of them
fails 10 dig, the solicitor becomes
highly incensed and threatens open
ly that he and his will remember
them on election day, and often the
threat is made good The practice
has grown until it. has come to be
recognized that if a candidate re-
fuses TO contribute to everything,
from one end of the country to the
other. he will be the mark for all the
cheap politicians to shoot at In
other words. he has 10 he held up at
every turn or jeopaTdize his chances
for success. This solicitor would
resent it if one should tell him that
his vote and his time and influence
could be bought for So, but in fact
il amounts to that. If a candidate
will make a small contribution We
are for him, if he refuses we are
against him What else can YOU
make Of il? Il is announced daily
that graft runs riot in Texas from the
precinct up. Is it any wonder that
public servant will graft a little
if he has a good show when every
community in the county which elect
ed him is getting their graft into
him. Holding him up. as II were,
without a gun. Let as as citizens
build our own churches and school
houses, take care OF ourselves and
our poor, and all our private inter
eSts. then shall We be in better shape
10 look after official gTatters. A
public servant owes some cogrtesies
90 mis- supporters, bat be don't owe
them all be makes. I'm fact. about
all he owes them is gratitude and an
efficient GENERALIZATION Journal.
The demands on candidates and
public officials for money 80 aid
institutions OF individuals is thus
set down as "a species of graft There
is not q man in the State who ever
ran for office who has not been sub
iected 10 graft processes ia the way
ut demands heluE made on him for
numerous -uUscripu In some OF
the counties tue demands are carried
tu ana extent that candidate, unless
Dee BIS sell Oft iu this world goods,
can uut make "a race IL 81 is long
drawn out We complain of small
euriuE auuHG our pablo servants
and vef We eukaEo 4u tt bN actually
Matchmaking tbcW before they are
elected and affeFvHrd 10 We think
tneg have further aspirations f ii
candidate refuses to give he under
sfHHd- He has }asI Ebe votes ui All
who age Interested tu securing Che
money tar hlm il# daeH aot dafe
rvfu-r As .ous ae candidate does
uuf daru fa refuse tu give. I1Ff 81"
faHe hr ts a Ne.lm uf erNl' aE "latA -
malI As .aHa aa tHe Gupi@ @Wtef
EHr candidate fbet ua rsp. Enc
candidate. after bee aeH ln office
tn mufrf fham 0ue uf the m0#f
prominent District Judges th thH
State feaiErsf blH office aseaHse De
ass aaf atie tn stand financially lhH
.aruaaa maHe m Dts salary of ha
saucuaas ttfueutH uaitaa Ntw
ueeause s man wag hH so anim
sanaat aa t1 us a candidate tor pah.e
HHra aaal8 aa h aue4
tsrnae Fen ral la ieE Wise esudt
8atn # ao mare responsible fog vase
hunaina af Hrai aoa ME puils
sus aff al eeleblatiana and aaah iise
Demands rhau .s auf atheF afitru
ana the r1mam ar aaliiuE aUau thts
siass 81 citizenship far .uitaertuiuaie
contribution A .n O. war. aa HRen
a ts eU aprart ana tangHaaes
rh.F ranfca bas hramH ua Eueral
taat manr nsad mea ahH Hqsla
ather@s uffar f1r ufEtn ara turuai
60 sfsr ont ~ the moe be1asa ~
.thla fasinre af unreasonable and
enormous sxnsuae Every tlme .
candidate is called agou 10 coufft-
bate ar -ast rem uu pruposifloa
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