The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-04-04
Jeems Rainwater and the Texas Legislature

HnIing Robertson IL holdfn down
the speakers cheer now and II HUI
Ing gfts d important call 20 come
home I don't know who will fall
mir to the Speakers job.
The long salt Of most OF these fell
Iers t@lats got political bees a buzz
cling around their bonnets,l is in
terducin bill 10 regelata railroads
and corporations. | never had any
itiee ake corporations adGm business
In Texas and The railroads was sich
enemies TO the state till come here
and heard these wiseaeres say go.
lowed they was deveiopin our
ceantrv. giyin employment TO our
people and helpin as all they can to
build mp the state and advertiser Us
fur aRd near. but these felleTs say
If We don't begiR to regelate EN-, rail-
roads and corporations purity soon
will begin to impose on us awful
and all such skerry speeches as them
lis bein spoke here al the time by
these fellers and 1t wont sprixe me
nary bit II they don't make laws that
will drive en- clean out OF the state,
juagin from the prospects now, for
the politi&ans here that is posin as
the friends - of the people SEES the
people il Amandin sieh laws as will
drive en- out and they are a lowin
to make the laws that the people
demands
] never had heared afore that any
SIGH demands was q bein made by
the people and / have got very serus
doubts ii any sich demands has been
made and between nle and You |
think SIGH idees was Matched out in
The heads Of these aspiring politicians
that is usin the legislator for a
steppin stone 10 a bigger office. IN
fact from what | see the August
body has deginerated into political
hot bed and everything that is q bein
did has politics at the bottom of il
and you can depend on IL that you'll
hear from the most of EN- when the
next campane opens up and you'll
see that them that is howlin loud
est for Justice TO the people" will
be maxim the biggest speel for
themselves when they announce for
office.
Al present writin the Legislator
peers TO be run aeeordin TO the die
tates OF the Farmers Union and the
Labor Union. Both gangs has got
big lonbys here and from what
see and hear has got the legislator
under their thumbs and they are
afeard TO pass any bills what amt
favored by the Farmers Union and
the Labor union, | reckon.
Bot you know hit has been the am
hition OF my lise TO git omitted srom
Lucindv ever since | got hitchad up
With her and YOU would not blame
nae nary bit if YOU had sich a obstrep-
orous ole woman as | have got, SO
arriv here last Tuesday night and
bright and airly next mornin / was
at the eapitLe gettin ready TO do the
lobbyin act Well. seed a redfaced
freekled Teller with his britches
stuffed I'm his boots. ? or 5 cookie
huts in his hair, cotton bowl pinned
en his coat and as wise and solemn
! lookin as Judge Bryant ever dared
To look when he's discharsin a jury
what has rendered up a ynrdict that
don't suit him
I made shore that Teller was d
member Of the house, so ! got rite
down and tole him of my troubles
and that / had come 90 lobby agin
bud Cottrells divorce law, and asst
him 20 vote agin any sich bill and
hit would he a faver TO me as well
as other long sufferin husbans
Well, seq he, we are miStook
/ In yore man; I Amt no member of
the legislator, jist a lobbist myself,