The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-04
PROBLEMS ARE PRESSING
Extract from Address OF Senaior Skinaer
Befofe SfudeniS OF raiversify.

The students OF the State Uniyer-
sity at Austin celebrated Texas Inde-
| pendence day with exercises in the
University auditorium. Addresses
were made by several speakers, the
| principal speech of the day being
made by Senator S. P. Skinner, of
this city. Senator Skinner devoted
the first half of his time TO recount
| ing the leading incidents of our early
history eliminating in the war of in
| dependence and the establishment of
an independent republic. Then
| turning TO present day conditions and
the many problems or government
now pressing for solution, the burden
OF which must in large measure
fall to those just now entering upon
the duties of citizenship. he spoke
as follows:
| The simple customs and habits of
| the fathers appear TO be gradually
giving away 10 the seductive influ-
| ence OF wealth and luxury. Frivo-
| ious idleness fostered by riches in
I
| robbing our young men of their
strength and our young women of
their modesty. True character with
| the ruggedness and power so appar-
ent in our pioneer life is fast sur
/ rendering To the refinements and
| forms OF pleasure
The tinsei and glare and pomp
| and splendor OF royalty are making
/ a4ss1 i, IL a.
| of our domestic life, and as a nation
we are being swept from the moor
/ iugs of our original simplicity.
| Our fair American girls. so long
| proud Of the distinction of becom-
| ing the wives of worthy American
| boys and scornful toward the propos-
ais OF titled rank, are Of late years
| taxing the ingenuity and resources
| OF the family tree builders of the
old world to furnish Dukes. Counts
! and Lords in sufficient numbers TO
meet the increasing demands OF these
| Young priDcesses of wealth and cult
| ure, who seem no longer able to
| understand that the prineely charac-
| ter of democTacy's gentleman-one
Of the common types of American
manhood all that goes TO make
up the man, Is the peer of the Kings,
/ Cars and Emperors of Europe, and
/ infinitely superior 10 that spurious
| horde who purchase their pedigrees
on credit. to be paid for out of the
| fortunes that go with the hands they
are expected to buy. How to bring
| these deiuded daughters back to the
wisdom of their mothers is an an
solved problem.
! Tntemperance. aided by the fascin-
ating allurements of the modern sa-
loon. is robbing our homes of their
| fathers. husbands and SONS and re-
placing the contentment and abund-
ance of Industrious sobriety with the
rags and squalor of drunkenness and
| debauehery.
| How to save these jewels of man
| hood without subjecting our people
| to the endless turmoil and inconyeni-
ence of political agitation il an un-
solved problem.
Political graft has fastened Itself
like fostering sore upon many of
our city governments and the funds
OF the people are wrongfully di-
| verted from the channels of govern
snent into the pockets and Golfers OF
| the grafterS. To remove the corrup-
tionist and correct this evil without
i doing hurt TO the elective franchise
is an unsolyed problem.
The enforcement of social separa-
/ iion aud the preservation of racial
integrity rs between ourselves aud
the African negro in our midst so
as to guard the homes Of ourselves
and our children against the inya-
| sion and pssttlence OF mongrei i'm
| purity. go affect the ahridgement OF
the negroes civil rights and priyi-
leges. SO as to protect our own race
against his domination. without doing
violence 10 our Federal or State Con
Stitution which would lover the
| dignity of iaw and Invite the Senge-
anee of the mobis an unaolyed
problem. aud IL TO-DAY crying aioad
for attention aud solutiun
Trusts and combines. Intoxicated
with The powers and priy 'leges they
have Srung through unjust legisla
sIou trom the people. are seeking
TO establish an aristoeracy of wealth.
whose naights baroa shall usurp all
that remains Of the elective fran
ehlae except the name. and on the
ruins of . de@poAl@d democracy bulld
la government whollv destitute of
real right and liberty. and one whose
Ionlg aim shall h~ the amusement aud
CONSERVATION os the unprecedented
fortunes at tss founders aud their
heaefseiArtes
To fe@e& regulate aud read luwt
th@ms ponaegoaa Industrial machines
and direct their mighty puweF t0 ghe
promotion ~ the popmlaF welfaFw il
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msaadsnm ard shall eansiaue t0 de-
gsand anr AttNnttoM autit Il Il sssvwh
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each striving witb uusbatsa zeal feg
the mastery To AThstFa4e. 10 Fecua
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