The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-08
SPEECH OF CAnpbfLL
DeflaeS Ms poNfiOa On the Issues New
bsfore the peebis.

| room yesterday afternoon at three
O'Clock in the interest OF his candi-
dancy for governor Col Campbell
| spoke nearly two hours and his ad
dress was given close attention. Az
ter he had finished speaking his
friends crowded around him to shake
hands with him and congratulate his
speech He was taken in charge by
President Turner and driven to Trim
! ity University where he spent some
| time inspecting the buildings of that
institution. Col Campbell was
student of Trinity in 1874.
Col. Campbell was introduced to
the audience by Editor Gibson Of
the Texas Odd Fellow, who referred
to him as having been raised In the
| shadow of the influence of that old
tribune of the people, the lamented
John H. Reagan. He also said he
was a man who had been described
by that great friend of the people.
Jim Hogg, as being all-wool and a
yard vide Col Campbell then spoke
in part as follows;
Fellow Citizens: | am truly CRATE
| full for the very generous introduc-
ton accorded me. This indeed has
been pleasant day, for / have met
many friends who romped with me
in boyhood days on the red hills of
Cherokee county ! am also glad
to again be near Trinity University,
the school of my youth, and | con-
graduate Waxahachie for having
that institution.
The people of Texas are again
larousing themselves to the import
ance of political discussion in this
state. For a period OF seven years
there has been studied effort on the
part of those who would use their
positions for avarice and greed to
make play thing OF the constitution
and to make of our laws hiding
place tor illegal corporations and
trusts persistent effort 10 bein,
" made to drag prohtsiston into tina
y campaign. I have always regarde
5 prohibition or local option as mora
If question having no place in politics
X discussion. No one is proposing a
y amendment looking toward stat
g prohibition and no one proposes t
y impair the present laws. Loca
!. option Is an established policy II
S this state, and the counties desiring
0 same may determine whether or MOI
r they shall have it by their expressions
| no I m
sume responsibility for an act OF
mine on any moral question that mas
ever arisen ! voted in favor OF state
prohibition and have always voted IN
favor of local option in my nome
county. The motive behind the et-
fort now being made to drag the
prohibition question into this cam
paign is for the purpose OF divert
ing the minds of the people from
those questions Of more vital import
ance which certain interests do not
want discussed. For seven years
There has been no discussion OF po-
ntical issues. | believe every demo
crat has the right to discuss these
questions with democrats, and when
democrats III blii'' fA'A"''
commissions, when they have ground
under their heels all platform de-
mands they should be driven from
power and never again trusted by
$ trusting democracy
There has not been time WITHIN
the past six years where the rights
of the people were .nyolved on on,
side and the rights Of railway aud
Iothcr corporations involved on me
Iothcr side aud whore the constitution
was In the Nav the constitution ua'
been interpreted lu favor ot corpora
tions { believe that chat ron.nl'da
lion ot railways. esp,elalif 'rdnh
lhave been made in violation oi Jaw
OF this state. NJ iheS were Nioia
uou ct the law whom Shes ~"n
adopted they are nov in violation
of the Law. and If tm elected soN
lefnor suit. wIn be brought lsain'
Them far the purpose oi hafinr cher
dissolved Some people san .neh
course wtl cause "a disturbance b
Texas ray it is about time ae vcf
- Iha4luF a disturbance ~ roW Hin
IIu fhis nmfs N H ahuuf lr N
p.up.s esrt asserting tt.ir |ifh.
Iaud taking control off fte.r Iu..rrs'
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