The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-16

on thhR our treasury gG tn safe hahds
and not dollar, not a penny. has
been abatracted from II We mas
NOT have as much money as we would
like 70 have Ia the state treasury
certain conditions, but IA I heard
that great that eminent. that de
parted statesman before whose mem
ory the state OF Texas stands in tears
since his demise. heard him say that
a deficiency. an honest deficiency II
| better than a plethargic surplus
tcheers and applausel
senator Cuiberson speaks
Before Governor Lanham finished
speaking Senator Culberson was seen
to enter the hall and take his seat
with the Dallas delegation. The cry
of "Culberson was started and so
great became the confusion that the
governor was forced to bring his re-
marks 10 a close As Mr.. Culberson
mounted the platform delegates stood
on chairs and benches and cheered
the senior senator Senator Culber-
son said In part.
Il congratulate YOU upon the gen
eral awakening of the democratic
party throughout the land. It may
be we will not win the house of rep
resentatives in the coming election,
that We will only succeed in materi-
ally reducing the republican major
ity in that body, but above this is the
fact that the party is aroused and
hopeful throughout the land. 1t
stands in battle array, aggressive.
self-reliant and confident of ultimate
victory, and its gigantic young leader,
stronger than his party, has vindi-
Gated by his courageous actions
(cheering) in the campaign of 1908.
which has already opened
Unless all indications are mis-
leading and false, great foreign and
domestic trusts are now operating in
this state, and our attorney general
proposes. | understand, to proceed eff
fectively against them. tCheers.)
For myself. and speaking for myself
alone Gas | am in the habit of do
| ing (cries of That's right, Charley
you bet you are, started a storm OF
| applause), | say that speaking fo1
myself ! trust that this newspape
information | have on the subject l
correct, and that this officer Will Pre-
ceed rapidly against them. When
had the honor to be the governor
your state, in my message to IT
, | att th
7 evil, and subsequent development
have shown that that alarm was Ju
} titled.
when the whiskey traffic become
lawless, when it harbors the vlciou
and the criminal, when it invades tn
residence districts of the towns ant
cities of this state, when II defes th'
the will of localities legally and con
stitutionally. and when it seeks Il
| dominate political affairs, it will hnc
no refuge in the democratic party
| Cprolonged cheering and applause
Il warn the whisky interests OF
| the state of Texas, as | have warned
! it heretofore, that such course as
this will excite the people, and arouse
| in them a purpose to enforce theli
! laws which nothing can thwart.
/ (Cheers and applause.
! While the proceedings had been
/ stormy from the beginning OF lht
| morning session 1t was not unu
Vice Chairman George c. Pendletor
of Bell county was called to the chai
by Chairman Templeton that bediah
lbruke loose in earnest. The trouble
started by Judge Paddletord OF Gle
burne moving to suspend the ordel
of business and proceed with the
nomination of candidates for COVER
Iuor This motion was made before
the committee on credentials had re
ported. and was therefore out OF or
der. but the chair entertained d AM
put the question The motion Wa
adopted but the chair ruled in iaNo