The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-03


and the Tsirsa@sh legislator. .tn
snnTenc for the assal slsts -sas III
enniai regular session sad As much
Logger fstSe "a shr Business ~ he
state viii. according tn she views ~
itc governor require
Hon Tf11s " Campbaeli Of rAs.s.
the. sill take the tesns 81 gosern.
nasnt "a chief executive and II maag
no' be anslsa 10 pynEgossicate as 10
shat rftevr ihe new administration
'he industrial future al tha greatest
state in the Union
The past t~o wears have found In
all parts OF this country general
shaking up In governmental policies
aud administration. Democratic as
well rs republican states have an
sxersd tn the eall Of tine people for
morn enlightened and honest p.rfoF
nance OF public duties by public ser
wants The battle cry at the prof.s.
ssoaai politician that what iS, IL
right" no longer falls as duicet tones
on the ears of tho people who pay
the taxes. fight the wars. and who
from behind the gaudy throne of
the politician ought TO direct this
nation in the way of truth. honor.
Justice and equal rights TO all men.
Nha, does the new year and the new
thought hold out for Texas What
Will be the course and the destination
OF a new administration OF affairs
by a governor nominated and elect
ed by the votes Of all the people for
the first time' In other words, what
kind of a governor Will Tom Camp
bell make? Is question on the lips
Of every citizen who Is patriotic
enough to take a mans interest In
the welfare Of his state,
To my mind, after a careful con
sideration of what his friends as
well as his enemies say of him, 1t
seems safe prediction that the new
governor viii meet all the require
ments of the demand that the old
flag on which is inscribed "a public
office is a public trust" must be used
as the suidon by the defenders Of the
state
To say Tom Campbell is not pol
itician. may seem a picturesque II
not a wholly false statement, consid-
ering that he has been nominated
and elected governor of Texas, yet 1t
is a fact nevertheless. Had 1t not
been that the whole people had
saw in the choice of the nominee,
another than Col. Campbell would
now be preparing to occupy the DIG
square barn at Austin which has
been DESIGNATED as the official resi-
dence OF the first citizen Of Texas.
But Tom Campbell is not politician
| in the modern meaning of the term,
which is based on the maxim Of the
| LAWYERS that "a general, expression
implies nothing certain" and that
| promises are made to be broken,
he Is a deep thinker, an astute plan
| ner, and a laborious worker. me
governor is not much OF talking
! machine, and many Of your readers
will recall that some of his late COM
petitors could hand out dozen IN
| terviews to the press with their lett
| hand while he was fixing up one with
| his right. But when it comes TO con-
| sidering a plan and working 1t OUT
| the new governor has all OF his COM
| petitors skinned city block.
! Col. Campbell is the only man
who has ever had the opportunity 10
| direct the business of the great gov
eminent of Texas, with its mulufar-
| ious duties and responsibilities, VINO
has had a business training or Deeh
| in a position to acquire knowledge
of the manifold duties OF great
business concern. He will bring 20
| the task OF being governor a spieho-
| ia executive ability. with a kno~l-
edge and experience in handing
men. which must rebound 10 the
netterment OF our governmental ma
chinery. II is therefore no far can ~
say that the prospects FOR an non
est. economical and progressive al
rnipistration of the state affairs are
fIattering indeed.
While We have confidence th"'
the new governor will be governor
of All. with an eye single To the inter
ests of the state. il must BE- under
stood hat he is also good party
man and believes in appointing dem
ocrats and his personal friends Ia
tho offices within his GIT Tor ne u
.ritn.ntly u man who sticks ny ms
| friends II mas be taken Tor Stant"d
that Campbell men viii hav" M
first call "a iavors within his GIT
hut and that but Is orninous to'
hos. ~ho think they can rely 70
stay IN office ON Tom Campbell !
friendship alone. they must make
good or there sill be something d"-
lns around th-iT whereabouts ~
miss my sncss Paste this prediction
IN IN. ~sn snd see " 81 does n"l
com. frp"
lmv..rs~ns Liquidation
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