Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-28

lowing is the opening address here
by Hon. Morris Sheppard, candidate
for the United States Senate:
Having been completely restored
10 health | desire t. announce thai
] am in the race to stay" With tnis
sentence Mr.. Sheppard began his
speech lie referred In terms % re-
Cret 10 the illness Of llr Cone
Johnson and expressed on lehalf Ct
himself and the people e rrNas the
hope that Mr.. Johnson would have
speedy and complete recovery.
Campaign Expenditures.
Mr.. Sheppard then stated that ne
was opposed to the lavish use q
money in elections He s1i1 that
the practice had grown mp in reyas
Of expending such large amounts IN
running for state offices that poor
ma must be either virtually eXchnd-
ed from holding office or run the
risk OF utter bankruptcy. lie said
that he had decided to manage us
own campaign from his office in his
home town and to confine his cxpen-
diutres within the smallest possible
compass. He claimed that the eX-
travagant use OF money and he
maintenance of costly headquarters
we're a source Of machine politics
and frequently Of downright ccrrup-
ton. lie said that a candidate who
had 10 be managed during his can
vass for an office might more easily
submit 10 MANAGEMENT after secur-
Ing office lie appealed to the peo-
pie Of Texas 10 rally to a candidacy
having for one of its objects the dis
continuance of expensive machine
methods OF running for office He
favored n rigid corrupt practices act
limitinp 'No omonnts candidates
.rIH ..n..f .rI providinG for
.tr publicity Of campaign
nads U0H before md after cleo
..r. Ir DIS como tion he quoted
Do .nwu. The last national
..ncrrair platform Ior publicity II
nnqieu contrib Hfous and cvpen-
ditures and chaIpeu ,nat JACOB We'll
tiers violated this Don ocratic prin-
cinle when he refused 10 publish the
contributions and expenditures IN
connection with the campaign We
managed In the state plde nrohibi-
ton contest last year.
The speaker said that the people
are demanding higher standards Of
official conduct in public servants
He said that the most gifted man In
tellectually might WELD a pernicio's
Influence unless he walked In abso-
iite honesty, in humility and love
before his Maker and his fellow
man. lie expressed his belief in the
people. saving that the people acting
in mass were as a rule the safest
and most conservative force in his
tory. lie here paid a tribute to the
ability Of the people to govern them
selves saving that all great REFORM
ations and forward movements have
originated with the people.
PeopL. We. Privilege.
The fundamental battle OF all the
ages" he said, lis the battle be-
tween the people on one side and
special privilege on the other he
tween the masse8 and the masters"
Even In republics the struggle con-
,inues between equality and privi-
lege. between Democracy and aris-
tocracv He referred to this strug-
gle In the Constitutional Convention
OF 1857 which framed the present
American government. showing that
the followers Of Jefferson champion
cd tho side Of the masses, while Al
ovander Hamilton led the forces that
distrusted and desplsed the people
To show Icfferson's belief in the
pecple Mr.. Sheppard quoted the fol-
loving sentences from Jefferson
Il am no. among those who fear the
neople. they and not the rich are
our dependence for continued free
dom" "The people are cur only re-
Hance for the preservation of our
liberty" No other repositories OF
mower than the people themselves
have ever been found which tie not
ond IN converting TO their own profit
the earnings Of those committed TO
their charge" lie then showed
Hamilton's views by describing the
plan OF government which Hamilton
proposed 10 the constitutions! con
ventlon. a plan proyli'ne that the
prcsident and senator's should hold
office for life and that the president
should appoint the govcfnnrs ~ the
states with virtual life terms lie
ountei Ilamliton's stifemcnt th5t
no considered the monsrchial Brit
ish government the best In the
world
Review Of Tariff.
He took up the protective tariff,
saving that II was one Of the most
powerful weapons for the spoilation
O, the people by the privileged few
He gave a brief history OF the deve''