The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-03-18
WHY TEXAS Is FOR WILSON

tom to demand something more o.
statesmanship than mere follow
Ing up of those principles of govern
ment which have been originated
and tested out by others. With {
citizenship largely made up Of mer
who are capable of telling goof
from bad after the original problem
has been worked out that man ir
this great commonwealth who as.
Ipires to recognition as statesman
must give some proof of his ability
to originate rather than initiate, tc
initiate rather than emulate, and to
foresee with wisdom rather than
follow with precision.
1t was Texas craftsmanship that
planned heritage for the free
schools of the state by early endow-
ing them with a domain that has
made our educational interests in
dependent. Texas craftsmanship
building of statute known as the
homestead law, and which has been
copied on the statute books of near
| ly every state In the union. Meet
| ing the issue face to face, Texas
craftsmanship planned and perfect
ed railway commission, by and
through which these carriers arc
regulated to the satisfaction OF the
people When a complex political in
trigue had caused chaotic cond-
tion to exist in the city of Calves |
ton. condition that threatened the |
welfare if not the very life Of thar
seaport, 1t was Texas
that rose to the eY-
gencies of the occasion and evolved
4 commission form of government.
which since. because of the won
iers worked through 1t in the re-
ormatfon and restoration of the Is 4
and City, has become the adopted II
Ian of government in many of the Il
est regulated cities of America IT.
We might go on reciting achieve
ents of Texas craftsmanship. each d
EN- being an additional argument &C
,ainst the acceptance by the de- m
ocracy of this state of the candi- hi
.ncy of any man for the presidency tn
this union who must pattern af- w
r" rather than pattern for. Gov ne
nor Harmon. in preferring to first ca
Mt the demonstrated effects OF GER WI
N proposed constitutional chan tn
s and legislative enaetments In ev
Ter commonwealth before he is he
idy to declare whether he is for in
against the principles of govern pl
mt involved, has fallen short of hi
at standard by which Texas meas N,
es craftsmanship. RI
Those lofty ideals which have dc
aracterized his whole life, that Nj
as to things democratic. h
n indomitable Will which enables La
i'm to grasp the situation aa 1T pre-
ents itself, courage that prompts x
lin to meet the issue and blaze the Il
way are component principles in the
of Governor Woodrow 1
Wilson that must appeal to Texas
His inflexible attitude
owards those principles OF democ- Il
acy In the adoption and enforce p
lent of which rests the only hope t.
I restoring the government to the g
eople early in the campaign rec
the candidacy of Cover n
Or Wilson to the consideration of W
lis people, and as the campaign liz
progresses the peculiar fitness OF n
lis man for the honor and respon- n
bility involved In the presidency o
our country becomes more firmly 81
xed In their minds and hearts. a
In Texas 1t is either Wilson or v
harmon. Governor Harmon, by his L
elf admitted lack of initiative has a
ounded his own recall. And this is v
Thy Texas is for Wilson. I