The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-27


in the service of the Pullman COM
pany, one of the biggest monopo-
lies I'm America today, for years
as lobbyist, presenting their
claims and looking after their tax
interests before the legislature
And now he comes before the peo-
pie and asks for a seat in the
United States senate and is max
i ing his campaign on the Financial
backing received from these rob
bling monopolies: If he is put there
NJ would be natural to suppose that
Ne would continue to look after
the interests of the concerns that
are backing him and continue to
rob the poor people, In order that
his monopolies might live.
The next issue discussed was the
prohibition question. On this is
sue he scored Mr. VOTERS in par
iticular. He said Jake headed the
liquor traffic in making a fight
for statewide prohibition. he dis
tributed hundreds of dollars as
a slush fund and would not make
public from where he got it nor
now he got rid of it. Elect Volt
ers and put in office man that
VIII work for Jake, the monopolies
and the liquor interests he said.
In the fight for statewide prohi-
| bition he fought with the negroes
70
down and wreck and ruin. the
homes, bring tears of sorrow to
our mothers and wives, compel our
children to go hungry and half
starved Do you think that mod
est candidate to represent YOU, and
make laws for you in the United
States senator"
The next man to receive a drub
bling was Mr.. Randell. Mr.. Shep-
pard said he stood next to Jake
VOTERS on the prohibition oues-
ton, and had stumped the state
for anti-prohibition every chance
he had in every prohibition cam
palgn, for the past thirty years
against prohibition and for the
evils that worked to wreck and
ruin the country. He then chang
ed his speech to call attention to
some of the things he had done
and tried to help do since he has
been representative When he was
elected to represent the people in
congress he closed his law office
and has been a hard worker for
democracy and his fellowman ever
since. One of his hardest efforts
IN congress was to have commit
tees made up of men who were
true and that would work for the
interest of the people and not the
corporations and monopolies. He
had introduced bills regarding rail-
road rate regulations, had voted
on anti-graft bills every time he
had a chance. trying to throw the
graft concerns out of existence.
During this campaign" he said.
Mr.. Randell has, tried TO get me
mixed up with the monepolies aIld
charges that l have my pockets
lined with results for favors that
have shown them. but l challenge
him to make known any special
favor L have ever shown any con
Mr. Randell on every issue of the
tariff that was to the interest of
the poor man. | helped to secure
every public building that has come !
to Texas since l have had a seat
there, and worked for everything
that was for Texas and for her
people. The revenue on the Texas !
products today are about $4,000, /
600 while they should be near |
1000. That's why / am
trying to get seat in the senate,
so | will be in a position to give
more and better attention and
work in seeing that Texas gets her
revenue on her products, instead
of letting it go to the monopolies
of the country | have been work
ing in congress while VOTERS has
been working for the liquor inter-
ests and the monopolies that COB
BILE up the sums from the poor
man. I represent democracy and
democratic principles on one side
while Jake represents the mono
poles on the other. | would not
and have not concealed anything
that the people should know.
oppose the liquor traffic because
it brings wreck and ruin to all
mankind, it produces 90 per cent
of insanity, 90 per cent of crime.
produces white slave traffic, one
of the biggest curses our land has
ever known, it debauches women
and murders men. The organized
liquor traffic wants a representa-
tive in Washington, that's why they
want Jake there. Two-thirds of
the territory in the United States
today has prohibition in effect and
the time is fast coming when it
will be in effect in the entire
union. I am a state wider, nat
ion wider and a world wider.
want to see the flag taken from
around the whiskey Darrell and