Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-27
HON. il. FOUNTAIN
FOR Reelection
Would Again Represent the rSenty
second District In the Texas
Legislature,

A'As - t. FNtHN@'sNN 49, NN-rfN'-N~~Ne ~
again be candidate tor the l.egtSla,
ture from this the rSeRty-seeeRa DIS
trict. composed O. BvazoS ard Gyswes
Counties, aud authorizes TIE Gasee ~
make his announcement. s&Nteet ~ the
action Of the JaS pe@eSrasge Prs,
maries.
when asked ~ the editor " The
Eagle II he had a pattoya he wished
to promalgass. Or Fountain replied;
Just say that am in favor " = short,
eopeise. direct aud ,hoCe0sA business
session OF the Legislature"
4 am in favor q meeting carrying
out the will OF the people as expressed
in the Democratic platform. the pass
age OF needed remedial legislation,
providing for all the educational and
eleemosynary institutions, and then
adjourn and 80 home.
Il am opposed 10 water-logging the
| LEGISLATURE with an avalanche OF use
less and frivolous bills, frittering away
| the time of the members and the
money of the taxpayers, over matters
that are useless and do not concern
the public welfare.
Il want to see the Legislature, as
we'll as all the departments of the
State government, put on strictly
business basis, cutting out all red tape,
taking up all lost motion, to the end
that public expenses may be reduced
to the lowest possible minimum con-
sistent with sound, safe government"
DR.. Fountain was a member of the
Twenty-seventh Twenty eighth. TWEEN.
ty.ninth, Thirty-second and Thirty
| third Legislatures. ten years in all.
During the last session he was a men,
Der of the Appropriations Committee,
| chairman of the Committee on Public
Health, two of the most important
committees of the Legislature, and
was also a member of several minor
committees.
His long years of experience in the
legislative councils of the State have
given him a broad insight into the
governmental affairs of Texas and
what laws are really needed in the
administration of its affairs. He has
learned to discern between those
measures which are of merit, and
those which are either purely bun
combe or intended to favor some spe
cial interest or further the political
ambitions of some designing indi-
yidual. He has never tried to set the
State on fire with his oratory, but is
recognized among his fellows as one
of the watchful, silent, alert, active
forces of the body, and it is concede1
that one such man is worth more and
can accomplish more than a dozen
spouters and windiammers
peace hath her victories no less
renowned than war" and man is as
frequently entitled to praise for what |
he did not do, as for what he did do |
DR.. Fountain has never flooded the
Legislature with senseless bills, nor
blocked legislation by filibustering |
tactics. His plan has been to be
watchful, and whenever he saw an
opportunity to do something of benefit
for the State, to do it quickly and |
quietly.
His greatest ambition has been to
be Of service to the A. & NJ. College |
and he has never lost an opportunity |
to do all within his power for this
great institution. AS an evidence OF
his success in this respect, may be
pointed out the splendid appropria |
tons he has always secured for the |
college. 1t is true some of them have |
been cut down, but it was after the
bills passed beyond the |
pale of the Legislature.
If returned he promises to continue
to do everything possible for the A.
& NJ. College, for the cause of educa-
ton generally, for the public welfare,
and to be watchful and alert to the
interests of the district he represents
The Eagle takes pleasure in placing
the name of DR.. Fountain before the
Democracy of the Twenty-second Dis
trict