The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-17
CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED FARM
EH JIM STANDS SQUARELY
ON ROBERTSON LAW.
FOR LOWER TAXES
Aspirant for Chief Executive POSI-
zion Says Iie viii Lower Taxes
or Resign il Elected as
Governor.

ternoon of Wednesday in the city.
He is on a visit to hts campaign
Headquarters at Dallas and made
brief visit to our city. When seen
by A representative of the Light Mr..
Morris said he was making visit
TO his headquarters in the general
interest Of hi candidacy. When
asked if he attended the Bankers
convention at Dallas he said his APP
pointments for the day would not
permit his attending the meetings.
Il have" he said. "a large number
of friends among the bankers and
am taking advantage of this occas-
ion to meet many of them person
ally"
When asked in regard to the pro-
posed meeting on the Robertson In
surance law, Mr.. Morris said that
he had noticed accounts of the call
for the meeting and had been eX-
tended an invitation to attend. II
am not only opposed TO the repeal
of the present Robertson Insurance
law but | am opposed TO amending
it. The plan to destroy this law by
repeating that provision of it which
requires investment of a certain per
cent of all reserves held by foreign
insurance companies covering Texas
business I'm Texas securities under
the plea that the proposed amend
ment to the law would open the way
for cheaper money is mere fallacy.
The Robertson Insurance law is de-
signed and intended TO serve the in
terests Of the people of Texas and
it has done so. There is no reason
whatever for any change at this
time. On the contrary there are
many reasons from the peoples
view point why no change should be
made, or even attempted, in it. |
stand as a champion of the Robert
son Insurance law and during my
campaign will devote some time to
more detailed discussion of my
views pertaining to it"
"What do you think OF our state
railroad2" MT Morris was asked
II will so before the people in my
campaign" he said, and advocate
that all state farms be connected by
state railroad with one or more OF
the commercial centers in Texas and
that the railroad be built with con-
Wet labor supplemented by bonuses
from towns along the route tray--
ersed by it and from direct contri-
buttons OF those sections so greatly
benefited by the location of the rail
road
such railroads would be a great
factor in making the state farms not
only self-sustaining but paying in
stitutions. The road could be built
with convict labor to do the common
ordinary labor connected with such
work. and in such a way as not to
conflict with organized labor | ia
vor organized labor and would OPP
pose any feature of state work shat
would work hardship upon it. The
roads could be extended from town
10 town according to the number of
convicts available from the farms
themselves and from the different
counties who should desire to take
advantage of the states convict la
Dor aid on the public roads; and as
the towns and the territory tray
ersed provided the bonuses TO justi-
fy the extensions | am satisfied
that this plan can be worked out
TO a great advantage 10 the state
and viii lend my efforts toward its
successful contamination, but
would have it understood now that
l would do SO only when was con
WINGED that it could be done without
any increase in the state taxes"
Every tax payer in Texas" con
tinued Mr.. Morris. lis now virtually
interested in the important question
OF the exhorbitant tax rate that is
imposed upon them The tax rate
at this time is the highest within the
history OF the state OF Texas. am
entering my campaign for governor
with The promise to the people that
l will reduce this onorous tax bur
den and stil at the same time take
aiaple care of serviceable and legit-
innate departments of the state, or
l viii resign"
Mr.. Morris expressed himself as
being very greatly pleased with the
progress of his campaign up 20 this
time and said that the indications
he receives each day both through
the mails ak his home In Winns-