The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-20

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ltel' YOU why tho words and no more
we're placed ia The constitution.
when the constitution OF TEXAS vas
adopted we had just emerged from
the carpet bag rule OF f. 3. Davis.
The trainers OF the. constitution saw
how easy it VAS for the governor 10
supplement his salary in many ways
out OF the peoples money. aad that
he could very easily run his salary
up 10 $4,000 annually. or more In
order 20 cut of this graft they plae-
ed these words. and no more. in the
constitutions The constitution fur
Their saws that none OF the peoples
money shall be used for private puc-
poses
.'Iiow well Governor Ferguson has
obeyed this sacred instrument let us
see. The records of the comptrol-
ller's office show that he has spent
several thousand dollars of the peo-
Piles money for private purposes.
paying his grocery bills: milk bills.
bakers bills: gasoline for his auto
mobile: automobile repairs; feed bin
and other items of private expenses.
and in this way has increased his sal
airy to something like $4,000 per
year. The money thus used was APP
lpropriated for an entirely different
purpose. being for ice. water. lights,
fuel and incidentals for the execu-
tive mansion and grounds. As a
Icitizen of Texas and as candidate
flor the high office OF governor.
recognize the evils shown in the man
lagement of the states affairs by the
misuse OF the peoples money and
lgive here. my solemn pledge and
lpromise that this misuse and extrava-
igance will not be a part of the Morris
administration.
All the governoTs from Coke 70
ferguson have managed to serve the
Ipeople in that great office with but
one private secretary. Ferguson has
1.-TWO. These great governors pre-
feeding him have also managed 20
worry through the duties of that Of
flee without personal representa-
tive, or a social secretary; Ferguson
has both. Neither OF these offices
iwere permitted by the legislature.
land he has used funds appropriate
led for other purposes with which 10
pay the salary and travelling expenses
Iof his personal representative and
1.-THE salary of his social secretary.
Craddock u Republican.
II wish to especially call atten-
ton to the salary of the governors
personal representative. w. r. Grad
dock. which amounts TO $50 per
month and his travelling expenses. ]
am not saying that Mr.. NCraddock is
not q good man. because there was a
petition circulated and numerous.y
lsigned by the people where he lived,
highly recommending him to Pfesi-
ident Mckinley for appointment TO Of
flee as lifelong republican
| This salary is paid out of an ap-
lpropriation made by the legislature
flor the apprehension and conviction
lof criminals, and / will add here
that some of the junketing trips of
some of the governors appointees
to various parts Of the United States
have also been paid out of this fund.
High Tax Rate.
ALLOW me to recitc here another
charge which | have made against
the Ferguson administration and
which is shown by the records at
Austin as being absolutely correct.
and which the governor In all his
speeches and in all his literature has
never attempted to deny or explain.
have charged that we now have
the highest advalorem tax rate In
| the history of the state; that taxes
ere double what they were in 1914,
and that tax payers are called upon
to pay almost double the amount
paid in the four years of 1907-08-
09-10; that our tax rate in 1915 for
the support of the state government
was higher than that levied by the
carpet bag administration of +. j.
Davis, which all democrats have al
| ways held to be the contamination
of governmental extravaganza. cor
ruption and graft. | am sorry as a
Texas democrat that we win have to