The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-01
WINNsBORo Man FopN,,t,,-
ENTERS GtBERSAToRnL
cokTEsT.
REDUCE lTAX RATE
Declares That ID He Does not Via.
tcrially Redue Tax Rate of
State VIII OF Ask for
Second Term.

H' Nh"S' ~ hoAtls OF WINS
boro, candidate fbr governor. for
mally opened his tmpaign here this
afternoon at 3 o'foek, speaking to
large crowd of Hopkins county
citizens. Friends Of Mr.. Morris from
other parts of thel state were also
iihere to hear his opening address.
| The speaker devoted only a few
minutes to preliminaiies and launch
ed Immediately intoI a discussion Of
the issues which hd mad previously
Submitted to the voters for their con
sideration.
| In the outset he Bald he believed
the time has come when Texas should
have a business man for governor.
one who will look aft(r and conduct
the affairs of state WITH an eye single
to the best interests Of the people,
and not from the standpoint of "big
business. He declared that the
business of the plain, common peo-
lple should have first consideration,
because there are so hany more Of
Them. He declared that we should
mot sacrifice the rightt and interests
lof the masses on the 4tar of corpor-
late interests. The tendency of the
times, he said, is to sgo 'big bust
mess" crazy.
Speaking of his PROPOSAL to bring
about readjustment sof taxes the
|speaker said;
Il want to make Solemn decla-
lration, as a solemn Hedge TO the
lpeople of Texas. The declaration is
this: If you sec cit TO 4rust me with
the management of ypul- affairs IS
governor of Texas and do not ma
terially ana substantially reduce the
tax rate of our state, tand give you
more efficient and better service than
you now have, | will retire from that
| high office, feeling that have dis
lgraced the democracy II Texas and
Inundated the intelligence of her
people, and will not AK you to en-
dorse me for second term or FOR
any other favor | make this dec
Elaration and promise because | know
that any safe, sound aid reasonable
business management of our state s
financial affairs will reduce your
ltax rate without injury to anyone ex-
cebt the tax eaters.
The speaker declared that he was
opposed to the repeal of the Rob
ertson insurance law or the amend
ment of same in such way as to de-
stroy its effectiveness land useful
ness to the people, as was attempted
to be done by the proponents OF
what is known as the FGibson Dill
in the last legislature.f He declared
that one serious reason why TINS
law should not be REPEALED is "that
our great state would thus be max
ing complete surrender Oh the
right of the people TOT enact such
laws as they deem just ana equitable
at the dictation of the Pnoney trust
of New York
with reference to tie permanent
warehouse law the SPEAKER sara
III favor amending fe Permanent
Warehouse law in SUD- way as 70
save the farmers and tinners the
waste and expense which is row re-
sulting therefrom. at tha same time
giving them all the bene1 OF a good
and efficient warehouse tnd market
ing system.
"out Of the money Said by you
as taxes. the state 81 now pdFI"s
more than S6s,00o. p direct ap-
preparation. for the lrpose ~
tanning in office bug b OF poltlc-'
pets whose main duta 7 seems y
to see that you comply esith TINS "a "
by permitting the wast oecasio''V''
BY the present wareho ia"'
then paying the expense @ "a '"7
the waste go on"
The speaker favored iakin- wv
state schools our Of pahr @s'-N
4 believe that our e A''f
sisy. A. a a. college. = az @
schools should as near q p
be- taken OUT o. poiitic - -i'
Institutions that oueaf = ~
from partisan politics.
portant thar our schools
ent Of such control
terests % our children
education. and the het's el4'-
of the masses demand e.
n am also in savar e &
Insurance and BANKING
cut Of politics and has
pointment 81 emplosez g -
.h~nugh eaEtt