The Waxahachie Daily Light. (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 73, Ed. 1 Monday, June 29, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME XVI. WAXAHACHIE TEXAS MONDAY JI XK 2!> 1IN)S.
DEFENDS FULL
itENDITIDN UWI
Governor Campbell Says People
Have Never Understood Pur-
pose ol Measure.
FAITHFUL TO EVERY TRUST
In Rendering Account ol His Stew-
ardship Executive Declares He
^ Has Kept the Faith—Guar-
1 antee ol Hank Deposits.
—
^^^■king every chapter of the acts
Thirtieth legislature as his
Governor Campbell devoted
/ut two hours Saturday afternoon
'a strenuous argument defending
®xiie laws enacted by that body. SVith
muph emphasis he declared that
during the four months the legisla-
ture was In session that body passed
more good laws—more laws in the
interest of the masses—than any leg-
islature ever assembled in tlie capl-
tol of this state or any other state
for that matter. He tackled the full
rendition law along toward the close
of his address and said the people
had never fully understood the pur-
pose of this law. He showed by sta-
tistics how the people paid less taxes
in 1907 than in 1906 but this was
poor consolation to the man who
does not know what he will have to
pay this year.
Governor Campbell began speak-
ing about 2 o'clock. He was intro-
duced by County Attorney Mark
Smith who presented the chief ex-
ecutive as a man who had stood or
had tried to stand by every promise
made the people two years ago.
The governor was heard by one
of the largest crowds ever assembled
in the district court room. The ma-
jority of his hearers were farmers
who wanted to know what thp gov-
ernor would say concerning some of
the tax measures enacted by the
Thirtieth legislature. Several ladies
were present. It was an unresponsive
crowd at first but near the close of
his speech the governor stirred up
considerable enthusiasm. The great-
est volume of applause came when
he complimented a local county offi-
cer for trying to do his duty.
Governor Campbell's speech was
practically along the same lines of
his Terrell address. In beginning his
remarks he said he had stood or had
tried to stand by every promise made
the citizens of Ellis county when he ]
addressed them here two years ago.
He said he was nominated by the
convention at Dallas upon a platform
of principles which expressed the
will of the people of this state and
they indorsed those principles in the
November election. "If in the dis-
charge of my duties." he said "f
ever forget the people who are trust-
ing me to carry out the pledges I
made them two years ago I am no
longer entitled to their confidence. I
endorse the proposition that when a
man takes office upon a platform of
principles and then abandons those
principles he is no longer entitled
to the confidence of the people and
should be turned from public office
forever."
Continuing he said in years past
he had heard complaints of plat-
forms being neglected and forgot-
ten "but" he declared "you haven't
heard that complaint about me have
you?" He said he had been criticised
and he had heard complaints but
the only thing that could be brought
against him was that he had kept
faith with the people and had pre-
served the integrity of the democrat-
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EDITOR VISITS ;
DEMOCRATIC GOBI
And Finds the Cumby Mans
Candidacy Is No Joke
at All.
PLAIN MAN OFTHEPEOPLE
Is this Hopkins County Candidate (or
Governor but He Has the Gray
Matter—Tribute from a
Prominent Editor.
Hon. George Robinson editor of
the Waco Timee-Herald was a little
slow finding a seat on the Williams
band wagon but once on he lost no
time In passing the word along to his
friends. Editor Robinson visited
Democratic Bob of Black .Jack Grove
a few days ago and this is what he
says about the Hopkins county can-
didate for governor in the Times-
Herald Sunday morning:
Democratic Bob of Black .lack
(« rove.
In one of his campaigns for a seat
in the house of representatives at
Washington the Honorable David B.
Culberson saiil that he had tired of
the strife of politics and would not
again ask Ills constituents for their
favorable consideration. Two years
later however he was again a can-
didate and his previous promise
stood to condemn him unless it
could be explained away. And so at
one of the meetings he talked in
this vein:
j "Two years ago 1 promised to quit
and give one of the other boys a
I chance to distinguish himself in the
councils of the nation. Bill you
heard me say that?"
Bill nodded assent.
"And Tom over there heard me
say the same thing."
Tom couldn't deny it.
"And I know Sam was here then
and could make affidavit that 'old
Dave' had said he had had enough of
that Washington life."
Sam backed up the statement by
looking wise and saying nothing.
"Well boys" said the Marion
j county statesman "the old man has
changed his mind."
And Bill and Tom and Sam threw
! their hats in the air and yelled their
ί delight..
' The story has no pertinence fur-
I ther than this. An editor in the
j grandstand is not under bond to
'stay there every blessed minute; he
has his reserved rights even to
! wearing colors.
j This editor has been on a pilgrim-
j age not as a worshipper however
but to see the Hopkins county pacer
at close range. He wanted to be in
position to answer the oft-repeated
inquiry "Who is this man Williams
and what do you think about him?"
It is an old-fashioned custom for
the readers of a newspaper to ask
the editor for information about
those things which are of public con-
cern thus adding to the editor's self-
imposed importance and this one
isn't going to assume that he's differ-
ent; he will stick to Ed Turner's
motto "No trouble to answer ques-
tions." And hence this pilgrimage ta
North Texas to "size up" the new
entry "Democratic Bob of Black
Jack Grove."
And first who is this man Wil-
liams? He is a native of Arkansas
which he couldn't help of course. At
an early age he went into the Con-
federate service. Presumably he
made a good soldier. Some thirty-
five years ago he came to Texas and
for the greater part of tb^t time he
has lived at Black Jack Grove
I known to the postofflte authorities
j as Cumby in Hopkins county. The
ι change in name—from Black Jack
! Grove to Cumby—was made over the
j protest o£ "Democratic Bob."
Mr. Williams is a woodworker
and a blacksmith. In addition to this
he does the most of the legr.l prac-
tice for his community. He is a jus-
tice of the peace. He served one term
in the legislature when Bob Prince
was the speaker. When populism
was at its height he went on the
stump in support of the democratic
party and Hopkins county the
home of "Cyclone" Davis remained
in the democratic column. Neighbor
ing counties were carried by the |
populists.
Mr. Williams is a member of tin· !
Baptist church. He is a Mason Hi·
lias a '.vite and six children five of
the latter married. He had a grand-
son to graduate this year at the
State University.
Mr. Williams is not a college man;
the war interfered with his school-
ing. He has a fair English education
the two documents thus far furnish-
ed to the public being his own pro-
duction. He is not. as handsome as
Charley Culberson or Joe Bailey;
neither is he to be classed in looks
with Weorge Pendleton and Wiley
Imboden. He dresses neatly carries
a cane is dignified and composed his
manner reminding this editor of the S
late F. L. Carroll. ...odestv is a chief
characteristic; nothing of the bla-
tant; little of the ego and vet a
man who would go to the martyr's
stake before he would surrender a
p/inciple.
'/Possibly the second part of the in-
quiry—"What does the editor think
of him?"—has already been answer-
ed. A plain old-fashioned American
citizen democratic in his tastes and
i|i his instincts who doesn't know
anything but to do the right and
whose judgment one would seek in
a time of difficulty.—that is Bob
Williams of Black Jack Grove.
Mr. Williams did not become a
candidate through any desire for
notoriety; active self-assertion is not
the man's temperament. He says he
kept wishing and expecting that
"some one would come out against
Campbell and his hurtful policies"
and no one else offering he felt im-
pelled by a sense of duty to all the
people to afford them an opportunity
to come back to the simplicity of
the fathers.
Mr. Williams was a Hogg suppor- !
ter. He believes in the Hogg policies ι
He would never consent to a rever- J
sal of the work Hogg accomplished.
But he thinks there is a sharp dis-
tinction between controlling corpor-
ations and hampering enterprise.
Mr. Williams believes in the ut-
most economy in the conduct of
government. He would recommend
to the legislature the abolishment of
a number of offices. He thinks we
have too much official machinery
and he says he would like to get
back to the good old ways as illus-
trated in the gubernatorial career of
Ο. M. Roberts.
The old Jeffersonians had two
tests; Is he honest? Is ho capable?
In addition to this they preferred
the man of simple tastes.
No one can talk to R. R. Williams
ten minutes and doubt for one mo-
ment his honesty. He is what he is
without dissimulation. He is candor
itself. He tells you what he thinks
without the least hesitancy and
with him two and two make four
and no more.
Mr. Williams is a man of ability.
He thinks clear through a proposi-
tion and ho travels along mathemat-
ical lines. He goes from cause to ef-
fect and back again to cause and
then he is ready to hand in a ver-
dict. Two hours conversation with
him revealed this type of mind; slow
patient investigation and a desire to
get the truth the whole truth and
nothing but the truth.
Mr. Williams is a man of simple
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ONLY THE BEST
tastes. He wouldn't scorn elegance;
he would be as much at home in the
Pullman coach as in the smoking
car. But he lias always led the sim-
ple frugal life frep from all ostenta-
tion and it is a fixed habit just as
it was with the late Frank Lubbock.
Neither poverty nor riches neither
obscurity nor prominence could
spoil him.
# * *
Emphasis was in the man's tones
when he said to this editor: "If I am
elected governor 1 will be absolutely
unpledged to any interest and my
one purposH will be to administer the
affairs of government along demo-
cratic lines and for the benefit of the
whole people."
Mr Williams gives (lis auditor to
understand that he thinks we can
have too much government; that
government can meddle and meddle
and meddle until the average citizen
is afraid to turn about lest he vio-
late some regulation.
At this point the editor asked
him about prohibition. He didn't hes-
itate a moment. He said that his
democratic instincts made him a
home rule man. But he thought the
liquor interests had gotten into our
politics in an offensive way and he
was willing to subscribe to state
wide prohibition to rebuke that sort
of thing. If the majority of the dem-
ocrats of Texas he went on to say
favored submission he would as gov-
ernor urge on the legislature a com-
pliance with that will. He has a pas-
sion for pure politics and this has
made him a state-wide prohibition-
ist.
The editor asked Mr. Williams
about the conduct of his campaign;
how he was to get funds and how-
he was to meet the people and let
them know what manner of man he
Is.
As to funds his only requirement
is for the printing and the circulat-
ing of literature and the payment of
a secretaiy. ' in about ten days" he
said "all of my available funds will
I be gonp Vheu the | 'ain people who
have my cruise--real.y it is their
cause—at henrt must carry on the
fight Of '-.· rse. it' v.nney is sent me
I shall use it but not outside the
lines I have indicated."
As to meeting the people he did
not know of a better plan than for
those concerned to have one or more
representatives of a community visit
him at his home where the opinion
of his neighbors could be ascertain-
ed. He has not the money he says
for an exteiffled tour of the state;
the time is short; he has no ma-
chine; his candidacy is that of a
plain citizen appealing to the plain
j people to bring the state govern-
j ment back to plain practices with
j equal rights for all and special prlv-
| ileges to none.
* · *
I The editor has written of the man
j as the man appeared to the editor.
I They met in Greenville the county
ι seat of Hunt county some twenty
! miles from old Black Jack Grove
ι When the Interview was over the
! editor went out among ^he people to
hear their discussion. He was un-
known to any of them and he sim-
ply listened. The professional polltl-
I clans—lawyers he Judged them to
j be—were talking for Campbell. But
they seemed to be a hopeless mlnori
ty. The farmers and others were
talking for Williams; sixteen to one
seemed to be the proportion. No
word of disparagement as to Wil-
liams was heard; he has the confi-
dence of that people.
The editor in the grand stand
would say to Tom Campbell and his
friends that the Williams candidacy
is no joke and they will be foolish
to treat it as such. The people are
not satisfied with existing conditions
and many of them are persuaded
that legislation has brought distress
on the land. Unless they can be
shown differently they are going to
smash the second term precedent; at
least that is the situation as it pre-
sents itself to the editor In the
grand stand.
THE LIBERTY OF CHRISÏIMS
Evangelist Walton Pays His Respects
to Dancers and Card Players.
Seldom has such an impression
been made on this community as was
made by Dr. Walton's subject on
' The Christian's Liberty" or "The
Society Christian" as he calls it.
As a rule when an evangelist speaks
011 such a subject it is expected that
the christian people will be consign-
ed to a place in hell if they are not.
just as they should be. But the
preacher said that he realized that
people become hike warm and ne-
glectful of their duty and he was
going to try to show them what Je-
sus would have them do. The texts
ι were; "All things are lawful but
all things are not expedient" and
"For the love of Christ construioeth
us."
"A pastor is always having people
coming to him and saying:. *1 don't
see any harm in playing cards or
drinking wine or dancing' but I
want to say that these three or four
are not a catalogue of all the sins
which christians commit.
"Let us ask what the real question
to be solved is in the christian's lib-
erty. It is—what are you doing to
help men and women to Christ? You
say there is no harm in card play-
ing and you argue on the pasteboard
and the silk and the betting. That
is not where the harm lies but it
does lie in the fact that your indul-
ging in this causes sinners to point
the finger at you and say If that is
Christianity I don't want it." Some
will say 'Well I believe I won't join
the church and then I won't be un-
der the law.' That is not true. A
man or woman out of the church is
under more law than one in the
church because those in church are
under grace and not law.
"A christian man will do the
things God wants done because his
love for Christ constrains him.
ι Many of you know a steward in the
Methodist church in Fort Worth
whose name is Parker and who has
a drug store on the corner of Sev-
! enth and Houston. I have been told
that drug store after drug store fail-
ed there until he took it and closed
his store on Sunday. There is a sign
on his front window which reads.
This store closed on Sundays.' That
man has prospered and every day of
the week his store is crowded with
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