The Waxahachie Daily Light. (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 97, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 27, 1907 Page: 1 of 4
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The Waxahachie
VOltMK XV. WAXAHACHIK ΤΚΧΛΗ. ΗΛΤΙ'ΚΟΛΥ. Jl
DAILY LIGHT.
Λ 27. UMiT Xt'MBKR 97.
For Tomorrow
Elberta Peaches. Tomatoes Snap Beans. Cucumbers.
Okra. Corn Belle Peppers. Cantaloupes. Spring
Chickens. Plenty of nice Creamery and Country
Butter
Phones J_ B> ||INES
' A Fresh Shipment |
♦
ι
I Strained and Comb
X Honey from Uvalde
♦
I ______
i ROY CONNALLY & CO.
♦
Ice Cold Melons
Thursday Friday and Saturday
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables regular
Quick deliveries and courteous treatment
all the time. .
I E. C. LUMLEY
X Both Phones Opposite P. O.
: —
P. P. SMITH «S CO.
One of the Juiciest HAMS
you ever ate is the Sinclair's.
Try one and see for yourself.
OMfhon. ρ ρ SMIXH ô CO Ν»
DON'T
Buy Your Winter's Supply of
COAL and WOOD
Until you have seen us;
it will be to your interest.
Waxahachie Grain Co.
—UfcAl.bHs IN —
Thr Grade u( McAleiler Fancy
Lump Coal
All Kind·» of Wood
Ihf BeM Ft*t?d Stuff·» un thr Htrhrl
tt-'îh Phonr<> Nutnbrr ··
ADVERTISING
MAKES KNOWN YOUR BARCAINS * WANTS
RULE or PEOPLE
HOPE OF NATION
MtttNT (Rt'SADt ASAINST (ιβΑΕΤ IS
BASH ON avic W(iHTtO(!SNtSS.
ι THE THEME OE FOLK
!
Clissoeri's Elmo·.s (jovfmor Divides
I (loverrataui ProMcms Involving Rail
reels intf LeiisUfio*. Some Evils
of the Eree P»ss.
j The eighth annual encampment
of the Waxaharhle Chautauqua rame
jto :i successful termination last night
! with ;i matchless address by Tlon
Joseph \V Folk chief executive of ;
ι the state of Missouri The audience
! that heard Governor Folk was not
ji>nl\ the largest that ever attended |
ι the dosing exercises of the ChautAu-
jqua. but It exceeded In numbers any
Katherine in the history of the en-
icampment. t'sually enthusiasm and
ι interest begins to wane along to-
ward tin» close of the encampment.
I but on this occasion the demonstra
tlon was a little short of an ovation.
! for at the close of the address hun-
dreds of people crowded to the plat-
j form to shake hands with the κον-I
' ernor. The coming of Governor Folk !
to Waxahachle had been looked for- ]
I ward to with the keenest of interest
'and long before the hour for him to j
! begin speaking people began flock-I
I ing to the park. When the music j
.began at 7:;>(i the auditorium was j
almost completely filled but they [
I kept coming until every available !
seat was occupied. The aisles were ι
filled with chairs to accommodate]
the crowd and then hundreds of peo-!
j pie congregated near the building in j
j order that they might see and hear I
J the man who set in motion a few j
j years ago a reform wave that has
J s'A ept over the entire country. Two I
hundied tr more chairs were placed!
on Hie ι lut form and till these filled
udmlssion to the platform being by |
! ticket. In the vast audience were
I visitors from every town in Hills
I county while "Dalla» Wiico 11111b-
1 buro una other neighboring l Ules
were represented. This was the first
I address ever delivered in Twkub »>y
I Governor Folk and it was quite nat-
j ural that the people should want to
(hear the inun who has had such a
remarkable political career.
While the crowd was assembling
stirring and Inspiring music was fur-
nished lij the Wise orchestra and
then followed songs h> the (ïlee
Club. The whistling song and the
ι Trinity medle> wort1 rendered with
splendid effect The climax of the!
j musical program came when :i cho- I
rus of several voices with Mrs. Till' :
ner singing the solo rendered Dixie ι
Before the applause which greeted ι
the singers died away the orchestral
struck up this ever poptilai southern j
melody and again the people up
plauded vocifelouslv
When Governor Folk appeared on
the platform he wa- accorded an en
thutdasttc reception President Mr-
fonnell of the hoard of directors* in
introducing the apeaker. said
441 am not κοίηκ to make a I on κ;
.speech upon thin occasion. which'
ends the em imputent. in introducing'
the distinguished gentleman who I»
known in ever> nook and corner of
this (tinntr> Tin has been λ very
plt'itsam encampment .ind I am glad
w·· lin\· had «>ti·· <*h iiitanc|tia with-
out rain VV» plan'· d * h ι ne in the
light of the moon and it hats done
well. It hu* t Μ·*· 11 a great aueetnw
and I hope that when the rmmn in
full next Jul· w·» mav attain come to
the*e enchante*) κ rounds |t I not
necessary for m· to recount the
many thiugw .KiuiuplUhcd h> du*·
« rntii Fuik f«»r that would take too
Ionic and I Know %ou arc a uni on*
to hear him. »*» I no* take -real
pleasure In pre»» tiling to >on > mail
:■ with a iiackinme
dovrrtuir Folk ι an ι 4 roil · ap
pLnided a* he am·*1 to ι· fx*nk II#
■»4Ut h* fell In > oiiiioK to vVu.taba*
ν hit tlkat he had « owe a m otic ;
frlmd·· Me hail Oat mam who!
'lad etiefi him «tord* «»f » tirwwr·#' [
m*nt tn «h·· KVfit wink tu» had un· {
dettakm He had tnt-f »o m.*a* t'en
tfent He a fed** s ef
that ** ite >·. i4 -»ff »n«§ ^Hit
»*d t« Ktlia < «Hint '
daO 'Dtkl ^%»ik I (it'll t eu ·
îw»nr» k*n a > ■ f ι»ι·7'» t ffc&i < e? *ί! tn |
*1! iti |iAêie» £u«*J « tuirioltfr it· j
*nd ι**ΐϊίΙ«ι··β '
«•et** tiii .»tρ» ?··.«■·«·· t tti«tn tn }.
' tllMHNf Mût'* iidntrnrn Nit tie 2
«•jNkfu» tn ><
fut mmrnm
III* «4
wd Ht» «
It' ' 4
*»«< n^*· =|r*-«.« «eiÉÉ to· »*afel ||
in «
t« 'hi -mu· man ».ι* Ιι»·*»·ΙΙηκ at
111· feel nf JuMlrn pleading for njer-
c> He had tM-en gulllr of n j>t ! η κ
λ bribe Hi· »;UJ th«· man who live»
ΐ'ΐ'τν du for hi* country I* th·· man
tli·· countr> tutwl* ju»t no» Il i» Just
patriot!» 10 live for one's country
as to d<·* for It. It I* th·· patriotism
of peace upon which th»· perpetuity
of th»· tçovernment r»·*t- M«· Kaki h»*
did not want the vote of Rrafter*.
boodleri gambler» and <lratn shop
outlaw k(>epers "If I can plea»»- the
Rood |η··||)Ι·· of my state. ho declnr-
»'d. ana Incur the enmity of the
grafters and Rambler» I shall be
satisfied " He «aid we do not want
poll lien In our religion but we want
Rood old fashioned religion In poll-
tli s The greatest enemy to represen-
tatlve Rovernment Is privilege. prlv
lleR·· of lawlessness privilege of
«raft and privilege of monopoly
Tilt· only way the people ran govern
Is through their own lawmakers and
we do not need new laws so much as
we do an earnest enforcerm-nt of the
laws now on the statute books. Any
law can be enforced If the people
want It enforced and officials desire
Its enforcement. Wherever you find
a non-enforcement of the law some-
body is getting «raft. Ho siiid St.
Louis and San Francisco did not be-
come corrupt in a day or month or
year. but corruption began many
years ago when the first saloon was
permitted to open in violation of
law There is an embezzlement of
power just as there is an embezzle-
ment of money. Some times when
saloon keepers want to break the
law they secure promises front can-
didates for office not. to molest
them in the event of election. Then
it is that the hands of the officials
;u'e tied. The officer who uses the j
place entrusted to him by the people
to pay his political debts Is just as
suilty of embezzlement as the offl-
•ial who appropriates public moneys ι
ι) his private use The only défini- j
tion of the word Kraft known five
rears ago was that found in the die-I
tlonary. Today graft is defined as !
taking money corruptly. Then it. was [
hat men would give and take bribes
ind think nothing of it. Legislative
tialls had been turned into dens of
thieves Up to five years ago only
thirty-four cases of bribery had been
reported in this country. Men would
sell their votes and consider them-
selves honest. No man today accepts
a bribe and considers himself an
honest man. This remarkable change
in conditions is the result of an
aroused public conscience. One of
Ihe most liislduous lorms of corrup-
tion Ik the acceptance of a railroad
1 i»hmh l.y legislators. Many letçlslatori
ι uatpect Ιο be Uonuat. hui when t%r«
I seduced \>>- a rntiroBrt tTi*» roe
I to destruction is easy Λ represents
'ι
Ι Our
I Soda
Is So
Delightful
It will cause you
to visit our h>un-
t;iin often if »nce
vou taste it. . . .
HIT
HEKKI
nie su
i>k' ·> company
Be up-to-date
KM I Hi
r %»).."» MMt Ν'·"*"1'
Men's Low Shoes
One=Fourth Off
at the
Matthews' Store
5.00 Oxfofds- - 3.75
4 00 Oxfords - - - 3.00
3.50 Oxfords 2.65
2.50 Oxfords 1 -90
Boys' Low Shoe»
Sizes 1 1-2 to 5 2.50 3.00 3.50. to close at 1.50
Matthews Bros
tive has no more right to take a rail-
road pass lhan lie does to take Its
equivalent in money
Governor Folk said he believed in p
publicity for wrong doing He be- j 1
lleved the people should know who ' I
the rascals are. Continuing he said j '
in part : 1t
Wealth in itself is a blessing: j(
tht» abuse of wealth is a curse. The;*
people do not object to riches hon-l;
estly acquired but have a right to
protest against unjust privileges out ;
of which tainted riches grow. Nor
man who is doing an honest busi- |
ness need tear from the arousing of j
the conscience of the people against
wrong. The man or corporation do- '
in g a dishonest business has no ι
right to complain insurance policies!
are more valuable today by reason
of the elimination of «ratting on
the i»art ol Insurance official». We
. an eat our m®»* more
! (action <i1nc« the correction of till
!j evils ot the beer packing industry
When railroads are compelled t<
obey the law the same as any um
- else it will not retard their develop
ment or Injure their real jirojtress.
: Dnt win pur ranroaas on si itnutrt
I and more substantial basis. Railroads
' obtain their charters from the state;
they live by virtue of state laws.
Ye they seem unwilling ίο trust the
people of the state and rreate an nil
necessary antagonism by their ef-
forts to obtain all of the benefit of
state laws that may confer privilege*
upon them and refusing obedience I
to state laws regulating their eon-ι
duet. I believe that the people of the
states ma> he safely depended upon
to treat railroads and all other in J
te reals fairI> If the\ cannot then
our entire theory of government ι
wrong. If the people of the >tate* |
rantiot be trusted to enact valid laws
with respect to railroads h> what
pro» ess of reasoning can it be as
sinned that thc\ ha\· the eapacitv
to legislate for the individual < itl
/en If one were to hunt for rail
road corporation or an> other kind
of corporation he could not find it
h* would simply find individuals» r\
enixing «barter powers conferred by
a state If the stales are competent j
to enact law* a» to iluw individual» I
fate · oncerning all of h*-u iiu'i
red under the form and legal fictioi
• if ι corporation If the) are incup
able of dealing fairh with Indhid
tuli chartered — corpomtiowi theν 1
nut evidence of hostility to railroad*
as business enterprises. I do not be-
lieve there 1» any enmity anywhere
in this* country to the fair and legiti-
mate business of railroads. The peo-
ple are glad when they are prosper-
ous. and take pride In their develop-
ment In every lawful direction. They
do not complain against the honest
earnings of a railroad company or of
just dividends on its capital stock
The people are beginning to realize
however that the railroads are pub-
lic highways and what they charge
for the carriage of passengers and
freight is in the nature of a tax on
the public and that they have the
right to make such cuarges as wilt
! afford them a reasonable return on
I the value of the property and no
I more. When the people demand that
\ they «hull obey the people's
\ and ttaet tbe t»eo eie's
\ ntwlt be supreme iw« ttkem tt Vs no
evidence ot haefcUty.
·.] When we are In the midst of the
ο j most dramatic period of American
e history. the period i" which the peo-
i- /pie's rights « re lo be defined and
. /(tbserved us they never have been
• j before. There are some who see dan
f Ι I" vu i .
I dont* resulting from the exposure of
I wrong doing in official and business
I lit'*· I do not share in this view To
I ni\ mind the hope for the perpetuity
of this government h> the people
was never brighter than now The
fact thai this awakening of the peo-
ple ίο their power was corne al a
tini»· of great prosperity shows that
ir does nor proceed from ι spirit of
discomfort hut springs from fin-
moral sense of the average Individ-
ual If is simpl> a determination to
stamp out the things that dishonor
in public life ;t firm resolve that
government shull he representative
oi the people not of spécial interest
Ttie energies < » I this public conscience
have been extended from the do
main of the publh wronjs-iloer t« »
«hat of tlie private wrong-doer and
probing into the earning on of law-
breaker of even kind It Is not rail-
roads the people complain of. but
the breaches of trust on the part of
those running the railroad**; the peo
pie under»iand these things and
Know that while some railroad peo-
ple and some bankers are crooked
just a« Mime official* are « t «Hiked
Ir doe* not follow that all r*i!r«uid
men or all hanke? and all off tria I*
• ». v\itIhmi i.iinni Thl» movement
• rtt*ade
ill
v\ » .)
iand fot
tulilir I If.
dft«tin*ul»htnj|
again*1 puMm or priv»*t·
.gainst the abuse# ψ'here
{.ιId great wealth
common h·
private iitwliMa
* h -· 'is.uJi» 'ί
► ■h »· »·'· . ι. He ttwi*ief ν at ι» m ί
•t |w.»pi. The agitation again*
ΠΙ got te» gain· «t<w* not tnewn a ml
ht HNiiiiHtti or the detraction ο
'h·' leeteii rich of du on#- Tb
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Ownby, W. A. The Waxahachie Daily Light. (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 97, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 27, 1907, newspaper, July 27, 1907; Waxahachie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1072244/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .