Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 218, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1894 Page: 4 of 8
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Ib1liied Terr day In ih Year by
statd rniwra co3iiiv
A It 1 IIMAMS J U WATSOV
rrrsltleat Vlp rrildetit
F J DrUAIlT Secreinrr
S It WILLIAM Ueueral MnmTa
O SBtTUlt MRonfflna Iltlltor
LAIHK3T CITY CinClLATIOV
LtnansTTKXs cihclxatiov
LAnarT soutiiuhx cinruATiov
Willi Tlirrn nxeepttom
Entered at the pbstofllce at Fort
Worth Tex as second class mall
matter
FOK ATTOUNIIV aCMSIMU
Friends of
Mil TULLY A rUIXBIl
of San Antonio announcs him a can-
didate for the XJernocratlQ nomination
for Atforney Ueneral of the State
ron iiirnvATGo uhm
We ore authorized to announce
n w CAMP
of Tort Worth as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Lieutenant
loyernor of Texas
Tor mots Inml Coram I loner
We ore authorised to announce
WM nUAMLETTn
cf nils county as a candidate
for land commlsslomr for Texaf
object to th action of the Uemocratlo
state convention
It Is rfportM that at the end of the
present fiscal ear the pension bereau
Hill return to thR treasury J33OOU000 of
unTpendd pension appropriation
This 1 the result of a straight Demo-
cratic administration of the pension
department of the government nnd
demonstrate the wisdom of putting
thorough business man at the head
of this herutoforo mismanaged depart-
ment
The itepubllean press thioughoutthe
oountry and notably In the large cities
9 strangely sllvnt conoernlig the ac-
tion of fix Republican state conven-
tion in Juggling with the silver ques-
tion The else stales fire Indiana Ohio
Caltfirnla Kansas Maine and Ver-
mont The platform of each of these
stair contalni h more or ls equivocal
demand for free coinage Notwith-
standing this radical departure from
v hat has litre lo fore Keen th policy
and practice of the party th itepub
llrans papitu hae llttla or nothing to
ra eiilturltiiiy on the subject Hpeak
out lr thrfti let us know what you
think about it
The bill Introduced In rongross by
rtepresentatlw Htone defining whut
ennsiltutes an anarchUt and ruin
the penalty at death for any attempt
to kill United Htutes oflletals or destroy
ffovernnient property should be
amended by adding a heavy penalty for
holding membership In or In nny way
affiliating wIlli ur encouraging annr
chit u letles and as thus aiiifiidod It
should be speedily pased by eongrwes
titrlngvnt and prompt meaures nie
needed to stamp out anarchy In this
country and it In folly to wait until
on American Hunto shall startlo the
wurM fclth liU diabolical crlmo before
any preventive measures are taken
ur of AppeuU
Special Dlnpateh
IMltas Tx June 18 waH
had In curl of appeals vitin utrlct
at Pallas
Affirmed HlrauM Co vs I M
Dundnii train Hunt Parker Uros vs
Atneiinn lCxohang Ilanlc from Dul
IM Martin Wise ft nutaush vs Texas
Iaciffi Uuiinay Company from Iamar
llev reed and temanded A J An-
derson Iiftik Company- vs Cleburne
atm i a und Utrhtfng Company
from Jihnsoti Theodore n Uund s
JJf JLJt Onv from Dallas elms
Dillingham receiver va Jam Wood
from Nnam II M Huswell vs
Ilenrv i orboe et al from Orajnon
niatJiiaal and Oreat Northern Hall-
way Company j a Hobertson
from Unilili Mlsflourt ICanpaa and
Texas Hallway Company o D
eiry from Kalnos
DlimlMeil W U Odell T D
Wharton et al from Will H M Lory
ifomimi w K
Motions aiioogcj of Kal jr fny
lor t ul vh J 0 Callawuy t al tV
unnct Society ifau ciyoui di
tnlM appeal umnlnJt will Haah va
mitt Txa ornl i nciro luiiway com-
pany v William Fuiw am wifemo
talnilj A t MrAlllalcr v JI H
rerllf erani nnI oa
ol for Kptombcr 6 It C HlorrI vV
Ann Maijhall uhi arlne VMruId
ynoWa Iron Worka viT MllchMl a
llotlonn nubmlttnl H W lmcnnl
pilllngbam rroentr va I N nich
ara rcheailns llamilton UroVn Shoii
hcarins Bonirvr Jiioa y w 5 tiim
rchtariiig Illa Tltl and Trait Com
uune 3 ut 10 iVhch at whloli tlnm
th court mwdjouiiirorthoitrm
Kuurriur uurt reinrilm
Spwlsl DUiuitrli
mgm tvurt folded aSftZtSttSi
Vrlta of tiror refuvtd riuni
Jass M u - ftSs
trilH a questl ths anerea L
JWmipi is k MoUfrot fFom
Jithsring refUJed WVeCern Union
Tlfgraph comwuy vs J jiS
from doiwalet Oulr Colorado 2nd
ejnta re iCmpiny
railway
s 1 c
rerew
ii om tent3n
Appjlcdtl n for writ of error
net for Octbep II U jj lutdwln
Va tr OoMfrinlt from TA3r
ftitiont cwltd over Thu couit lien
adjourned for the trm
A fonilurtui 8utniiia
UfVuxtop TphJun dUpafJi
from ffutra uv that Uflrtv Matfnha
ftMyicL runbinirit Hi fiwthfrm
Jk 54 ftr
GOVERNOR HOGG IN BOSTON
nruvnns av Ammnvi nironr
Tim ciiAMnnit up
WMcb TlinUKh Lngthr Ik lUneU
to Witit Ctreot Interest by
1roerenalye Tunw Jn
of That Clfr
Special Dispatch
U7ston M June 21 Gov Hogg
and party reaped much pleasure and
Texaa great proflt In Uoston today
JJrst a reception by Bostons mayor
then a hearty Interchange of courtq
slea Vilth the Massachusetts poverndr
The party -was all the time under the
chaperon a go of representatives of tho
city government and were conducted
to the lower house of the legislature
and tendered the prtvtlgee of the floor
Thy were taken to the senate whose
pi evident announced a recess And In
traduced Gov Hogg A large audience
listened to abort but loudly ap-
plauded addrexs Next the excitement
always witnessed on th stock ex
change- was for a short time enjoyed
by the Texens
At 1 ocWclt th9 party weht In a
body to the chamber of commerce
wneie iney were recipients of many
courtesies Qov Ilogir was Introduced
In a very neat upeech by President
Kimball and made a telling talk for
Texaa to on audience of SOU or more
In the afternoon representatives of the
city government who had carriages
during all the preceding program at
their illnnftfi1 tnivM ttiA Tmdm n rl
lifrhtful drive through parka and other
beautiful parts of Itoeton That Texas
may know how her governor lepro
centa the state the following speech
at the chamber of commerce as above
noted la given
lAst winter a few business men
that IT I couM spnie the time
IIk would take a trip with mo throufch
the nulh und east Ui roturn the Mslis
some of the good people up here havo
recently mudo to Texas Tney reasoned
that the common ties between our sec-
tions were strong and binding nd that
If tho gentlemen who have bien among
us from the north and east during the
past few yaara were fair representa-
tives of the sentiment of these people
there in very little difference between
us except sentiment produced from a
strained relation Thy flt that If any
prejudice fxlstu between tho people
of tho two sect tone It could not be
removed except by social and business
IntercourNe We have rome not on
bUNlnche nor as immigration ugents
have come for recreation and pleas-
ure nnd to mingle with the good people
un here and to testify our appreciation
or Uivir good will and overtures uf
friendship
Itecentlv I have bscn Informed that
lurking In the minds of most of the
people of this ncctJon la an old 1 1 r Ber-
ing fiuiplclon that Texas Is a small
tute of ugly methods of unrighteous
lawn and of uncertain resources To
those who have vlltd our state and
becom1 personally familiar with her
magnitude her rich srled resources
her mm nliJcnt Institutions and salu-
tary laws u would be idle for a word
to bo said While I do not wish to ro-
lled on the knowledge of school chil-
dren vet t may be pardoned for naylng
that to fully fotiiprt hfnd lhe urea of
Texas you must compare it to other
state or travel ovoi it The latter
you can not well do so take the thir-
teen states of Cnnectlf it Del iwnre
Kentucky Maryland Maine Massa-
chusetts New Jersey Ohio Ithode Is-
land bouth Carolina Vermont Vat
Virginia nnd the groat Empire rUntc of
x jil mil oimpute the aquarc
miles In them all and then you will
llnd they latk territory enouh to mae
an additional utato as large as Massa-
chusetts of being the size of our won-
derful state This ast territory Is nt
triiciiv and limiting in resources
Within It are lauds i llcti and alluvial
on the valley of tho NIK anil otheis
as poor and fiultlea an the Hahra
deeert and the climate lr a varied
uncrdlng to section ns may be found
within any nve state of the Union
There we have nilUln H i
ranches ihousand aire coton plantd
tlona leagues of wheat field and
miles eouaie of sugar plantations all
rch arO productive ond ptcutlariy
idapttt to i he uses to which they ar
t ut fildf by corn ootnn iane wheat
rata ryo and lmrlr and dallclous
fruits nnl vegetables are found grow-
ing In luxu I ant profusion In om
aeftliins a wholi area as large n IIH
h1b fan be tarved out without taking
hi a square milt of poor land Ves but
inn rind it torrttm thiM oimi in nut
or six or our leading states without tho
risa or unnairg tn drouth r
vhero at It ant vo pr cent of the sul
h from three tc ten feet det on whh
furtlllxirf uro m vit rr ueed
ird full crops are ued almost every
vir
Our state Is dUd iiiwn
may be termed tho grating and the
agricultural aectlona The stock ranch-
es are beyond the agricultural belt
but it is believed that as the man with
the hoe proceeds on westward the
whole of the state whln the next few
decades will be eminently fitted to thy
iuruu vi ugncuiure
Our coast extends too miles upon
the gulf way upon which are being
constructed by the government and
private enterprise four Important liar
bora where the water nimns iaan
enough now to supply the demands of
Kuiiiiiirruo possibilities of our
state can only bs estimated bv rerr
once to nnd In the light of her war-
viww proKrena ror in period of the
last twenty three enrn
In 1870 lhe arirretnte nrtincrtv vnln
renderiil for taxation amounted to
1170473000 while In 180S they agcre
atsd HH0i755 Then the population
was slHQOO now It Is 240Qooo Then
we had 320 miles of railroad now we
nave WZiiO Then the aorrage In farms
aggregated 1100000 now they amount
to 011028 acres Then the cotton
crop In bales was SiOooo now it
omounts to over 1800000 bales Then
the corn crop aggregated 20000000
bushels now it nmounta hi bushels to
oer 77000000 Then the wheat crop
yielded 413000 bushel now It urnounts
to et83l00i buebels Then wo had only
J20l factories now we have oyer 400
of them Then there were only v
Stf 1000 Invested In factories now there
are Invested In thorn ner icononnnrt
Then the factory hands numbered only
t invj IIUIIIUV1 MV r AViW
Kven tin blessed school children In
the last ten ear hae lucrrAned frnm
Ziiit to MOS03
So ou otssenr that properly values
In the period from 1ST0 to IB 03 increased
20 per cent the population 193 per
cent the miles of railroad xtaq m t
the farms In acreage 400 per cent the
cotton In bales 4J4 pr oentt the corn in
bushels 2SS per rent the wheat In bush-
els U9 pr cent th number of fac-
tories CO per Cent the carltal infni
in factories I0SJ per cent factory em
Pth in numwra xz per cent and the
soholastlo population in Un years in
Xur agricultural products oTiisfc year
Co on amount equal to about cne half
th value of th personal property or
to nearly one seventh of all the iimmx
ed taxable values Including the rail
roads in the state Authentic statu
Ilea snow that real eato mortgages
mount In tho state to only 3O000000
or about IT H lr cent per acre ihHe
the chattel mortgagee that K mort
gage uiwn personal property and
croiiit airin PiintMl ion ti n Aaa am
last yenr Proudly X point ti tV fact I
that there are nn mnrti a ihiah -
bDu xads of th peoole of Teiai
t v
TUB GAZETTE I yOKTWPItTII TEXAS FRIDAY JTJNH 2Pv1804
We have a condition of freedom there
significantly guaranteeing- the perpetu-
ity of human liberty under a republi-
can form of government During these
rapid strides of material prosperity
challenging as they do the admiration
and reapvcl of nery thoughtful inah
upon the American continent our peo-
ple have not lost sight of the duty of
the government to lay only a light
hand upon tho taxpayer and to ddhero
to the axiomatic principle that a gen-
eral diffusion of knowledge Is essential
to the rights and liberties of tho peo-
ple or it has carefully and regularly
reduced taxation until now a cltlxen
of the state scarcely feels It white a
colloseal school fund has been created
and set aside until today every child
in the state without reference to his
parentage acx or color Is entleled to
ana receives a fair education at public
expenso While for general revenue
and publto school purposes the tax
rate of litl amounted to CO cents on
every S100 worth of property the taxes
now only aggregate 17 J J cents on that
amount of property each year The
condition of low taxation In our state
can better bo Illustrated by the state-
ment that for the value of a ll cent
cigar you can pay your annual general
revenue taxes to the state government
on a hundred dollars worth of prop-
erty Permit me to further llluatrats
the relation that a Well-to-do cltlxen
bears to our slate government In tax-
ation He has for instance 200 acres
of land valued at 12000 five cowe and
their calves at JD0 20 sheep at 130
3 hares at 180 X0 hogs at ISO 1 car-
riage at 100 l yoke of oxen at 75
1 wagon at ISO aggregating 111 15 on
which he must pay taxes lie has un-
der the law 2E0 worth of household
and kitchen furniture exempt from tax-
ation Now ha must pay the state
nnnually for general revenue purposes
15 cents and IS 1 3 cents for public
school purpQHes on each 100 worth of
that property and also n revenue poll
tax of 6 cents and a school poll tax
of It per year aggregating 333 that
he must pay the state government for
nil purposes evt ry year He receives
jrom me puoiic rree nenooi mnu annu-
ally through the state treasury 14 r0
as tuition for each of lvta children at-
tending school Therefore If he has
four of them at school he receives
18 or 13 C7 more than he payn In taxes
If ho haa only two children attending
school ho gets back from the state
government by way of tuition 67 cents
each year more than his taxes to the
stato government If he lias no proper-
ty his children are denlod no privileges
on account of It
Our pubtio school fund consists of
about 20000 000 acres of land that can
only be sold to nctual settlers in good
faith at per acre on long time and
K per cent annual interest When It
ts not applied for to be settled It can
be leaned for stock pur pones for a
limited number of jears The money
acquired from the sale n this public
dumaln Is kept Intact and ran only be
Invested In prescribed interest bearing
securities and used as directed by the
constitution In addition to this land
the school fund owns now about
13000000 In nteretbarlng land notes
and county and state bonds The In-
come received from the land rents and
Interest on notes nnd bonds together
with 12 1 2 cents ad valorum and the
1 per capita tax and 1 per cent an-
nually of tho permanent fund and
one fourth of the occupation taxed
compone what la culled the available
school fund whlci Is appropriated an-
nually by the state to the cause of pub-
lic education This fund Is prorated
upon the per capita scholastic basis
equally among the whites and blacks
Kach town district city and county
has the right to supplement this fund
by local taxation to support the schools
of any grade for any peilod that may
be incensary
Ae have a first class university en-
dowed by constitutional appropriation
with 2000000 aorta or land and is
Otherwise aided and supported Jjy the
state government In addition To this
we have a medical university an ag-
ricultural and mechanical college a
normal school for the education of white
teachers and one also for the education
of the negro teachers all well supplied
and equipped and in healthful opera-
tion We have three commodious com-
fortable uell appointed asylums for
lhe Insane one for the blind one for
the deaf and dumb and one for tho
blind and deaf and dumb of the negro
race We also hae u reformatory and
an orphans home well supported by
the state government There are many
other Institutions endowed and sup
ported by private enterprise In the sev-
eral communities of the state both for
the white and colored people Added to
all these marking the gratitude of a
philanthropic people we have a home
comfortable conenlent and well sup-
ported for the old disabled Confed-
erate soldiers Down our way we be-
lieve that It Is but right and Just for
any government when it calls upon Its
cltlsons to support its measures of
war to take care of thoie who utuo
been wounded or afflicted by disease in
Its service
While our state has undergone won
dorful changes and dtelopvd beyond
the most extravagant expectations of
the old aottler In the past ten years
we are proud that with all this pro-
gress under local self government
where sound principles have been ad-
hered to und promoted the expenses of
the state government last jear were
100000 less than thev won in van
ago These allusions to the wonderful
Increase In taxable wealth In material
progress in railroad building in popu-
lation In ogrlcultural productions and
to the concurrent decrease of the ex-
penses of government seem to call
forth the question why should not
everybody go to TexasT In the first
place we dont want everybody to go
there We propose to be a little choice
in the class of immigration that may
hereafter reach our state We would
be glad at any time to have the honor
able Intelligent clean population
American and foreign come among
uVbl w uw the tine there Our
staU is fast nillng up with a law
abiding progressive Independent
class of cltlsens proud of American
institutions who will gladly alwais
support a republican form Qf govern
went and stand by the stars and
stripes against foes from within or
without Of all the crimes commuted
by our general government under the
name of llbcrtv there u m UA Vi
Tnore menacing to free Institutions and
MVV WHH vvvviv man tne ad
mission of a criminal ond vicious im-
migration from frlrn rTnti
Foreign immigration to support Ameri-
can institution and snloy human free-
dom li alt right Foreign immigration
j - wi tumrviiy anu destroy
human liberty is all wrong Uetweih
the two classes the dead line of Justice
to the American i m S
drawn Wiilonl need them and do
not want them down In Texas Ye
that wfii rwiTrV aCTS mV o
convlnca thm that th law In a ov
ny t auprm For
tl patt few yeara w liav bn n
jajjed at nrjat iptno nd umlrlne
X8l1 t criminal
mnt that X It not an aiyium for
them jirt jar conviotd oJJ
5000 of thm ami S S to h
pnlttnltary for a trra of yara Th
yar tht machlnry of JmtlM 1 In full
motion xtrmlnatlng A crtmlaS lut
roivt according to law and ruarantfi
In ianc under tht contitutlon to
ovcry cltlitn v hav nnl X
mob outlon -within th paat Ithtwn
1aonU1aa1dwt havt twelve or tli
Dumber In Jail and the oihr A We
ecapij to part unknown Th ala
hoourilaya of old Art a remlnlacence
and Texaa now ttanda the aqual of any
atate tn tht American union in innrpt
of tht prlnrlpla of jutlct and In tht
malntenaniA af th vlvht iti
- - MM mwk
TS
rf n i
if 5
of the people up to tha full atandard
guaranteed by tht cuuatltutlon w
art a aelf aupportlaifi Independent
population with leaa poverty and mora
unleral proeperlty than any portion
of the American union Krom thle tlmo
on our people while weloomlns txtry
honorable Intelligent human being who
delrei to locate amopg ue cannot In-
vite nor do tbey want a ahlftlea
thrlftlees government hating lawlea
element If that elate comet to Texaa
they are certain to ere hard timet
Bom one at lea It tht alate la not un-
friendly to capital Well Ihla It ga-
ting tu bo n chestnut with a Loir In
It You know there are capltalltta
ond capltalltta One data of fel
lowa wlthea to get rich by town lot
bourne and wild cat aeheroee aupport
cd and upheld by tha mttal calleJ
braaa In other wordt that claita of
men are Inimical to honeat capital
Their profit Ilea In the margin ot wind
and water and Inflated booma above
tho dead line of honeaty Their talea
of Texaa lla In every part of their
mouth They would nover be content
with a reatonable return on an honest
Inveetment In ouy country Intruth
they never engago In tuch ddllngt
Thlt elate of oapltallatt of late nave
a contempt for the very nam of Tex
at and Heclarn that her law are the
Praonu1catlon and qulnleacenco of
tnhumanlty and oommunltm a menace
to proprrty rlghtt VVe era Riad tn
have audi an opinion from auoh a
aource Their Ingenuity their aubtlety
ftnu augar coatud atorlea however may
ha misled men of Integrity and
wealth who never desire to play upon
th cupidity of their fellow man nor to
swindle anybody but are nnvloua at
all tlmea to make an honett Invettment
and be content with a lata return on It
J know full well that false Impression
havo gone abroad In referenco to llvo
laws that have been patted during my
administration They arc regarded by
thote who underitand them and retpoct
fair dealing and good government at
the culmination of tubttantlal Juttlce
ond undoubted wisdom They are the
aafe guardt and bulwarks protecting
the liberties and rights of an honest
frugal patrlotlo people fully capable
of aelf governmpnt They are the
foundations today of our stato govern-
ment relnld to meet tho strange new
condlttona of the twentieth century
now upon us At the risk of taxing
your tlmo I win briefly explain them
to you They are
1 Tht railroad cominltslnn law
2 Tha railroad tock and bund law
a una anon law
i The municipal bom law
B The corporation land law
Tho much-talked-of and greatly mlv
rprerentod inllroad rommltslun of
Texas contlsts of throe men appointed
by the governor who upon rath are
required by the law of their creation
to adopt alt nccetsary ratet chargei
and regulations that affect or govern
rillray transportation haMng origin or
destination within the state and to
correct abuses ond unjust discrimina-
tions and extortions In relation thcrto
In other words the railroad comls
slon repretentt th public which of
course Included tho railway companies
In eatabllthlr g and maintaining a
cutelfloallon ot freight nnd a schedule
ot charges that the shippers and the
oompanles must obtervs In tho trans-
portation of trolllo over the railroads of
Texas Thla wort was formerly done
by ratlroud agents who were not under
oath und represented their own and
tho railway Interests excluslely free
of regulation ur restraint The commla
alon cxeoutes n law under oath with a
view of protecting tho public against
extortion In trartlc churges and allow-
ing tho owners of railways a reasonable
return on their investment la addition
to haMng their property efficiently
maintained and operated Before mak-
ing rates tha oommltlon 1 required by
law to give each railway company to
be airKrtecl thereby ten uaye notlco of
th time anil place when and where
they aio to bo tatabllahed und to give
It a trlil and i hearing to thv end that
justice may bo done At this trial or
hearing tho company it entitled to
compulsory process to eufirco the at-
tendance of wltmarica ard It can ap
pear through agents oni TSr counsel
or other nnd as many rpruxntatlves
as It chooses to tee that th rates es-
tablish j are tali and ruatmablt The
law expretsly provides that If the com
party or other parties nt Intrrnt be
dltsatlttled with the rates or acta es-
tablished as the result of tho trial be-
fore tho commltston cither or ell ot
them may tile u petition setting foith
tho cnutet of iibjictlon thereto In any
court of competent lurltdlctlon holding
aetslona at the capital city of Texas
against the commlttloii and therein
have the question at Issue Immediately
tried a otlnr rlvll caaet either before
n Jury or tho Judge Catet nt Ihl char-
acter ara given precedence over all oth
ert In tho trial court and alto In tho
supreme court to which the right vt
linAlat appeal Is In plain lauguaKa au
tnnrlzed The plan uf the law t to
have all quettlons touching th rea-
sonableness of ratca and reguiatlona
affecting trhnsportathin aettled before
the commission or In th courts whero
the complaining party or tho railway
company and the commission ar the
opposing litigants
When the rate la established It can-
not be collaterally attacked In any
court If attacked at all It must be
by direct proceeding agalntt tht com-
L mission in a couu ui competent juris-
diction The Hw dses not declaro In
what particular court tho action
may bo brought against the commis-
sion but aat In a court of compe-
tent Jurisdiction In Travis county
Texaa In which the capital of tht
atate nnd the cummlttlon are locatoJ
If a Tederal nutation it InvoljtM ot
couisa ine reuerai count IhcrtrMiaVtt
Jurltdictlcn If not the Hate courtt
aro authorised tn try all casea arltlng
between tht commission nnd all parties
who choose to nttack Its work Pome
persons who perhapa never read the
law or overlooked or forego jtt pro-
visions Bae been heralding It ul home
and abroad that It shes tho commission
arbitrary power and denies the rail-
way colnplnles a trial or hearing In
court to protect their rights from In-
justice and their properly from con
nscatlon Itofore sensible men bellee
tuch talea aa these they should get a
copy of the law and read It It section
does not expressly authorize itlt
against the commission by any till
road company or party at interest in
any court ot competent Jurisdiction
In Travlt county jwm cat a grault
mountain a mile aquara with a
aouvenlr spoon
There Is not the least trouble under
the law for railways to get Into court
Their trouble Is in getting out of court
nnd keeping clear of litigation SoroS
how or other mott of them teem to
think court Is the cathollcon of all
their Ills They remind mt ot an old
negro who one wanted to retain me
aa his counsel by tha year I told him
I would ba glad to terva him but that
h bad no caaet for tn to attend to
lie Iniltled on hit right anyway to
retain me and ukrd my terms I
gaa them at what I thought would
about coer all tho work tie would
probably hove done II accepted the
terms and w closed tht contract I
waa well pleased and ha teemed tn be
It waa not long until X taw I was Into
it that I had made a bad bargain
that I had been depotlted In a cavity
and tht hole pulled In on int To
every demand for tha vaymenf of ac-
counts and notat by hit -merchant
crsdltort however Jutt and they all
wera the old neitro would point to the
courthouse l t most offtnslvt
austere way and answer Daft whar
I tettlt Oo dar With great hasta
they would take hit advice Yee he
Wtnt ta court and Into litigation uo o
Hi -
JfjnjdsliXbi
hie neck win every on who proposed
M collect a dollar from Mm Toil can
well understand my predlcment When
I wouia get after him for his conduct
he would ink me Haint I ployed you
by de yearv WJiata a lawyer fur but
ter wuek la de coathouaef That
nettled It Uy the tlma 1 got through
pleading for that old negro the Jurlea
had no respect for him and but little
confluence In me JJy the end of tha
year he was what we down in Texaa
call a busted nigger
My observation it that railways
like men can make friends or enemies
ncordlng to their Uctcrtt Litigation to
protect rlghta even thould b the laat
retort after all reasonable eftorta have
been exhausted to accomplish the tame
end Like the old negro moat of them
point to the court and say Para
whar I settle Oo dar And like him
they lost the respect ot Jurle t and com-
plain of prejudice Let them put m
motion a gooU example and the juries
and the courts and tha ttata govern
monta will meet them tn friendship
and Justice mor than halt waV
The commltrlon law embracia twen
ty four atctlont and thirty two sub
dlvltlont fully denning the dntlet
power and authority of tha commit
tlon and the rlghtt prlvlleget and ob-
ligations of the railway companies and
the shippers It It acknowledged to be
the most comprehentlve law upon the
aubject of railway regulation aimed
at Justice for rullwayt and publlo
There It not by Inuendo or Inten-
tion the denial ot a tingle legitimate
light to the railway company nor
does It contain any loop holes through
which tricks nnd frauds extravagance
and discrimination may be Imposed
upon the thlppera or upon the publlo
Notwithstanding the people and the
rallwava of our atate prospered more
wMiiH wiq cunimisaiou periou of eleven
months than for any corresponding
lime before or since the companies
went Into litigation and for nearly
two years had the law tied up In the
rederal courts by Injunction upon the
allegation that It wot unconttltutlonnl
Ilecently the supreme court of the
United Btatea lion sustained It nt a
whole without atrlklng out a single
one of Its flfty slx sections and sub
divisions In other wotds the court
hsld the law constitutional Bo It Is
now confidently hoped that at least
there will be peace restored between
the raliwaya and the people down
In Texae That under the new condi-
tions there will be mutual prosperity
mil reciprocal friendship thero can-
not be the least doubt The commission
rates win be leasonable so as to at
ford revenue to efficiently maintain
and operate the property ond to give
n fair return on the money Invested
In them They will be atable to as to
Inspire permanence nnd confluence in
trade for they cannot be changed
without notice and a fair Investiga-
tion They will bo open to tho public
so that every man In advance may
know what lie has to pay for trans-
portation nnd that he stand on an
equality With his rnmrHtnr In Ih4
Itallroads operated under the commit
tlon rates win be protected against
destructive rato wars growing out of
Indiscretion or spite of trafflo man-
agers They will be spared the dan
ger ot mismanagement by tramc
agents and their misuse to private
ends The practice of railway ofllcials
owning stock In compresses oil mills
factories entlng houses livery stables
rock quarries stock pens pleasure re-
sorts and mercantile establishment
permitted and made prosperous at the
expenso of commerce to tho serious re-
duction of railway earnings hat patt-
ed away and we aro now upon a new
erv that Is encouraging to butlnest
men producer and railway owners
Th Inspiring Influence of dean tromc
scales held within the hand cf nn
oath bound Iiiroroble commltslon
obeyed by the companies -will produce
lnteidepeideit friendly relntltme be-
tween the ahlnpeit and the rallwais
h4itip1 KUrd BnJ cct
0thlr iul10 Highways
wiS Vnl rJllu1 dellty and jeal
eusy that have ever charnclerlted
them In the maintenance of their most
Important popular public Institutions
The rtallvra Stocks anil Uuuilt Lair
W I11 bJ th legisla-
ture claimed to be ao Inimical to
nn iinrIrttl9 franchises and
other InlebtedntHS by railway com
runlet over nnd above the reatonabl
value of the property except In caaet
of emergency or conclusive proof
shown by the Intereted compuny to
inI road commission that public
Intrests or the preservation of private
property demand the Issuance of a
greater amount In that event within
ifeifCfn Sf conUfhe
stocks ond bonds of
any railroad
com-
pany may bo executed to in amount
not more than M per cent over the
Ifi f0r lh Plrty Thlt law pro
3nS nt
of what
nyii temed a andard of value
LnaclJ nl1 very railroad In Texas to
be nied in the on
ee of the aeeratarv nf
state This standard Is prepared
un
der the supervision rommlsVon
of the
by competent engineers mVS JSif iS
who go over the railroad under InvettiJ
gatlon and
carefully aurvey and li
he all ot Its property iMcludinL K
franchles and appurtenances WJ
asrerta n the vsliit o J llj ey
mile and of every uin BlK
o l einrlnc from a tpadfui of dirt
After this work It prepared th
Ptny Interested Is klven fnV Sm
owrtwSHS
so that the commission may not nil
Afier notlct Is glvtn and
tunlty iu be nosra is anordedttPpor
MllAri Jl lrU
values are establish
bv the ramniT8
Hon and tha recott I 1
necrclarv 6t ttate rT ZS17 vefih
anl for pub ic I Kon
use In determining th
of stocks and bondtiha frea W1
under the laws to be Issued i ft
company in the future and hi10
upon which reasonable hi
determined rate mav be
thould HtiM aiion
them in the future fhir e0r
full Wrded ond lsaccSptibl aiikf
an Impartial publlo anrt to wWihini0
Ing careful investora
who
with to
cap the tr cks and fraud hi f
ofen the value of rJiiiJ
- vuuii t lnv United
every tuch bond and ttnik he
ttutd there mutt bear th
with authority to etruct0nnl
operate a railroad Sir Jute 2 or
e
rue any bonl tnMecn
or other
be stcured by a lln J SS Bdit to
uwit application nd SfE1
railroad commission bine Vnennhe
Hon ct th law last iu
eompanlM hvJ 2LIver fa1
and are now constructing lS2JTBnIJ
- Iter they procur thelf nul
In lh 8 per nt eh cnhrtfr r
stock aa requited y ffL cnbed
Uht pf way depot rr2UnrffCr
ftcllitfe and othffprTSr1
cxhlbt their profll dtrnltlJ
contract the commliiipn thro Lr
crTt engtneeis liuvrAntV1
valued or an estimate n J -
the centmiatedd wnVfwh
beoairlng aliened that h n 1
with th ecntnicllon
serable and fair lo the nuhif i
tto latlway ecuipaVy tJcVinVft1 good
faith tb oommtrson authorises the
euoutlon of an amount of Indebted
reis seoured by lien on the franchise
end property tj the extent made nct
issary of ine oemsnas or the worv
On this Ruttcrlty contract aro entered
Intti between the railway company
srd capitalists fur nibney sufficient to
constn ot and equip the rd in ll u
of which bonds nf tle company are
txeciUd si preyed by tht
registered In the office of the secretary
of stato and delivered to the capital
By this method our people are
rinding but little or no trouble In pro-
curing all the money they need for the
construction of railways and the cap-
italist who furnishes the money knows
full well thai his rights are protected
that his capital Is secure from tho
trtous and rapacity of irresponnlbla
manipulators who may seek advan-
tages over him Itallroads built under
the operation of this law will not be
capped by receiverships nor second
mortgages nor court certificates nor
other kinds of doubtful Incumbrances
to defeat the rights of legitimate cred-
itors
tt was the custom before the adoption
of this law for men who understood
tho tricks of the trade to go Into
Texas buy up a majority ot tho stock
of a railroad that was not heavily in-
debted and without consideration or
beneAt to the property or the public
iniue Interest beating bonds many
times over and above the value of the
property Thji fictitious indebtedness
became gonernl in our stato upon tne
railroads to pay the Interest on which
was practically impossible As a re-
sult reael vers hip became eltier o
recusslty or a pretext loss was en-
tailed on investors in good faith and
our atate given a bad reputation
abroad Under tht new conditions such
Injustice and frauds can not be re-
peated If the people of Texas In tho
adoption of the law have been dis
honvst or hoe expressed by It a hos-
tility to capital they are willing to
take the responsibility The law will
never be repealed so long an they pos-
sess eelfrespect Independence and the
ability to control their own affairs
Within two years from this date bonda
executed under this law wilt go t a
premium in any matket of the world
whero safe nretClass securities are In
demand and posteilty may be spaiM
the degradation and desperation to
wblh unjust nctltlou i publlo obliga-
tions would drivo them
Tlie Allen Inm
To trWe full effect to a salutary pub
lic policy the legislature passed a law
in isvx 10 ine eneci mai m uum
penon who Is not a citizen ot ine
United mates shall hereafter acaulre
title to or own any land In the state of
IVxne i nt na pxurP3slv iermtttrd
in lhe Uw The law Itself exempts from
us operation au anew wm i me ti
uf Its paniago owned lands in the state
so long as thv title remains In them
This waa done out of regard to vested
rights- and to avoid harshlps upon
people wno nan gone inwvur mme
frjm foreign countries and In good
faith acquired titles to land When
they dio or Dart with their titles the
law becomes operative s to their heirs
or assignees who must within ten
years after acquiring title to such
Und either become bona fide cltUens
of the state to hold them or alienate
them to some ptrron not an alien An
alien means a person who Is not u
bona fide resident ur cltlxen of the
United States This law also permits
aliens to lmd money upon lands and
to collect debts therefor and for all
other purposes by having them sold
as In ordinary cases of collection Af-
ter thus acquiring the title in fee to
such lands they must alienate them
within ten years The law in Its terms
applies only to rural property It ex-
pressly permits aliens upon equal
terms with alt other persons to hold
lots or parcela of land In toune villages
and cities Incorporated within tho state
The purposH of the law Is to prevent
our productive lands from the owner-
ship yf foreigners who by a saWm of
tenantry can hate them cultivated
for their own support while absent and
not under reciprocal obligations as cltl
xens of the government In other
words It protects our state from ob-
noxious absentee landlordism Where
Is the wrona of auoh a law In a D nvurn
ment whose life s linked with the hap-
piness of the people
Munfelpnl llonil Lnw
The last legislature also passed a
law regulating and restating the exe-
cution of bonds by towns cities and
counties so as to protect the public
against extravagance and to Insure
their absolute certain payment to thosu
who mav invest in them It requires
the local coirt or council hating au-
thority to Issue bond to provide for
the iey and collection of a tax annu-
ally of sufficient amount with which
to pay the annual Interest and a sink-
ing fund to settle the Indebtedness nt
maturity IWre they can be oxecutd
or floated they must be aubmitted to
tht attorney general the chief law offi-
cer of the state government who is re-
nol4 h ll 1
v iiivivuniuy investigate tnem
and on finding that they have been
properly and lawf illy Ittued o attach
hit certlflcate to that effect to them
and then they mutt bs registered by
the comptroller of tin state In a book
to be kept for that purpose When
nfM f Issued as all of them
of that kind
herafter must be they
cannot be Impeached In any court ex-
cept UUon till irrnmt a -
fraud If pel chance they should be In
excess of the Ilrrlt prescribed by the
conitltutlon which la highly Improb
able then the owner would only line to
the extent of tuch exoess This was
done to meet tho
decision of the su-
preme court of tht United States
which held that when a bond had been
Issued In violation of the conitltutlon
nI th1 llmU Prescribed by
that Inttl utlon tlitf whole bond Is vol
The penalty placed upon the local om
cera who shall bo guilty of falte certlfl
talistr other trickery In reference to
such bnnda It to tevere that It la hardly
probable that creditor will be annoyed
KmUUr1 bY vlce whatever
L n i irai w11 known In official
and business
circles that In many of
tho slates the towns cities and countlct
ea7rcntb humcl Kuardedand
restricted in the execution of publlo
securities The declson of the supremo
ST1 atitea aSd ot
tent to which the fraudu cnt practice
and excessive nuthn11 - irly
dulgedh by city council and conuVu
ilonera court In lha V1 V
Public cred7rely to nen7u7yo
u element nr tx
tahl wTn I VaHl miiV Ifuthfully b
mi mfev 1 r
baekert Z
i
oacaed by a
gretter hzi ef
im1 rtlu adopted ihr
Imporlont
law which declares that th
TlTtr S5 A a
K plLoUf P therefore prohibited
he aSui uH TO MOaw poh bit
ty Burehas fo0r nhl ot land
what Si VniJ hrwite by
Jorailon wmV el land cor
tKf hlch meant corporation
quiring titles to or ovninr land if
fwpVfVanedTsrS 0n
s In the state fifteen vam
ftmwhln1wnlenhtn 4
55 a inwh m10 miM ul bona
kDi buUnVowratlon In
SSeuar nlnr a re
fcilliyl crr out lh Purpose or
nof rWhch was chartered
do
rtiht tt JLanrunr oorporaalon the
llSii1 cquire titles to lahdt in tht
eplltctlon of debts When rioweve
they acSulr title tB them a X5 i
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CELERY COMPOTjl
Makos Pe6pla Vi
f5lrr
them In good faith wthin si
thereafter zi
HSSBfc L ir wMiThiJ
viwiiu towna
1 ages and the- tuburtiTij
ln
A HintrillMIs tlllnrr In il
ale BIM net
bmv tun wur Buceiujri a
laws of entailment and m
the old country Man Ar3
that reason came to this noel
find in nesrly every constituiil
several utatji a dMlimtlal
titles in perpetuity WMH 3
mp linuer a sjim
forever tha DOTAf trtd
are blindly s Olnir an twftilid
In perpetuity to be tllicteabrtl
Wing never dying frsnchliM
vats corporations Todiy iS
iuuut tvvvwvw acres or ut
United Btatrs or a temurv a
enough out of which flftetneTfl
u vur ki eaiest siatM coula k
Down In Texfi ihv
about 49000000 acres of lawL
and In time to settle ptri
ivtiuiita m wyi vvir people q
sire to Place anv unrfifiu
upon them nor to endv tj
cate their property by inf
nhateer They simply problh
as SUCh tn the owtinrithlii mP
tlon Of landf for mrilruliurall
tural mid speculates purpFi
iiuvim irnni gave inoitj mwu
tence nrteen yesr wlthlnwhl
out and leae the ittltty
hard atrun cla ta atfairrllih 1
the people In their mlrhLlsu
else of their just poeri iifi
vion or posieriir rrom w
monopoly In its most vlcioWj
arose to tne necessity or in 9
ana wtj inererore ha
troublp With thm
The Patriotic American li
View ullh ntrtrm thp irrotvlfte I
of bread making lands The J
nun is mi increasing una in
portion homes day bv dor m I
scarcer Today Jeos than IdWi
own every root or lani w irm
400 members df the house ot b
England own nearly 1JWW
land from uhleh lhevderlVlM
Irish tenants an simusl ruO I
quouw iess tsu 2vuu mva vww
psal eilni it Ctl nil That 1
soil Is in the hands of i ftv
presents a pkiadm iptcumej
poxtnsnea peoprr a r i
whom are permit tea loeV
eraoie existence m sw
out windows The great c
ii tJAanA 1
ivrn wiin qvgr iivwvwaw
has within It aecordinc tdiBj
tiiva Aniu it Ann intii ewes
monopoly produces j
tress among roo nnia y
patriotism propagates camm
goernment ever sun -S
Istence Whan the pw
around Jerusslem 6W ywr
Christian era rm m w
grai ping hand of iSa
as he came among JlVjJiSa
mission from tne aia j
him In UAll Of th tOlW1
i imcre used In the fllbl1
We have mortgased aarj
huv corn peciuso
have borrowed money fre J
tribute ana ti11
vt timw our si
the flesh of our brethren M
as tntir cnuarcn i s
e ants the w
1 1 In nn nnlVrtOn
iner i Ik VM - anl
for other- men hJve our
j ji 1
B
1 rom tha etsons of attj
among our ancestors l J
onstrated to its day WJ
recurring year - i
ing 111 vvi wf II
anyone they nffSl
mlstnkablo terms ClrlJ
In her dominion vlaii
in nmtnttv taome
Into bondage Int PWMJfd
dom and Into eterptl P
progeny nor iyc Tm tf
OI tins -- v ju
W tJa alalS
before the gate of M J O
Texas stand forth 15
probrlum She wl 1
these other four lay M
HfS K SinVffr
abndonVrafrJJi
ered hearth itones J
eVatterdbwlJngWJ
w recaeu 11 tfcala
weeds and orphans-
turn everywhere irovraj
men v in war
the gloom of defeat lajarj
w in taor -- treat
rrom penury to PUnty r
to mansion frool rs - -
ox carts 1 VkinJ1
to gang Plows from AfirJ
from starvin ntii oej
trleved pi osperity SgSSS
the vorld pl SSarsjs
ffSdan at thf
s
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