Fort Worth Weekly Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 35, Ed. 1, Friday, August 19, 1887 Page: 2 of 8
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n registered letter ct riek ofojjlcc
Corrccpcndencc is saliciUd upon all nzzs situ
Unci 6 Times51 05 lrs
President should betlccteda steel ribbed
civ1 service pv iia would be an excel-
lent thing to Law about the house
Tan Firmer Alliance of Texas has
given an impetus to the question of cbang
Irg our present method of electing United
Stales Senators Tnere is a widespread
desire in the agricultural districts for
change in the constitution providing for
the election of United States Senators by
a direct vote of the people The clamor
for the long ticket is not of recent ori-
gin It has been here for some years
The Democratic platform alone is
Democratic authority All men who as
1 iy seme to speak must have their license
from Democratic law No man in Texas
SUHDAY GAZETTE 1 yr 5159 6 months 5100 s authorized to
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE I
= rz threaten punishment
for
SOOdfcilh
Parties tenting to The Gazette en burm i
personal totliCTnseljes trill pliase inclose stanp for
All letters or communication for The Gazette
ishtther on business or for publication should c i
BmioCKAT FEB
addressed to THK GaeKTTK or o i uoii iju
proclaim amnesty or
organ pure and true
It is pure gall for
any one Democrat to tdlk about forgiv-
ing another Democrat If these self
constituted authorities are preparing for
war they niiy get more of it than they
want
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Prmiptlrformatlon of events and nmshappn Melvin Wade is ringmater and Jimmy
trly compensated
All communications intended for publication rider
rcii the tent Tin Gazitti H already
1 on iia all fours preparing to coce In u der the
canva Dallas Tlmec
What tent Thk Gazette has never
been outside the Democratic tent and
has no desire to see the greatest show
on earth under one canvas where
ingt of gaicrai interest solicited andtcill be prop ewcomb IS the WOrldfamcd
hurdle
Tin Gazette wants no admis
jo t be accompanied bv the writers name ana ad
SlOn mO cjripshnws it IS a UimoCiatlC
as en
COME TO TEXAN
The unprecedented drouths and the
an seringa aim loss pRmsrrl bv arcs in Ihf
XISHIKO Co Fori Worth Tex and wot to
INDIVIDUALS
All checks money orders postal nocs etc
ihovld be nade payable to the DKMOCSAr Pun
Lamao Co
THE GAZETTE has
iho
north7 e3t have demoralized the people of
that district and thev are preparing for r
stampede to more favored sections There
latest arc m nv wn0 cannot leave not having
cf the ffiean3 UPC wiilCG t0 travel and be
bonafide Circulation any Daily
in illtJ iu a new couclry Tiiere are a
Texas
Newspaper published in j =
number of citizens however
daily editioh Seven Issues a vreei
Times 2r 12
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Three Times a Week Onehalf the soove ratc i
Txcicc a ccJtOncthlrd the above rates
nree a Week Onefourth the above rutcn
Jieading Matter
i rime per
Timestrc per line I 7 lime i 20 per line make up m abundance what was xost in
TJmc8 60c per lino u Tirnca so p r the earlicr SQason and in one vcar from
i Tlmos 7oc ver lino 21 ilmcs 2 49 per line
5 Times socpcrliro date Texas shall have recovered and be
One month or over consecutive luserilons again on the road to prosperity Not so
Hmaucr otechanSevory Insertion With the States just named The drouth
the price will be 1 cent per line additional hsg not ouly burned up all verdure fam
Marricges Deaths Society Notices e c jsned live stock from thirst and laid tne
50c each Insertion If ordered
Of usual lensith
i t x n u j t-
In aslocalorrckdius matter 3Cc per line vri land desoHte but the fields and forests
c charged
Obituaries Resolutions etc
Will cc charged lor at regular rates
Wanis Lost Found etc
Classitcd Advertising Will be Inserted at pro
w th tne riotu y
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LI EDITION
i Consecutive Insertions
ading Matter
loads his gun with a Radical wad to shoot
at a fellow Democrat
in the nation near Paris and that thriv
mg young city is jubilant
The Farmers AUisnce says VHe public
lands of our state must hi held for the
actual settler The I nd Commissioner
tells the big cattleman Eame vrhat yen
want
facing garnered cereals and buildings
have been destroyed and are still being
dtstruyed by devouring fkmes until the
country for hundreds of miles is one
r ta rate or an inch None taken for levs than blackened desert where animal life cannot
aw PG r vlnchl count7 words toallno
nntwves j exist Relief cannot come as it came to
clor 7 m Texas Generous rains may fall in tor
rents to cool the parched earth and pre
< 73n li6TinTcT537 25 vent further devastation by the llery fiend
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39Times 52501
52 Times 6i 70 but the season is far spent and the eartn
will not have time to yield an increase
fi eH n can cents per line two or more In th surlybl3st3 0f chill December
nr rorj cents per lmu each Insertion
l shall be heard heralding the snows and
display ads of leas than three lines taken storms of a long and absolutely unpro
ScerbrccTlnesS ore display figured at pro ductive winter The prospect for these
towitara tc ofan Lnch > homeless people is indeed jrloorny How
gr1 Sizzle lilies of reading matter count as two
o lines as three they will survive the winter without the
Triple column ads 10 ver cent four col
additional aid 01 outside Chanty la uimuit tn ae
darnsor more 25 percent
Sncdal Position Ads ordered on nrst pRge termine Those people in the northwest
Uonblo price on the eluhth pane 50 per cent
additional on any other specified page 25 per j era portion of Wisconsin who depend on
2 artuPMakr tho winter as their harvest in the lumber
artuP ordered m ny special pesi
tionorotu y specified page 25 per cent addl j regions will have no one to cSer them
c 5 must be mounted on metal bast I employment for the forests have also fall
TKUMSBJllB1 PnyaWc oaUily 1 nlcss other b f tfa ccmsumins Ucineg Thc
rrlse contracted for and In advance wnen pa 1
ties financial etandlng is not known to us telegrams sent out from the stricken dis
Transicnt advertising t ayable In advance
T tricts draw a dark and melancholy pic
iint Him J L
Specimen copies rent on appllcut on Aaarcsi
DEMOOKAT FUE CO ture of condition of affairs truly and re
Fort Worth Tz l liable newspapers arriving since have
z C0CUfmCti the report There is no doubt
Settle thc west This is the promise but wfaat thg rumorecl esodus 13 well
of the Democratic party and the desire cf oundedi and u tUe advantages of Texas
ali the people j LZIi shown these people thousands of-
T taa Z I home seekers would doubtless flock here
Woe to that Democrat in Texas who
this winter It should be rcmemberee
that while Texas suffered from the drouth
in sections the suffering has not been
There are thousaud
f
The Chicago bcodlers have been ilrcd square
81000 each and are now free honored
and respected citizens
miles in this stale Yfnere rain in
abundance has falVen and where
crops of all hinds have been
Largs coal fields have been discovered made Even r in the northwest where
there are ntnberles3 acres of excellent
lands waiting the advent of the agricul
tuilsV rains have fallen at intervals
There are a great many politicians in throughout the entire country and at
Texas just now who are counting official frequent intervals during the season Our
chickens in advance of their hatching railroads should sec that these eople are
1 us this is a uli season so to epeak
but one whol cale firm of Fort Worth
transacted Sfo000 worth of business Id
i > 2S tii t days more than it evtr
iracsactcd in any eight days since it was
established
TnE old time barbecue is being htld
responsible for the decrease in the Demo-
cratic vote in Virginia Tho charge
should be thrown cut of court If there
is anything calculated to mke a rran
vote a straight ticket it is a pi = ce cf Wvll
barbecued shoat
Every interest cf iLottate dciLa tstL
y fully informed of the attractions and re
sources of Texas and by low rates in
dues as many as possible to take up their
h mes wUh us There 13 plenty of room
in Texas for those who come here intent
upon assisting in the development of the
country
DEMOCRACY IX TEXAS
The discuseion of Democracy in Texas
and its future nction with reference to
the late canvass goes en vigorously and
derives much of its impulsion from the
utterances of certain of the leaders of the
antiprohibition parly who are at this
time with one exception not in possec
sion of an tffioe This discussion is as-
suming a phase that imposes upon each
Democrat id ihe stale the duty of deter-
mining for himself whether he is any
longer a Democrat or merely a Prohibi-
tionist er tLliIVohni List fur cer
settlement of the west The state is now j tainly If Democracy signifies nothing
on the eve of a graud boom if the tide cf more tIm opposition to state prohibition
immigration be not obstructed by the I e flaveJ clearly as the result of the late
lease law The Democratic party of the
state stands pledged to the settlement of
the west Shall the pledge be redeemed
Those enthusiastic Democrats who are
just now denouncing the civil service
system might just as well save their
breath to cool their porridge If by
some unforeseen accident a Republican
dr4
election new Democratic or True Blue
narty which Mills and DeGress Gibbs
and Cochran Clark and Newcomb are
he apostles and leaders
If The Gazette comprehends the
meaning of the antiprohibition leaders
who have favored the public with their
views it is this
We are the leaders of thelniocratic
THE TVEEKLY GAZETTE FORT WORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AUGUST J9
great good
j who have disposed of whatever property
they owned and who will seek a more
Inch and about I Iruitf nl cliac To such as are desirous
Nonpareil tvpe 12 Hrcs to an
seven 7 words to the line of iinding home3 wheie peace and
Pcrincli display consecutive insertions pieaty is sure to reward the industrious
iXlmer5iriOllTlniefa 3 77521 Times il j Noithwest T i3 is an inviting held
1250 Lands are cheap and obtainable on easy
terms the soil i3 fertile and the climate
13 1 i is incst salubrious We hxve had r
1 0
drouthy spell last pummer in some sec-
tions but it did not last long
and covered but a small area
relatively It was nothing like the
drouth which visited Wiconsin Indiana
and other northern states and its effects
I are scarcely felt at present
Bounteous
rains have fallen and the later crops will
party in Texas we forgive the rank and
file of the prohibition heretics who knew
not what they did and will graciously
permit them to vote for nominees of
True Blue selection but we proscribe
the Democratic prohibition leaders
and what we now declare is in-
tended as a hint to our followers
throughout Texas to knife every such
man who aspires to ofllce you may
vote for our candidates but even for
that privilege you must aid us to
crucify the men whose leadership you
followed
If the utterances of certain leaders and
mere found and fury signifying nothing
mere thun the effervescence of success
Thk Gaetti appeals from Phillip drunk
to Phillip sober and it i3 taking for
Democracy and not for pros or antis
This paper does not understand that any
Democrat is pleading with any other
Democrat for a place in the Democratic
household or that any Democrat has any
forgiveness to abb of hose who are set-
ting themselves up as judgss in a new or
in the old Democratic Israsl If a new
alleged Democratic party is to be
organized and composed only of
those V7ho voted against prohibi-
tion each man will decide for
himself whether or not he desires to
illi iate wih it and if the Democratic
party continues to do business at the old
stand no Democrat will ask any other
Demociat for admission or voice therein
or pay any heed to the vaponngs of those
who presume to say what they will or
will not do vith life long Democrats who
never btlocgcJ to a Greenback club who
never hesitated as to whether they would
be Republicans or Democrats and who
never applied to E J Davis for an office
when the heel of tyranny was on the
necks of the people and the hope cf office
as a Democrat seemtd vxin indeed
Tin Gazettk speaks not for prohibi-
tion or antiprohibition but for Demcc
racy as it was and i despite the mouth
ings of the unta and their shrewd plan
for a reorganization in Texas What will
Democrats pro and snti say to the
bold declaration thit Democracy here-
after i3 to signify nothing more
than opposition to prohibition when pre
hibition has been buried under 00000
majority What will Democrats think of
the proposition to repel those men who
accepted the Democratic platform as
Democratic law and till their places in
the new Democratic party with those
large accessions from antiprohibition
Republicans promised by the San An-
tonio Times and by the Texas German
Po3l What do Democrats think of this
proposition to lift up prohibition from
under 90000 majority and make it
the one Democratic principle and the one
test of partisan fealty and to force its
agitation simply as m leverage with which
to prize some men cut and put some
other men in office These arc questions
that each Democrat must decide for him-
self Each must determine for himself
whether he is a Democrat or merely a
Prohibitionist or antiProhibitionist
Each must resolve for himself whether
he wil iffiliate with the new party organ-
ized by a junta of ambitious men
or with the Democratic party organ-
ized on principle And as Democrats de-
cide they will act in the primaries next
year Admission to the primaries will be
lSbT and as men are Democrats or mem-
bers of the new party with one principle
only the primaries will be guarded and
controlled In the primaries thc decision
of Democrats will find voice and from thc
primaries will come the response oi
Democratic people to the Scheme of
Reorganizing the Democracy of Texas
with a View to a Redistribution of the
Offices
WHACK UP
The selfconstituted leaders of the pro-
posed new party in Texas are promising
the rank and file of the Prohibitionists
forgiveness sic provided the latter
will aid these leaders in preventing any
Prohibitionist from obtaining an office
hereafter m the state These gentlemen
propose to recruit their new party by
large accessions frc the antiprohibi
tion Renubllcpiis lablc it true blue De-
mocracy and sound the rally to all the
faithful They will forgive any
man provided he will vote fr of eir
nominees but they claim tm r iy the
leaders of the AntiProhibitionists should
have the oflbe3 That is J H Jackson
is more worthy than Bailey or Potter iu
Cooke Milvin Wide more deserving
than Judge Henry in Dallas Burrell
Johnson more worthy than Beckham
Wynne Jarvis or VanZandt in Tarrant
etc Bat The Gazette which shines for
all regrets to note while the leaders of
the Pros are to be damned and the leaders
of the Antis are to be glorified in
thc abstract that in the concrete
only the Democratic antis are provided
for Now surely if the one test for
office hereafter is to be leadership in the
opposition to prohibition the Democratic
antis should share and share alike with
Republican antis Was it not Dr Arch
Cochran who said
Erery Republican county in the ststc wen
anil overwhelmingly thc necrocs voting a
nrst solidly acalsst the amendment I thnk
we got at least 450C0colored votes Fort Hcnd
Wharton Colorado Grimes and all those coun-
ties with a teeming colored vote went ioltd
ami About 95 per cent of the cermans vent
the same way in all about 30CO0
It has certainly brought about the best cf
fecliig between the two parties and ths Re-
publican party has lost nothing by it Oh It
has made a noble record It opposed prohibi-
tion with more unanimity than did the Demo-
cratic party but of course that yon know
Tracy and Xewcomb did splendid wrrk and
the Influence of DeGrefs was fel
greatly As 1
purpose not guarantee even one
office to these Republican leaders in
that new party If on this one
issue which lies entombed beneath 90000
majority Mills is to succeed Coke
if Pendleton i3 to succeed Mills
if Wheeler is to succeed Lan
ham if Gibbs is to succeed Wheeler
then Ross and then Reagan if Shepard
is to be rewarded for inventing the grape
argument with the seat of Abbott who
did not anti quickly enough when Gibbs
called if the dirk is to be inserted be-
tween Hares political ribs that Carroll
maybe honored if Old Dave is to
newspapers do not mean this they are msie way for McDonald or Pope if in a
word the rack and file are to have all
their sins washed away provided
they crucify themselves and vote
for the late improved double
backaction Democracy The Gazette
asks what is to be the reward of Cochran
Jackson Wade Newcomb DeGross et al
These noble old Rips who have brought
about the best of feeling between the two
parties and who will lead the large
accessions from the Republican party
should demand thit hire of which the la-
borer is said to be worthy And The Ga-
zette willistand by them in their efforts
to secure a fair divvv
APPLY FOR WHAT YOl WANT
Oar Mobeetie letter printed in yester-
days Gazettecontained this paragraph
In a letter to a gentleman of this county who
aj piled to lease school lands the land com-
missioner Fays All untold and unicased
lands are Ei > jcct to lease Apply for what you
wantThe
The Gazette must presume that its
corre pondent correctly quoted the land
commissioner but would be only too
glad to find that there was some mistake
in this matter Certainly the language
quoted is terse and to the point In one
brief sentence Mr Hall sets at rest all
dents as to the policy which he intends
to pursue in the management of these
lands
Apply for what you want The brl
iionaires the syndicates and the copora
tiens which have heretofore been re-
strained from leasing by laws and regu-
lations which regarded their interests as
of less importance than the settlement of
the school lands will doubtless for the
first time since the laud question has been
actively 3gitated breathe a sigh cf roiief
when this invitation is received
Now that it is settled that the pasture
interests are to get what they want the
public and the prospective immigration
must ndure a further season of sus-
pense while the barons are making up
their minds as to what they want
Thk Gazette as a friend of the set-
tler begs that they will not deny him the
crumbs of the rich feast to which they are
Invited by the state
Apply for what you want We tru3t
the members of the Twentieth Legisla-
ture are content with tne new caption
which the commissioner has given their
laud law bantling
In the meantime The Gazette hopes
that it will not disturb thc grave delib-
erations of the barons upon which hinges
the fate of an empire in territory to In-
quire what was the intention of the
Legislature in thc following pro-
vision of the law under which Com-
missioner Hall is acting when he iLvites
the pasture men to take what they
want The Commissioner if satisfied
based on votes cast in ISSt and not In that the lands applied for to lease are
not in immrdiatc dcnvnal for piirOsr < t-
actual t > cWcinnt and that such lands can
be leased without detriment to the pub-
lic interest shall notify the applicant in
writing that his proposition to lease is
accepted
Is it true tha mmo of the school lands
arc wanted for settlement and that the
reports from the Panhandle about the de-
mand for lands for purposes of settlement
are allmvttical
s
COUXTY ROADS
To the surprise of many the Commis-
sioners Court decided at its last sitting
on Thursday to let thc question cf
straight roads for Tarrant county remain
in abeyance for thc present There was
opposition to the project from its incip-
iency some opposed it on tie grounds
that it would cost the county too much
without giving any resultant benefits
others opposed it for reasons satisfactory
to themselves but difficult to discover by
others According to the beet advices
the road would have cost only a trifle as
compared with the time and labor spent
In following the old road It the first
fourteen miles had been reduced to ten
thus shortening the route by four miles
1hc saving to travelers and those who
haul their crops and freight over itwould
soon pay all the expense of opening the
road The proposition is a simple one
Take the entire expense of traffic and
travel the wear and tear cf harness and
vehicles the time consumed and the labor
necessary to haul them and it will at a
fair estimate amount to an enormous
sum By curtailing and straightening
this road to Bransf ord nearly onethird
of this expense wll be saved annually
and it would soon foot up enough to pay
all expenses Incurred in establishing and
maintaining it The three thousand Ive
hundred dollars necessary to purchase
right of way is r mere bsgatelle If the
property owners along the line of the
proposed route fully appreciated the im
portance of a fir3tclass thoroughfare
conveniently accessible to their p cperty
they would make the cost of right of wiry
less It is no exaggeration to say that
lands now worth fifteen dollars an acre
would enhance in value fifty per cent
were they connected with the city by r
rcgaids thc colored orators particular mention good rot I wYci would bo a a tB S
is merited by Mr Akcr3 of Gainesville Melvin
Wade of Dallas AVorsham of Jefferson Adder
son of Tyler nnd Klchard Allen of Houston
Cuney of LJalvcston was an Antl but he did
not canvass The leading colored chiefs were
backed by a large corps of local colored ora-
tors Shall this good feeling between the
parties upon which Dr Cochran con-
gratulates the hungry Texas Republicans
avail nothing in the grand divide of the
future Shall the larget accessions from
antiprohibition Republicans to this
new pajty with one principle and one
r
V
passable The objection to the sandy
section on the proposed new rente will
hardly be found tenable While rand is
not the choicest kind of soil upon which
to drive heavily laden wagons it is al-
ways passable and never so heavy as is
the black mud which in ° t weather is
worse than sand and almost as bad
as no road at all The commissioners
actingfor
for the
cised their jndgi
be best for tne
tneA
whole county exer
lent as to what would
fcole county doubtless
1
and concluded that one piece of road
would benefit one section only They
should have remembered that one road at
a time is all that can be built and that
Tarrant county is in a conditicn at pres-
ent whicn demands good roads and must
have thorn ere long The Gazette re-
grets that the commissioners did not
decide differently and make a beginning
on what must soon be a general system
of good roads The effort should not be
abandoned straight roads have been de-
layed and not permanently defeated by
the action of the countv commissioners
1 SCIDIAMXE RAILROAD
The possibilities of science are about
to be put to a tes if we are to credit
eastern publications by the construction
of a submarine railroad connecting this
country with Europe Those who desire
takicg a summer t mr hereafter will be
relieved of the painful experience of en-
during the sickness and suffering in-
cident to a sea voyage The proposed
railroad is to be run inside of a tine and
propelled by compressed air The prin-
ciple was dreamed of and worked
upon by Medhurst at a time when such
enterprises met with but little encourage-
ment from the stolid conservatism of the
monied classes Liter its feasibility
was demonstrated by Rtmmel and our
own Plnkus but the application of steam
as a moter forced the pneumatic system
excepting for small packages and short
distancss into the background In the
matter of submarine transmission of
freight and passengers if such a thing
should ever be accomplished rarified or
compressed air must necessarily be used
Steam power would be altogether im-
practicable The car upon > hich the
submarine pis3enger saill ride is to be
constructed in a mauner to insure safely
and hurled along at a speed unaitainble
by steam and incredible to those who are
not skilled in the science of
pneumatics The success of the un-
dertaking is vouched for by respectable
scientists and the uninitiated can only
wait in bewildering wonderment That a
trip beneath the ocean is possible few
will believe yet when we consider the
triumphs of sciance over apparently
insurmountable barriers in other di-
rections fewer will have the temerity to
deny If the railroad is once established
people will accept it as a matter of
course without thinking or caring how
it was done and the possibility of mak-
ing the trip will be tested thoroughly be-
fore this mode ol travel will be very
generally adopted
51SXICAX CCXXZffti
Kolugr ITolisrt In Their Attempt to Kxtradtte
mcj Kcsort to Assassination
Special to the Gazette
Eagie Pass Tks Aug 15 There is
a feverish excitement over the Editor
Gaiza extradition muddle The Mexican
authorities having been foiled in their
efforts 10 extradite the editor by Texas
officials have devised a scheme for the
assassination cf Garza and have employ-
ed Mondragon who cruelly murdered
poor Arreu3Sis about a year ago to do
the bloody deed Written orders and
contracts offering SI5C0 for Garzas as-
sassination are in the possession of sev-
eral citizens of Eagle Pass and if the
deed is attempted serious trouble of in-
ternational import may result
1311a Oonnty Flnnncss
Correspondence of thc Gazette
Waxahachie Tex Aug 12 The fol-
lowing is County Treasurer R M Whites
quarterly report filed August 10
> K
May 12 to balance on hand H2U 7f
To amount received from Tax Collector 3077 ° i-
To amount received from lines 7W 10
To amount received from sale of es
trays 4 = sO
To amount received froiu trlsland jury
fee 92 75
To amount received from proceeds of
poor farm > fo
To amount received from County Clerk 54 00
I y amount paid out
I y coTinlslon on amount paid out
I y amount to balance
Sl 5 1
Augu 110 to Inlancc on hand 127r 51
School fund reDort by County Treasu-
rer R M White
on
May 12 to error in former rpport 20 45
Amount reef lved from oiliclal school
tax levy Hi 62
Amount received from sehool land In
terest
Amount to balance
May 12 by alan e dre Treasurer
lsy balance due County Judge
Ky amount paid out
Ity amount commission ptld out
STR056 COJIBIXiTIOY
55 n 53
National Editorial Association
The National Editorial Association will
m3ct in Denver Col September C At
its last meeting the Texas Press Associa-
tion appointed thirty delegates to the
National Association As many of these
delegates as expect to go to Denver will
please notify me as early as possible In
order that arrangements mey be made
for transportation Wji Fki ucsox
President Ttxas Press Association
San Antonio Tex Aug S
By which all Tel < Krm > h Iinrs In Oppos
lion to ths Western trilou Cora
pnny are to bs United
New York Aug 11 A new and strong
rival to the Wesera Union Tele
Company has been born John R
a Chicago backer D O Mills and White
law Reid of New York Robert Garrett of
Baltimore John W Msck3y of Nevsds
and George W Childs cf Pailcdelphia
have completed a comhination by which
ali lines in
TO J N BK0A7MNG
appeared in
deserves
tion of the new land law might so far as
he is concerned remain unnoticed The
law is before the people and the
manner and iesults of us execution will
soon be known of all men But it is wtll
taat the public be not misled or made to
suffer from misapprehenion
Tnstyou wno tartor d so persistently t >
miir mutilate and defeat this law whiie it
was beini framed should be heard from
at this juncture is mt surprising Just
3t the time when its wisdom is bcirs
vindicated and it success almost assur-
ed it is not uatxpcted that you should
renew the attack No man ever wihed
for ihe success of a measure wh ch he nad
fought so bitterly as you did this law I
is not human nature The wnttr is
aware that you voted for the bill en its
final pasag Your
mands its lailure And
vindication de
it is nopid per
haps that if public opinion sutticie tly
misled could be now srroused a popular
clamor might foilow which would atfct
the steadfastness of the executors of the
law and thus your original aims might
yet be giiued
Tci Hw i3 the will of the people and
the Commissioner is their servant Ills
ambition is to administer it acceptably to
them ani to the bent fit of the wnole
rsRte His sworn duty i to administer
it faithfully Nnv to proceed to arser
your letter specifically He must deeliue
to give you the assurance demanded tttat
actual settUr3 be allowed to purchase
their lands at the minimum price fixed by
the law You cannot have forgotten
that en effort was made many members
favorinq r to pat ouch a provision In the
law while it was under consideration but
the Legislature refused to do so Such
an amendment actually passed the House
of whica jou were a member bat was
6fte rwards reconeidered How can you
now in advance of classification a k for
such a pledge the gvlng of which would
indicate a disregard of law and a con-
tempt for the peoples representative
The disquieting rumors you mention
are to be n uretted but tne Commissioner
does not feel responsible for them Can
he declare in s dvance at what price lands
Will be sold whicn he i3 required to
cause to ha skilfully classified and
valued II < i certainly cannot although
his Ignorance of these lands is not so
tottl as ycu seem to beiiew It was
not the Commiastouer who informed you
that he had no personal kuwwledge of
that countiy and Us lands The Coin
mi
hi
aware is done at the expense of the rail
road under the
ou uirea snei as 1 of theui f bcitec F > ra TJ Pi4o t
era Union ere to
one corporation compel the Western
Union to make a better division of busi-
ness Garrett has taken 1000000 worth
of the stock The new organization will
comprise the following lines Baltimore
and Ohio the Postal Bankers and
Merchants and the cables George W
Childs was offered tbe presidency but
declined This will be a big lift to the
United Press Association which has been
somewhat cramped in tne transmission
of Its newSj
One person is drowned ior every 329
killed on land according to statistics
lions but he carried enough He is in
structed to accurately and minutely de1
scribe each quarter of every section
whether watered or dry whether arable
or rocky and broken whether
smooth undulating or hilly wheth-
er poor or fertile Also all the
i lfonnation he can gather as to lard sl-
ues in every neighborhood The Com-
missioner will then cause the same to he
skillfully classified and valued As be-
fore staled it cannot be told in advance
what this valuation will be But it will be
such as will not retard the settlement of
the country it will be such as will not
only enable but will induce move and
persuade actual settlers to take it The
interest of the schcol fund demands this
Now for your complaint to the Gov-
ernor that it has been one month since
this act took effect etc Is it not a lit-
tle unkind if not unreasonable to criticise
the Commissioner for not having accom-
plished more His duties are multitudi-
nous and his responsibilities tremendous
It certainly requires more than thirty
days to prepare for sale nearly SOOOOCC
acres of land under a law which r quires
they shal first be skibfully classified
The Commissioner might have fur
rate abstracts or lists of a
school university and a
each and every county
necessary as a
pre
An Letter from Land Commls
Open e iuippc l and put to
sioner nail to the Representative
of tho Jumbo District
Governor Ross which has Ilac = o rM
leased about 4 CO1
several of the dailie
great 0f wnich has since
attention It is due to the
seme public been as free as the vs
that it do not pass uuanswered Four million acre
Your reflections on the writer who e much as was leaded
pecially is charged with the admini tra tae act 0 > I 1
classfiers about ten f
ting in your reprctentr
1 classifiers are uow cur
and wiihm sixty days
woru will have prrtrrt
Something About ttic Intentions ol the be in advance cf all
Commissioner nnd of a 1rcjpsctlve chase
Trip to tho Pauhncdie I And new Mr Brovr
to the subject which
T0Ur Ilter ndt < K > c
Ai mis Ux Aug ll 157
Hon JN I rownlrir Mobeetle Tev unrest and diciv
Dear Sin Your open letter to ra ° 3Ah sinC2 the s
Conimis
and your personal orn
the Land Board wj
Commissioner id t
that effect and r
jumped from th
fire That he d
the only apology t < <
effjr it is sinapiy h
ecute it When yo r
corresponding clt r
will probably be i f
many leases are bt i
And now do jou
these leases roalk
tion which w11 1
all lands smooth
and fertile enough t
subject to the riiih 1
upon the land wf
mtnt WilJ a La
hedged around arr > 1
onward march cf ti
actual settlers e
sure enough withj
year went many e
haudl wich jik
ploughed or so potr
unfitted for airricnl
kind m Travis ad >
either unoccupied cul-
tures
In your letter rou
tracts from the la
part of only two r
law which contin > t
Section I delari
unlawful for any
occupy or appr > r
of the lands etc t
first obtained a tea
cordance with the r
Then follow thc p 1
of this which when
ruinous
Do yon really
enforce this pre > is 1
Commissioner jn
have refused to kr
exptct Governor K
stroy the cattle inttr
forcing one part < f
while the Commits n <
interests theprni tt
of the same law
ao this law 33 av
harmonious and mcltr
will operate sneccjf
cent results to the v >
In order to lubnr t
to this end it is n v
yoir section during
made vour acquaintance or before yonr
personal knowledge of the Panhandle commissioner
began and for months past he has been
informing himself further from eviiy THE IJUEElliL
source available He expects very soon
to receive valuable and accurate iufortna a < urions Volnma > < > i-
lion from the uninstructed classifier whom Mr itoHeri 11 <
you mention and who astonished ycu
with his ignorance When he sends in grR
the description of the lands which he has
surveyor thoroughly competent and
when he shall have put up the corners and
marked the lines of the school lands in
Hemphill and Lipscomb counties thj
actual settler will be benefited although
the business of the local surveyor may
afterwards be slack Tnis work you are
lhiladel
My husban 1 hi
been directed to examine the Coramis J8 f T
sioner wilt nave no difficulty in causing 1 lu
s we have cf the boot
wa3 brought to Ani
by a Mr Crossl v a
him in the year l o7
den of Northampton
to his son Robert in 1
In this volnme the 1
printed in 1L 5 and a-
li 7 It has the
T he X
operation of another law KreftlL
nchyou fought very bitterly wheu W
VbllI TflV 00
f diCtirr
w
l
true carried with him few ins >
very ruc
uVw
of every true Chri i
Old and New Te
nished yu a topy cf his rules and rfgu j Ji Mrs K
iations if ru had applied to him instead Philadelphia July
of to the Coiresponing Clerk for 1 qus Mrs Gardens
far he has found it necessary to adopt tbe publication oi t
and promulgate but one to wit It i3 Press of July >
expressly understood that this lease is A coPy oi tnc arr
made iu ject to classification and sirjfct was Pi cr Iedu 2t a I5
The Bible
to tbe rights of actus settlers under the
law This opens to settlement cv ry
agricultural section as soon as it shall i
have been classified aid secures the i
right of every actual settlor who was on a
grazing section on July 4 to purchase
four spctions of grazing lands so soon as
classified whether the same shall have i
been previousv leased or not l lB I VLfeiiT
being eereteu < ftt >
mu i v t t
The Comm Ssicner hopes to re aoe to I tares own cathtuflu
get ilong with vry few rules and regula The treatmentVf O
tions The law 1 wonderfully full and
explicit rnd you have but to read it care-
fully to kno what is going to be dene
If any rules are made they will be rer
brief instructions when the lists of class
ifled lmds are filed in their offices for
public inspection
Would you believe that the necessity
for hiving these lands classified is almost
opposition to the West universal throughout the state where an
Bowie and from the lower Rio Grande to
the Panhandls come advices that settlers
are awaiting classification What par-
ticular lands are wanted by these pur-
chasers is not stated Hence the Com-
missioner has in his discretion con
eluded that the classification must
continue and be vigorously pros
ecuted until all these lands sbslr
have been classified the
handwritiug is thi > 1
being a goose qui
Oi tp3h and > U > < i
Aax h r crLaiun
Yet Is there j < ltii r-
And blood rem i t
I was ae sinull a
When I < > t n u
Hut coming unto 1 i
My rhape was c 1
That I wt3 tak > n r
Where lnai i < > r- >
And not for so in
Did pour otit < i iii >
Whljh being do > e 1
Whereby su < U t >
That 1 put sum
Yet made true 1
I maae some brot tr
1 made all f ltn i
I made toe anar > i
And poorer fo <
AH this and ten tl <
And such ihlnK
Yetdld I notlilog
lint all against u
This edition wa1 r
latter part of i utii
My husband pr z j
of greatest value r
er of the Philed i
finest paper in the <
age v
1 < 4 take its nrrc
rendering cf Gv
sewed fig leaves t
breeches
C05STIIlIn
slst merely In ufo H
medicine must nrt <
be a tonic as no1 >
use Teater costU
habitof bodv jvlt
elegrapn fectiy in harmony with the law and f f j organizing Jm
Wal h mGGrimportance H will fumi h the jpxki
lj county cleiks with blanks and a few j y rTST
My attentio af
tion tor two or three
mens Liver Kegalatcr
cverythlng else c m <
took a wlDPfilfssfii
the dose to aj jbasffou
aftefeach meair Jfa
so much good that 11 r
two bottte k Uaca tlu n 11
IJtaydlllicalty I keep l ir n
1 Without It itlivem
not y
or fapPJOtJ mgem ejV nrevGho vr
priation exhausted Upon this wor fefs tp < aTor Curt Bijbb Co
now engaged In the one month which oniyltnT oonnint
has elapsed since this act took effect he cSkasonthc Writer the
has caused to be prepared from the
records of the General Land ofllce sepa
J
>
rv
mar dad lgnatr < i oi
< i3
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