Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 254, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 10, 1886 Page: 5 of 8
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HE MMOADS
fci nr o definitely known by nn
brt knt Is known to rar
t ass i iti p that tio agitation goes
a < t < i tiiionof the order
jstao it meeting of the
aMlar was mid at Knon jes
at Enon Botwcen the Farm
and Knfghts The Mission
of the Galvestonians
ration of Strike Troubles He
at Xftrslinll Ity Order
of Judge Pardee
rt to tin Mnile by the Kulghta at
fnlior iu Cat Off the Bllmonrl
> i attended It from every
boui
lnclflc Coal aupnly
1 JIT i VL iKSUKXlIKS
noiemmtsof u very Important
irten f Mr among tbo Knights of
lu Texas is a fact which well
d imm fsdonot even pretend
Tin1 fva t nature ot these can
y o the Knights of Labor
iV h no I rumor says that they
h tUc < oa proposition to unlto tlio
Iaud < Hnix men in this county
111 at i > < dilation as ono of the
In v w What success attended
sl < n nai nof vet been learned
iNTi RloTtNd CIRCUMSTANCE
ted > vi tho presence in this
cssr Jjinley Fnrrcl and Pear
e Kill hti whose ai rival from
iMWtioU o day or two ago
urtico b tin vrsterday it leaks
that t v mrao hero for tho pur
PP < i < tho executive board
rasc the Mallory boycott It
at tl y avo leen working to
iend for several months
vfcuUvi < hoard has so far
to lift tho boycott but
ilcrtwi that the threo gentlemen
Will u orn to the attack In a day
TVl Jettons cist tbb
jljA among
nt jtttves on ono of which led
iO g ity Treasutcr Burk editor of the
P tljo order is vigorously opposed
SjMpollcy ot the executive board cf
teJW rlng that It leans too much to
1W1 Flnlcy Fnrroil and Pearson be
Itto thU wing Tho bitterness on
jW at Galveston has spread
Witafc6ut tho state and these threo
f < n cn received a very chlllyreceptlou
tll MKANIXtt or TIIK PU
MftrTTK reporter learned yesterday
2 te reliable sources the real object
fin8a ln lagging the illfated
wain
mjlMMu lu tho Missouri Pacific yards
jjetSlAgrday Tho plan wnsso It Is stated
Mwwlwoinen three of whom were on
5Wmu < lt to kill tho engine They had
fcWifclteii instructions thutmorning how
gwMfmn tho operation It was thought
WWMJhey failed in tho attempt there
4nM gt least bo no danger In It because
ywk ox Tho Intention was to bring
OMtoJ to a halt and before anybody
SiWjfdlsccrn their purpose for tho
MU the ongino It happened
wjwwurt that tho engineer paid no nt
fckw ito tho flag and the train went on
> lttiMic
IRpf a I iniiKiscnNci
g Spfsodo which never got Into print
ii 4cli created no small degree of ex
fMMtit at tho tlmo it occurred ushered
JwtJsunday mornlug Winchesters at
iittiKio were as thick about the depots
feMjans around u government Tacancy
impinge which evidently contained four
jj of a tough variety passed tho
f Pacific frclghtolllco golug south
time alter midnight The men
discussing something which an
aroused their angry passions
driver shduted dout shoot
fl an Instant n formidable look
shooter was seen protruding
carriage window Seveial
rtf wero near tho depot and thlnk
JgJWe demonstration meant an attack
jy nta volley from their Wlnchea
ynto the carriage The flro was r
nrn draud twentyfive or thirty shots
tfreexChanged Strange to say nobody
SsjBhurt ut least so far as
bjSHR10 knows although tho
iRgersnt e sure they perforated tho car
tjl WThu driver hurried his horses on
wtVbpcarrlago dashed out of view
iSNiwsthe identity of its Inmates a mys
< M0ff A Rl SUING IIUMXKSS
SfTlielanssonrl Paclllc aud Texas i Pa
ilieeicji had a heavy trafllc yesterday
ixlffclght trains caiuu ln from the west
iftttlvVf rom tho east over tho Texas
iftc7and tho Missouri Paclllc received
wFltratns from each direction north aud
ilMVSIAXDER on tub cownovs
Y4Mistyled warning ornamented
jpfypjece of red ribbon was found
jijp ln varbus places yesterday
It was a fair specimen of pen
aud read us follows
c raveling Public As Gould
ed brginlzed labor the right of
on lttitho present strugglo bo
bor anuMnonopoly you uro hcrc
d not to sacrifice life and limb
lng oil his trains till ho recog
nition Cow Bovs
XBW MRN SKCUIIKlt
I is Mo April 0 Tho foreman
rabash yards In North St louls
lfce men went out yesterday on a
t ia k support of tho Knights of Labor
tiaiwffhcd to Jloberly last night for now
i 41 iriin tho plncts of the strikers and
lt nnMiilug tUero arrived from that city
gtafrMJswltchmeu and yardmen Tncy
erq immediately put to work removing
lojblockade of Jrcluht In tho Wubash
MMjnd everything is now moving along
Jitiis aioutDly as If theio bad never
eHfk > trlko
uiap Fon an attack
bt ts Mo Ajirll 0 In Kast St
ewlslvo 4 sy the strike situation remains
Ranged s nail crowds ot strikers arc
gatc i ar i uud tho different yards
tey have mmlo no violentdomonstra
MM ortarc i At tho dlffereut roads
MM is ilng irrehed Several heavily
Biraua have eecn started out with
Mjgorf rtrco and the business of the
mm roa Is is i > rogrcsslng without in
Mytlor The tfilclals of tho different
howcviT are evidently not etitain
i domonstration by tho strlkors bltnl
that which occurred on last
sday w lt not bu repeated aud
marshals and sheriffs armed with
eater r peatlng rllles are kept on
ard to protect the companys em
aud property
viKKMKX utscnAitomi
Loris Mo April p Master Me
1 irtlctt of the Missouri Pacific
ad yesterday discharged twenty
of the Uleraen who left their en
at tho Inauguration of tho strike
ave been out ever since This
ma QAgffiKft yoKT vortjbu tMab SAinnu f A fasti 10
action may possibly result In agitation
among the firemen thit will cuso the
case of thoso discharged men to bo taken
up by the Brotherhood who may demand
their reinstatement or order a strike of
tho flremeu on the wholo system The
firemen claim that thoy did not strike
but considered it unsafe to run on en-
gines during the trouble tvllh the Kutghts
of Labor
niw tai Tiis nrVKtoritfc
St Louis Jto April 0 It his been
evident for some time that another move
In the great strike Is being planned by tho
gonerai exccntlvo board and It has now
ltakcd out that the board has decided to
again cut off tho coal supply The place
decided Upon alms ilrrt at tho Ellsworth
mines in Illinois owned by Jay Gould A
grtnt proportion ot tho men employed
thcro aro Knlghta ot Labor and to their
assemblies word has been sent to make
upon notification from tho general board a
demand upon the company to eca1 sup-
plying coal to tho Missouri Pacific rail-
road or Its breaches Should this demand
not be compiled with tho men will strike
The sama programme will bo followed at
all tho other mines supplying tbo Missouri
Pacific WUh coal and if necessary ns ono
ol tho gonerai executive board says work
ln all tho mines iu Illinois and Missouri
wJH be stopped
jUBiinui FOitTnouiiLK
Special to t u o umcrc
Palkstinr Tkx April a Assistnnt
Master Mechanic Wood had a strong Inti-
mation yesterday that a raid on tho shops
was contemplated ast night for the pur-
pose of wrecking tho stationary euglno
and thus preventing tho working of tho
shop machinery A largo force of well
armed guards was placed ln tho shops
and tho yards were regularly patrolled
and though soveral gangs of men congre-
gated In the woods west of the shopsthoy
mado no hostile demonstrations except
that the guaidsclaimed that several shots
wero tired Into tho yards at the deputies
who blood near tho coalbin A negro
who was found ln tho yard near tho
blind switch refused to hult at tho com-
mand of the guard aud was struck on tho
head with a blxshooter Troublo has
been expected from u tow of tho exem
ployes Tho authorities and citizens aro
nut only dotoriuned that employes who
wish to work shall do so but that tho
law bo strictly enforced
8EN1KXC1CH TO JAIL
Special to llio Ufuette
Ei Paso Tx April ti Judge Turner
of tho federal cuurt passed sentence upon
tho strikers today He had no desire he
said to punish the prisoners unduly and
yet he felt he must make an example that
would not bo forgotten for tho pioUctlon
of society and government Itself Ho
considered that tho young men had been
misled aud ho placed the blutno on tho
prominent membirs of tbo Knights of
Labor Ho referred toPowdetlyaud Irons
by name and was especially se-
vens ln condemnation of Inter-
fering with tho oporatlon of public
highways Kd Walr s J Humesf J Smith
Ilobert Wren James Weldon Jeff Scar
borough and lred jlrous were sentenced
each to ninety days ln jail Charles G
Mott to thirty days and Vanllorn was
discharged The prisoners aro pleased
with the sentence
AT IUMA8
Sjicclil to the Giuctto
Iauas Tkx April 0 Tho usual
anxiety concerning tho striko was re
nowed by tho news from St Louis this
evening Thu Times issued an extra sheet
at 5 oclock and tho Herald at S oclock
tonight The extras met with a good
circulation uud tho situation at St Louis
becaino generally known and was dis-
cussed extensively on tho btrvcts It Is
rumored again this evening us It was last
evening that the locomotive engineers
wero going to join tho strikers und go
out on tho Southwestern system hut thejo
scenibto bo no foundation for the rumor
Thu Knights of Labor aro hopeful hero
that tho engineers will go out If It be-
comes necessary
Till INJUNCTION MUST 111 OHKYK1
Special to tho iazeilu
HiLLsnono Tkx April 0 Un Wed-
nesday Sheriff Boyd broughttwo strikers
one Roberts and one Kummage horn
Alvarudo to appear before Judge Hall on
a charge of violating Judge Halls In-
junction Tho judge fixed tho bond ln
eacli case at 61000 to appear next Mon-
day atCreburno Tho sheriff took them
back to Alvarado where they expect to
mako the required bond Tho judge
stands firm for the execution ot tho law
aud says tbat his Injunction must be
obeyed Ho Instructed Sheriff Boyd to
compel obedience to the Injunction If It
be necessary to summon all Johnson
county and if he could not then do it to
call on tho judge and he would call for a
forco to asBlst
SET KOIt TODAY
Spcclalto tho GnzettQ
Sherman Tkx April i Tho paitlcs
now under bond for contempt of court ln
disregarding tho Injunction to keep off
tho railroad property Iu Denlson have
their cases set for Saturday and If tho
attorneys of tho road do not weaken tho
sticngth of a stato court to enforce
respect for Its mandates will bo tested
We hope to seo a ltta backbone dis-
played In these cases iiutl let tho public
seo how far It Is salo to trifle with the
courts of Texas In this particular
period of our affairs It would bo well to
let the world aud the strikers know just
how much respect Is duo to a court of
justice and how far they can safely go In
trampling on the laws ol the land and
tho rights of property whether corporato
or pcrsoual
OUT AGAIN AT MARSUALI
Special to vbu Uazctte
Marshall Tfx April 0 United
Stales Commissioner C K Henry of New
Orleans sent out by Judge Pardee to
visit Marshall Dallas Port Worth and
Big Springs for the purpose of looking
Into tho present striko troubles has been
examining witnesses here today and
says ho will continue until everybody hns
been heard Irom Ho says ho is eudeav
orlug to get at tbo facts and will take
evidence from tho strikers railway of-
ficials citizens and others Tho exam-
inations arc public On on order from
the Knights ot Labor about fifteen strik-
ers who had resumed work camo out
again today
VLKAUKK OUILTY
sp 4lal tti the tiatotto
Kr Paso Tkx April 0 A deputy
United Slates marshal arrived this morn-
ing with flvo strikers charged with in
terferlng with railway property The
names of tho prisoners arc Joo Smith of
Midland Charles Mott of Mnrionteld
Ilobert Kccvu James Wilder and J L
Scarborough of Big Spilngs Kd Walts
Krtd Girout and U Humes who were
arretted two weeks sinco for Interfering
with the railway property pleaded guilty
today ln tho federal court the judge re-
serving his decision until tomorrow
strikers arrested
Special to the Gazette
Bio Springs Tex April 9 News of
the conviction ot eight strikers ln tho
United States court at El r 0 reached
hero today and caused but 1HU excite
ment as tho striking element hi a been
greatly weakened oflato h LLsvcr
slqgc another striker was arrested
today and will bo taken to El Paso M
pneo
SEKKINff VVOUK
Special to the Guetto
AfimnTKJc April 0 Tho striking
section men have about given up tho light
and aro seeking other fields of labor
Thoy have nil left but two who aro still
determined to hold tho fort
Tho foremen hopo to get orders to pat
their gangs to work next week
XHX Ooii rrn
TIIK SKNATK
Washinoion April > Mr Iiignlls
by request introduced a bill to pro-
vide for the appointment of a board of
arbitration to cxamlno And settle differ
encos between railway companies and
tholr employes
Tho chair laid before tho senate a letter
from Mr Palrchlld actlug wecretary of
having been read the now senator was
escorted to the desk by Mr Stanford
where President Pro Tern Sherman nd
ralulstered tho oath of office
Mr Conger called up tho home bill
providing for frco transmission through
tho malls ot meterologlcal reports Much
opposition to tho bill was developed and
tho matter went over
Mr Pryo then took tho floor and ad
drcssod tho seuato lu support ot tho res
plutlou herotoforo submitted by him lu
relation to the fisheries
Tho Washington terrttoiy admission
blllvvas then placed before tho senate
tho pending question bolng on Mr EustU
proposed amendment limiting tho light
of suffrage ln tho proposed neV stuto to
qualified male electors only
Mr Butler said ho would vote against
the amendment
Mr Beck favored tho amendment and
spoke lu Its support
lng tho passage stio gavo birth to a child
It was impossible to attend her with the
necessary caro nurt skill and she reached
hero doomed lo dlo As quietly aud quick
ly as poesiblo sho was taken to tho little
fiat on West Fortloth street Tho news of
her condition was at her own request
kept from every friend she know save two
orthreo Sho died painlessly and peace-
fully pothaps with a mans tears moist-
ening her brow A tendorhoarted
aetress who beam of her death hinted
malpractice A Suu reporter proved
that there was not tho slightest ground
for such suspicion The physician who
attended her stated tho case fraukly
and clearly and it was as above
Tho dead girls mother lather
and slstor have been apprised
of tho sortow and the sistor has come to
tho city It will bo remembered that tho
Maudo Stowart tho actress who was
burned to death In this city lastMav was
at first confounded with the late Miss
Stuart Helen Ottolengln and Georgia
Cayvan wero warm friends of Maudo
Stowart In her earlier career aud nt ono
tlmo sho resided at Miss Cayvans flat
hero Do llellovlllo was expected to play
with Lotta ut the Grandoperahouse last
night Ho lid not appear and another
acior took his place at short notice
Slid
JIAUnU STUART
Denlh ot n Texnn Olrl Actrusa
ln
Now York
Mnudo Stuart has many friends ln Sher-
man and elsewhere ln Texas and tho de-
tails of her death will bo received with
sorrow ThoJollowlug Is takon from tho
St Louis paper
Nkw York April 7 Maudo Stunrt tho
actress died at tho fiat No 21D West
Fortieth street cither Saturday or Sun-
day last Tho doubt is rendered neces-
sary by tho efforts thut have been made
to keep tho knowledgo of her demise
from the newspapers Until today no
public announcement of It has been
mado It has been pleaded lu exten-
uation of this tecrccy that char
ity for tho dead justified it
but under that sacred niautle
It would seem as If a man had wished to
hide Miss Stuart was twentyone years
old uud unmarried She died of pyiumla
following puerperal fever tho direct re-
sult of a confinement Sho passed away
In tho arms of a friend In a little room
on tho top floor of tho Fortieth street flat
Frederick Do Belleville nn nctor whoso
Ufo has been a romance Is the responsi-
ble occupant of tho fiat Next door to
him In modest rooms on the top story
of tho l t No 217 sturdy Dan Lecson of
Wallacks Uvea Tho janitor of both
these flats did not know Maudo Stuart
Ho had heard that Mis Do Belleville bad
died yet Maudo Stuart was not and
novercould have been Mrs Do Belle
vitlo There wero already threo Mrs Do
Bellevllles alive Maudo Stuarts
right nauio was Maudo May Grubbs Sho
was an Indiana girl who camo of an ex-
cellent family and was brought up lu
Iudiacapolls Sho was born In May I6C1
At sixteen sho was on the stage Before
sho was seventeen she had played Juliet
us ono of tho live at Atkins Lawrences
benefit in Uhiladolphla Sho began to bo
better known after that nud soon went
into tho Madison Square theater forces
Dan Froham secured her the role of Clara
In tho original Hazel Klrku company and
later sho created tho role of tho blind girl
ln Young Mrs Winthrop Sho remained
at tho Madison Square until tho change
lu management there when sue
left Sho had been a favor-
ite of tho lrobmans and onco It had been
whispered that sho would perhaps marry
Dan Frohman somo day but the engage-
ment If It over existed was never pub
llcly announced After her Madison
Squaro work she did what Is profession-
ally called jobbing for a time Parly
last fall when Bartloy Campbell opened
tho Fourteenth Street theater sho played
Nltaiu Paqulta De Belleville and she
It is believed mot for tbo Hist tlmo In tho
Paqulta cast One who was In the
company says they fell Jn love at first
sight Do Bellcvlllo is courtly suave
and handsome All tbo polish of a
Frenchman marks his bearing and with
women ho has over been ati admired fa-
vorite
A THKATItlCAl DON JUAN
Tho story of his Jlfo Is a revelation in
marital luxuriance Ho was born In
Franco in 1610 aud went on tho stage in
his native hurt as a lad of 14 Ten years
later ho mado his English debut In Con
don In 187G in Pngland he married
Julia Josephs au actress of that country
He shortly wont to Melbourne where
Juno 28187U he made his Australian
debut Tho lady who Is now In this
country anil is occasionally seen on the
stage as Mrs Kdlth De Belleville claims
tho first yearof Wft sojourn there Sho
camo to tho United States after him
somo yesra nSo JIo repudiated
her
Ho did not Jn Aus
tarry
trails On July pr mo ho made bis
AmotlcAn debut in San Francisco An
Lantern engagement quickly followed
Ho did not fall to celebrate his Amenctu
snecesii by another marriage ijr on Oc
tober B0 188 In Chicago In wedded
Miss Pfcrdiier of tho Gcrmanla Theater
Merry War company A protest on the
part of tho Australian Mrs Do Belleville
gaveblm an unenviable publicity at this
time aud it Is probable to do him Just
ice that JJo
Belleville would have oar
rjed Jlando Stuart It ho legally cotdd
have done so Their friends say they
were deeply attached to each other
When Paquita failed lo this city fptjr
remnants ut the venture hastily made for
JrlscO Bartloy Campbell and proity
Mary Mills were ono couple Who Were
greatly gossiped about
TUB OCKAN VOTAflr
DoBollovlilo and Maudo Stuart vvero
the others IMqultn failed In Frisco
the treasury transmitting a lettor trom I at ouco by rail
tho secretary ot tho Interior submitting
hn estimate of 920000 as tho amount
necessary to comploto tho Investigation
ot Indlau depredations
Mr Stanford smmltted tho credentials
ot Hou qcorge Hearst Tho credentials
Campbell and Miss MIIN returned Kast
De Bollcvlllo and Miss
Stuart romalued on tho Paclllc Slope until
lato in February then MUs Stuart left
for this city on an otitsldo steamer Dor
Mr Butler said If ho wai to bcllevo lu
woman suffr go aud had the power to
confer It ho would be far from
conferring It on all women
If too ho had tho power of conferring
nmuhood suffraeo ho would b < i fir Irom
conferring It on all men Ho believed
many troubles < f the country had ntUan
and would continue to arise from uni-
versal manhood suffrage That form ol
suffrage established bv reconstruction
laws In the South with almost universal
Ignorance imioiig tho cla s exercising It
had kopt tbo South loug upou a volcauo
thk itousi
Washington April li On motion of
Mr bt Martin of
Louisiana a nluht ses-
sion was ordered for tho IRth of May for
tho consideration oB tho resolutions re
lative to tho doath ot Michael Hahn lato
representative from tho stato of Louis
ana
Mr Forney of Alabama npkod thu
unanimous consent for present action on
tho joint resolution making an appropria
tion for tho relief ot sufferers from tho
Hoods In Alaoama
Mr Beech of Now York objected
On motion of Mr Jtcagan of Texas a
resolution was adopted calling on tho
secretary of tho Interior for Information
relative to discriminations against tho
Denver Now Orleans Hallway company
by land grants
After tho call of committees for roports
of a private character the house went
Into committee of tho wholo Mr Hatch
of Missouri ln the chair on tho private
calendar
Soveral bills wore agreed to when tho
commlttco ran against a snag In tho
shapo o a bill directing the quartormas
torgoueral to bcttlo with the McMinn
villa branch of thu railroad company ot
Tennessee The amount Involved In tho
bill Is 92 c000 A long discussion on
sticd upon the measure but no action
was taken Tho commlttco then roso
and a recess was taken tho evcuiug ses-
sion to bo for tho consideration of penslou
bills
TKKKEMi
Clrniul Toilgo KiiIkM of 1jthlnHA
Worthy tmly leuliioclon Tnlk
Spoclnl to tho Gutetto
TiciiitKix Tm April 9 Tho occasion
of tho meetiug of tho grand lodge of
Knights of Pythias on the 20th Inst Is
looked forward to with much Interest by
Torrel Knights and cltlens generally
Tho local lodge is on a boom has nil
elegant elaborately furnished hall and
will give a ball on Tuesday night lu hon-
or ol tho visitors to which tho incmboiB
of Fort Worth Dallas mid MInoola lodges
havo been Invited with tho lady mem
bers of their families
A pall ot gloom was cast over tho entire
city this morning by the announcement
of the death of Airs 11 M Powers tho
wife of Hov II M Powers pieslding
elder of tho Dallas distrlctof tho Method
ist Kpiscopal chinch South which oc-
curred this morning at 7 JO oclock at tho
resldeuco of Mis Allen Mrs Powers
was tho daughter of Hov A C AIJcii D
D who died at Fort Worth afmvycars
ago alter having spent a long lllo as a
vigilant watchman on the watcbtower of
Clou tbo bldtcr of Uev J It
Allen now the station preacher
of McKlnncy W II Allen a prominent
member of our bar Mrs Sid Bass of
Paris and John Vessy of this place and
nn aged mother whom sho leaves with a
host of warm friends to mourn ber loss
Mrs Powers has been a prominent teach-
er in our public schools from tho com-
mencement was ono of our very best
educators au elegant Christian lady uni-
versally belovedby all who came In con-
tact with lior and was widely known Sho
died from a tumor ln tho abdom n which
compelled her to censa bur active labors
some tlmo ago and which was removed
on Tuesday last Tho funeral will take
place tomorrow ut 11 a m fioni tho
AlethodlBt church
A L Self county clerk and his family
havo been welcome visitors among their
numerous friends slnco yesterday
morning
Sheriff J H Williams ot itockwall was
ln the city yesterday morning Henry
ffas waiting for the train to carry him to
a distant couuty whither ho goes to oxc
cuto an important criminal process
Italn began to fall this morning
about 1080
There was so llttlo Interest manifested
In the municipal election Tuesday but
llttlo over half tho vote of the city was
polled There aro noue manifesting any
dissatisfaction except dissatisfied aspir-
ants
Numerous are the uames of thoso who
aro going before the dear people asking
that they each may bo Inducted into a
county office In November
Molaitea ami Syrup
A full variety of fine molutses and
yrup cap now bo had at Turner Mc
Cluros thu famous Houston street
grocers
o
Dl i of Heart Illnoiue
Special to tbo Uazotte
ALiitjquitnoUK N M April a A
Mexican by the name of Antanaclo sud-
denly dropped dead near this city this
morning He had just arrived homo
from a seventeen days herding of sheep
end had just got off his horse and was
entering his home when death came He
leaves aw If o and seven children Heart
disease was tho causo of his death
Manning Iniprovlug
Washinuion April 0 Dr Hamilton
said this afternoon that no particular
change has occurred In Secretary Man
nings condition during the past few days
All that can be said of his case today is
that bo is very much improved ln health
and
I wss able to spend several hours at
that he married her ln Australia during this bfllcc
fm JBUIR BHifc
< > > mlou of So
l o Xf l light on lu
Oorulliuloimlltj
Fort Worth Tmxi April fl issfl
Editor GAmiK Tho fact that the com-
mittee on cduiaUoil In tho house refuses
to report favorably the Blalr bill or fed
oral aid to tho Htatca and territories
passed by the senwe by so decided a ma
jority flfi toll Iff uo reason why the
JrlcniM of this mcassro should cease their
labors The truth Itv now Is the Issue
mails now ts tho tlmefor erery friend of
free
institutions of clvlllz 0n and
progress to redouble their untrgles for
unlrcrsal cducaUm tbould now bealn
W put the peoplo 1b po scsSlow of tho
facts the true status the real condition
of our country and especially to
forth the reasons for tho position of those
who favor this measure
The constitutionality of this bltt Is
based upon that wclle Ublbaed ethical
law vix i that all rights aro resolvable
into duties Th right of cltlunshlp car-
ries with It the duty of cltlncnshlp U
tho state cserclsea aright she assumes n
reciprocal duty Tho tight thcrofote
conferred
by the fourteeutu and Mteonth
amendments to the constitution in on
franchising over 6000000 of iiogKxs the
hlghrst nud most responsible political
privilege demands ot tho United StMes
the power conferring this right tho
preparation ot ties people to oxorclso
thlR franchlsn It Is now conceded by all
thoughtful min that tho ilrst condition
ln this preparation tor cltlrfcuhlp
is intelligent iduoatton Ipon this law
of ntlilcal philosophy aud tho fact ot tho
iranclilso already oontcrred Is based the
duty of tho government to make and at
once full and uroplo preparation for thu
education not ouly f tho v otor tho col-
ored but for all tho enfranchised cltlrjus
of tills freo republic regardless of color
or previous condition
There fcoiiis oven ln tho minds of the
opposors of this bill that thoro Ih no
doubt of its constitutionality under tho
general welfare olatise Theso should
read und in connection with thu separate
sections tho preamblo to provide not
only for the gonerai welfare but to
securo t > < o blessings ot liberty to our-
selves and our posterity But thoro be
ing a doubt iu tho mluds of some
let us seo what Is tho opin
ion ot the best luterproteis
of the const Hntlun Let us take theso
from the length anil breadth ol this
republic Tho trustees ot the Pcabody
oducatlou lund through n committee
composed or Hon A H H Stuart of
Vlrglula Chief Justice Watte citizen of
Ohio and tbo Hon William M Kvarts ot
Now York memorialized congress upon
this subject early ln tho history of tho
Blair bill that this aid wn necessary
that the South needed help and needed
It speedily Tho present attorneygen
era Augustus Garland has spoken upon
this subject even with more confidence
and certainly from tho highest stand-
point of lugal authority constitutional
right
Is there a demand for this aid Is It
necessary
If unlveisal suffrago Is based upon
Intelligence upou tho ability of the
voter to read tho name of his cholco Upon
his selected ballot thoro Is
A IKW DKTA1LH
In H70 III corgln thuro woro illHornlo
while voters iissn
Iniwo Sslim
An increase of
831 per cent
In ls70 lUUorito nogro voters
Iu lbSO
ln 1870 In Kentucky illiterate while
vol
ln IStlJ
An lncrcnsu of neatly 25 per cent
Jn 1H70 lllltorata negro voters
ln Wit
In lSin Texas Illiterate votura
In J8 0
100J1M
110610
418ifl
MWIt
An Increase of ncaily 100 per cent
17
1JA
MOttt
Aud of tho constlttioucy of tho two dis-
tinguished senators leaders really ln
this crusade against education
In LS70 Toxus lllltorato votor 4TAW
In lesu co ci
A gain ol only nearly 25 per cent and
not quite so bad
Have wo any hopo that a change in
theso figures will occur Ayo verily by
1800 they will bo worse How does it
appear ln tho great aggregate It will
grow worse and woiso unless tho South
gets help strong holp to bear her double
load of Ignorance and poverty too
The lncrcnso In llllterato voters ln the
South excepting llttlo Delaware from
l 70to 1880 amounted to 187071 In
this downward progress In this race tho-
races have kept well togothor Tho In-
crease of the Illiterate white vote was
18270 ol tho colored 01392 This Is
bad it is not tho worst however
to me thu snddest picture still I know
not how to classify It for whether In do
tall or In tho aggregate It Is tho same I
ctto however only two casesi In Ken-
tucky there are and of white women
above twentyone years of go 228 per-
cent who couaot write In North Caro-
lina 831 percent Universal suffrago ln
tho South Is tho unquestioned piorogatlvo
of universal Ullteriicy Can tho South
educate hcr people I answer sho can-
not Texas tho most favored cannot
Tho state of New York Is wotth
In taxable property as much as all tho
Southern states These oxponded on their
chools 1831 813350784 ln 1881 New
York expended ly30JC2 The total
taxable property In Now York 1880
92051010000 The Southern etatcs
omitting Missouri 62870023200 or
New York is richer than the wholo thir-
teen Southern stales grouped In the
census tablos of 1870 Comparo two
cities j tho assessed values ot tho city of
Charleston In 1800 were 15000000
In 1880 821000000 a reduction of more
than half with tho obligation to educate
double tho number ot children Taxa-
tion ln tho city of Charleston In 1880 was
Si mills slate county und cltv In all
amounting to 01000 only for school
purposes Boston gives a total of i
mills for nil her school enterprises
Charleston solely for primary Instruction
Tbat Is Charleston gives for her schools
of lowest grades nearly halt as much
again as Boston Add to this burden
tho still greater vizi Charleston pays
a total tax of 24 cento while that ot Bos-
ton Id only 14
Now to the practical question Can
tho Southern states with less than half
the resources of 16C0 educate now
double tho number of children then knock-
ing at tho door
Ono more comparison 1 The people of
North Caroling pay tho same ad valorem
tax that Massachusetts docs und yet tho
schools of tho former cannot bo kept open
longer than three months
Massachusetts 1680 had of taxable
property 81000000000 and the school
tax amouutcd to 81000000 or 1 to every
9400 ot taxable property
North Carolina paid upon 150000000
school tax was 9100000 or 91 to every
9400 or North Carolina pays for school
property ten times as much as Massacbtt
setts per dollar or sho gets ouly one
aiKiriw fl-
It Thu fathers ot Texas
foumla lou and now laldthn
upon their broad
patriotic vl e and humane forcthou hi
is reared n state university J enui
metitsand appliances second tonww n
our country This InstltnUonittefcciS
of tho public school system of tut uto
lstor liberal and professional training
The Agricultural collegoTho result
of the loml grant m 1802 for n e
chanlcal ami industrial
training In
ho several states a v territories
has given the Industrial classes ot Texas
an ItiKtltutlon devoted to the Jutercsti of
tbo Industrial classes particularly
This
Institution owes Its origin to tho portion
of the 6100000000 wise
nivasure al
though perhap a violation of the consti
tution set apart for Terns bnt supple
monted by the olnle m was rciulred
llio Wnni liou9tou normal school for the
Instruction of tenchcra profosslouat
tcachois hsd Its origin m tho phllau
throplc benevolent ami Christian Pea
body tho stiito again supplementing tho
gltfc of tho IVabody education ftindt
Tews is well equipped lu higher luitl
unions controlled n d mipportod by the
state The sasae Hm y be said ot hur
uuiucious dcmHiiluaUoual colleges and
private schools but these aro nil for ad
vanced Instruction Tho need of ull of
these h students prepared and nolo
to profit by thuo rare opportunities
To thu common schools tho education
lor the misses tho substratum tho boys
and girls who iu torn are to fill tip these
higher educational ranks Texas In this Is
far behind 188t5 The pupils enrolled
white nud colored between tho ages then
ol eight and lonrtetn wore 40064
There wa also apportioned for their in
iot IonH each ° y lho etote
18850 lliere havo boon enrolled bt
tiveen ages eight and sixteen 452G78
and there has boon apportioned for their
instruction 5 < 20 ot those IT per cent
only belong to the cities Somo of those
cities but nothing like n majority sup
plement tho stato and county apportion
inoiits by local taxation some as high as
five mills as In tho case ot Fort Wortlu
others as low as two mills In tha case ot
Galveston Kvon theso city schools
those not supplementing tho state ap
portionment do not contlntio over live
months Tho county schools do not
average over four months But this Is
not the point It Is conceded tbat not
over 75 per cent of tho children
even of this short scholastlo age are en-
rolled Add to this number and tho oil
lollincut Would become 003670 Again
to this add tho fact that the school ngo
should bo between seven and eighteen
and yon would havo an aggregate school
populatlouBof H201I0G Again it Is safely
estimated that our population has reached
2600000mako it 2250000 mid thon
you lave 1000000 Of tho school ago or
your apportlonraont520 bcconios 82 5
per pupil
In all this nothlug ban been said about
schoolhouses iuriitture and llxtures
lust as Important as tuition and teachers
Local taxation Is a suoeess whore tried
but can ouly be levied In deuselv sottled
counties ami cities What can bo done
for that portion of tho state whore thu
acres uro a thousand times the
number of pupils But granting
that Texas can educate hur own
for this reason alone Sho should
fid Virginia tho Carolines and tho South
generally thoy cannot It comes with
llttlo taste lacks sympathy to say Texas
can tako care of herself aud therefore
she Is solid against this measure
Consistency Is 11 jewel Whllo Texas
wishes 110110 of this from tho public rcas
dry yet with great satisfaction does M10
receive annually over 8700000 in tho way
of deficiency to send letturs and con-
gressional documents to constituency that
cannot icnd them Tills Is defendod
because tho constitution wysi Con
gress shall have tho power to establish
postofilcca and poolroads Whereby
means that cheap postage to lnerclmntM
and business men shall bo dcfiavcd
by tho general government by tho gen-
eral revenues taxes etc
This measure tends to centraliza-
tion a precedent will bo
set for tho paternity of government that
will turn to torment Its Inventors and
advocates Oh yes thu government
Is to take charge ol our schools and to
place their teachers In our schools
In addition to tho clause that has been
In every bill delegating the entire man-
agement of the funds to the states und
territories tho follow lug amundineut
ottorod by Senator George vlt The
sections setting forth that thu design of
the act was not to establish nn Inde-
pendent school system ln the state but
ouly to cMoiul aid to tho statu govern-
ments was restorod unapltnoiislv
House proceedings
Thlsfeaturoi Tho Taking Charge of
Our Schools Sectional prejudice has
been worked for nil It would avail Ioll
ticlans may entertain such opinions of
each othor Im sure statesmen do not
Were I associated with men for whom I
entertained so despicable mi opinion I
would quit them nud quit tho country
thoy represented For my part Im an
American citizen and I believe Hoar of
Massachusetts and Colquitt of Georgia
Evartsof NowYotk and Pugh of Ala-
bama I believe the thirty six who voted
for tho Blair bill are as true men us true
patriots and ns great states-
men us tho olovcn who voted
against It That Tho Common
School Masters as an exgovornor
used to term thoni before public schools
became popular tho city superintend-
ents meeting last December In Fort
Worth uro as puro and as truo men uud
In this matter are as sincere us those who
assort that they do not leprcsent tbo
sentiment ol tho people of Texas
These men may be scourged back to
their log schoolhouses but It wilt not be
utlhoir biddingthe mere nod of solfasscr
tlon A stronger government now seems
to bo uppermost iu tho minds ot somo
Yes but 110 of military power on thu one
side and sullen submission on tbo other
but u government mado stronger through
intelligence through universal educa-
tion through u laifjontld well devolopert
patriotism But to close this article not
this battlo against illiteracy It Mr
Joffersou and the father ot this republic
wero right If universal suffiago must
rest upou universal education then veto
for this bill this aid If however Igno
ranee and Illiteracy discontent and vice
aro best vote against It refuse to let It
como up at ull Alkx Itono
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