Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26

| present depressed treasury. To-day, II
salt was two oeatSh barrel, we could not
buy enoughto pickle q jay bird"
Our Aystin Corrsspondense.
AUSTIN, Texas, April l6, 1873.
To the Editor Of the Dal las Herald. s.'.
have not written you for long time
and am sure yeu and your readers have
not lost much but cannot psss this
memorable event in the history, Of Texas
the contested election case in Senate be-
tween Stuart and Tracy-without . few
words. o'"- ....-.s
The Legislature has been in session
three months, and committee has bad
this case in hand from the beginning.
At II O'Clock A. n, to-day, Col. Stuart
opened the case. His speech was . sys-
tsmatio argument from the evidence which
makes book of two hundred and sixty
five pages, This rehearsal certainly shows
bare and prsmedisstsd fraud; . CON-
plication Of interruptions conduct, by
men who should blush to look an honest
man in the face. My dear reader. have
you thought about this case? You must
have heard Of it. Are you taxpayer 2
Then listen: Much Iof the time Of five
Senator'S has been consumed for the last
three months on this case. About enc
hundred men have been brought here as
with nessss, at . cost Of some six thou
sand dollars. A few days are yet to b
consumed, At q cost Of five or six hundred
dollars day. Do you think Of this
And where is the money to come from2
From what can learn this case will cost
the State about fifteen thousand dellars.
April 16.-Colonsl Stewart eonsum.
cd the time yesterday in = very sys-
tematic argument, and referred con-
secutively to the volume of evidence,
and fully, and we believe fairly, laid the
facts before the Senate. To-day, aftsr the
morning call was over, the case was re.
sumsd. Col. Manly appeared for Tracy.
He was little tedious At first, but cons i'd.
sring the wretched case he had, did well.
It was observed by many that he did not
take in hand the volume oftestim0ny; and
the remark was made that the less he had
to do with it the better for his client. The
Col. is an able man, and labored earnest.
ly for his case. lie was followed by Gov.
Hamilton, whose starting point was the
ineligibility of Tracy under the Constitu-
ton, he being postmaster at Houston whom
elected. This alone, he oontended, was
enough to throw overheard Mr.. Tracy;
but that hs would refer to the evidence of
two or three of The witnesses-old and
good citizens. He would read awhile and
then bring to bear his points in an over.
whelmng weight. He spoke some TIVE
hours, and the Senate adjourned till half
past seven p. NJ, when he resumed his ar
gument. The points he made Of fraud and
corruption were in registration, revision |
and conduct OF election. Certainly have
never heard o more towering weight of
facts and argument. II was so startling
and SO penetrating, scarcely a single Re-
publican, Senator kept his seat, aad the
though of hard cheek, could OF
keep his. He spoke two hours and the
Senate adjourned 10 ten o'clock A. M. to-
morrow. l''
April l7.--4After the morning calls were
over, Governor Hamilton resumed his ar
gument, and soon assumed . rehearsal Of
his points, and piled 'thsm up mountain
high in the most systematic form aud ar
tistic style, that those present. not blinded
by partilan prejudice, must see the most
fraud and corruption ever
praoticed in this State in an election. He
clsssd with an appeal to Senators to re-
member their oaths I; that they were here
to make laws for the government Of the |
people Of the State, and to punish fraud
and corruption; that the rising generation
your children-mu-t be educated here; |
that society was to be, or must be, regu.
lated by wholesome laws and rules and
that fraud and corruption must be put |
down. 1t was certainly the finest appeal
l have ever heard. His language was
ebasts, power ful, and delivered in fine
style. His gestures were good, and voice
clear and forcible; so much SO that saw
more than one tear from those present who |
crowded the hall and gallery, and your
humble servant wiped mora than one from
his cheek.
At the cloes ofhis speech, Senator Word
moved to divide the question. One is TO |
declare the seat vacant and the other TO
seat Colonel Stewart. This being done,
Senator BroughtOn moved to postpone to
Monday next, and stated he was not satis-
fed on one point, and wanted to post him
self. The vote on this was ls for post
ponement and IA against il. This was fol-
lowed by potion TO adjourn till to-mor-
row, which was carried.
April lS.-Tbs morning. call Of business
over the matter came as unfinished busi- |
ness. The question being on the adoption
of the following resolution:
. Re,oiped, Thai the sitting member, ]. @. |
Tracy, not having received a majority Of
the legal votes cast for Senator Of the
Fourteenih Senatorial District at the /
general elections in the counties Of Hsrri- |
con and Montgomery, in Nov. 1872, 10 not
legally entitled to retain his seat in this |
body as Senator from the Fourteenth SEN
.torisl District
'The following is the vote: Ys.s-Avin-
ger, Ball, DAhoney, Henry, King, Lsti@sr,
sayres, Shelley, Swift, Word and Mr..
Prssident--lI. Nays-Bsker, Brsushion,
Cole, Flanagan, Fountain, Gaines, Hsll,
Pyle, Bsussn, Randall, Ruby aud Tendiek
--I2.
leave the subject, and you, dear re- der,
n ust zee for yourself who IL to blame.
Truly yours, FAIR PLAY.
A-The colon crops Of Texas this last
zl1ten is esti1aied Al S20,0O0. 900.