The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-12

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mont. lWu.thim NJ the mrunipH NJ
the "munpoill' wrrc mpnbDm Ol the
slur convention, aud helped ~ IAuc
the platform roiulrcd tUi but no one III
that convention lOresnw tie trouble
and danger that nlterwnrd surrounded
the "fOurteenthh and threatened to
destroy our state government hnd
throw the state into anarchy ana
bloOdshod, arising out of the lludrlquel
case. All the radical leaders In the
state were In Washington, awaiting
with anxious hearts and attentive ears
for the news to come across the wires
that the "fourtecnthn had called n
constitutional convention; feeling
sure that then Mr.. Grant and con-
gress would turn the state government
over to their power and plumber AS
to "NIOre AnOn'sn assertions about the
mileage, cannot say, knowingly, as
never investigated the matter. |
was told, however by certain indi-
vidual that such was fact. The same
individual told me that he had spent
some time in investigating the matter,
and found that | had myself drawn
more mileage than any of my prede.-
cessors, which / cannot deny, ~ ]
never inquired how much mileage any
of my predecessors drew. | only drew
for the mum Der of miles paid the Cen
trail road for, and that actually trav-
eled. knew no other way to deter
mine my mileage. | paid my own
way to Austin and had not II free pass.
| travelled the road that our sheriff,
lawyers and other citizens always
travel in going from Dallas to Austin.
may have done wrong in drawing for
the number miles | actually Travelled
in getting to Austin and returning
home. III did, and find it to be so
upon investigation for myself, | will
acknowledge the WrOng and rectjy it.
What more can any man do? If saw
ing to the people of the state more
than twenty thousand dollars in the
public printing alone is ignoring re-
trenchment, let it be ignored. If saw
ing thousands of dollars to the state
by looping Off and reducing the sala-
ries of various and almost useless Of
fees in the emigration bureau and geo.
logical department, and in some other
departments, is ignoriug retrenchment,
let it be igaored. If developing the
frauds of the lunatic asylum and the
reducing of the expenses of the vari-
Gus asylums, and running them with
less expense to the state and more conf
fort to the inmates, managed by hon
est officials, who will not steal one-half
of the asylum goods, nor "duplicate
the bills" is ignoring reform and re-
trenchment, for heavens sake let
them be ignored. More, if re-
ducing the cost of the material
used in and 10y the different state
departments, such as reducing the cost
of wood from thirteen and fifteen dol
lars cord to six and seven dollars,
and all other material, such rs sta
tionery, etc, etc, in almost the same
ratio, amounting in the whole to
thousands of dollars saved to the state.
/ repeat if all this is ignoring reform
and retrenchment, let ii he ignored.
No man has ever yet accused any
member of the fourteenth" of having
received bride or of having voted six
millions of the peoples money to rail-
roads, but, OH the contrary, the "four-
teenth" tried to reduce this debt one
halt, and at the same time save the
credit of the state. Yet more Anon"
says we ignored retrenchment and re-
form. Produce authenticated facts,
"More Anon" and don't attempt to
mislead the people by bold, ignorant
assertions and Misrepresentation OF
facts. The whole style and manner OF
grumbling at the action of conventions
by "More Anon" smacks much like the
same spirit that guided certain fault
finder and correspondent of The HER
AID, last summer, who signed himself
then "a Democrat" In justice to the
fourteenth" and in vindication of
the democratic party i'll the state, 1
have exposed the misrepresentation
of More Anon AS for my individ-
ual action as member of the
fourteenth" / hold myself per
sonally responsible to my constituen-
cy, and refer them to my record, which
will be found in the journals of the
house. am willing to sink or swim
upon that record.
Very respectfully,
JOHN III, COCHRAN,