The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-07-19

tpnco Of tho proposition 10y the body.
lle ~ satisfied now, ~ he was then,
that II was u fair, Just and equitable
setllement--best both for the people OF
Texas and the TeSos and Pacific rail
road.
Whatever bob.inlled stump speakers
might say about Colonel Tom Scott, he
knew the fact that Scott had pledged
Sl,OO0,OOO, Of his private means to
carry on this great work, Scott, with
other large railroad men, have mort
gagged their private estates In aid OF
this enterprise, and II IL nothing more
than right that they should get some
return for their risk and expenditure.
But, said the governor, II Is charged
TINT am n stakeholder Of this cOmpa-
ny, and that am also u director. Both
charges were true; he was n stock
holder to the amount of two thousand
dollars, having been originally n stock
holder In the Memphis and I'll Paso
road TO the same amount, for which
stock he paid his money. He was also
II director, and was the only director
for Texas; that was an office of no
profit that he attended meetings Of
the board ut his own expense and with
out receiving dollar Of compensation
therefor That his position rs director
enabled him TO secure the location OF
the road to Sherman and Bonham,
and that he labored asslduously with
both Colonel Scott and General Dodge
to carry the road to those places, though
he had not dollar Of interest nor n
foot of land IN either place.
In reference to what he had done
for the city Of Dallas, in connection
with railroads, Governor Throckmor-
ton showed that when the charter of
the Texas Central railroad was first
presented, II provided for the road
being built to Clarksville, on the Red
river; that he suggested TO Mr.. Allen
to change Clarksvlle to Preston, and
the change was made. Furthermore,
that when In 1861 the company APP
piled for state aid, he inserted II pro-
viso in the bill that the line of the road
should run within certain distance of
the public square Of Dallas. Andalso,
that in 1865, when there was an addl-
tional application for uld he secured
the incorporation Of the same feature
In the blu.
In reply to the charge that he was
the attorney Of the road, Governor
Throckmorton said there was not
lawyer in Texas that would not take
the position and be glad to get 1t, and
at the same time feel and know that
he was not thereby antagonizing him
self with the interests OF the people of
Texas. Judge Good, one Of his oppo-
ncnts, had been the attorney of the
Texas and Pacific railroad, for months
and months before he was, and that
Judge Hare, his other opponent, had
been the attorney of the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railroad.
The governor dispeled tho idea that
his connection with railroads had filed
his purse. He said that it had never
brought him foot of land, and that he
was u poorer man now than when he
first became interested in them.
The governor then proceeded to give
q brief summary Of what his course
would be If honored with seat in con-
gress.
First, he said he would devote him
self to securing protection for the from
tier and reimbursement for the losses
that the frOntiersmen have sustained
by the lack ofgovenlmental protection;
that this was manilestly the duty of
the government, and that he should
use all his influence to carry such n
measure through.
On the tariff question, the governor
announced himself as opposed 10 any
tariff for protection, but in favor of n
tariff for revenue, and ON the currency
question rs in favor of II return to spe-
Gle basis, not by any sudden revolution,
but such prudent steps as would not
infiict any jar upon the business of the
country. He thought this might gen.
orally be effected by the government
paying out for its current expenses the
gold and silver collected ON imports.
Hard money is the money of the con-
stitution, and the productive interests
of the country demand that there
should be a return as soon as practica-
BILE to that basis.
Lastly, if elected to congress, the
governor said he would advocate gov
ernmental aid to the Texas and Pacific
railroad, because he believed it was
right in itself rs u war and postal
measure, and because he felt that Tex
as aud the other sections of country
through which the Texas and Pacific
railroad would pass has as much
claim upon the government us the re-
gions traversed by the Union Pacific,
the Central Pacific and the Northern
Pacific. He would not, however, favor
the same measure of aid to the Texas
and Pacific railroad that had been ex-
tended to these roads. All that he
would favor would be that the govern
ment should guarantee the interest
upon the bonds actually necessary for
the construction of the road, with the
pOndifion thnt tho ynvarnn,a,,t .t.u,.,,