The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-10

Tor que, would gladly have given ~
and left them Wllhnula district 10 hnll
court ia, aud LETT 10 lhplr nanllneas llf
They have any and conscience whether
they would renaln 10 0illre hnd lrAW
Their salary pr not A constitutional
amendment ~ convention u llle lnlb
way left ~ remove. phn0Nlnus Judges,
when Impeachment aud address fail,
nMllTe Anon says, 'NAnlni Two OF
the most important principles ~ ne
state convention lAsl Year. was llip cal
OF a state convention Anl felfenpli-
nenl aud reform, both nf which were
ignored, except that lhe fourteenth
drew about llye thousand dol lhfs more
mileage than has ever been drawn be-
fore, not excepting the foul twelfth,
This h called reform Here, again, I
have ~ infer ilint "Mnr3 AnOnN meant
hy estate convention u constitutional
convention. " hG did, II h true
thnl the "Onrloenlln did not call
u constitutional convention ~ llH
first session. Nor uid the state demur
cratic PLATFORM framed NJ Austin last
September, demand II, Hear II, fre'
ton twelve Ol HAT platform fuyhi 1--WE
favor the calling Of u constitutional
convention by our most Legislature"
When? ~ what time, ana ~ which
session, Mr., "MNrp Anon g. While
|, ~ u member VI tho state Onuypn'
ton aud ~ u member Of the four
teenlh,n construed II 10 moan at tho
first session, many other good demo-
crnlf, and ~ good and Wft statesmen
IN Mr. "M0re An0n,N considered II ~
mean ~ soon ~ II was considered safe
aud 10 the best interests Of the people
Of the state and consistent Wilh The
peace aud stability of the state govern
mcnl, TwO-thirds of the members Of
the "fourlcenthn were members Of the
state convention, aud helped 10 frame
the platform referred to; but no one IN
that convention foreSnw lle trouble
and danger that Allcrwnrl surrounded
the fourteenth" and threatened 10
destroy our state government aud
throw the state into anarchy ana
blO0dshcd, arising out the Rodriguez
cNsC. All the radical leaders In the
state were In Washington, awaiting
with anxious hearts aud attentive eHra
for the nOWH To come across lho wires
that The "lourtecnlh' had called u
constitutional conventions feeling
sure that then Mr. Grant aud con-
grcys would turn the state government
over 10 their power aud plumber AZ
70 "MOre AnOn's' assertions about the
mileage, ! cannot shy, knowingly, ~
never investigated tho mnttcE !
was told, however, by u certain lndl-
viduul that such was fact, The same
individual told ne that he had spent
some time In investigating the matter,
and found that had myself drawn
more mileage lhnn any Of my predc.
cessols which cannot deny, ~ !
never inquired how much mileage amy
of my predecessors drew, only drew
for the number of miles paid the Ceu-
tral rond for, and That actually trav-
cled, knew no other way 10 deter
mine my mileage, | pNld my own
way 10 Austin aud had not II free pnsa,
| travelled the road that our sheriff,
lawyers and other citizens always
travel In going from Dallas 10 Austin,
! may have done wrong IN drawing for
the number miles | actually travelled
in getting to Austin and returning
home. II ! did, and find II TO be SO
upon investigation for myself, | will
acknowledge the WrOHg and rectW II.
What more can any man do? II saw
ing to the people Of the state more
than twenty thousand dollars in the
public printing alone Is ignoring re-
trenchment, let il be ignored. Il saw
ing thousands of dollars to the state
by Topping Off and reducing the sula-
ries Of various and almost useless Of
fees in the emigration bureuu and geo
logical department, aud in some other
departments, Is ignoring rctrenchment,
let il 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 COM
fort to the inmates, managed by hon
est officials, who will not steal oue-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 by the different state
departments, such as reducing the cost
of wood from thirteen and fifteen dol
lars u cord, to six and seven dollars,
and all other material, such MS 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 it he ignored.
No man has ever yet accused any
member of the "fourteeuthN of having
received bride or of having voted six
millions of the peoples money to rail-
roads, but, on the contrary, the "four-
teenth" tried to reduce this debt one
half, and at the same time save the
credit of the state. Yet "Morc Anonn
says we ignored retrenchment and re-
form. Produce authenticated facts,
"More Anon,o 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 Il 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 in the state, |
have exposed the Misrepresentation
of More Anon. AS for my individ-
ual action rs member of the
p" 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 II. COCHRAN.
Tur oon, n,,pit,. ,vill ,loo,Ix, rorrot