The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-15
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aud GauHrs him W cry out Tor llllpfiiln-
lion la his communication OF he Olli
instant, by proposing many and divers
questions. While | have 10 hope oi
Penetrating his henighied aud "conllls,
pdi mind with the light OF truth phd
reason, and dlEperhG the 'hkypllAll
darkness which 10 oonflses hlln, yet
| DO hope 10 keep his gr0wllngs ana
Misrepresentation from misleading
any one from The truth ana real cause
Of all Of his complaints,
The first information he calls for
whi,h I shall attempt 10 notice " !
"Why did the fourteenth legislature
arrnign seven on eight district Judges,
the trials Of whom cost 1000 10 aiOl-
90, which would have paid for u con-
atiluliOnnl convention ~ etc, Sir, the
reason N simply This, they were wholly
unit 10 III ~ Judges over The llYeh ana
liberties Of the people, ana the demo-
cratic party, through lls standard behf'
err, aud through 10 candidate for gov.
ernor, was pledged 10 the people or
Texas 10 give them an hodcai coupe
tat aud efficient Judiciary ANA these
seven or eight Judges alluded 10 Inllel
10 come under lhls standard, yen, iell
far below II, aud should have been re-
moved In Justice 10 the bar aud 10 the
good people Of Texas, voted 10 re-,
move every rascal Of them, and stand
prepared 10 show by the evidence that
1 they ought 10 have been removed, AZ
| tOnlMOre Anon'sp assertion tint va, 600
III $50, OOO Will pay The expense OF u
nslltullOnnl convention, u N Simply
absurd. In order to have the people
fully represented, there ought NJ lcnstl
~ DO ~ many delegates 10 Il c0nHtltll-
tlonal convention M there are mem-
bcrs In the house Of representa- ives
Ninety members NJ n per diem OF six
dollars day would make SblO per day.
The necessary clcr ks aud attaches
would make the per diem $500 per day,
Besides, there would be stationary and
printing, and the mileage Of the dele
gates, aud finally the printing OF the
constitution In the English, Spanish
and German languages IL would IN
deed be n wonder II the convention
would get through lts work In twenty
days better say thirty. ] am ana uds
IN favor of u constitutional cOnvcnllonl
but far be II from me 70 attempt to
mlslcud the people In reference To ils
cost. II you get u constitution at the
hands Of u constitutional convention
for SD0,0OO, II IL less than ! honestly
| believe.
Second. "Wby did the fourteenth
Legislature make an appropriation lar
ger thun was made 10 run the state
government one year by the foul
twelfth In 1870, and almost as
much rs was appropriated In 1850, TO
run the. government for Two years"
The man who would ask this question
IN sincerity certainly ought never to
let the public know his real name, for
he exhibits more ignorance concerning
governmental affairs aud the history Of
his state than ten year old boy ought
TO-. Besides, he who does not know
that an appropriation Is not the crea-
ton OF debt, but that II IL only the
acknowledgement Of, aud the provid-
ING for the payment of u debt, which
was. contracted or IL to be contracted
under and by the authority Of u pre-
! existing law, should never attempt to
enlighten others on public matters. |
will give the reason why, Mr.. "More
Anon,u and | will state IN the begin
mug that don't do II In the spirit of
fault finding with other legislatures,
but that the people, rs | have above
stated, may know the true cause of
your grlmbling:
First--"rhe foul twelfth" created
debts which it made no provisions to
pay; II failed to make appropriations
for all of many debts II created, and in
many instances when IL made appro-
priations II made them too small to
pay the debt created, and left to future
legislatures to make the deficiency APP
preparations. l will state right here
that two-thirds Of the entire debt of
the state to-day was created by the
"foul twelfth refer you to the def
cheney appropriations made by the
thirteenth legislature to pay the debts
contracted by the 'ioul twelfth"
amounting to over one million of dol
lars, and yet there remained 100000
due school teachers, that was contracted
| by the 'foul twelfth, which the thir-
teenth failed to provide for, and the
'fourteenthn had TO repudiate or pro-
vide for paying it. Besides, there were
thousands of dollars due printers all
over the state, which was created by
the Infamous printing law of the foul
twelfth, land no appropriation made
either blythe '"foul twelfth" or by the
thirteenth, which the fourteenth" had
to provide for or repudiate. Go ask
Norton, Newcomb and others for the
truth of this. Besides, the thirteenth
created debt of $l25, 900 for assessing
the taxes of 1878, and failed to make
an appropriation to pay it. Besides,
the thirteenth left due to sheriffs,
clerks of district courts, justices and
constables $4,000 unprovided for,
which amount was due to them MS fees
in criminal prosecutions, which debt
was created by pre-eXistinglaws. This
failure upon the part of the thirteenth
caused these officers to have to wait
the pleasure and honesty of the four
,teenth for the payment of their hard
earnings, which was due more than
twelve months before paid. Besides,
failures in many smaller matters OH
the part Of the thirteenth and "foul
twelfth had to be provided for by the
"fourteenth. Z, 60 ask Kerfoot, Gay,
sMiers and Halsell for the truth of this
assertion ~
Truth crushed to earth win rise again."
Besides, there was a frontier debt Of
S300,000, created under Governor Davis
frontier proclamation, which the thir-
teenth could not provide for, as they
could not foresee 1t. This augmented
the appropriation of the fourteenth n
few thousand dollars; but was the
"fourteenthn in the least responsible
for its creation? Truth crushed to the
earth will rise again." y "a
Secondly Because in lSG6there werf Il
no appropriations for frontier defense
or Tor educational purposes. Besides,
in 1865, the $l25, 900 that under our pre-