The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-02
ON THE SPOT.

ON THE SPOT.
Representative Martin writes from
Austin very readable letters to the Reg
istcr. From the position he occupies
he is enabled to gather the disgraccIu
influences ut work at Austin and to
write them down in Iorcible and tren.
chant manner. In his last letter he
says:
Powerful influences are being brought
to bear against this extension bill, The
paid agents and attorneys of Hunting
ton, and swarm of Austin lNnd.sharks
fill the Hobbies, and are button-holng
members upon every hand, The chici
Of Texas lobbyists, the man, who, during
the twelveth and thirteenth lcgisla.
lures, was the head and front of the
most infamous of the swindlcs engineers
ed through those bodies, is still in the
prime and vigor of his useful
ness in that line. This
man, who once wore the judicial
crminc, and in point of ability justly
ranks among the first of Texas .juists
is developing his talent to the promo
ton Of the plans Of Huntington, and
OF course, to the defeat of the mcasur,
for the relief of tile Texas and Pacific
From the early days Of the session, h(
has been at work with all his might
and now is constantly ON the floor O
the House, unless when his class an,
ruled ont by the motion of some mem
Der who is Disguised with his impor
tunitics TO any one familiar with tn,
faces usually seen in the lobby at Aus
TIM it would not be necessary for me t.
call the name OF this illustrious in
dividual, but to those OF your reader,
who know nothing Of such matters,
will say that refer TO Judge James IT.
Bell This eminent lobbyist has II fun
corps of able assistants, composed of re-
representatives. of the Central and Inter
national Railroads, and of the bankers
and land-shnrIis of Austin, all towering
like n swarm OF buzAards over the re
servaton Of the Texas and Pacific
ready, in moment, to pomcc down
upon il should this Legislature be $,
short-sghtcd as to take it from III,
road and throw it open to settlement
Besides this swarm Of vultrcs there
is another agency none the less potent
or infamous, and that is the press O
Austin, The Statesman takes the LEAD
in the matter, and has not halted in it,
effort, by lulsome praise of the enemie,
of extension, and vile and studied mis-
representation of the friends of tn,
measure, to exert an influence in bchal
OF Huntington, | noticed briefly in my
letter of yesterday the slanderous at
tack made ON Lieutenant Governor
Hubbard the President of the Senate
This is but an instance of the infamous
misrepresentation which that paper ha
been guilty of from the very begin
ming of the hearing ON this matter
Every fair-mindcd man who at
tended the session of the Senate Will
this bill was being passed, will tcsti,
that amid all the excitement occi
stoned by u dozen members springing I
their feet Mt one time, with contlictln
motions raising points of order, etc
creating II confusion perhaps ncvc
equalcd before in Texas Legislator
the presiding officer ruled with rcmarl
able impartialitv. His ruling will stan
the test of criticism in almost every pa,
ticular, and instead of subjccting hin
to such ISLANDERS MS the Statesman, hcar
upon him, entities him to the praise G
every taif-minded man in the State
Your correspondent was present h,
quently during the progress of the ma
ter, and has reason to know the truth {
this assertion. The effort of the state
man to blNckcn the character of l4icl
tenant Governor Hubbard by impugl
ing his motives IN ruling upon question
raised during the progress of this hil
can have no weight with those VIII
know that the dirty ISLANDERS are pal
for at SO much per line, and are not tn
expression of II free and mbridlc
frnsa