The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-12-15
Tte Governor and ti.e Protested Note
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TBe Governor aud the Protested Note
= FuIi Disclosure % Facts.
on the receipt of the telegram from
Austin, which appears in this morning 5
Nacs, announcing that The publication
had been made in one of tbs Austin
papers to the effect that note for
5000, drawn by Governor Hubbard
upon Burnett 4 Fitzpatrick. had been
protested. ami intjmating that the con-
sIderation OF the note was the pgics of
some completely Of the governor with
Burnett x Fitzpatrick il. connection
with the lease Of the penitentiary, o
Ntsrs reporter WAS instructed TO ascer-
tain all the facts relating TO this mat~
ter and TO obtain them from persons
who were IN positions TO speak under-
stsBdlngiy on this subject
hr. J. D. Fitzpatrick was first called
upon, and instantly remarked that the
entire affair was the result Of as base
and malicious design as ever emanated
from the mind of man. He handed the
| reporter the following telegram, which
was received yesterday. on this subject
/ lPrivate.l AUsxE. December lo,-is7I.
| Colonel J. H. Burnet:
See the Independent of yesterday
! Sunday Colonel Andrews has been
requested to 20 at once to see your
house, and also B. H. q Co No note
! for 5000 or draft was ever drawn by
| Governor H. on Burnett a Fitzpatrick.
! as you know. That SANDER confounds
/ your cotton house with B. d X on Iur-
I pose. When Colonel \. comes Govern~
! or H. desires this matter put right. 1t
/ IS base, and intended maliciousiy 10 in
jure yourselves and Governor Hubbard
| Please give this matter your attention.
! J. W. swISDELLs,
! Executive Clerk.
Here Is the article referred TO in the
| Independent
at becomes our painful duty, and we
I say it in all seriousness, to place upon
record the daInning evidence which
| brands the governor of the state OF
! Texas as the recipient of brides of the
/ grossest and most outrageous character
I We had hoped that the chief executive
OF the state whatever his other shorts
| eomings might have been, would so
| guard the honor of the commonwealth
| as not to utterly disgrace it in his own
| person.
We ALWAYS knew he was eulpable at
| fault in the land grab business, but We
attributed his conduct in that respect
more to an oyerweaninG political alnb5>
| ton than to motives Of corrupt pecu-
mary nature. Bat when we find the
| proof as plain as the sun in the firma-
ment that Richard Hubbard, governor
of the state of Texas. corruptly conspir-
| ed with Burnett x Fitzpatrick, for a cons
| sideration Of Sl5Uo per quarter. to max
q bogus temporary lease of the peniteu-
| tiary, we must admit that the climax of
the states hunihating degradation has
been reached When the very fountain
head Of political power In the state is
I thus so co rupted, ahd the governor
( himself prostituted to-the base purposes
{ of such notorious characters rs Burnett
& fitzpatrick, it is high time that an
| outraged and disgraced people should
! hurl. 10y the summary process of physi-
cal power, these eorrapt vermin out of
! the capital OF the state.
Paragraphs have been going the
Grounds of the press for the past tew
/ weeks, limiting that Governor Hubbard
was receh ing $500 every three months
| from Burnett& Fitzpatrick, and the or
gans that were committed to the politi~
cal fortunes Of Hubbard Indignantly
denied these accusations.
We stand ready to prove that he was
in receipt of just that amount, and a
note for SIX months (S3 0uU) of this
damnable corruption fund. written by
Hubbard's own hand and Endorsed by
( Burnett Il Fitzpatrick, was sent TO pro-
test from Ball, Hutchings " Co.'S bank,
where it was placed for collection This
occurred about two weeks ago The
note was taken to Fitzpatrick at the
/ fremont hotel and presented for pay
ment but that clever financial Rob Roy
had a little unpleasant business with
| Judge Stewart and the grand jury, and
/ begged for time but the notary was in
exorable and had the note of Governor
I Hubbard duly protested.
What does the Gazette say to this
bareiaced corruption of its master
/ Does Elliott get his share rs a subsidy
| for his dirty services 10 a dirty political
/ ring of unprincipled thieves
The Leon Cabinet once said in an
article that it did not believe one word
/ OF the charges we brought against Hub
I bard and asked us for proof We now
I furnish the proof, and ask Mr.. Single
/ tary whether we have been testified in
/ showing up the official misconduct OF
! this disgraced public officer We re.
fer the governor and his friends TO the
firm OF Ball, Hutchings < Co for the
proof Of this damning charge.
1t behooves Hubbard To ut once re.
sign position he has SO hagrantly dis
graced. Let him step down, and in
5 II. ) u.
atone tor the injury he has inflicted
on the sovereign people OF this state
who had honored him with the highest
Office in their gilt.
The reporter left Mr. Kilpatrick's OF.
fee and found Mr. George SeaIy, OF tht
banking-house OF Bail, Hntchings
Co. He said, in response to the inquir,
as to what he knew about this matter
that his &nking~house had never re
ceiyed for collection q draft for S500t
or any other amount, drawn on Buruet
Il Fitzpatrick, but thai it had received
from national bank in San Antonio
draft on J IL Burnett " Co. for $500
drawn by Governor Hubbard ans
! strongly indorsed He said that no in
! strnctions came with the draft, which
r Mr. Burnett being out of the city, va
, presented to Mr.. Fitzpatrick, who sal,
that he knew nothing about it. Tina
, the draft was protested, but that tele
gram was received after this act hadbeei
accomplished, requesting that it be nc
: done. lie said further, that he is at
loss to divine the source from whic
, the fact Of this protest became publ
unless the notary had been guilty c
making the disclosure
/ Colonel J II Burnett was next Gale
on. lie SAID that for the past four c
:. five years he has beel Governor Hub
bard's merchant at this place. That ,
!, D. Fitzpatrick has 10 connection what
e ever with the cotton house of J. i
4 Burnett x Co. That the draft in que
n ton was tsragn against cotton shippe
, and 70 be shipped to his commissio
Is house, aud that he had secured an es
tension on it OF thirty days. but that il
formation to that effect came too late
the banking house that held it toprevei
J, its being protested. That, knowing Til
. extension was granted, he had lett I'll
5. city, not dreaming of the draft beir
N presented, aud that had he known til
q it would have been presented for pa
meat, he would have remained in Il
u city and protected it. Both Colon
e. Burnett and Mr.. Fitzpatrick aenounc'
n IN ,,s,r,,asrrHd t.srff,S Af i,ifIaruass III