The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-05
Uncle JOS Notion OF the Principle In
vOlved In the Proposed Rail.
rOnd l.egislatiOu

chorus TO the slop they we're daintly tasting
smoking his guberns!orisl meer-shsm. He
folded the tails of his blanket overcoat ovel
his high.set knees, rested his cia upon hi
lily white hands that grssped the crossbesn
of his. sassaiSsx stick and prepared for .
palaver with the old white friend whom
he had known SO long.
"Good morning Uncle 10, you seem to b,
10 brown study"
Brown or black Pse got it good God b.
bro sed'
"Gol what" Uncle 10,
"Well sab have had thawt for more'I
coons ego which have ist got envelopeC
aud c1ngested and lze glad you have cum
along 30 as to give me show TO fire tina
thawt ou.en dis ole code. Sab, is gwint
TO raise de wages Of do colored popuashur
of my district, and shill do it by law and
| in cordonce wild de constitution, dsts all, and
data more n Abe Linculm could do if no wa,
| in de flesh"
"But, Uncle 10 what authority have you
for dol ng anything of that sort"
81 don't want no srfOrity. | shill appin'
commissioners fur TO do it, three uf en- mead.
moro OF loss, and shill proseed to vance on do
WORKS of do enemy"
"BGt If you nave no authority how can you
appoint men to do what you yourself can
not 7"
~ shll list do what do legislator of dis
great state hav don and pint my commish-
uners wild penitenliary powr to uniix Jist
what dey please sn1 der up all leaks. w,
sir, has you not read what dey is bout o do
down in Austin? Dey is gwine to GLIB no do
y ole Of do railroads an de telegrai poles
TO three men and make dem railroad folks
and dem wlreworkers come to der terms or
bus 'em up in bis. Dc railroads b loEg 10
'em and SO does do .telegraf, and dey pays
taxes and all dat, but de legislator will pint
desc three gentlemen to tend to der bsness,
and if it is thern dey don't keer one durn
De legislator don't rooder bargin wild 'em,
but dey pint commissioners 10 do dat work,
aud dey will do it kos dey gets paid for der
work all dc same. You see, de power and
dc blame is not in de legisalin, but in dc
commishner--dey does the Offering, and eff
dey can cut down, my commissioners kin cut
up. Does you obssrve dc logil>le pro-
duckshun :"
"But, Uncle DO, perhaps the people won't
stand your new schedule and won't pay for
work AT the new rates"
"P'raps dc ralerode5 an do telegrafs may
kick too, but till sumin' new turns up [
takes my chances wild de legislator. | tell
you, sab, . new cry is dawnin' on us an de
CRATE minds OBJ do seventeenth legislator has
pusskivered do commissioner dodge, by dc
meas OBJ which dey kin do by udders what
dey cant do themselves. and when desc rse-
rode man say dey is titled to rites under der
contract wild dc state de legislator peartens
up and says 'da. is troo, but you ain't got no
corntracE wild do commishunders, an dat am
dc Dressed troof, and Of eny oh my coons
has got c2rniraeks wid do white popalasbun
| shall tell en- to raso der price an say dey
viii 'bidc do 'sisyun oh dc commsh. You
heah mo chsttin' ob 10 good ole boss sense,
such ss do loghatur' is do 'prietor OBJ"
But, Uncle 10, your people would get no
employment. If they should AZ, for higher
wages than white people"
stop, sab, but short hy.bref. Dat
wud be 'sctinlmnGshun, sab, M de legala-
tur' hab 'sposhlly purvded agin I'll 'scrim,
inashGn sn'da! nil dc,ftce1f 'mendment.wul
squelch dat game bout AS dei as Mexican
dominashun ia de empire state OBJ do
soufwes'."
And as the venerable pastor rose TO his
full length Of six feet four he continued:
"Under dal kind of bill, sab, at commits
hun, sab, could so to dc Wilyum Tell sur
loon and put down der d inks to do good
old price of five cents do tickler Dey could
go tt Boss Sangers and make him retsle his
kalerco fur two cents yard TO Jonny
Tomsons an pervale on him TO charge ten
cents 'mittsnce all round. Dey could REFUGE
do foes of lawyers and doctors 40 low dat
dey would neber want to pizen ner cheat ogn.
Dey could preshiate de tareif on 'spress
wagons so dat II lsulured funeral could kum-
msnd respect and have z oseres brung down
to de pint where long sweetnin would die
mater Il def"
but the bill only applies to railroads and
telegraph lines"
"Dat is troo, sab, but if dey can fetch a
beed on dem institutions why can't dey got a
tokus on de uidcr ployments? Amt dc
roads and tolegraf5 do owners of der oun
truck rs much as do rost of msDkno."
Yes, but uncle 10, you didn't understand
these things. The state gave to these COM
panic. their franchises and holds tho control
of them"
"Yes, sab, and de state guy the spectacle
people | just loode1 to der license and der
privileges, but it neber said they was gwipo
to Iun der bisness fur EN-, nuddtr. | Oh.
sarve dat de state don't thro ober it's lgf
Saoleder do hi price which do land fetches,
which kin now be sold and could not beto dc
roads Gun along and taxes 'em jest de- same
n | dcy was der own bosses and hadn't in
creased do mount of plumber to DO taxed, but
sho r mnch pertckler about what dey
charges fur to keep 'om goin and knows bet.
ter un dey do how much dey ought to charge,
but dey could not do dis thou,en com
misheu, and nm gwine to get me ono, too f."
well, but you propose TO raise by your
commission whit the Legislature In the in
terest Of tbs people propose TO lower rates"
"Ycs sab, and IL dey lot down de bucket
dey kin full II up too, and dst's what dey
will soon be doin If just anticipates u
little, but 1t will cum roun all rite"
All, Uncle 10, you'd better lot this COM
mission business alone. They'll soon DO low.
ering the salaries of ,heo 'ogans like you, and
perhaps even of members of tho legislator =.
mo fears oh dat my best beluobed DE-
lauds aniue,o1 is oteh prosecuted, but aul-
vase liles on der feets and my 'pinyun 10 da
40 only lrubb wild dis legislator is dat dey
hav no, bin limited nuff. Desc am my SEN
tymens aud dey will purvale," and he started
for his castle with the two pigs chawing a
Tho grass no he had put In his shoes 10 "saftei
nis buny ons."
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