The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-01

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again the
Hopitious aud
material inter
Pdpidly revived.
people first begin 10
Dkhe management oil Their
until 1873, when they elected
1d county officials OF their own
,ying. Since then the state has gone
ossd with RAPID strides until she has be-
come at present the Wonder Vi inc
p'MWl,o was the first governor OF the
neonle's choice after the war;
A.-Hon, Richard Coke, OF waco, now
limited States senator. He was elected oy
a heavy majority on the 80 OF Decemper,
1873, and was snducted into ONCE on the
18th Of January, 1874, late at night.
O.-Why was he ~inaugurated at night
A.-Bccause L. j. Davis, the governor
elected in 1869, when nearly all the people
were d~isfranctised, claimed that there was
a flaw in the election law, and on q hcti-
tious case manufactured in Houston ny a.
ID. Hall, the new sheriff of the county, j.
10. Whittlesey postmaster, James BAKER,
editor Of tho Houston Mercury and some OF
the officials at Austin, had a test oil the law
before the supreme court. The case was
know MS: The State of Texas vs--Roderi-
.guez, and"was before the supreme court on
habeas corpus. Rodriguez was a Mexican
and party to the whole fraudulent Trans
action. He was arrested by Hall, the sher-
iH. for voting more than once at the eiecuoh
in Houston and sued out the writ oil haDeas
corpus before one of the judges OF the
supreme court, and on the hearing OF the
case the whole court sat. Aiter golhs
through the examination OF a NUMBER VII
nesses the court sustained the plea OF lou'
erigueZ that the election law was unconstl-
tutiopal because of the location OF a certain
semi.colon in the text of the law, and. that
therefore Rodriguez was guilty OF no VIOLA
ton oflaw ifhe did vote more than once.
On this Davis refused to yield up the once
ex-governor, and with a hundred or Two
negro militia fortified himself in the base-
ment of the state capitol and appealed TO
4, President Grant for military aid, TINS was
refused, however, and Davis ana MS coiofed
troops quickly surrendered. "
i O.-What were the principal points Of
terest, and significance during governor
Coke's administration? ~.
A.-Railroad communication with 81.
Louis was accomplished and the interest IN
railroad enterprises was greatly stimulated.
A tide of immigration set in from all parts
NJ the Union which swelled the population
>ofthe state severalhundred thousand. A sub
sidy of So, 100000 OF the bonds OF the state
which had been donated to the lntsrnational
q Great Northern railroad company by the
u u tiAASh
ministration was compromised by giving the
railroad company 1900, 900 acres OF the public
land of the state exempt from taxation Tor
TWENTY-FIVE years. Governor Coke also in
augurated q financial policy OF his own.
! The state debt when he went into office IN
1878, was 81, 797, 59t; in 1874 it was $40.
,328, in 1875, $5,5t1,6 37, and in 1876, the year
he resigned as governor to enter the United
States senate, it was $685., S36. These are
fhe comptroller's figures. Governor DAVIS
left an apparently small debt when
he went out OF office, but Coke's adminlstra-
tion met O floating debt in the shape
of state warrants and authenticated claims
that ran high up into six figures. GOV
ernor Coke's financial policy was to Il
this floating debt, selling state bonds for
money with which to pay it. He appointed
n fiscal agent who III the bonds on the
market in New York. The capitalists had
their agents in Austin buying. up the war
rants and authenticated claims at IRON
FORTY to sixty cents on the dollar, and when
they had about cleaned up the market they
bought the Texas bonds at eighty cents on
the dollar, paying tor them with the war
rants and claims they had purchased fol
forty or sixty cents on the dollar. GOV
ernor Roberts, the present governor OF the
state, has been buying up these same bonds
IT 20 per cent. premium on their face.) I'm
der Governor Coke's administration, the
constitution Of the state. which had beer
framed under military rule. was changed,
A convention was held in 1875 and q new
constitution made, which was ratified by the
people on February Is, 1876, by a majority
ofS0,000. ,ooo
how many governors mas le8as hau slnce
the war?
Anticipating the military rulers
and the short administration of Governor
Throckmorton under President Johnson's
reconstruction policy our-Governor DAVIS
four years, Governor Coke, four years, lack
ing . month and a few days. Governor
euccecded Governor Coke, two years one
month and some days, and Governor Rob
q s. present incumbent, three years and
eight months. Governor Roberts admin
istratiou will expire in January next when
Hon. John Ireland, the present democra-
tic candidate, If be lives, Will succeed him.
The administrations OF all these gentlemen
fince the people came into power in 1873
have been marked by prosperity, increase
of nopulation, advancement n develop
ment of the states great resources.
O.-What has been the railroad
progress of the state since the war?
FGCThere have been constructed since
that period up TO this date, IN round Hunl-
hers 1000 miles of railroad. These roads
'rsmify the state 10 every direction, and are
IN ~ every section. Four great trunk
lines cross IL entirely, one from east to west,
one from north to south, one from north
west 10 southeast, and one from northeast
10 southwest, connecting branches and sys-
TENS radiste from and connect WIN tnese
four great arteries so that scarcely q neigh
hornood is now without access to a railroad.
These roads arc all standard gauge, and we
have the narrow gauge system too, four
different lines Of which are being con-
structed, and over 500 miles in operation u
different portions Of the state. The princi-
nal one OF these narrow gauge ROADS IS the
- Louis &Texas, which by next Noyem-
hsr will give an o~utletto st. Louis and the
nosst from Dallas and beyond Waco or
al the immense sections OF country 1t ira
,erses. Every city and town OF any I'm
oortance in the state now has rail communi'
cation with st. Louis, Chicago and the At
lsntic seaboaTd and with New. Orleans by
from two TO three different main routes, ano
- iIt n Galveston on our own ~sescoast b.
s6rse different rail routes, and thence a.
sea With all the ports Of the world.
o.-what are the agricultural products"
A-cotton, corn. all the small grain
2 tobacco, the various grasses eve
description Of y~ege,a0lss,
sculsropicsl sones. suone vsieh We
49, Ez- = |ass. nosssI
wu.rr AL shingles along her products
er Ne hrpe IN The eastern And south
r~frn cr7ssru- VEL nigh exhaustless
snd cypuss brzkes-
Una- tie lad O csftieaDd sheep, wool,
irrna bazes ard HID msy Be termed
The usoi cropof the state nov,
nuo-A nnrcdy I@s than n f0urth the
s,ffDn crur. n1f fhe revenue for cstue,
49,. knns ard b01es and tail0w IL f1Ily
ns8htufF t.af Cor TIE cotton crop. We
tzn afly estimate the cotton crop OF The
nnte this yem q nearly ~ not quite =
nSD on million ard q haf bales worth
ab0ut 81 10eo. Texas LANDS weld gener-
% cr1ps q c1n snd also OF the cereals
especially n the ncrfhern erd northwest
Frlsisn oftIe aste. Sugar culture IL con
fnztfrelr in IL f1fTsssr- n Terss but
trre i q ruriun Of rouutrv along thel0ver