Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-20

DEAR SIR--Your letter of the 14th
instant, by the hand of Captain Hoop
er, was received during the session of
the committee on internal improve
ments yesterday. | hasten to express
my profound regret that the committee
| have the honor TO represent are una
BILE to see the matter presented in your
letter ~ you are pleased to do. | ann
gratified, however, to be able to inform
y0u,that the committee i'm sessionyester-
day evening, after full consideration OF
the question and carefully reading your
very interesting correspondence, un-
qualifiedly ratified the action of the
subcommittee in the premises. With
great respect, | am compelled to re-
assert in answer to your repeated de-
mands that we are of necessity to de-
cline To reopen the testimony already
taken to send hundreds of miles for
witnesses who would have returned
to their homes to reappear before us
for the purpose of being cross-eXanl-
ined by yourself and other representa-
tives OF the railroads, because such
action on our part would be a virtual
abandonment of our purpose to report
in reasonable time the bill we have
uudcr consideration, and which am
| proud To inform you, ! have been in.
| structed by the committee to favorably
report 10 the House to-day You are
blessed.to inform me that the -.repre-
sentatives of the railroads are mot
| responsible for the delay of the sub
committee in reporting to the general
committee, n.and that you have enter
posed no objection To the reference of
| this question to committee at an ear
ly day" We beg leave to assure you
that the delay of the subcommittee
in reporting to the general committee
was occasioned by an earnest desire on
tue part of the members of the sub
committee to act in the light of all the
| facts they could gather, TO the end that
| perfect justice might alone be the re-
! suit of deliberation, For twelve DAYS
we were engaged in taking the testi-
mony required 10y the house resolution.
nor was this done with closed doors. u
in the sense you are pleased to suggest,
for there was no hour during all that
time you or any other representative
of the railroads could not have
| gained access to our committee room
and been granted full and free2 privi-
| lege OF cross-examination. Captain
Hooper who brings me your letter, as
representative railroad man, will,
no doubt, say TO you, that he was in
vited into the committee room by the
| chairman. You or some other distin-
guished representative of the great
railroad interests have been In Austin
during all the time of this examination;
the bright, intelligent traffic managers
| or the various railroads operated in
this state were the first witnesses in
vited before the committee, and by
letter and in person | repeatedly
called the attention of the railroad
representatives" To the matter under
| consideration by the commit
tee, and earnestly invited their
cooperation Not until the house
ordered the testimony in full
taken by the subcommittee printed
did you or any other representative of
the railroads deem ii necessary to ZEN
ter an appearance and IL You are not
responsible for the late hour which
the subcommittee report 10 the gen
eral committee we can safely reply
that the subcommittee are not respon-
sihle Tor any laches on your part In
iaillng To make known your demands
al time when there would have been
responsible excuse for granting the
same. Afler receiving your letter of
The 18th inst, did myself the honor.
n company with Mr.. Stagner. of
the subcommittee, to call upon Won