The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-21
A CAUSE CfLEBRE
Phantom Futures aud Cold Cash-Argu-
ment OF One of CouO.el


The following lie tie argument submitted
by Majo' W, q. wrish, IN this celebrated
ere,
Gentlemen Of the Jury,
lou, IS twelve homes men. have taken
an oa'h 10 try tbs case according 10 the law
and evidence. Let me bring your attention
back To The questions At issue. an not
surprised at the exhibition OF roth from
the two gentlemen representing the DE.
fsnse, who have preceded me. They have
no, attempted % argue the case according
u the facts aud law. Ny friend, Mr.. Lints
ley, appears 10 have the Interests o.! society
very much az heart. and evidently would
Ike To SEQ us down here Ia Texas ies.sltte
I 10 correct the morals OF New York, lie
sets out by declaring that the contract
/ under which my clients seek % recover
herein Is fraud Gentlemen, how
! often do We hear this cry Of Fraud
fraud iraudl raised by the designing
rogue, Who is seeking 10 escape an honest
drbr
our friend, Brother Lindsey, has been
travelling taroIgh the country recently
and has seen an Old daddy and bis sou
hoeiug cotton. He is impressed by the
hlial devotion Of the lad US he follows the
old man ia their laboious syOCaiiuu-his
sFmpGiheiiC mind reads the very luulust
thoughts cot this rural couple as they spelu-
late on the good things that the product ui
this acre OF cation will bring them when 10
Is picked aud sent 10 market. But almost
simultaneously occurs to our TREND that
there isa great clia slualiou or society iu
New York that has tue power 10 set a price
- 81 ..UN ..N
, 10 control the value OF their ytOiur.
ton and MAXI it worth almost Whatever
they please. What has this beautiful little
d agricultural picture, that he 80 graphically
, purtrayH, DIDO with our case Are we here
to set mp hi'aiutn ideas OF morals ln New
orhf We do not propose TO 20 into this
question, or ask whether Mr.. Howard 20 "a
member OF the Chu'ch We want To dis
Cu's this ease according 20 tho law and eNi-
dunca, Now, what are the ibCis' II seems
Mr Howard, having a desire to get hold of
a little of tie money ul these New YORK
gentlemen, proposes to speculate ia cotton
to buy futures" Did &c matter To Mr.
Howard whether the transactions that he
o. was entering into were Of thu
nature Of gambling or otherwise
No, gentlemen, Mr. Howard went into
them to make little money without pay.
ing anything, and here we see the only im,
r. moral feature about this evident bud
Hith. And what did he intend 10 do wi,l
THIS money Did he intend to give n 90 Vi,
church or donate il to the orphan home ui
! some other charitable object NO, no, hl
who knows Mr Howard, would have M
hesitation in saying, "sliCk 1t IN bis pocket. '
! es, he made 400 in his transactions N
cotton, and he concluded To- 20 lutte fur.
. thcr, The result was, he lost, aud lhcu,
: Tor the first time, We hear HIM say at /.
, Immoral 1t is oil wrong this is simply
gambling And Mr.. Howard IN going Ia
change all this ha is going TO reform The
Z rules under which the commerce ol this
q grand Uni cd States OF ours moves
lie dcuounCes the New York Cotton
exchange as huge gambling institution
$ Now, what were the Legislators OF New Iorl
Q thinking about when they passed the act iu
- cooperating this exchange this munstrus
ity, MS Judge Barksduo terms II. But lei
IA look into the matter more closely VIVA
!, are the objects Ut the institution II is Al
{ exchange tor the purposes of carrying on tn
cotton business ot the country, whose con
veuience and uses are acknowledged hy cy
u eryOne. But let vs. pass 10 The evidence II
4 the case. Was Mr. Howard actuated by pur
-, n moral motives that would Cha.eug
the scanning eye of the Deity, In seeking 4
r break this contract lie comes to Messr,
e Mordtcu Il Co who are the agents ,
Dennis Perkins & Co, aud irstructs them t
buy Tor him u certain amount of cotton. {
j. be delivered IN April. Ito enter, into con
trWt under the rules aud regulations u1 tn
New York Couou exchange let mc rcu
TINS contract /" you
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