Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-04

DEVIOUS D0INGs AND DEVICES
OF CONGRESsMEN.
The Louisiana Land Grant--Thc DeSpotism
fonice--Thr New Slogan Tho
Pension system.
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Pension SYSTEM
I special Correspondence Of the Gazette.
! Washington. ID. c., June 30. loui
CORE ,pondent has just examined Ger
lifted copies OF "a number of letters OF
file In the interior department which
display great anxiety upon the part OF
the two senators and four representa-
tivcs from the state of Louisiana IN SO.
core the transfer uf the lands granted
{ to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge aud
E Nicksturg Railroad Company 10 the
I New Orleans Pacific Company.
4 letter from T.. John Ellis to SEQ
retary Kirkwood. dated ID cember -,
I 1881, IL an appeal To the Secretary To
consumate Tie transfer because Of the
embarrassment Mr.. Jay Gould is
threatened with in consequence of tue
delay. II also alludes 10 the settlers
along the road as 'squatteis without
rights Another letter of the same
date and import Is signed by Senators
Kellogg and Jones. and representatives
j. Floyd Kingand Ellis, January4, 1882,
Messrs. T.. w. Robertson and y. {.
Blanchard, the immediate representa-
tives of the people whose land the em-
barrassed Mr.. Gould IS cndeaVoring TO
grab, withdrew all opposition To the
land being conveyed aud urge speedy
conveyance. September D. 49,, SEN
ator Kellogg gives u strong letter oi IN
PRODUCTION 10 Mr.. Il. B. WheelocR,
deemed u Stalwnrt- Democrat, and
president Of the New Orleans
Pacific, urging Secretary Teller
to listen approvlngly 10 him.
Senator kellogg closes his letter by
saying "if Louisiana had n few more
men like Mr.. Whcelock the state
would soon he Republican This
assertion is u little remarkable in view
Of the fact that Mr.. Wheelock was al
ways esteemed thorough Democrat.
IL then seems that six of the seven
representatives OF Louisiana In con
gress went over TO the monopolists,
and surely their action Is in marked
contrast with the action of Messrs.
Rosecrans, Dunn aud Cobb as shown
by their protests against this proposed
action OF the secretary of the Interior.
THE sMUGGLERs or souTHw ESTERN
TEXAS.
| 1t IL said that the smuggler's syndi-
.ate, having It's central seat of power
and gold IN New York, has controlled
for n series Of years the appointments
| to places in the custom houses along
the Rio Grande and Gulf coast OF Tex
as. / Mr.. Secretary Folger il willing
to offend a few New York spectators
and Il steamship company, he may re-
form abuses long tolerated. His
recent changes viii hardly ac-
complish anything. The same old
gang that has grown rich and made
others enormously rich Is ais reor-
ganized. Another grand jury, which
may not have had one of the specula-
tors to lead it hy the nose, might do
Mr.. Folger good service and have the
proper witness,s before ii. But while
the subordinatcs OF the original Gus
toms officer of the coast are retained,
and an old associate of his in the bust
mes Of the coma Hbfc supplauts the gen
tlcmun removed, the volume of federal
revenus Will hardly he augmented
even though the trade across the burd-
or grows enormously. Those most
prolited by this smuggling are New
Workers, and q New York secretary of
the treasury must retain New Workers
or the agents of New Workers, In the
service, ana these failing he must use
II PhiladelphiAn, even II Brewster. In
no event should u Texan lie trusted.
Ituria " Company, Woodhouse Il
Company, and the Steamship company
must still make the appointments OF
customs officers for Western Texas. If
an honest, incorruptible TeXnn Rcpub-
lican were master along the coast, and
the New York junta dcposed, we
should never more hear it said that
Texas custom houses are not self-aus-
tanning.
POWER or THE PRESS or PUBLIC
OPINION.
Was not L, :, Marshal Strobach's
acquittal at Montgomery, Ala. sinnply
u condemnation 10y frcemen under
oath Ct the Gespolislu of office and
power at Washington? Russell wuuli
never have been convicted by fair
~ chosen Jury OF Texans. The very
agencies employed by this one.
man-pOwcr, in these state til
liens, and jurics rs influenced bv pub.
liz opinion, forget Russells and Dor
seys and Strobachs, and the govern
ment Itself Is tried 1t Is condemned; it
is convicted; 10 ought TO be penitvn-
Arthur Yields greater uure.trirtpd
power to-day than the Russian auto
crat. We are duped by names and
forms, while facts OF shameless despot-
ism environ us on every hand. The
Caesars had reigned 500 years in old
Rome before the people knew that heir
government had heenwhtll y subver
There were the senate, the consuls. the
Al Ia. a.. tiI N
posed Ia he only the con mander of
armies. The names OF these ruler
were significant OF Roman freedom of
kings dethroned and people liberated.
But the "iinperatorh was the emi error.
as Is our president, holding tha purse;
me sheridan the coming man on
congress, the placemcn and the courts
and railways and banks in the hollow
oi his hand. No wonder that iuries
alarmed as are other people by the
pressure of these dangers and
facts find verdicts against The
despotic government.
SLOGAN OF DEMOCRACY.
The New York Sun has unvit.
tlngly given the Democracy aud Anti /
Monopolists aud Greenhackers n war 4
cry which all will adopt with equal /
enthusiasm. III consists like "Iet M 1
have Peace" Grants slogan of 1868, of
oniy, four words: Turn the Raseals
Out" Reduced to practice the process
Of government purgation involved viii
be thorough. In fact the people will /
go about the task commended with
such zeal aud earnestness that obey
AN have 40 time TO draw nice dis.
.inel.ons or 10 stop when raea g,js
u official honesty is supposed "a be
discovered.
Az ILLUSTRATION.
n gentleman. not \ member OF GOA
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