Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Tie Post and Tildcn- New York tho
Battlefield for the Presidency.
The Bonansa Kings Of thcI.ohby watch-
ing the Land Grants.
Territorial Empires Voted 10 Corpora.
lions by the Peoples Servants.
ny Mali and Tclcsnrh.


Washington, November is,-- SylVes-
ter, OF the Post, arg,velv pronuses thar
u commission OF experts 10 onymniyod
10y the National Democratic exeoutiyo
eommittoe and sent e, Grmnefcv Park
TO determine "for q iact't whether I'll
den is In training for fight with The
Boston hruiser Sullivan, va represented
by Wnttcrson, or whether he 81 newt
ing or pewklng in his nurses arms,
IN helpless senilty, as represented bv q
distinguished cot gresslonNl visitor of
last week. To carry New York In the
presidential election the Republicans
and Malone having CONNECTED the
South's original solldity, no effort will
he spared nv the Democracy. IL does
hlundcr now and thon. Ii may. IN
this speakcrsbip contest; but so ali-in-
portnnt becomes the vote OF New York
IN 1851, that the wlsest congressman
have been heard 10 say thnt no one
mans worth on supreme Mt
ness for the spcatership should
be supposed 90 mlitato against
the conquest of New York by the
Democratic party IN 1851. Kentucky
y solidly Democratic by 50 600 major
lily, and Pennsylvania solldly Republl-
can. Thore IL nothing 10 he gained by
giving the spealomhip TO eithor of
these states, and we may be forced, for
thcse same reasons, TO give tho prcsl-
uency IA well rs the speak, rship To
New York. Meanwhile the commits.
sion must go forward aud learn wheth-
or Tilden Is a Sampson to tenr dawn
the walls of the capital or only en-
dued with HE enough to drag up non-
bricks out OF Indiana and Leave him
To hestrldp the prpsi1pnev
SAD Affair.
] can't help mentioning that Jno.
smith was hanged yesterday. Hewas
known everywhere. have seen His
name in the GAZETTE, lie wns n
prominent citizen OF every county and
town of Texas aud OF the South and
his unhappy demise will fling n phil OF
gloom, ] suppose, over tho whole
country.
riIE BONANZA or rnE LOBBY,
II WAS authoritntiyoly stated last
night that Huntington, Mills, stan
ford and Morgan, railway aud land
monopolisis aud bankers, had each
taken apartments for the win
ter In this city. Their purnpso n Ia
force the consolidation of Hunting
toms roads across Texas and secure Tie
forfeited land grants of the late Tom
Scotts road. II may cost Il million
dollars, hut these four men can eNpend
II, and their profile would
he ten or twenty millions,
Besides, they would he made
owners ofn domain broader THIN those
OF most kings OF the old world. How
long do you suppose the llfty-hvo
millions OF Americans will tolerate
such concessions of land hy those hnv-
ing no God-glven right or title 10 those
who will usc IL ns their own To the ex-
eluslon Of all others? Why not give
these enormously rich men the
exclusive right TO breathe the air and
drink of the waters OF Arizona Tho
old Pnritans were right when they do
plared 1.-THE enrih IL the Lofd's,n hut
Numbered when they added 1--WE are
Ihe people of the Lord aud therefore
he earth and all II contains ~ ours.n
The Lord gave II 10 mankind, aud
neither 10 the Puritnns nor the Hunt
ngtois, ana no creature or power
on earth was invested with
MS ownership which congress has
lsurped. The only national right that
government, which N the consent of
he governed, could have over this
ubject consists In regulating the area
owen each individual. so that the
'qunl right OF possession by all may
lot be violated. But government re-
'erses this process aud doyotcs itself 10
lac concession of land 10 the few In
bsolute derogatiDD of the confessed
la,ural rights Of the many.
AGRARIASIsM.
! am no agrnran. The day for such
philosophers has not yet dawned upou
he country. But this system of eiv-
ny the public domain 10
ew gentlemen, who choose
D call themselves n railway
Is not to be tolerated. But
o you watch the doughty politicians
nd patriots. They viii make furious
nslaughts upon this bond and land
olding nrlst0craey They will assert
mitless devotion to the Interests OF
he people. They win inyelgh, 10 did
and Lot Kearncy before no sold cut
, lie railway kings, against the CON
.ssion by congress OF these vast dis.
lets 10 these afrant mop)polists. But
rat VIII be the end Of IL. The defna-
,gue. II there be SUCH viii be sudden
eilenced, and his objurgatlons
,ainst the inonopolists VIII be heard
ON no more. ''lie pocketed Ills price
I'd became an OYSTER
ILLrsrnATfoN--r mon WIDOW.
There u u suit pending In California
stitnted by the widow Of Hunting
MS defunct partner for her SHARE of
9 "swag,u She has papers showing
~ her husband, when representing
AFFORD Huntington a. Hopkins, ex,
AIDED here In Washington some $780,
In quieting the nerves of men like
carney having seats In congress. III
be possible for this widow to give
mes there will be- u more terrific
an Credit Mobiljer explosion; but
Is California widow will he
enced and her suit stopped.
r proposed publications would
fnlyze tnia splendid array OF power
PRESENTED by the four railway and
1king inagnates who have settled
va upon Washington aud upon
congress for this winter.
a woRD ~ sEAsoy.
u view Of the relations of New
fk 10 the presidential contest Of
4 year, itisproposed that the Tex