Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-16

head n the enterprise j. q Representa-
! tive Of the progressive Nor'neIn states
men u the bru&d-gAlGe order. ex
Senator Window. q minnesota
Among the names q The direci9rs ap
pears that 81 Generxl a. r Butler. e
Massachusetts, In the list q stock
holders we find the names % Neluel
Phillips, the great aholiilonists sen
ator Logan, Of Illinois, senator
JONES, Of Neyads. Governor Foster. q
Ohio. u. :, Grant. lT,, and Jess
SfF4ut, Of New YORK Tx Governo'
WArnscu,h, "a louisiana EX-Gcyer
nor John c. Brown. % Tennessee
senator Brown. al Georgia. and many
others prominent in public life. surely
2 tlse war j. over. dead, buried, and al
most forgotten when such Representa-.
! tive men OF the North and South unite
ia she Eraudc2nss % material develop
issis-
''olp RCIARAGA."
Texans ia tie capital ARE profoundly
interested ia the fortunes a The pend
ing constitutional amendments against
the 2cce atSnsSs IL which Old Ru,a b0-2
Johnson wages relentless war. Ruia-
iagA' : chances Of SgceesS were discus =
"a last night 0y Texans al the Metro
posifAn Hclei. The conclusion reached
wss that IL .sOli RoOtyn exerts
himself, he wifi win and the scheme
Of government for Texas fashioned
hy old Hcoiy's amhidexierity. viii re-
main untiefSced for many long years
20 come Very certainly that II Texas
i the pures; Republican government
recognized by tie people q the United
States. and tie fact = equally UnqueS-
ilonahle. that The marked features o.;
Texan organic laws wsTe shaped by the
brain snd Drawn Of 'old Ruiz-
bags Il Wa prophetic Rata
bSga who anticipated the
conflict between the state and the
lauc-grsi,ting railway corporations.
xnd L was vigorous earnest Rutabsga
whO eaU-gi the constitution Ot Texas
70 jnhibit the consolidation Of railways
chartered by Texas. No ether living
man but old But8bags fors saw the i'm
pending necessity. 1t was Old Rooty
wl4o caused ngy arrest and trial before
commission 81 the conslitu-
lionsl convention because | stated
that he bad eonspired with Others
10 control absolutely the action
conclusion ~ the trial. bu, "Rulabaga'F
johnson. whom | thus baptized, did
govern the convention a. he chose.
IT. laws were his DEGREES He Is hon
81, i 5 true patriot- Texas never
boosted Of more faithful! patriotic
citizen. He j. cue Of the few narty
leaders ri The commonwealth who
never heard Of the federal capital.
His ambition and aspirations 81 d man
and lawyer We're bounded by
the c3ati2es q his STATE and the
more did admire the forceful old rep
rsSeutaTive Of Collin. He never
dreamed % using Texas asa stepping
stone NJ power 10 this broader empire
o. federal reuown. never heard MIN
aiiude 10 Washington ur 10 the union
81 empire. He dreamed and talked
and fought for Texas The appella-
lion "Ruiataga' has reference 10 the
fact that johnson Of Collin was chiefvst
of grauEers of whom lie was rudest.
even a. the rIt2baga j. the toughest OF
vegetables and hardest 10 "sw, How"
even ~ it l. hardest 10 digest, " and
then il i hard 10 turn down or
"turnup.T
IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY
The anti-nIcnopolist del CATION from
this city TO Chicago consisted of two
gentlemen, Texans originally; tie one.
Nat g. Hill. the other, jams A.
George. Hill used to he a Republican
and George was Democrat. Both
were reiels. They have been at the
bottom of the war made bv Rcsecranz
and Others upon the railway land
grants. They stopped Teller in his
wild career and have reused the 3eo-
ole Of Louisiana against Senator Clio.
son and the rest. until the newspapers
SAY some Of them will be forced
Ia resign their seats
III congress. Letters from several con-
gressInen viii appear in Chicago news
papers which will greatly destroy
popular confidence in the writers.
These letters were addressed TO lob
byisi then in the service OF the cor.
poration. This lobbyist is now al war
with the corporation and with these
congressman. But the Chicago III
tune viii tell the story aud create a
nightier uproar than ever did cyclones
and pillows Of the sea.