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

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n .e.ssn,;vely, and his speech was
y, ,.e cnomplimentcd by members:
~ patton said--I oppose the bill
!. resent form, not because / am
"a y 70 lifting or reducing the bur-
Nv borne by a certain class of
l;tizens. but because il fails to
! ar 10 remedy the evils COM
: "a Of by our people, and second,
NE NE If either of the various amend
- IL adopted and this bill is en-
~ ! into n law, IL leaves our citizens
To-; loo In the black land belt of our
practically without any efficient
~ of working the roads whatever.
GU davs of so-called labor under
resent almost worthless system
Il nrove farce, and fail to give
Snatisfaction whatever TO the great
ses of our people.
Th Ia, the people of Texas want, as
nnceive. is not "a modification of
law not mere reduction of the
ram ten to five days, but its
Al lie absolute obliteration from
statute books, and the enactment
law that will bear equally on both
tal and labor.
hs cJamor, sir, comes up from al
I every part of our state. that the
ami road law is class legislation i'm
INST odious, unjust and oppres-
character, and the complaint is no
q general than it is just.
men it is remembered, sir, that
rreat bulk of the real and personal
serty of this state is vested in citi-
soyer forty-five years old; when it
membered that every one of these
zsns is exempt from working the
LIIc roads, or from paying one dol
mnintain them, and when it is
Is,nbered that the eXactions, the
len. of this law bear heavily alone
that less fortunate class who
tribute to the wealth of their more
innate fellow citizens, the injustice
anifest, and no one can hesitate to
powledge that 1t is class legislation
its worst form and most infamous
facer.
talk. sir, about the cruelty, the
stiee and oppression of high pro-
I've tariff, but what features Of Il
protective tariff are worse, or can
Eor.e. than that law which eXacts u
per centage of the poor. unfortu-
mans salary, to enrich the
Itby manufacturer and monopo-
hat law, sir, that legalizes servi-
under the penalty of arrest and
risonment, is but n relic of militia
6lespotism, and should be abro-
d at once. These, sir, | believe to
he sentiments of almost every
hber on this floor, who echoes the
es of his co, stitu ncy. Then
temporize with this law-why
to patch it up and leave our peo-
n the black land sections of the
practically, without any efficient
I'm OF working the roads, and in a
batisfied state than before ?
Is not alone the unequal burden
certain class of our citizens
to bear that gives dissatisfaction
rpeople, but also the unjust and
sious principle involved.
at law, Mr.. Speaker, and gentle
Of the house, that favors the rich
bwho rides in his carriage, the
er who counts his wealth by the
sands, the landlord with his hun
Of fertile acres waving in luXu-
corn and cotton, and that bears
alone upon that less fortunate
who contribute to his wealth and
ry, isa law unholy, unjust and
hnical, and it is IA matter of aston
lent to me that our people have
itted to il as long as they have.
e is another feature of this law
is Objectionable and violative of
sense of Justice and right. II
i regard it, unconstitutional, and
be so declared, if ever tested, in
higher courts. What right, sir,
we to jerk up every eighteen
old boy, who has but just crossed
ne into our state and breathed
pr of our Texas climate for fifteen
"a boy, perhaps, without home
y or friends-and compel him
penalty of arrest and imprison
to work ten days on our public
or pay a tax of $40? DO WE
him to vote? Do we invest him
the rights of citizenship? Astht
elnan from Kerr has justly said il
nation without representation; /
e of the law not only odious an0
lonal, but repugnant to the fun
|ntal principles of republican
emocratic government.
pat We want in the Thirty-nintt
sentative District, composed OF
y the most fertile, wealthy and
Gus counties in the state, is II law
FiIl fall equally on capital and
"a law that will mete out M
division of the burdens of work
Y roads upon the poor man anC
On mana law that will keep the
IN repair, partly by manual
ana partly by Il small ad valoren
NJ, is what my people want
blll is engrossed and become
It's present form, article 4 40
uf revised civil statutes ough
y oe amended, so as to includ,
now exempt from road duty
Fen theages of forty-five and fifty
wears. This should be done Il
W Tor the reduction in time con
-'sd by the bill under considera
Ma IN order that our citizens VIII
rue black land belt may deriv
sSeneiit at least from the roai
Sson, doubtless, we will be per
20 vote upon constitutions
uatht that will have for its ob
v ieyying of n small advaloren
l The manual force i'm working
uVhc roads. Until then | trus
Fsslature will enact no law
no amendment, that does no
These principles and foreve
~ a law that is unjust and OF
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