Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-09

no effect in their eyes, in accomplish
ing the result of dragging them down,
and less in elevatlng the. negro.
Among this class of whites ] never
heard the law mentioned. They de-
tested the motives OF those VINO MADE
the law, save to the extent that now
and then they found an enthusiastic
negro worshipper who Thought ne
was serving hapless Sambo by Apply,
Z ing force in order TO accomplish moral
results. Such IL the character COM
monty asoribed by intelligent SOUTH
ern people to the llustrlous lngcrsoll.
He goes wrong i'm order to do right,
and however he blunders they dis
cover that he is only paving hell'
with good intentions. lngersoll, many
wears ago, discovered that he was do
ing this and therefore preceded the
revisers of the Testament in abolishing
the scene of his labors. He should go
South and study facts he discusses on
the spot and the first lesson he would
learn would be that slaveholding hu-
mani2ed and elevated and refined the
master, and because interest always
patted mercy on the back. lie VIII
learn further that when war came and
negroes were free, because all lighting
WUllG men went W huls tilt lNElbtH
were never faithless to trusts reposed
Ivy their departing masters, and then
no crimes were committed by
negroes. Then let Mr.. lngersoll
remember that the slaveholding coun-
ties and districts of the South were the
Union districts of the South, never
falterlng, while resistance to "seces-
sion" was possible, in devotion to
the stars and stripes.
PERSONAL.
Garland of Arkansas has his family
in the capital. His children go to
school here. His home Is ut 1879 Moss
avenue. He is the most youthful of
senators and esteemed the soundest of
constitutional LAWYERS.
LIGHTNING.
Mr.. Elias Augustus Timmis and
several other English engineers,
who have traversed the railways TO in
troduce the use of an English electric
Highland lamp, are ut the Metropolitan
hotel. They concur in saying that in
climate, soil, prosperity, riches and in
the generous characteristics of the peo-
pie Texas is unrivaled.
DE LEssEPs.
Perhaps twelve or fifteen French
mon, engineers in the service of De
Leaseps, are here en- route to Panama
through st. Louis ana Texas. / sought
To induce them TO buy tickets over the
Kansas City Il Fort Worth route, that
they might see the GAZETTE face To
face, but they would not promise.
THE vtCrIMIzER AND VICTIMS.
was going to tell you that the hall
in which lngersoll lectures the blacks
and inveighs against the supreme court
was the property of the Young Mems
Christian association. To buy it they
borrowed $50, 900 from the Freedmen s
Bureau bank, which they failed to pay,
and now i seems that the poor darliies
must pay 500 each night for the use
of their own hall. But then suppose
lngersoll's words are golden, jingling
as cash in the hearts and memories OF
his dcuded auditors, and they are get
ting their money back.
Government clerks and employees
profess TO be satisfied with the elec-
lions. The Malone disaster has buried
the Republican hope of carrying any
Southern state next year, and all eyes
are turned to New York as the battle
ground. The following table meets
with approval in shaping the next
campaign
sure Democratic electoral votes
Alabama, 10; Arkansas, 7 Delaware,
$; Florida, i; Georgia, Is; Indiann,
10; Kentucky, -; Louisiana, s; Mary
land $; Mississippi, 8 Missouri, IS !;
New Jersey, s.; North Carolina, II !;
South Carolina, g.; Tennessee, -;
Texas, IS; West Virginia, q. Total,
l6l.
Sure Republican votes: Illinois. - !;
Iowa, IS; Kansas, 0; Maine, 6; Massa-
chussetts, IA Michigan, Is; Mime
sofa, - Nebraska, 5; New Hamp-
gon, 81; Pennsylvania. G re-:
Rhode Island, 4; Vermont, 4; Wiscon-
sin, IL; total lGS
Doubtful: California, s; Colorado. 3;
Connecticut, 6; Nevada, 3; New York.
SO; Virginia, II; total GS.
According to this, neither party can
win without New York, and 1t is evil
IDENTIFY the feeling now that the empire
state Is the key TO victory.
1t is rumored that Eolger and Brew
Ster will leave the cabinet.
The court to investigate the Greedy
relief expedition met and decided to
defer taking testimony until the doe
umentary evidence has been sub
mitted.
The chief signal officers annual re-
port says the service has been seriously
crippled by diminished appropriations
and urges congress to be liberal. He
recommends separate Office on the
Pacific coast and decided extension
of the service in that important region.
Exhibits by the Texas railways in
the Boston exhibition which were car
ried from the industrial exhibition
hall in Washington, with vast addi-
uonal exhibits of grain, sugar, MINER
ais, wool and cotton, will arrive next
Saturday from Boston and
be exhibited here permanently
in the building at the agricultural bu-
renu, which was constructed by Fisher.
and the Missouri, Texas Pacific, cost
ing $4,000. The building Is like the
glass pillared pagoda of the Atchison
Topeka n Santa Fe railway, and will
be the center OF attraction for Texans.
Senator Harrs will pass Fort
Worth tonight. His son is in trouble
in Callahan county.