The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-29

tplloCt. ana not qUch ~ ARE iufHlHneu NY
the Colt and bowie, Owe me THAT stetes
fnnn.lip which encourages taxation Tor the
elevation OF the intelligence Of the race,
and not such a. would waste the peoples
hard. earned money on criminals and CON
ylcts, The senator from Cooke, as well ~
the gentlemen from Travis, has said that II
IA a shame that stranger from Tennessee
should be allowed TO come here ana lake
charge of our convicts--a shame that 70
man from distant state should have the
temerity TO bid for this lease, saying In one
breath they object 10 the lease BECAUSE 1t
was not advertised, and when a gentleman
comes here 10 response to that adyertis-
ment and bids for the lease, they cry
"shsme." understand that II has always
been the policy of Texas to encour-
age and invite capital. She
says TO the poor man and
emigrant. come A. and ,o, maze axe your
tai, come and bring your money and help
to develop our resources, aud build up our
industries. And while she has said all this,
and il is known that her bosom is broad
and generous enough to support and hold
them all, what will men Of capital in other
states say when they read such utterances
as these, in the senate Of Texas? II this is
to be the policy, let us lnscribe on the 'front.'
| of this capitol, and blazen it to the world,
| "No more capital from abroad! No more
citizens in this broad state!" Suppose this
had been said and made the policy few
years back, who wopld have constructed,
who would or could have constructed the
long line OF railroads, that gridiron this
state and bind all its parts together with
bonds of steel? Who would or could have
| built our congresses, and factories, and
many other such enterprises, and who
would have reared upon yonder hill the
stately edifice in which the senator takes
| SO much pride? The people of this state
will never tolerate such a short-sighted and
suicidal policy as this. l aay to the. gen.
tlemen who have attempted to rldiculs and
scott at the, gentleman from tennessee,
that General Handy is in peace or war, in
honesty and integrity, thepeer of any SEN
ator Oh this floor, 1t is men like him, that
Texas wants, and invites, with capital and
enterprise, TO develop our resources, and
to build up her manufacturing interests
Under the guise of denouncing the system
and the law under which these penitentia-
violent attacks on the lessees and
their management. But not name,
I his fsaci s cruelty was perpeitrated, is
given or attempted to be given. 1t is bare,
naked statement without any proof what
ever. The people who read it might i'm
agine that Cunningham d Ellis were hends
yIcts were set OF hired and paid liars. If
gentlemen want to deal with the matter
fairly, why make these wholesale state
ments without giving such data as will en-
able the gentlemen to defend themselves
against them. No man in this state who
knows Ed. HI. Cunningham and L. A. Ellis,
will ever believe them capable of cruelty to
conyicts or to anything else. And for four
wears, during which they have had the
penitentiary, no voice has ever been raised
against them, and none could be, and for
the first time it Is uttered on this floor, and
no senator has ever tried to locate the place,
or give the time of treatment or the name OF
the party cruelty treated. The nearest
they have come to it is to find the place in
north Texas which they call the BLACK
Calcutta Hole" and they do not agree ex.
actly in the species of cruelty, for one of
them saws that one convict frozs to death in
that hole in December, and the other says
he sueated himself to death in the same
month. Strange contrast Let US discard
these side issues and frivolous amendments
and come to the issue as 1t is made, and
that is the ratification OF this lease as mOdi-
fed or resumption, this is the question be-
fore the senate | take it for granted that
senators sre honest III eirviews, on what
ever side they stand. Let us emphasize our
convictions on this measure by the recorded
ballot, for by that act, more than by what
we say, are we 10 Stduu UT idii peioic oho
country.
give me the man that's always true
REGARDLESS of renown:
Who scorns TO flee the fight
No matter If the world goes down."
have said that from 1849 the date when
the state prison was established, that it
was run on state account up TO 1870, and
that the system was always failure, Great
ing large deficiencies, which had to be COW
cred by appropriations from the treasury.
That under the operation OF the state ac-
count system since that time, whenever II
has been tried, like re suit has followed,
except about nine months under Governor
Huboards administration. But notwith-
standing the good results that are claimed
to have followed this management under
Governor Hubbard, he was anxious TO get
rid OF the penitentiary and so leased 1t Tor
four years to.Cunningham d Ellis, who have
made money. both tor themselves And Tor
the state. No senator has controverted
these statements.
| think the experience of more than
twenty years is worth something, and for
one am opposed to entering on new trial
OF "A once disastrous experience. ! do not
wast to make money out of the misfortune
of crime for the state. | would not pour
money into an already plethora treasury
if it is to come out of the sweat and blood
of convicts. five can come out even on
this aosount, think we are doing well, but
under this lease the state makes a clear
profit of 900 per annum.