Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-02


without heavy penalty.
BEN THOMPSON
is credited with an extremely sensible
remark at the citizens convention The
other night. Called to the floor lie de-
clared that he was In favor OF all the
taxes Necessary TO educate every child
in the city; that he was very thankful
that he had To pay about 500 taxes a
year, and that the man who paid Tie
biggest taxes otsht to be GLAD that he
paid more .Axss than his neighhors.
Poor devils who pay nothing would b.
mighty glad OF a half million on
which TO pay taxes, and would doubt
less be willing to exchange their ex-
emptions for this privilege. Ben
is candidate for his old position rs
city marshal, aud il left to a vote of
the people there Is not the slightest
doubt that he would have an easy
walk-over. Under the present charter,
however, no officers are elected by the
popular vote save the mayor and coun-
cilmen.
FOSTER AND DEGREES.
II is believed that the degradation
of Judge Foster was occasioned by n
bout between him and Postmaster De.
Gtess, precipitated by the projected re-
moval of the latter. If this be true
the citizens of Austin will join in n
general regret that Judge Foster came
out secord best 1t may lac doubt
ed il there is n postoilice in
the state 20 badly managed rs
the one at Austin. The exhibitions of
negligence and Incompetence are so
regular that the complaints Of the peo-
pie haze almost subsidized through sheer
disgust. In any other city as large as
this, such repeated dereliclions in the
management would raise a II iwl that
would evade Republican sentries and
pierce the ears of the president him
self. II is to be hopud that 'Si will
bring relief.
AN AWFUL WARNING.
The big broad Irish palm of Chester
a. Arthur is easily perceived in Eos.
t,r's downfall. II is an awful warning
to other federal oiiicc-hoders aud sim
ply means, give nae Texas or face your
ruin DeGress went to Washington: he
became solid with the administrations.
In the interest of good service Foster
had recommended the removal of De-
Gress. Exit Foster. Who can tell
what influences the Austin postmaster
used to ingratiate himself into favor
with the administration? Already an
organ has been started at Galveston,
which, rs the GAZETTE correspondent
telegraphed several days ago, Is hut
ar Arthurian campaign document.
Every man who holds II position by
the grace of Washington appointment
is being rallied around the Arthur
standard, and where per-
suosiun is ineffective coercion
is employed; If that, too,
proves futile the offender l. devoted TO
summary disgrace. Those who dub
the president dude and an imhecile
feariully underate him; better inior-
nation may be CLEANED from those
famous letters written by Hayes and
sherman to the collector of New York.
A SYMPATHETIC UNDERCURRENr.
A strong undercurrent of sympathy
exists for Foster in his troubles His
character here, where he Is hes t
Rnown, is held irreproachable, and us
an officer he ranked among the most
faithful and efficient. The feeling Is
thar he has been sacrificed to
the malice oil DeGress and
the ambition of Arthur,and the people
are disposed to strongly rebel against
such unhalowed doings. The accu-
sation brought against him isin itself
so absurd that no further proof of IFS
filsity il needed. II Foster was dis
honest, why should he stop mt hun
dreds when thousands were so easily
Fit was but mistake, a
wrong construction Of the law, why
should such serious disgrace, such aw-
full humiliation, he wrought upon
veteran public servant, whose career
was unblotched 10y "A single imputatlon
of wroug-doing, even from political
But IL was not u mis-
take. Arthur knew, and the
m mons of the federal government
knew, when they branded Foster as n
rogue, that there were others, high in
and the good graces OF the
10 whom Fosters al
legged malfeasance had brought them
fifty dollars to his one, aud further
that their own pockets, and those OF
their chief, Chester a. Arthur, were
lined with gold eXtorted by methods
which could not by any trickery OF
words be distorted into a misinterpre-.
tation of the law. The president Of
these United States Is also ex-collector
of New York. An aged man
old in the public service
has been turned over
TO the tortures Of disgrace, q character
which has stood the test OF years has
been blackened, upon the cheek OF
honesty has been written shame, ana
NOT from any motives of public good,
Int To solidify the olIice-holding ele-
ment to further the unholy ends of
corr,lpt administration. When VIII
the people tear the scales FROM Their
evelids aud with an outburst OF right
eous irdignat alton undermine the lalse
and faithicss administration nc wash
ington in the battle OF the ballots for
the expulsion Of the Republican
party?