Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-16

!, IL ta,kinr about before di
. posing so peremptorily
: nutlic matters. The memoe'
of the convention will he aston'sne
to learn that It's "refusal to 'aNe an
action in the premises is, If not a pc,
tive indorsement of the land poaru
action certainly an expression 10 CIV
that action fair trial. ms 10
fresh and entirely original piece
news, and will doubtless be especial
astonishing 10 Mr. J. y. Simpson
upon whose motion the appointment
of committee to prepare resolutions
in regard to the action oil inc lai''
board was defeated. In making una
motion he expressed his opinion Ne'.
freely as to The injustice perpetia'e'
by the board. but thought, and yer.
sensibly, too, that as an appear iia'
been made thow singular Una
the Post overlooked this to th'
board, which was entirely ulsfe
Corded, further efforts in that direction
were useless, while mere resolutions
for the sake OF resoluting, would 40 III
no good. As an item of Information
for the Post, it may be stated that lh'
sentiments of Mr. Simpson were ID
dorsed by unanimous vote. IN
Justice to large organization OF men
fully capable Of taking care OF them
selves, the Post should hesitate before
rudely taking them by the nap OF the
neck and hustliug them over to its
own side of the boat. is proceed
ing almost as cruel and arbitrary rs
the ruling of the land board. when
the Post places the stock convention
in the attitude of indorsing the
land board, it manifests charm
ing indifference to the facts
in the case that is well calculated TO
startle Eli Perkins. The in,imation
that the stockmen "a'cept the ineyi.
table" is q piece Of cheering informa
ton for them. What the "ineyitable"
is 1t does not say, but since the Post
has constituted itself an administers
ton soloist, it Is to be hoped for mer-
cy's sake alone il will endeavor to
soften down their fate rs much ~ pcs
sible. The friendly Injunction for the
convention to attend to its own bust
ness and keep out of the domain o!
politics" will doubtless be meekly re-
ceived and cbetr'ully obeyed. OF
course, when "the organ" plays, the
cattlemens association and every
other association must dance
to the music. 10 do otherwise would
be piece Of impertinence which nc
organ of backbone would tolerate. The
sensible conclusion arrived at by the
proprietor of the GAZETTE, upon see
ond sober thought may be gathered
from everything we have said upon
the subject, since IL has been under
discussion. Pardon us for saying Il
was OF home manufacture and not im-
ported from Austin. People who have
been talking just little too freely
about state politics and the gubefna.
torial succession, under the impression
that they were matters of general
will doubtless take the
hint and shut up when they peruse
This: ANY discussion of the party's
Democratic this Is inserted for the
benefit of those who haven't read the
Post since this time last year state
policy or Of the probable ticket would
be premature at this juncture." The
inference may be drawn that the Post
will attend TO all these things in its
own good time. Did the Post ever
consider that the best act Of friendship
TO a man is to do him no harm? Or
ita tlulteriug about to be taken up 10y
something or somebody AS a "mouth-
piece" is 1t entirely unconcerned as tc
the results Of is chatter? isn't rather
fresh anyway, politically speaking
TO be rushing around with AN authori
tative racket, and are not there som,
circumstances connected with lis
ceaseless fountain of administration
gush that render the decoction OF
doubtful flavor? In eXoneration o.
that administration the GAZETTE
takes it upon itself to say that the gov
ernor must not be aware that his or
gan-if such it be.--is out