Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-16
THE OLD ALCALDE."
The Seclusion OF Cincinuatux Iutrudcd
Upon by a Gazette Reporter.
Gov Roberts Views on Current Topics o
General Interest.
Free Grass and the Herd Law--The
Laud Policy Of the State.

AUSTIN, MAY lJ.-When preat pnliti.
cal questions enyaca ~ a,,..,ts
tho nao,,o ., e"',oi VI
ti'e " sAae' "heh threatening |
CLOUDS mover ever the horizon of the |
craft of state; when intricate nroblens |
affecting the soci,l and ,,n,,,,.,., -.
NJ .,n,,, o,,,.s po''.''", ''''"s
9 oi'ne" are 10 pe soiVeu, there |
are Two words whose sound lulls dis |
content into hope, pacitles the angry
storm of c,ashinc, ;r,o, -, IN,
~. 'n'e..'''' "nu s.'i's
'ne VOICES Oh the anxious
multitude TO await the drop |
pings of their wisdom. They are tbe
"oLp ALcALDr.n
Throughout the strife of lawlessness
against law, communism against socie. |
ty, which has so sorely tried the strong
arm of the state i'm the mast eivhI |
months. all ewes with one accord
turned upon the venerable STATE. man
at Austin in mute inquiry. But from
his quiet seclusion there came 40 re
sponse. The shoulders bowed win
had shifted Off The responsibilitjes
of government and there
was no deai-e ia he ra.
lnNeSte0 WITH tnpnl. W4nrlpd with
the management of men. the old man
turned back the papes of his history
and became a voiltR AGAIN In that 10
enioyed conrenial intercourse with
the Youthful mind and welded tho
pruuiny-knife among the swayipp san
lings Of budding manhood. Then
came the relaxation from shifting
scenes of lawlessness To that troubled
effort. All recpgnize that the
storm ia simplv checked. not unelled.
IL NAV burst forth again TO holder aud
more damnabIe deeds of destruction.
or its power for evil may be forever
shorn by marking the strength of
stntesmanship. the wealth of Wisdom.
Once again the public gaze retleuted
hack mon the sturdy old man to whom
the psople have so often looked in
times of trouble, and il seemed again
I'm vain. Whatever NAV have Been
his Thoughts, they have been locked
from the eve of the public
with n jealousy as great ms
that of the miser who turns The kew
upon his hidden Jewels. All locks.
however. are SUSCEPTIBLE of being
opened, il but the wax be nodded TO
| the key-hole rightly. and THE GA
! zE1vrE Is fortunate in having secured a
correct impression. 1t is thus enabled
| to present To its readers an interview
a ith OK Gov q. NJ. Roberts. on pub
| lie matters, which, of present vital
moment. will doubtless be read with
Interest Inv ali:
THE INTERVIEW. v
"Goyernor' It IL becoming very
f,sbin,,abIe these DAVIS 10 asssil vo,ir
land noIicv and charge upon il the
great and destructive evils which have
90 recently afflicted the countrv.n
81 heliaye that INV land nolicy was
esenrtiallv wise and thinl, II still oupht
to he carried out. The vast domain
Ia,onai,, to tho nnhIic.schooI fnnd
and Ire o,her nublic funds will remain
Unsettled and worthless for forty years
70 s,o,,,a unIas. occnnied and fenced Inv
s w y
'' III Les h.o, cbarged that In vour
snosct hefore the steclsman,s ,.onven-
iinn 1T Austin Won said that while the
i iaun t =, L ~, iyndiridn.i from, taking
~, ~" p ~, o thon sauen sections vet theS
az az n naa nIsmtS Of uncles amnts and
a. "a,s rae ,,ren,;,oIl,, a5viS;ng them to
oUad X pi Iau, H,vs Won any denial
.l NWano,,
.,Wot Ia, nm, mears II was the only
49,; - dio,cnlty mud the
s ,ona, o o n,an for ia state a
rii.a. rnpe shonId nnnsnit the interests
| SVttin ., s, a,,1 sta,,d hy l,ia ar-
~ ~. une Peop'e Oh" swan" ~
'iV ,tiv,o. do ro, think If tba exne.
,ona n" as W. hsrd lawpm
WHerd law-herd law. / hear peo-
lelu Jaw - ,hns hut donit lnou
Pc .a ,TS oon I am nnno.ed how.
Mna' tney .dioai ohangas Sone ulti.
e,ei, W Ioa,,ino nm with general
mat le,ne III hava 10 Settle he free
P.o5 5ana,as vat tba measures
sna1s ,o h,, aradnaI y
s7WShat NJ The land hoard. the copsti-
Nv hat Oh ,ue 'anu a up an,io Wa an od t,e
lu.ioilu',ay y, ~ ire nolicw 81
genera Wisuoin " it I've pd ~ oonstitu-
nave no' Ill. n,,;,n Tbat ia a
tohah.y " ;,h ,ai,,ht ,souire exami.
Question nnt ;ts neiicv Is bad-verv
haIlon. DuU io Po ~ ,aase systan, !,
pau, III oPP''sI.''n w. thav ~ tha
You are ~, a wv ,u,,,;a ,onds,v
system OF ,easihs ,ns ~ NO. lst ont at
Yes. Ihey "usm' md f,hav viii
say i've csn., pc, at that mt the price
not De iakeu Wy a. H. th,a % esnts lint
down " iour or even me- n,eu pv
nave tneni thhen ny ,,s,en,at he
fostering .ne iea eat d,ai GOOD will he
lowest ngures' sieas "n", y,Ii no.
accomplished, as 'iie peype .,d
come accustomed 70 suoi, r pan' tha
when they nave :, ea,n aro and
habit OF Adopting ~, nraduailv
more Wouia oe 'ea''' "
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