Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-04

before the SCI sion in the institute
commenced, sent an appointment to
one of the successful contestants of
this county.
But to show how utterly baseess
these accusations are, | now state that
the aforementioned questions came to
me in sealed envelope addressed to
myself, the envelope containing also
the instructions previously mentioned.
The questions were securely locked M
and no one ever saw them or knew |
had them till j delivered them TO the
examiners, and | never intinated
either directly or remotely, to any one,
a thought or an idea of what the ques-
tions contained or their character,
nature or import.
OF the three pupils who appeared
before the board | had advised but one
| of them to become n contestant for a
| scholarship, and she, was well salts
| fed, could pass n satisfactory examine
ton. One of the others | did not
know wished or even thought of APP
peariug before the board till she was
actually engaged in the examination;
the tnird one had spoken TO me upon
the subject but up the time of our last
conversation about it had not decided
TO 30 before the board.
The idea that either the board of
education or myself exerted any unau-
thorized influence in securing the ap-
/. pointment of the successful candidates
from Denton county is too preposter-
GUS for the consideration of any one
, capable of reasoning.
The senator saws: "a fer had ap.
T pointed those recommended by the
/ board it did not satisfy AR. Franklin,
| (his students failing after being posted
, and the state board ignored the mp
, poin.ments and appointed those thai
/ suited them and Mr.. franklin"
e In reply to the above l say did moi
r know the senator had made any APP
pointments except the one from Den
: ton county, consequently could no
have been dissatisfied with them
e neither did | express to the board o
d education my preference Tor ap
d pointees.
/. When we remember that Senate
johnson objected to having the exam
# ination conducted at Pilot Point, IN
= regularly appointed place, and with
& out the shadow OF authority appointe
IS Mckinney rs the place, and that II
& selected but two examiners, ana tne
1t both from Mckinney, the ques'io
ID naturally arises, "Wby this una'
y, countable procedure?" Let subs'
y, quent developments answer.
u But why the senator should nav
lie selected so obscure and unobstrusiV
is an individual as myself upon whoi
to vent his spleen is passing s'rang
IN especially as ] never did him an
lie harm or even opposed him III his p
n liticai career, save very quietly Votir
Id against him.
D. l never justin ID the public press
til in applying to the senator opprobioo
he epithats, nor did sympathize WI
no those who declared the senator oil
re- grace to this district and an excrescen
re- upon the senate, but now that he II
he shown himself capable of slanderinl
Ia on the floor of the senate, two
~, nocent, pure Christian young lad
) a and an excellent young man, the on
nj wonder is, that still uglier names
IN. not applied to him.
pX- In conclusion / beg TO say that I
ms ''fine haired stock" sent from Dent
. Co. to the Sam Houston Normal insli
led ton is an excellentyoung man who
| of his unaided efforts is trying to prep
ere himself for honorable and use
ion citizenship; the worthy daughter o
OK much respected physician in moder
n a circumstances and most estima
ing and highly esteemed young lady
tie phan, entirely dependent upon D
. as self. NJ b. FRANIsLIA
ard Pilot Point, April 2, 1881.