Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-26

tariff. For every 100 bales of cotton
the farmer raises to-day he is robbed
of forty-five. Out of every six dollars
we nav on tariff, one dollar goes Tito
the treasury and the balance into
the hands of Northern manufactures.
A fter reducing the best blood of our
nation to poverty they turn around
and say you must pay As per cent. of
YOUR gross earnings TO us rs tariff. 1t
is too steep.
the senator then required back 10
to the condition of things at home.
Presumed he had committed ms many
sins as any man, but was always frank
to admit them. was one of the first
to hoist Gov. Ireland's name, but
/ hadn't been at Austin long before
saw | had made a mistake. IL was
thought that Gibbs and myself were
going to have fight here to-day.
Didn't have anything against Gibbs.
He wps n smart fellow. He saw
through the penitentiary lease before
some of the rest of us, and
he (Johnson) was willing to give him
his dues. / haye but little confidence
! i'm our officials. When the lease gues-
ton came up. Ireland and Goree SAID
that the penitentiaries couldn't be run
Inv the state witout bankrupting 1t.
Always stuck by man, when he be.
| lieved in him, until he discovered
something wrong, and wouldn't iet
! brother senators convince him to the
contrary, Took Ireland's word for IL,
until he finally found that the peni'
Tertiary ring was ring sure enough.
His vote carried the lease through the
senate. and he went in the house 10
work for it. Then a message came I'D
from Gov. Ireland, asking
half a million dollars appropriation ior
the peniten,iaries. Right there ne
said there was bug under the chil
when the governor undertook to bui.'
Soye the legislature by asking such an
enormous appropriation at this tiihe
What nroyed il? He got up in INK
senate and said "We are beat. an
willing to vote for any measure yo.
NAV ask. or any men you want 10 up
nointn Several senators then wen
70 Ireland and asked him to let theu
ss,act the men. He refused, ana ap
no;nted Goree superintendent, VINO wsl
he man that drafted the lease bill aht
interested in 1t; Brahan, iinancia
.,ort who was IhanUio
assent Of Cunningham and Ellis
and also Daniels, who was chairman
,ha Committee on pepitentiarles Ina
: mt tbe bill through. That day ! qu ~
E S ireland. and ! quit him Tor III
aternal. / want new governor; ans
9 want IN kick out all those old ofhcers
Tha next step was this land irau'
, h,s;ness. There was no question tna
! s'rvavors united with monopoiies ah'
,, were stealing the lands. Who was ~. ~
ar that had the nerve 10 Jackie w
,, nmastion? Mr.. Kendall OF Denton, ~
lad ali the strings and ought 70 nav nay,
haan Amounted chairman Of tue con,
D;tteei IL was the regular CUSTOM '.o,,
, nuy then brought up 500, 600 acres
aahooI land stolen from the siate, a.
sha., traiIed IL TO the land ona.s
Iney .hare "a the blacklist thing eve
hasn IN America. The track got 20
kno S. thsv Ind to stop. They canGn
: a'e ss, clerks and slowed up. W w;
lew -, - carried on? Mr.. Kendall ,ell
Wasu the attorney-general toiu M
/, inc th went to Gov. Ireland Az
). Inn. VA ~ him to embody that question !, !,
2 asheu ssae 80 that the time ios
his ulos1o could be extended ana "a
asrried on. He refused
mo,A oMc. should have been proueu,
3 lana Ollie avery official In the stai.
J. ~ nau ssc Gov. Hamilton took the s.a =.
). there wasn't dollar - u 1s in cents on IL
i He put the tax rate ~ sha state twely
q hundred, and ran va va an, In I'll
d months, gov. Throckmorton pen ~.
!, 2. on about the same, ana ;fI led is.d nine q
farmers to hold en ma, ~ p psS Alcalde le
4 re cents The olu