Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-15
,.,.,.sting Review Of the Meas
~ 10 Come up in the Nine
tenth Legislature.
IND Board, a Lease System, the
s.,itsntlaries, a Cattle Trail and
Other Topics Discussed
puuing. Knife Of Economy Will
+, Piled and there Will be no In
crease in Taxation.
Gnlveston News.

free from mysterious silence as
4 In response to series of ques-
respecting the deficiency in the
finances, and the work likely to
yv the legislature at its approach
I s,sion, he said in substance:
THE DEFICIENCY.
deficiency was caused 10y the
ieenth legislature trying to make
p,ements and purchases ont of
d Years. revenue that should have
< made gradually, and al.
"a TO absorb the surplus
h bur years revenue. There
rounneccssary extravaganza COM
Ia by the Eighteenth legislature,
q L was the purchase of the Ala
md the quarantine steamer; but
nsde extensive Improvements on
ltaf and dumb asylum and in
M in other smaller appropriations
pdable purposes, but for which
vas no pressing necessity. For
reasons the appropriation bill
irt defeated in the senate, and
reconsideration, Just before adj
-nent, was passed bv barely the
sary vote, and received a
VERY RELUCTANT
Iyal at the hands Of the executive.
deficiency was anticipated by
many members of both house,;
ia somewhat larger than was
dated upon, owing to the amount
lied 10 pay attached witnesses.
III THE REMEDY.
No years' economical administra-
viii. out out of the surplus rev.
u. Slbout any increase i'm taxa.
ysmanently discharge the de-
aJ We can temporarily rid our.
LEO Ii by substituting for school
MgOn hand $500 600 in state 5 per
bonds, subject TO call, which
not run over two years. The
kglslature will have no extra
barry appropriations to make be-
what Is necessary to furnish the
esll asylum and provide a Teforma.
and 1t can, probably, reduce the
lsry expenses sufficient TO cover
We are already upon a pretty
omiCal basis, so far as the annual
BXry expenses Of the state govern
iare concerned. We might save
+ by by abolishing the fish depart
E aud after distributing the sup
1n hand, we could let the citizen
his supply from the ponds OF
ylduBls, OF which there are many
be state. Why should the state
ish fish TO the citizen any more
fine hogs or cattle? We can, no
y, reduce the ranger force one
We can also, without injury 10
bubble service. abolish the depart
Of insurance, statistics and his
and devolve its duties upon the
OF secretary of state. Then large
SEPARATIONS for extra clerk hire can
spensed with, as the comptroller
Commissioner of the general land
will, in all probability, have
A rid Of accumulated business.
legislature with deficiencies staring
lhe face can always discover OPP.
gDlues for Ietrenchment which
aeyer visible to Legislature In
nl OF cash balance, and the
Zenith legislature will, in my
%. apply the pruning-knife
gliberally,
1--we had very little conversation
hlhe governor, but know that he
seis, with proper aid from the leg
.uie, to pay off the deficiencies
lg his term of office, without any
ease in taxation or any decrease In
Efficiency of any of the state de
lnents,
"DE AIoRTUIs,n ETC,
sa good thing that the cash bal
has disappeared, as 1t furnished
yer-present temptation to eXtrava'
2 and, in fact, il was accumulated
great extent by starving thC
0ols and allowing the fanatics TO lie
ole in county jails without proper
ltOn.
TAXATION,
aere is not likely to be any further
elton in general state taxation fol
y years to come; and IL will be diff
70 maintain the present low rate
ss The sch Dol lands are made tC
larger revenue, and unless
I Of the expenses now borne by the
but created by the counties, are
Aerred to the latter, where the
SETON Of de tails by the commission
would 5e more efficient than 10y
legislature or heads of depart
~ In Illinois, and some othel
~ the counties pay respectively
expenses Of enforcement of the
inal laws within their boundaries
lhls policy has resulted in a greaI
THE LAND QUESTION.
hardly probable that the Nine
70 legislature will consume ai
Time with the land bill IS did
Fifteenth. The policy Of selling
lands to actual settlers only
eeen approved by the people
nave also declared In favor Of
system so adjusted as not TO In
Vest.
am inclined to think that tbs
leenth legislature will abolish
auu board-will classify the schoo
into grazing and agricultural
~ aside certain amount OF lands
~ county, where there are schoo
which will not be subject t
Nna which the settler eau entel
aud buy at uniform price, with
10y red tape In the details. They
make It easy for the man with thu
. ahu The hoe 10 get home on tn
seuool land, and at the same tim
revenue from the grazing
10y adopting a definite policy
lung the stoekmen have then