Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18

. luxury, corruption, anarchy, despot
ism. These are the transitions laugh
/ by history.
For one, want Texas to remain
: what she now is-the home of the
, farmer and stockman, with room
enough for both and no drones
in the hive. No imported mass OF
hungry laborers to crowd and dissatis-
~ our laborers already here. No
: tramps to recruit the ranks of depot
burners; no discOntented idlers, gutter
snipes of the cities, to corrupt munich
pal governments with their votes, and
curse them for not providing them
employn ent; no squatters on other
peoples land, to live on other peoples
stock. From all these things we are
nearly free, but all these would be
brought in the turbid stream of forced
immigration. If peace shall continue,
our waste places viii be improved only
too soon, If you desire free state; for
only too close following the settlement
of your vacant lands will come the
trouble between capital and labor,
which all dense populations must pass
through "
De Tocquevillc the learned French
man, said that our institutions would
change, and that government founded
on popular suffrage would disappear
whenever the domain to the Pacific
coast was appropriated. Its appropri-
alton is nearly complete. Another
celebrated writer and an Euglishman,
said that free institutions with us de-
pende. ION elbow room and "A tradi-
tinilai respect Tor the constable" The
| elbow room is about gone, and when
propose 10 enforce respect for the law
by sending the constable to the plains,
| by the side OF the Judge, then our pollt-
ical doctors become alarmed.
But, since the opposition seem
| to desire to place the
author of the bill on trial,
rather than the bill itself, in his deal
ings with the public domain, let me
go a step further, In 1876 introduced
in the senate a bill to provide Tor the
Issuance and sale OF certillcates Tor
3,0uOOOO acres OF the pubic DOMAIN OF
Texas, to build new capltol. lSenate
journal page ioo)' MY pan 10 place
thaC lahu SO that the hullipiesu MAJ,
might OBTAIN an interest, was rejected
ny the senate ana mus, poWerlsss 10
carry out the demand OF lhe cohslltu-
tlon ana set that ianu ASIDE III ny
way, was cohlleli 10 auopI 'ie
nleIlous Oh lhe MAJORITY, anu sc. ~
aside their way, and swap IL IN one
body Tor state mouse. FOR TINS,
deinagogues have houhded me ana
snapped at my heeis ana never unvii
tins hour have i deigneu 10 correct
their slander; w
senator 1iDps,-"ll Tue seiia'oi ali
sWer question
Senator IerreliICertalnly'
Senator Giobs-Did you noI vote 70
sell land for iitty cents an acre 10 cor,
porations ana individuals ana capitai
syndicates?:, -, :,
Senator Ierreli-uh, yes anu ~
you had been listening 10 me, you
would nave heard now l atleihpteu w
enforce diiereht Poicy, pus ma9
powerless. Side-ilhed, shackieu an1
ham-strung, IN my efforts W puiiu
here university Tor the euucation .,
our youth, to build new capi,ol' ana
build up and sustain our pubic asy-
lums, | have stood, while some oil your
predecessors helped shackle me. sun
toiling while Others weat on win
what l thought quackery, nave uone
my best, and the man does not breathe
who can assert that he ever neard me
utter one word in favor OF The pollcy
of establishing land corporations
Loud applause.
You have hunted me until the
quarry now stands at bay, and WIN
the help of him who made me-, II
strength and voice permit, | viii TINS
day finish the work OF tearing the
blanket from the skeleton until all
may see it. Applause
challenge any senator to deny Una.
one year ago twice solemnly warned ,,
you in this chamber that II my efforts
TO stop the spread OF land corpora
tions went still UNDECIDED me iiiel,
were then living WI gray peaios
on their faces who would see
bowling multitude of angry men Tear,