Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-15
BURNET COUNTY.
A Farmer who Believes In Isolation In
ONCE and No Life Leases"

Special Correspondence of tho Gazette.
BuRSEr, June &. The gentlemanly
candidate once more inserts his finger
In our button-hole, inquiries earnestly
after our health, my wife's health and
the health of the babics. taking " ASH
peculiar favor II he Is allowed TO nurse
mud kiss the dirtiest one in the lot.
Yee, politics ARE booming, aud III
coming events east their shadows be-
forc.n there IL one Of nights Plutontan
shadows hanging over the general land
Office which evidently portends n little
wedding out In the State garden, There
seeing to be "A unanimous desire To re-
elect Gov. Ireland, the present comp
troller, Mr.. Swain, and Treasurer Lub.
book, We heartily concur In the de-
sign aud join In the verdict OF wei
done, thou good and faithful servants"
hut there should be change In the
management Of the land office. Un-
der M. control of Mr.. Walsh II has
been n continual stumbling block In
the way of the settlement OF the public
land o,iestions, out OF which grew the
reIpn of lawlcssness, crime ana waste
Of private property by the fence-cut-
ting element.
tlon,st 10 the policy Of the administra-
lion upon all legislation relating u the
nublic lands during the term Of Gov.
Ireland; and 10 his influence IN oppo-
sition 10 the executive, more than any
other. IL due the protracted and bitter
ilpht In the special session OF the legis.
laiure which cost the state u thousand
dollars day 10 no good end.
SO It was In bis connection with tho
land fraud board. To whose fearless
chief l. A. Patton, the people
OF Texas owe d measure Of gratitude
equal TO the greatness OF his labor ana
! ,lndatlpted fidelity In uDmasking tho
schemes OF thieves plundererB and
pirates upon the children's land.
This board being the offspring oftiie
| ireland administration and Gov. Ire
lnnd member OF the board, nothing
WAS easlcr. or more natural, than for
Mr.. Walsh 10 carry the policy OF the
obstructlopist into the land-fraud
camp. where, as II scoflsr and enemy
Of tie administration, he stayed until
he brouuht about an actual collision,
thougl, he did not resign when he
Threatened TO. He still stands ready
To nut 4 smoke In the wheel OF the fu-
ture administration; and M he has
been elected twice, like all patriots: be
thinks lie has . llfe-
lease Of the cfiice and for these
simple reasons he now asks rc-eiec-
ton. But there IL an old mossback
principle In Democracy whlch great
| many OF us adhere 10 because OF its
wisdom In Just such cases ~ these. II
Il rotation m ofIice--no life leases.
| Now, my dear GAZETTE; thcre are
very fcw--to come right down
10 'hard-pan, none---oI " grhhgem
down here who are statesmen.
But we have chewed the cud
OF reflection over this matter, and
our conclusion IL that We bad better
not send Mr. Walsh back TO attend 70
the onerous duties Of the office and
nut thorn in the side Of the exccu-
live TO rankle there Tor two years
| longer, without the possibility OF good
results 70 come from y, But ~ the
present commissioner would not re-
Sign when he could make money ny
doing sou we will ask him to retire
to the secluded shades OF his
suburban residence 10 mediate over
the ingratitude OF republics and elect
! another man IN bis stead. ms peer ~
, every nspect, who, knowing pnpllc
, officer W BIO . servant AND noo msessr
az the people, will treat you politely
and have his clerks do 20, too, when
Won come 10 his ofiice 70 TRANSACT bilsi-
7 | ness YOU may have theFs. such 8
man I believe We have fund ~ Col.
III ia. Patton ii Johnson county. I
: have known him from ehiIdh0u9 and
I NEATLY commend him 70 ~ = being
!. In every WY worthy u support. y v