Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-02
Sumthin' Has Dropped,

Inc HTehtcSt uCtiNlIy uiuHlieSttu Nv
present in the political arena Of the
state is wild rCsb, on the part of tho
players, for change Of costume In
which to regsle the very respectable
audience of 100000 Texas voters.
Whether 1t is because the actors are
wearied Of their parts. or are animated
by the suspicion that in n spirit of
rivalry the listeners may conclude to
give Il little matinee of their own in
November, may not be known. In
deed 1t might be cruelty to VEN
tilate the cause of the scramble could
II be arrived Mt. The tact itself affords
sufficient qualification that while at
the commencement of the free
grass campaign nearly every man
of prominence In the state
was aligned, II committed al
all, with the opposition, to-day there
Is not one who has any claims what
ever TO distinction rs champion, OF
even quasi supporter, of the leasing
system. 1t is not meant to intimate
that all have espoused the free-grass
cause; that would be untrue. Poll
ticians who are willing to give theii
assent to any policy which involves
antagonism of any sort, and can bc
avoided, are very few and far between
Free grass people desire no greater
crumb OF comfort than to know that
these gentlemen have receded from
their original positions, repudiated tn,
orthodox lease.law ideas, and PLACED
themselves where they can iloI
over on either side Of the fenc,
with equal facility. Actual con
version might Involve CLAIM
TO support which just now might prov,
embarrassing. II the question be put
what Is the cause OF this radical rev
olution among the politicians, it ma,
be answered by the simple statemen
that they have heard something drop
| While this something MAJ not be IA
big ~ Mulhatton's meteor, 1t has still
made sufficient noise while in motion
to attract attention, and when the de
bris IL removed victims will be found
whose blood will give far more real
istic touch to the situation than the In
genious tale of the mythical Mexicans
Gov. Ireland says there Is no doub
the lease retards settlement ant
that II involves the same condition
which produced fence-cutting.
He has heard something drop.
Acknowledgement Templeton. nj
earnest advocate of the lease, says
when a tract of land is lessed il
irrevocably gone from set GtiiHfH 40
the term of the lease, no matter no,
long That Is"
Iteytpo, has heard something DROP
M3bnissioner Walsh, by far tn
rbitrary and unyielding of tn
champions, has modera ted hi
mber demand for an absolut
j., with absolute power to the Ian
ard, to a July request for "A Unite
Ease and no additional prerogative
4for the board. IL may be on accoun
of the temper of the weather, or
may be that
He has heard something drop.
. The Houston Post, one of the thicl
and-thins, which drifts with the It'd
of supposed administration predile,
l
, tions, insists that the Houston CONVEX
. ton shall declare against herd law.
l, has heard something drop.
Gov. Lubbock, Comptroller Swair
and many others of high political pos
ton, have contributed able testimon
against the Ubiquitous leasing system
: They heard the thunder before Ii
:, meteor dropped.
! The circu Instance of the fall will |
: repeated In August In order that thos
whose ears are duller of hearing tina
the gentlemen mentioned may not r.
: main longer in ignorance. After III
. Houston convention all Texas sha
know that
Something has dropnad