The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-29
TIM PLANO POW WOW
lhe Administrations flefc'ly Attacked
b. senator tRuisb ignl jOhlson.
Nossrs. Gibbs aod tralg Rush to the
Rescue.
Al Overwhelming Popular ylndlcallrn

PL,So MAY 2i,-t Special I-SeuAtor John
| Johnson, o. tuis county, M pugsuanoe al
80 appointment here tO.ds", met Qupe n
.rae crowd nj tho Masonic hell, la hlu
spetoh, he ptean by GFttiolsins ire legis ~
NV. policy win To'eranca 20 tie Teynkins oi
the peni,sntiary lease, lie also gttaeSod
tine administration on Ihe public Tree school
question, refsIrloe long and lastly To Ire
| lsnd's speeoh bs'ore ths negro O ,uyantion
=, Austin, IN which he charged dlrectly
that ireland represented IN said nonven,
ton that our state was the best
on Gods green earth for the
oolorud map, ana charged thaL ha vlrtu Aliy
invited tho whole Of Africa % our border.
TO bs educated out Of our magnlti 'e"t school
fund accumulated aod mid by the poor
white men o. the state, who, he SAID, were
nnnh,o 30 avail themselves NJ geIting the
benefit thereof He accused Ireland OF he'
ing tender on the land fraud BOARD matter,
for tina reason that ne (Irsl.Bd) was sirBia
their investigation would develop some
thing wrong up the creek; that
10, full Investigation OF said
frauds might implicAte lrslaDu,
| He Criiciz ID the action Lrd policy OF the
epcs 20 the appointment Of the four pupils
for his (Johnson's) $, material distrioi, To the
state norm Al school, and denounced rs NJ
bitrary and unjust sheir appointment
OF the Galveston man to teach tbe normal
school At Mckinney instead OF Professor
| Lcnpev.
X, Il. Craig, OF McKinnev, replied to
! Mr., Johnson In briof and pointed manner
1 In defense Of the administration. He ooiy
acquitted himself aud from the rounds or
app au9e that followed him 1t would seem
that the friends OF the administration ore
in the asceuJency here.
Hon. Barnett Gibbs, of Dallas, at the
Gloss OF the johnson and Craig talk prose
and announced his Candidacy tor lienten-
ant governor, and In q brief aud eloquent
manner gave an account Of his policy pur-
sued in the last legislature on the royokipg
| OF the psnitentiary lease and the laasing OF
the school lands to stock man, concluding
in an eloquent sod eDlogtitiG tribute 10
Ireland ANA his predecessors, Roberts, Coke
and Hubbard.
SECOND DI,PATcH.
PLANO, May Oh Especial l-Thtr3 we're
over / 600 persons in Town today 10 heJr
tho speeches OF Johnson, Crsg auo G!bNs.
Senator Johnson spoke for m hour and &.
hlli against Governor lrelsad, charging
him with being social equsli'ist, aud too
great friend TO the "nigse'," and having
corruptjy and knowingly m'slsd him u h !,
SOM into the support o! t"e penitcntinry
to put Kendall, of Denton, the
author of tbs bill, upon the land fraud
committee, aud for having cpTupllY, rs a
member o. the eduoitioa board, intaffeTed
with tho students Of The normal hO0's pi
his John sons district, appointing man
from another part OF the s.l,e 10 teach the
, normal school there. Hs accused Superia.
tendent Baker and Secretary Baines with
being in collision witn these latter sohemts
Mr.. Craig, OF McKllney, replied
showing the utter absutdity and
groundlsssness OF the attack upon
Irel and, and attributed them 10 personal
prrj udice, and failure on the governor
part to comply with personal requests Of
Johnson. He showed that the peniten,iary
, lease. which had been revoked Oy the legs
laturs, was executed by RjDsrss and Luh.
book, before Ireland was governor, aud in
pursuance Of the same system followed by
their predecessors, aud that there could
, have been nothing dishonest in IL by the Of
, ficsrs OF the government.
Senator Gibbs then for over
with clear, exhaustive review o.
state stfairs for the pass two years, showing
, that the government had been ~ noneetly
wisely and economically .dtoinisssrad IL
every respect as it b I'd ever bean iii any
, state, or could possibly have been hero, and
shat it had been mora 10 the true interest
, OF the people and lass in shas OF synaicptes
corporations, sto.; that sne pen,tennasy
!, management bud been vorsisr!nlly success
, tnl, it having cls4Ared &l0S,OOl Ia one year
, from April 1888 10 A nrii 1884.
, showed tna5 tia school lana ough5 10 yield
:, revenue "a the Dovsrnms,5 WITHOUT salae
Of public lADda to Gio 0sLrim'n. ~ fA
. STATE or i's citiz91s aud that shi q; 'S ,..i,
, even m It's inalcy, WAS nov 'rpiutt y.
, moe iesso moosy than arosN lr.ln sac n'i'
iioas of aore5 sotd. rh4 csn"Tp f'aI ay'
dantly with tho thoroughly r.oa3Ai ND ~''
quppG sonalor on al In.s3 quest. ,n7. an
ev ,denGet taeir lslsfy Gppc =. ebtNG 81. -.
mlpngr in waicl Ao had H. tAd laastsi
. looked after tneir ir'aretrS.