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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-10

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one OF those lovely white embroidered
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original valuc.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-10

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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-10

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One Lol leinmnd Hats at 2]s
One Lot rrAnned Hats nt 51o
One Lot Trimmed Hats 30 75a
One lot Trimmed Hats at Hco
One Lot Trimmed Rats as $40
Ono Lot Trimmed Hats AZ 800
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12
Tile Lease Law and Homes for the
People. IL
FoRr WoRrH, May 10, 1854

FORT WORTH, May 10, 1854.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
OF all the lila Gods country Texas
fell heir to, she never had worse
curse sent upon her than these same
demagogues who are to-day adyo-
eating the lease law. Talk about
drouths, cotton worms, grasshopr ers
and chinch-bugs-they are shining
creatures and lucky happenings com.
pared with barbed-wire monopolies.
What induced so many thousand
strong arms aud brave hearts to leave
Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Ken.
lucky and Tennessee to come to Texas?
Why it was her free school lands.
Where did they move from? Behind
some mans field, out of an old log
cabin, where they had planted,
hoed and moved in the rich mans
field until he counted Oh
them as slaves, poor but intelligent.
They read of Texas and her great re-
sources, with her millions ofacres of free
school land; they were told this land
was not on the market, but they could
settle on it and make homes for them
SelNeS anu THEIR CnliuTen, anu ho'e 49,
preference when it was put on the
market. Hence they came by the
hundreds of thousands, and they TO-
day are the producers, and thousands
of them have homes which they would
not swap for those of their old Land
lords. "Don't rob the children" Is
the cry. but at the same time 1t 10 pro
posed to tie up the school land WIN
live and ten year lenses, and en-
circle them with barbed WIRE
and deprive thousands of children OF .
home, and with their lease money
make thousands of educated seris. II
/ had space l would like to write up
the history of few counties and snow
what free, Unbiased and unlenceu
school lands have made them. -,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

A RECENT Washington letter recalls
an incident in Judah z. Bepjamins
public life that is worth republishing.
In debate one day in the senate anoth-
er senator used an expression that was
plainly intended as taunt at BeDja-
minis Hebrew ancestry. But the Jew
senator was equal to the emergency.
He arose, and in voice of wonderful
melody replied: "The senator will
please remember that when his half.
civilized ancestors, clad in the skins Of
wild beasts, were hunting the wild
boar in the forests of Silesia, my ances
tors were the princes of the EARTH
After this nobody ever twitted Benja
min with the fact that he was u Jew
He married IL Gentle, but was eve
friendly and respectful to the faith o
his fathers-ready to defend 1t on al
occasions.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

her surrounding comforts. "Pauper
labor of Europe" indeed! Never let
the self-damning phrase again pollute
the virtuous air. The English mill
girl for flfty-hve hours work in the
week will earn from S. to so, but with
these S. she can buy as much In Man
chester IA she can buy In Fort Worth
for SIS, aud with her So she can buy as
much there as she can here for SIS. We
fancy these would be rather high
rates of wages for American female la
bor.. Would they not be beyond the
reach of most of the skilled male labor
in this. glorious country now being
crushed TO earth with protection and
monopolies? Ell? That's the way
the European laborer is pauperized by
free trade. But the American laborer
Is gulled by the sophistry. or course
England has gone to pot under
the operation of free trade. She
is national bankrupt since the pass
age of the corn laws, and will soon
evaporate from the commercial ocean.
Well, no; not muchly.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12
What Ratified DeGress.
INorton's Irtelllgencer.l


When Gov. Bill Sterrett of the Times
was seen In the convention at Fort
Worth 1t was patent TO all that he had
come To witness row, and when Col.
j. q. DeGress saw his red head with
the blue eyes peering over the woolly
heads of the delegates he was seized
with fear and trembling, and like
Belshazzar of old his knees smote to-
gether Then it was he gasped for
breath and his first utterance charged
the Democrats of Fort Worth with at
tempting to break up the convention.
II was vile Islander on the well-dis.
posed citizens of the Fort, who were
vying with each other to show repect
70 the imam and brother.u But tho
appearance OF Sterretts red head pays
bloodshcd.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12
What Naxt2

The Democrats oil the country nave
had several days now to ponder over
the defeat of the tariff reform bill in
congress. What is the programme
now: will be the general inquiry. 1t
is hardly probable that Mr.. Morrison
will introduce another tariff bill this
session. 1t is hardly probable that
any Democrat who voted for the Nor
rison bill will deem it worth his while
to frame and introduce tariff bill.
The Democratic minority has shown
that it stands ready to cooperate with
the Republicans and defeat any meas
ure that contemplates real reform. Mr.
Randall and his wing may essay the
reduction or abolition of the internal
revenue system, claiming that such a
policy is tax reduction. But this will
not be the offering of the Democratic
party to the country, 1t will not be o
move to Tighten burdens that are oner-
Gus because they spring from customs
duties; and stripped of its sophistry
such measure will be found to be in
the interest of the protectionists. 1t is
to be doubted it, at this late stage of the
session, Mr.. Randall could bring DEM
ocrats or Republicans to the considers
ton of such measure. The appropri-
ations and other bills, in which MEM
bers have an active, personal interest,
will now claim the attention of the
house and congress will adjourn with
the tariff question in precisely the same
condition as at the opening of the ses.
sion It is worse condition, so far as
the Democratic party is concerned, for
the slaughter of the Morrison bill
places the party at disadvantage in
public estimation. With clear work
ing majorityof Democrats the house
was unable to carry out its professions
and pledges, as 10 tariff legislation.
The cui tain has been lifted and every
man who desired has been a1i0rded
full opportunity to look in upon the
Democratic household and view its
divisions, its dissensions, its sources OF
weakness. 1t is shutting ones eyes to
truth to say the effect of these disclos-
ures can be otherwise than detrimental
to the party. What next? is query
that may we'll be put. and the rank
and file of the party will await q re-
Spouse with anxiety not to he con-
cealed. The leaders in and out OF con-
gress will be looked to first, to hear
what they have to suggest, and it Is
to be hoped they may prove equal to
the emergency. At this juncture il
appears there is but one way out OF
the trouble and that il to renew, al
Chicago, the faith and principles O
the party; proclaim anew the doctrin,
oftariif reform; present platform tina
will put the issue before the countr,
clearer and sharper than ever-ant
then appeal to the country. Such
platform and man in known sympa
thy with 1t as the presidential nomi
nee, will enable the party to enter tn
contest with at least fighting chanc
of success.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

the case that the sheriff is con-
veniently absent when the
lvnchers appear, and the jail
is suspiciously destitute OF guards
A feeble resistance is made for appear
ance sake, and then the bloody work
goes on unchecked. We are told that
Sheriff Lanham of Coryell is modest
young man, who has never made any
great amount of noise In his section
He deserves well of his people, though,
for In the recent brief episode he ala
more to really benefit Coryell county
than could have been accomplished by
whole pages of newspaper articles or
dozens Of public meetings, protesting
against lawlessness and promising
peace and quiet.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

GEN. GRANT will have sympathy in
the financial troubles that have come
upon him lately. Grant, in his time,
may have accepted presents of horses,
bull-pups and fine cigars, but they
came from his friends and people who
could afford TO give them. No suspi-
cion of extravaganza or recklessness
on his part, in connection with the
bank failure, is breathed. His sturdy,
straightforward course of late years on
all questions has won admiration, and
it is not at all probable that anybody
whose good will or respect is worth
having will find qualification in con-
tenplatiDg the old veterans troubles.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12
Retrieving Past Errors.

There are evidenc, that new and
better era is at hand ia Coryell county.
For many years that section has been
noted for its mobs and lynchings.
Judge Lynch has held his assizes there
regularly, and soms of his sentences
have been of the most outrageous
character. The county never lacked
an orderly, reputable element to de-
nounce these doings and plead for law
full methods, but the spirit Of the mob
dominated and the bloody work went
on. A record of the lynchings in
Coryell county within the last decade
alone would astonish those who have
not kept tally. 1t is not surprising
that the section in many ways felt the
pernicious effects of this state
OF affairs. 1t grew, to be true
In population and wealth, but
with slowness by no means proper.
tionate to its natural advantages and
resources. Capital and settlers were
kept away by the turbulency and law.
lessness that cropped ont so often,
The recent action Of the Coryell sheriff
Mr.. Lanham, in holding at bay de.
termined mob that had approached
the jail with the avowed purpose Of
taking certain prisoners therefrom
marks the turning point in Coryel
county. The story Of the sheriff.
nerve will be widely read, and while
as 1t should, it will reflect credit upon
him rs a man and official, II will also
place his county In new and more
credltable light. Such sherlffs art
treasures to their counties. An analy
sis Of the raids on jails and murder o
prisoners taken therefrom will show
that in at least half OF such cases .
bold, watchful, law-abiding sheriff Ii
lacking--a man who has the will and
disposition TO defend his jail and keeE
back the mob. 1t Is too frequently
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

"THERE is no doubt that New York
is protective state" is the opinion OF
the Denison Herald-News. From
whence was that opinion obtained?
Not from the action of the Democratic
congressman of that state, of whom
fifteen out of twenty supported and
voted for the Morrison bill; not from
any authorized utterance of the Demo-
cratic party of that state, which at its
last state convention approved the last
national platform with its tariff for
revenue only" plank. How, then,
does the Herald-News say that there
is no doubt" that New York inclines
to protection?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12
A Critic Criticized.
COLORADO. May 10, ISL.

COLORADO, May 10, 1881.
To the Editor OF the Gazette.
Your locsl correspondent ~ 'h,s
place saw fit on the LIST inst, through
the columns of THE GAZETTE, 70 se-
verely berate the Mitchell comfy I've,
publican convention Of 18th ult., anu
especially some of Its members, pe
cause Of the meager attendance anu
the action thereof in not haArdins
public call and open meeting, rs ne ~.
sinuates. The facts are That the belig,
erent correspondent aforesaid got on
his personal filings in that aruc,e'
and has continued it In n later ons'
under an infiamed state of the minu,
brought about by what was mean es,u II.
a friendly criticism, universally ~
censed by fellow Correspondence,
on his want of alertness as q news
gatherer. in not discovering anu
Teportinp the fact of Hepuo'
lican county convention mere,
Not willing to accept said criticism ~
the spirit it was given, no pre noouny
haIbor resentful feelings anu os cnn.
space in your excellent paper ~
duit for his refuse gas. my. a,ht.
ing would vary the monotony won .shat
fully" 1t is wonderful indeed with wi,h
fighting some bruisers can 90 n aver
their clllns, Mt long range, ". nv
hazard an attack with toe or Us. ,,,,ean
1t Is not denied that the NepuuiI
county convention here wns those
and IL may be that some one o. eu arf
present or who promised 10 be Pr Re s,p'
denied ali knowledge oft. WHO y t das
tells There are, it i believed, !, - IL In 10.
community persons who might ~ Dsrty
duced to hug a different political pnSi'i 4
with each arm at the same Time, of,ice,
would lift them lnlo ,,ondenti
IL THE GAzETrE's Correspondent
finds such man he has my con ,scv'
to convert him to Bourbon pem ..cItssr.
AS to said correspondents tw' .sst.
ings about the Colorado delegss. be
ting left'' ut Fort Worth, ne Mss
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

THE Fort Worth GAM E published dis
patch Tuesday announc ug that Gov. Ireland
had appointed w. It. Hurdenbrook OF Hous.
ton to the New Orleans ommissionership,
and editorially condemned the action of the
governor In strong lang nage. The next is.
sue otthe same paper contained dispatch
that John +. Elliott ofDallas, and not Har.
denbrook, had received the appointment;
and yet TEE GAZETTE fails to make repaTa-
ton for the wrong dane the goyernor.-Bon.
ham Advocate.
Our esteemed contemporary would
not do THE GAZETTE injustice, we are
sure. Gov. Ireland appointed both
the gentlemen named and killed two
journalistic birds with one commits
sionership.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12
The Right Man.

AN
We have our ticket made out except
treasurer and commissioner of the gem
eral land office. VIII some of our ex-
changes tell us who to fill in those two
places. Herald.
If You want the right man for land
commissioner, put L. A. Patton of
Johnson on your list. He has shown
his ability rs member of the present
legislature. His legislative record on
land matters is just what it should be.
His fitness for high trust was so COM
mended by his course at Austin that
the governor appointed him as one of
the committee to investigate frauds in
land sales and his labors on that com
mittee have been instrumental in re-
storing hundreds of thousands of acres
OF puolic land to the state. A better
man for land commissioner cannot be
found in the state.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

TUE GAZETTE is trying to force the iree
grass issue Let 1t come-the sooner the bet
ter. The matter will then be settled and the
wrangling over.-Lampasas Daily pispatch'
No, not trying to force 1t. But the
herd law advocates say: Keep the
question out of political conventions;
muzzle the mouth of the people; let
the legislature settle it. THE GA
zErrE says If 1t is to be settled by the
legislature, then let The people, in con-
vention assembled, instruct the legis-
lature how to settle it. That is only
fair.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

cutting witnesses, will be ,....,
ana read In evidence upon nth.ouuced
against the distinguished o,, ,no trial,
follows. w account Of what
NOW mark you how n n,.,r 81.
put MN down. The indin,,sale VIII
iieges that after the execnt,,'aent al
T.s neHas nominations to the senst -
,,"n,id ochiltree wrote letter. ~
s sha l,a IN this city, stating ~ ~ =
ne u,u Tue whole business and :, tn s.
I Ine wno,e thing" and that he i'm m NY
uth,a a began inspiring telegram =,
; snc Ssaiyeston News, styling Tho no,' "
lha.ions the "Ochiltree slate ~ tSa nu,Ii-
overly confessing in his own S as'y
writing MS own criminal and rns.,
Gus falsity and deception. M neiari-
Republicans charge that th.,,
leiters signed by Defendant 0cL;, nave
wherein he confesses his frand,'iLsee
action In fixing up the Ochiltres s,s.
ana that they can secure his s,sa aS.e
conviction before any honest il 10y
the district upon this testimonv III
The defendant Ochiltree is S,;,
ana VIII try to put in "a plea ~ Icy pe,
fession and avoidance as the ,swv von.
say, but his confession has alrsyo e,s
peen made, unfortunately for hin;
ana that confession means hls orn;,i
ance of reelection to conrras @'o'q y.
means that Ochiltree will find hir,s. ~
~ a VOID" sure enough-yoid
T HeRuolican votes to assist
MN. Here is positive written evi.
iuence OF his deception, showing how
ne slaughtered his friends to com nv az
the ends of his political knavery. s'
Were 1t possible for him to he ~
elected to congress, what new fascins.
ton would present itself to his lau,
ambition? Would it be the com;n~
affair with the queen of Tahiti5
Really, as a measure looking 10 tho
preservation Of his reputation for va.
racity and his dignity as congress-.
man, Defendant Ochiltree ourbt 10
have retained copies of his letters ~
fave RETAINED writing them. II
would have saved him from TELLING
many-well, we will simply and dec.
orously say he did not tell the truth
Republicans of all classes who no.
sisted Ochiltree to his present seat in
congress land without whose supnort
he could not now occupy seat In con.
gress) are now DESTROYS of an oppor.
tunity to make of Defendant Ochiltree
a wholesome example to the future as.
pirants for congressional honors
And 1t is well that it shonld
be so. A man who has so degraded
himself, and so prostituted his hiph
Office by willful, criminal prevarication
and fraud, cannot be upheld by honest
people.
The diplomacy of lying can't take
an elevation even from an Ochiltree
any more than Flourish as green
bay tree" after its Inflated and hideous
proportions have been unearthed,
Verify, this man must shiver like All.
exander's butler whenever the sun
shines on him. His race is run: his
lamp of political life is nearly extip-
guished; the grave opens to receive
him; he sinks gently into its bosom,
and when he is gone by limitation Of
his term of congressional office, let no
man who knew his motives dare vim
dictate them, but rather that his cpl
taph may be written that he died q
political death from the combined
effects of systematic lying practiced
upon the Republicans of this district
REPUBLICAN.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

LAST week at Houston was not all
the good people OF that city had right
to hope for. The weather, at times,
was against them; the attendance Of
visiting military did not come up to
expectations: and the civilian visitors
were short several thousand. But the
fact remains that Houston spent her
money freely and with pluck, she pro.
vided military spectacle that far sur
passed anything OF the kind ever wit
messed In Texas, aud abe deserves
credit. She has been well advertised,
attracted = great many visitors and
viii be commended. And now that
she has show n what she can do she
may certainly hope for 'better luck
next time" And we shall all Join in
the hope.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

THERE will be no Republicans in
the national Democratic convention to
help the Randall Democrats to defeat
their party. The Democratic majority
in that body will be greater in favor of
a tariff for revenue only than 159 to
l5i, and 1t will sit down on the pro-
tectionists with a ''dull thud'' that
will paralyze the Randallites. The
next Democratic campaign will be
conducted ON platform of tariff for
revenue only.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12
He Should Have Been.

The position of commissioner TO the
New Orleans exposition was rendered
to Mr.. w. II. Hardenbrook on Satur-
day last. Mr.. Hardenbrook is the edi-
tor OF the Houston Post, the leading
Wash Jones organ of the last guber-
Material campaign. We think that
Col. Elliott of the Dallas Herald
should have received the appointment
upon his merits.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12
A Universal Sentiment.

me universal sentiment OF the press
al over the state Is that justice was
not done In the Cunningham verdict
at s Fort Worth, and that The release Of
Wills Adams on bail at Dallas prac-
LEGALLY amounts to AN acquittal. The
con viction Is fast being forced upon
our people that moneyed criminals are
beyond the reach of the laws strong
arm, ~ Tar as punishment is con,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12
Wants a Herd Law.
ICleburne ChronIc.c. ]

Nothing short Of herd law will
solve the land problem of Texas. 1t
must come to that eventually. AS n
step in that direction n local option
herd law should be enacted by the
next Legislature. The state must have
time to prepare itself before the estab-
lishment of q peremptory stock inclos-
IRE act.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12
Send 0us a Drummer.
fChicago Times. ]

Congressman Stewart Of Texas wants
congress to pass bill for the appoint
ment OF three commissioners to serve
two years In extending trade between
the United States and the countries Of
South America. good commercial
drummer with sample case would do
more In the direction mentioned than
forty such commissioners.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12
Faithfully Dellneated.
tAthens AthenIan.

The Fort Worth GAZETTE In an ia.
sue OF last week published cartoon OF
the journalistic race, In which the
young G,szETTE, unincumbered Nv
any noony, pet scheme or apythiny
else, the bad boys having failed t. liz
any knots In the free grass, gets there
The Houston Age and Dallas TImes
are atiineated SO faithfully that none
could faii to recognize them.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

THE Post and the Herald, OF Houston
and Dallas, appear to take the defeat
of the Morrison bill quite as matter
of course and as a rather unimportant
event. But these far-sighted Journals
knew all along that such a elimination
was most likely. Other Democrats
view the matter quite differently, for
they discern possible disaster looming
mn in the background as a result.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

CALHOUN county is another early
bird. The Democrats of thar county,
in mass-meeting, appointed delegates
to the state conventions and instructed
them in favor of Ireland and the ma
iority rule,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

How often must the Old Alcalde i'm
plore the papers to let him alone and
keep his name out of print? He says
he is out of politics and wants to stay
out. 1t would be common charity,
not to speak of public policy, to take
him ut his word.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

THE Galveston News is fairly amazed
to find n man, Gen. Newton, chief of
United States engineers, who does not
read the News. The paper intimates
that Gen. Newton has missed n great
deal. Perhaps his early education was
neglected
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

MR.. RANDALL is now spoken Of as
good material for Republican dark
horse" He would be good man for
the place. There is very little doubt
of his ability to carry Pennsylvania
for the Republican party.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

THAT much-bedeviled man, Gen.
Ross, had private business in Houston
last week and some of the papers saw
fit to make significant incident out
of the visit Ross is getting more adj
vertising than he wants.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-12

OUR correspondents take a liberal
hand in editing THE GAZETTE this
morning. They are welcome to the
space, and their recognition Of the fact
that THE GAZETTE is the medium
through which to reach the people is
appreciated.