The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-11
EX-GOVERNOR HUBBARD.
lie Visits Dallas aud Gives Ills Views
ON a Variety
or Matters Relating 10 Railways aud
Politics.
Au Iaterylew win tho Ey.Governor.

A HERALD reporter called on Ex.Goyer.
nor Il u. Hubbard. OF Tyler, VINO lisa Huest
OF the Grand Windsor, anu arrived Oh the
early Houston & Texas Central train from
tne south,
The goyernor has been spending some
M nihs recently In eastern cities loosins
ailor Important railroad and other inter
esls Ia Shirh he and his friends are inter-
,sled o. coarse we asked Row tho Texrs q
ST. Louis road, with which he has long
been identified, WAS getting on. he re-
| piled:
"rnat stock company. like all others has
recently ielt the depressions OF raiiroau
securities, and that 50 lar the "bears" had
allied to squeeze Its lie out, OF place It on
con- plcled It's through line
iew lnonths back, and really had
= ut had fair opportunity 10 show e
rneniug capacity, rs u IN now doing nnu
wiz do. IL Is fully equippod now, ana
its i'1.d-hcd IN a sh0 rt while viii be ns nue.
as any road IN the South, Has had Us
share Of accidents, but not more than other
roads, and not as much ss some, either IN
tae destr nc ion OF lie or property, IL WI
prove n blessing To Texas, and he hoped
aud believed profitable investment TO inc
builders.
branch, and the Western extension, be-
yond Gate.vllle. re said lie had
10 promises TO MAKE, and hence
could have meme TO break on
that fcore. When tho RACKET
Of The bulls and bears was over, ead tue
road showed its earning capacity over thT
nearly 500 miles OF its comp leted road, then
these branches would be completed and
main line reach for MeXico-n0t TIL then"
How about your new road, the NORM
Texas & Louisiana railroad, OF which
yourself and Major Douglas are considered
10 be the president and general manager
rs.pectively2"
He replied that was aproiect Of . ROAD
from Tyler. Texas, via Smith, Van Isndt,
X ,ufmnn, Rockwell, Collin, Depton Gray
son aud Cook, TO pass through the princi.
pal cities and towns EN- route. IL proposed
20 build line from Rockwell ocnn.
Is to Dallas city also. he
said that pending the late panic in railroad
securities, they had not pressed this meas
ure On capitalists, but he had such sssur,,
nnct. that enabled him TO say that the road
would be built aud construction com
ia reed this year The road connects the
narrow gsuge system OF Texas with
north Texas, with Texas & st. Louis, Bre-
ruond's system and Kansas & Gulf Short
hu., and the long Leaf" pine region.
Already over quarter OF a million had
been in good faith sub scribed on the line,
TO DO fii st mortgage bonds, and l60 miles OF
right Of way guaranteed and depot grounds,
etc. IL is to be, II built, an
Independent line, and though narrow
gauge TO be friendly with all other
gauges"
lie exnrers I'd an eArnss. desire to zee the
. Dallas Trunkh liuo exc det % the Texas
& 81. Louis road and .ha. road would give
IL welcome and through 1t to Dallas.
Still. he said, the country must not ex
uect rapid building OF new or extension OF
old raiiwsv systems till the clouds rolled
away and public aud private credit was re-
stored,
A,to po'itics, state and national. Gov.
eruor Hu board said thnt while not an active
factor himself ha was not disinterestad
loe by any means. He believed
he governors recent message n
ainte paper, w1icn net the requirements
al he occasion ani was certainly plain
enough o. indicate 10 the Legislature that
M, cxeru i've WAS willing 10 shoulder all
ila, responsibility. He believed the
legislature Would handle tho question en-
bta,ed a the governors call with calmness
but with uoldGes3.
Asto national politics, he said the omens
we're suspicious II the democratic party
in cougrt s. and II their convention will ig-
n IRE expediency and stand squarely on the
doctrine OF q reformation OF existing tariff
q reduction u! du ties on all necesearies OF
life and labor such rs iron, and
cotton and wooden manufactured
lAnIlCs-ln iuCt Ill thdt tut BIthb hn1b Va
the people must use, eat or wear and re-
tanning dutit s on luxures, such as liquors,
tobacco. silk and the like, so as only to
NEE, the interest on the national bonds,
the public debt and to pay the current ex.
penses of government. Ii these measures
will be urged in good faith the democracy
will triumph. But II we interpret q tariff
plank one way In New England aud an
other way in Ohio and Indiana and still an.
o her way in Georgia and Texas then
we will not elect the next
president. In 1880 we changed front in
prt ssnce Of the enemy-on the tariff ques-
tion-apd from that day on we we're on the
defensive and lost the day. Its the great
question Of the country, and We must not
and cannot evade it If We would.
We are Mt no loss Tor candidates. Thur
man, in my opinion. is one OF the nobest
aud grandest OF our public men, with q re-
cord as superb" as was the soldierly
chivary OF Hancock. Mcdonald is true
man and OF sturdy and tried craftsmanship
We Can't be unfortunate in having either
a. leaders IN the next great contest.