Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-21

war and came out rousing brigadier
with many decorations and little
cash He then became lobby
member OF congress, serving the
railroad rings for time. and then be-
coming their mortal enemy. He was
master OF "the ways that are dark
and tricks that are vain" of the Gun.
ningest manipulators of congress and
| OF course was most useful to Holman,
! Van Wyck, Hill of Colorado, Rose
Grams, Cox and others who have OPP
posed the whole scheme of public rob.
berry practiced by the monstrous cor
porations.
THE DEATH STRUGGLE.
George gave origin to the hostility
OF congress and of the country to the
Louisiana and Mississippi Backbon
railway land grant. He published its
history He produced map showing
in strong lines Of blackntss how vast
the area Of the peoples lands given by
congress TO these omnipotent corpora
tions. So pal pRble were the facts asserted
by George aud 80 effective that the
national Democratic ex-committee
employed him to prepare paper on
the subject. 1t constituted pamphlet
Of fifty pages, and was sent 10 every
county and village, and TO half the
homes in the country. Therefore is
George commended to Secretary La.
mar by the Democratic ex-committee,
and this despite the fact that the Illus
trious Ellis OF Louisiana on the door of
the house had denounced George az
blaCkmailer.
A GREAT BLUNDER
When ii was telegraphed abroad
that George had been appointed an
agent to look after public lands, those
good men who owned the charter OF the
Backbone road were startled Their
condolences at once insisted that
Lamar was about to set that "sleuth-
hound,' Jim George, on their track
and Ellis and his railroad president
and tigure.head and the good old man
OF Connecticut who, with his son,
owns three.fourths Of the Backbone
stock, came bowling to Washington.
They bounced down upon Lamar and
Lamar sent for George, stating that
these frightlul developments made an
investigation necessary. George did
not hesitate. He is always 'inn when
there's q row brewing. He delivered
his commission to Lamar, saying,
"Mr. Secretary, / only ask that you
see that have fair field and
square fight, aud il don't
down those fellows my names
not Jim George. Let them reduce
their charges to writing, and that is
all ask"
A GREAT NATIONAL QUESTION.
Here the matter rests. Meanwhile
Jim George tells what | have here
written in the Chicago Express and in
Justice, the great New York organ OF
the ntimonopolists for which
George has been the Washington cor
respondent for the past two years.
'Chiesher, the owner OF Justice, ia the
richest grocery man in New York,
heving great store-houses IN many dis
tricts of the city. He is the successor
OF Peter Cooper and confessed leader
of the labor unions and Knights OF
Labor. he supported Cleveland, and
because be preferred Cleveland az an
anti-monopolist TO Blaine Cleve-
land, of course, Is so
shaping events in New York
that the Democrats may win the legis.
lature and send a Democrat to the
United States senate bur Cleve-
land cannot do this unless the anti
monopolists support him, and this
cannot be ii Justice, the anti-monopo-
list organ, repudiates Cleveland, and
Cleveland aud Lamar will be repu-
dated il Ellis and his opponents of
monopoly, in its most hateful form,
succeed In frightening Lamsr and in
destroying Jim George. The issue
Is then fairly made up between the
administration and the anti ,monopo-
lists. Jim George is forgotten: but
the result is the overthrow OF the party
In New York. Triiiiug events shape
the fate OF empires and alike Of parties.
L D.