The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-09


Id.s Of .sniimsp. ., esgi make little
differences W the farmers/of artifans p,
Texas whether q smJll hinoun, ~,
stone needed In the oonstrucliVn y,
the exterior walls OF TINS pui,.ns
comes from OAtpisnvliis, nu'nct u
ham ~ suppJ.smsnt, by payment OF
,sses. dsfici Snoies created by u gi'
s1I III has Teen suggested ~ prActica.
ble 10 sSsll the 100000 acres OF lana
al fo.H2 DER acre cash, and with the
nroosIs ds and the use OF convict labor
sn,Able the State 10 construct tho build.
pag. Millions OF money are today
beng paid In taxes 40
the result OF like experiments
by city, county and State govern
ments. II Is hardly necessary In THIS
connection to comment on the present
condition OF the money market or "a
discuss the grave problem OF the en-
ployment OF convict labor In the erec'
ton OF a great public building. We
are only called on to-day TO determine
whether Texas shall have q State cap
itol or not, and whether II shall be
erected from her surplus OF lands OF
be built by taxes wrung rom hsf
hard worked citizens paid into the
hands Of Unsuitable spectators and
~ wish the State, through her board,
10 take such position rs Will in connec-
ton with this contract send thesyndi.
cate out OF Texas naked II they do mol
complete the building and Keep TOT
Texas aud her future contractors ~
that has been 10 far done and all the
land originally appropriated, VIE
5000, 900 acres, and enable nor 70 70,
cover the full penalty OF the bona
given by the. contractors. ~,
'HI am convinced that Texas Will
never in the future secure on more
economical terms = grand State House
than IL secured by the present con-
tract, and If not completed under the
present contract our children ahu
grandchildren will gaze At It's unnn'
ished walls and groan as the tax gath
erer comes around.
VIEWS OF HON. JOHN d. TEMPLEroS.
Eyes, voted for the proposition 70
allow the capitol contractors TO use In.
diana lines tone in the construction oI
the new capitol In the place OF Texas
stone, and II receives the unquaiihed
approval OF my judgment, and 1 re-
greet it as little as anything nave ever
done.
~ know that mo- IL considered y
safe, prudent and cautious vote. IL
avoids, sometimes, some Responsible
ties, It Is not dangerous vote. III II
fails TO defeat q good thing, and In
spite OF IL that good thing Ii done, why
everybody Is in q good humor and the
feeling toward the 'noeY is akin 70
Inething else than anger, but II II
fails TO defeat bad thing and the bad
thing goes, then 1t 10 trump.
"The difficulty about the Oatman.
Vile stone Ia no recent discovery by
any means. You will find az early as
April, 1884, the superintendent OF con-
struction called attention TO its imper.
lection, and for many months 1t has
been a matter OF formal and informal
discussion among the capitol board, the
commissioners and superintendent OF
at was thought at one,time that stone
could be found ct Round Rock, but II
turned out that IL could not be found
there in sufficient quantities, squarinR
and fitting the specifi cations.
~ mentionithis as showing there was
no haste in the action.
eve all wanted granite, but for one
never did believe the building would
be constructed Of granite, except a.
the result of legislation looking 10
GQAL Gnu huu hoAlh6 AO0uou pAO'Ao,
ions and appropriations therefor. And
/, believing that, did all l properly
could when the LegislatureDwas In ses-
sion to aid the passage Of the bill au-
thorizipg and providing for the
change. 1t was not particularly espe-
cially because 1t was Texas or Burnet
County granite that l wanted the
change. but 1t was tor the reason that
it was granite, and would make q
grander and more desirable building.
~ am not of the opinion that It Is the
province of the STATED to advertise
anybody's rocks, but the, Burnett
granite Is being about as well adver.
tised, however, by this middle, az u
would be II used in the capitol build
1.-THE three million acres of land
were not set apart for that purpose by
the constitutional convention, either
or indirectly. Nor is 1t limited
at in the law or laws pertaining to 1t
nor in the contract, It IL q cold
blooded business venture on the part
of two and half or three million peo-
pie, few of whom are in the rock bus
mess, to get the best possible building
for their land. If the proposition were
submitted to the people Of the State to
vote to tax themselves five thousand
dollars to have the parts OF the build
ing into which Indiana limestone is TO
be put built of Texas stone, l don't be-
lieve it would get five thousand votes.
"Twenty thousand dollars was APP
propriated year or more ago to have
ali the resources of the State adver-
tised at New Orleans, and you meet
men everywhere you 60 who think the
money was wasted. What do you
think thew would say of SPEND
ing few thousand for the sole
purpose Of bringing two or three rock
duarries into notice and putting rocks
into market? 1t is my Judgment that
the people OF the State wanted and
want granite because 1t is better ma
terial, and that the last thing they are
thinking about Is where. 1t comes
from, who is selling 1t, or being prof
tied by its use. Allow yourself ID
hiuk for moment that the contract
ors had offered Indiana granite in
same terms and conditions and we
had refused and replied Oatmanville
stone to them. Don't you think we
would have deserved to be kicked
into the Gulf OF Mexico? Now the fact
appears that the Indiana stone is as
much superior. to the Oatmanville
atone as the granite Is to the Indiana
stone. The 1ndisna stone Is as much
superior to the specimen stone stipu-
lated for as good fire-burned brick Is
to sun-burned brick.
tT don't want to be misunderstood,
and to avoid 1t will state this:
wanted the best possible structure for
the Consideration we were giving
30 that the people OF the State, what
ever their pursuits might be, and in
whatever their property might consist,
would be benefited by it, and, there
fore, had there been nmitless quanti-
ties OF the Oatmanville stone, l should
have preferred the Indiana stone on
occount of its superiority. 1t Will
Int will make better house. No man
who has examined the sample has
questioned it, either. What do you
suppose the man who Is blowing in
North Texas and making his living