Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-29
i. q. y. in Reply to the Charges
and destinations of the Clarks-
vile Standard.
In Indignant "Bohemian' Peels the
Epldermis OF Some Anonymous
Slanderers.
M Issue OF Honesty which May Wen a..
Left 10 the Verdict of All
Men of Honesty.

DEAR SIR have Just received vour
"cNplanaiion' of the charge that
Austin correspondents were cor.
rupted by the capitol syndicate
during the recent capitol complications.
The mal-adrolncss with which il assumes
to evadc the responsibility of so grave an
accusation i'll suits one who Is "endeayor-
ing only To represent the interests and the
honor of the state OF Texas" The charge
OF bribery has been cast ON collective
body oi men; in simple justice To those
who were innocent the guilty ones should
have been pointed ont. II
your correspondent knew of such
| lie should have the courage
/ To say so over his signature: II not he
Is guilty of moral miquity which
would shame the professional black.
mailer, who, whatever his faults, is the
medium OF his own dirty work
! You say you "Shall have 10 he excused
/ periorce II called on to believe that suni.
cicni remuneration could not induce some
persons who communicate with public
I journals 10 undertake an advocacy of any
side OF question for adequate compcn-
I
the foundation OF your statement The
newspaper profession holds men who are
not incorruptible; therefore IL is fair
to presume that Austin CORE
spondcnis who do NOT agree with you ON
certain question at issue have been
hriDed. Now suppose we apply this rule
rcver>cly. The editor Of the Standard
miSStates the law and the facts relating
10 Il certain issue, leading to conclusions
favorable TO political interests, 10 which
he is known TO be under obligations.
Therefore, the editor of the Standard has
been bribcd To accuse others, who state
the law and the facts, of bribery. Mind
you, this is your logic not mine. Those
who take the sword must perish by the
sword.
The dissertation concerning BohcmiauS
OF the press is simply repetition Of the
attack by innuendO on set of gentlemen
who possess in no greater degree the
characteristics described than the editor
OF the Standard himself In thus sitting
In Judgment on men of whom confessed
~ he knows nothing. the editor of the
Standard may satisfy his own conscience
III dnmning them all-bccalisc the methods
by which their ends are attained sit re-
markably lightly on some mems CON
sciences.
The exception OF the Galveston News
and the SAN Antonio Express ON the
grounds that they agreed with the
standard, reveals, unwittlngly. it's an
linus. II says that no names were
specified by its informant, yet takes
upon Itself To except the representatives
OF two papers because hea dgree trih IT,
The charges then apply 10 all who do not
agree with the Standard. Now, as mat
ter OF TACT, the reports sent to the News .
and the Express were in every essential /
respect the same as those that reached
The 6AZETfE, the Post and all other
daily papers. The correspondents rot
their news from the same source and tel
cgraphed the same facts Editorially
the papers differed regarding the results
of those facts. II is because
would not mlsreprescnt
facts that this attack hao been made upon
them and IL is instigatcd by those inter.
cStcd in such Misrepresentation.
The statement that the correspondents
referred 20 may have been temporarily
employed and stationed AT the capital is
simply lodging the question. which the !
was requested MOTTO do. There
have been no such correspondents nj
Austin. The regulars are either the
5ullN VI VIZ Sluu'ltItu DUTlltS,
As TO The facts You contTavcnc, II seems
that further discussion would be useless,
rs the record has been appealed Ia time {
liter time TO Substantutc them. II order
10 settle for all time, however, the cues .
lion as 10 the origin Of the Indiana stone
the following statement is
Drlcicd from the official correspondence
lf the capitol board
About the LIST of May the capitol com ,
nissloners Informed the contractor, in
that the dlSCOloraton which
lad become 81 marked in the Oatman- :
Vile stone would compel them To reject ,
I thereafter. The contractor stated that :,
n that case he WAS willing to substitute 4
Bedford stone. The commissioners cX- ,
mined samples of it, and ON May /
wrote To Gov. Ireland recommending its 4,
as much superior to the Dat ,
stone, aud free from coloring !
natter. In reply dated May I'D the !
governor sIid q
"While the state would prefer the gran 4
to TO any other material, If il shall be j
ound on thorough test that the Indiana /,
tone Is equal To the sample on file aud \
allied for in the contract though differing /
in color, the state may accept !,
uch stone"
TN the basis ol TINS communication, II
Contractor Taylor submitted his Indiana d
tone proposition 10 the board .
capitol commissioner stated that
here were quarrieS around Oatmunvillc 4
but mtimatcd that there was \
10 reason 10 believe that they were any q
letter than those already opened. n
You say your correspondent Il n gentle g
nan who does not jump at conclusions n
nd thereby repeat your belief IN his :
tory. II is Il grave disappointment TO
ne that his name has been withheld No
is afraid to atiiX his sigma u
ure To- Il charge affecting the %
equation of another. But suppose /.
ye carry out the analogies of the case N
nd rclort that your correspondent-who II
Yer he may be--is man who owes his 81
Olitlcal success 10 the doctrine that the il
nds justify the means; who has stopped
hort of no methods, however disrcpulu- n
lc, that offered stepping-stone 10 dis hi
onorlble ambition; who has blackmailed :,
he pureSi and best men in The state be-
ause ia ihcin he anticipated q dangerous
INalryy who has violated The Snnctity Of