Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-05

10 Tho Editor of tho uesotle,
foRr WORM, Tx, Oct. irflonse
allow me space 70 PROFOUND few quoa.
lions 10 "Lawyorh In reply 70 his COM
muuicat0n IN t1.daye GAZETTE
when and by whom waa " docfeod
that lawyer must lose hip hpr0feaslonai
prdGn and "Hclftfcapectn before no can
associate politically with tho people IN
tho present contest In TNrant county,
DO YOU base your yiewa on an Rnth0fitns
two expression by the people or upon
the yaporinge Of u few blathcrsiutcs, aud
n upon the latter, do you recognize their
authority Ia the pfemisehI
From whom do you derive your
authority 70 determine Tor the lawycfef
You mention what they can and cannot
do consistently with helt.rohpcut and pros
tcgaional pride Was tho matter totorfed
70 you Tor adjudication, or DO you claim
q divine right 20 prescribe rules for The
government OF your brother lawyers, or
hgnin, II you do no on your own rospdnel.
bility, IN " not possible that such ncli'
appointed tribunal may exceed llH luflH.
diction2
3. May not these lawyers bn right and
you wrongly When doctors differ, who
In 20 settle tho dHputcf IL ono 10 be
deemed lntnlllble aud depuled 10 fiYo The
casting voter DO you not assume The
intnlliDle whom you aHpofsg the char
actor Of private citizena Tor daring 10 on
terrain views opposed 80 your owuY DO
| you want US 20 take our politics from q
spoon, according 10 prescription Of The
boaaNHf
( 30 you desire 10 mOko this contest
between the lawyers aud the pepplef II
not why do you insist that oil lawyers
are morally bound 10 vote tho same way
or be- denounced 10 having no profea.
aional pride or self rcHpCcR
b. Arc you not one oi the gonue
'ihu6a,h and are you not mad beoauaU The
! people have declined, with thanks, u
| further trouble you to advise them nov
TO voter Y0n and men Of your way oI
! thinking have controlled the state govern
mcnt for twenty years, and the people arr
now enjoying tho benign Influences OF
such rnlo.
q. Can you point with pride TO the do
atructlon Of the fRirest domain a STATE
ever owned
2. Can you point with pride 10 The
establishment OF q Hulllclnnt number %
corporations TO uaurp every place Of prom
bn the state, from tho magnificent rail wal
|
cinlly designed 10 pnuporlLo tho "washer
woman"
\, Can you point with pride 70 th'
magnificent prairie OF tho west, con
qucrcd by the cowboy from the Indian
but now that II N habitable by Tho cor
p0ratlOn, you see great tracts q
country fenced aud owned by forUigl
corporations, aud no manipulated NJ
20 give employment TO az fow COW
boys as possible. Aud SEQ tho r0vora'
side OF the picture There you nee
thousands Of hitherto prosperous cattle
men driven from the plains, aud tho COW
boy N no more, his occupation II gone
~ Chm you point with pride to n grea
state with M overlooking treasury, an,
while IL was paying lta own paper nv
premium Of 40 por cont, on tho dollar.
selling 900 900 acres di ~ m6gnincen
domain III 90 cents p0r acre for tho build
ing OF n capitol2
TO- Chm you point with pride 10 th
thousands 0i eoByeta competing Will
honoat labor, both on the farms and IN th'
faet0fioai
H. Gan you point wIth4prldG TO an i'm
poyoriahod aud dipGontontod people hut
mRinlnln your "profcepional pfidon an,
"self.roepeo - when you know that yo'
and your pals aru the authors OF all tbea,
oyilgY II 40, then fear that the "profuA
aionu pride" nnd "get.rcapeet" spoken
o. by you N only n etolld Indifference u
the misiortunea OF the people.
ANOTHER LAWYER,
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