Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-02
THE Peoples FORUM.
Je nerson VS. marshall.

JEFFERsoN, TEX, June 29.--Editor
4 GiAzErTE: The ill-natured, spiteful and
lnsean-spirited criticism in the Marshall
Herald of the Goth inst, upon the con-
ssession al committees report on the city
~ Jefferson, and the proposed erection of
Fsspublic building here, cannot fail to dis
-ngilFt all rair- nfinSed, thinking people,
Ri The "dog in the manger'' aninus Is as
apparent as were the ears Of that bold
fsanimule" who arrayed himself in the
ion's skin.
Marshall filings her venomous shafts at
her nearest neighbor only because 1t hap
mems to be her neighbor, and not herself,
who is TO be favored.
n THE first fling is to smile sardonicslly at
u the otherwise uuanswerable argument
Sthat "Jefferson is at the head of naviga-
tom" and while forced to admit its
TEtruth, to say "nohody attends court by
= thai route" 1t has not been year,
however, since that route furnished Mar
shall with all her potatoes and groceries
BY wagon from Jefferson while the strike
bad closed all other avenues of acc IS to
ker.
The next statement is palpable per-
acv6fsion of truth, for the Herald knows
l4aHersonis, and has always been, on one
Of the main trunk railways from Calves
ton, San Antonio, Fort Worth and Dallas
to ST. Louis, while If there is any
"bfanch" to the t. & p. railway it is the
:. little line of twenty miles from Marshall
~ 10 gonesyille on the state line.
Next the Herald has TO admit that the
rI EAst Line railroad, of which Jefferson is
the terminus, "affords access for only the
people in about six counties" Well IL
that is so only four counties remain, and
!. they are Bowie, Cass, Marion and Harrl-
son, and they each and all have double
tlhaily passenger trains, besides the ac-
Asinmodation mixed trains running
INTO Jefferson.
Again, the Herald says; "The present
business and future prospects OF the town
autno figure In regard to public build
ingsp Is that so2 ! presume he gets that
idea from the argument of President
gleyeland in his message vetoing the
SiQox City building, But the president
means to say that business and prospect
lre growth alone are not sufficient unless
snnjoined with government needs to re-
n 1uife public. building.
e These other public needs have existed
-Uht Jefferson for the last ten years Her
Rockets show far greater judicial and
soart business than thoseOf Tyler, or
SVEN Galveston; and yet Marshall had
.ENhllnR 10 urge hBhlust bic seSuIlnB OF q
pnublic building at Tyler by her own con-
6ressman, Hon. James Jones, VINO doubt
nles received the hearty aid of Hon. ID. b.
ANDERSON, who represents the district in
s.cIf9ich Jefferson is located.
"a Resides, rumor has it that Marshall is
Eetly working by surreptitions, II not
tious, memorials, TO get the court it,
sa moved from Jefferson fifteen miles,
Fna then to erect q public building at
Ni1rshall In furtherance Of this II Is
SAD she obtained the services OF United
4 Stites geologIst to eulogize Harrison
7 ppanty minerals, and then to skin over
N4fton and examine Cass county minerals
Approyingly. A look at the map will
lheF that Marion county lies between
" lksrrison and Cass, and facts will show
sa@Aat the center and cream of the iron, II
LOT the coal. lies within the limits of
lhkion county. If any point in our judi
nl district is more accessible to the POO
iHpf the district than Jefferson It ce-
lislly Is not MARSHALL. II there Is any other
oiit than jefferson more accessible 70
hf people OF Marshall fail to see 1t.
Inc litlgant, witness or lawyer az Mar
. can rise after daylight, go 70 Jeffer-
"a for breakfast, return 70 Marshall by
M. on lightning express trains, or II