Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

Journal to Mr.. Sadler, the chief clerk
Mr.. Steele Of FreestOne county offered a
substitute for that resolution, giving the
work TO the journal clerk, and also re-
taintng the Chief clerk fve days after
adjournment, at s. per DAY, to grange
ana turn over the papers 10 his
possession to the secretary Of state. On
the Steele substitute the vote stood, forty
Two yeas TO twenty nine nays, aud 81
announced II. But Mr.. Davis SAYS the
vote was forty-one TO twenty-nine, one
less than quorum Of the house. Let US
see who Is correct. have certificate
from the secretary OF state showing what
the vote was as shown by the original
tally sheet made by me at the time, and
from which counted the vote. II Ia as
follows:
The State OF Texas, Department Of
State; |, j. w. Balues, secretary OF state
Tor the state Of Texas, do hereby certify
That have examined the manuscript Jour
mails OF the Nineteenth legislature, now on
deposit In this department, and mad that
the tally sheet with the PROCEEDINGS had
on March rs, A. ID. 1885, relating TO the
employment OF clerks after adjournment.
shows that the vote on the adoption OF Inc
Steele substitute stood, forty-two yeas
aud twenty-nine nays,
In testimony whereof, hereunto sign
my name aud impress hereon the seal Of
the state, at the city Of Austin, this, cath
day OF September, A. ID. 1886.
u. S. j. W. BAINEs,
Secretary Of State.
did not falsely count that vote, and
Mr.. Davis mistakes the fact when he saws
so. On March 80, Mr.. Davis moved TO
reconsider the vote by which the Steele
substitute was adopted Mr.. Cravens
moved to lay that motion on the table,
aud on that motion the vote stood Al 70
Al, but by an error Ia the addition OF the
vote | made 1t Al to 40. After the adj
lournment of the legislature, on March
III, Mr.. Ssdler came to me and showed
me my mistake, and said II would give
him 500 he would be satisfied. told
him the work was given TO MIR. johnson.
and that / had nothing to do with II, bat
as far as l was concerned he could have
1t all, and | asked Mr. Johnson to divide
1t with Sadler, and would go home and
have no part In 1t. There were about
twenty members Of the leglslature pres-
ent at the time, with whom Johnson and
conferred, and they all told me to assist
Johnson In the work, as the vote OF Al TO
Al, while defeating the motion to table,
would also defeat the motion 70 recon-
slider, and the matter would rest sit was.
In no event could Sadler have been bene-
iited.
Now, the Democratic executive COM
mittee OF this county have received two
letters from members of the Legislature
who voted for Sadler, who were present
at the time alluded TO, who exonerate me
from all blame, and one letter from Mr..
nrAtunfuo ,r,hf e.
states among other things that as TO a
question Of veracity between myself and
Mr.. DAVIS, there are not Ave members of
the Nineteenth legislature who would not
take my word In preference to his.
(DavisO.
Mr.. Pendleton OF Bell county, one OF
the gentlemen above referred to, says
that he voted for Sadler, but would have
voted for johnson had he known that
Johnson was going to employ me so assist
in the work, which shows that | had net
been attempting to get members 10 vote
for Johnson don't believe that ever
talked TO more than two members about
the work. l never even spoke to the
1ioater from this district about it.
Mr.. Davis has falsely stated the facts
In the case. He claims 60 have talked
with me about the matter. aud asked me
to have nothing to do with the work
which he knows is not so. Sader knows,
and everyone who was p esent when the
mistake was discovered kno VS. that was
willing to give the whole thing to Sadler,
and that | would not have stayed and az
sisted 10 doing the work had 1t not been
for the solicitation Of every member oi
the Legislature present.
dismiss this subject, knowing fnll
we'll that no man can oppose the Dark
Lantern ticket in this county without be-
ing villined and set upon by the men who
expect TO be benefited by that movement.
GEORGE w. FINGER