Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-07
Judge A. w. Terrell Says He Has
Held His Peace Too Long and
Now Opens the Ball.
cherokee County Democrats Dcnoanco
treiand's Authorization "a. IS. Pick.
EFT of Decatur tor Congress.
TERRELL AT Bolton

uNuee tulS AFTERNOON Hon. a. w, Terrell
addressed one Of the largest audiences
that ever assembled here. The house
was crowded TO It's utmost standing ca
pacity, and hundreds OF people crowded
around the entrance aud sidewalks UNI
able 20 get In. The judge spoke as fol-
lows,
The political ISLANDERS against mo have be.
como so numerous and without oNcnse "a 10
show that we have new crop OF eNtemporized
newspaper men who have ali tue Instincts % n
coyote except his magnanimitY ava sense,
step across their slime and refer fair men TO
lhe recent action OF travis county, whore
have lived for thirty years. and where
Judge Hancock and Jndgo Ireland both 1--we.
Every device that malice could invent was used
In That county to defeat me, and though m.
fused 20 open my mouth In answer 10 the vile
o tacks OF the press In tho county the poodle
instructed for me for tho senate byn four, nfthe
vote against the whole OF them, Including thn
executive trash gang Austin, where live Ia,
as you know, city OF good people aud great
statesmen, but HE statcemen aic not always
happy, for unfortunately there are more pigs
than teats there, and so 10 happened THAI the
satellites OF those great mon oould be- seen pac-
ing mp and down Congress avenue like 81 many
coons for two months past announcing my da
feat In my own county, and poisoning tho
minds OF Vi 80 who come 10 the capitol on bust.
ness until the property holders of The
city and county admonished them by n
four ntlhs vote that they We're not the people,
aod now, gentlemen, lot me ask YOU, ia those
Gays when tho gr0wh OF monopoly must be
checked or wo perish, TO compare the record OF
my public arts with that OF nv competitors
Badsered and abased by their o,Eaus have
heen. have remained silent too long, on The
lgth OF ehfuary, 1876, placed on the Journals
OF the senate protest against "a bill whioh
gave TO tho Texas n Pacific ilway over fur
million ares OF land In ls7d | voted against
The general law which gave railroad sixteen
sections OF land per mile, ana never voted 10
give one acre of Texas land 10 q IA lroad com,
N Ns4IN
landY As member OF tho Thir
t0enth Legislature he voted q give land
TO siNte, roads marked here on this map, and
II would have EtpnirAd over 10000 Og0 aeTos to
satisfy th m had the roads all been built. The
eNeuic Il wanted TO get roads Tor inc
West won't ~, for a majority OF these roads
wete ehst OF the Colorado, Why have the land
corporate ans been permitted TO use up tho ten
counties OF the Panhandle for the last thToo
years and iatton the merida on the Unbiased
school lnndg sometimes sitting ON tho land
board, sometimes rcfusi 10 sit, your chief OK,
ecutive has been backing and falling from tho
course OF duty like amue from hot branding
| iron, while tile usurpors have remaiae hap y
on millions OF acres OF school land un.
rented. lot us tenderv commit him 10
tho etnh nee of, ne frienGs OF monopoly where
onator MaNey Ia entitled TO more tender
conslde alton, for we have no evidence that he
wanted to be called ''oN cart snm" aud had
amy special trouble with the powers OF mpnopo
ly. Even after the Credit Mobiiiar infamy was
exposed Mr., MaNey WAS not deferred from ash
ing Y land grant and money subsiiy for another
road long ter congress refus d TO grant such
fnvors On the 18th day Of February, 1873 he
introduced bin requiring the government TO
ndvance for The Galveston, Harrisburg n San
Antonto railroad enough money ana give
enough land far extending toward the Pacific
coast O. almost buy a state. Indeed, his anxiety
10 get NJ Mach Of ie9 sSo Snd was aeeo%@nS
senate bin No 1908 which l hold in my hand
In which ho proposed to appropriate all the
money from the sale OF an the land OF the
lfui nd StaIpa fhpn 0mOnuttnu A I
900 acres, TO the purposes of education and TO
divide II between the states on the basis of hit
Seracy. " this land was not money, II Was
bought with money raised by taxes or was SO.
cured by treaty. This bill OF Mr. MaXey's re-
qilres the statee 20 report from tlmo 10 time
port work forfeiture OF any future benefit un.
der the bill Here was step toward contral
zaton hard 70 surpass and In CON.
had Its birth. In the contest now
impending between unrestraRed corporate
power and the people, can any man doubt IN
viii be cast In TsxasY WIN they ssslst the prt.
vato citizen who now addresses you, and who
for ten years has lifted his feeble voice 81 warn.
ing against the ways of coruorate power, or
those who were 80 liberal to aid railroads with
the common property
DID NOT INDoRsE IRELAND.
Special TO the Gazette.
RUsK, TEX, July G.--The Democrats
OF Cherokee county met In convention at
this place. The administration Influence
was exerted in favor Of Gen. Ross, while
the people stand solid for Swain or a
dark horse. In the selection OF delegates
there were appointed two prominent Ross
men and Ave for Swain. One OF the Ross
delegates is the sheriff OF our county and
positively asserted that he Will stay until
frost before voting for dark-horse
resolution was offered indorsing the Ire
land administration, which was promptly
tabled. Another resolution was offered
stating that Ireland would reflect credit
on the state OF Texas in the United States
senate This resolution was showed
under almost unanimously. The conyen.
tlon voted resolutions severely condemn
ing the penltentiary management Of the
state. Ross is represented In this county
by Judge Of court OF appeals, the dis
trict judge, county judge, the sheriff and
influence, and Swain has the |
confidence and support OF the people.
DECATUR DOTS.
Special to the Gazette.
DECATUR, TEX, July G.--The friends
OF Hon. g. b. Pickett OF Decatur are
urging him 10 become q candidate for
lie receives letters la every
mail from almost every county and local
lty ia tue district pressing MIN 10 allow
his name to be used. The probabilities
are now that he will not be able 10 re-
fuse, and will be before the convention
~ a candidate.
Lewis Lowan Of Aurora, Wise county,
Is announced as candidate for repre-
sentative from this fostOrlal district from
Wise, Jack and Young counties.
Hon. Wm. j. Austin OF Denton, and a
prominent candidate for Encouragement,
& in the city circulating among his friends
md repairing his fences.
DR.. Dickey OF Dallas county Is Ia the
sIty looking after the interest Of Hon.
has. n. Clint, candidate for attorney
GENERAL
JUDGE HARE AT WICHITA FALLS.
ofthe Gazette
WIcHITA FALLS, TEX July 5,--H0n.
illas Hare OF GrAyson county, candidate