Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-16
A MEATY SPEECH,
What n. O. billiard of sherman Said on
Nominating Richard Hall.

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What II. O. billiard of sherman Said OF
Nominating Richard Hail.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF
| THE CONVENTION: The present chic
executive Of the United States, upon &C.
cepting the nomination that was to re.
store Democracy to power from which il
had been ousted by quarter of century
Of misrule, gave forth as the cardinal
principle of his political faith that public
office Is public trust. 1t was a mag
niflcent declaration from magnificent
man, and was Endorsed by magnificent
result
To-day it is my privilege to place in
nomination for commissioner of the gen
eral land odice man who stands on this
platform; a man who can worthily stand
on 1t; a man for whom his friends feel no
hesitancy In asking public office, because
they know that his talents, his acquire
ments, his will, are such that the office
which he may fill will be administered
for the public veal.
What Endorsement does he bring?
what illness has he for the place? is i
askedI
lie comes man of fine natural gifts
he comes a man of excellent education,
and especially well Informed on matters
concerning the land laws of Texas and
the workings, the necessities and the
duties OF the land office; he comes
one of the best, if not the
best, civil engineer In the state
For years he has applied himself to the
study and practical application of this
Epipnna 10 dc 10 -. "a
minutiG, from planting the point and
drawing the chain to making ont
the plat and final field notes, In
all these years he has studied the work
ings of our land system and is familiar
with It's details from the granting of the
certificate to the issuing of the patent.
DO not speak idly in this matter. This
gentleman lived for years in our county
ana we know his official fitness, his per-
sonal worth. And what higher recon-
mendation can any man have than that
those who have known him longest and
best are the first to testify to his merit.
From this platform you have heard fire.
quent references made to the war records
OF the gentlemen whose names have been
before the convention. Do you ask me
what Is the war record Of the gentleman
whose name we shall offer to your an
swer that he has none that he was too
young to be in the war; but will you,
therefore, refuse him this nomination?
All honor to the Southern soldiers
They will receive their full mead of praise
wherever noble daring is admired, where
soever unsullied honor Is loved, whereso-
ever generous chivalry is respected. But
the war has long since ended. The old
South has gone and we have now but its
bright traditions and its glorious mem.
cries. There is new South and a new
DAY. And while we honor the heroes who
Tell in the war, while we honor the heroes
who have survived 1t until this time, have
we no word OF encouragement for the
sons OF the men who fought or fell there,
Have we no positions Of honor or trust
Tor themf The gentleman whom we shall |
nominate was but fourteen years old at
The time Of the war, but he had a father
IN the Confederate service and there he !
mad many near relatives, and many who
were near and dear to him persisted In
The cruelty OF wars dark death.
HIS father returned from the war with
MS property swept away by the sad
,alamities OF the times. He had TO Give
% ms son but legacy Of poverty, the
J., W. VI SPOtiees HdLle ana n rich Denn-
fiction OF glory.
But the boy went to work with steady
zeal, with unconquerable will, with in,
lomitable pluck to build his fortune. In
me day time, with pillow and hoe. he
his sustenance from the earth
ma IN the still watches Of the night nv
.orch and candle he perused those studies
me acquiring OF knowledge of which
las SO well lifted him to III the office we
lsk Tor him And the same energy, the
'ame viii, the same manly grit with
which he met the lrst difficulties he win
AIRY into the administration of the affairs
u the land office Il. called to them, and as
'oundant success crowned his 1rst
morris, SO will abundant success crown
lis labor In the land office.
Gentlemen of the convention, we oNer
',ou man of integrity, of probitv. Of
lrmness, Of energy, OF talents, Of NO.
and now with ali of earnest
.,ess that she has, with all OF influence !
nat she has, with all of votes thar she
as, Gray son county places in nominations
Or commissioner OF the general land
iiice r, NJ. Hall OF Williamson countv
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