Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-14

foundation for the coming generation {,
acquire due knowledge OF their duty al
citizens.n
The Democrats had never appropriated
money by taxation to this purpose, no
could It be constitutlonally done, bu
that and every other party had, when il
control, donated lands to schools 10 bI
controlled by the states, which they hat
the undoubted right to do under the pow
er 10 dispose OF the public lands.
My answer 10 Judge Terrell at Wealth
efford was In substance, as now notice
but In the report Of that debate, which
appears in THE GAZETTE of yesterday
morning, my reply does not appear at all
JUDGE TERRELL's CRITICISMS.
had as well here as anywhere dispose
OF all Judge TerTell's criticisms. The
Judge stated in his weatherford speech
that custom-house officials were accused
OF "doctoring conventions" In my inter
est. have more respect for Democratic
conventions than to believe that anybody
could "doctor" them, but II the Judge had
gone back few years in history, he would
have found that the Gulf counties, where
these officials are stationed, and the
frontier counties along the Rio Grande,
tAOh RaANNobbh w IAhOe
were as strongly for me when was re-
elected as they are now, as the records
show, and at that time all the custom
house officials were Republicans, and 1
hardly think he would say that they could
"doctor" Democratic conventions. | am
very glad to have the good will Of the ex-
cellent officers we now have. The most
conspicuous case, however, that has fallen
unHpp m nh ftr,y, 90
internal revenue collector of the Calves
ton district, who left his Office, presided
over county convention, made flaming
speech In favor OF Judge Terrell at the
conclusion Of which, 1t is said, the county
instructed for Judge Terrell. / didn't
hear the Judge complain of that, although
| stated 1t In reply to his criticism.
lie next quoted from the speech of my
honorable colleague, Gov. Coke, as to the
unjust and oppressive power OF railroad
companies, and wanted to know II | in
dorsed his view that correction should
be applied. | had already spoken fully
on the subject, stating that the power OF
correction OF any error, deficit or omls-
sion In the law was in the legislature, and
that 1t was the duty of the legislature to
apply the remedy, and that senator Coke
mad explicitly said, in the very speech
from which he quoted, that the power OF
correction was exclusively in the legisla-
lures OF the the states; and to his ques-
ZION answered that this power being in
the Legislature, it was not in the senate
Oh the United States nor in congress, and
tnat any exercise Of such power by con-
gress over commerce within the states
carried on by corporations created by the
states would be dangerous usurpation of
power. And being in the power of the
legislature to correct, asked why in his
eight pears of service in the senate he |,
hadn't moved correction. And the |
remedy he suggested was that he had |
bill creating commission. But
commission cannot alter, amend or re- |
peal laws. 1t was no answer.
The next and last thing l believe that
he charged me with was that [ intro |
duced a bill in 1878 to aid the Corpus
Christi San Diego Railroad company by |
a loan of money to aid in the construc-
ton. To which | replied that at that
time, 1878, raids, murder and robberies
by Mexicans on our Rio Grande frontier
OF our people were common occurrence;
that believed, as has since been proved,
that railroads fronting that river would be
a splendid means of frontier defense; that
the settlements had been driven back
from lOOto 40 miles and | was willing to
use every lawful means to protect that
people, and may add that also intro
duceo and secured the passage of bill
appropriating 100000 for forts on the
frontier, and another, which also passed
appropriating $4,000 for a fort at El !
Pasoi and II honest effort to protect the
frontier IS crime, l am guilty. | also
reminded him that my colleague, Gov.
Coke, had introduced like bill to aid
railroad from San Antonio to Laredo. the
object of which was to throw troops and
supplies promptly on the frontier when
ever occasion demanded. | hardly think
the people OF Texas will regard these as
crimes. l believe that wound up his
catalogue OF criticisms, all of which |
answered, although my entire reply seems
10 nave been omitted from the Weather
ford report.
Fellow-citizens, in the two races which
ran with my friend and distinguished
lelloW-cltlzen, Hon. James w. Throck- |
morton, we made no charge of any sort
against each other. Our canvasses were
conducted without an unpleasant re-
nectioh, IN manner due the high office |
~ "N'Sh We ospllCu' QAu not referred |
TO myself or either Of my competitors in
any address in the present canvass. and
did not In my speech at Weatherford,
until in reply TO the Judges remarks
am perfectly willing, however. for
Judge Terrell or anybody else to use
microscope and electric-light on nv
record. All claim is the privilege Of
reply. So far as his record is concerned |
| shall not trouble myself about it.
shall endeavor in every respect 10
conduct the canvass with perfect fairness
to others, with respect for the lntell,.
gence OF the people, and as becomes a
canvass for position of such importance
TO the people of Texas, and under the
constitution, to the people of the Union
now resume the thread of my argu.
TARIFF.
The Democratic party is in favor Of a
tarlf for revenue only, aud has done ali II
could TO secure such tariff. IL Is mot its
Iault that we have not such tariff now
Ihere have been only two years since the
war that we have had control of both
houses,and then the office Of president was
administered by hiah nrntectiya tsrtst