Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-28

Pr viii tell II.
M; Now, have only to mention my
charge. You have detained me so long
that | must deduct that. MY time is
worth 50 per minute, and that deducted
1t IL. -''''
T. groaned and M, turned TO his clerks
and said; 81 have heard that In Texas
tne ounaloes come up with the COWS and
the boys Kill them TO get their wraps 10
make ropes, and the housewife often
SHOOTS one before breakfast TO get tongue
Tor breakfasts that cowboy rides his
pony until dinner and then catches
wild horse for the evening, and dozen
OF them on camping at night each selects
ana kills fat COW (uo two selecting the
same one) TO get mess for supper, and
the same next night; that the earth
tremoles under ITS load OF waving grain
ana groans under the tread of mil.
lions OF cattle. But never he.
fore this heard OF hungry Texan y
The lnyincible agent turned To me. ana
Tor fear he would ask me where lived in
the presence Of that coastic millionaIre 7
rubbed my face with my greasy hands and
rushed up and gave him quarter and told
MIN | would give him more when
worked II out and FASTENED of with the
remarks ''Aiy boss will bounce, me fnr
this, nut | was interested In these
people," '"s'0
Mr. Editor, have written this dielogpa
Win no view OF slnrrinS Coleman county
or It's lawyers or judges. Coleman is ss
me county as Is In the state and has ne
good people In It as any, and they are not
all az iault for having solicitations for Aid
made Tor them outside OF the state. and
they have been no more extrayarant than
the people OF the neighborine counties
but | write this with the view Of calling
attention TO what seems TO me be- q ais
grace--for great aud wealthy state IN
alowcitlEens of other states 10 he dnnned
lor AID Tor her people when the state Is so
sole to help them herself, and for the fur.
ther reason OF calling attention this elec.
toh year 10 some oppressive laws hear /
ing on the West. Let the state return 10 |
me rule OF liberslity always meted out 10
inc pioneers before the land Spectators
sne railroads became interested In having
hign priced state lands 10 raise the price
OF their own, and let The price be nut
GOWN ana stop the ipse iacto forfeiture. !
repeal the county bond law. which has |
crippled every new county, and viii blast 4
every one organized whilst Il is In force. I
anu also eNpnnge all that section me 1
validity Of which deny, notw1thstanaInu
me decision OF the learned federal iudav9 /
which Is construed by the compfrnlier.
who Is followed by the county authori'
ties, to tax state lands leased for three |
Years at cents, az the price Of Sy,60 |
per acre, and that, too, after thew hsd 4
been leased, when the section was lying
IN ''desuetudeN and that taxes an actnsl |
settler 1880 on $4,000 worth al
property.
y THIS be done, citizen OF West Texas
WI never again have To grease his fsce
% Keep irom being asked where he lives
And never again viii citizen Of smother
STATE hear Of a hungry Texan. These
people cannot successfully grapple With
ne desert winds aud the frozen laws
lie'ated oy souliesS corporate rings. Bnt
I'VE them those liberal enaetments
started by Houston and kent no hy an the
governments until the grest lard monop-
lles were born, and they win maxi ne
'esert blossom IS the rose, ana never
gam VIII a Texan De fouad without
read, Up. CffS>,>,,,s, ~, So
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