Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-01
TERRELL Os COKE.
Hon. 4. W Terrell Rot Candidate TOT
Cok,'s Seat in the Senate, ONT
Fsvars His Reelection.
Public Servant Should Not be Retired
Because Il" Il Q lal fad TO Dischsrse
His Du,ies Well.

MY DEAR SIR-10ar letter ID OeIOIc
me, asking II W uld be candidate
against the Hon. Richard Coke for the
Uoited States Senate.
nominated nator Coke when he was
last cleo ed, aud he received the vote OF
every Senator; stree then have dis
covered nothing In his public service re-
curing his retirement from the Senste.
Opposition to 8 third term is the clsp-
tap which sp )ilsmen substitute tor
argument, aud ought to be discouraged
DO not agree with those who believe
that public servant should be retired
from flee so soon as time and experience
have qualified him to discharge well its
duties.
In recent letter published III the Star
ViDdicstor Of February Is, 1888, Senator
Ike said that he was In favor ot IS thor
uugh reeu iation in the interest Of the PEG
pl=, Ct railroad corporations, and get ing
Town their profits to q reasonable per-
cen;age on the capital &C ually invested"
rGis WAS the very central ides OF my Gu
vsss. made two years sgo. The p!uuder-
lag methods Of rail- ways in Texas, in fix
log Ugh rates on short hauls to psy in
uereet on IVA cred bonds constitutes the
SlDut SNAL Va INC uOu obU Gal nuOW M"
the Interstate commission Is powerless
TO correct this evil; the remedy can only
come by Creatir g sts,e tri0uIsl. For
more thsn four years c0moinaion OF
rail ways in Texas mas existed, with its
trs flic egent, created IS an officer of eli
toe roats, iu open d. farce OF the s.ste
Constitution, fixing oppressive freight
rates, aud TX =rcisiDg q power over the
%
never before until now permitted among
| American people to be exercised by any
one man.
Seuator Coke has always exhibited q
! courage equal to his convictions, and,
otlttV'ns as do thst he Will wage in the
IL Z STATE cah-.ss open and aggrt We
warfare on This elaH. wroos, | will SUI
roin nm until 4 ID, If l yer shcud.
thai ne Wavess or quits before raa cor
porsta powers he must sntag 'nlz l..
Whether cur constltu Ion is rops Of
-sBd, will be tested IN suit already
brought by our A: orpey Gene'sl. wso is
fearlSssly di5cua giIg Dis duty IN at
emp,irg TO restrain all the roads now
D+uded together in ihat info Gus pool
When ltas suit is criticised, there
Will be music all along tn .
lice By those politicians sue
ne Wsp per meu who ar employed to dis
cuss pu ClIc sff,irs ON business principles,
and VINO always drift to Toe corporate
.Cgnet. c, urJs, however, unaided by
TURNER legislation Cannot settle the trans
pJrtstisn problem; stature l5w, suhj-cI
lnn T,xls railway to g finn YET j 1T con
troi Oy state commission, Is inuI. ., ns,-
be. Many members OF Inc House cr-
rsigned the State Senste in puolist5 d
card during the last session of cur l. giS
slure for iailirg 10 pass e RAILWAY COM
mission Till, move uGpreced ed, snd
only TO be excused neCSuse % the
xtremity Of the need for legiylnti
rnose VINO see no PIE sent dsI ger i'll the
gown OF urc)ntrOl ed corporate power,
will have cause To reflect when they r.
membe that this startling arrsigbment
II the Senate vas published in out I W
r,x,s pspsrs, and Commented On By
stlI fewer
Almost immediately after THU, our geo
ole seemed I'll forget everything that in-
volved their financial w-liare, In the ex-
element over prohibluiOp, whose re
N aims some pill icisns are now trying to
xnume, in order that thsY may co du,y
for self h ends TO stock PRIMARY meet
iugs, and through them to STOCK Lsgi--
ls,ure. In thus rev euterp i,e to
we the prohibition issue. ex-
tremes co-operate-the prohibition TX
tremlst nsplred by desire 10 make POO
pie good by constitutional law, now CO.
operates in the work Of agitation, with
the local polItlciau, who Is fearful that
MS infuenc5 al primary meetings might
other wise be lost. These extremists
forget that there is more powerful ele-
: menG taan either Of them 10 This state
The masses Of our people are now watch
. ing earnestly the drift of quo ic Affairs,
ami will sufsr neither politicians mol
platforms to stand IN the way Of thell
strisiDg the shackles from agriculture
udustry, which is BOT clalned to the
heels # corpora power. To sustain
and give dir. cIion to this element
should be the hign mission oil
he Democracy. No msn aspiring I.
iradt reLip in Texas can q IF I'd to be 81
lent now. The time bas cIme wneu mzi
sent by T-xss to inst house Of lord
the Uuited SAFES Senare, vii rsmr mo-
, thzt they represent s's e, sni CAM o
preserve lepCe an9ut its ~ bic pnlIcl :
me Il. cticn of Unlted States SlaC,
, ! oy L gislature Fem that tticer /,
far from the people, and has tlied tD'
Senate with millIOnaIrss Two Years set
vocated an amend d ent 10 the Fedsr
constitution Re quiiiog the American 5 n
ator TO be elected by direct vIte OF IN
people. The thicK snd-tnin corpora
j press Of Texas theu deridec my views
A few days ago sucn an amend met
was recommended by acOmmltt.e o. Z 30
4 gress without nlssentlUg vo;e. Ii
should De adopted We snail see less c
that Congressional dignity when refuse
TO grapple with live problems that In
volve the prosperity of stn'e, whic
u loses ITSELF in the mysteries OF The ID
aud sees nothing To Condemn IN the tx &C
+ lions Of corporate power tyran zfng "
z the highways IF the people We nos
o nave much Ut that pstrician apathy tni
Il chsracterlz ID the privileged classeszssn
: IN France gathered tolls ON higEway
o aud everywhere el-e from pstienf- labor
I until the revolution Of 1889 3nrst full
armed upon them. II We would es
cape such q Calamity, economic proo
lens involving the reissioEs OF a
!. Dor with all monopolies and trust com
J. blnali Ms must be solved; for unless the
j are, the man who is not fool may On
!. er. ct and hear the rumbiiDg oil the CO MIL
y revolution.
81 I believe YOU were present when
q made the first enti-prohibisiop speec
ever delivered in toe Senate OF Texas rf t
toe constitution Of 1875 will therefor
= | r. hat H..