Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-09
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DALLAS. PRx., February T. 1855
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70 tha Editor Of the Gazette.
A correspondent of TEE GAZETTE OF
the 4th inst. asks 'fWhat has become of
our immigration bureau with headqu2r-
ters st Austin?" Tits Is pertinent
question and the attention OF the commit
tee which is supposed to be directing the
movement is called so 1t. We ore now
on the second month Of The work and We
have not seen that the committee has done
much. The secretary as l understand
1t now, ts powerless to do anything
| beyond Instructions. Unless given carte
blanche By the board, his duties are
clearly marked out aad defined IN the
rules laid down by the commit es OF
thirty-one st DAlla7. Besides, what
could Colonel Elliott or any other compe-
tent msn dc, without any money in the
| treasury? In an interview 8 few days
sgo reported to the Dallas News, he said
there WAS bat $1,000 in the treas ury, for
many senatorial districts had no! yet
paid in their pro Tata ui even the total of
S3l00 called, Besides this, the Iesolu-
ton By the executive committee at its re-
cent meeting in Austin expressly an
nOunCed to the state thRs "they have now
only ask for and expect to Re paid into
the treasury the sum of 500 from each
senatorial districts that the $500 as pro-
vided for, shalt remsin in the district
until called fer" Besides this, tnat
committee said "they would" leavs it to
| the local organic atoms TO present their
own Claims for the recognition Of inmi-
grants, and further toat "they would"
not undertake by advertisement or INST
ter printed. st the expense of the stste
| organization, to advertise any particular
section Of the state; further,
that they would employ no one to go be-
yond the state. In view of these posi-
| tons, inhi6itionP, aud the absence OF
funds, it seems to me impossible that
Secretary Elliott can put on foot the
great advertising scheme your CORE
spondent suggests. The above facts are
gathered from she records Of the Associa-'
tor, and is about tue exact status Of the
CONDITION Of affairs st present. Colonel
Elliott has repeated over and over again
in private conversation, interviews and
speeches, that the work should be pushed
vigorously from It's inception, but he is
not authorized TO GO beyond the line of
duty or exceed in snY way the prescribed
instructions given by the executive com.
mittee to raise more funds or to increase
the Expenditures. Your correspondent
of the 4.h inst, has evidently read come
where that the Austin flee was and is in
receipt Of from thirty to forty letters per
day, or 81 aggregation of about 1000 per
month, and II 1t be true, as l hear 1t
stated, that he Is allowed no clerical SIS
sistance, when we take into consideration
the additional duties devolVing on him to
receive and extend the courtesies OF the
association to visitors in the state desir-
ipg information for inVestme nt, there is
evidently little time left to dis
cuss obstruse questions of pol
icy-and from what your cor
respondent knows of Colonel Elliott
he takes practical view Of this matter
and desires to carry out the purposes Of
the association in the most practical WY
for the benefit of the entire state. Your
Abilene correspondent must certain
have been unaware Of the actual condition
OF affairs or he would not expect of the
secretary, whoever he might be, what
must appear almost ImpossiblIities
Knowing snd apprecistiBg the fairness
and honesty thst The GAZETTE has dis
plsyed in its columns in allowing free 1nd
full discussions Of ell matters pertaining
to the public interests OF the state 5
large (slthough occasionally switching on
to siding in ftver OF Fort WORTH
| think this much CT an exclamation is Que
| to public cffisisl in whom We all have
| confidence, and who is devoted to The
cause In which he is enlisted. II your
correspondent OF the 4th int nGe
| 70 give the executive committee 8 gentle
reminder he should have been little
more explicit, out give 'thonor to whom
honor is DUE" W.