Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-06
HARRISON ON JONES.
A shest Chapter Of Gel. E. 4. jones'
Legislative Rec4ra-Nis Lsnd..
lord ELI Introduced
10 the Eipetee1th Legi,la! uye-got SO
Much OLA Poor MsD's Friend
EkHe Night be.

Waco Day.
AZ Colonel E. A. Jones has come cut
for Congress il the Ninth district, in op-
poses as the great friend Of the labCrilg
man, It my be we'll 10 LOOK to his legisia-
tive recUri and see what he has done to
en.Itle him TO the name OF friend. Colo
mel Jones WAS elected to represent NC
Lehman county in the Nineteenth Legisla'
ture, which convened ID January, 1885,
Snd he CHARACTERIZED his advent into that
body by the Introduction CT bill, the
regal effect Of which wss TO make 1t q
p9nitertiar5 cfepse of not less thsn two
nor mere than five years for q tenant 10
sell or otherwise dispose Of any OF the
crop until his landlords lien mad been
discharged and satisfied. The introduce
sion Of this bill is recorded on page 80 Of
tha House Journal Of the Nineteenth
Lsgislsturs and on page 81. a
majority OF the committee to
whom i: YVES referred reported g substl-
tute 70. which 1t rednced the penalty to
fi1e snd imprisonment in the county
jail Ga page eighty eight appears 3
minority report, signed Uy two OF the
committee, protesting against the pas
ssge u eith5r fne oElgina! bill or the sue
stiture, which concludes as follows:
'iSsit Bill proposes to make il misde-
lIeanor for s tenant to dispose OF any
part CT the crop raised On the ren.ed
premises without tie consent OF the wn-
II OF said premises, and we believe this
Will give designing landlords too much
power &c nj are or hsrsss tenant. We
believe further thai the law already gives
every protection 20 landlords necessary
TO enable them to collect rents: etc"
II Is unnecessary to add that this in
iquitous measure never became law.
Il died for the want Of action on the part
Of the House of.which Colonel Jones was
not maj orlty, otherwise 1t would have
passed thst body. The bill would give
"Gesigling landlords too much power to
i1jure the tenant" said tie minority re-
port, Was Colonel Jones "designing
landlord?" He WAS 5 landlord, to be
sure, and IsEge one at that, and it is
gdJher peculiar that his first legislative
set should be directed TO an effort TO
establish In this frae country that PERM
ciou5 landlord and tensntry system which
the BriGeh Parliament has fastened upon
Old Ireland, dwarflag the hopes and en-
scgies OF that noble race, and degrading
OF the slave, f)r, while the slave had no
liberties, neither had he any cares
But the poor Irish tenant is burdenad
With cares with few opportunities to re-
lieve then. Often with starvation on the
one hand and the prison on the other, he
battles for existence. To stsy plnchlng
hunger with the fruits OF his toll, to
which the landlord has first claim, is to
60 to isiI-to refrain is TO starve. trust
That no such q system will find lodgment
in this country, TO disturb the peace and
happiness Of our people. Better by far
that We never have Jones in Congress
That sucn law as the one proposed by
Colonel Jones would De G. weapon in The
hands Of the vicious TO Cypress the weak
and tire poor cannot De denied. The rich
do not rent land, hence such s law could
not Cypress them, but the poor often do
and the man who tills the toll ID truly
lSboring man.
The Law as II then stood, and as it
stands to-day, is Efficiently strong to
protect every right OF the industrious
landlord who is mindful Of his business,
and while il satisfies every reasonable
msn, yet 1t failed to satisfy the landlord
cXSctions OF Colonel Jones. he wanted
lsw which would enable him to send to
the penitentiary any Of his tenants who
should happen to shell turn Of corn,
take it to the mill, swap 1t FOR turn of
meal bafore the rent was paid. What q
friend the poor lsboring men have IN Col
0nel Jones! But let US 60 little further,
let Us examine one other act OF trend
chip performed by him for the laboring
people. As general rule thu la5oring
people send their children to the free
schools for education, and IS a matter OF
course it is but natural to suppose thst 1t
is their wish ss well as interest to hsve
these schools maintained TO the highest
degree Of efficiency with IS little cost to
the tax payer as possible. However, Col
onel Jones did not eeem TO Think SC, for
when sn EFFORT was made In the Nineteenth
Legislature to restore TO the school and
public debt funds about 100000 acres OF
land which had been gobbled up by a
wealthy land corporation and some other
spectators, he "bobbed up serenely" on
the side of the corporation grab. The lands
have been restored, nevertheless, by the
Supreme court, upon the suit OF the At
toraey G snersl, sanctioned o. an act OF
the Twentieth Legislature. Congress
frequently deals with questions OF for
feited lsnd grants snd with pubic land
matters, and as Colonel jones manifests
50 much Indifference to the rights OF the
public il such questions here ct home,
VIVA! assurance have the people that he
will not be for the land grabbers st WASH
iugto2? l learn that he says the present
discussion Of the:tariE is premature, and
double IS he now thinks his lsndlord>'
bill wss premature, and By the time the
November election is over he will be
thoroughly convinced, IS suggested by
the Bolton Journal, thst his race for
Congress- wss the most premature thing
OF sll. RICHARD 81. HARRISON.
Austin, Tex, Oct. ,.
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