Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-19


front to control q general movement snd
divert it in particular direction more to
their own benefit than to that cf the state
asd the entire southwest. The language
OF the circular to the press, however,
cannot be passed on account OF it's NON
strous error. It says: ST you symps-
thize with US in our Efforts for 8 deep
water port 3: some point on the coast OF
Texas, to be agreed upon by this conven-
tion,' etc. 1t is not merely that the lar
guage would imply that Texas has no
ports, whereas Texas has ports and needs
only deep water, not necessarily the les
adjustment OF new port The project
which the News challenges as unwise and
unwarrantable is the vain project to have
the Fort Worth convention attempt to Sc
lect the point for the establishment of the
deep water port. The demand is not safe
and not right. The state has substsn-
tislly supported by the weight Ct its en-
lire public opinion the movement irau-
gursted at the Dallas immigration meet
ing, fof deep water at point to be Sc
Iected by the government engineers"
The slur here cast upon the people Of
For. Worth can easily be passed over in
silence, for the people of Texas know that
when Fort Worth jumps to the front in
matter like this it is not from any "selfsh
local interest,"" cut irom patriotic de-
sire to start s movement which is
OF vital Importance to the whole south
west, and to which the Galveston or
nothing" idea held by the jewellers on the
Island and promulgated by the News, is
standing menace. Such impulses are,
however, unknown to the News, for IN
selfish patriotism is s feeling 1t car
neither appreciate nor understand. The
gentleman who wrote the circular sent
out to newspapers could hardly have
written palmer sentence than the one
quoted by the News, ind yet 1t could
hardly be expected to suit the sYlph-Iike
taste Of the talented and fascinating indi-
vldual who does the growing
and snarling for the ancient and
fading beauty OF the bsy. TIE language
does not imply that Texas has no ports.
This the groWler and snarler knoTs-is
he knows anything. II does imply that
Texas mas no deep water port, and the
groWler and snarler knows that she has
not-,hough he may know nothing else.
As matter Of course, the convention can
lot euthoritatiyely decide at what point
on the cofsE deep water port shall ne
made, but the convention can Gecide-if
it be deemed adylssble-st what point
they think the appropriations made
by Congress should be expended,
and they can then bring en-
influence to bear to have their views car-
ried cut and that Congress cannot EASILY
resist. The decision Of the convention
il decision is reacheC-Will Of course be
based upon reason, and reason will back
whatever application they make to Con-
gress-resgon and not selfish schemes for
local jobbery either in the interest Of s
wharf monopoly or to bolster up the tot
tering location OF q gradually pe:erirg
newspaper plant. The demand is both
safe and right and 1t will be adopted de-
spite the cavillipg opposition of the
News and the able and incisiVe pen of It's
gentle and joyous srowter and snarler.
The convention will hardly be found
recommending any point at which deep
water is not pronounced practicable by
government engineers. The sgonizing fail
ure made by the News and others to have
the plans of the government engineers
repudiated by Congress- is too fresh in
the memory Of the people for them to
engage in REPETITION Of that fatal
foolishness.
What the Fort Worth Board OF Trade
and the Fort Worth people want is deep
water port on the coast of Texas. They
believe the best way to get it is for the
people Of the section interested to concen-
trste all their influence in an effort to
have all appropriation made for one spe-
cisc point, instead Of allowing them to
be divided among go many pisces that
none is benefited. It may result il pro-
curing deep water st Ararsas Pass, or
Corpus Christi, or Port Cavallo, or Sabine
Pass, Or the mouth Of the Brszos-which-
ever It msy be, the people Of Fort Worth
will be satisfied. It may result in Ga
veston's being given deep water despite
The heavy handicap Of the wharf company
and the News-if so the people of Fort
Worth will be more than happy.
The people Of Texas want deep water
Texas.
ABOUT PEOPLE,