Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-03

the common things which pleased them
J in the beginning were no longer tolerated
, Common letter psper ihAy no loreei
used. They advanced from ':conner-
cial rote" 70 "FIerch pote," .ld ther
neither paper nor envelopes Yc1l5 dc
! thsm that were not engraved. 1 find
charged in ore bill
Five reams English laid letter, engraved, al
IS, Sl25
FIVE reams English wove legal cap. engraved
| at S27 60, Sl3I so.
SIS $50.
One thousand white document envelopes
O1e thousand white Oxford envelop se,ssn-
graved, $40. - s
O,e box "arsisfs gum" 50; onSbox
"s.tts,s gum, LARGE" Sl2, were two
items 10 one bill.
Tnree dCz N packs extra French play
Ing cards at s12. $50, is another charge
! thst fell under my observation, and also
ioucd ickstaDds charged up at $3.50
apiece.
Penwipers at 81 each, peck st knives at
50. paper knives at s [ and 80 each and
pzpe, weights a. S1.75 contributed to
swell other bills.
U,holsterers also took hand, and one
bill IS en- file charging $40 for repairing
the chair OF the president Of the senate.
Two Ioupga sofas" for committee
rooms ware charged in this bill st $50.
SOMEWHAT SHADY.
Osher bills were audited, approved and
paid that went far beyond these. Here is
one:
Ho1se OF Representatives to - -, DR.:
To rent Of committee roc m from September
u to October IL lS7l..................... $50
Aud here Is another Of the same kind
= =, Chairman Committee on Printing
and Contingent eXpensef, to --, Dr.:
To rent OF room fer houss committee from
September - to December 2, 1871. st SIS
per montn.. Observation-Disclosures. 900 81
The creditor in this bill WAS member
Of the house Of representatives.
Many other bills for rent of rooms are
| to be seen among these records. The
fact Is there were plenty Of committee
rooms in the capitol building, and these
rooms for which the etste paid REM
arc uud over the city we're used by the
members either IS private apartments FOL
themselves or as sbidtng places for their
nistresses, for the Twelfth Texas legis-
lature was = constant picnic for the fast
women Of Austin.
STATE FUNERAL.
Northumberland Don Campbell
died while the legislature w.s in session
and the magnificent manner in which be
was buried shows the utter IbXpdon with
which the statesmen Of the period spen
the money Of the people. The soutf
chamber WIS draped In mourning, 52(
yRrds OF cloth of various kinds being usee
for the purpose, at o cost of Sl2S5. An.
| other en- in this remarkable bill was three
ssshee, SIS. There were also charges @
one bottle OF brandy, So 50; one pound
OF smoking tobacco. ST.; TIVE
plugs chewing tobacco, ST. so
enc box cigare, $40 50. These las
four items had been erased, but snothe
charge Of two bottles of brandy, 81, hat
been allowed to stand. This one bill
resched total Of s17S7 10, exclusive O
$3.50 for b Trial case, and $3.50 to pa.
the Austia City Brass Band for playing q
the funeral. Horses, carriages, and vAri
Gus charges rendered in other bills
swe!led the total to full $4,000 for IT,
senate alone. What 1t cost the psopl,
for the mourning In the house OF repre-
sentstivss, could not ascertain for die
not f I'd the bilis.
|
IS much TO be dreaded as Republican
statesman living.
LOOSE METHODS.
The very manner of trausscting tn
business and keeping the accounts OF II
legislature was 81 invitation to fraud
Oae voucher shows the house of repre-
sentatives to be indebted to E Creary
sergeantsat-arms, in the sum OF S67 &c
"ior dTaysge and money expended TO
sundries up TO date" A fine showing
trulY, to give man the right TO plung
his hand into the state treasury.
Another voucher was the account c
Raymond & Whltis, for money loane
for the use CT the senate, postage stamps
enVt lopes, snd wrappers, S400.".
O.her vouchers showed that the senat
had paid the poste flee at Austin, sc
postage, etc.," at one time
S2164, and that the Ihous
bad settled one bill of S2s47 and anothe
If $500. Msny others were foun
against both branchee, ranging from $40
, to $500. It is doubtful If the state Wa
30 persistently and mercil'esly feeced b
any other establishment with which 1t CT
business as by the Austin post flee.
!, THE WORST YET.
, Some o: those shortages might hav
been allowed because of the neglect c
, stupidity Of the officers Of the lie gislaturt
! but there were others 81 which the
wiliullY conniVed. Certificates for salaI
for services as committee clerks snd
. other capacities were presented by me
; who had no sort Of connection Wit
, either branch of the legislature. and nun
bsrs of them were made out in the name
= Of men who had no existence. Ole da
. a certificate for $500 salary as committe
> clerk, drawn in favor Of clerk in q
\ austin dry goods house. WAS presente
at theicompToller's office with the requeI
that q warrant be issued upon 1t. tt
clerk to whom 1t WAS presented bosrde
st the ssme house with the young man
whose favor 1t was drawn, aud knew b
had no connection with the legislator
He refused 10 Issue the warran
o and that certificate lies amor
4 those records unpaid to-day. Yet Il
q speaker aud the clerk of the house, swol
\ to do their duty, have certified that Il
. certificate was correct.
Five certificates, issued in diferel
= names. we're presented at the same tin
y on one occasion. The clerk refused
!. pay them, though properly signed, al
. they remain unpaid to this day, becau
the persons in whose favor they We