Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-02

kind things Of some of our best and
pUrest public men as to the cause Of their
{ opposition to what IA Citizen" claims
the bridge and its projectors. And I can
not see that it can do any good for q
citizen, or anyone else, to censure and
condemn man of wide public spirit and
unlimited generosity as Captain E. B.
Daggett. And for what purpose my es-
! teemed friend, Mr.. James W. SWayne,
unkindiY intlmates in his communication
in your valuable paper Of the 30th ult.
that Mr.. Daggett should show q less
spirit of jsalousness and rival envy, am
at loss to know. For all thst
know him know that he is
generous TO fault. And while it is true
as Mr.. SWaYne says, the building Of the
railroads into the land of Captain Dag
gett, has enhanced its value, yet, it is
also true that the donation made by Mr..
Dsggett's venerable father to the Texas
and Pacific alone, is to-day worth a.
least 81 900, 900, more than twice as much
as the entire estate of Captain Daggett.
Having been hampered by 8 continuous
law suit involving almost one third of the
| taxable values Of the city's wealth. and
all OF the Daggett addition, Of course this
addition has not improved rs much as
others, nor hiss Mr.. Dsggett grown as
rich IN consequence, yet no man can say
tnat any enterprise, no matter Of what
kid, nss net been literally
contributed to by Captain Daggett.
And even thesGulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe, the Fort Worth and New Orleans and
the Fort Worth and Denver have been
literally aided by purchases made upon
reasonable terms from Captain DBggett
since the death Of his father. And as for
selfish motives prompting the opposl ion
OF Mr.. Daggett TO the bridge, 1 am sure
that ga Citizen" would feel ashamed of
himself for Masking such a ludicrous state
ment could ne visit the homes of the
hundreds OF poor families that have been
cared for from the generous hand Of E. B.
Daggett, thst has come under my obser-
vation in the last few years. l sm fully
aware and free to admit that Mr.Dsggett,
like myself and my friend, Mr.
Swayne, hiss hisItsults, but no one who
knows whereof he speaks would dare to
say that Captain Daggett wss not con-
scieniously honest in anything that he
would undertake, and it is for this reason
that l rise up to defend the largest tax
payer, alderman" and property owner
Of the ward in which he lives, man who
knows not the word "no' to his own
great sorrow, and who has never turned
deaf ear to the cries OF the poor and IN
fortunate, and who knows not such q
thing as to stay what he could believe to
be rightiul in public enterprise. 1 do
not write this for the benefit
Of those who know Mr.. Dsggett
personally, but for those who knew him
not and have read the article above re-
ferred to and the very unjust accusations
therein contained. Not desiring to push
myself forward in the matter heretofore
referred to, or in other tublic matter, 1
shall desist from discussion of the
bridge question, and only say what do
here over my own signature that these
who know me may understand what l
have said WAS in justice to Mr.. Daggett,
for all that do know me are aware thst
have for several years been closely as5o-
ciated with him in both public ana pri-
! Vste life. Very respectfully,
L. B. rMBODEN.