Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-21
Defending. Mr.. Blake.

BOWIE, Tex, Aug. Is. 1881
To the Gazette.
DEAR SIR-Tn exoneratiou of Mr. :
d. Blake of Dallas, chairman Of t.
Texas fire light rate committee. wish,
say that I think THE GAZETTE is en,.rr,
too hard on him, and that he does M.
deserve the abuse that Is being give,
him. I have been at every meea-,
of the state committee. NO,
at the state convention on July s. AMI
carefully watched Mr.. BIake's action,
during the convention, and have done "a
ever since. He has made but one nova
that l thought was not in the right dirsc.
ton and that was in suffering the dirfs.
ion of the committee last Monday morn.
ing, and that he opposed, he statiustha
he would prefer the whole COMMITTEES
present at the conference OF the railroad
men. But this motion was not made
by Dallas men. 1t was made by Nr.
Kirby, who insisted that the railroad
men, he understood, wanted and bad
asked for q conference with business
men and not politicians. TO this OBJ.
jected, stating that l much preferred The
entire committee present; that ead
could hear the railroad men s statement
and ask them such questions as tly
might think of. I also stated that
thought that the committee would regret,
the action, for I believed that the rai!F0ai
men would have their lawyer preseutn
do the talking. This was true.
But Mr.. Blake did as 1 suppose any ual
would do who did not assume the au-
thority to overTule the wishes of the ma
jority and submitted and let it rule hin.
In my judgment Mr.. Blake has done
his full duty as chairman Of the peoples
committee, and that he has done the best
he could. acting in the conservative
manner in which he.has, and TO vIlii7
and abuse him is to do him IN injustice
and injury that should not be tolerated
by free and libeTty-lOving people. We
should investigate these things before VI.
condemn too strong, and think tdl'
had you been present and heard all .--.
was said in the committee room UeLo.s
and during the conference with the rsA'
road men, your articles would have had
quite a different cOlOriug attached 70
them, because 1 take you to be q ial-
minded man, and if that be true, aao'
that you would have used difeTel.
glasses to look through. For well 40
know that the bulldozing party was o.
the railroad side Of the question.
will here state that Z had never mss
or become personally acquainted VIII
Mr.. Blake until the state convention Oh
July s, 1889, and l having been Oh l-5
labor side of all public questions, llI
taught me to carefully watch all sl.-
movements for fear that Il'
objects would be to daeH
the people off the nan
and fundamental issues now before -l-
the minds of the people. Asking you IN
give space for this article and thar IN
and complete understanding OF al ~
committee IS actions viii soon be pl,,
before the public, and that the IroO'I
now existing between the RAILROADS d.
the people viii be properly ad.1s'1-
the interests of both, 1 beg to I--n--'
yours to serve, W. X. LAND,
A Member Of Freight Rate Commune
P. S. This is unsolicited ty alsy
and is a freewiu Offering of nv owl
IS. =. L.
[NoTE-Mr. Lambs letter is PRINTED. III.
quest, but as he SAYS nothing OF INC n.
tom of his committee to a ral.Ec-a o- .-r,t
fesSed by Mr.. Harmed. and as he SO. - - ---s
Mr.. BIake's effort TO have the cgL---l-- - 70.
closed dOorss and as he SAYS Ly-----5 -sirzi
Blake's charge that TIE GAZETTE u - -'f - u.
the railroads, this paper sees L'--.-5 -r5rr
Lamb letter pertinent to the gu.7.-.- r.- 3
is ''villifying'' Mr.. Blake or cr-rIc -r--7 -1tss
an individual. Mr. Lamb S letter D. -'-
point in any sense.-EDIToR UA1z---'-