Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-24

! the mighty heavens above it, with viii
| lagos, towns and cities Spires pointing
! heavenward everywhere tell that the
schoolnaster is abraad in the land. You
| possess all the comforts and refinements
| of the older civilizations, but do you ever
| stop TO reflect that all this has come
w thin a period of less duration than
| two decades? Such is the fact.
l remember very well the situation when
first came TO your state in 1870 for the
purpose of initiating the process of rail-
road construction, which has given your
state grand total of nearly 5000 mile OF
rail, and been the chief factor in its Won
derful development.
When came to the state of Texas IN
1870 there came with me a few men
whose names are to-day renowned. There
was Thomas A. Scott, the peer, il
not the superior of any other
man in the railroad world There was
John sherman, the present senator from
Ohio, and brother to Gen. William T.
sherman. GApplause. There was John
A Ferney, a man then already widely
known. who wrote up your state and
called into it the capital of the East.
There also, was man who, though as
Rebel he fought you, was your friend
and has ever stood so far as | know, for
the material interest of Texas, whose
advice, if il had been fol-
lowed, would have led your
state to q better position
than it has yet reached, Governor
Throekmorton Applause. He stood
by us and did all he could to develop the
resources of your state.
But your real progress dates from 1880.
Up to that time only about five hundred
miles of railroad had been built. We
came back in 1880 and then continued to
add to your mileage, until to-day hear
you claim 5000 miles Of railroad in opera
tion
In conclusion, let me say to you
that when [ was ready to
come down here this time
that man who now stands at the head of
all of us, Gen. Sherman, came to see me
at my Office overlooking the great bay,
and l asked him to come out with me.
He said: General, I cannot go with
you now, but I do propose. if 1 live, to
take trip with you, starting at New
York, passing through all the Southern
states, including Texas, and on by way
of Ell Paso to California. Thence we will
60 on up through Oregon and Washing
ton territory (where they now have
only 100 miles of railroad until
we reach the Canadian Pacific in our own
private car, and then proceed through
the British professions to Winnipeg,
Manitoba, on to Montreal and come back
by way of Maine to New York, thus en-
circling this great country Of ours: That
is now my only remaining ambition. |
have been oyer all these lines, but / have
never taken them all in at one uninter-
rupted circuit - He also said, and
repeat it TO you as soldier, for l came |
here in 1870 as soldier as well as a
citizen and an engineer, and l
ask yonr attention TO his words
(He put it TO me personally, because
had come and planted q great many HIiI-
lions of dollars here.
81 think you are apt to forget what |
you fought for. We fought for the right |
or every man, woman and child TO plant |
himself anywhere he pleased in the
United States, and be permitted to enjoy |
every right given by the constitution of |
the United States A voice-that is right /
and | think, general be continued, |
'you ought to say TO every soldier that |
you meet in the South, you ought to
stand up for your rights and defend
them to the last - Loud applausel
In travelling over the state met repre-
sentative rebel, one who had made his
reputation IN bravely fighting for his
cause, and who had held high executive
commands, and hs said to me: eff our
friend Coke, the United States senator,
who, as see by the papers. intends TO |
consume four days in defending 8
crime, would employ those four
DAYS in showing up the capa-
bilities of the Panhandle of Texas,
and the Staked Plains, the minerals of |
the Guadalupe range, etc., he would |
bring to US, 1 think, $50 GOO people,
while l am afraid that his talk, the mo-
tive of which we understand in Texas,
but which is unknown to the United |
States at large and TO the outside world, |
will drive that number from us.''
GOOD JEANS PANTS
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