Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-21
SOME GEORGEISMS.
He Sees the Sights at the State Capitol,
and Entertains His Entertainers.
The Hall of Representatives Too Large-Ee
Would Abolish the senate-HIs Rea.
sons Givpn-Capital Notes.

Special Correspondence of the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Tex, Nov. 20.-''It is en-
tirely too large. -
Such was the exclamation Of Henry
George as he entered the hall of the
representatives in the capitol the other
day, while being shown around by q
surprised to hear that the ACOUSTIC
| properties OF the hall are bad, very bad ,
and require the use of hangings, sus-
| pended from the ceiling to partly correct
| the deficiency In that particular. He
then went on to say that the hall is a
| third larger than that of the English
| house of commons with its $50 members.
| Utility has been sacrificed to grandeur of
| effect and immensely of size. He q l.
! mred the building very much, however,
| inside and outside, and only found fault
| with the size of the two legislative halls +,
| which should have been abridged. In
deed, he went SO far rs to say that the
senate chamber might better be abolished
altogether.
"What,' he was asked, "would you
do that for. Mr.. George?'
81 would have the house do the legis-
lating for the people. There is no need
at all for a senate. 1t is nothing more
than relic, or copy of the English
house of lords, which Is now nothing
more than an ornamental body, and may
not be that very long,
'Is that the only reason why you
would abolish the senate?''
other aud better one, which is that it
divides responsibility and distracts the
attention of the public. How often does
a member of one house vote for a bill,
feeling or hoping that IT will be killed in
the other, and vice versa. The tendency
between both bodies is very often to
shoulder responsibility from one to the
other, or, in the lingo of the day, to put
each other sin the hole. In such cases
the popular eye is fixed on neither, and
frequently the popular mind is puzzled
TO know where responsibility for error
lies. single body charged with full
responsibility would answer every pur-
pose better than two. For the same
reason | would have the governor make
his appointments without the advice and
consent OF the senate or any other body.
There should be no dividing up of re-
sponsibility. Ii he makes u bad appoint
ment, he and he alone would have to
shoulder the blame aud stand account
able to the people for it,.
In this wise d id he discourse for some
time while seeing the sights, entertain
ing his entertainers with, il not novel,
ut least striking and somewhat singular
and independent views of men and
things. He did not fall to impress his
hearers with the idea that he is, root
and branch, refOrmer, or as some who
heard him think, a revolutiouist. His
presence III this state has brought out the
fact that the number of those VINO have
read his books, and are familiar with his
land-tax theory. is quite large, larger,
it must be confessed, than the number of
those who are disposed to agree with
him, or even to tolerate his system.
He created Il good deal of merriment
in his lecture here by reading from the
comptroller's report some figures show
ing the amount of "money on hand. - as
given by tine assessors In a few counties.
The county of BIanco had nearly doubled
the amount found by the assessor in
Travis, and Colorado county farmers had
a great deal more than the veal hy
county OF Dallas. These figures were
wealthy manage somehow to evads the
tax collector, while the poorer classes
are left TO hold the bag.
Applications for offices and places con-
tinue to pour in to the governor elect,
who gives u patient hearing to the vari-
GUS delegations that call daily to present
the claims of favorite aspirauts. Never,
however, is there any intimation given |
to anyone or to his friends of how he |
stauds with the appointing power. All |
are promised respectful consideration, |
but nothing more. Theirs is, perhaps, |
but one appointment under the new ad- |
that may be reckoned on |
with reasonable degree of probability, |
and that is the promotion of William |
Bouldins to the janitorship in the gov
Office. William is the colored |
porter In the attorney-genera!' g office,
where he has served as factotum for
about six years, and is fat and pudgy-
faced individual Of about twenty eight
or thirty. He Is said to be very trusty,
and useful, and entirely
familiar with the law library, which he
looks after and keeps in order. He al
ways knows where to find book when
It isNyanied, and is an humble and de-
voted admirer of the attorney general.
But further than the probabilities Of Will
lams' case, this depOnent saith not.
Superin tendent PrIchett has gone out
on q visit to the schools in several place.,
and will be In the field week or two.
meeting Of leading business men was
held last night at the Driskill hotel, and
ways aud means discussed of advertising
The town and stimulating activity IN bus
ness channels.
Work on the dam is progressing as well
Is the weather will permit. White labor
$ paid Sl.75 and Mexicans 81 so per
Item.
The Corpus Christi Broom mauufac-
urlng company mas been chartered.
J. E. 0.
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