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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
A CALL
For Convention of Texans Interested in
Developing the Manufacturing and Mer-
camille Interests of the State.

FORT WORTH CHAMBER OF CoSfMERcE)
SECRETARY's OFFICE.
FoET WORTH, Tex, Aug. q, 1890. }
A convention of delegates from trade
and manufacturing organizations, munio
qualities and people interested in devel-
oping the manufacturing and mercantile
interests of Texas has been called to
meet in Fort Worth on September "a :,
1890, for the purpose of devising ways
and means to induce capital to seek our
state and accomplish this object.
The advantage to accrue to the people
OF Texas by having our raw material,
found in endless quantity IN this state,
manufactured into merchantable COM
modities must be patent to every mind
that has given the subject careful con-
sideration. Manufacturers are disposed
TO come to our state, capitalists are IA
vorably disposed, but there has been no
united action to place before them the
facts about our resources and the vast
field open to them and wholesale mer-
chants. This convention Is called to
meet the demand made upon the state.
1t is proposed to have Eastern and
Northern manufacturers and capitalists
present at our deliberations. Governor
Ross has expressed a willingness to CO.
operate in the matter.
To this end you are cordially invited
and requested to send one or more dele
gates from your organization, munich
pality or county TO this convention.
Efforts will be made to arrange with the
railway companies for reduced rates to
delegates and others who attend. AS
the time is short we respectfully urge
immediate action and request that you
send TO the secretary of the Fort Worth
chamber of commerce the names of
those selected to represent you IN the
convention.
X. NJ. VANZANDT, President.
E. S. BIDEN, Secretary.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
THE ALMIGHTY TARIFF.

The pro-tariff communication of Mr.,
John O'Byrne of Gladewater, Tex. 3,
published elsewhere in this issue of THE
GAZETTE, purporting to prove that all
the prosperity which this country has
ever enjoyed was the result of the tariff
and all the hard times the fruit of free
trade, or reduced tariff, is almost too
ridiculous to call for q serious ATTEMPT
at refutatIon. The attempt to credit the
tariff with every good is very much like
a similar case among the English in Sid
ney Smiths time, when it was the
fashion among the Tories to attribute
whatever prosperity existed to the
working of the borough system of ohoos-
ing members of parliament. The witty
divine knew q frugal farmer that had
prospered and acquired a competency
though all his life he had been sufferer
from pains in his stomach. Upon the
prevailing Tory theory, Mr.. Smith rea-
soned that it would be the heighth of
folly for tho farmer to get rid of his
stomachlc pains, for has he not thrived
and prospered under them? How does
he know that banishing the pains will
not eventually drive him to bankruptcy
and ruin2 Of course the farmer would
say that he got ahead in spite of his
pains. but to reason SO was out of tune
with the prevailing logic, just as saving
that this country has had sea-
sons of prosperity In spite
of the burdens OF taxation
is met with the Republican cry that every
good is due to the tariff. There was no
tariff reduction in 1873, nor free trade,
was there? How can the universal dis
tress and bankruptcy Of that and sue
ceeding years be attributed to reduced
tariff? Can the agricultural distress now
and for the past five years prevailing
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
ABOUT THE SCHOOLS.
Under What Conditions Pupils May be Trans
ferred from County to City schools
and Vice Versa.

For long time it has been q question
of large interest to parties living within
the corporate limits of Fort Worth IN
closer proximity TO q county than city
school whether or not their children
might attend the county school; and with
parties living outside the corporate
limits of the city, but nearer city than
county school, whether or not their
children might attend city school, and
upon what conditions such transfers
might be made. The following corre-
sponoence throws light upon the subject:
FoRr WORTH. TEX. Aug, 20, 1890.
Superintendent J. NJ. Carlisle, Fort Worth,
Tex:
My DEAR stR--The following propositions are
submitted for the consideration of your school
board. Please give me the decision of the board
as early as suits your convenience:
l. Several parties desire to transfer pupils
from the country to the city schools. Will your
board allow such transferred pupils to attend
the city schools?
2. A few persons living in the city wish to
transfer the fund due their children to schools
where they aim to attend in the county. Will
the board permit this?
3. Just south of the city limits, in the Bacon
Hill school district, are several negro children
of sch elastic age, about fifteen l believe, but
not enough 10 form q school. Will your BOARD
permit these children to attend your colored
school if their funds be transferred to the city
school fund?
BY answering these questions you will greatly
obige me. Respectfully, VIII. Pool,
County Superintendent, Tarrant County, Tex.
FORT WORTH, Tex. Sept. 8, 1890.
Superintendent W. II Pool, Fort Worth, Tex:
DEAR SIR:-Replying to your favor of August
49, have to say that the city school board at IS
last meeting agreed to the following:
l. Thai pupils from outside the city will be
received on the following conditions:
I. They are to pay tuition at the following
rates: Primary grades one to four, $3.50 per
month: grammar school grades five to eight,
s.. 80 per month; high school grades, nine to
eleven, 50. 50 per month.
2. They are to have credit for money trans
ferred to the city.
}. They are allowed to attend only when there
is room not required by the children living in
the city, and should they enter and their seats
be afteTward required by children living in the
city they would then be compelled to vacate
their places.
II. No action was taken in regard to the transfer
of school funds from the city to any other school
or schools, because under the school law of
Texas children of scholastic age are entitled to
the benefits of the public schools Of any district
in which they acquire bona tide residence, if
they have not attended another school during
the year.
III. The negro children of the Bacon Hill school
district will be received into the city colored
school on the conditions above enumerated for
the admission of pupils living outside the city.
Hoping that this will be satisfactory, 1 am
yours truly, JAS. NJ. CARLISLE,
Superintendent City Schools, Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
THE COAL TRADE.
The Hard Coal Market Mending, Prices Higher
With an Increased Tonnage.

The Hard Coal Market MendIng, Prices Higher
With an Increased Tonnage.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-One of the coal
trade papers says the hard coal market is
apparently on the mend. and prices are
likely to be higher than those current in
the past ninety days. This condition has
been brought about solely by restricting
the output to something like accord with
the demand. Circular prices do not rule,
but the movement of coal is larger and
stocks in first hands are less. At the
East and at Philadelphia business is get
ting better. At New York there has
been but little doing in the past week,
yet there is firm tone to the market and
business is done at an advance over old
figures. Continued delivery of coal on
orders taken months ago has dampen-
ing effect on any tendency to boom busi-
ness. There will probably be no ad-
vance in circular prices this month. In
soft coal there is little change to note.
Tonnage is increasing, and every state in
the Union will figure in the annual state
ment for an increased traffic.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11

WE have reciprocity toward the west
with the Sandwich Islands. Blaine is
almost consumed with a burning desire
to extend it to the islands and countries
south, and John Sherman is almost as
eager for reciprocity with Canada. Only
one point of the compass, the east, now
remains for some euterprising Republic
can to take up and make name for
himself by urging the desirability of
reciprocity with Europe. 1t is mighty
strange, indeed, that reciprocity should
be such grand thing in three directions
and so deleterious and bad in the fourth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
CAREERS AND FAULT-FINDERs.

CAMPERS AND FAUL FLINDERS
The anti-commissionists are hard to
please. They have genius for finding
fault with almost everything done by the
convention or the executive committee,
They don t like the latter's method of
shaping the ticket with reference to the
commission amendment, the ticket be-
ing made to read 'For the commission
press looks upon it as dodge to catch
voters who won't take the trouble to
scratch, - and the Post thinks that cit
would be but simple act Of courtesy,
an evidence of liberality, to so arrange
the ticket that all might without trouble,
vote according to their convictions. -
This is all stuff and nonsense, with
out rhyme or reason. The execu-
tive committee might have made the
ticket read "against the amendment. 2"
That would please the ants greatly, no
do SO? The rest of the ticket reads "for
governor, ""for acknowledgements, -
"for treasurer and SO on. Did not
the convention indorse the amendment
just as it nominated the several candi-
dates? Should not therefore that part of
the ticket read precisely as the part re-
latlng to the nominees? Why should the
committee make an exception to the
general rule adopted in the case of the
amendment?
No action was taken by the convention
respecting the road law, and the ticket
reads ''for" and "against" that
amendment. In shaping the ticket the
committee has been perfectly consistent
throughout. 1t could not have done
otherwise than it did and treat all alike.
If it is too much trouble for the ants to
scratch the ticket let them vote it
straight. No one is urging them to ruin
their health and disgrace themselves by
scratching their psrty's ticket.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
TIE result of the election IN Reed,s

THE result of the election IN Reed Is
district in Maine shows rather queer
condition of things. The BOSSES total
vote is less, it seems, than the vote he
received two years ago, but his majority
Is nearly doubled. There was q strange
ane unaccountable falling off of Demo-
cratic votes. While the despot is less of
favorite among his own people than he
was at the last election, he appears to be
less objectional TO the Democrats than he
was. In Vermont the Democrats made
no gain, but they manifested no such
abominable apathy as did the Maine fell
lows.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11

BURLEIGH was reelected governor OF
Maine, as matter of course. No one
expected any other result. But he got
no such vote as he received two years
ago, nor is his majority as great. Re-
publican apathy was excessive, but not
q whit more so than upon the other side.
Democrats spent the day in fishing also,
instead of buckling on their armor and
showing the country that they have no
sympathy with Maine methods. It Is
little wonder that they have been made
door mats of for twenty-five years By the
majority party. They ought to have
rings in their noses as so many cattle.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
WORTH. TEXAS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER H.


RAUM complains that Cooper and other
wicked Democrats are trying to ruin his
character, and destroy his credit. Poor
fellow! But as poor prosecuted MI.
Raum has the proof, to-wit: TIE re-
frlgerator stock book, in his possession,
that will instantly oonfound his enemies,
and wash his character as white as snow,
why does he keep it under lock and key,
and refuse to produce it before the COM
mittee? For an injured innocent, Brer
Raum is behaving mighty suspiciously.
10 be entirely candid, as we should
sometimes be, let us say that he is doing
in the premises, precisely what con-
sciously guilty rascal would do.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11

THE last census shows, so far as South
Carolina is concerned, precisely what the
census of 1880 showed, to-wit: that the
negro is not increasing rs rapidly as the
whites. What is true of South Carolina
is true of course of the entire South, as
will be learned when the census reports
are made public. This gratifying fact
will or ought to calm the fears of those
who have dreaded the Authorization OF
the Sonth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11

throughout the entire country be attrib-
uted to reduced taxesl Is that the rea-
son why Western farmers burned corn
for fuel last winter, and are now being
sold out under the sheriff's hammer in
Kansas at the rate of nearly 5000 year?
If so, why are Senators Plumb, Paddock I,
and Davis and others from the
West where distress is geuer-
al, demanding important reductions
! in the tariff? According to our Glade
water friend, they are public enemies
as well as traitors to the z. o. p. Even
Blaine cannot escape the stigma, as he
openly denounced the Mckinley bill as
an outrage.
As to all that our friend says about the
condition of the country during the con-
federation, and the cause or causes that
led to the adoption of a constitutional
government, it is in a great measure
pure CANNON. He would have us be-
lieve that the change from the confeder-
alton was made primarily for the pur-
pose of establishing a protective tariff.
Utter nonsensel' The preamble to
the constitution declares the pur-
poses for which the thirteen
original colonies framed the
constitution and established n new form
of government. 1t was ''in order &c
form a more perfect union, establish
~
provide for the common defense promote
the general welfare, and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our
posterity." Is anything said there
about protective tariff? Oh, but the
first congress did lay q tariff to promote
home manufactures, we are told. Yes,
a tariff whose general average was about
10 per cent. How would you like to re-
turn to that? The prime object of that
first tariff bill was to meet
the expenses of the government
and pay the accumulated debts
of the colonies transferred to the newly
formed government. As every tariff
measure affords more or less protection
to domestic industries, as it must in the
nature of things, so did that one. The
infant industries of that day, that were
satisfied with 10 per cent. tariff, and
glad to get it, must now, when grown to
mammoth proportions, receive five times
the amount of protection, or they will be
driven to the wall by European pauper
labor. What outrageous humbuggery!
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
THE WEEKLY GAZETTE.

The constantly growing circulation of
the Weekly GAZETTE is evidence that the
effort 10 furnish a first-class paper de-
voted to the interests of the people is be-
ing appreciated.
The Weekly GAZETTE is a twelve-page
paper, containing summary of the news
of the world for each week, and is filled
with choice literature and miscellaneous
reading matter, which must prove in
structive and entertaining to the young
as well as to the old.
The Agricultural Department, edited
by Professor STEELE, recently introduced,
commends the Weekly GAZETTE to all
Texas farmers and contains matter each
issue more than worth the price of the
paper.
As an advertising medium the Weekly
GAZETTE is incomparably superior to any
published in the Southwest, and offers
unequalled facilities TO all who wish to
reach the people of Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
IN COURT CIRCLES.
Judgments Rendered by Judges Beckham and
Harris.

Harris.
Yesterday suit was entered in the dis
trict court by II. A. Halbert against
Sarah B. Brown for $1,000 damages for
trespass and ejectment. The property
involved is on the corner of First and
Burnett streets.
The grand jury put in yesterday exam
lining witnesses. Nine bills of indict-
ment were ground out, one misdemeanor
and eight felonies. The following deeis-
ions were made by Judge Beckham in the
district court.
Frank Houston VS.. the State National
Bank, suit to recover amount drawn
from the bank by forgery; judgment for
Sl275 for the plaintiff.
Fanny Greer VS.. James Greer, divorce
on ground of cruel treatment. Granted.
G. II. Merritt VS.. D. Boaz, suit to re-
cover Sl59. 80 on q note; judgment for
plaintiff.
c. o. Edwards ct al. VS.. T. P. Stevens
ct al. judgment for plaintiff for $40, =
027. 5S on q note.
Huffman Implement Company VS.. W.
E. Anderson, suit for Sl42O SO on note;
judgment for plaintiff.
J. Q. Sandidge VS.. J. L. Dotson ct
al. suit for S167S. % on note; judgment
for plaintiff.
Florence Shedd VS.. J. W. Shedd,
divorce. Granted.
In county court, Judge Harris presid-
ing, the following cases were disposed of:
State va. Steve Miller, carrying gun;
not guilty.
State vs.. Strand Harrison, aggravated
assault; defendant plead guilty and was
assessed $50.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11

THE Texas in Type" department of the Fort
Worth GAZETTE is just nice enough for the most
fastidious Texas resder.-lCommerce Record.
The Daily GAZETTE, sent one month to
man outside the state, is better and
more convincing advertisement of Texas
than any "fske" scheme ever present.
ed. One thousand copies of the Daily
GAZETTE, distributed iudicionsly outside
the state, do more to advertise
Texas than all the patent methods en-
ployed at such heavy cost. The 'fTsxas
in Type" department of THE GAZETTE is
worth more to the state than all the
Cheap John plans that take SO much
money out of Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORN
KENTUCKY.

Aconvention to form q new constitu-
ton for Kentucky met In that state Mon
day. If some, even of the many re-
forms deemed wise and practicable, be
engrafted in the new constitution, Ken
lucky will have outstripped all of her
sister states IN the matter Of legislative
progress. The following as noted by a
New York Times correspondent are the
principal changes contemplated:
OF important matters to come before the con-
vention that of reforming the Judiciary is para
mount. At present judges OF all courts are
elected as the other officers. 1t is proposed to
make these higher officers appointive, the idea
being to take the judiciary out of politics en-
tirely.
AS at present conducted the courts are expen-
sive, and plans VIII be proposed having more
for their object. Among these will be the abo-
lition of the fee system and the substitution of
stated salaries. The present constitution
provides that all elections shall be viva
voce. The substitution of the Australian
secret ballot system will be suggested and will
probably be adopted. Other changes of i'm
portance to be suggested will be the removal of
corporate and local legislation from the egia la
ture; the limitation of the pardoning power of
the chief executive; the migrating of q clause
prohibiting lotteries and all species of gamblin q;
the question of the Limitation Of the sale OF al
coholic liquors; changes in the jury sy stem and
the adoption OF the majority rule in arriving at
verdIcts: educational or property qualifications
OF voters on certain questions; removal of the
state capital from Frankfort TO Louisville:
length ening of the period between the sessions
of the general assembly and the limitation of
their duration; making the executive eligible to
suct eed himself.
The task before the convention is certainly
hercllean, but, as stated above, the delegates
are among the very best men in the state, and
that they will do their work thoroughly and well
no one doubts.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
TO THE PTBLIC.

The only travelling persons, male or
female, at present authorized to receive
and receipt for subscriptions to THE GA
ZETTE are J. Z. Steedman, C. W. Will
son, w. y. Register, L. Calhoun, Miss
ANNE Shapard and Mrs. S. Kennedy.
The public are cautioned not 10 pay
money TO any other person representing
themselves rs travelling agents OF this
paper, as all authority heretofore issued
10 any other person than those named is
hereby revoked.
DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING COMPANY.
April a, 1890.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11

IN the death of both Canon Liddon
and Cardinal Newman, both occurring
within few days, England has lost two
of her brightest ecclesiastical lumina-
ries. Canon Liddon was the orator par
ercelleace of the English pulpit, while
Newman was q writer and controver-
sialist of unrivaled power. Both were
great men whose loss will be sincerely
mourned by the English people.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
The southamptop trouble,

LONDON, Sept. 10.-The striking dock
amptou still maintain q menacIng atti-
tude, and the authorities fear there may
be rioting. notwithstanding the fact that
large force of police from London and
other places are at southampton for the
purpose of aiding the local authorities.
Further detachments of troops have been
summoned to assist in putting down any
demonstration the mob or strikers may
attempt. Some Of the strikers have gone
out in small boats TO await the arrival of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11

NEW ENGLAND senators, and especially
Senator Edmunds, exerted themselves to
secure bounty on maple sugar, and
succeeded. This is great boon for YER
mont and New Hampshire maple sugar
makers. If maple sugar had been a
Western or Southern product, how these
same New Englanders would sheer at a
bounty on IL.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
Dallas or Fort Worth.
Seymour News.

The Fort Worth GAZETTE is laborlng
hard for the building and completion Of
the Albuquerque railroad, and 1t is
earnestly hoped by all of the Northwest
that this or Dallas road will penetrate
this fertile region in the near future.
Seymour has $50 200 for the first road
from that direction. Send them along
they will receive cordial welcome.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11

incoming steamers with the object of
persueding their crews to join IN the
strike. Eight men were arrested for
taking part in riotiug yesterday. To-
day a mob gathered about the mayors
residence and made threatening demon
strations. The mayor telephoned for as
sistance, and q number of soldiers were
dispatched to dispense the crowd.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11

OUR Washington correspondent tells
us that the rumor goes at Washington
that the president will call an extra ses-
sion of congress to meet in November.
As the surplus is about exhausted and no
money is left in the treasury for further
appropriations, what other devilment
can the raiders perpetrste, unless it be
to attempt passing the force bill?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
Missouri Women Crusaders on Trial.

LATHRoP, Mo-, Sept. l0.-Trial of the
crusade cases begin to-day at Plattsburg.
These cases are the outgrowth of the
organized band of women who, last
winter, went into the houses of Thomas
Ward and Carroll and emptied their
liquors into the streets. There are
eighteen defendants in these cases, en-
bracing some of the wealthiest and most
highly respected ladies Of this place.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11

THE river and harbor bill, including
the appropriation of $500, 900 for the
Galveston harbor, is now in the presi-
dents hands for signature. AS it gives
good round sum to the Mississippi river,
and to other Southern Improvements,
there is no dead-sure thing that Harrison
will sign it. He will hardly have the
courage to veto it, however.