Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-26
WHAT THE FARMERS EXPECT

W Hal ihE FARMERS fAfECl
OF il and they are going 20 be the most
disappointed lot OF men in all America
when they wake up some fine morning
aud find that their visions of diamonds
and carriages were nothing but silly
dreams.
THAT is your opinion only, which, il
it had any value, could not be gotten out
of you for less than u flyer. Is it not so,
Monsieur l'Advocat?
mo sir: nor il ism nv opinion
either; it is fact, or will be, when the
-Four for il arrives. L feel sorry for you
fellows. and pity the awkward predicn-
ment in which you will find yourselves
after awhile. Now, | have scheme
worth more TO the farmers than all the
commissions imaginable.
''Well, out with il.
at is this. Texas has over 5000 con-
victs. Let her go into railroad building
herself. She can DO it. With her con-
yicts she can grade line of railway
through the state III any direction she
chooses. With her convicts she can
BUILD HER Own CARS
aud car wheeIs ut Rusk. She can in the
same way erect q roll mil and make her
own steel rails. Ore o. the finest quail
lty can be found in Llauo
for this purpose. Let her
grade and build the road, aud
manufacture her rolling stock with her
convict labor, and then either operate
the road herself or ease it TO some one
under such regulations as to charges and
freight rates as she deems proper. The
lessee will be bound to live up u
his contract or forfeit his lease
He can't come 1t over the puhiio
f..tl no L. moi
doing. There will De no watered stock.
no bonds calling Cor hiSh rate OF inter
est, and the road can OF course be oper-
ated very chespiy. suppose such
road crossed the state from north
to south, carrying freight aud
passengers for one half or one-third the
rates charged by other roads. Would
they not be compelled to lower their
rates in order to couipsts with it'
Don t you see the direct result OF such
scheme? 1t is far reaching. aud beats
your commission idea all hollow. Now
what do you think of it?''
II don't know. l will tell THE Ga
zETTE about It, and let its readers do the
thinking. =.
The political SITUATION is very quiet
here at present, and for some time back.
1t is really IN a state OF coma, II
one may so speak OF it. Perhaps
it ia only the lull before the storm that
will rage when "the greatest show on
EARTH meets at the capitol January Is.
There will probably bs music in the air
when the Landtag gets down to business,
when Greek meets granger, and
the tug of folly begins. L learned
to-day from the best authority
taat Governor Hogg's private secretary
will he r. b. Levy or Longview. Mr..
Levy has been for twenty years county
and district clerk of Gregg COUNTY, and
is said to be a gentlemen of polish, ele
giant manners and rare fitness for
the post OF private secretary
He Is in the neighbornoOd OF
forty EIGHT years of age, and is lifelong
friend of Gen. Hogg. You may not look
for any other appointments until the
legislature meets, or until the names are
sent to the Senate.
The various committees appointed for
the purpose are getting down to work
preparing for the inaugural ball. Very
little has teen done as yet, but from now
on the work will be pushed, and If the
plans now In contemplation shall be oar
ried out it will be a grand and
RECHERCHE affair, unequaled by
anything III tue history VI tuS
state. 1t has been decided
to hold it in the senate chamber, which
will be cleared and handsomely fitted up
and decorated for the occasion. The
ball will take place on the night of the
day after that on which the
governor is lnaugurated, II
present plans to that effect
be not altered. The governor will prob
ably be inaugrated January 20. The
ball will, therefore, take place on the
night of the 2lst. A member of the
committee said to-day that as many ss
5000 invitations would be sent out.
It has rained here almost inoessantly
Tor the past two or three days, and the
streets are a sea of mud. The store
keepers are in despair, and the ladies,
poor things, or such OF them
as could muster courage enough to
defy the elements and the mud. go about
with fold of Dedragglsd skirts IN one
hand and an umbrella IN the other,
looking for something Just too lovely
for any use, - with which to "surprlse
certain friends OF the keen lookout for
handsome. J. +. o.