Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22
wYNNE AT cLEBURNE NE.

Special to the Gazette.
CLEBURNE, TEX. June 2l.-ln re-
Spouse to an invitation of the Hogg club
OF this place, as expressed at their meet
ing one week ago, Hon. r. NJ. Wynne
of Fort Worth addressed the club to-
day. Phe whole family was pres
ent, the old men and the boys
from up the creek, the men who
wage perpetual war on grass and weeds,
the brown-eyed maiden and the buxom
lad. The men of every trade and occu-
patton, including the ever present dude.
we're out to hear the eloquent speaker
and gave him close atten-
ton He said he no longer spoke
for applause or popularity or for pleasure
and then for three-quarters of an hour
spoke in an easy, happy, elegant style,
evincing perfect familiarity with the is
sues of the day and utter sincerity in his
faith. His close observation and
long experience enabled him TO
make many telling points on
the commission question which
were heartily appreciated. He closed by
paying q high tribute to the sterling in
tegrity of Judge Cook, advised the
friends of Hogg and the commission of
the necessity of keeping up the fight all
timated that when Warwick Clark
puts on his war paint the calliope speaks,
the hyena squeals, the tom tom toots
and the little dog runs around the ring.
Everybody admits it was a telling speech
and an old farmer remarked that Fort
Worth has right to blow for 1t has such
a powerful Wynne. The club then per-
fected organization, enrolled about fifty
more members, appointed splendid
campaign committee andnprepared to
make Rome howl. o''"S
COOK AT CoRsICANA.
Special to the Gazette.
CoRsICANA, Tex. June 21.-Judge
Gus;ave Cook spoke here to-day as anti
commission candidate for governor. He
was received by committeeot promi-
nent citizens, and brass band an
nouneed in musical strains tn hour
of his speech at the opera house.
An audience of oyer 500 citizens
cheered him when he was introduced by
Mr.. F. NJ. Etheridge of this city. After
preliminary remarks he said his candi-
dacy for the high Office of governor was
a matter of secondary importance, but
in opposing the proposed am endment to
the state constitution he hoped to open
the eyes of the people for some go, d.
He read the laws as it now
stands and the amendment as is
proposed, the purpose of which Is to
regulate the freight and passenger rates
of the railroads. He spoke of the
differences, inconsistenc les and disputes
of citizens especially oflegislators' while
laboring for the good OF the whole
people. The Capitalization of power in
tad in
tone by the American revolution and since
that memorable time, the freedom of
this people had been established, and
our state constitution was made in ac-
cordance with that freedom vouchsafed
to the states by our great revolutionary
effort. The freemen of this country
have been endowed with the right of
self government. Is it right that they
should transfer that right to another
without any necessity orsuch a transfer?
Then why is it there should be clamor
for this railway commission consisting of
two or three men. Your lawfully elected
legislature has all the power to regulate
the railroads and to protect the interest
of the people? He showed the present
responsibility of railway corporations to
the people through the constituted courts,
also the responsibility of the agent and
employees of such corporations for any
wrong committed and argued that
commission to fix such responsibility
would be superfluous and wholly I'M
necessary expense to the state and could
do nothing more to the protection of the
people the egislature can now do. He
dwelt at some length upon the present
laws in this connection n. He argued to
show that when a railroad transported
carload of lumber 800 miles,
for $50, when another road
charged the same price for fifty miles,
it was acting for tine best interest of the
consumer by preventing monopoIies, and
so it was with all other products of the
great state. If freight was charged. &C.
cording to mileage, the short haul mark
cts would have a great monopoly
in the sale of products. II
state commission can prevent q railway
company from making a contract for
freight with citizen, it could also pre-
vent the citizen from making contract
with anyone. Laws must be- made on
the principle of Justice and equal rights
to all, the great principle of civil rights;
and to confer such q right upon COM
mission of three men, with partial and
arbitrary powers, would be 20
barter away the rights of
free people. Such commission would
be unknown except as sort of house
for refuge from political hacks with
power for no public good. The consti-
tuition and the courts Of Texas now have
fun power to protect the people in all
their rights, and what more does the
people want, certainly not an arbitrary