Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-28

purpose Our statute, article Gil, says:
"It shall be lawful tor any corporation
created for the purpose of constructing
macadam or plank road, by its agents
and servants, to enter upon any lands,
to make surveys, estimates and lOca-
tions''; and the latter part of article
6l7 says, 1.-the commissioners court OF
the county in which such finished road
lies, or, in case the road lies in two or
more counties shall on application OF the
agent of the company, appoint three
judicious householders, who shall, on
oath examine the same and report their
opinion 10 the court in writing; and II
such report shall state that the road, or
such part thereof, be completed
agreeable 10 the provisions OF this chap
ter, the court shall Icy
license, IN writing, authorize the COM
panv to erect gates at suitable distances,
and demanded and receive of persons
travelling such road the toll that may be
fixed by the commissioners court. DID
ANYBODY ever complain that the above
law was centralizing too much power III
one body? When the railroads charge
toll for carrying passengers and freight,
they certainly can be governed III tns
same manner. Talk about giving up our
EEGod given rights we have already
given I'D some of them to the railroads.
we have given them the power OF EMIL
ant domain, the power to run their rOau
right through our private grave yard
or through our loved home which was
handed down to us by our father with all
the sweet and tender memories OF the
past associated with it, and by calling
to their aid commlssIoH'
have our loved homs or grave
yard condemned. and a reasonable
price put on it which we are bound by,
il matters not whether we want
to sell or not, and IN such cases they al
ways call the commission to their siu'
But when we want u commission 10 reg
ulote them, why, it is giving up
deniable rights Where did they gel
anv such rights? God never gave
them any. We, By our laws, GRE
ated them and gave them what rights
they have, and we propose to regulaIo
them, too, by any means or agencies
necessary TO OBTAIN justice between us
and them. We started out to get JUSTICE
and We are going TO have it.
But then the Cook men say that Hogg
ia a demagogue, and one of them asked
me if [ did not think he was. / repLeu
that il thought such thing about HogR
l should be forced to the same conclusion
about myself and every other nlan
who favors the amendment and regnlaI,
ing railroads by adequate means. Oh5
he said. you are not running for Once;
7 said. I know that, but believe III inc
same kind OF railroad regulation thS'
Hogg does, and therefore. if he Is
demseogue. am one, and so far Is
Uoy0's arguments are concerned, they
do not show any part Of the demagosne'
His arguments are simply based on thS
fact that the} railroads need regulation
backed up with abundant autnorlty a.
,be Cook man saw as much2 If they DO
| mot want toIpIay upon the preiudices anu
and fears Of the people, why do they talk
ohont pivins nm our 'sGod-given and IN
aIienable rights, - and try to make tns
people think. that railroad has any slo.
rights? why do they tell the people 'nH.
| If they create commission
| will stop : capital from coming neio
| and stop railroad building? And why ~
thew try to make the people believe .ha.
it wsGld be paternalism. when .ne5
| knok that we "dadied the railroad ~
befin with. IL that is not demagosueit.
| | DON'T know what Jon call it, az iea,-
| van see the ears sticking out and re0o
| HE the voice. Very Respectfully
| CHARLES W. CROFT