Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-25

duced and in a ringing speech of FIVE
| minutes placed himself as a candidate
before the people.
| Everything passed off pleasantly and
the large crowd dispersed, well pleased
with both gentlemen.
TIME TO GET MAD.
Special to the Gazette.
| MCKINNEY, TEX, June 2+.-Said q
| gentleman who is In position to know:
| elf they crowd Senator Matlock and ger
him mad he will publish the Hogg let
| tiers. And,' he added, "whsn l saw
Matlock his feathers were rising. l don't
think Hogg will dare deny Matlock's
statement of the land offer. Be that as
it may, the matter is creating much
speculation.
JOINT DISCUSSION AT CLEBURSE.
| Special to the Gazette.
CLEBURNE, TEX, June 24.-Several
daps ago a circular was distributed
| around town announcing that Judge
r. Fl. West OF Dallas, Tex, would
speak in Cleburne on the anti side of the
proposed commission amendment and
challenging the opposition to show their
hand. As per announcement the judge
spoke here to-day and was opposed by
Hon. NJ. NJ. Craze. 1t was regretted on
all sides that the audience was so sman,
only about 100 people being present.
The judge opened IN speech of an hour
and half, rehashing the ordinary
points made heretofore in the canvass,
that the proposed ameLd-
ment was Objectionable, inasmuch as it
proposed to combine in one body the
three powers of government, viz: legis-
lative, executive and judicial; that it
interfered with private rights; that il was
nobody IS business but the railroad 8 how
much profit they made in their business;
that they were on the same plane as any
other citizen and that no one could or
should dictate, no one should interfere;
that he was no railroad lawyer but
champion of railroads; that they
had butt this country; that il
the state had made bad trade
in giving so much land and subsidies
1t should not whine like an old
woman but should take its medicine like
a little man. Thus far the judge $ talk
was, although rambling, dignifed, but
created no enthusiasm whatever, elicit
ing no applause, showing that almost all
of the small audience were in the opposi-
ton. He then made an assault upon At
torney General Hogg, passed and re-
passed upon the free pass racket, i'm
Deached his moral honesty and courage,
and asserted that Gen. Hogg had not
told the whole truth in his speeches, and
said if the sore-head element was kept
out of the conventions both Hogg and the
commission would be lost.
Mr.. Crane stepped upon the platform
at the conclusion of the judges speech
and was greeted with vociferous ap-
plause. He said the Democracy of john
son county needed no non-partisan BUSH
ness men 8 clubs to accomplish its pur-
hnt obi 70 oh IF
showed by numerous instances where the
anti-Hogg and commission element num-
bered among its chosen friends men who
regard the Democracy in the same light
as his Satanic majesty is supposed to re-
gard holy water. He then took up the
commission amendment and method
ically, carefully and analy ticslly eluci-
dated its features, showing the ne
cessty OF railroad legislation, back
ing up his statements by copious illus
trations and facts which were
within the comprehension and
knowledge of all present. He showed
also the utter Incapability of large
body of men such as compose legisla-
ture, men burdened with all Glasses of
legislation demanding attention, having
limited means of acquiring exact infor-
nation as to the status of the railroads
perform their multifarious duties, ever
to make q schedule of rates such as
would be unjust neither to the railroads
nor the people. He showed that the
proposed amendment was un-DemocrRtlc
in no particular, proving his PROPOSE
tions by terse statements of fact and
telling Illustrations. He showed the
difference between an individual
citizens aud corporations as respects their
rights, the former deriving their rights
from God, the latter from human gov
eminent; that il was not only the prov
ince, but the duty of government to con-
troll its creatures, and that the people
were paramount to the government, the
government to corporations. The COM
mission was needed to do exact justice to
all concerned. He then briefly spoke
of the sterling integrity, ability, honesty
and moral worth of Gen. Hogg, at the
mention of wbse name the audiences
cheered so that the speaker was
obliged to pause. The discussion was
characterized by refinement rare in the
extreme, and while all admit that the
anti side was swept from the field they
all say the Judge did as well as any one
could for his side IN Johnson county.
JUDGE KoNE FOR SENATOR.
Special to the Gazette.
KYLE, TEX. June 24.-News has been
received here that Blanco and johnson
City, two OF the largest precincts in
Judge Kone of this county for state SEN
stor. This is much qualification to his
friends here.