The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30

Special TO the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten, April 22-William G, Nc
Gill OF Seymour, Baylor county, was to-day
appointed by the governor judge or the
tiftieth judicial district, created oy the
late legislature.
SCHOOL FUND INTEREST.
The following counties paid interest due
the school fund: Wheeler, $50; hlpScomD,
$50; ShacEelford $500 Menard, $3.50;
Oldham, $3.50; Colorado, s1l56; Kerr, Sl5zo.
SETTLED HIS ACCOUNT.
J. S. Wilson, collector of Bastrop county,
settled his account with the comptroller for
the year ending May !. The total state
collections during the year were SLIT. 81 Isl;
total occupation during the year, 500, IN
TEE BILLS PASSED.
The following bills passed through the
governors hands and were fled with the
secretary of state: Senate joint resolution
No. Ia. amending the constitution IS to
suffrage; senate bill 276 regulating fire in
surance associations; senate bill 81, con-
demning property for pesthouses and hos
pitfalls; house bill 63S, the Lavaca county
road law.
RAILROAD RESOLUTION.
The Sherman, Dallas and Denison fled
resolutions with the secretary OF state,
authorizing mortgage OF Sz0OO0 mile Tor
construction and Improvements.
THE PRESIDENTS TOUR.
Governor Hogg returned yesterday morn
ing from San Antonio where he parted
from the president and his company The
governor returned prouder OF Texas than
ever. He as well as the presidential party,
was no less delighted than amazed by the
popular demonstrations and the cordially
of the welcome extended everywhere. u
never saw anything like it said he. " and
the president, Us well as Postmaster-Gen-
eral Wanamaker, declared to me over and
over again that they never saw anything
like it in the North. They We're simply
amazed and profoundly affected by the
grand, even indescribable reception given
Them at Galveston. All the way from Pal
estiue, where met and welcomed them TO
the state, clear on 20 San Antonio, where l
left them, it was q continuous ovation. But
Galveston fairly covered herself with glory.
/ never saw such quantities OF flowers IN
al my life rs were thrown into the pre5l-
dents carriage in his drive through that
civ. Bououets were rained down upon
that carriage until they filed 1t up, and the
president sat there envelOped to the waist
by mass Of flowers"
The governor sad Mrs. Harrison and the
ladies Of the party were nonplussed. Ihey
were for time simply unable TO under
stand it all, or estimate lis slgnlhcance
But when they did, they-as well as the
president, were visib!y and profoundly af-
fected by the unwonted and extraordinary
cordially OF the reception extended them
The governor he'd ample time TO study the
president, and he regards hin-hls political
preiudices aside-as d strong and an honest
man He has no sort OF doubt that the
presidents visit to Texas and the South
for ne was cordially received everywhere,
will greatly enlarge and hberaIize his Pc
Htical opinions and make him q friend OF
the South.
The president did not conceal-he could
moths surprise at finding a people to-
tally different from the conception OF them
he had previously formed.
..Wanamaker and Rusk.n said he ''fairly
dubbed with enthusiasm and good words
for Texas. Their visit was novel ex-
perience and a revelation to them and
made them sincere friends of Texas. Uncle
Jere whom the governor describes as u
great, big, jolly soul with level head and
lots of human nature. was SO charmed
with Texas that he wanted to stop of
here while the rest of the party went on
to California. Wanamaker, he describes as
:. bright, capable ana somewhat lmpulslvc
man, easily moved and very companion
able All of them were taken by storm
and voluntarily acknowledged themselves
captives to the spirit of chiy2lry and hos
pitality found in Texas.
The governor expressed the highest sat
isfaction with the reception rendered him
self along the route, and especially for the
blindness shown him at the banquet at the
Menger hotel in San Antonio Monday
night.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
He has not vet made up his slate for the
commission, and declines 10 give out any
thing on the subject until he shall have Sc
cured the three commissioners, two OF
whom he virtually acknowledged had ac-
cepted the appointment rendered them.
One of these, Mr.. Foster is already known
to the public, and the other he declines Tor
private reasons to make known uhlu Tue
third man is found.
He was asked what, in his opinion, would
be the attitude of the railroads toward the
commission. and in reply said that some OF
the roads had already expressed their will
inCness to accept the law and bow to its
mandates He had heard nothing Official or
very definite from the Gould and Hunting
ton systems, and could not therefore say
what they contemplated. But If the
Aransas Pass, the International and the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas lines accept
the commissions rates, he feels confident
that the other roads will be compelled in
self defense to do likewise if not at once,
they will in time. He thought that Gould's
recent trip through the state had some re-
latiou to the commission law and had heard
that the magnate had been urged TO fight it,
but could not say what policy the
wizard would pursue with reference
to it. A great deal depends on the
policv of the commission with respect to
the basis to be chosen in fixing what shall
be a reasonable rate on any given road.
Such q basis may be hit on now and then
as would squeeze 4 little water out of the
stock. Whether the commission will 90
that or not, is entirely with itself. The
law gives it the power to ascertain as