Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-25
The Railroad Commission is at Work and
Notifies all the Railroad Companies.
Soldier Boys Exempt from Road Duty
and Street Tax-Talk About
the Receivership In
vestigation.
Separate Coach Law.

negroes without violating the law. Inc
encouragement replied in an opinion de-
livered to-day that 4 smoking car for whites
and blacks would be violation of the law
unless divided by partition with door in
IL as the separate coach bill directs. The
county attorney is ordered to see to it that
the law be observed in this particular by
the railroads.
TEE GREER COUNTY CASE.
Attorney-Ge Culberson leaves for
Washington tomorrow to represent the
state III the Greer county case soon to be
argued in the supreme court.
THE FULL RAILROAD COMMISSION
Is at work once more. It issued the fol-
owing order or notification to all the rail
roads operating in the state to-day:
OFFICE OF RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS,
AUSTIN, TEX, June 20, 1882. I
In accordance with the requirements of
sections of the act creating the railroad
commission Of Texas, passed at the regu
lar session OF the Twenty-second iegisla-
ture and approved April 3, 1891, the rail
road commission of Texas will on Monday,
July the 9th, 1891, begin and continue from
day to day until completed, the cfassifica-
ton and subdivision of all property of
whatsoever character that may be trans
ported over the railroads of this state into
such general or special classes or sub-di-
visions as may be found necessary or eX-
pedient, and the fixing for each class or SUBJ
division of freight a reasonable rate for
each railroad, subiectuto this act for the
ansportation Of each of said subdivisions
or classes. Also that at the above named
time and place a special classification and
rates of charges thereon of cotton, grain,
lumber and salt will be made.
Your attention is also called to section
S of the act aforesaid, which provides that
in all cases where the rates shall not have
been fixed by the commission no changes
shall be made except after ten days notice
to and consent of the commission. There
fore the changing of any rates in force June
10, 1891, except after notice as above pro-
eded and the consent of the commission, is
unlawful.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this
notice and oblige
JOHN H. REAGAN, Chairman.
]. J ARTHUR. Secretary.
ARE EXEMPT.
The attorney general delivered an opin-
ion to-day addressed to Adj.-Gen. Mabry to
the effect that all officers. musicians and
privates of the Volunteer Guard that COM
ply with all their military duties as pre-
5cribed in the statutes are exempt from the
payment of any road or street tax and from
any road duty whatsoever under the laws.
The act of the Twenty-first legislature ex-
nmpting ministers is held not to be repeal of
the act eXempting members of the Volunteer
Guard.
THE I. q q. N. INVESTIGATION.
Interest in the International and Great
Northern investigation among the poll
ticians here has been very keen from the
beginning. Those who were unfriendly TO
the administration made no concealment of
their hopes and expectations. They had
extraordinary confidence in Warwick, and
were dead sure that he would plunge his
knife deep into the Vitals of Governor
HogE and turn it around a few times.
They expected also that he would make the
Tyler crowd howl when he got after them.
They said so openly, and doubtless believed
what they said. Their hopes were high and
their expectations great. They are not so
corky now. In fact, they have very little
20 say. The retirement of George Clark
from he investigation has broken their
spirits and filed their souls with dread and
apprehension. 1t looks like 4 confession of ,
failure, of a breakdown, and n loss of hope
on the part of those who aimed the investi-
cation at the governor. One of them, well
known as bitter and unrelenting enemy
Of he governor, talking with another to-
DAY who is en- avowed friend of the eXecu-
live asked what docs all this Investigate
ing at Galveston amount to anyway The
query, of course, Indicated that, contrary to
his hopes and wishes in the premises, it
NsH lut4IC tllkS UdIiCu lLc OlACI Stll-
tleman replied that he thought there was
a good deal in it, in that it was proving DIS
sstrOus TO the instigators, who appeared to
be getting very much the worst of. 1t. To
this there was no response, the first gentle
man carrying his head low. and by his 81
leuce admitting sorrowfully that such ap-
poared to be the case
The friends of the administration look
upon the Investigation as complete and
i III. -s-.,. 1,,-
Ing the unguarded statements of Clark'S
and Gerald's friends that the whole thing
WAS aimed principally at the governor, as
correct. they do not hesitate to say that the
inquiry has proved to be n miserable fiaSco
So far from connecting him in any way
whatever with the proceedings that inau-
gUrated or succeeded the appointing of re-
ceiyers, they proved by their own witnesses
that he had no hand, act or part in 1t fur
Their than his duties as attorney-ge led
hiII TO assail the bonds of the International
and Great Northern railroad, fifteen mil
lions of which are now, at his instance, tied
up in the supreme court. The evidence of
{. I. Bonner was conclusive on this point.
His statement on the witness stand that he
studiouSly concealed from Mir. Hogg his
with Gould, as an attorney in his
behalf, when urging the attorney
General to enjoin the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas meeting,
which was meant TO gobble up the Interna-
tional and Great Northern, fully acquits
the Encouragement Of any intention to aid
or abet the receivership. The friends of
the governor are not at all surprised that
Mir. Clark shonld abandon the case to go to
on other business. They recall
the fact also that he threw up the political
fight against Hogg last fall and went on
business to St. Louis, as soon as he saw
that he was whipped. There is striking |
between his timely retreat then
and now. OF course he had to attend TO
other and far more pressing business then, |
as he has now. He had to look out for |
number one. 1t was question of making |
80 600 at st. Louis in a railroad deal, and |
that was a matter of far greater concern 10 |
him than Staying at home to fight Jim Hogg, |
especially SO when jim had him down and |
was ready to dance a fandango on his pros |
trste form He seems to be very lucky in |
having business elsewhere when he finds q |
change of air desirable.
1t is admitted now on all hands that IN |
less Messrs Alexander and Robinson have |
much stronger evidence in reserve than any |
they have produced, they have very poor |
case upon their own showing. What it will |
be when the other side is heard from can |
only be guessed at. 1t promises, however, |
TO be quite interesting, and the probabilities |
are that the engineer is going to be hoisted |