Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-05
He Addresses the !. and G. NJ.
investigating Committee.
URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION.
Says il is Due Him and the 10000 People In
His District.
He Cites the Committee to Facts as to Why
Action should be Taken by the Leg
stature Now In Session, and
the Result of Delay
Special 10 the Gazette.

| TYLER, TEX, April 4.-The Hon. Felix J.
7 McCord. judge of this judicial district, TO-
/ day addressed the following letter to the
committee at Austin recently appointed by
the Texas legislature to investigate the
charges preferred against the International
/ and Great Northern receivershlp.
TUE LETTER.
! Hon. NJ. N. Crane, ". Garwood, Walter
Gresham. A. T. Mckinney and \. c. Breitz.
committee Of investigation OF international
and Great Northern railway receiverShip uu-
der concurrent resolution OF the legislature,
Austin. Tex:
GESTLEMEN-I have this dav returned 70
my home from Van Zandt county, where |
have been engaged in holding district court
at the county seat, away from the railroads,
and have just been put in possession Of the
full facts IL relation to the passage Of the
concurrent resolution by the legislature,
and your appointment as a committee there
under to investigate my conduct in relation
to the International and Great Northern
railway receivership
! presume the authority assumed in this
matter is based upon the right of the legis-
lature to impeach district Judge for
OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT,
and that the action is taken upon the state
ment of official misconduct on my part as
district judge il said receiverShip by some
person or persons whose name or names
rs Yet have not been furnished me or the
public.
l beg to say to your honorable committee
that | earnestly desire and request at your
hands immediate investigation before the
adjournment of the present session of the
legislature. 1t is not Just to me or the peo-
pie Of my district, composed of
EIGHTY THOUSAND PEOPLE,
that these charges should rest in their
present attitude for any considerable length
of time, and il am guilty OF any conduct
iustift-irrcr irpf 40 ! g., In
permitted 10 hold this important trust and
position of power until the next session Of
the legislature.
further suggest to your honorable COM
mittee that my term of Office will expire
before the meeting of the next regular ses-
sion OF the legislature. and l will by that
time either 90 out OF Office by the expira-
ton of my term or be reelected thereto by
the people Of my district, and in either
event, as l understand the law, my acts
during my present term of Office would not
furnish legal basis for impeachment and
thereby the only
JUST LEGAL WARRANT
for the appointment of this committee
of investigation would be lost II
is to be regretted that this matter
hado not been called to the attention of
The legislature at au earlier DAY III the ses-
sion, SO that the proposed investigation
might have been made without any pressure
for time, or that those seeking my impeach-
ment did not go before the supreme court
of this state and ask my removal under the
provision of The constitution Of this state.
lSec. i, Art. 10.
lido NOT WISH
to be understood rs Directing to the power
of the committee to conduct their inyesti-
COTTON. h''t il seems TO ME that in view of
the fact that each and every disbursement
and order from the beginning of the re-
n.aIy hi - ttA
of record in separate minute book of the
district court of Smith county, kept for that
purpose, that a full inquiry can be made be-
fore the adjournment of the present session
OF the legislature, and III that way
JUSTICE CAN BE DONE
TO all concerned. To that end | pledge my
self to waive the fifteen days notice provided
for in the resolution, and I'm authorized by
the other persons connected with the re-
Gelyers4lP to make the same promise in
their behalf, and they and l will voluntarily
appear before your committee at any time
and place which may suit your convenience
and render every possible facility for
speedy and thorough investigation of the
whole matter.
- hope that My request will not be con-
sidcred as seeking a hasy investigation,
which would be inconsistent with thorough !
ness, but am not willing to rest
UNDER IMrUTATIoN
4 day longer than absolutely necessary, and |
believe, in view of the Importance of the |
matter TO me and to the public, that the /,
inquiry should be expedited by every .
method.
In conclusion. would ask that I be fur /
nished with the name of writer and copy of /
letter upon which I understand that the |
mover of the resolution of inquiry pre-
Heated It's introduction. Very respectfully, |
E'pJIY / sJcfNnpn