Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-25

lie debt 81 Texas IL loss than heo mill
lion dollars owing 10 tho public school
fund ana 10 tho asylums fund. AZ the
ratio thing hayo gone had II not been
for the yast domain OF public lands the
siatO's debit would now b. many mill
lious, without a single work Of inter-
nal Improvements towards the CONNER /
cial development OF tho state 90 be seen.
sRuLEn AND uNsruILEp LABOR
With us, the present seems 20 be
drifting blindly into soa OF trouble |
which should Sc considered with scri. /
Gus thoughts now, whilO II is yet iimc /
some of the old states are passing |
through the conflict hOtween corporate /
wealth and mechanical poverty but the 1
hand Of Texas q raised IN defense only |
OF agricultural poverty. iut whenever /
that heavy hand has fallen has Il snit- |
ten wisely or unwisalyy Let vs. see. |
For eighteen long months, equal |
TO ns msmy precious years in the lie ct |
our Young commonwealth, tho Intention /
OF the farmers and other producers and !
consumers has not boen TO iplnrc any |
one, but 10 put a stop 20 unjust freight |
charges, Ii 10 had hceu ouly ono cont /
moro than was right and just only that
much should have been stopped, but Il
It wns not more than that thcn more
should mt have boon extracted from
the railroads The sentiment
Is aimed at tho l,ondholdcr
who Of course. receive no pity "a he
fails 90 mnkc more than simple inner
est upon his Investment, but he ought
at least to b. allowed 70 make that
An error has bsen made a0mcwbore,
aud whom has II hurts Corporations
always watch the principal closer even
than the Interest, ugd whom the latter
begins 10 ial reduction oi wages "
petty employers then follows. Sahried
clerks can stand %. rous uabOui. can
stand &c. IL rs hurd Tor shop and train
mon but yard ami traciluon are crush-
cd by 90. And ID drives forth upon tho
world an army Of honest and iudustri-
ous but helpless tramrs u disturhs
all channels oi trtdo and falls with plt-
Hess force upon tho skilled and un-
skilled laburors IN ciias Therefore
We SEQ that while ugrieWWal aud Iua'
chaaicnl labor go ido hy side
upon many questions Of government
there ARE some upon which the strong
or makes OF the weaker
pAUPERs AND CRIMINALS.
Aud why this Identity yet conflict Of
interests. Undoubtedly ID is The work
of demagogues 10 appeal 70 and arouse
the patriotism oC IA brave people and
/ then while every vein and nrtery s
l swollen With the hot blood Of passion
| 10 inject therein tho poison Of prela-
| dice and the yiso Is turned tighter and
/ tighter upnn WHAT Tho trembling
aud penitunt form Of some accurtod
| Cormor4ntY An, wives, mothers,
daughters and sistors, an you who
| would do charity use the great power
Of your love 90 stay the anger o. your
! linsmeu that they may pause 70 sec
that within the Wise is uaught but the
| pale skeletons of women ana childr1n
! IN rags, loved onos OF mechanical labor
ers, and they Of that noble type Of
| American manhood Ia prison for urine
| from desperation or Heating wrocla
| up0n lifes ocean, Ihun what can bO
done toward the projection Of rights Of
| this class OF our citi9sas upon whom
the state depends no much for dovelopo-
mentg
It cannot bo ignored that the United
Snlos constitution itself owes ih oxia-
tence 10 a spirit Of tolerance Of com
promise Al just laws benr the same
Impress. Ia local commerce. the State,
Ia an conflicts OF interest. should b. The
| mediator not the avengur, While all
othor interests have voice in public
| adairs that OF mechanical labor Is in
| gcnoral way only Several other atat0s
ns vol az tho national government,
have had for years bureau Of labor,
and Texas saould NOT wait until trouble
| ~ at hor door before preparing Tor a..
Such "a department with an nppointoo
chosen by the labor clcmont 40 ~ head
could supply the state ns an arhiter-
| with valuable information which can
bo obtained IN no other way, and thore-
hy prepare for tho treatment Of dnngor-
\ Gus questions which uro sure 10 arifc
With tho increase IN population aud
natural development Of the State.
CRIME.
Although aniuc corporations have
shown themselves pretty hard citizons
other Vital questions oi government
should not ba ignored, There IL
another class OF citizens whoao conduct
Tor the good mime OF ToNas must DO
controlled, aud no Is the criminal. We
should not wait always for some other
state 10 lead the way IN REFORM but We
should have our codes changed, 40 that
all iurioa shall be- composed Ot some
odd number and that % majority can
lind 2 verdict 10 an oi,Hes. 10 capital
cases tho petty jury should DO the Size
OF the grand jury, iweniy-thrcc, and II
would yet take twelve " convict, but
there would got be az many odds In
favor Of the criminal and against the
state as there are now. IN other fel0n-
les less number could be- required.
Then exclude from The jury box chs
professional juror and convict the jury
lixer. In recent years our code per-
mits The accused 10 testify under oath,
which Is following other codes, and u
humane, but n that has any more
weight With the jury tbnn his former
right 10 make statement thcn tho
state can have no testimony equal 70
IT, Ia an criminal cases the suitc being
The plaintiff H. presumed 70 be the pros
/ ecuior, but from the moment the To-
dictlnent Is llcd, yes, from the instant
crime Is committed, tho state Ii IN
many ways
PUT UPON THE DKfESsIyE,
and there renains until this accused ie
released by operation Of Inv, or b pro-
nourecd doad. The icq ~ thc states
attoruey Is always irihei but the Zee Of
the deiendnnta attorney somatiugs
amounts to thousands Of dollar. NO
harm could come either from allowing
inaori 10 present thtir arguments u
the court only. ana 0nt a Tho hearing Of
the iury, thon let the impartial charge
! al fha olurt b. fhi. true guide for the