Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-27

are about to add $500 to their capital to
enable them to manufacture carwheels.
They viii tell you that
NoTaoNE CENT
more would be put into the plant were it
not Tor the commission.
Ask the lumber men. Ask the wholesale
merchants. They will all give the same
testimony. He cited druggist, who at
first was opposed to the commission, but
who now said that his trade would be ma
terially injured by the adjustment Of the
commission.
On the north side of town is the greatest
manufacturing industry in Texas. Ask
John r. Hoxie of the packery, and he will
tell you that he would rather give 500, 600
than have the commission law repealed
The Wood harvester company have placed
their headquarters here on faith in the COM
mission and would withdraw it but for the
commission.
II there is any place in Texas that ought
to be soldly for commission it is Fort
Worth, an interior railroad point.
He described the commission law as the
essence of patriotism, a measure that has
placed Texas where it ought to be, on the
road to full development. Applause. |
He appealed to the audience not to take the
word of a railroad agent or an ex-agent,
but to investigate for themselves
Turning to the gubernatorial race, the
speaker alluded to James S. Hogg as the
grandest statesman who had ever sat in the
gubernatorial chair in Austin since the war.
He had boldly represented the cause of the
peoples interests when other men were
silent [Applause.] He is the champion
of the Commission, and as such, l. for one
bow my head TO him as my superior. ZAP
plause. 1t is an unwritten law Of Texas
that the governor should have TWO terms,
and Hogg has done nothing to justify making
him an exception.
1t is said that he has appointed his
friends to Office. This is the first time
since the days of Judas Iscariot that ever
heard that imputed to man as fault.
Laughter and applause.
He has enforced the law. The speaker
referred to the interest Governor Hogg has
shown in the enforcement of the criminal
laws, and to the Alice case.
Judge Clark, Governor Hogg's opponent,
here came in for review. Before the COM
mission was adopted he stumped the state,
declaring that the commission would be
disastrous to the state. During the legisla-
ture he headed, as the representative of the
consolidated railroad interests, the most
immoral and disgraceful lobby that ever at
tempted to debauch the peoples represent
atives. He now says he bows to the peo-
ple's will. Do you believe it, He says he
favors an elective commission. The result
of that, said the speaker, would be that
different communities would be scrambling
for places on the commission in order to OBJ
tain advantage.
Ask the manufacturers whether they
want an elective commission. They will
tell you that it would result in the destruc-
ton of tho work of the commission.
An appointive commission makes the
governor responsible for it. Another safe
guard is that the commission must be con-
frmed by the senate.
We are afraid that some strategem turks
under the smooth talk of this railroad
lawyer.
He wants to provide for an appeal to the
courts from the tariffs OF the commission.
ASK these manufacturers and
THEY WILL TELL YOU
that such proposition would stab the law
to death. have cases now in the supre me
court that have been there as long as Jacob
served for Rebecca. To tie up tariff ques-
tons there would be to kill the law by in
direction.
If Mr. Clark is an honest man, and be-
lieves what he has said about the commits
sion, he will try to kill it.
OF all towns in Texas Fort Worth should
rally to the support of the man who made
the commission. He is the best friend
Fort Worth has ever found in the political
arena.
To the real estate men he said that if
George Clark were elected governor, and
the commission practically destroyed, their
lots would go down in value because the
industries which are the life Of the town
would be destroyed.
The iaborlng men should support the
commission and its founder because its re-
suits have helped to secure them employ,
ment.
THE FARMERS SHOULD
stand by the commission and by the gov
ernor because in the single item of cotton
the commission has saved this year to them
a million dollars.
Cal. Jamison, owner of the Houston East
and West Texas road, had told him that
the commission was one of the best friends
the roads had, because it protected them
from themselves, and broke up the per-
nicious system of rebates.
A man in the audience here asked the
speaker about the alien land law.
He said of all the foolish things in legis-
lation, it was pre-eminent. It was hastily
passed, and without due consideration. He
declared his opinion TO be that the law
should remain as it had been before that
unfortunate act. 1t was the governors duty
to mention the matter in the call for a spe-
cial session. He was satisfied that law
repeating the act would receive the COVER
nor's signature.
Capt. Ball was given hearty round of
applause at the conclusion of his speech,
and several gentlemen shook hands with
him by way of Endorsement of his remarks.
A novel feature of them was the illustra-
ton of his arguments upon local manufac-
lures by the exhibition of the products of
the various concerns.
1t was announced by the president of the
club that arrangements had been made for
speeches next Friday night and that gen.
tleman from abroad was expected.
The matter of a public celebration in
honor of Tndeu's birthday was postponed
fOr. another Jveak