Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-04

made In the fall OF IdNl ana sprung W
1892, when Governor Hogg bad been IN
power for but one year-and 10 presehls
the alarming decrease Of sJ0OOOVVO Us
nearly rs u careful calculation can make
Il. Tho people themselves made the az
easements and fixed the valuation IN
both years years side by side; Iney
were as honest IN the fall Of Ieel as
they were in tho fall Of lo9Ounless tney
suddenly Tor some unknown reason pe-
came dishonest. They were yalulng
their own property in good faith, and
according to their honest estl-
mate OF lis value. In 1880 We had good
crops; ia 1891 we had iino cropsi in 1872
we have splendid crops, The fall OF
1891 and spring Of 1892 found US with
an increased area of open and culUVa-
table lands FIRMS improved, houses
buit,convenicncos in farm life supplied
during the last year. Aud yet behold
the honest people Of TcxB In valuing
thcirown propertysny II was worth 500
OOO. 900 less In lsD2 than II was IN 1891.
Strange paradox iudecd-but true as
strange But can the facts be accounted
for?
During the administration Of Gov.
Ross and his predecessors, the laws
were fairly good and fairly eniorc d.
Person, labor and capital were equally
and fairly well projected. The muu in
tho field, the working man at his bench
and the land owner, the lawyer with
his books, the blacksmith with his an
vii. the carpenter with his tools, the
capitalist with his money Invested in
internal improvements, cyory Kind and
character OF man and industry had the
aegis Of the law fairly and honestly ad-
ministcred thrown around him, He
was safe. Hc was prosperous. He WIS
hopeful. And all these he had right
10 b.. because The government Of tho
people was then administered IN behalf
o. and in the interest NJ the people
Bit thcre came "A change. ana wOiul
change IL was for this people
GOV. Hogg. before his elevation to
the governnrship had been the chief
highest aud controlling law officer Of
the state. He had In that character
studiously. porvpscly aud porsever-
iuulv stirred up old and long forgotten
question OF law, that were unworthy the
consideration of any lawyer ia private
practicp. mud through aud with thom
he pesterod the courts of tue country,
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AhIFuL AND DECEPTIVE PlNACrlVES
nnd domnpouue promisrs-n sutTermg.
wronged, nlmast ruined people. and
were Inv them In thoh, crcdullty and
distress cyclopgd into the governors
office. whore he has lived the author of
tho bilphtinr scourre that Aowg from
mlsappllud lawful power.
Is Il thon nv nl6ndsany wonder To
you that mulorinl values should have
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ehouII not INV, i,,"n ,,,.a,',, ~, ,bo
neonIS snTor,ns ,s tb." tny.' s,,r., .i,
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facts account tn, thn drcrrnls I'm valu.s9
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co,,Id Ia avon .ttTgostivSIy naca,st,.
for such nm nstoinding cSnditiop nT
tninrs mo Aimigbtv Ind brnn ,,od
tn Xxx noonl,, ni T'szns III" hn5 Gl VAN
benltb Tbe rentle sbovnrs from jinny'
on Ind mllcn In almndnneo Mo neonio
worn indtistrions ,,nd thr cnrth NINA, Ia
yinld her huits Nntnro hnd bcen r,ost
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moi On ns from nnttn.s's hnrd II ,ras
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