The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-05-14
SOME QUERIES ANSWERED.


gator is a Hogg man and asked just
sech questions as he thought would be
hard for a Clark man to answer. But
THE News is glad of this, and will
proceed to knock the black out. The
first question is, what was the plat
form adopted at San Antonio? Fol-
lowing are the only planks relative to
state measures:
6. We believe that 1t is the right
and duty of the state to regulate and
control the public highways within
their limits, and that effective reguls.
rion is impracticsble without the
agency of railway commission.
Therefore We favor the amendment to
article y, section 2, of the present
constitution, relating to railroads, sub
mit;ed to vote of the people By the
last legislature, and we demand and
pledge the enactment of law
creating commission clio he'd
WIN oby PS"NS
sary to prevent abuses and discrimi
nations, and to make, establish and
maintain reasonable rates of charges
for the transportation of passengers
and freight having origin and destina-
ton within the limits of this state.
I. We demand that the constitu
tioual provision that prohibits monop-
oles. contrary to the genius of a free
government he respe ,ted and obeyed
in all particulars, and especially by
the enactment Of Law that will pro-
hibit the further operation of land
corporations and requiring those now
holding possession or title OF lands to
dispose of the same within such rea-
sonable time as will not impair in.
vested rights, and that the policy OF
selling the public lands to actual set
tiers may be strictly enforced.
s. We demand that, as general
diffusion of knowledge is essential to
the promotion of the liberties and the
rights of the people, the consti,u-
tional provision requiring the public
free schools to be maintained and
supported for a period of not less than
six months of each year shall be fully
and faithfully carried out, and that
the university, its branches and other
educational institutions be properly
endowed and maintained
9. We demand that suitable pro-
vision be made by the state for a
home for the disabled Confederate
soldiers where their reasonable wants
may be supplied and their miseries
alleviated without humiliation to them
as objects Of charity.
10. We favor seperate coaches for
white and black passengers on the
railways of the state and demand that
the Legislature pass law which shall
compel railways to furnish the same.
Second, was not Governor Hogg
successful in his Val Verde suits and
if so why did not the men who hold
the clouded titles speak out at Cam
eron if the lands were held by the PEG.
ple?"
Governor Hogg recovered $1,000
acres of land all from one railroad. He
claims to have recovered l,254, 900
acres. The court held that the lands
having been alienated by the railroads
the amount obtained on sidings and
switches could only be recovered by
bringing all parties in court. By SO
ruling the result is, the lands for which
certificates were issued to the railroads
are subject to suits for possession and
those not yet patented are barred by
the Val Verde suit. The following
letter read by Judge Clark at Nava-
sofa Thursday speaks out,
Iowa PARK, Tex, May 4.-Hon
George Clark, Waco, Tex, Dear
Sri notice that Gov, Hogg in his
speech at Cameron on the 3rd instant
states that he has not found the citi.
zen yet whose title to a piece OF
land has been disturbed on account of
suit brought against railroads to re.
cover land given them for siding and