Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-02

l.NtHlNA NsN iHNfitr tne cVminlrSlun "
II nov exists, ich has been used as
u political machine TO connscaie the
property OF one class 10 aid and
vance tho political future OF us
shameless Il set Of political btieands as
ever controlled the destinies OF any
state. Filled with communicate doe
trines. in section "A IL asserts with
brazen elfrontery that we are opposed
to the commune in any and all forms
and pledge ourselves to the just aud
equitable protection Of the interests Of
both capital and labor The trainers
OF this platform know as well as any
body else that the wild experimental
Legislation OF the present administra-
tion has by its every act
and utterance antagonlzed the
interests OF capital In Texas.
Llano with Its untold wealth OF ore is
Theoretically scaled. Deep waier,
through private capital on the South
ern coast, is but a promise when il
should be a reality The damnable
alien land law drove millions OF capital
from the state, yet Governor Hogg Is
reported as having said 10 his Denison
speech that II was not strong enough.
Morciless, unrelenting, demagogical
war upon railroads has stopped their
building in the state, and those that
are here have suffered from c0niisca-
don at the hands OF the railway com,
mission
The other speaker said that section
twenty-iour reminded him OF the story
OF the painted dog sold by a dog
fancier, which in the first rainstorm
after tho purchase was transformed
from beautiful pointer into a common
''yallern dog. When tho proud pur-
chaser went into the book yard after
the storm and saw tho motamorphosis
dog fanoier The peddler Of CANNES saw
him coming and hurriedly running 10
him said, u forgot 20 tell you that an
umbrella went with that dog.p When
Regean fixed up that platform and read
il over he saw that II cover
was needed, and with an innocence that
is childlike and bland he covered
IT all over with the declaration, 1--WE
are opposed TO tho commune
THE COMMISSION.
Referring to the commission, the
speaker said that Texas, great imperial
Texas, was now grovelling In the dust
at the feet of the United States court
charged with Il crime upon property
rights by confiscation Of the property
Of the railroads. Texas, thai should
he as great in Justice az she Is IN
domain is convicted of taking property
without duo process Of law" that the
commission was victim Of the arbl-
tIary unconstitutional provisions placed
therein by mau who had
dotted every and crossed every
in IT, A tribute WAS then
paid TO the courts Of the country
by the speaker, In which he said that
| before them tho cOrmorant and the
commune sink together in the dust, and
| Justice, though often aifrighted nd APP
palled at the mad zeal OF both, still
deals out equal and exact justice TO
all.n That our supreme court was the
only bulwarl against which the burn
ing waves Of James stephen Hogg's
ambition had dashed in vain, The
railway litigation OF the state and it's
disastrous effects upon the land titles
was next reviewed, and the lnterna-
tioDal and Great Northern scandal was
characterized as senseless and brutal
attempt Of a great state to Interfere
| with the rights Of property, in
which the state had no interest and in
| which railroad served Us carrion for
| the administration vultures The Texas
and Pacific railway was cited as an
evidence OF the ialsity Of Governor
| Hogg's charges that the people suffer
| from watered stocks and bonds. Elk
| planning az length, Mr.. Powell showed
! that Ia December, 1873, this company
| had |. 4S7 miles Of road and December
| 81, 1882, owed S7j,j1I,0 G0. In 1890 the
same road owed S9i 1854, 600 and still
had only ,iS7 miles OF road, showing
! an Increase OF Sl9.0O0,000 Of indebted
ness without additional mileage. The
average rate per passenger per
mile on the road In 1888 was
. 03-l00 cents, and the average
rate per passenger per mile oyer the
same road in 1890 was . 6l-l0O, de
crease Of 32-l00 Of q cent per passenger
per mile. That the average rate for
moving a ton Of freight per mile in 1893
WAS | 76-l00 cents and In 1890 1t was
26-100 cents, decrease Of 50-l00
cents, which showed that while wa
telHl stocks and bonds had been issued
by the road, the passenger and freight
rates had been reduced. With con-
stitutionai commission law, and no
other can ever be Of any valid Use In
Texas, the roads should be controlled
and allowed TO earn fair interest
upon the amount OF money actually
invested in the road, That was the
kind of commission the people wanted,
and not an unconstitutional abortion
used for political purposes only
SAND THE BASIS.
The hope Of Texas, said the speaker,
lies in hor lands, The soil OF this sec
ton is the basis of all credit, Depre-
ciate its value and vital blow Is
struck at all classes Of its citizenship.
Most OF those who came TO West Texas
did so seeking cheap lands ia hope that
their value would increase. That they
purchased lands ON long time, hoping
TO sell a part thereof upon an appreci-
ated market, TO build themselves a
home and that the only thing which
stood Ia the way of a realization Of
that hope was the unwise. un-Demo-
cratic, disastrous policy OF the
state administration, which had
driven cheap money out Of the state.
That the alien land law had
practically destroyed the right Of
mortgaging the lands-the only secur.
ity Of West Texas farmers at time
when Texas could least Afford such vi
cious legislation; that West Texas
needed money-cheap money which