Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-24
DECIDEDLY IN IT.
FORT WORTH in THE LEAD FOR
THE COURT OF APPEALS.
Ben P Ayres Tells of the Misleading aud
False Statements that Hopeless Lobby
lists for Another City Are Relating.

Ben P. Ayres, who has been at Austin
log-rolling for Fort Worth in the matter OF
securing one OF the courts of appeal, re-
turned yesterday. a GAZETTE reporter
saw Mr.. Ayres and questioned him con-
corning the chances of Fort Worth for
securing the appeals court He said:
Our chances. 1 will say, are exceedingly
gooo, anesI think Fort Worth will secure
what she ants. The representatives from
the Northwestern part of the state are in
chned to respect the interests of Fort
Worth, and consider her the most conve-
nient point at which to establish the court
of appeals. Dallas wishes the court estab-
ished there for the convenience of three or
four counties in that part of the state. The
people from the northwest living on the
Fort Worth anG Denver, and those living
opfhe Fort Worth and Rio Grande to get
10 Dallas would have to suffer the inconve-
nience of changing cars at Fort Worth,
which is very annoying; and then the
numDer/of people who would be con-
venie9eed if the. court were established
at IlSllas is small compared to those who
liys on the Fort Worth and Denver and the
fort Worth and Rio Grande. In the coun-
try tributary to the former road there are
300, coo people and in that through which
the latter runs there are over 100000 The
representatives recognize these facts and
viii, ! think, act accordingly. All the
trunk lines run into Fort Worth and it is
recognised at the most convenient point.
In presenting the claims of Fort Worth
we pave been compelled to meet all sorts of
charges, and might say that for Wrapping
end twisting the truth into all sorts of un-
recognizable shapes some of our opponents
certainly take the bakery. a statement to
the effect that the board of trade building
was crumb bling and ready to fall down was
made by the representatives of our sister
city on the Trinity. This was, of course,
refuted, but our accuser was hydra headed
and conjured up false statements as fast as
we would prove them not true. 1t was
then said that no one in Fort Worth had
authority to rent the building to the county
commissioners. This was followed by the
allegation that the county commissioners
court had given it out that only one months
rent would be paid by that court, and that
the city council had agreed to pay another
months repts making in all two months,
and thatafter this the state would be called
upoHsto bear the expense of renting the
Building. OF course, all these statements
were shown to be unfounded, and the effect
has been that the unwonted zeal of the Dali
las .pople is reacting against them. The
oaieial action of the council last night and of
tnE county commissioners court this morn
ing will effectually silence all of these mis-
statements.
Representative James W. Swayne of
is working hard in the house,
and has done much effectual work. We are
making clean, square fight to secure the
court, and are entering into no combines or
anything of that kind. Fort Worth is be-
fore the legislature on her merit alone, and
if soc loses it will be no ones faultn
y Al. Ayres will return to Austin to night,
he having been appointed one of three COM
fhitteemen to lay before the legislature the
purposes of the county commissioners
court in the matter of erecting in the near
fQtaIfe new courthouse, in the design of
which building ample provisions will be
made for the accommodation of the civil
court of appeals.