The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-05-04

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that the moment the state recovered
the land land grabbers worlo tavJ
Jumped on it and the state never
would have got an acre. would as
soon see the railroads have it as the
land jumpers. would not have
brought the suits under the laws
under which the certificates we're is
sued AS expended aud decided by
the supreme court it is expressly pro-
vided and stipulated that the railroad
companies shall have lands for sid.
ings and l,25l,56 deeds were grant
ed under that law, of which acres the
railroads had sold all to the people
except the $1,000 acres which the
governor recovered, and which the
land men have got now. Where
does the school fund come in, pray,
aud Gov Hogg Judge Clark turns
around, is face to face with the gov
ernor) instead of educating 10000
childleu, you, Gov. Hogg, will not
educate one with that land.
He would not have brought the
suit against the East Line because it
was fictitious and had for its purpose
the placing the railroad in the hands
of receiver and Sawnie Robertson.
The constitution did not require it.
They would have brought that Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas suit, and |
mean to cast no reflections upon the
governors integrity, had not Jay
Gould sent to Austin and asked him
to do it. Applause aud uproar.
There was fight at Tyler between
two voice-milkmaids?l no, that
was not it, between Jay Gould on the
one side and the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas on the other, as to which
should own the road, and upon the
solicitation of Jay Gould's attorney
Gov. Hogg brought that suit and did
up the Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
Yes, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
has been stripped of its property and
Jay Gould rules the roost."
| said nothing about the commits
sion becausel knew the governorwould
say it all. The speaker here explain.
ed what he meant when he spoke of
taking the legislative bride off, and
stated that Governor Hogg had mis-
quoted him. The Legislature had put
in the statutes clause fixing
the maximum rate of freight at so
cents per 100 miles. This was the
bride the Legislature had put on and
the state was tied hand and foot. He
had the honor of sitting on the com
to ODDLY the laws of 1878
and placed the maximum rate of
freight at % cents per hundred
pounds, but the legislature struck out
20 and put in 80 cents,
Gov. Hogs conversion is almost
as recent as mine. He did not beat
me more than three months.
When the people pass upon a ques.
ton of government do not US Demo
Gratis have to bow to their will? GOV.
Hogg has bowed, although he is not
as graceful a bower as l am. You
saw him bow just now when we were
talking about an elective commission.
Laughter. We have both heard the
old Democratic lion growl in our day
and it then behOoved us to bow. But
let me tell you, the people are going
to elect their commissioners. 1t does
not make any difference, Gov. Hogg,
Cunning to the governoD whether
you or am elected governor, the
people are going to lift this tribunal
out of the mud and mire of politics
and make commission to which the
citizen and the railroad can appeal.
1t was said that the people did not
have sense enough to elect the com.
mission, and that it would be a de-
plorable exhibition to see commits
sioners on the stump, Do not the
people elect the judges of the
supreme court, aud do you find those
judges on the stump? The people
are going to elect their commissioners
and what is more, they are going to
elect their United States senator's.
That is sound Democracy, A few
months ago the governor appointed a
United States senator, but the people
came along and appointed another
one in his place and made the best
appointment. Did the governors run?