Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-11

ernor had originated the legislation which
empowered the state to loan the school
funds TO railroads, the speaker said that
the supreme court has upheld the governor,
by which decision Texas had been enriched.
He did not by any means approve OF ali
the acts OF the executive. but deied any
man to substantiate the charge OF dishon-
esty against him, and said that when Clark
was attorneys general, much Of the fraudu-
lent land had been acquired by the rail-
ways.
He defended Chiffon and said that during
his forty-six years residence in Texas he
had never known a governor who did not
appoint his friends to office, and drew at
tention to the fact that Judge Clark had
filed several high Offices in the state TO
which he had been appointed by his friends.
He freely admitted that he was opposed to
Governor Hogg's ideas Of loaning the school
money to the railways, believing such q
measure to be unsafe and unconstitutional.
So far as the Great Northern railway case
was concerned, he believed that notwith-
standing the supreme court had decided
that the governor had no right TO intercede
for the people, he believed the governors
acts were approved by an overwhelming
majority Of the residents of the state. He
then charged Judge Clark with having
failed to bring suits against the railroad
companies when he was Encouragement,
and stated that he proposed TO thoroughly
investigate the intlmation that the judi
ciary had been derelict in this direction,
promising to ventilate the whole subject
for the benefit and information OF the peo-
pie. He accounted for the present financial
depression by quoting low prices of prod
ucts, especially cotton, and the unhealthy
initiation which accompanied the booms
from which the state had not yet recov-
cred, which era of depression and de-
probation occurred long before
Hogg and his administration were
inaugurated. He insisted that the gov
erners appointed commission would be
one ia harmony with the people, while an
elective commission would be in harmony
with Judge Clark's idea of what consti-
tuied the rights OF railways. The Hogg
administration had given the state the San
Antonio platform, the commission bill, the
Confederate home at Austin, the new
asylum Had reduced the general tax %
per cent in one year. Why was he assailed2
Because every railroad Office in the state
have been headquarters for the dissemina-
ton OF all sorts Of scandalous charges
against the chief executive.
Judge Clark said:
IN CLOSING
the dicussion that Capt Brown was the
most artful dodger he had ever known; in
sisted that that gentleman had failed to
answer any of his cOnundru1ns. The judge
referred to the alien land law as unconsti-
tutional. and appealed to his hearers
to-. save the principles of civil
liberty by opposing such legislation. He
had stood alone in opposition to the Inter
national and Great Northern legislation,
and single-handed and alone had whipped
the railroad and saved the money Of the
state, He would take the responsibility
for anything which properly and legiti-
mately belonged to him, but would not be
saddled with accusations which he did not
merit His record was clear. He had
saved millions for the state, and if elected
would promise not to sign a bill which had
10 constitutional title, nor would he bring
discredit on his administration by failing
TO veto bills which were not only unconsti-
tCtional, but an absolute wrong to the peo-
pie.
He closed his address with a tribute to
Texas and Texas people, whom he hoped
would be prosperous and happy, being
mindful OF the value of civil liberty and re-
publican government.