Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-11
He Thinks There Is Too Much
Fuss and Feathers
ABOUT THAT RtCEWERsHlp,
But Acknowledges That Charges We're Mad,
by M, Male
that No Turned Them over 10 luduo MeCor
mick, Who Sent Tor Dillingham; and
Then lhe Latter Resigned -Purdoe
Says He'll DO Nolhlna.

New Orleans, Ia., March 10.-tspec.
ial9 Judge Don pnrdco Of the Uuitod
States circuit was interviewed today by
your correspondent Ia regard TO Gov
ernor liogg's communication to the Tex.
az legislAiurc ON the rcceiycrship Of tho
Houston aud Texas Central railroad
aud the Male charges. The judge spoke
freely ON the subject He did not In.
tend he said to officially notice what
Governor iogg Ind said or TO make
auy Vply personally, or ~ circuit
judge lie had glanced over the gov
crnors message aud Informed himself
of tho main points Ia t. but he had not
heard an the evidence the latter CON
tanned Complaints were frequently made
about cases aud this was particularly No
In pgnrd 20 ocoiverships PERSONAL
ally he would not worry about what
Governor Hogg had said aud would pny
no further attention to Il. lie had ap.
pointed MIR Dillingham; receiver Of tho
ruilpod this was true; but II was im-
possible for him In the case OF road Ia
the hands of receiver appointed by
% Unitod States circuit judge TO go Into
an the petty details aud rcyiew every.
thing chat was done, the rates liked.
etc, Al that ho could do was to see
that The property was managed generally
In satisfactory way lie had every
reason to believe TINT this was the ease
with the Houston aud Texas Central
road. and did believe a. lie had under
stood from an hands that the mnuuFe.
mcnt was good. aud ms far as lac could
SEQ it was satisfactory The Affairs OF
the company had been hrnightcncd out
and thcrc was every reason why the re-
cciyorship should bc terminated and tho
rond turned over to the stockholders,
there hcmg only n fow small muttora
60 arrange Tho Nollc charges had
come 90 him. Nallc, he declared, had
tried 10 bulldozc everybody, and falling
In thIs. had determined to have revenge
on Dillingham; by forcing him from tho
roceiyprship of the roud.
Az soon nv the charges were laid he
fore him, Judge rardec, he had tclo-
rraphed 90 Dillingham;, 80 Male him
self testified. for nn explanation. Ito
had put The matter. however. In tbs
hands OF Judge Mccormick for two raa-
SONS. Judge Mccormick was u mems
bor Of the circuit court az himself Il
had been agreed between thom that Me
Curmicl, should take hold of all matters
affecting ToNua. aud he Pardeel ~
those affecting the other Htntos Included
In the circuit Moreover az he (Purdec)
had appointed Dillingham;, ne thought
it best to have The other circuit judge
investigate the chnrpca against him.
Judge McCormIcl, had accordingly tnlsou
hold Of the matter aud sent FOR Dilling'
ham. The lattcr resigned and 10 had
not been considered advisable 10 rro-
cecd with the investigation.
As for the complaint that tho road had
been $50 long In the hands of the receiver
appointed by tho circuit court this was
unavoidable. Analrs had been 10 set
tlod up that the reccycrship could have
been ended Two years ago, aud The court
was about 90 ordor Il. aa Governor iogg
woli know, when Il was prevented by
nm Injunction issued by Justice Lamar
OF the supreme court, which has lately
been continued 10y Justice Jackson.
Charles Madden brought The pmt In
hhtuicd boy the Carey people 70 set asida
all previous legal proceedings, The liu-
CATION over the case had been laid and
was alll continued by the Carey people,
aud the circuit court could do nothing
ia the fnce Of the injunction,
What Governor llogg had said about
the long duration Of the federal rocoiy'
crship were mere buncombc There was
mo- difference hetwcon them and those
ordered by the Texns state courts. Why
the rocciyershiD of the Houston, East
and West Texas ordered by state
court had lasted na long ms that Of tho
Houston aud 'rcr0s Central, and there
had boon just as much scuudn about
the state az about the United States re-
ceiycr8 Judge pardoo declared that he DID
not care 10 say my more about the mat
Ter. Tho Nallo charges bad been re-
ferrcd by him TO Judge Mccormick. Dil.
liugham bad boon called on TO explain
aud had resigned The railroad prop
erty bad not been turned over 10 the
Stockholders. aB could have been done
two years ago, aud was intended 20 DO
done because Of an injunction issued by
supreme judge, on account Of tbe Carey
people. There was far roo much fuss
and feathers about the whole affair