Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-12

and provides for the enforcement of
its provisions through the courts OF or.
binary Jurisdiction which are In conve-
nlent reach Of the people and with
whose methods Of procedure they are
familiar The senate bill (Cullom's'
proposes to enforce its provisions by
bureau orders, and the proceedings OF
courts combined. The American peo-
pie. as "A rule, have great respect for
law anu for the action Of the judiciary,
but they are not accustomed to the ad-
ministratOn OF civil law through bu.
reau orders. This system belongs in
tact TO despouc governments. not to
tree republics. And | submit with due
respect that the house bill viii secure
more ample, prompt and perfect pro
lection 10 the rights Of the people, with
Tess friction and embarrassment to the
railroad companies. than the SENATE
pill n II should be executed honestly
and In good faith. a careful perusaI
OF the two bills will. | think. convince
any impartial mind OF the truth of his
statement. The senate bill. is however,
prepared by the railroad companies
because under II they see greater
chances for trlckery and evasion"
AS soon as l read and digested this
gHeat argument OF Judge Reagan's
against railway commissions. became
convinced he was right, and settled
myself down In that conviction. But in
. rev months thereafter, the Judge
my own solitude. The senatorial cleo.
Ion In Texas was coming on apace.
Judge Reagan surrendered 10 Cuilor,
accepted the commission and the min
Slpal features Of the bill which was
preferred by railroads because under
!, they saw greater chances for trick
cry and evasion" came home wns
tlNgtnu senator
or his great success as a railway regu.
iutor, ana went back TO Washington.
leaving poor Texas with the bnE To
hold on the long and short haul -
winch has cost her people untold mil.
IONS IN the shape OF increased freight
OF the bill.
] said he was elected senator partially
upon the success of this measure There
was another feature whlch addad ~,
contribution TO this success. / aIuds
20 prohibition Up 10 this time the
Juuse had been an ardent anti" nnd
~ an Interview in 1856 had denounced
p.un'p'uon as unwise and undemo-
eratle IN his argument before the
ISsa slce committee Of the house in
n,oi nun which quotation il already
hh to me Judge used his language In
nls general denunciation of commiel
SION; we have a commission on liz
ullli ~ alcoholic liquors and n,,st
aWult TO see to what extent II 90,
piVnlote temperance, and to what az
t,,,,o," AN saieiy violate the oonsti-
luton OF the United States"
II was discovered after the saro+o,.,o,
election that the Judge baJ , ,'tg.la,
nIretty solid support from the probi'
St ,,,i,!s, and some unklnd remarks were
iinuulseu In which / took nleas,,ro a.,
snouhoing, because | knew the mac
80, 700 good Democrat to faIo,
~ S' .H,try laws. But the plot begsn |
wbisn reneh IN the spring OF 1887. Vague
Ions cbs,,re ~ the air as to mlracu- |
40 -, S.'nnses OF heart. Leading ana |
-,H,nest Prohlbitlonists looked nv
w. ,tl anu shrugged their shoulders v,ha, |
And when the denor,,,',.
- ',l our old friend, Judge Roa@on
"a ~ up full-nedged ProhIbitionie,
,era,,s, t"u Win the rest of us bovs
so i,'a we hadn't Topped with him
~ 1uuge Reagan must retnsn,, ~.
mere are foppers and fionna,, mat
rIippea on Greenbaoks. RAILWAY cb nns
li,ssion and Prohibition. and IN
'9ppeu on the free and ,tnIi,nt,sa M
~ OF silver The essential dissa, eoin-
Tween us In these acrobatIc 49,
yrors nopped because saw I was
vas iafins N INV When ! did II that
opped for the sal. FSpuIhr side, He
u eah Judge between us "e pun
few words more "a
ers,. Win this portion Of the no nure
said ~ me Judge charges that IN ise,
~ ss'a % Denton that an ineom M ISL ,
liso,ier ,unaemoeratic. have no rec ,sH !
Ut ! viii ii'S NO. did and think did not:
oncede tbat n.y. ne Judge fairly and
,lS discussion. And then purpose OF
a sc WIN my opposition Ia ~, p1ralieis
Ia, ar,,' ueeiafed upon in the esr'shnd
,st 1,vrm OF 1892, The Judge ~ ~
ONE ~ again unfortunate. a. In IN
,rmailv ~ bearing equally ana mi
he income ~ al alike Is one thing. but
nd his frisnS demanded by the Judge
ether a difern at Houston is alto