Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-27

unnecessary sources OF expenditure OF
public moiey by carefully l0pplnR on
useless offices or places, II any such
shall be found TO EXIT, and 10 see that
i'm none of the departments OF the
state government Is there salary
paid for useless work or FOR no work.
And II It shall be found that any sal
AIRY Of any public servant IL more than
sufficient TO pay for good md ef-
Client service, II should be reduced
TO n proper and Just figure But /
am one OF those who believe that good
pay secures good work. and would not
ondRngcr the public service by pro-
Ylding
Pnrsimonions salaries
or wages. The greatest source Of ex-
pendit!Sre in nny one department Of the
state government Is IN the judiciary
The great extent OF our territory and
the other conditions which add to the
labors and business and number OF
the courts necessarily make II an ex-
pensive department The admlnistra-
tion of the criminal law, involving
the carrying OF witnesses from one part
OF the state to another and the conse-
quent expense, adds greatly 10 the
amount necessary to be appropriated
for this department ] believe that
some reform IL practicable In the adj
ministration OF this part OF the law. by
more strictly guarding the number OF
witnesses transported tlinn is done UNI
dor the present law, and exaoting OF
district Judges closer scrutiny of ac-
countr for this kind OF service and Civ
ing to them more discretion than the
present law gives In the issuance from
their courts OF processes for witnesses,
/ believe that much money can be
saved and no mans legal rights be IN.
fringcd upon, Our public school sys-
tenn, though much advanced over
its condition a few years back, needs
the most watchful care OF the leglsla-
ture to see that Its growth shall be
commemorate with the growing de-
mands Of our civilization ! believe that
the public schools should be open To the
children OF the state for eight months
in the year. This may be impractical
BILE at this time without resortng TO
more taxation than the people would be
willing TO bear. but the great endow-
ment which belongs to the school fund.
IL ludiciously managed. viii In very
few years furnish the means supple
mented by the present tax, TO run our
public schools for that length OF time.
The principal Of that fund should not
be touched upon any further than has
already been done. II was wisely sn-
tended by those who made provision for
| This fund that II should be fostercd
and preserved. using only the inter
est for the support Of the public schools
until by its inevitable growth Il would
at period not remote furnish income In
tho form Of interest sufficient 10 afford
| ample means for n common school edu-
| cation 10 every child In the state.
The most important subjects OF Leg
| islatIon which have occupied the
attention Of our people and the legisla-
| lures during recent years are those
pertaining 10 the regulation and cnn-
troi OF railroad corporations by the
stafe-the placing OF Limitations and
safeguards on the issuance by those
| corDorationa Of bonds and stocks and
the prevention OF perpetuitiea and mo-
nopolies IN the holding OF land by cor
] porationE, Three objects Of far-reach-
| ing and vital concern IN the present
| and future generations of our people.
| and Involving the exercise of the high
| ~. functions Of government For many
Years the different legislatures have
| passed laws looking 10 the regulation Of
railroad troirhi charges. the proven
| tion OF unjust discrimination IN those
| chnrgcs between shippers and locaii-
1 ties and the prevention or pools and
\ combinations intended 90 destroy COM
! petitfon. These laws. however, IN the
| main. remained aH dead letters on the
gtatute books and were wholly ig-
| nored By railroad companies doing bus
mess within the state In the year
1890,
=, T.xaa presented to- Tie voters
l ~ the state the plain and
1 dlstinct Issue of the enactment
n an efficient law creating q
/ commission TO regulate and TX rca-
sonabie rates Of charges FOR The rail-