Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-09
MAYOR PADDOCK AT DALLAS.
CHArEnoNED NY MAYOR HARRY.
TALKS FORT WORTH.
The scmi-Ccnteniiinl His Chief
Theme and lie Sets 1t Forth Fore
IbIy--AIiudcs to the Question of
EIeetinH Aldermen mt Large.

Dallas, Tex, Feb. s.-Mayor b. b,
Paddock OF Fort Worth talked as fol-
lows TO u representative VI the Dallas
Daily Times-fIernld;
II will tell you candidly that / am
hunting for some good Dallas men.
Fort Worth really needs them in her
business, Just now. You see. we have
let go all holds ON everything else over
at the Fort. and are pulling our level
best for the Semi-Centennial celebration
which Fort Worth proposes getting up
for the entire state In 1896. That Will
be the fiftieth year since Texas was adj
mitted into the union, and We propose
getting up show out OF sight Dali
las is us much Interested In this Semi
Centennial Exposition as Fort Worth"
"Thats right ohimed in Mayor
Barry, who was chaperoning the Chief
Magistrate OF Dallas glngery neigh
Dor; land you can bank ON Dallas
helping Fort Worth out when the time
comes. All Texas should aid in maxi
ing the Semi Centennial u success"
why, of course il should" resumed
Mayor Paddock. "and l am satisfied
Dallas will be all right; the emily thing
Is to get two or three OF your best men
on the directory. so that things Will be
handled officially from this end.
shall try and get Mr.. Alex Sanger,
who made such success of your State
Fair, to interest himself and other Dali
las men in the semi-Centennial.
Dallas and Fort Worth have got
beyond the period of narrow rivalries
and jealouses. Their interests are
largely mutual. What helps one helps
both, and what helps both helps the
state.
AS to our plans for the exposition,
they are about these; We have or
ganized an association OF Fort Worth
men In order to start the ball to roll
ing. We wish to get men from the
various cities into the directory, and
as fast as we do so some of the Fort
Worth men will drop out TO make
room for them. | wish to see room
made for some good Dallas men right
on.
Fort Worth is going to take s1Oo, 900
stock IN the enterprise, and we wish
to place 100000 more In the other
Texas cities. Then we consider that
the state should appropriate $780, 900 as
the public's contribution. Georgia aided
the ATLANTA Exposltion; Tennessee
aided Nashville; Louisiana did likewise
for New Orleans; In fact, every state
that has had a similar exposition TO the
one contemplated at Fort Worth has
helped II along with public money
and ! do not see any reason why Texas
should not help us. II wou.- be one OF
the best Investments the state ever
made. We shall ask for the help.
whether We got 1t or not
How about your aldermen. In con-
necuon with the opinion from the at
torncy- generals officer was asked
''Well, We're worked up u little over
the matter in Fort Worth. There will
be two sets of candidates In the field
at the April election-one set from the
city at large and she other set from
the wards. The SET that Is beaten
will undoubtedly contest TOR the seats
on the ground OF the Illegal election OF
the other set, II doesn't make any dif-
ference TO me how they do the thing.
though; I've got matters pretty nearly
my way, any how. with the CITY
council. l stand in better luck than
Mayor Barry does over here In Dali
las. l never have had a veto set aside
yet, You see, l just say to the boys
IN advance, when they undertake to do
anythlne IN the council that l don't
like, boys TIN take twelve votes for
you 10 do that That's warning that
I'm going TO veto the thing, and 1t
requires two-thlrds. you know, 20 SET
II aside, You sec, we've got eighteen
aldermen in Fort worth-six more
than Dallas has. Really. bC.h bodies
are too large. Neither city should have
more than seven or eight members Of
the city council.
But, as ] said. don't care now
about bear fights, or cold weather. or
politics. all wish Is TO boom the Semi
Centenniall Help us IN the Times