Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-10
HE RAILS AT THREE LAWYERS
ON THE COMMISSION.
A TRIBUTE To' JUDGES REAGAN
AND sTEDMAN-THE LOCAL OPP
TIoNIsTs FIGHTING FOR CON-
cEssIoNs FROM THE SALOON
MEN-A PROHIBITION CLOUD.


AAAE AthAA anu Alk AA9H hfNAAAth " ~ Va
the present Administered ton. The bru-
nstte statesman was for Hon. John
II. Cochran last year and against
Hon. Charles ~. Culberson. He is
against the latter today. The eN-lleu-
tenant governor talks savagely and the
failure of the legislature to pass a
! fee bill, and the appointment OF Hon.
/ y. a. Steadman as railroad commits
/ sloncr has aroused his ire. The writer
! met the Hon Barney yesterday and
/ he was as full Of explosives as u
| French communist OF dynamite. He
| said among other things; Three
! lawyers on the railroad commission
| will damn the party. Three lawyers
| have already damned II. Why, all three
l never shipped $40 worth OF goods
/ in their lives. And then the failure
[ Of the legislature to pass a fee bill has
| aroused the people, and they will vote
| against the party hereafter why, It
is id outrage. 1 shall make sixty
| speeches against the party this summer
and fall. The Popullsts. the Republi-
cans, any party Will defeat Demo-
! Gratis in 1856. Now, like
| steadman, but three lawyers ON
| the commission WON'T do" Barney
continued to throw bomb shells and
] the writer fled. 1t was absolutely
dangerous to stand within a stone
/ throw OF the iratu statesman. His talk
/ indicated that he cuntemplates mean
/ derlng in the direction OF the populist
! camp. Ana yet his criticism is mani
testify unfair. John II. Reagan is a
! farmer, and he does not farm with
| his mouth. He owns fine farm. and
! that it about all that he does own.
There Is not farmer in Texas more
| closely Identified with the agricultural
classes than John II. Reagan. There
Is nor a shipper In Texas whom the
railroads would not accept In prefer
encc to Reagan, His followers are
on the farm. Ills strength Is in the
country, and he is recognized as the
spokesman of the great agricultural
interests. And there is Alex Stedmnn,
renowned as lawyer, honored as Il
| turl5t and applauded as an upright
citizen and model Christian gentle
man. HIS friends, and they are legion,
say that he IS ever for the right, that
! equal and exact Justice to all men
ID his motto. lie IS known by his
works. If a man Is honest, consider
ate, broad minded and true to him
self and the duties Of Official trust.
what matter whence he comes or his
avooation, calling, trade or profcssion2
Even the farmers OF the legislature
applauded the appointment OF Sted-
man, and they love Reagan. The citl-
zens Of Northeast and West Texas
have no fault to lind with Alex Stod-
man. They know that he will be faith
ful to his trust ana honest to his con-
Ylcuons. Barney Gibbs IS brilliant
but erratic, and in this Instance Is
not just The failure to pass a fee
bill rests largely with the pupulists.
and the more extreme economists OF
| the legislature. Their bill was mon
sttoslty: Ihey proposed 10 place sal
| ares OF county officers at S2500 and
S2l0O year After the deputies We're
| PAID, the excess was to go to the state.
| No relief was given to the ltigant.
| lie was compelled to fork over, as ut
| present. Hon. Seth p. Mills and
his associates offered as a substitute
| bill scaling the fees in all conn
| ties over 5000 inhabitants. The popu-
| lists and extreme economists voted
| against the substitute, which wouId
! nave lessened the cost OF litigation I'm
! tho pppuluus counties Of the state
| and left the money In the pockets OF
| nose unfortunate enough to be forced
| INTO law suits. The defeat OF the
! Minis bill lead to the defeat of the
| Fopulist economist bin. because Mills
/ ana nus Following sworo that thew
would never agree TO a system OF lndi-
| rect taxation. system that placed
the state and the county officers In
", Artnerslip and left the 'litlgant with
! Inc bag 10 hold. There are about Ok
| counties in the state where il Is al
| leLed that the others make too much
money The Mills bill would have emf
! away the rich piclSlugs The PopulIsts
'eteated the Mills bill and unon their
ahoulders the responsibility should be
IL IS stated here that Hon Thomas
5. smith, speaker of the house OF rem
! resentatives has been invited to a.
Iend the honest money" convention at
Waco. II is safe to bet that
rom smith will not be present. ne Is
| an adroit politician, popular with the
boys, aud may be an asplrant FOR
congressional nomination next year
when Honest 10" Abbott viii rctSrs
| 70 pastoral pursuits. During the vim
Ter az Austin, the speaker was rnut,,
on the financial issue. He was To-
IT,, uaeiuus on every subject, hut never
hSpeu word on silver. He failed 10
nlaterlallHe At either caucus. and neltb-
Vr tne tree silver men, the binetni.
hstb or the gold standard mon ma
nm located, He Il amazingly clever
lha Is the same Tom Smith, ana hasn't
SILVER Ho may show his hand M
waco but II he is good pollficinn
ne WIN permit Hon. j. q. Dudley 10 nv
range the financial platform for TeSss
V'"'s' ana continue to saw wood.
-, 'VNNMs uN II the Cprbett-Fltgsimm ong
i'sht VIII be pulled OFF here An Tcvas
louisiana and Florida have deoIornJ
desalhst glove contest and Joe VcnIss'
Is infatuated with Texas and insists n,,
coming here. Last fall nerotlottn,
NMVre opened with Manager ~
snrauy ana Joe Nendlg by Dan
Sa one OF the best known sporting
men IN the South or West. The moneS
ms ms already been placed and ths |
y,iHnees are thar James ]. Corbett ara |
a3uuy fltzsimmons win face esch
SsnSI Tor The championship OF the world |
G NV golden prize in Dallas arena
SWnNc contests 30 In Texas. ana ths I
i9uute OF the legislature TO mass Inc
NlaS ~ making prizh fighting a felony
- Nlt an open road to those ,vbo |
wan, 10 bring the champion OF he /
pusiilstc ring TO Texas. From whit .
Sah learn here In sporting circles nrndv 1
" anxious TO have the prize fleht nulIe1 |
OH IN Texas, and has given Joe Vendt,. /
tip to 70 ahead. ''e
Judge w, NJ. Peck OF Grayson county |
mere attending court. judge PSI 1
Is y .ne senior representative from Grav- |
son county, and was one OF the iending /
,nembers OF the Twenty fourth lepis. /
azure 10 Is an able lawyer rea5,
anu iorcible dobater and was niWs,,s |
iounu voting on tho right Side .b,dro /
lecN is heretic That Is. he fnvn,s |
ne tree and nnllaitcd coinage 81 siiva,, I
at ratio OF 10 Ia Kvlthnu. N, ~