Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-05
RAILWAYS.
Dallas Comes to the
Scratch Again.
nEpoRrED THAT SHE HAS A CAN
DIDATE Fon COMMISSIONER.
JUDGE N. A. STEDMAN
MAY NE INDUCED TO LET HIS NAME
GO BEFORE THE PEOPLE
THIS YEAR.
Report OF the Commission shows
whnt Has neen saved to the
People by Tint body.



by the Gazette of few days ago have
been partially verified. and It requires
but additional time to bring out the
remainder
Dallas has put forth a candidate for
railroad commissioner and IL willing
to furnish the other two. South Texas
should look to her laurels In this mat
ter, for Dallas is evidently in deadly
earnest.
or course Dallas has n right to put
forth as many candidates as she de-
sires for every place on the state ticket
but their nomination is different The
desire to iill any office In the state on
the part OF any man Is a most laudable
ambition, but no town should mani
fest disposition to hog the earth. At
least this seems to be the drift OF pub
lie sentiment as evlnced here yesterday
when II became known that Dallas had
man In the ring
1T is an outcropping of that same
old Dallas spirit" said a gentleman
yesterday. Fort Worth has furnish
ed commissioner and 1t has just
We are one on them In that respect.
Consequently. they will never be salts
fed now until they get even with Fort
Worth. Just let Fort Worth have any
thing. even If 1t is naught but a dog
fight, and Dallas VIII go after the
same kind OF an entertainment In her
usual buugling fashion.
AS to the Dallas candidate for rail-
ROAD commissioner nothing can be
said personally. Perhaps his greatest
4 misfortune Is that lie comes from BAL
las. But think any other county in
\ the state would be satisfied to furnish
/ the governor, and If any others felt
that inordinate itching for political
/ preferment they would have Judgment
enough TO defer any action In that di-
rection until the gubernational timber
was exhausted. But Dallas never
stops to figure on these things. She
| puts herself In the attitude of an lndi-
vidual waiting to he struck by brick
and then wonders who It was that
7 threw the missile.
THAT north Texas will furnish n
commissioner l think is foregone
conclusion, and 1t Is generally believed
that there Will be no change. Oh. l
! know Judge Stedman has said that he
would not be candidate. but know
that every possible influence Is being
brought to bear on him TO have him
! alter his determination. l know that
his mails even now are being burden
| ed by urgent appeals from his friends
and men high up in the councils OF the
| Democratic party, pleading with him
to allow his name to 80 before the
people.
And further. know Judge Stedman
Is man who has n conscientious re-
gard for the dictates of duty. While
his personal tastes and interests doubt
less call for his retirement. l believe
that his high feeling OF patriotism will
| ultimately cause him to yield to the de-
mands of his party and friends. There
| will come times in the life of all public
men when IL they are true to the best
interests of their country and party
| they must subordinate personal prefer
ences TO public duty.
knowing Judge Stedman as well
| as l do. and knowing. too. that he
is a man who can forget his obllga-
lions to the people under no clrcum-
stances. / can not but indulge in the
hope and belief that he will continue
with the commission as one OF Its most
active and useful members
Il am told that Governor Culberson
| himself Views the announcement of
| Judge Stedmans determination to re-
tire with much sincere regret. and has
| expressed the hope that he may yield
to the desire OF his friends and be a
candidate for election this year. Do
you think. In the face OF all these facts,
that Stedman can afford to retire
Well, II you do. you are directly at
| variance with the friends of that gem
tleman, who are determined that he
shall be n candidate. HIS case is an
other Illustration of the office seeking
| the man. and those are the very kind
of men calculated TO give the state
the right kind of service. Some OF
these fellows who are SO willing might
have an AK to grind"
II IL clearly evident that the COM
mission campaign this year is going
to carry along with II great deal OF
ginger. Dallas Is not the only town
/ In north Texas anxious to furnish O
commissioner, and II may be that there
are gentlemen right here In Fort Worth
who would not take to the brush to
avoid an encounter with the nomina-
tion. The position is one of the most
| honorable connected with the stnte
government. as 1t is the most import
ant to many growing interests OF the
state.
There has been tacit understanding
on the part OF all Interested that the
com mission has come to stay. Mer
who few years ago carried Keen
rapiers in their sleeves for this insti-
tuition have apparently accepted II al
perfnanency Yet II Is often suB
rested that II would be well to keel
a good eye on the personnel OF thai
body. "One sickly sheep infects thu
flock and polsons all the rest" IS al
axiom that might prove applicable II
this inetanre.
Consequently the people of Texas arr
very much Interested in this matter
and II Ia believed that It will be look
ed after in the pending campaign
as closely as possible. The recent re
port of the commission, showing among
other things that over 100000 on th'
one Item OF transportation OF cottoi
state last year In something Of a reve
lntion to those who have had no prnc
teal ideas OF Its beneficient workings