Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-11
INTEREST
Manifested as to The
Candidates.
ron RAILROAD commss,osnu,s--
THE "oLD coMmoxEnv
WILL me- ELncrnp.
WHOARE THEOTHERS
JUDGE RIDDLE AND MR.. FARLEY
ARE SPOKEN OF.
Report of the superintendent of Ed
uc.don Nearly Ready for the
Observation-Disclosures. Talk About
tho Dallas Meeting.
WHOARETHEOTHERS
JUDGE RIDDLE AND MR.. FARLEY
ARE SPOKEN OF.
Gazette Bureau.

Austin. Tex, April l0.-(Special)--
There is Just now much interest among
politicians, great and small. as to who
win be candidates for railroad COM
missionera. There IL no doubt that the
"old Commoner'' will not only be q
candidate, but that he viii be elected.
True, his health Is now delicate, but
he will not be expected TO make
campaign. and 1t il underat God by his
friends he Is expected 10 father" the
commission while he cares for the hon
or and is able to do the work. But the
whole board viii be elected. and the
burning question is. who VIII be the
other two? The board and all who
have come in contact with him are
pleased with Judge Stedman, and II is
generally believed that he would re-
ceive the nomination II he would &C.
cept II. But he declared TO me most
the office another term. His friends
say that his only ambition In the d.
rection OF official life IL the chair of
law in the State University.
Judge storey has ccnhded TO his
friends his Willingness to accept the
nomination for second term. Only
two other men are mentioned in con-
Judge Riddle of Granbury and Mr..
Farley OF Dallas. Mr. Farley Is well
known in railroad circles and among
uhippera.
There Is ono other man that has been
spoken OF by some OF the observant
ones about here. though the suggestion
was made 10 mo by visitor 10 the
man and does not care TO have his
name mentioned. but he asked
why don't you fellows run Allison
Mayfield for railroad COMMISSIONER
One reason probably is that he is a
candidate for reappolntment to the office
he now holds and does not want an
other. But az n matter of fact he
would make nm excellent railroad COM
missioner. He has the ability, 10 1t is
said, to muster details with ease and
rapidity, and that tho commission will
stand in special need of when Judge
Stedman retires II Is well known that
Judge Reagan is the incarnate spirit
Of the commission. but that the details
must be worked out by others than
himself. Judge Stedmnn has shown a
peculiar fitness for the working out
OF details as well as the direction of
the more general AFFAIRS of the board.
Who that Is fitted for this work Will be
candidate remains to be seen.
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The report OF the superintendent Of
education viii soon be ready for the
that department showed me today some
figures that he is particularly proud OF,
In the financial table 10 a column mark
ed "expended for other purposes.
This column has long been sort OF
bugbear to the department. II seemed
that school boards and district commits
sioners all over the state had fallen In
TO the habit OF dumping Into this col
umn all expenditures for which there
was no special authority. and II has
been question In the minds OF state
superintendents whether they were al
ways legal expenditures The report
for the years 1901 showed more than
s277,o0o in this column. The next year
II fell to s2iD, 900. This was encourage
took hold OF the matter he made up his
nina to make the expenditures from
the school fund still more definite than
they had ever been. With this deter.
minatinn he worked indnstriouelv. The
superintendents report showed for the
year 1923 q "for other purposes ex-
| nenditure'' Of only $4,000. The noxi
year II was brought down to $4,000
1 and tho Forthcoming report will show
In this column less than $4,000
Day by day the local as well as the
| state politicians hereabout are show
ing an increased interest In the meeting
/ at Dallas on San Jacintn day. Not any
| observant man doubts the object OF
the meeting but that every one Il
anxlons to aoo how they are going tt
| do IT,"
by arranging the meeting FOR Z
state holiday they thought 10 get o
bigger crowd" has been said by 3
dozen men In my presence. and "h,
nxing the time Of the meeting on the
4 day OF Governor Culher9on's opening
OF his campaign they thought TO lessei
the crowd 70 hear him BY at least q
few" or words 10 that effect, has al
most as many times been added.
The local papers have announced
! that the gold standard men have ap-
] pointed the following named gentlemen
70 attsnd the meeting; Colonel Ceoigi
! b. zimrieinsn. postmasieii nd Kauf
! man. Thnd Tbompsor. a, $, walker
Lewis Hancock, n. Rector Walter
Tins. II. T.. Davis. II 49, however, very
J Doubtful ~ these gentlemen attend tht
4 mcoting II hnA been stated most post
/ lively that neither NJ WALKER, Mr.
Thompson nor Mayor Hancock VIII at
tend. Mi walter. they say. ~ no
such radicei as 20 desire th1 defcat o.
Z his party rather tnan 70 Yield 70 N,
j Mogsrs Thompson and ueucfck are TOT
much interested IN tho election 0f Mr
! Thompson 20 the seiiate 10 r1n TIL
risk ef Stirring UP ,ronble IN this coun
ty So, pftar all II Ia most proba bl,
that the Representation from the cnpi
/ tol city % tue great Clntk-Hhiuy De
rircctiop i.ersinE viil be inoet msa'
gre one. D. O. Il.