The Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 57, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1883 Page: 2 of 4
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DAILY DEMOCRAT.
PUBLISHED BT THK
DEMOCRAT PRINTING COMPANY
•CABBY W. STYLBS, - - Editoii,
W. J. Saundkbs, - Business Manager.
THUR
JANUARY
18„ 1883.
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Read governor Ireland's inaugural
address—is strong, vigorous, patri-
otic, practical and statesmanlike.
1)r. Nosvin Greek appeared before
(be bouse judiciary committee on
Saturday, while it was considering the
bill (or the regulation of the telegraph
and cable service, and in behalf cf the
Western Union made the statement
that that company has 400,000 miles
of wire and does better service at
cheaper average rates than is done in
any other part of the world, and it iw
Hot a monopoly.
The Boston harness-dealer, J. H.
Langtry, found himself well adver-
tised on his recent return from Eu-
rope. He came on the Cunardcr
Catalonia,and had left port before dis-
covering that Miss Langtry, sister-in-
law to the Jersy Lily, was on board.
He had heard nothing of the gossip
about Mrs. Langtry, and innocently
formed the acquaintance of her sister.
The cable reported Mr. and Miss
Langtry in the passenger list. So
when the vessel touched her dock in
Jersey City the reporters were on
hand to welcome the English hus-
band. Mrs. Langtry was there to
meet her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. H.
Langtry to meet her husband, so the
waving of handkerchiefs was general.
Mr. Langtry and his trunks quietly
disappeared, and so arose the many
rumors of the Jersy Lily's husband in
America. The harness man has been
teased unmercifully, and would gladly
forego his notoriety. Some of the pa-
pers still assert the Englishman's be-
ing he$e.
MAKE YOUR ^BUILDINGS
PROOF.
GOVERNOR IRELAND'S INAUGU-
RAL ADDRESS.
and sin-
i vrard tb«5
FUjfcE-
"How to escape after thd fire alarm
is givenand "How-fo provide pro-
per appliances for^extinguishing fires,"
are questions gfl lively interest since
the recent tries in Milwaukee and St.
LouiSj.'Tf'he thought of occupying a
in the higher storieB of hotels
f while the late disasters are fresh in
the |mind is too horrible for contem-
plation ; but when the recollection of
them wears off a little, things will
move on in the same old groove.
Hotels will continue to be built six
or seven stories high, and men, wd-
men and children will occupy the up-
per chambers. Nor will the servants
of such establishments cease to be
assigned to the apartments highest
and most difficult of access. Will
the time ever come when the t^red
employes will not have to walk up the
narrow back stairway to the attic
while the elevator plies continually
between the. lower floors for people
who never know the luxury of rest,
because they never feel the pain of
fatigue? Probably not in this genera-
tion.
The demand of the hour is for safety
in hotels. For weeks aft9r the burn-
ing of the Ring theatre the press
teemed with articles on the proper
construction of theatres and opera
houses. So far as is known but few
improvements have been made, either
in tbe plans of buildings or fitting up
of stages. The simple precaution of
swinging the doors outside is seldom
taken. The iron, firepoof curtain,
between the front of the stage and
the audience, is easily arranged, but
is not in general use. All the flats
and movable canvass ought to be
made of asbestos, or of cloth rendered
uninflamable by a solution of alum
or other firepoof chemicals.
Fort Worth is soon to have a mag-
nifieent opera house, and possibly
a splendid hotel; The owners, the
architects, the contractors, the insur-
ance agents and the city authorities
should see to it that every precaution
is taken to render these structures safe
—as safe as it lies in tbe power of arti-
fean* to make them,from the foundation
Btones to thedomt, Let them be as near
ly fireproof as possible in every detail
of construction and finishing. There
is nothing to prevent making the
buildings as durable, as they will be or-
namental, capacious and comfortable.
A sense of safety will popularize even
the edifices. People may become at-
tached to buildings as they du to lo*
calities, and the new opera heuse will
never have a successful rival if pro-
per means are used to make it safe
and pleasant, and the new hotel will
£ft>ve a success for the same reason.
It would be well for the Texas leg*
islature to take the matter up, and do
•omething toward lessening the riiks
taken with human life in the tinder
boxes built for dwellings and public
halls for tbe multitudes who are mas-
ling in this commonwealth.
In assuming the duties of chief mag-
istrate of this, the most splendid com-
monwealth on earth, 1 do so with doubts
and forebodings as to my capacity for
the task.
Looking back a few years we behold
Texas a part of the Hpanish kingdom;
by the revolution of 1824 she became a
part of the republic of Mexico; Mexico
refusing to her distant territory that
just and equal place in the family that
was due to the people, and Texas, hav-
ing been bought by blood that knew
what freedom and equal rights were,
this blood, aided by many noble families
decended from that of Castile, soon in-
augurated the movement that culmi-
nated at San Jacinto and spoke a new
nation into life.
For many years the Republic of Texas
consisted of her ancient and noble set-
tlement in eastern Texas, the lower
Brazos settlement and the missions, in-
cluding San Antonio: her progress was
slow, but soon the idea or annexation
began to grow and was made a finality
in 1845; her population was then about
150,000 souls, and as late as 1870 the total
population was but little over 800,000.
Up to near that period we had no dis-
turbing questions about public lands,
our free schools consisted in what was
known as the indigent system, we had
no perplexing questions of taxation, the
penitentiary was almost mythical and
our asylums were only knowjtJn name.
The principal duty of the ex^Pf%e was
to sign patents and look to flL | \ tier.
JIOW CHANGED THK SCWn'S te
Over two millions popular
stead of the small settleiri
mentioned, we find the enti;
"from the Red river to the Hi
and from the coast to El Paso"^mP08'
and yielding all the material p con-t
for tne consumption of our racemaye
the Panhandle supplies ChicagoSk >«
York, the Indian tribes and portions of
Europe with beef—each section con
stantly struggling for the mastery and
endeavoring to impress its ideas and
laws upon the state.
The public lands are exciting that
energy and calling forth that same spirit
of gain, that the gold fields of AurifTalia
and those of California did. The
growth and settlement of the distant
parts of our territory have demon-
strated the fact that laws that are
suitable for the Red River country do
not prove beneficial to the Rio Grande
and those that the coast desire are non
welcome at El Paso. With all these
difficult and conflicting elements and
interests must we deal. Shall we fioat
along in the avenues of the sluggard,
care nothing for the future, or shall we
deal with these great interests as though
we, tend not posterity, are to be afi'ected
by our action?
Prominent among the subjects that
will challenge the attention of this ad-
ministration are:
The preservation of our common
school fund, including the lands set
apart for that purpose, and the improve-
ment of our school system.
It is known to the country that, prior
to my nomination at Galveston, I se-
verely criticized the practice of paying
40 per cent, premium for our bonds, anc
no amount of reasoning or financial skill
can satisfy me that the practice is justi-
fiable, either in retiring our bonded in-
debtedness, or as an investment for the
school fund.
It seems to be admitted by all that the
constitution should be so amended as to
{)ermlt the legislature to levy and col-
ect a school tax, without reference to
the amount of the general revenue that
may be necessary.
Another amendment to that instru-
ment will be necessary with reference
to the school fund—
Tbe permanent fund belonging to the
common schools can only be invested
in bonds of the Federal agency and of
the state.
The United States are refunding at so
low a rate that their bonds are not de-
sirable for that purpose, and very soon
we hope the state will have no bonded
debt outstanding, and we must there-
fore seek some other mode of investing
our permanent school fund.
Shall we guard, protect and increase
this fund as a sacred trust, or shall we
throw it away by paying forty per cent,
premium for an investment ?
The university was early contemplated
by those who have gone before. No
one questions the usefulness or pro-
priety of such an institution, and we
suppose a retrogede o movement, with
rerrence to it, is not contemplated.
the penitentiary!—what shall be don!
with our convicts ?
It would seem that experience has
taught hs that there are but few "pen-
itents" and but few reforms accom-
plished in that institution, and, there-
fore, that it is probably mis-named. It
will be for the wisdom of the law-mak-
ing power to prescribe the proper man-
agement. I do not doubt that there are
numbers sent to that institution for
petty offenses who should be punished
in some other way; and for youths a
house of correction or other place of
confinement and punishment should be
devised. I doubt the propriety of send-
ing any, no matter what the age, to the
penitentiary for short periods of time.
the judiciary.
Shall we amend our constitution so
as to enable us to have a judiciary equal
to our demands, or shall we continue to
multiply judges of courts of last resort?
A little reflection will satisfv all that the
evil in the system is radical, and we
must begin the remedy in the trial
courts.
taxation.
The , earlier idea about occupation
tax was that it should be laid on those
occupations and pursuits that were to
be discouraged: but the modern prac-
tice appears to be to raise money, evea
at the expense of those most useful
and desirable. As to an ad valorem
tax, there Is no just power to take from
the citizen one mill, if it is not abso-
lutely required to carry on his govern-
ment in an economical manner. What
belongs to the citizen is his absolutely,
and his agents have no right to demand
more than is necessary. Again no
greater temptation and invitation to ex-
travagance, and even corruption, can
exist than a plethoric treasury. W• need
no other evidence of this than that of-
fered in our landed system. After all
the headrights, the augmentations, the
donations and the bounties had been
provided for. there still remained say
one hundred and twenty million acres
of land. This was about the sum at the
close of the war between the states.
These lands then began to attract the9
attention of the capitalists, the land*
hungry and greedy, and scheme after
scheme was resorted to to get hold of
them. When standing In the Thirteenth
legislature there were a few—a splendid
band—who protested against opening
the door that was felt to be the first
break upon these lands. These men
stood amidst the jeers and scoffs of those
-THE DAILY-
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NEWSPAPER
be do
Physician, Sursxen and Obstetncian. Office
and residence First street, between Main
' 'and Houston, over Harraiiull's drug store.
Special attention paid to disenses of the
*;ye, Kar, Nose and hroat, Surgery and
surgical diseases, el ephone connection
w"h all points of tlipvftfcy. 8-3tf
CONTA
LOCAL,
CURRENT
-ani><-
GENERAL NEWS.
DR. II. S. BROILES,
Physician Und Surgeon.
OFFICE—'.Vest Fourth Street, one and a
half blocks west of tiie pnsiotHcc.
Residence on same block, cor-
ner 4th and aylor streets,
FORT WORTH. °° • - TEXAS.
OMliap Put on Grntt) TtltphHi Ciaaunloation
office hours:
8 to 9 a. m. and 7 to 8 p. m.
F.E.Daniel, M.D. J. A. Matthews, M.D
Drs. Daniel & Matthews,
SURGEONS AND PHYSICIANS.
Office on Second street between Main
and Houston, in First National Bank
building, Telephone connection.
FORT WORTH,
TlSXAS.
A. D. AJVSELL, M. D
DR. W. WxtOUTH,
H(J|M<E0P athist
Office—No. 13 Main street.
liesiu Bnce—Northwest corner Third an w
Calhoun streets.
FOR' r WORTH, -' - TEXAS.
J^|l5-ly
1T. WILKES
LIYEEY,
Feed aid Sale SiaUi
Corner Rusk and Second Streets; also, cor-
ner Rusk and Fourth.
FORT WORTH,
TEXAS
Telephone Connection with all parts of the
City.
Fir st-Class Buggies, Carriages and
Horses at ah Times, on Reason-
able Terms.
0UTFITS FO R DRUMMERS.
SUBSCRIPTION BY MAIL:
Copy One Month -
" Six Months -
" One Year - -
$1.00
5.00
10.00
Delivered by Carriers in any por-
tion of tbe oity,
25 Cents per feet.
JOB WORK
0
<Ky
NEATLY EXECUTED IN ALL
ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES.
Office—Mo. 8 Main Street,
FORT WORTH,
TEXAS.
JUizby Saloon
Main St,. Next to Pythian Temple-
Ed. B. BROWN, Prop'r.
Fine Wines,
Fine Liquors,
Fine Cigars,
Fine Billiard and Pool Tables.
THE FAMOUS
OLD
HERMITAGE WHISKEY
Always in Stock. 9-1-tf
THJEJ
INTERNATIONAL & GREAT
NORTHERN R, R.
IS THE^DIRECT LINE BETWEEN
T IE3 221 .A. S
AND ALL POINTS;iN THE
North, East, West,
AND SOUTHWEST.
PASSE N G E R S
Can lake their choice of routes either via
Taylor and tli«
NEW WACO LINE I
Or via the
St, Louis, Iron Mountain
Southern Railway.
&
Close connections at
LITTLE ROCK
FOR ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES
IN
THE SOUTHEAST
a ,, „ vTfl . —
BARGAINS
CAN BE FODND AT ^
Randall & Chambers Co.,
In NEW GOODS of every description, including Ladies, Misws
and Children's SA.CQUES, HOODS, NUBIAS, MITTENS AND
ZEPHYR SHAWLS. We offer our handsome line of °
Satin and Diagonal Dolmans
and Fine Walking Jackets
At COST, and thoae wishing to make Holiday Presents should take ad-
voltage of these extremely low prices.
Ytry Respectfully,
% RANDALJJ & CHAMBERS CO.
THE HIGBEE, RANDALL & DARLING CO.,
WHOLESALE J
Goods, Notions,
FURNISHING GOODS. ETC,
CORNER SECOND & THROCKMORTON STS
C.W. BARRADALL,
DRUGGIST and PHARMACIST,
COR. FIRST AND MAIM STREETS,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS. "
Prescriptions carefully compounded
by etllcient druggists, both day and
night. ° lH4-tf
F. G. BOUND
MANUFACTURER O,?
BOOTS and SHOES
o
Shop on Houston Strefrf, Bet\vcen°6th
and 7th., „
FORT WORTH, - - TEXAS,
j§0 "Repairing Doi^e Neatly and at
Reasonable Rates.
X3C1S Worlc is ^First-Class,
And always gives Satisfaction.
FARMER & HENRY,
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Livery, Sale and Feed Stables,
Rusk Street, between First and
Weathcrford.
Breaking and Training Horses a Specialty.
oubek8 for
Hacks or Buggies
Promptly Attended to.
Teienhnne Connection with all sails of the City,
the
Texas and Pacific Railway
The Short Line
TO
NEW ORLEANS
And all prominent cities in the
^Southeast
The Direct Line Between
TEXAS
AND
New Mexico, Arizona and California,
And all points
NORTH, EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Trains leave Fort Worth, as follows: .
going east:
St. Lcnls express leaves Fort Worth,
daily, at 4:45 a. m.
Loral passenger leaves Fort Worth, ex-
cept Sunday, at 12:01 p. m.
going west!
California express leaves Fort Worth at
10.30 p. m.
Close connection at Little Rock for all
Soints In the Southeast, and in the Union
CDOt, St' Louis, with express trains in
all directions.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars
Dally between j
DKMING. EL TASO, FORT WORTH, I
DALLAS AND ST. LOUIS,
And •
MARSHALL AND ATCHAFALA1A
Without change.
For rates, tickets or any Information^-!
ply to any of tbe ticket agents, or to 1
H. P. Hitghks,
* Pass. Agent. Houston, j
B. W. McCuixoigh, ;
General Agent, Mural ml. ,
F. Cn a ndi.hr.
Gen'l. Pass. Agent.
C. R. Kinnan,
Asst. Gen'l. Pass Agent.
H.M IIoxik,
Vice Pres. and Traffic Manager, St. Loius
-M- J-
the
ST All & CRESCENT
° a
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°c ROUTES o -
The Short Line °
o r o n®
r\ *0 O
<T6 all toints
o°
East Southeast North
o O
IS b? the popular
o o
Star & Crescent Route
The only falf rail route from
Texas to NewZOrledns.
STARR S. JONES,
Pass. Ag't Star and Crescent Routs,
Grand Union Ticket Office; Cor-
ner Tremont and Market
J. C. ZIMMER,
Gen. Passenger Ag't Houston Ter
n PHILADELPHIA BINGES
this style. Equal to My
iger in the market Jb-
member, toe tend it to te
rveaminrd before you nay
for it. Th,« is the asm* itrfs
other com panics retail for ISO.
All Machines wnrianted for s
years. Send forlllottimted dir.
cularand Testimonials. AddrsN
CUARI.FS A. WOOD * CO..
17 N.Tcath It., Pbiladtlpkii,(lb
"*-•* —
pm Mini
ST. lOIIS TYPE FMMI
PRINTING MACHINE tfOBKS
—AKD—
PAPER WAREHOUSE
Corner Third and Vine Streets,
BT. LQtna.
Hm Irwytklig KmM la i Mittag Mm.
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Styles, Carey W. The Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 57, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1883, newspaper, January 18, 1883; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235609/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.