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HISTORY OF TEXAS.
Ross (Jan. 18, 1887, to Jan. 20, 1891) who peak of
succeeded Governor Ireland. The jegis- as, altho
lation was the culmination of a wave of regularly
agitation that had its beginning before tion of 1
the Civil War and had been fostered espe- berson ad
cially by the rise of the People's (Popu- of the f
list) party, which was a factor in Texas witnessed
elections from 1878 until the end of the ish-Amer
century. Although the Populist party 10,000 sol
never gained control of the administra- Rough R
tion of Texas, many reforms it agitated nard W
were subsequently picked up by the Roosevelt
Democratic party and put into effect. tonio.
Governor Ross effected a betterment During
in the state eleemosynary institutions Culberso
and reduced taxes, the latter reform be- suits aga
ing due primarily to receipt from the pany wa
Federal Government of $1,000,000 to re- M. M. C
imburse the state for its expenditures the grou
for border protection. The administra- Company
tion is also remembered for the great nopoly o
drouth of 1887, and the dedication in state wo
May, 1888, of the present Capitol. from ope
The reform trend evidenced in the was carri
administration of Governor Ross con- States St
tinued with increased force during the A suit
administration of James Stephen Hogg ized Wat
(Jan. 20, 1891, to Jan. 15, 1895). Hogg had the Lan
been elected on a platform demanding Attorney
regulation of railroads, which had be- also in s
come a public issue, and curbing of ment of
monopolies. Hogg was the first native
Texan elected Governor. BEGINNI
Railroad Commission Established.
The present Railroad Commission of At the
Texas was established in 1891. Other leg- attained
islation included that providing for "Jim crease of
Crow" coaches on railroads, reduction of This rep
legal maximum rate of interest, the from 3.1
alien land law forbidding ownership of same per
land by aliens with certain exceptions, a track inmc
law regulating the issuance of stocks and miles.
bonds and protecting investors, and an By the
act establishing the Board of Pardon Ad- at least
visers. Hogg's vigorous policies aroused stages of
stiff opposition, and the Hogg-Clark first wh
Campaign of 1892 involving a split in the bones of
ranks of the Democratic party was one and that
of the bitterest in the history of the state. on foot o
Hogg was re-elected over George W. kets of t
Clark by a vote of 190,846 to 133,395. Texas at
In the elections of 1894 Charles A. absorb in
Culberson (Dem.) defeated T. L. Nu- the marg
gent (People's party) after a stirring ranges.
campaign by a vote of 207,167 to 152,- wildernes
731. Although the People's party had ficient su
polled a sizable vote in 1892, this was activity i
the first year in which there was doubt form the
of the outcome of the election. Culber- dustrial a
son's administration (Jan. 15,1895, to Jan. well as
17, 1899) was characterized by strength- natural r
ening of the antitrust laws, collection of It was
delinquent taxes, enactment of law for ping acro
arbitration of employer-employee dis- endar cen
putes and reduction of excessive fees transition
to public officials. In 1895, Culberson cial era.
called a special session of Legislature and There
there was enacted a law to prevent prize said that
fights, its immediate purpose being the began.
prevention of a scheduled bout in Dal- coming o
las between James J. Corbett and Robert were bull
R. Fitzsimmons. Culberson was re-elect- and the m
ed in 1896. winning by a vote of an early
298,528 to 238,692 over J. C. Kearby of nected sy
the People's party. This represented the 1872, opethe Populist movement in Tex-
ugh their nominees appeared
on the ticket through the elec-
904. The last year of the Cul-
ministration, and the first year
allowing Sayers administration,
the stirring events of the Span-
can War. Texas sent about
diers to the front. The famous
iders, commanded by Col. Leo-
ood and Lieut. Col. Theodore
, were organized at San An-
the administration of Governor
n the first of the famous ouster
inst the Waters-Pierce Oil Com-
s brought by Attorney General
rane. The suit was brought on
rids that the Waters-Pierce Oil
had obtained practically a mo-
n the oil market in Texas. The
n the suit to bar the company
ration in Texas, though the case
ed by the company to the United
preme Court.
was brought against a reorgan-
ers-Pierce Oil Company during
ham administration in 1906 by
General R. V. Davidson, ending
uccess for the state and assess-
a fine of $1,623,000.
INGS OF THE INDUSTRIALI-
ZATION OF TEXAS
end of the century Texas had
a population of 3,048,719, an in-
273 per cent over that in 1870.
resented an increase in density
to 11.6 per square mile. In the
iod length of main-line railway
reased from 711 miles to 9,867
end of the century, Texas had
passed through those crude
economic development that at
itened the prairies with the
animals killed for their hides
later forced millions of cattle
ver the long trails to the mar-
he North. There had come into
least sufficient population to
to private ownership all except
inal lands of the great free
By the end of the century, the
s was conquered. There was suf-
bstance in humanity and human
i the great expanse of Texas to
basis for the beginning of in-
nd commercial development as
the continued development of
esources.
by coincidence that the step-
ss of the threshold of a new cal-
tury by Texas marked also the
into a new economic and so-
is no date at which it can be
the industrialization of Texas
Manufacturing began with the
f the first white settlers. Mills
t for grinding wheat and corn,
manufacture of lumber began at
date. The building of a con-
stem of railroads, beginning in
ned the way for industrial de-
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