The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-19

Handle Rcseryation-The Fifty Cents Ger
,Iacate.- Discussion on the University Bil
The General Revenue and the UNIVERSE
~ Fund-A Debt of S:50,00O to the Lat
ter-Uonfusion More COMPOUNDED.
No. Z.
Correspondencc of tho Herald
AUSTIN, April l6, lSs2.-ller cash balance
and her immense landed interests are of TIN
most serious troubles that inilict Texas to
day. They are the two constant bones o
contention, AMI matters are getting to b,
so mixed with them that directly we vii
begin to question whether we have
really any cash balance or not, oil
any land left. There is scarcely a
legislator here that knows the exact status
of these things. Bishop Berkeley, the great
mental philosopher, reasoned himself out
of existence by carrying out The doctrine OF
idealism to its logical results from the
premises of DESCRIBES that the world had
begun to hug and tie to us q relief from the
horrid doctrines of pure materialism that
did away with the soul and made us as the
trees with their lives and futures. so the
more the subjects of the land patrimony
ana Tue CHSll DuliIiCt uIt ulstuootu NY tut
legislature in session, confusion becomes
more contounded, and both become spirited
away. At any rate it would appear that
our immense
LAND DOMAIN Is NOW EXHAUSTED
under the land subsidy policy OF 1854,
Let us see how the case stands. Under that
policy, is sections of land were set aside for
every mile of railway constructed and nc
copied In the state. Last year and this one
some 5000 miles of railway had been built.
This, therefore, entitled the companies to
some 81 000, 900 acres OF the public land.
Now, the state, as was shown last season,
had but 20 ,000, 600 acres subject to location.
Here is deficiency of IL 600 600 acres, and
for which certificates or drafts by tho state
have been issued. What is to be done
about ii, Is one Of the most serious problems
eyer presented to n people. II n private in
diydual gave drafts upon concern, or n
fund, where there were no monies or other
equivalent to meet them, when he had in
duced capital into his possession by
the agreement we know what the
state would do with him. If the state re-
quires honorable dealings by her citizens,
the one with the other, surely she ought to
set the example of good faith. If some
provision he not made to remedy the end
ana in some manner to honor these drafts,
ENDLESS LITIGATION
for Texas in the future on this shameful
subject of over issue against bankruptcd
fund.
You will rccollect that the governor in
his message stated that a vigorous effort
would be made to open up the reservation,
of 1870, OF lands assigned to pay the public
debt and for the common schools, for the pur-
pose OF settling. this railroad certiti-
cate indebtedness; and he APP
pears TO oppose such measures
this reservation bill and its nature? Here
IL is: In that year an act was passed set
ting aside for the purposes just above
stated, more than fifty counties north of
tho 32d degree of latitude and west of the
Tooth degree of longitude, all in the Pan
Handle district, ANY one was permitted to
buy any quantity of that land by applying
for II to the proper surveyor, and then
having 1t surveyed, paying into the state
treasury at the rate of 80 cents per aero.
But very little of il was purchased until
within tho past few weeks. Only u few
hundred thousand acres have been sur
yeyed, and more than 100000 acres APP
piled for remain unsurveyed.
Now on yesterday, in the senate in the
discussion of
THE UNIVERSITY BILL
some serious complications cropped out,
As YOU have been already appraised by
special telegram, the senate bill repeating
the law authorizing the sale of these rcscr-
walton lands has been passed, although
there was an ugly question raised MS to the
legal status of those who had filed on the
land in good faith and paid office fees, and
also rs TO what progress constituted vested
rights under partially completed sales so as
20, kae N In IA
The bill refer to was one setting aside
and appropriating 100000 acres of lard
for the benefit of the university OF Texas.
For this q substitute was offered and pow
oriully sustained by Senator Duncan, of
Gregg county, TO the effect of
appropriating only 100000 acres
for the university, and the public free
schools. That is to say, or which means
that lands in equal portions out of the
reserves made by the act of 1879 shall be
set aside for each aud then that what may
be left Of such reserves shall be thrown
open for location OF any valid land ccrliii-
Gates. The object of the senator herein
was to positively provide for the common
schools while provision was simultaneously
being made for the university, and to have
enough left to adjust
rmRsE CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS,
IL was urged to donate the 2,OOO,OOO acres
to the university before the drafts of Texas
were honored would be a fraud upon credi.
tors. and that the certificate being
charge against the public domain
should take preference. and be first
redeemed rs matter OF honor
Senator Duncan seemed tnI ink that after
tho location of all outstanding valid land
certificates there would still he left in the
reservation about l,0O0,0Os acres which
Oould be riven to tho univ, rsty and tho