The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-12-16
FROM SAN ANTONIO.
AGAINST FENCE CUTTERS.
Strong ResOlut ons Passed and the
legislature Invoked to Put
Down the Ev
spe.lAl To- N. nal.e,tnn Now. .

special to ia, Galveston Nev.,
S,N ANTONIO, December Il -Pnrsuant
to cIll,N large and influential meeting,
In condemnation ut fence cutilIg, MAS
held mt Kri>ch's hall, tonight Judge
T.. \. Devinc was elected prr,i lent; j. III
knmpmun, John kamp, Jas. f. sect John
lyllr, jacob Wselder, NJ. HAN. q. ;.
Noonau, Frank Grlce and Hal Howard.
vIcr-pre-ldeuts, and Hal Go'ling, sccrc-
tAry, The bieCt ot the meeting was *
planned los Judge Wuclder to BE- to t'ke
some action with reference 10 Il species
OF laWlessucss known MS fence cutting,
that must be checked II the prosperity OF
the state ia not to be checked. lie spoke
NJ length. outlining the wrongs OF the
cattle interest, and the anarchy that must |
follow In the wake OF failure of the state
t. protect any one class ui iis citizens in |
their property rights A committee OF
live WAS appointed to draft suitable reso-
lutions expressive OF the sense and pur-
poses tor which the MEETING was called.
Daring the retirement Ot the committee |
speeches were made In response TO cRlls. |
~ Marshal III. GOSling, who Ayoroi that |
there would be hlupdshcd Ia western !
rrNus II the legislature failed To- meet the |
emergency, by Representative rhump.nn, |
who announced himself In favor vt max |
inV fence cutting felony and Appropliit-
ing SlurOI tor the support Of u police |
force TO assist the people IN enforcing II
.uv that will reach this mavuricking class, |
and by j. W. Brahtnu who believed that |
the legislature possessed the wisdom aud |
q Mirage to successfully grnpplr with the
question, II the lcnplc, after tie pNs'ng"
ut the needed law, would see to 1t, en-
/ Tore m"nt.
/ The commiitr then read the following.
/ which, after some diminishing, wus adopt
| cd, with only twelve dissenting voices:
Whereas, It is fact so well known to
. the ci'iI ms ct tul, state and this whole
/ q unity rs tu become a black page In Its
/ uthr wise rsplcndcnt history. ;hat there
] are now In many counties IN this STATE
many men, calling themselves ,lavrlnns,
! Blue Devils OF the West ard similar
names who have banded together In uu-
lawful combination tor the purpose ui
wltully, malicnusly and uni lwiully cut
ting down and DESTROYING the fences sur
rounding the property ot landowners,
large and small. and destroying other
properly in other Ways; aud
Whereas In carrying ont the vandalism
and agraranlsm which seem to consll
tute the principles OF the parties engaged
. In such destruction OF the property I
others. who are law-1hding and valuable
citizens, said parties 50 bonded together
have been tor the last several months
wllmlly and mallciously destroying
fences ct great value, and Il at, too, Wlel
no land, were enclosed thereby, except
those owned In fee simple 10y the propric-
tors of the fences, and in possession OF The
lands; and
Whereas the spirit II lawlcssness
vandalism and agrarlau m hHs already
tighnoued neatly all K cd citizens from
furtcT investing IN or becoming owners
~ luuds over which the las cNtend- III
sufficient protection to render them
useful AID valu ihle to the rroprIetOrs
thereof, the effect OF Which Is + depre-
ciute the value OF our school lAnds, aud
III others within our state, until Z loss
hes ulrrady been felt umouutln t. mil.
lions Of dollars IN the aggregate, aud OF
hundreds ut thousands q dollars to the
school fund, which has been 80 jealousy
qua drd to eultlh'rn and make good
citizens II our children, and
Whereas, Tho legislature al TcXss
has been called to meet ON the second
Iue.IUy OF next month to consider,
nmuug other matters, the best means OF
correcting this evil, 20 perm ciou- and
damaging to 0ve,y material interest OF
this state, he vicious eff eta OF which
are Incoming apparent and beng DC
citizen, no he rich or poor, 10 matter
VIII It his Occul alton Or calling may be
therefore be 1t
Reso we'd, That it il the unanimous
sense 1t tins meeting:
l. Tint the question OF he eIpedi
eucy of roads to or from county seats
churches, etc Ina, nothing to do witt
this question, there being now upon tn,
statutes of this stato sufficient and am
ne mower to establish and maiEtaiI
roads uf whatever class de irrd, wher
ever the need, Of tin people require
them, and that need seems manifest t.
the unity comm. giOn IA OF amy county
and it j, our opinion that IN any =,
where there are not sufficient aud -uita
BILE roads for the needs Of the rublic
the same should be provided by thu
county courts.
. That tn only penalty nov impo- ct
for this crime being the penalty for ina
licious mischief, which, in its eItrem'
euturc' ment, cannot Exceed 300 fine
aud III ADDITION tn reto Imprisonment
in the county jill not exceeding on
year, 1t is wholly wanting IN severity /,
che X the conIluuanc' and nightly repe
titun Of the crime. The oiore, II is on
upln on that the crime should he mad
a felony with penalty not less thal
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