The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-14

the case We may state as gathered from
actual knowledge and opinion OF others.
By far the largest Portion 81 the school
lands in western Texas Is used snd can be
used only for grazing purposes. There are
thousands OF cattle IN these counties ana
residents who hold lands want
enough to keep their cattle on aud cou-e-
Quenllywould buy il in large bodies ans way,
eyen ilt were first tod in tracts OF l6l or
go acres each, and but one, or even seven
sections, to one person. These very persons
do sell every day these small bodies, aud
they are collected by s,ockmen, aud thereby
form large ranches. Even he Legislature
of the state Of Texas has granted to railroad
corporations as much land as tho entire
state school land amounts to, and then to
step in and say that when the state has re-
ceived the stipulated sum for lands sold UNI
der the law She would yitiata those con
tracts, simply because too much was sold IN
body, western people think is very incon-
sistent. Why don't Kendalls commit
tee advice passing u bill to make
void large grants TO railroad ana
other corporations, since creating grand
land monopolies is against the pol of the
| law III the committee would discover
gigantic land frauds, let il look 20 grants
OF lands wherein the state received nothing,
and not where the only objection is that
lands were sold in too large bodies, but the
consideration was paid, every whit OF IT.,
according TO law.
The common sense view of ii is, the lands
| in many counties could not have been sold
to actual settlers. IL would have damaged
| greatly the cattle interest II 1t had been 80
sold and settled up, and had 1t once been
sold MS contemplated by law then even
actual settlers, so.called, would have sold II
a sf.n Inu f.rn An
thatr
All the element of fraud spoken of in the
committees report Is that IL was sold in toe
arge bodies,
This is gigantic land fraud We'll
then what did the senate mean III making
pasture lands saleable in amounts TO sui
the purchaser ia the late senate bill2 VII
that be called gigantic land irand Ant
should IL become law ut this term OF The
legislature, and school lands be sold undel
IL, the money paid for 1t aud the lant
marked sold, will the next legislature hay,
a right to annu the sale and make IL yOit
because the amount OF land in the sale wa
too greut1 Certainly not. Thei
why does this committee al
wise bill annullng contracts provided
for under the laws OF the last leglslature.lh'
state proposed TO sell Tor so much, and par
ties wanting lands paid the money as pre-
soribcd by law, and why are they not en-
titled to their lands' The statute respect
ing surveys, requiring them not to eros
, streams thirty feet in width, has been gross
, ly violated by railroad companies, yet thoi
patents are not cancelled the statutes re
quiring surveys not to front but 80 much OF
o.. river OF certain width have been declared
, hv our supreme courts merely directory
, Western citizens think that II one logisla
, ture is stupid enough to make law tina
! can be evaded as to the directory part, tina
. unless there is palpablc wron
done the state the next legislator
{ has no right to annul the purchases mad
1 under said law and IL 1t has such right th
: next legislature following has the right I
| annul contracts made under provisions {
5 any preceding Legislature and so on IA
+ iniinitum. The lands cannot be stolen an
+ no one has attempted 1t in purchasin
= school lands. 1t has been avast adyantog
o in bringing immigration and capital here;
q has advanced the interest Of the state l
a securing interest payment on said land
r instead of its lying idle. Each county d,
rivcs taxes from il which il otherwise woul
q not have done. The state has received q
q she asked for her lands, and now we ~
Il why raise the hue and cry NJ this1 No on
@ has lost any money nor has any one stole
!; any land from the state of Texas