The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-01

minimum pfce NJ 81 per acre. Grazing
lands are To- he leased Va tracts OF not lever
than Gvs sections, or more than thirty sec
tons no minimum rental OF not les5 lnah
o cents per acre peg nnnum. timber lluus,
nj pine. shall be sold IN tracts OF not lever
tbno 40 ncros. nj a minimum price
of 50 pcr acre. A few days ago. !
sent Won Senator MatlOcks Dill
providing tor the sale Of public lands,
There Is no antagonism between the lattGr
and senator Gibbs bill, except that TINS
last provides that actual settlers make I'M,
proyements before any patent issue ana
that of Matlock provides. Tor sales on'y,
wheregs Gibbs makes provision ior saIes 4'
leasing, according to the character OIL lahu'
The expediepcy of
SELLING THE LASDs, OR LEASING
the them fullest i'ss'' consideration. If they
be sold, then the state can invest the
cash payments received at rate OF interest,"
equal to that borne by the deferred, anu
will also have good security by the mort
gage, 1t will also receive the taxes mat may
he due by the then holders. This is one
view of the case. On the other hand, II the
state only lease, it will have line income
of a constantly improving property, ana az
the end of the term be able to sell at largely
| advanced figures. 1t is true that the o.
cent. per-acre act Of 1879 overwhelmed US
witch purchasers, our own Gltlzens
and those abroad, even IN Europe rope,
| that splendid advertisement, to demand
higher prices now, yet the question. remains
| will not the railroad companies, with their
| immense acres, be strong competitors oI
| the state at the price fixed by the Globs
bill? | understand that they are proposing
to lease at five cents per acre: Ahotner
important question is, Will parties III Tue
! ~, ,t,,.;o,, ba willing lease. and be
thus placed under the necessity OF driving
off, and thus antagonizing very wealthy
and powerful interests who may happen
to have possession of the lands for their
herds, and seek to exert a sort OF iorciDle
presumption right All these things
will require careful thought on
the part OF our .leglslaColS d n1i h o.
some that the price OF So per acre has driven
much foreign capital into Louisiana, where
they are now being sold at So to $3.50. But
| the renly to this is that Texas has at pres
emf no need to sell them, and can well al
ford to wait. The tine is rapidly COMING
upon us when every tree VIII De wanted
| for railroad cross'ties, nfluge anu car
building, etc., to say nothing Oh o'her pul-
poses. .oro
Whilst on this land business, may here
appropriately add thai there is some dlspo'
sit;on in some quarters to enact -,
| A LAW TAKING FROM COMMISSIONER WALSH
the discretionary power he has hereto
fore had. Not that he has ms ms.
used it in any way, DuE ina ths
hill Of rights" that all officials shall act
through Operation OF law alone, and thai it
is proper thing that no citizen should be
derived of any right or privilege, or ac-
corded any, save when the law expressly
speaks. hear that bill to cover this
principle will shortly be introduced.
have been applying daily IN the ONCE Oh
the secretary of state for
REPORTS OF THE RESPECTIVE STATE DEPAhT-
MENTs,
but far several of these are without the
needed printed data. 1t occurs TO me con-
stantlv that if were legislator | should
desire and require to understand iully ana
clearly the exact status OF AFFAIRS before
attempted to legislate upon. them; must
be exceedingly lrconvenlent Ior con n5
mitteemen and others to be every now ana
then calling upon the various officials
for information oy piecemeal on TINS SUP
iect and on that. These biennial reports,
coming out ia the midst OF session, re-
mind one of the tardy Congressional GLOBE
and the other Federal government puoIc
printing. They come so late they are. Well
nigh valueless. Some enterprlslng iheIiper
can win for himself reputation by putting
through some such bill as will require that
said reports shall be furnished to members
elect, senators ind representatives., say,
thirty DAYS after election, the results
whereof, which believe, are hereafter to be
made known within that period OF time,
under the proposed new MODE
of counting the pall2ts' I'D IN
that manner members can inform
themselves how the state 8 businesses stand
and can prepare accordingly, and with am
ple time for reflection, and tor consultation
with their constituents. ..
DALLAS CLAIMS FOR THE SUPREME COURT.
And now in regard to a mos important
matter that so Immediately and intensely
interests the citizens of Dallas, ana lndeed
the people of all north Texas. l allude to
The branch of the supreme court, for our
city. instead of at Tyler, MS now. II the
coiirt is not to be consolidated, certainly
Dallas is the locus for it, and not Tyler.
Lei some powerful facts and figures
this assertion. by rel
erence TO the state statistical map,
prepared by Commissioner Spalgnt,
we find that Dallas and the nine counties
of which ID is the centre, gave to Governor
Ireland 800 votes. They pay taxes
to the state on S6i,0OO0O9 of property.
They have q population of $4,000 peop'"
Per contra Smith county and the nine
counties of which it is about the centre,
gave gubernato~ial vote 10 the present
Incumbent of only IL, 100. They have
nonulation of but l3s, coo souls. They pay
toTes ON inst SIS, 900 600 of property. This
difference against Tyler continues TO grow,
If we spread the area. Besides these con-
siderations Dallas and four adjoining
send more business TO the courts
al Austin than goes to the entire Tyler
term for the whole Tyler district; ana, pc
sides this, Dallas has over 2,OoO miles
of direct railroad line passing through ".
gNufa
fnrther evidences that Dallas and the ad-
Joining counties have doubled in the last
decade in population and wealth, while
smith and the other eastern counties have, |
I'M thc same period, lost in both. Ihey |
even paid less to the state in loo2 than tney
aid in 1881. Senators Gibbs, DAVIS Mat,
Iook. Fleming and Traylor will work hard
III ne and thew seem 10 think that our sue /
,ess in the senate at least is assured. II
THE OLD DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINES
NJ ntle greatest good TO the greatest 1
nnmber. and that "the benefits OF
government should be distributed &C.
,ording 70 wealth and population,
mean anything, certainly they are COM
pletely applicable 70 the case l nave Just
near "a he candid mind to be true when |
Attention e dire ted to the further isct that
nj, - =, Il north vest Texas are to-day pay /
NJ, OVER on.-l,alf Of the expenses 1.-THE gov |
sr5ment of Texas, and have but little 10 |
no , az a consequence; no asylums, no
,onrts. no penitentiary institutions, no |
inviting that brings some monies 20 Their /
,icinities. Even old Rome treated her
lrovinces better than this. L.
No. 10l
Arsrfy. Jan. 24.-lSpecial Correspond, /
snce. 1.-The much talked Of inaugural Dali
o be given last night by the citllsns ~ |
= ,c--esentativss was the scene Of gaiety, I
oyelv face, rich dressing and the highest I
,sr,riness. There had been some appre-
~, IONS expressed that the building would
: - - -. ..-,nunh 10 hn-l the greaf l